Historical Timeline of the Provost

4/19/1967Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs established
9/1/1967 – 11/1/1971Herbert E. Carter
9/1/1971 – 8/20/1979Morton Weir
8/21/1979 – 1/16/1980Edwin Goldwasser (Acting)
1/17/1980 – 8/20/1986Edwin Goldwasser
8/21/1986 – 1/20/1993Robert Berdahl
1/21/1993 – 12/31/1993Theodore Brown (Interim)
3/1994“Provost” added to title
1/1/1994 – 4/12/1998Larry Faulkner
4/13/1998 – 10/14/1998Thomas Mengler (Interim)
10/15/1998 – 8/15/2004Richard Herman
8/16/2004 – 3/31/2006Jesse Delia (Interim)
4/1/2006 – 8/15/2009Linda Katehi
7/1/2009 – 1/23/2011Robert Easter (Interim Provost)
1/24/2011 – 9/30/2011Robert Easter (Interim Provost/Interim Chancellor)
12/1/2009 – 8/15/2012Richard Wheeler (Acting VCAA)
8/16/2012 – 8/31/2015Ilesanmi Adesida
9/3/2015 – 2/17/2017Edward Feser (Interim)
2/18/2017 – 1/15/2018John P. Wilkin (Interim)
1/16/2018 – 8/15/2022Andreas Cangellaris 
8/16/2022 – 7/18/2023William Bernhard (Interim)
7/19/2023 – PresentJohn Coleman

Updated 7/19/2023

Office of the Provost
Swanlund Administration Building
601 E John Street, MC 304
Champaign, IL 61820
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