Vanderbilt University

===Administration history===
{{Main|List of Chancellors of Vanderbilt University}}
Since the opening of the university in 1875, only nine individuals have served as chancellor.<ref name="chancellor history">{{cite web|title=History of the Office |publisher=Vanderbilt University |url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellor/history |access-date=January 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908234856/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellor/history.html |archive-date=September 8, 2006 }}</ref> Landon Garland was the university's first chancellor, serving from 1875 to 1893.<ref name="chancellor history" /> Garland organized the university and hired its first faculty. Garland Hall, an academic building on campus, is named in his honor.<ref name="chancellor history" />

The next chancellor was [[James Hampton Kirkland|James Kirkland]]—serving from 1893 to 1937, he had the longest tenure of any Vanderbilt chancellor.<ref name="chancellor history" /> He was responsible for severing the university's ties with the Methodist Church and relocating the medical school to the main campus.<ref name="chancellor history" /> Vanderbilt's Main Building was renamed Kirkland Hall after Kirkland left in 1937.<ref name="chancellor history" />

The longest-tenured chancellor was followed by one of the shortest-tenured.<ref name="chancellor history" /> [[Oliver Carmichael]] served Vanderbilt for just nine years, 1937 to 1946.<ref name="chancellor history" /> Carmichael developed the graduate school, and established the Joint University Libraries for Vanderbilt, Peabody, and Scarritt College.<ref name="chancellor history" /> Carmichael Towers, a set of high-rise dormitories on the northern edge of campus, were named for Chancellor Carmichael.<ref name="chancellor history" />

Carmichael's successor was [[Harvie Branscomb]].<ref name="chancellor history" /> Branscomb presided over a period of major growth and improvement at the university that lasted from 1946 until 1963.<ref name="chancellor history" /> He was responsible for opening the admissions policy to all races.<ref name="chancellor history" /> Branscomb Quadrangle is a residence hall complex named for the chancellor.<ref name="chancellor history" />

[[G. Alexander Heard|Alexander Heard]], for whom the campus's 10-library system (with 3.3 million total volumes) is named, served as chancellor from 1963 to 1982.<ref name="chancellor history" /> During his 20-year tenure, the [[Owen Graduate School of Management]] was founded, and Vanderbilt's merger with Peabody College was negotiated.<ref name="chancellor history" /> He also survived calls for his ouster because of his accommodating stance on desegregation.<ref name="chancellor history" />

[[File:Vandy-Kirkland-2.jpg|thumb|right|After a fire, Old Main Hall was rebuilt with one tower and renamed Kirkland Hall. It is currently home to Vanderbilt's administration.]]

[[Joe B. Wyatt]] was the chancellor who served immediately after Heard, from 1982 until 2000.<ref name="chancellor history" /> Wyatt oversaw a great increase in the university's endowment, an increase in student diversity, and the renovation of many campus buildings.<ref name="chancellor history" /> Wyatt placed great emphasis on improving the quality of faculty and instruction, and during his tenure Vanderbilt rose to the top 25 in the ''U.S. News & World Report''{{'}}s annual rankings for the first time.<ref name="Wyatt Bio">{{cite web |title = Joe B. Wyatt 1982–2000 |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellorsearch/wyatt.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402134304/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellorsearch/wyatt.html |archive-date = April 2, 2012 |publisher = Vanderbilt University |access-date = December 13, 2008}}</ref> The Wyatt Center on Peabody's campus is named for Wyatt and his wife.

Gee was appointed chancellor by the Board of Trust in February 2000.<ref name="chancellor history" /> After allegations of lavish spending in 2005, the Board of Trust established a committee to monitor his personal spending more closely.<ref>{{cite news |last=Duncan |first = Walker |title = WSJ: Vandy Making Sure Gee isn't Puffing Away Millions |work = The Nashville Post |url=http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2006/9/26/iwsji_takes_a_hard_look_at_vanderbilt_chancellor_gordon_gees_spending_habits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114103654/http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2006/9/26/iwsji_takes_a_hard_look_at_vanderbilt_chancellor_gordon_gees_spending_habits |archive-date=January 14, 2010|date=September 26, 2006|access-date=January 10, 2007}}</ref>

After Gordon Gee's departure in 2007, Zeppos was named interim chancellor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=36123 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023063117/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=36123|archive-date=October 23, 2013 |title=Register |publisher=Vanderbilt.edu |access-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref> He was named chancellor ''[[suo jure]]'' on March 1, 2008, by the university's Board of Trust.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wate.com/story/7952517/longtime-vanderbilt-academic-nicholas-zeppos-appointed-chancellor?redirected=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309024252/http://www.wate.com/story/7952517/longtime-vanderbilt-academic-nicholas-zeppos-appointed-chancellor?redirected=true|archive-date=March 9, 2014 |title=Longtime Vanderbilt academic Nicholas Zeppos appointed chancellor |publisher=Wate.com |access-date=March 5, 2013}}</ref> In April 2019, Zeppos announced his intention to resign from the chancellorship on August 1, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.chronicle.com/article/Vanderbilt-s-Chancellor-Will/246037 |title = Vanderbilt's Chancellor Will Step Down |author = Zipporah Osei |newspaper = [[The Chronicle of Higher Education]] |date = 2019-04-02 |access-date = 2019-06-12 }}</ref> On December 4, 2019, it was announced that Daniel Diermeier would be the next chancellor. Diermeier took office on July 1 of the next year.