Chancellors, Board Chairs, Presidents - Past and Present

Chancellors of the University of Windsor

2019 – Present

Dr. Mary Jo Haddad, C.M., LL.D, M.HSc., B.Sc.N.


2006 - 2019

Hon. Edward Lumley O.C., Q.C., LL.D


1997 - 2006

Dr. Frederic Jackman C.M., O.Ont., C.D., Ph.D., C.Psych., LL.D.


1996 - 1997

Major General Richard Rohmer, O.C., C.M.M., O.Ont., D.F.C, C.D., Q.C. 


1993 - 1996

Mr. Charles Clark, O.C., Q.C., LL.D


1989 - 1993

Mr. William Somerville, LL.D., O.Ont


1978 - 1989

Major General Richard Rohmer, O.C., C.M.M., O.Ont., D.F.C, C.D., Q.C. 


1971 - 1977

Hon. Lucien Lamoureux, P.C., O.C., Q.C., B.A., B.Ph., L.Ph., M.A., D.U., LL.B., LL.D


1964 - 1970

Hon. Keiller Mackay, O.C., D.S.O, KStJ, V.D., Q.C.


Chairs of the Board of Governors of the University of Windsor

2022 - Present

Ms. Helga Reidel


2020 - 2022

Mr. Jonathan Allison


2018 - 2020

Mr. William Willis


2016 - 2018 

Ms. Penny Allen


2014 - 2016

Ms. Sheila MacKinnon


2012 - 2014

Ms. Jennifer Jones


2011 - 2012

Dr. Martin Girash


2009 - 2011

Mr. Michael Horrobin


2007 - 2009

Mr. Dave Cooke


2005 - 2007

Mr. Martin Komsa


2003 - 2005

Ms. Carol Derbyshire


2002 - 2003

Mr. Chuck Wills


2000 - 2002

Mr. J. Douglas Lawson


1998 - 2000

Rev. Ulysse Paré


1996 - 1998

Ms. Donna Miller


1994 - 1996

Mr. Peter Cathcart


1993 - 1994

Mr. Jack Martin


1991 - 1992

Mr. Stephen Bellringer


1989 - 1991

Mr. William Fisher


1988 - 1989

Rev. David G. Heath


1986 - 1988

Mr. Patrick Furlong


1983 - 1986

Justice John H. Brockenshire


1982 - 1983

Mr. Gerry Benn


1980 - 1982

Mr. John H. McGivney


1978 - 1980 

Mr. Leon Z. McPherson


1976 - 1978

Mr. Robert J. Tebbs


1974 - 1976

Mr. Walter L. McGregor


1971 - 1974

Mr. Charles Clark


1969 - 1971

Dr. G. Malcolm Morton


1964 - 1969

Mr. John J. Stuart


Presidents and Vice-Chancellors of the University of Windsor

2019 - Present

Robert Gordon, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.


2018 - 2019

Douglas Kneale, Interim President, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.


2008 - 2018

Alan Wildeman, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.


1998 - 2008

Ross H. Paul, B.A., M.A., P.G.Cert.Ed., Ph.D.


1997 - 1998

Gordon W. Wood, Acting President, B.Sc., M.Sc., B.Ed, Ph.D.


1984 - 1997

Ronald W. Ianni, Q.C., B.A. B.Comm., LL.B., C.U.E.C.E. (Dip.), I.H.E.I. (Dip.) Ph.D.


1978 - 1984

Mervyn Franklin, B.Sc., Ph.D.


1964 - 1978

John Francis Leddy, O.C., M.A., B. Litt., M. Litt., D.Phil., D.Litt., D.es L., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.Hist.S.


1963 - 1964

Rev. Eugene Carlisle LeBel, C.S.B., C.D., LL.D.