Kenneth A. Shaw, Honorary
Kenneth A. Shaw is a nationally respected administrator and educator. The 10th Chancellor of Syracuse University, he has served as a university president for nearly 30 years. Prior to coming to Syracuse in 1991, he was the President of the University of Wisconsin System. Shaw presided over the 26-campus system based in Madison, Wis., which serves more than 160,000 students. In addition, Shaw was Chancellor of the Southern Illinois University System from 1979 to 1986, President of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville from 1977 to 1979, and Vice President and Dean of the University at Towson State University from 1969 to 1977.
As Chancellor of Syracuse University, Shaw serves more than 10,500 undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students on the Central New York campus. Founded in 1870, Syracuse University is noted as a leading teaching and research institution which offers both a strong liberal arts and professional studies education. Syracuse is one of 59 members of the prestigious Association of American Universities. Shaw is leading Syracuse through the most comprehensive restructuring process in its history and has set it on a course to achieve its vision of becoming the nation’s leading student-centered research university. The result has been significant growth in national reputation and rankings, the quality of each new class of students, and a renewed sense of purpose and commitment on campus. An avid sports enthusiast, Shaw is often in attendance at SU athletic events in the Carrier Dome and at the Lampe Athletics Complex. Shaw earned a bachelor of science degree from Illinois State University in 1961, a master of education degree from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1963, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1966.
