Lee Harriss Roberts

Lee Harriss Roberts
Roberts in 2024
13th Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Assumed office
January 12, 2024
Interim: January 12, 2024 – August 9, 2024
Preceded byKevin Guskiewicz
Personal details
Born
Lee Harriss Roberts

1968 (age 55–56)
EducationDuke University (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

Lee Harriss Roberts[1] (born 1968) is currently the 13th chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since January 2024. Before the chancellorship, he spent 30 years working in finance and real estate investment.

Roberts is the first chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in modern history to serve without a PhD or any prior career in higher education. His appointment faced criticism and opposition from the student body and faculty.

  1. ^ "Miss McDonald And Mr. Roberts". The New York Times. June 29, 1997. Retrieved March 7, 2024.