Bernadette Gray-Little | |
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17th Chancellor of University of Kansas | |
In office August 15, 2009 – June 30, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Robert Hemenway |
Succeeded by | Douglas Girod |
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
In office July 1, 2006 – July 31, 2009 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Washington, North Carolina | October 21, 1944
Residence | Lawrence, Kansas |
Alma mater | Marywood University (BS) Saint Louis University (MS and PhD) |
Profession | Educator |
Salary | $511,341[1] |
Bernadette Gray-Little is a retired academic administrator most recently serving as the 17th chancellor of the University of Kansas, where she was the first African-American and female to serve as the chancellor. She oversaw the university's main campus in Lawrence, its medical center campuses in Kansas City, Salina and Wichita, the Edwards Campus in Overland Park, and other facilities around Kansas. She replaced chancellor Robert Hemenway in August 2009,[2][3] and retired in June 2017.[4]