The Chancellor is the chief administrative and executive officer, leader and spokesperson of North Carolina State University. The Chancellor has complete executive authority for the university, subject to the direction of the president and the board of trustees. The title of the chief executive of North Carolina State University has changed over time. As North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and then as North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, the institution was led by a president (1889-1934), then a vice president of the Consolidated University (1934), then a dean of Administration (1934-1945), and finally a chancellor (1945- ). The Early Chancellors include the first five chief executives, or presidents, of first the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and then North Carolina State College. Alexander Quarles Holladay was the first chief executive of North Carolina College for Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1889-1899). The second chief executive was George Tayloe Winston (1899-1908). The third chief executive was Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr. (1908-1916). Fourth was Wallace Carl Riddick (1916-1923). Eugene Clyde Brooks was the fifth chief exective of the College (1923-1934).
From the description of North Carolina State University, Office of the Chancellor, Early Chancellors records, 1891-1934 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 723191233
