in the early hours of May 5. County firemen extinguished the fire after initial attempts by the Clayton Fire Department were hindered by protestors.
In 1971, the board of trustees appointed Chancellor William Henry Danforth. According to The New York Times, under Chancellor Danforth, Washington University transformed from a commuter school into a world-renowned institution. During his 24-year chancellorship, he established 70 new endowed professorships, constructed dozens of buildings, secured a $1.72 billion endowment, and tripled the amount of student scholarships.
To better distinguish itself in national media, the university's board of trustees added the phrase "in St. Louis" in 1976.
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In 1995, Mark S. Wrighton, former provost at MIT, was elected the university's 14th chancellor. During Chancellor Wrighton's tenure, undergraduate applications to Washington University more than doubled, the university has added more than 190 endowed professorships, and revamped …
