The Rev. James Roscoe Day, D.D., L.L.D. (17 October 1845 – March 13, 1923) was an American Methodist minister, educator and chancellor of Syracuse University.
Day was elected as the fourth chancellor of Syracuse University on Nov. 16, 1893 to succeed Charles N. Sims.[1] He was elected bishop in 1904, but declined the post to stay at Syracuse.[1]
Day is credited with helping to greatly expand the University as several important buildings were constructed during his tenure including the Archbold Gymnasium, Bowne Hall, Carnegie Library, Goldstein Faculty Center, Lyman Hall, Machinery Hall, Slocum Hall, Sims Hall, Smith Hall, Steel Hall and the Tolley Administration Building.[2][3][4]
He retired from the presidency on July 14, 1922.[5] To date, Day was the longest-serving chancellor of the University.[6] Day Hall, a first year residence hall housing roughly 540 students, is named after him.
Writing
Day was an author and wrote The Raid on Prosperity (1907) and My Neighbor the Workingman.
^"Biggest in College World". Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express. Buffalo, New York. 5 April 1908. p. 25. Retrieved 28 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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