caption predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place title birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
chandler , william and mary yearbook pictured in '' the colonial echo 1920 '' lyon gardiner tyler john stewart bryan 31 may 1934 caroline county , virginia norfolk , virginia president of the college of william & mary 29 october 1872 18th 1919 jac chandler.jpg j. a. c. chandler
 1934 j. a. c. chandler
j. a. c. chandler

julian alvin carroll `` j. a. c. '' chandler -lrb- october 29 , 1872 -- may 31 , 1934 -rrb- was an american historian , author and educator .
he is best known as the 18th president of the college of william and mary in williamsburg , virginia , where he served as the successor to retiring fellow educator and author dr. lyon gardiner tyler .
dr. chandler is credited with transforming the institution from a small , struggling liberal arts college for men into a modern coeducational institution of higher learning .
