During the celebration of Washington University's Sesquicentennial in 2003–2004, the 14th chancellor, Mark S. Wrighton, converted Brookings 300 — originally built as the University chapel — into the "Chancellors Room." Hanging in the room are portraits of the first 13 men to hold the title of chancellor.

Message from
Chancellor Mark Wrighton

First Chancellor: Joseph Gibson Hoyt

Second Chancellor: William Chauvenet

Third Chancellor: William Greenleaf Eliot, Jr.

Fourth Chancellor: Winfield Scott Chaplin

Fifth Chancellor: David F. Houston

Sixth Chancellor: Frederic Aldin Hall

Seventh Chancellor: Herbert S. Hadley

Eighth Chancellor: George R. Throop

Ninth Chancellor: Arthur Holly Compton

Tenth Chancellor: Ethan A.H. Shepley

Eleventh Chancellor: Carl Tolman

Twelfth Chancellor: Thomas H. Eliot

Thirteenth Chancellor: William H. Danforth