Rosemary S. J. Schraer

Rosemary S. J. Schraer (October 1, 1924 – April 10, 1992) was the fifth chancellor of the University of California, Riverside from 1987 to 1992. Schraer was the first female chancellor in the history of the University of California system.

Early life Schraer was born near Utica in upstate New York on October 1, 1924. Her parents were Rose (née Ortner) and Ulysses S. Schmidt, a lumber buyer for the New York Central Railroad.

She earned an A.B. in chemistry from Syracuse University in 1946. While at Syracuse, she organized the first graduate student association in the Biochemistry Department and was its first president. She was a visiting professor at Harvard Medical School and Cavendish College at the University of Cambridge. In 1987, Hullar was reassigned to UC Davis and Schraer was appointed as the first female chancellor in the history of the UC system.