Remembering Jack Peltason, the campus's first chancellor Apr 2, 2015 2:30 pm by Mike HelenthalCampus Life Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images Jack Peltason, who died March 21 at age 91, was a renowned political scientist and constitutional scholar and author who already had established an academic reputation by the time he was named the Urbana campus’s first chancellor in 1967. Share on Facebook Tweet Email