List of presidents of New York University explained

New York University (NYU) is a private research university located in New York City,[1] which was founded by Albert Gallatin in 1831.[2] The "president and chancellor", often shortened to president, is the highest authority in the university after the board of trustees,[3] serving as its chief executive and chief academic officer. From the university's founding until June 1956, the position was simply titled "chancellor".

The president is elected by the board of trustees, and serves as an ex officio member of the board. The president recommends persons to fill the university's senior offices, including provost, executive vice president, general counsel, and deans, who are then appointed by the board. The president also presides over the university senate and confers all degrees, with the board's authorization and upon certification of a student by the faculty.[4]

The president is provided a penthouse residence, which is owned by the university, on Washington Square Park.[5], the president received over $1.5 million in annual compensation.[6] The current president, Linda G. Mills, a social worker who is the university's first female president, assumed office on July 1, 2023.

Presidents and chancellors

ImageNameYearsNotes
118311839
218391850New Jersey Attorney General (18171828); United States Senator from New Jersey (18291835); Mayor of Newark (18371838); President of Rutgers College (18501862)[7]
318531870Founder of the Rutgers Female Institute[8]
418701881Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (18731874)[9]
518811891
618911911Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania (18811884)[10]
719111933United States Commissioner of Education (19061911)[11]
819331951President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (19191930); President of the University of Illinois System (19301933)[12]
19511952Acting chancellor[13]
919521956President of the Illinois Institute of Technology (19401952); President of the Ford Foundation (19561965)[14]
1019561962[15]
1119621975Provost of LIU Brooklyn (1957); Vice President of Long Island University (19581960);[16] Dean of NYU College & Graduate School of Arts & Science (19601962); Rector of the United Nations University (19751980); President of the New York Botanical Garden (19801989); and President of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (19892004)[17]
1219751980Director of the Federal Energy Administration (1974); Deputy Secretary of Energy (19791980); CEO of the Synthetic Fuels Corporation (19801981);[18] President of The Nature Conservancy (19902000)[19]
19801981Acting president. Dean of NYU School of Medicine and Provost of NYU Medical Center (19691981)[20]
1319811991United States Representative from Indiana (19591981); House Majority Whip (19771981)[21] [22]
1419912002[23]
1520032015Dean of NYU School of Law (19882002)[24]
1620162023Provost of Yale University (20042008);[25] Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (20092016)[26] [27]
172023[28]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About NYU . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825112127/https://www.nyu.edu/about.html . August 25, 2023 . August 27, 2023 . New York University.
  2. Web site: History of NYU . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825112208/https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/history-of-nyu.html . August 25, 2023 . August 27, 2023 . New York University.
  3. Web site: The University Charter . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230609212032/https://www.nyu.edu/faculty/governance-policies-and-procedures/faculty-handbook/the-university/organization-and-administration/the-university-charter.html . June 9, 2023 . August 27, 2023 . New York University.
  4. Web site: June 8, 2022 . University Bylaws . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330142045/https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/board-of-trustees/governance/university-bylaws.html . March 30, 2023 . August 27, 2023 . New York University.
  5. News: Saul . Stephanie . December 21, 2015 . N.Y.U. President's Penthouse Gets a Face-Lift Worth $1.1 Million (or More) . . live . August 27, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827215207/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/us/nyu-presidents-penthouse-gets-a-1-1-million-face-lift.html . August 27, 2023.
  6. Web site: May 9, 2013 . New York University . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827220548/https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/135562308 . August 27, 2023 . August 27, 2023 . ProPublica.
  7. Web site: Frelinghuysen, Theodore . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827170811/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000373 . August 27, 2023 . August 27, 2023 . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  8. Web site: January 19, 2022 . Guide to the Isaac Ferris Papers MC.76 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826224827/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/mc_76/bioghist.html . August 26, 2023 . August 26, 2023 . New York University Archives.
  9. Web site: Crosby, Howard . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627172959/https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8632-crosby-howard . June 27, 2022 . August 26, 2023 . Database of Classical Scholars . Rutgers University.
  10. Web site: January 19, 2022 . Guide to the Administrative Papers of the Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826222727/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/rg_3_0_3/bioghist.html . August 26, 2023 . August 26, 2023 . New York University Archives.
  11. Web site: January 18, 2022 . Guide to the Elmer Ellsworth Brown Papers MC.16 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826222251/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/mc_16/bioghist.html . August 26, 2023 . August 26, 2023 . New York University Archives.
  12. Web site: January 18, 2022 . Guide to the Administrative Papers of the Chancellor Harry Woodburn Chase . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221130032907/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/rg_3_0_5/bioghist.html . November 30, 2022 . August 26, 2023 . New York University Archives.
  13. Web site: January 25, 2022 . Guide to the Records of the Office of the Vice President and Secretary (Harold O. Voorhis) RG.4.0.1 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826172444/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/rg_4_0_1/bioghist.html . August 26, 2023 . August 26, 2023 . New York University Archives.
  14. News: Farber . M. A. . November 25, 1975 . Dr. Henry Heald of Ford Fund Dead . 40 . . live . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826153201/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/25/archives/dr-henry-heald-of-ford-fund-dead.html . August 26, 2023.
  15. News: Ravo . Nick . February 5, 1990 . Carroll V. Newsom, 85, President Of N.Y.U. Who First Taught at 14 . 11 . . live . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826152758/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/05/obituaries/carroll-v-newsom-85-president-of-nyu-who-first-taught-at-14.html . August 26, 2023.
  16. Web site: July 29, 2020 . James McNaughton Hester Papers MC.51 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230702174938/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/mc_51/bioghist.html . July 2, 2023 . August 26, 2023 . New York University Archives.
  17. News: Roberts . Sam . January 6, 2015 . James Hester, 90, Dies; Guided N.Y.U. to Become a Major University . . live . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221206223510/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/nyregion/james-hester-90-dies-guided-nyu-amid-challenges-to-become-a-major-university.html . December 6, 2022.
  18. News: March 3, 1981 . Sawhill Rejoins McKinsey & Co. . 2 . . live . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826150247/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/03/business/business-people-sawhill-rejoins-mckinsey-co.html . August 26, 2023.
  19. News: Stout . David . May 20, 2000 . John Sawhill, Ex-N.Y.U. Chief Who Led Conservation Group, Dies at 63 . 11 . . live . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826143631/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/20/us/john-sawhill-ex-nyu-chief-who-led-conservation-group-dies-at-63.html . August 26, 2023.
  20. News: Saxon . Wolfgang . July 23, 1990 . Dr. I. L. Bennett Jr., 68, Ex-Dean Of N.Y.U.'s School of Medicine . 8 . . live . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826143019/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/23/obituaries/dr-i-l-bennett-jr-68-ex-dean-of-nyu-s-school-of-medicine.html . August 26, 2023.
  21. Web site: Brademas, John (1927–2016) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827222329/https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000736 . August 27, 2023 . August 27, 2023 . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  22. News: McFadden . Robert D. . July 11, 2016 . John Brademas, Indiana Congressman and N.Y.U. President, Dies at 89 . . live . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826142604/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/nyregion/john-brademas-indiana-congressman-and-nyu-president-dies-at-89.html . August 26, 2023.
  23. News: Martin . Douglas . April 22, 2014 . L. Jay Oliva, Who Led the Rise of N.Y.U. in the '90s, Dies at 80 . . live . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230826142139/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/nyregion/l-jay-oliva-who-led-the-rise-of-nyu-dies-at-80.html . August 26, 2023.
  24. Web site: John Sexton . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230622141745/http://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=20281 . June 22, 2023 . August 26, 2023 . New York University School of Law.
  25. Web site: Andrew Hamilton . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230405094833/https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/person/andrew-hamilton . April 5, 2023 . August 26, 2023 . Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
  26. News: Taylor . Kate . March 18, 2015 . Named Next President of N.Y.U., Oxford's Leader Inherits Challenges From John Sexton . . live . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225111719/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/nyregion/andrew-hamilton-to-succeed-john-sexton-as-president-of-nyu.html . December 25, 2022.
  27. Web site: Hamilton . Andrew . April 13, 2022 . A Letter from NYU President Andrew Hamilton . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511135833/https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/office-of-the-president/communications/a-letter-from-nyu-president-andrew-hamilton-041222.html . May 11, 2023 . August 26, 2023 . New York University.
  28. News: Saul . Stephanie . February 15, 2023 . N.Y.U. Chooses Linda Mills as Its Next President . . live . August 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230403060750/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/us/nyu-president-linda-mills.html . April 3, 2023.