List of Presidents of New York University

This is a list of Presidents of New York University, a research and teaching institution in New York City.[1] The current president Andrew D. Hamilton is the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and also a former Provost of Yale University.[2] He took office on January 1, 2016.[3]

New York University Presidents

Name Relation to NYU Years Reference
James M. Matthews 1st President 1831–1839
Theodore Frelinghuysen 2nd President 1839–1850, U.S. Senator [4]
Isaac Ferris 3rd President 1853–1870
Howard Crosby 4th President 1870–1881
John Hall 5th President 1881–1891
Henry Mitchell MacCracken 6th President 1891–1911, developer of the University Heights Campus
Elmer Ellsworth Brown 7th President 1911–1933
Harry Woodburn Chase 8th President 1933–1951
James Loomis Madden Acting Chancellor 1951–1952
Henry Townley Heald 9th President 1952–1956
Carroll Vincent Newsom 10th President 1956–1962
James McNaughton Hester 11th President 1962–1975
John C. Sawhill 12th President 1975–1980
Ivan Loveridge Bennett Acting President 1980–1981
John Brademas 13th President 1981–1991, United States House of Representatives
L. Jay Oliva 14th President 1991–2002
John Sexton 15th President 2003–2015
Andrew D. Hamilton 16th President 2016–present

References

  1. ↑ "John Brademas, Indiana Congressman and N.Y.U. President, Dies at 89". The New York Times. 12 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Big Man on a Global Campus". The New York Times. 6 March 2016.
  3. ↑ https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/office-of-the-president/redirect/andrew-hamilton-biography.html
  4. ↑ "175 Facts About NYU". New York University. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
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