List of presidents of New York University

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New York University (NYU) is a private research university located in New York City, [2] which was founded by Albert Gallatin in 1831. [3] The "president and chancellor", often shortened to president, is the highest authority in the university after the board of trustees, [4] serving as its chief executive and chief academic officer. [5] From the university's founding until June 1956, the position was simply titled "chancellor". [6]

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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. [5]

The president is provided a penthouse residence, which is owned by the university, on Washington Square Park. [7] As of 2021, the president received over $1.5 million in annual compensation. [8] The current president, Linda G. Mills, a social worker who is the university's first female president, assumed office on July 1, 2023. [9]

Presidents and chancellors

Presidents
No.ImageNameYearsNotesRef.
1 James M. Matthews 1831–1839 [10]
2 Frelinghuysen.jpg Theodore Frelinghuysen 1839–1850 New Jersey Attorney General (1817–1828); United States Senator from New Jersey (1829–1835); Mayor of Newark (1837–1838); President of Rutgers College (1850–1862) [11]
3 Isaac Ferris - Brady-Handy.jpg Isaac Ferris 1853–1870Founder of the Rutgers Female Institute [12]
4 Howard Crosby.jpg Howard Crosby 1870–1881 Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1873–1874) [13] [14]
5 Portrait of John Hall.jpg John Hall 1881–1891 [14]
6 Henry MacCracken.jpg Henry Mitchell MacCracken 1891–1911Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania (1881–1884) [15]
7 PSM V72 D195 Elmer Ellsworth Brown.png Elmer Ellsworth Brown 1911–1933 United States Commissioner of Education (1906–1911) [16]
8 Harry Woodburn Chase.jpg Harry Woodburn Chase 1933–1951President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1919–1930); President of the University of Illinois System (1930–1933) [17]
— James Loomis Madden 1951–1952Acting chancellor [18]
9 Henry Townley Heald 1952–1956President of the Illinois Institute of Technology (1940–1952); President of the Ford Foundation (1956–1965) [6]
10 Carroll Vincent Newsom 1956–1962 [19]
11 James McNaughton Hester 1962–1975Provost of LIU Brooklyn (1957); Vice President of Long Island University (1958–1960); [20] Dean of NYU College & Graduate School of Arts & Science (1960–1962); Rector of the United Nations University (1975–1980); President of the New York Botanical Garden (1980–1989); and President of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (1989–2004) [21] [21]
12 John C. Sawhill 1975–1980Director of the Federal Energy Administration (1974); [22] Deputy Secretary of Energy (1979–1980); CEO of the Synthetic Fuels Corporation (1980–1981); [23] President of The Nature Conservancy (1990–2000) [24] [24]
— Ivan Loveridge Bennett 1980–1981Acting president. Dean of NYU School of Medicine and Provost of NYU Medical Center (1969–1981) [25] [25]
13 John Brademas 2.jpg John Brademas 1981–1991 United States Representative from Indiana (1959–1981); [26] House Majority Whip (1977–1981) [27] [26]
14 L. Jay Oliva 1991–2002 [28]
15 John Sexton on NYU Local.jpg John Sexton 2003–2015Dean of NYU School of Law (1988–2002) [29] [29]
16 Water Security 2015 Conference (23468652260) (cropped).jpg Andrew D. Hamilton 2016–2023Provost of Yale University (2004–2008); [30] Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (2009–2016) [31] [32]
17 Linda G. Mills (cropped).jpg Linda G. Mills 2023–present [9]

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