List of presidents of New York University

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]

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^[update], 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.	Name	Years	Notes	Ref.
1	James M. Matthews	1831–1839		^[10]
2	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	1853–1870	Founder of the Rutgers Female Institute	^[12]
4	Howard Crosby	1870–1881	Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1873–1874)^[13]	^[14]
5	John Hall	1881–1891		^[14]
6	Henry Mitchell MacCracken	1891–1911	Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania (1881–1884)	^[15]
7	Elmer Ellsworth Brown	1911–1933	United States Commissioner of Education (1906–1911)	^[16]
8	Harry Woodburn Chase	1933–1951	President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1919–1930); President of the University of Illinois System (1930–1933)	^[17]
—	James Loomis Madden	1951–1952	Acting chancellor	^[18]
9	Henry Townley Heald	1952–1956	President 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	1962–1975	Provost 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	1975–1980	Director 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	1980–1981	Acting president. Dean of NYU School of Medicine and Provost of NYU Medical Center (1969–1981)^[25]	^[25]
13	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	2003–2015	Dean of NYU School of Law (1988–2002)^[29]	^[29]
16	Andrew D. Hamilton	2016–2023	Provost of Yale University (2004–2008);^[30] Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (2009–2016)^[31]	^[32]
17	Linda G. Mills	2023–present		^[9]

References

Citations

Sources

Anders, Roger M. (November 1980). Institutional Origins of the Department of Energy: The Federal Energy Administration (PDF) (Report). United States Department of Energy. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
General Alumni Catalogue of New York University, 1833–1906. New York: General Alumni Society. 1906. OCLC 79185364. Archived from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023 – via Google Books.
Hering, Daniel W. (January–March 1918). "The Beta of New York at New York University". The Phi Beta Kappa Key. 3 (6/7): 256–272. JSTOR 42913404.

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