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]

Three-quarter view of Bobst Library
The office of the president is located in Bobst Library.[1]

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

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No. Image Name Term start Term end Ref.
1 James M. Matthews 1831 1839 [10]
2 Portrait of Theodore Frelinghuysen Theodore Frelinghuysen[a] 1839 1850[b] [11]
3 Portrait of Isaac Ferris Isaac Ferris[c] 1853 1870 [12]
4 Portrait of Howard Crosby Howard Crosby[d] 1870 1881 [13][14]
5 Portrait of John Hall John Hall 1881 1891 [13]
6 Portrait of Henry MacCracken Henry Mitchell MacCracken[e] 1891 1911 [15]
7 Portrait of Elmer Ellsworth Brown Elmer Ellsworth Brown[f] 1911 1933 [16]
8 Portrait of Harry Woodburn Chase Harry Woodburn Chase[g] 1933 1951 [17]
Acting James Loomis Madden 1951 1952 [18]
9 Henry Townley Heald[h] 1952 1956[i] [6]
10 Carroll Vincent Newsom 1956 1962 [19]
11 James McNaughton Hester[j] 1962 1975 [20][21]
12 John C. Sawhill[k] 1975 1980 [23][24]
Acting Ivan Loveridge Bennett[l] 1980 1981 [25]
13 Photograph of John Brademas John Brademas[m] July 1, 1981 November 20, 1991 [26][27][28]
14 L. Jay Oliva November 21, 1991 May 16, 2002 [29]
15 Photograph of John Sexton John Sexton[n] May 17, 2002 December 31, 2015 [30]
16 Photograph of Andrew D. Hamilton Andrew D. Hamilton[o] January 1, 2016 June 30, 2023 [31][32][33]
17 Portrait of Linda G. Mills Linda G. Mills July 1, 2023 present [9]
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Table notes:

  1. [a]
    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)
  2. [b]
    Resigned to head Rutgers College
  3. [c]
    Founder of the Rutgers Female Institute
  4. [d]
    Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1873–1874)
  5. [e]
    Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania (1881–1884)
  6. [f]
    United States Commissioner of Education (1906–1911)
  7. [g]
    President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1919–1930); President of the University of Illinois System (1930–1933)
  8. [h]
    President of the Illinois Institute of Technology (1940–1952); President of the Ford Foundation (1956–1965)
  9. [i]
    Resigned to head Ford Foundation.
  10. [j]
    Provost of LIU Brooklyn (1957); Vice President of Long Island University (1958–1960); 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)
  11. [k]
    Director of the Federal Energy Administration (1974);[22] Deputy Secretary of Energy (1979–1980); CEO of the Synthetic Fuels Corporation (1980–1981); President of The Nature Conservancy (1990–2000)
  12. [l]
    Acting president. Dean of NYU School of Medicine and Provost of NYU Medical Center (1969–1981)
  13. [m]
    United States Representative from Indiana (1959–1981);[26] House Majority Whip (1977–1981)
  14. [n]
    Dean of NYU School of Law (1988–2002)
  15. [o]
    Provost of Yale University (2004–2008); Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (2009–2016)

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