List of presidents of New York University

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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 Duration Reference
James M. Matthews 1st President 1831–1839 8
Theodore Frelinghuysen 2nd President 1839–1850, U.S. Senator 11 [4]
Isaac Ferris 3rd President 1853–1870 17
Howard Crosby 4th President 1870–1881 1
John Hall 5th President 1881–1891 10
Henry Mitchell MacCracken 6th President 1891–1911, developer of the University Heights Campus 20
Elmer Ellsworth Brown 7th President 1911–1933 22
Harry Woodburn Chase 8th President 1933–1951 18
James Loomis Madden Acting Chancellor 1951–1952 1
Henry Townley Heald 9th President 1952–1956 4
Carroll Vincent Newsom 10th President 1956–1962 6
James McNaughton Hester 11th President 1962–1975 13
John C. Sawhill 12th President 1975–1980 5
Ivan Loveridge Bennett Acting President 1980–1981 1
John Brademas 13th President 1981–1991, United States House of Representatives 10
L. Jay Oliva 14th President 1991–2002 11
John Sexton 15th President 2003–2015 12
Andrew D. Hamilton 16th President 2016–present 3+

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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