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

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, 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. Image 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]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Office of the President". New York University. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "About NYU". New York University. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "History of NYU". New York University. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "The University Charter". New York University. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "University Bylaws". New York University. June 8, 2022. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Farber, M. A. (November 25, 1975). "Dr. Henry Heald of Ford Fund Dead". The New York Times. p. 40. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  7. ^ Saul, Stephanie (December 21, 2015). "N.Y.U. President's Penthouse Gets a Face-Lift Worth $1.1 Million (or More)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  8. ^ "New York University". ProPublica. May 9, 2013. Archived from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  9. ^ a b Saul, Stephanie (February 15, 2023). "N.Y.U. Chooses Linda Mills as Its Next President". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 3, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  10. ^ General Alumni Catalogue of New York University 1906, p. 273.
  11. ^ "Frelinghuysen, Theodore". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Archived from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  12. ^ "Guide to the Isaac Ferris Papers MC.76". New York University Archives. January 19, 2022. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  13. ^ "Crosby, Howard". Database of Classical Scholars. Rutgers University. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  14. ^ a b Herring 1918, p. 259.
  15. ^ "Guide to the Administrative Papers of the Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken". New York University Archives. January 19, 2022. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  16. ^ "Guide to the Elmer Ellsworth Brown Papers MC.16". New York University Archives. January 18, 2022. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  17. ^ "Guide to the Administrative Papers of the Chancellor Harry Woodburn Chase". New York University Archives. January 18, 2022. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  18. ^ "Guide to the Records of the Office of the Vice President and Secretary (Harold O. Voorhis) RG.4.0.1". New York University Archives. January 25, 2022. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  19. ^ Ravo, Nick (February 5, 1990). "Carroll V. Newsom, 85, President Of N.Y.U. Who First Taught at 14". The New York Times. p. 11. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  20. ^ "James McNaughton Hester Papers MC.51". New York University Archives. July 29, 2020. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  21. ^ a b Roberts, Sam (January 6, 2015). "James Hester, 90, Dies; Guided N.Y.U. to Become a Major University". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  22. ^ Anders 1980, pp. 4–5.
  23. ^ "Sawhill Rejoins McKinsey & Co". The New York Times. March 3, 1981. p. 2. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  24. ^ a b Stout, David (May 20, 2000). "John Sawhill, Ex-N.Y.U. Chief Who Led Conservation Group, Dies at 63". The New York Times. p. 11. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  25. ^ a b Saxon, Wolfgang (July 23, 1990). "Dr. I. L. Bennett Jr., 68, Ex-Dean Of N.Y.U.'s School of Medicine". The New York Times. p. 8. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  26. ^ a b McFadden, Robert D. (July 11, 2016). "John Brademas, Indiana Congressman and N.Y.U. President, Dies at 89". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  27. ^ "Brademas, John (1927–2016)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Archived from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  28. ^ Martin, Douglas (April 22, 2014). "L. Jay Oliva, Who Led the Rise of N.Y.U. in the '90s, Dies at 80". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  29. ^ a b "John Sexton". New York University School of Law. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  30. ^ "Andrew Hamilton". Wolfson College, University of Oxford. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  31. ^ Taylor, Kate (March 18, 2015). "Named Next President of N.Y.U., Oxford's Leader Inherits Challenges From John Sexton". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  32. ^ Hamilton, Andrew (April 13, 2022). "A Letter from NYU President Andrew Hamilton". New York University. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.

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