List of presidents of New York University

{{Short description|Heads of New York University}}

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File:Bobst Library (48072704803).jpg.{{Cite web |title=Office of the President |url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/office-of-the-president.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825112958/https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/office-of-the-president.html |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |publisher=New York University}}|alt=Three-quarter view of Bobst Library]]

New York University (NYU) is a private research university located in New York City,{{Cite web |title=About NYU |url=https://www.nyu.edu/about.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825112127/https://www.nyu.edu/about.html |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023 |publisher=New York University}} which was founded by Albert Gallatin in 1831.{{Cite web |title=History of NYU |url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/history-of-nyu.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825112208/https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/history-of-nyu.html |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023 |publisher=New York University}} The "president and chancellor", often shortened to president, is the highest authority in the university after the board of trustees,{{Cite web |title=The University Charter |url=https://www.nyu.edu/faculty/governance-policies-and-procedures/faculty-handbook/the-university/organization-and-administration/the-university-charter.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609212032/https://www.nyu.edu/faculty/governance-policies-and-procedures/faculty-handbook/the-university/organization-and-administration/the-university-charter.html |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023 |publisher=New York University}} serving as its chief executive and chief academic officer. From the university's founding until June 1956, the position was simply titled "chancellor".

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.{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2022 |title=University Bylaws |url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/board-of-trustees/governance/university-bylaws.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330142045/https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/board-of-trustees/governance/university-bylaws.html |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023 |publisher=New York University}}

The president is provided a penthouse residence, which is owned by the university, on Washington Square Park.{{Cite news |last=Saul |first=Stephanie |date=December 21, 2015 |title=N.Y.U. President's Penthouse Gets a Face-Lift Worth $1.1 Million (or More) |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/us/nyu-presidents-penthouse-gets-a-1-1-million-face-lift.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827215207/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/us/nyu-presidents-penthouse-gets-a-1-1-million-face-lift.html |archive-date=August 27, 2023}} {{As of|2021}}, the president received over $1.5 million in annual compensation.{{Cite web |date=May 9, 2013 |title=New York University |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/135562308 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827220548/https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/135562308 |archive-date=August 27, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023 |publisher=ProPublica}} The current president, Linda G. Mills, a social worker who is the university's first female president, assumed office on July 1, 2023.

Presidents and chancellors

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|James M.|Matthews}}

|align="center" | 1831{{Endash}}1839

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| align="center" | {{sfn|General Alumni Catalogue of New York University|1906|p=273}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|Theodore|Frelinghuysen}}

|align="center" | 1839{{Endash}}1850

|New Jersey Attorney General (1817{{En dash}}1828); United States Senator from New Jersey (1829{{En dash}}1835); Mayor of Newark (1837{{En dash}}1838); President of Rutgers College (1850{{En dash}}1862)

| align="center" | {{Cite web |title=Frelinghuysen, Theodore |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000373 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827170811/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000373 |archive-date=August 27, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|Isaac|Ferris}}

|align="center" | 1853{{Endash}}1870

|Founder of the Rutgers Female Institute

| align="center" | {{Cite web |date=January 19, 2022 |title=Guide to the Isaac Ferris Papers MC.76 |url=http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/mc_76/bioghist.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826224827/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/mc_76/bioghist.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=New York University Archives}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|Howard|Crosby|Howard Crosby (minister)}}

|align="center" | 1870{{Endash}}1881

|Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1873{{En dash}}1874){{Cite web |title=Crosby, Howard |url=https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8632-crosby-howard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627172959/https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8632-crosby-howard |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=Database of Classical Scholars |publisher=Rutgers University}}

| align="center" | {{Sfn|Herring|1918|p=259}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Hall|John Hall (NYU President)}}

|align="center" | 1881{{Endash}}1891

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| align="center" | {{Sfn|Herring|1918|p=259}}

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| File:Henry MacCracken.jpg

!scope="row" | {{sortname|Henry Mitchell|MacCracken}}

|align="center" | 1891{{Endash}}1911

|Chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania (1881{{En dash}}1884)

| align="center" | {{Cite web |date=January 19, 2022 |title=Guide to the Administrative Papers of the Chancellor Henry Mitchell MacCracken |url=http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/rg_3_0_3/bioghist.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826222727/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/rg_3_0_3/bioghist.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=New York University Archives}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|Elmer Ellsworth|Brown}}

|align="center" | 1911{{Endash}}1933

|United States Commissioner of Education (1906{{En dash}}1911)

| align="center" | {{Cite web |date=January 18, 2022 |title=Guide to the Elmer Ellsworth Brown Papers MC.16 |url=http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/mc_16/bioghist.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826222251/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/mc_16/bioghist.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=New York University Archives}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|Harry Woodburn|Chase}}

|align="center" | 1933{{Endash}}1951

|President of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1919{{En dash}}1930); President of the University of Illinois System (1930{{En dash}}1933)

| align="center" | {{Cite web |date=January 18, 2022 |title=Guide to the Administrative Papers of the Chancellor Harry Woodburn Chase |url=http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/rg_3_0_5/bioghist.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130032907/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/rg_3_0_5/bioghist.html |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=New York University Archives}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|James Loomis|Madden}}

|align="center" | 1951{{Endash}}1952

|Acting chancellor

| align="center" | {{Cite web |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Guide to the Records of the Office of the Vice President and Secretary (Harold O. Voorhis) RG.4.0.1 |url=http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/rg_4_0_1/bioghist.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826172444/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/rg_4_0_1/bioghist.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=New York University Archives}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|Henry Townley|Heald}}

|align="center" | 1952{{Endash}}1956

|President of the Illinois Institute of Technology (1940{{En dash}}1952); President of the Ford Foundation (1956{{En dash}}1965)

| align="center" | {{Cite news |last=Farber |first=M. A. |date=November 25, 1975 |title=Dr. Henry Heald of Ford Fund Dead |pages=40 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/25/archives/dr-henry-heald-of-ford-fund-dead.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826153201/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/25/archives/dr-henry-heald-of-ford-fund-dead.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|Carroll Vincent|Newsom}}

|align="center" | 1956{{Endash}}1962

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| align="center" | {{Cite news |last=Ravo |first=Nick |date=February 5, 1990 |title=Carroll V. Newsom, 85, President Of N.Y.U. Who First Taught at 14 |pages=11 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/05/obituaries/carroll-v-newsom-85-president-of-nyu-who-first-taught-at-14.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826152758/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/05/obituaries/carroll-v-newsom-85-president-of-nyu-who-first-taught-at-14.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|James McNaughton|Hester}}

|align="center" | 1962{{Endash}}1975

|Provost of LIU Brooklyn (1957); Vice President of Long Island University (1958{{En dash}}1960);{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2020 |title=James McNaughton Hester Papers MC.51 |url=http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/mc_51/bioghist.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702174938/http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/mc_51/bioghist.html |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=New York University Archives}} Dean of NYU College & Graduate School of Arts & Science (1960{{En dash}}1962); Rector of the United Nations University (1975{{En dash}}1980); President of the New York Botanical Garden (1980{{En dash}}1989); and President of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation (1989{{En dash}}2004)

| align="center" | {{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=January 6, 2015 |title=James Hester, 90, Dies; Guided N.Y.U. to Become a Major University |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/nyregion/james-hester-90-dies-guided-nyu-amid-challenges-to-become-a-major-university.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206223510/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/nyregion/james-hester-90-dies-guided-nyu-amid-challenges-to-become-a-major-university.html |archive-date=December 6, 2022}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|John C.|Sawhill}}

|align="center" | 1975{{Endash}}1980

|Director of the Federal Energy Administration (1974);{{Sfn|Anders|1980|pp=4–5}} Deputy Secretary of Energy (1979{{En dash}}1980); CEO of the Synthetic Fuels Corporation (1980{{En dash}}1981);{{Cite news |date=March 3, 1981 |title=Sawhill Rejoins McKinsey & Co. |pages=2 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/03/business/business-people-sawhill-rejoins-mckinsey-co.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826150247/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/03/business/business-people-sawhill-rejoins-mckinsey-co.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023}} President of The Nature Conservancy (1990{{En dash}}2000)

| align="center" | {{Cite news |last=Stout |first=David |date=May 20, 2000 |title=John Sawhill, Ex-N.Y.U. Chief Who Led Conservation Group, Dies at 63 |pages=11 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/20/us/john-sawhill-ex-nyu-chief-who-led-conservation-group-dies-at-63.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826143631/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/20/us/john-sawhill-ex-nyu-chief-who-led-conservation-group-dies-at-63.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|Ivan Loveridge|Bennett|Ivan L. Bennett Jr.}}

|align="center" | 1980{{Endash}}1981

|Acting president. Dean of NYU School of Medicine and Provost of NYU Medical Center (1969{{En dash}}1981)

| align="center" | {{Cite news |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |date=July 23, 1990 |title=Dr. I. L. Bennett Jr., 68, Ex-Dean Of N.Y.U.'s School of Medicine |pages=8 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/23/obituaries/dr-i-l-bennett-jr-68-ex-dean-of-nyu-s-school-of-medicine.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826143019/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/23/obituaries/dr-i-l-bennett-jr-68-ex-dean-of-nyu-s-school-of-medicine.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Brademas}}

|align="center" | 1981{{Endash}}1991

|United States Representative from Indiana (1959{{En dash}}1981); House Majority Whip (1977{{En dash}}1981){{Cite web |title=Brademas, John (1927–2016) |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000736 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827222329/https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000736 |archive-date=August 27, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}

| align="center" | {{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=July 11, 2016 |title=John Brademas, Indiana Congressman and N.Y.U. President, Dies at 89 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/nyregion/john-brademas-indiana-congressman-and-nyu-president-dies-at-89.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826142604/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/nyregion/john-brademas-indiana-congressman-and-nyu-president-dies-at-89.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023}}

align="center" | 14

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|L. Jay|Oliva}}

|align="center" | 1991{{Endash}}2002

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| align="center" | {{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=April 22, 2014 |title=L. Jay Oliva, Who Led the Rise of N.Y.U. in the '90s, Dies at 80 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/nyregion/l-jay-oliva-who-led-the-rise-of-nyu-dies-at-80.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826142139/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/nyregion/l-jay-oliva-who-led-the-rise-of-nyu-dies-at-80.html |archive-date=August 26, 2023}}

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| File:John Sexton on NYU Local.jpg

!scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Sexton}}

|align="center" | 2003{{Endash}}2015

|Dean of NYU School of Law (1988{{En dash}}2002)

| align="center" | {{Cite web |title=John Sexton |url=http://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=20281 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622141745/http://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=20281 |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=New York University School of Law}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|Andrew D.|Hamilton}}

|align="center" | 2016{{Endash}}2023

|Provost of Yale University (2004{{En dash}}2008);{{Cite web |title=Andrew Hamilton |url=https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/person/andrew-hamilton#:~:text=Professor%20Andrew%20Hamilton%20has%20been,Oxford%20from%206%20October%202009.&text=In%201981%20Hamilton%20was%20appointed,at%20the%20University%20of%20Pittsburgh. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405094833/https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/person/andrew-hamilton |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |website=Wolfson College, University of Oxford}} Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford (2009{{En dash}}2016){{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Kate |date=March 18, 2015 |title=Named Next President of N.Y.U., Oxford's Leader Inherits Challenges From John Sexton |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/nyregion/andrew-hamilton-to-succeed-john-sexton-as-president-of-nyu.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225111719/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/19/nyregion/andrew-hamilton-to-succeed-john-sexton-as-president-of-nyu.html |archive-date=December 25, 2022}}

| align="center" |{{Cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Andrew |date=April 13, 2022 |title=A Letter from NYU President Andrew Hamilton |url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/office-of-the-president/communications/a-letter-from-nyu-president-andrew-hamilton-041222.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511135833/https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/office-of-the-president/communications/a-letter-from-nyu-president-andrew-hamilton-041222.html |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |access-date=August 26, 2023 |publisher=New York University}}

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!scope="row" | {{sortname|Linda G.|Mills}}

|align="center" | 2023{{Endash}}{{sort|{{currentyear}}|present}}

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| align="center" | {{Cite news |last=Saul |first=Stephanie |date=February 15, 2023 |title=N.Y.U. Chooses Linda Mills as Its Next President |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/us/nyu-president-linda-mills.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403060750/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/us/nyu-president-linda-mills.html |archive-date=April 3, 2023}}

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