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This is a list of Presidents of Columbia University in the state of New York.
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Image |
President |
Birth Year–Death Year |
Years as President |
Name of Institution; Notes
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| 1 |
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Samuel Johnson |
(1696–1772) |
(1754–1763) |
King's College
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| 2 |
 |
Myles Cooper |
(1735–1785) |
(1763–1775) |
King's College
|
| – |
 |
Benjamin Moore, A.B. 1768 |
(1748–1816) |
(1775–1784) |
King's College; acting
|
| – |
 |
George Clinton |
(1739–1812) |
(1784–1787) |
Columbia College "in the State of New York"; Chancellor (Regents government)
|
| 3 |
 |
William Samuel Johnson |
(1727–1819) |
(1787–1800) |
Columbia College "in the City of New York" (Trustees government)
|
| 4 |
 |
Charles Henry Wharton |
(1748–1833) |
(1801–1801) |
Columbia College
|
| 5 |
|
Benjamin Moore |
(1748–1816) |
(1801–1810) |
Columbia College
|
| 6 |
|
William Harris |
(1765–1829) |
(1811–1829) |
Columbia College; shares authority with Provost John Mitchell Mason until 1816
|
| 7 |
 |
William Alexander Duer |
(1780–1858) |
(1829–1842) |
Columbia College
|
| 8 |
|
Nathaniel Fish Moore |
(1782–1872) |
(1842–1849) |
Columbia College
|
| 9 |
 |
Charles King |
(1789–1867) |
(1849–1863) |
Columbia College; presides over move to Madison Avenue campus
|
| 10 |
 |
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard |
(1809–1889) |
(1864–1889) |
Columbia College
|
| 11 |
 |
Seth Low, A.B., 1870 |
(1850–1916) |
(1890–1901) |
Columbia College; presides over move to Morningside Heights campus; name changes to "Columbia University in the City of New York"
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| 12 |
 |
Nicholas Murray Butler, A.B. 1882, M.A. 1883, Ph.D. 1884 |
(1862–1947) |
(1902–1945) |
Columbia University
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| – |
|
Frank D. Fackenthal, A.B. 1906 |
(1883–1968) |
(1945–1948) |
Columbia University (acting)
|
| 13 |
 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
(1890–1969) |
(1948–1953) |
Columbia University; on leave while Supreme Commander of NATO, later 34th President of the United States
|
| 14 |
|
Grayson L. Kirk |
(1903–1997) |
(1953–1968) |
Columbia University; resigned after 1968 protests
|
| 15 |
Andrew W. Cordier |
(1901–1975) |
(1969–1970) |
Columbia University
|
| 16 |
William J. McGill |
(1922–1997) |
(1970–1980) |
Columbia University
|
| 17 |
Michael I. Sovern, B.A. 1953, J.D. 1955 |
(1931– ) |
(1980–1993) |
Columbia University
|
| 18 |
George Erik Rupp |
(1942– ) |
(1993–2002) |
Columbia University
|
| 19 |
 |
Lee C. Bollinger, J.D. 1971 |
(1947– ) |
(2002– ) |
Columbia University
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References
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