A 2.3 Deans of the Medical School and Vice Presidents for Health Sciences, 1767-2003
Deans of the Medical School  
Name Year Began Year Ended Tenure Previous Position Subsequent Position  
Samuel Bard 1767 1775 8 Physician Salt manufacturer  
Samuel Bard 1791 1804 13 Physician President, Physicians & Surgeons
Nicholas Romayne 1807 1811 4   President, Physicians & Surgeons
         
No Medical School 1813 1890 77    
       
James McLane 1891 1903 12 President, Physicians & Surgeons    
Samuel Lambert 1904 1919 15    
William Darrach 1919 1930 11    
Willard Rappleye 1930 1958 28 Harvard Medical School    
Houston Merritt 1958 1970 12 P&S Faculty    
Paul Marks 1970 1973 3 P&S Faculty VP for Health Sciences  
Donald Tapley 1973 1985 12 P&S Faculty    
Hendrik Bendixen (acting) 1985 1988 3 P&S Faculty    
Herbert Pardes 1988 2000 12 P&S Faculty President, NY-Presbterian  
Gerald Fischbach 2000      
   
Vice Presidents of Health Sciences  
Name Year Began Year Ended Tenure Previous Position Subsequent Position  
Willard Rappleye   Dean, Medical School    
Houston Merritt 1958 1970 12 P&S Faculty    
Paul Marks 1973 1980 7 Dean, Medical School CEO, Sloan-Kettering  
Robert F. Goldberger 1981 1982 1 National Institute of Health University Provost  
Robert Leve 1983 1984 1 National Institute of Health  
Hendrik Bendixen 1985 1988 3 P&S Faculty    
Herbert Pardes 1988 2000 12 P&S Faculty President,. NY-Presbterian  
Gerald Fischbach 2000