A 2.1 Presidents of Columbia University, 1754 - 2003

 

 

 

 

 

#

Name

Year Came

Year Left

Tenure

Birthplace

College

Add'l Education

Previous Position

Subsequent Position

1

Samuel Johnson

1754

1763

9

Conn.

Yale

Oxford MA

Minister

Retired

2

Myles Cooper

1763

1775

12

England

Oxford

 

Minister

Minister in Scotland

3

William Samuel Johnson

1787

1800

13

Conn.

Yale

 

Lawyer

Retired

4

Charles Henry Wharton

1801

1801

0

Md.

St. Omer.

 

Minister

Minister in NJ

5

Benjamin Moore

1801

1810

9

NYC

Columbia

 

Tutor/Minister

Retired

6

William Harris

1811

1829

18

Mass.

Harvard

 

Minister

Died

7

William Duer

1829

1842

13

New York

None

 

Lawyer/Judge

Retired

8

Nathaniel Fish Moore

1842

1849

7

NYC

Columbia

 

Lawyer/Academic

Retired

9

Charles King

1849

1863

14

New York

None

 

Journalist

Retired

10

Frederick A. P. Barnard

1864

1889

25

Mass.

Yale

 

Academic/Admin.

Died

11

Seth Low

1890

1901

11

Brooklyn

Columbia

 

Business

Mayor of NYC

12

Nicholas Murray Butler

1902

1945

43

New Jersey

Columbia

CU PhD

Academic/Admin.

Retired

13

Dwight D. Eisenhower

1948

1953

5

Kansas

West Point

 

US Army

President of US

14

Grayson Kirk

1953

1968

15

Ohio

Miami

Wisconsin PhD

CU Provost

Retired

15

Andrew W. Cordier

1969

1970

1

Ohio

Manchester

Chicago PhD

CU Dean SIA

Dean of SIA

16

William J. McGill

1970

1980

10

 NYC

Fordham

Harvard PhD

UC San Diego Chancellor

Retired

17

Michael I. Sovern

1980

1993

13

NYC

Columbia

CU Law

CU Law Dean

CU Law Faculty

18

George Rupp

1993

2002

9

New Jersey

Princeton

Yale BD/Harvard PhD

President Rice University

International Rescue Committee

19

Lee C. Bollinger

2002

 

Oregon

Oregon

CU Law

Pres. Univ. Michigan