President of Columbia University

President of Columbia University
Lee Bollinger - Daniella Zalcman.jpg
Incumbent
Lee Bollinger

since June 1, 2002 (2002-06-01)
AppointerTrustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Formation1754
First holderSamuel Johnson
Websitehttps://president.columbia.edu/

The president of Columbia University is the chief officer of Columbia University in New York City. The current president is Lee Bollinger, whose tenure began in 2002.

Powers and duties

As established by Columbia University's governing statutes, it is the duty of the president to exercise jurisdiction over all affairs of the university; to call special meetings of the University Senate, faculties, and administration; to report to the Trustees of Columbia on the state and needs of the university annually; and to administer discipline.

The consent of the president is necessary for act of made by a faculty or administrative board, unless their veto is overridden by two-thirds vote. Additionally, the president is able to grant leaves of absences, give faculty permission to use university laboratories for experiments, and confer academic and honorary degrees on behalf of the board of trustees.

The president is ex officio a permanent member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, and has annually presented the awards to its recipients since 1984.

List of presidents

# Image President Birth Year–Death Year Years as President Notes
1 Johnson2.JPG Samuel Johnson 1696–1772 1754–1763
2 MCooper.gif Myles Cooper 1735–1785 1763–1775
BishopBenjMoore.PNG Benjamin Moore, B.A. 1768 1748–1816 1775–1776 acting
George Clinton by Ezra Ames.jpg George Clinton 1739–1812 1784–1787 Chancellor (Regents government); 1st Governor of New York and later 4th Vice President of the United States
3 William Samuel Johnson (portrait by Gilbert Stuart).jpg William Samuel Johnson 1727–1819 1787–1800 signed the Constitution of the United States; served as United States Senator from Connecticut
4 Charles Wharton.jpg Charles Henry Wharton 1748–1833 1801–1801
5 BishopBenjMoore.PNG Benjamin Moore, B.A. 1768 1748–1816 1801–1810
6 William Harris Columbia.jpg William Harris 1765–1829 1811–1829 shared authority with Provost John Mitchell Mason until 1816
7 William Alexander Duer LCCN2004664187 (cropped).jpg William Alexander Duer 1780–1858 1829–1842
8 Nathaniel Fish Moore 1860.jpg Nathaniel Fish Moore, B.A. 1802 1782–1872 1842–1849
9 Charles King (academic, 1789–1867).jpg Charles King 1789–1867 1849–1863 presided over move to Madison Avenue campus
10 Frederick A.P. Barnard cph.3a00878.jpg Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard 1809–1889 1864–1888
Henry Drisler.jpg Henry Drisler, B.A. 1839 1818–1897 1867, 1888–1889 acting
11 SethLow.jpg Seth Low, B.A. 1870 1850–1916 1890–1901 presided over move to Morningside Heights campus
John Howard Van Amringe.jpg John Howard Van Amringe, B.A. 1860, M.A. 1863 1836–1915 1899 acting
12 Portrait of Nicholas Murray Butler.jpg Nicholas Murray Butler, B.A. 1882, M.A. 1883, Ph.D. 1884 1862–1947 1902–1945 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
No image.svg Frank D. Fackenthal, B.A. 1906 1883–1968 1945–1948 acting
13 Dwight D. Eisenhower, official photo portrait, May 29, 1959.jpg Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890–1969 1948–1953 on leave while Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, later 34th President of the United States
14 Grayson Kirk cropped.jpg Grayson L. Kirk 1903–1997 1953–1968 resigned after 1968 protests
15 Andrew W Cordier cropped.jpg Andrew W. Cordier 1901–1975 1969–1970
16 No image.svg William J. McGill 1922–1997 1970–1980
17 No image.svg Michael I. Sovern, B.A. 1953, J.D. 1955 1931–2020 1980–1993
18 No image.svg George Erik Rupp born 1942 1993–2002
19 Lee Bollinger - Daniella Zalcman.jpg Lee C. Bollinger, J.D. 1971 born 1946 2002– presided over construction of Manhattanville campus

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