The president of Cornell University is the chief administrator of Cornell University, an Ivy League institution in Ithaca, New York. Included in the list below are all Presidents of Cornell University from Andrew Dickson White, the university's co-founder and first president from 1865 to 1888, through the 15th and current president, Michael Kotlikoff, who was appointed president of the university in 2025. Since the university's founding in 1865, there have been 15 Presidents of Cornell University, excluding four interregnum presidents who served during university presidential transitions.

New York's only land-grant university, Cornell University was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White. Its main campus is in Ithaca, New York. Its medical school, Weill Cornell Medicine, is located in Manhattan, New York City, and it also maintains a facility in the Education City section Qatar. In 1954, Cornell joined the newly formed Ivy League, and the league's only land-grant institution.

List of presidents The following persons have served as president of Cornell University:

President Term start Term end 1 Andrew Dickson White 1866 1885 2 Charles Kendall Adams 1885 1892 3 Jacob Gould Schurman 1892 1920 4 Livingston Farrand 1921 1937 5 Edmund Ezra Day 1937 1949 interim Cornelis de Kiewiet 1949 1951 6 Deane Waldo Malott 1951 1963 7 James Alfred Perkins 1963 1969 8 Dale R. Corson 1969 1977 9 Frank H. T. Rhodes August 1, 1977 June 30, 1995 10Hunter R. Rawlings III July 1, 1995 June 30, 2003 11 Jeffrey S. Lehman July 1, 2003 June 30, 2005interimHunter R. Rawlings III July 1, 2005 June 30, 2006 12 David J. Skorton July 1, 2006 June 30, 2015 13 H. Elizabeth Garrett July 1, 2015 March 6, 2016actingMichael I. Kotlikoff February 22, 2016 April 24, 2016 interimHunter R. Rawlings III April 25, 2016 April 16, 2017 14 Martha E. Pollack April 17, 2017 June 30, 2024 InterimMichael I. Kotlikoff July 1, 2024 March 21, 202515March 21, 2025present

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See also History of Cornell University

References

External links Cornell University The Cornell Presidency Cornell President Inaugurations Cornell Office of the President