List of presidents of Cornell University

The following people have served as presidents of Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

President	Life	Tenure
Andrew Dickson White Andrew Dickson White Andrew Dickson White was a U.S. diplomat, historian, and educator, who was the co-founder of Cornell University.-Family and personal life:...	1832–1918	1866–1885
Charles Kendall Adams	1856–1902	1885–1892
Jacob Gould Schurman	1854–1942	1892–1920
Livingston Farrand	1867–1939	1921–1937
Edmund Ezra Day Edmund Ezra Day Edmund Ezra Day was a U.S. educator.Day received his undergraduate and master's degrees from Dartmouth College and his doctorate in economics from Harvard. While at Dartmouth, be became a brother of Theta Delta Chi. He went on to serve as the fifth president of Cornell University from 1937 to 1949...	1883–1951	1937–1949
Deane Waldo Malott Deane Waldo Malott Deane Waldo Malott was an American academic and administrator.The son of a banker, Malott was born in Abilene, Kansas and went on to study at the University of Kansas. While at school there, he wrote for the University Daily Kansan and was a brother in the Beta Theta Pi fraternity...	1898–1996	1951–1963
James A. Perkins James A. Perkins James A. Perkins was the seventh president of Cornell University. Born in 1911 in Philadelphia, Perkins graduated with high honors in 1934 from Swarthmore College and received a doctorate in political science from Princeton University in 1937...	1911–1998	1963–1969
Dale R. Corson Dale R. Corson Dale R. Corson was the eighth president of Cornell University. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1914, Corson received a B.A. degree from the College of Emporia in 1934, his M.A. degree from the University of Kansas in 1935, and his Ph.D...	b. 1914	1969–1977
Frank H.T. Rhodes Frank H.T. Rhodes Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes was the ninth president of Cornell University from 1977 to 1995.-Biography:Rhodes was born in Warwickshire, England on October 29, 1926. He attended the University of Birmingham, graduating in 1948 with a Bachelor of Science degree...	b. 1926	1977–1995
Hunter R. Rawlings III Hunter R. Rawlings III Hunter Ripley Rawlings III is an American classics scholar and academic administrator. He is best known for serving as the 17th President of the University of Iowa from 1982 until 1995 and as the 10th President of Cornell University from 1995 until 2003. He also served as Cornell's interim...	b. 1944	1995–2003
Jeffrey S. Lehman Jeffrey S. Lehman Jeffrey Sean Lehman is an American scholar, lawyer and academic administrator who is currently serving as the chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China... (B.A. 1977)	b. 1956	2003–2005
David J. Skorton David J. Skorton David Jan Skorton is an American professor of medicine and an academic administrator. He is currently serving as the president of Cornell University.- Education :...	b. 1949	2006–

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