From David: Campus Code and Shared Governance
President Skorton announces his approval of the revised Code of Judicial Conduct
History of the Cornell Presidency
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Andrew Dickson White
1865 - 1885 A radical idea in American education was born when Andrew Dickson White and Ezra Cornell crossed paths in the New York State Senate ... more
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Charles Kendall Adams
1885 - 1892 Charles Kendall Adams, a former student of Andrew Dickson White, continued to build upon White's legacy. His achievements included ... more
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Jacob Gould Schurman
1892 - 1920 In 1886 Jacob Gould Schurman came to Cornell University as professor of Christian ethics and moral philosophy, and in 1890 he was named ... more
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Livingston Farrand
1921 - 1937 Cornell historian Morris Bishop described Livingston Farrand as "one of the most likable, nay lovable, men this campus has known." A physician ... more
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Edmund Ezra Day
1937 - 1949 Edmund Ezra Day became the fifth president of Cornell in 1937 and later led the university through the turbulent years of World War II ... more
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Deane Waldo Malott
1951 - 1963 Deane Waldo Malott's term as Cornell's sixth president represents the largest period of building in the history of Cornell University ... more
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James A. Perkins
1963 - 1969 Academic innovations were a hallmark of James A. Perkins's administration. By the late 1960s, he was regarded as one of the leading theoreticians ... more
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Dale R. Corson
1969 - 1977 Dale R. Corson led the university through the final years of the Vietnam War and student activism, and through the economic recession of the 1970s ... more
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Frank H.T. Rhodes
1977 - 1995 When Frank H.T. Rhodes retired as president of Cornell University on June 30, 1995, he was the longest-serving Ivy League president ... more
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Hunter R. Rawlings III
1995 - 2003 Hunter R. Rawlings III came to Ithaca as Cornell’s tenth president with a vision for, in his words, “composing Cornell”: organizing the remarkably diverse ... more
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Jeffrey S. Lehman
2003 - 2005 Jeffrey Sean Lehman took office as Cornell's eleventh president on July 1, 2003. Prior to his appointment, he was the dean of the University of Michigan Law School ... more
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David J. Skorton
2006 - David J. Skorton became Cornell University's 12th president on July 1, 2006 and was inaugurated in ceremonies on Cornell's Ithaca campus on ... more