Presidents of Cornell University Presidents of Cornell University Andrew Dickson White ( November 7 1832 – November 4 1918) was an American diplomat, author, and educator, most known as the co-founder of Cornell University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Andrew Dickson White"
Charles Kendall Adams ( 1835 – 1902) was a American educator and historian. He served as the second president of Cornell University from 1885 until 1892, and president of the University of Wisconsin from 1892 until his death. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Kendall Adams"
Dale R. Corson (b. 1914) was the eighth president of Cornell University. He received his bachelors from College of Emporia, Masters from the University of Kansas and his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley in 1938. Corson came to Cornell University in 1946 as an assistant professor of physics and helped to design the campus synchrotron. He was later promoted to professor in 1956, was named chairman of the physics department, and went on to become dean of the College of Engineering in 1959. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dale R. Corson"
David J. Skorton (born November 22, 1949 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin); is an American medical scholar and academic administrator and is currently serving as the 19th president of the University of Iowa. He was named as the new president of Cornell University on Saturday, January 21, 2006 and is the second Cornell president to arrive directly from the presidency of the University of Iowa. Hunter R. Rawlings III, current interim president and 10th president of Cornell, was also president of Iowa from 1988– 1995. Skorton is expected to stay on at Iowa for the duration of the 2006 spring semester and to officially assume the presidency on July 1, 2006. ...more on Wikipedia about "David J. Skorton"
Deane Waldo Malott ( July 10, 1898– September 11, 1996) was an American academic and administrator. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deane Waldo Malott"
Edmund Ezra Day ( December 7, 1883– March 23, 1951) was a U.S. educator. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edmund Ezra Day"
Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes (b. 1926) was the ninth president of Cornell University from 1977 to 1995. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank H.T. Rhodes" If you like you could tell us your opinion about http://www.shortopedia.com
Hunter R. Rawlings III (b. 1945) is an American classics scholar and academic administrator. He is best known for serving as the 10th president of Cornell University from 1995 until 2003. He is also currently serving as Cornell's interim president, and will be succeeded by David J. Skorton on July 1, 2006. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hunter R. Rawlings III"
Jacob Gould Schurman ( May 22, 1854 - 1942), American educationist, was born at Freetown, Prince Edward Island, of Dutch descent, his Loyalist ancestors having left New York in 1784. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jacob Gould Schurman"
James A. Perkins ( 1911– 1998) was the seventh president of Cornell University. ...more on Wikipedia about "James A. Perkins"
Jeffery Sean Lehman (b. 1956), is an American scholar, lawyer and academic administrator. He is best known for serving as the 11th president of Cornell University from 2003 until 2005. A native of Bronxville, New York, Lehman is a member of the Cornell class of 1977, the first alumnus of that institution to serve as its president. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jeffrey S. Lehman"
Livingston Farrand, M.D., LL.D. ( 1867 - 1939) was an American physician, anthropologist, psychologist, public health advocate and academic administrator. ...more on Wikipedia about "Livingston Farrand"
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