List of Presidents of Columbia University

This is a list of Presidents of Columbia University.

	President	Birth Year–Death Year	Years as President	Name of Institution; Notes
1	Samuel Johnson	(1696–1772)	(1754–1763)	King's College
2	Myles Cooper	(1735–1785)	(1763–1775)	King's College
2.1	Benjamin Moore, A.B. 1768	(1748–1816)	(1775–1784)	King's College; acting
2.2	George Clinton	(1739–1812)	(1784–1787)	Columbia College "in the State of New York"; Chancellor (Regents government)
3	William Samuel Johnson	(1727–1819)	(1787–1800)	Columbia College "in the City of New York" (Trustees government)
4	Charles Henry Wharton	(1748–1833)	(1801–1801)	Columbia College
5	Benjamin Moore	(1748–1816)	(1801–1810)	Columbia College
6	William Harris	(1765–1829)	(1811–1829)	Columbia College; shares authority with Provost John Mitchell Mason until 1816
7	William Alexander Duer	(1780–1858)	(1829–1842)	Columbia College
8	Nathaniel Fish Moore	(1782–1872)	(1842–1849)	Columbia College
9	Charles King	(1789–1867)	(1849–1863)	Columbia College; presides over move to Madison Avenue campus
10	Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard	(1809–1889)	(1864–1889)	Columbia College
11	Seth Low, A.B., 1870	(1850–1916)	(1890–1901)	Columbia College; presides over move to Morningside Heights campus; name changes to "Columbia University in the City of New York"
12	Nicholas Murray Butler, A.B. 1882, M.A. 1883, Ph.D. 1884	(1862–1947)	(1902–1945)	Columbia University
12.1	Frank D. Fackenthal, A.B. 1906	(1883–1968)	(1945–1948)	Columbia University (acting)
13	Dwight D. Eisenhower	(1890–1969)	(1948–1953)	Columbia University; on leave while Supreme Commander of NATO, later 34th President of the United States
14	Grayson L. Kirk	(1903–1997)	(1953–1968)	Columbia University; resigned after 1968 protests
15	Andrew W. Cordier	(1901–1975)	(1969–1970)	Columbia University
16	William J. McGill	(1922–1997)	(1970–1980)	Columbia University
17	Michael I. Sovern, B.A. 1953, J.D. 1955	(1931– )	(1980–1993)	Columbia University
18	George Erik Rupp	(1942– )	(1993–2002)	Columbia University
19	Lee C. Bollinger, J.D. 1971	(1947– )	(2002– )	Columbia University

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Presidents of Columbia University

S. Johnson Cooper B. Moore Clinton W. Johnson Wharton B. Moore Harris Duer N. Moore King Barnard Low Butler Fackenthal Eisenhower Kirk Cordier McGill Sovern Rupp Bollinger

^* indicates acting president or chancellor

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List of Presidents of Columbia University