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The president of Columbia University is the chief officer of Columbia University in New York City. The position was created in 1754 by the original royal charter for the university, issued by George II , and the power to appoint the president was given to an autonomous board of trustees .
This partial list does not include all of the numerous Columbia alumni and faculty who have served as the heads of foreign governments, in the U.S. Presidential Cabinet, the U.S. Executive branch of government, the Federal Courts, or as U.S. Senators, U.S. Congresspersons, Governors, diplomats, mayors (or other notable local officials), or as prominent members of the legal profession or the ...
These individuals all served as President of Columbia University in New York City, New York in the United States. Pages in category "Presidents of Columbia University" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
As of the 2023 awards, 103 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Columbia University as alumni or faculty. Among the 103 laureates, 72 are Nobel laureates in natural sciences; [a] 46 are Columbia alumni (graduates and attendees) and 34 have been long-term academic members of the Columbia faculty; and subject-wise, 33 laureates have won the Nobel Prize in Physics, more than any other subject.
Nemat Talaat Shafik, Baroness Shafik (born 13 August 1962), commonly known as Minouche Shafik, is a British-American academic and economist. [2] She served as the president and vice chancellor of the London School of Economics from 2017 to 2023, and then as the 20th president of Columbia University from July 2023 to August 2024.
Armstrong assumed her current role after former Columbia president Minouche Shafik suddenly stepped down in August after she faced intense criticism for her handling the constant – and at times ...
Shafik said tenured professor Joseph Massad, who a day after the October 7 attack penned a piece online that labeled it “awesome,” had been “spoken to” by members of his department of ...
Lee Carroll Bollinger [1] (born April 30, 1946) is an American attorney and educator who served as the 19th president of Columbia University from 2002 to 2023 and as the 12th president of the University of Michigan from 1996 to 2002. Bollinger is currently the Seth Low Professor and a faculty member at Columbia Law School. [2]