The Cornell University Board of Trustees is the

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for Cornell University, a

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, Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. The board is vested with "supreme control" over the entire university, in accordance to university bylaws. The board's major responsibilities are to establish the degrees that are awarded by the university, elect the president, and adopt an annual plan of financial operation. Day-to-day administration has been delegated by the trustees to the president. There are 64 voting members on the board, including students, employees, faculty, and alumni that are voted onto the board by their respective group. The four ex officio members of the board are the president of the university, the governor of the state of New York, the speaker of the state assembly, and the president of the state senate. The current chairman of the board is Robert Harrison.

Chairmen of the board

* Ezra Cornell 1866-1874 *

Henry W. Sage Henry Williams Sage (January 31, 1814 – September 18, 1897) was a wealthy New York State businessman, philanthropist, and early benefactor and trustee of Cornell University.Murray Edward PoolA story historical of Cornell University with biograp ...

1875-1897 *

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1897-1899 *''None'' 1899-1917 *

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1917-1939 * J. DuPratt White 1939 *

Howard Edward Babcock Howard Edward Babcock (February 23, 1889 – July 12, 1950) was the chairman of Cornell Board of Trustees from 1940 to 1947. He served on the Federal Farm Board as well as on the board of the Central Bank for Cooperatives. He was co-president of ...

1940-1947 * Neal Dow Becker 1947-1953 * John Lyon Collyer 1953-1959 * Arthur H. Dean 1959-1968 * Robert W. Purcell 1968-1978 *

Jansen Noyes, Jr. Jansen Noyes Jr. (1918–2004) was an investment banker and stock brokerage company executive. Education and career Noyes earned a mechanical engineering degree from Cornell University in 1939. During his senior year, Noyes was elected to the Sph ...

1978-1984 * Austin H. Kiplinger 1984-1989 *

Stephen H. Weiss Stephen H. Weiss (1935, Manhattan – April 16, 2008) was an American investment banker, philanthropist, and former chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees. Biography Weiss was born to a Jewish family and graduated from Cornell in ...

1989-1997 *

Harold Tanner Harold Tanner (born 1932) is an investment banker and philanthropist. Education Tanner graduated from the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations in 1952 and earned an MBA from Harvard University Harvard University is ...

1997-2002 *

Peter C. Meinig Peter C. Meinig (1939 – September 25, 2017) was a business executive and a Trustee at Cornell University. Meinig received a BME degree in 1962 from Cornell University and an MBA in 1964 from Harvard University. At Cornell, he joined the Intern ...

2002-2011 * Robert Harrison 2012-present

References

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