The president of Cooper Union is the chief administrator of

Cooper Union The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Cooper Union) is a private college at Cooper Square in New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in ...

History

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art was founded in 1859 by industrialist, inventor and philanthropist

Peter Cooper Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791April 4, 1883) was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and politician. He designed and built the first American steam locomotive, the '' Tom Thumb'', founded the Cooper Union for the Advancement of ...

. From its inception, the college committed to providing full scholarships, regardless of need, to its students.

List of presidents of the Cooper Union

(1859—1882) * Edward Cooper (1882—1904) *

John Edward Parsons John Edward Parsons (October 24, 1829 – January 16, 1915) was an American lawyer in New York City. He was president of the New York City Bar Association from 1900 to 1901 and the president of the Cooper Union from 1905 to 1915. Early life Pa ...

(1905—1914) *

Robert Fulton Cutting Robert Fulton Cutting (June 27, 1852 – September 21, 1934), was an American financier and philanthropist known as "the first citizen of New York." Cutting and his brother William started the sugar beet industry in the United States in 1888. He ...

(1914—1934) *

Gano Dunn Gano Sillick Dunn (October 18, 1870 – April 10, 1953) was President of Cooper Union, and an early Chairman and CEO of the United States National Research Council. Early life and education Son of Civil War veteran General N. Gano Dunn and Ame ...

(1935—1951) *

Edwin S. Burdell Edwin Sharp Burdell (February 2, 1898 – August 30, 1978) was the director (1938-1951) and president (1951-1960) of the Cooper Union for 22 years and the first dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institut ...

(1951—1960) * Johnson E. Fairchild (1960—1961) ''(Acting)'' *

Richard Franklin Humphreys Richard Franklin Humphreys (May 16, 1911 – August 8, 1968) was a physicist and President of Cooper Union. Early life and career Humphreys was born in Greenville, Ohio and in 1933 earned a bachelors degree from DePauw University. This was f ...

(1961—1968) *

Henry Heald Henry Townley Heald (1904–1975) was the first president of Illinois Institute of Technology and the Ford Foundation. Career Heald was president of Armour Institute of Technology from 1937 to 1940, at which time it became the Illinois Institute of ...

(1968—1969) ''(Acting)'' * John F. White (1969—1979) *

Bill N. Lacy Bill N. Lacy (April 16, 1933 – August 25, 2020) was an architect, the president of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and the president of the State University of New York at Purchase. Early life Lacy was born near K ...

(1980—1987) *

John Jay Iselin John Jay Iselin (December 8, 1933 – May 6, 2008) was a magazine and television journalist, editor, and publisher. He served as president of WNET, president of the Cooper Union, and president of the Marconi Foundation at Columbia University. Earl ...

(1988—2000) *

George Campbell Jr. George Campbell Jr. (born December 2, 1945) was the eleventh president of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art from July 2000 to July 2011. Education Campbell earned a PhD in theoretical physics from Syracuse University in 197 ...

(2000—2011) *

Jamshed Bharucha Jamshed Bharucha is an Indian-American cognitive neuroscientist who has served in leadership roles in higher education. He is the Founding Vice Chancellor of Sai University, Chennai, and is a member of the Board of Advisors of India's Internatio ...

(2011—2015) * William Mea (2015—2017) ''(Acting)'' * Laura Sparks (2017—present)

References

External links

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