List of presidents of Cornell University

The following people have served as presidents of Cornell University.

President	Life	Tenure
Andrew Dickson White	1832–1918	1866–1885
Charles Kendall Adams	1856–1902	1885–1892
Jacob Gould Schurman	1854–1942	1892–1920
Livingston Farrand	1867–1939	1921–1937
Edmund Ezra Day	1883–1951	1937–1949
Deane Waldo Malott	1898–1996	1951–1963
James A. Perkins	1911–1998	1963–1969
Dale R. Corson	1914–2012	1969–1977
Frank H. T. Rhodes	b. 1926	1977–1995
Hunter R. Rawlings III	b. 1944	1995–2003
Jeffrey S. Lehman	b. 1956	2003–2005
David J. Skorton	b. 1949	2006–2015
Elizabeth Garrett	1963–2016	2015–2016

References

• History of the Cornell Presidency
• Thirteen presidents