Leadership History

The New York Medical College’s leadership, from 1860 to present.

2011 - present Alan Kadish, M.D., president | 2012 - present Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., chancellor and CEO
2007 - 2011 Karl P. Adler, M.D., president and CEO
1992 - 2006 Harry C. Barrett, D.Min., M.P.H., president and CEO
1981 - 1992 John J. Connolly, Ed.D., president and CEO | 1987 - 1992 James P. Cassidy, Ph.D., chancellor
1978 - 1981 Joseph A. Cimino, M.D., M.P.H., president and CEO
1977 - 1978 Kathleen C. Morton, M.D., president
1972 - 1977 Lawrence B. Slobody, M.D., '1936, president
1971 - 1972 Lawrence B. Slobody, M.D., '1936, acting president
1970 - 1971 Frederick L. Stone, Ph.D., president
1969 - 1969 Jackson E. Spears, acting president
1967 - 1969 David D. Denker, Ph.D., president
1965 - 1967 Jackson E. Spears, acting president
1959 - 1965 Ralph E. Snyder, M.D. ‘1950, president and dean
1957 - 1959 Ralph E. Snyder, M.D. ‘1950, acting president (concurrently served as dean)
1953 - 1957 Jacob Adam Werner Hetrick Jr., M.D., ‘1918, president
1941 - 1953 Jacob Adam Werner Hetrick Jr., M.D., ‘1918, acting president (concurrently served as dean)
1939 - 1941 Claude A. Burrett, Ph.B., M.D., president (concurrently served as acting dean from 1941-1941)
1925 - 1939 Claude A. Burrett, Ph.B., M.D., dean
1922 - 1925 Israel S. Kleiner, Ph.D., dean
1921 - 1922 Israel S. Kleiner, Ph.D., acting dean
1920 - 1921 Rudolph F. Rabe, M.D., ‘1896, dean
1920 - 1920 William Waldo Blackman, M.D., dean
1918 - 1920 Thomas J. Preston, Ph.D., dean
1908 - 1918 Royal S. Copeland, M.D., dean
1902 - 1908 William Harvey King, M.D., dean
1893 - 1902 William Tod Helmuth, M.D., L.L.D., dean
1882 - 1893 Timothy Field Allen, M.D., dean
1873 - 1882 John William Dowling, M.D., dean
1870 - 1873 Carroll Dunham, M.D., dean
1860 - 1870 Jacob Beakley, M.D., dean

Presidents of the Board of Trustees

2020 - present Joseph D. Mark, chair, Board of Trustees
2010 - 2020 Dr. Mark Hasten, chair, Board of Trustees
1999 - 2010 Ronald F. Poe, chair, Board of Trustees
1993 - 1999 Richard Barth, president, Board of Trustees
1990 - 1993 George K. Cooney, president, Board of Trustees
1979 - 1990 John K. Castle, president, Board of Trustees
1976 - 1979 Norman Alexander, president, Board of Trustees
1970 - 1976 Keith M. Urmy, president, Board of Trustees
1965 - 1972 Jackson E. Spears, president, Board of Trustees
1956 - 1965 Frederic W. Lincoln, president, Board of Trustees
1928 - 1956 Charles Halsey, president, Board of Trustees
1926 - 1928 Frank D. Waterman, president, Board of Trustees
1923 - 1926 William M. Baldwin, president, Board of Trustees
1922 - 1923 Edmond S. Putney, president, Board of Trustees
1920 - 1921 Howard C. Smith, president, Board of Trustees
1919 - 1920 Frank S. Hastings, president, Board of Trustees
1918 - 1919 Henry L. Langhaar, president, Board of Trustees
1908 - 1918 Melbert B. Cary, president, Board of Trustees
1901 - 1908 Anson R. Flower, president, Board of Trustees
1899 - 1901 Timothy Field Allen, M.D., president, Board of Trustees
1888 - 1899 Rufus B. Cowling, president, Board of Trustees
1872 - 1888 Salem H. Wales, president, Board of Trustees
1862 - 1872 William Cullen Bryant, president, Board of Trustees
1860 - 1862 Daniel F. Tiemann, president, Board of Trustees