The New York Medical College’s leadership, from 1860 to present.
Karl P. Adler, M.D.
President and CEO 2007 – 2011
Provost 1987-1994
Harry C. Barrett, D.Min., M.P.H.
President and CEO 1992-2006
Ralph A. O’Connell, M.D.
Provost 1996 – 2012
John J. Connolly, Ed.D.
President and CEO 1981-1992
James P. Cassidy, Ph.D.
Chancellor 1987-1992
Joseph A. Cimino, M.D., Ph.D.
President and CEO 1978 - 1981
Kathleen C. Morton, M.D.
President 1977-1978
Lawrence B. Slobody, M.D.
President 1972-1977, Acting President 1971-1972
Frederick L. Stone, Ph.D.
President 1970-1971
Jackson E. Spears
Acting President 1965-1967
Ralph E. Snyder, M.D.,‘1950
President 1959-1966
Jacob Adam Werner Hetrick Jr., M.D., ‘1918
President 1942-1953, Acting President 1941-1942
Claude A. Burrett, Ph.B., M.D.
President 1939 – 1941
Deans
School of Medicine
Jerry L. Nadler, M.D., FACP, FAHA, FACE
Dean 2019 – 2022
D. Douglas Miller, M.D., C.M., M.B.A.
Dean 2014 - 2018
Karl P. Adler, M.D.
Dean 1987-1994, Acting Dean 1986-1987
Ralph A, O’Connell, M.D.
Dean 1996 – 2012
Ralph E. Snyder, M.D. ‘1950
Dean 1953-1959
Jacob Adam Werner Hetrick Jr., M.D. ‘1918
Dean 1942-1953, Acting Dean 1941-1942
Claude A. Burrett, Ph.B., M.D.
Dean 1925-1939, Acting Dean 1939 - 1941
Israel S. Kleiner, Ph.D.
Dean 1922-1925, Acting Dean 1921-1922
Rudolph F. Rabe, M.D. ‘1896
Dean 1920 - 1921
William Waldo Blackman, M.D.
Dean 1920 - 1920
Thomas J. Preston, Ph.D.
Dean 1918 - 1920
Royal S. Copeland, M.D.
Dean 1908 – 1918
William Harvey King, M.D.
Dean 1902 - 1908
William Tod Helmuth, M.D., L.L.D.
Dean 1893 - 1902
Timothy Field Allen, M.D.
Dean 1882 - 1893
John William Dowling, M.D.
Dean 1873 - 1882
Carroll Dunham, M.D.
Dean 1870 - 1873
Jacob Beakley, M.D.
Dean 1860 - 1870
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (formerly Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences)
Francis L. Belloni, Ph.D.
Dean 1997 – 2018, Acting Dean 1993 - 1997
Charles E. Ford, Ed.D.
Dean 1983 – 1993, Acting Dean 1980 – 1982
Milton Tabachnick, Ph.D.
Dean – 1973 – 1980
School of Health Sciences and Practice (formerly School of Public Health and Graduate School of Health Sciences)
Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A.
Dean 2005 – 2026
James J. O’Brien, Ph.D.
Acting Dean 2003 - 2005
Sheila M. Smythe
Dean 1990 – 2003
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
1971 - 1976 Keith M. Urmy, president, Board of Trustees
1965 - 1971 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 Edmonds 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
