List of presidents of Fordham University

The following is a list of the presidents of Fordham University, from its establishment as St. John's College onward. From 1841 to 1846, the university was governed by the Archdiocese of New York, and was placed in the custody of the Society of Jesus thereafter.

Presidents

Archdiocese of New York

Name	Years presided	Ref.
Fr. John McCloskey	1841–43	^[1]
Fr. John B. Harley	1843–44	^[2]
Fr. James Roosevelt Bayley	1844–46	^[3]

Society of Jesus

1846–1962

Name	Years presided	Ref.
Fr. Augustus Thébaud	1846–1851	^[2]
Fr. John Larkin	1851–1854	^[2]
Fr. Remigius I. Tellier	1854–1859	^[4]
Fr. Augustus Thébaud	1859–1863	^[2]
Fr. Edward Doucet	1863–1865	^[2]
Fr. William Moylan	1865–1868	^[5]
Fr. Joseph Shea	1868–1874	^[6]
Fr. F. William Gockeln	1874–1882	^[2]
Fr. Patrick F. Dealy	1882–1885	^[2]
Fr. Thomas J. Campbell	1885–1888	^[2]
Fr. John Scully	1888–1891	^[2]
Fr. Thomas Gannon	1891–1896	^[7]
Fr. Fr. Thomas J. Campbell	1896–1900	^[2]
Fr. John A. Petit	1900–1904	^[2]
Fr. John J. Collins	1904–1906	^[2]
Fr. Daniel J. Quinn	1906–1911	^[2]
Fr. Thomas J. McCluskey	1911–1915	^[2]
Fr. Joseph A. Mulry	1915–1919	^[2]
Fr. Edward P. Tivnan	1919–1924	^[2]
Fr. William J. Duane	1924–1930	^[2]
Fr. Aloysius J. Hogan	1930–1936	^[2]
Fr. Robert I. Gannon	1936–1949	^[2]
Fr. Laurence J. McGinley	1949–1963	^[2]

1963–present

Name	Years presided	Ref.
Fr. Vincent O'Keefe	1963–1965	^[8]
Fr. Leo P. McLaughlin	1965–1969	^[2]
Fr. Michael P. Walsh	1969–1972	^[2]
Fr. James C. Finlay	1972–1983	^[9]
Fr. Joseph A. O'Hare	1983–2003	^[2]
Fr. Joseph M. McShane	2003–2022 (named President Emeritus in 2022)	^[2]^[10]
Tania Tetlow	2022–present	^[11]

Notes

^ Schroth 2008, p. 9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x "Fordham Presidents". Fordham University Library. LibGuides. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
^ Schroth 2008, p. 10.
^ Schroth 2008, p. 51.
^ Taaffe 1891, p. 102.
^ Schroth 2008, p. 90.
^ Schroth 2008, p. 102.
^ Schroth 2008, pp. 254–55.
^ Pace, Eric (December 7, 1992). "Rev. James C. Finlay, 70, Dies; A Former President of Fordham". The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
^ "Father McShane Named President Emeritus of Fordham". Fordham News. July 8, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
^ LaRosa, Nicole (February 10, 2022). "Tania Tetlow Named President of Fordham; First Layperson and First Woman to Lead the Jesuit University of New York". Fordham News. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

References

Schroth, Raymond A. (2008). Fordham: A History and Memoir (Revised ed.). New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-2977-2. OCLC 727645703.
Taaffe, Thomas Gaffney (1891). A History of St. John's College, Fordham, N.Y. New York: The Catholic Publication Society Co.