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Parsons Deans and Presidents

Posted on Friday November 9, 2018

by The New School Archives and Special Collections

Posted on Friday November 9, 2018

by The New School Archives and Special Collections

PARSONS DEANS AND PRESIDENTS

William Merritt Chase, 1896-98 (remains unofficial head until 1907)

Lawton Parker, 1898

Managing Board?, 1898-1908

Frank Alvah Parsons, 1908-1930

William Odom (Parsons ’10), 1930-1942

Van Day Truex (Parsons ’26), 1942-1952

Pierre Bedard, 1952-1958

Sterling Callisen, 1959-1963

Francis Ruzicka, 1963-1970

[Bayliss – 1964 – part of Ruzicka’s administration?]

[Benjamin de Brie Taylor – 1969 – part of Ruzicka’s administration?]

David Levy, 1970-1989

Lesley Cadman (Vice Dean), 1981-2007

Charles S. Olton, 1989-1997

H. Randolph Swearer, 1998-2004

Paul Goldberger 2004-2006

Tim Marshall 2006-2008

Joel Towers 2008-present