List of Presidents of the New York Public Library
New York Public Library

List of Presidents of the New York Public Library

Section Title: New York Public Library
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No.	Image	President	Term	Term length	Ref(s)

1	-	John Bigelow	May 27, 1895 – December 19, 1911	16 years, 6 months, 22 days

2	-	John Lambert Cadwalader	December 19, 1911 – March 11, 1914	2 years, 2 months, 20 days

3	–	George L. Rives	May 13, 1914 – August 18, 1917	3 years, 5 months, 4 days

4	-	Lewis Cass Ledyard	December 12, 1917 – January 12, 1932	14 years, 1 month, 0 days

5	-	Frank Polk	April 13, 1932 – February 7, 1943	10 years, 9 months, 25 days

6	-	Morris Hadley	February 8, 1943 – January 8, 1958	14 years, 11 months, 0 days

7	–	Gilbert W. Chapman	January 8, 1959 – February 1, 1971	12 years, 1 month, 0 days

8	–	Richard W. Couper	February 1, 1971 – July 1, 1981	10 years, 5 months, 0 days

9	-	Vartan Gregorian	July 1, 1981 – December 1, 1989	8 years, 5 months, 0 days

10	–	Timothy S. Healy	December 1, 1989 – December 30, 1992	3 years, 0 months, 29 days

11	–	Paul LeClerc	December 1, 1993 – July 1, 2011	17 years, 7 months, 0 days

12	-	Anthony Marx	July 11, 2011 – Present	7 years, 8 months and 11 days

Sentence(s)

For eight years from 1981 to 1989, Gregorian served as president of The New York Public Library.

final_sentence: For eight years from 1981 to 1989, Gregorian served as president of The New York Public Library.