Party Affiliations of Cornell Administrators

Cornell is commonly characterized as a liberal college campus, although I've noted previously that Cornell has plenty of moderate and conservative students, particularly in certain academic departments and organizations. But what about the people running the university? Using publicly available information on voter registrations, and about 30 minutes of my time, I was able to compile the following list.

Cornell's leaders are, as one might expect, primarily registered as Democrats and Independents, but there are a few Republicans in important positions. Most remarkably, Cornell's administrators have been very good about voting regularly, with everyone having voted in the 2008 presidential election unless otherwise noted.

The only discoveries which surprised me were about Skorton and Maas. I would have thought that Skorton might have registered as an independent to keep himself out of the political fray. And Maas as a Republican?

White House

* David J. Skorton, President
Democrat

* Robin Davisson
Democrat, voted in 2008 primary but not general election

Senior Staff

* W. Kent Fuchs, Provost
Republican

* Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., Provost for Medical Affairs and Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College
Republican

* James J. Mingle, University Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation
Independent

* Thomas W. Bruce, Vice President for University Communications
Democrat

* Joanne M. DeStefano, Vice President for Finance and CFO
Independent

* Stephen Philip Johnson, Vice President for Government and Community Relations
Democrat

* Susan H. Murphy, Vice President for Student and Academic Services
Independent

* Mary G. Opperman, Vice President for Human Resources
Democrat

* Charles D. Phlegar, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development
Independent

* Paul Streeter, Interim Vice President for Planning and Budget
Independent

Academic Leadership

* Glenn C. Altschuler, Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions
Democrat

* David P. Hajjar, Dean of the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Independent, last voted 2004

* Susan A. Henry, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Independent

* Daniel P. Huttenlocher, Dean of Computing and Information Science
Independent

* Michael D. Johnson, Dean of the School of Hotel Administration
Independent

* Harry C. Katz, Kenneth F. Kahn Dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Democrat

* Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian
Democrat

* G. Peter Lepage, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Democrat

Office of the Provost

* David R. Harris, Deputy Provost and Vice Provost for Social Sciences
Democrat

* Laura S. Brown, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Democrat

* Doris Davis, Associate Provost for Admissions and Enrollment
Democrat


Other Administrative Leadership

* Michael B. Dickinson, University Auditor
Independent

* Stephen T. Golding, Senior Consultant to the President
Republican

* Curtis S. Ostrander, Interim Vice President for Risk Management and Public Safety
Republican

Notables

* Dean of the University Faculty: William E. Fry
Democrat

* Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students: Kent L. Hubbell
Independent, last voted 2004

* James Maas
Republican

* Hunter Rawlings
Independent, last voted 2006

* Jeffrey Lehman
Democrat

* Frank Rhodes
Independent