Cooper Union

Trustees

Chairs

Rachel L. Warren, Chair
Stephen Gerard ME'67, Vice Chair, Alumni Trustee
Eric Hirschhorn ME’89, Vice Chair

Trustees

Taesha Aurora AR ’21, Student Trustee
Anne Chao
Joseph B. Dobronyi Jr.
Thomas Driscoll ME'77
Wanda Felton
Pamela Flaherty
Elizabeth Graziolo AR'95, Alumni Trustee
Aftab Hussain ME'97, Alumni Trustee
Mahmoud Khair-Eldin CE’21, Student Trustee
Malcolm King EE’97
Lynn Lander ChE'60, Alumni Trustee
Margaret Matz AR ‘83, Alumni Trustee
Cristina Ross AR'81, Alumni Trustee
Kevin Slavin A’95
Brian Steinwurtzel
Jeremy Wertheimer EE'82
Carol Wolf A'84, Alumni Trustee

Representatives to the Board

Diana Agrest -- Full-time Faculty
Melody Baglione -- Full-time Faculty
Raffaele Bedarida -- Full-time Faculty
Leslie Hewitt -- Full-time Faculty
Yuri Masnyj A'98 -- Part-time Faculty

Meetings & Minutes

Policies Pertaining to the Board

Committees

Committee Membership

Free Education Committee

Governing Documents

Statements, Reports & Messages

Financial Monitor Reports

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.