Louise Mirrer

Louise Mirrer is an American historian who is president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society.[1] Under Mirrer’s direction, the New-York Historical Society has launched a series of exhibitions, including Slavery in New York; New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War; A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls; French Founding Father: Lafayette’s Return to Washington’s America; Grant and Lee in War and Peace; Lincoln and New York, Nueva York and a rich array of intellectually engaging lectures, debates and family programs.[2] Mirrer inaugurated the Saturday Academy, an American history enhancement program for high-school students, and a new Graduate Institute on Constitutional History. Mirrer also led the Historical Society’s 100-million-dollar campaign for a major renovation of its landmark building on Central Park West, creating new permanent installation galleries and a children's history museum.[3][4] Mirrer also oversaw efforts to create a Center for Women's History, which opened in the Fall of 2016.[5]

Biography

Mirrer earned a Ph.D. in the Spanish language and a Ph.D. in Humanities from Stanford University.

She was the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the City University of New York.[6]

She was named president of the New-York Historical Society in 2004.[6]

Honors
  • YWCA “Women Achievers” Award, 2000
  • Citation of Honor, Queens Borough President’s Office, 2001
  • Women Making History Award, Queensborough Community College, 2001
  • Leadership Award, Asian-American Research Institution, 2003
  • New York Post’s “50 Most Influential Women in New York,” 2003
  • Woman of Distinction Medal, League of Women Voters (2007)
  • Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education, ACTA, 2014;[7]

In 2007 she was made an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.[1][8][9]

References
  1. "Louise Mirrer". New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 17 August 2011. Louise Mirrer joined the New-York Historical Society as President and CEO in June 2004. ...
  2. Rothstein, Edward (9 October 2009). "When Honest Abe Met This Querulous Metropolis". New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  3. Pogrebin, Robin (11 April 2011). "New-York Historical Society Renovations Take Shape". The New York Times.
  4. Lee, Felicia (23 January 2010). "Historical Society to Open a Children's Museum". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  5. Kozinn, Allan (November 21, 2014). "New-York Historical Society to Open Center for Women's History". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  6. "CUNY Administrator to Lead Historical Society". New York Times. March 13, 2004. Retrieved 2014-08-11. The New-York Historical Society named Louise Mirrer, the chief academic officer of the City University of New York, as its new president, succeeding Kenneth T. Jackson, a historian who will return to teaching at Columbia University.
  7. "Annual Conference - Philip Merrill Award". American Council of Trustees and Alumni. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  8. "Bios". New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  9. Robin, Pogrebin (April 12, 2011). "A Bunker of History Begins to Open". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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