{"id":49181,"date":"2025-03-21T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=49181"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:00:55","slug":"kotlikoff-15th-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/kotlikoff-15th-president\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Leading an Institution I Love Through These Challenging Times\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Mike Kotlikoff, the University\u2019s interim leader for the past eight months, has been officially appointed Cornell\u2019s 15th president<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This story was adapted from <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2025\/03\/michael-kotlikoff-named-cornells-15th-president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>a report<\/em><\/a><em> in the <\/em>Cornell Chronicle<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>David Nutt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Board of Trustees has voted to appoint Mike Kotlikoff, who has served as <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/meet-interim-president-kotlikoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interim president<\/a> since July 2024, Cornell\u2019s 15th president, effective immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the last eight months as interim president\u2014and his 25 years on Cornell\u2019s faculty\u2014Mike has demonstrated the leadership and vision that the University needs right now,\u201d says Kraig Kayser, MBA \u201984, chair of the Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHis institutional knowledge, expertise, and passion for our shared mission will continue to help him lead Cornell through a period of great uncertainty and provide much-needed continuity at a critical time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Kotlikoff, then provost, smiles in the audience at the State of the University Address in 2016\" class=\"wp-image-40568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/UP_2016_1439_003-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Jason Koski \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the audience at the State of the University address in 2016, when he was provost.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As interim president, Kotlikoff has sought to foster connection and dialogue on campus and to highlight the unique attributes of Cornell\u2014including its history and its ethos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve spent 25 wonderful years at Cornell, and serving this university is an honor and a privilege,\u201d Kotlikoff says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m committed to finishing my career here, leading an institution I love through these challenging times. As higher education across the U.S. navigates difficult political, financial, and societal headwinds, I hope to guide Cornell in ways that reflect our core principles as an institution committed to doing \u2018the greatest good.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I\u2019ve spent 25 wonderful years at Cornell, and serving this university is an honor and a privilege.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A professor of molecular physiology, Kotlikoff arrived on the Hill in 2000 to build a new department in biomedical sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also launched and led the University\u2019s Mammalian Genomics Life Science Initiative. He was named dean of CVM in 2007 and became University provost in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Interim President Mike Kotlikoff meets with doctors at Weil Cornell Medicine in New York City in 2024\" class=\"wp-image-40559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1283_SH_007-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Sreang Hok \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Meeting with Weill Cornell Medicine faculty as interim president.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMike has been a dedicated advocate and champion for Cornell for decades,\u201d says Anne Meinig Smalling \u201987, chair of the board\u2019s Executive Committee and the incoming board chair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHis values, knowledge, and insights are deeply appreciated by all who know him. I and the other trustees look forward to working with Mike in the months and years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Mike has been a dedicated advocate and champion for Cornell for decades. His values, knowledge, and insights are deeply appreciated by all who know him.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Anne Meinig Smalling \u201987<\/strong>, incoming board chair<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, Kotlikoff was professor and chair of the Department of Animal Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his BA in 1973 and VMD in 1981, with a PhD from the University of California, Davis, in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time he was hired at Cornell in 2000, his research interests had expanded from studying ion channel proteins that control muscle excitability to using genetics to understand the fundamental processes that underlie and limit repair of the damaged mammalian heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Kotlikoff with his lab group at the College of Veterinary Medicine in an image from the early 2000s\" class=\"wp-image-40564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-1536x877.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-1264x722.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-632x361.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-316x181.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-400x229.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-200x114.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A-100x57.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/IMG_4423-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">provided<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At left, with members of his lab shortly after he arrived on the Hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>His arrival opened up new opportunities for studying mouse genetics at the University. His lab\u2019s breakthroughs included developing <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2006\/03\/mice-glowing-hearts-shed-light-how-hearts-develop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">optogenetic signaling molecules<\/a> that can be expressed in mice to explore cell function; ways to use cell therapy to treat <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2007\/12\/embryonic-cells-implanted-damaged-hearts-prevent-arrhythmias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cardiac arrythmias<\/a> in injured hearts; and an understanding of the limits of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2012\/07\/study-heart-repairs-very-early-life-not-adults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">precursor cells<\/a> in heart repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has published 152 papers; his lab, which he closed in 2021, was continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since he began his research career. He has served in numerous roles at the NIH, including chairing the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and serving on the NIH Council of Councils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>Kotlikoff earned a BA and a VMD from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD from the University of California, Davis.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kotlikoff also has the distinction of having been Cornell\u2019s longest-serving provost and served as chief budget officer in addition to chief academic officer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As provost, he helped steward many large and complicated projects, such as the creation of the Johnson College of Business and the Brooks School of Public Policy; the Radical Collaboration initiative; the North Campus Residential Expansion; and the University\u2019s COVID-19 response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His wife, Carolyn McDaniel, retired in 2024 as a professor of practice in CVM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Kotlikoff and wife Carolyn McDaniel with their dog, May, greeting new students on North Campus.\" class=\"wp-image-40563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/2024_1359_JK_029-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Jason Koski \/ Cornell University<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kotlikoff and McDaniel introduce students to their border terrier during Move-In 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>They have two children: Phoebe, a lawyer and former submarine officer with the U.S. Navy, and Emmett \u201916, who graduated from Cornell with a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science and currently works for Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Top: Kotlikoff outside the A.D. 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