Louise Mirrer

Louise Mirrer is an American historian who is president and CEO of the New York Historical.[1]

Biography

Mirrer was born in Brooklyn Heights.[2] Her father, Dr. Gerald Mirrer, an internist, was one of the founding doctors of North Shore Hospital on Long Island, and her mother, Mildred, was a historian and educator. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where her thesis concerned the cult of the Virgin Mary.[3] She later earned a Ph.D. in the Spanish language and a Ph.D. in humanities from Stanford University.[4][5] She taught in the Spanish departments at Fordham University and the University of Minnesota; at the latter institution, she became vice provost for arts, sciences, and engineering.[3] She then became executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the City University of New York.[4]

She was named president of the New York Historical in 2004.[4] Exhibits launched by the New-York Historical Society under Mirrer's direction include 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. Mirrer has also overseen the expansion of its educational offerings, and its 2025 rebrand.[6][7][8] The Center for Women's History at the museum was opened in 2016.[9]

Mirrer is married to David Halle, a sociologist, and has three children. She lives in a maisonette on Beekman Place.[10][11]

Honors

In 2007 she was made an honorary fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.[1][13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Louise Mirrer". New-York Historical Society. Retrieved August 17, 2011. Louise Mirrer joined the New-York Historical Society as President and CEO in June 2004. ...
  2. ↑ Interviews. "Dr. Louise Mirrer, Honoree for the Holland Society's 135th Dinner Dance". Retrieved August 25, 2026.
  3. 1 2 magazine, STANFORD (September 1, 2015). "Treasure Keeper". stanfordmag.org. Retrieved August 25, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "CUNY Administrator to Lead Historical Society". New York Times. March 13, 2004. Retrieved August 11, 2014. 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.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Louise Mirrer Named Vice Chancellor For Academic Affairs". www1.cuny.edu. February 10, 1997. Archived from the original on July 10, 2004. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  6. ↑ Rothstein, Edward (October 9, 2009). "When Honest Abe Met This Querulous Metropolis". New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  7. ↑ Pogrebin, Robin (April 11, 2011). "New-York Historical Society Renovations Take Shape". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ Lee, Felicia (January 23, 2010). "Historical Society to Open a Children's Museum". The New York Times. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  9. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (November 21, 2014). "New-York Historical Society to Open Center for Women's History". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  10. ↑ Interviews. "Dr. Louise Mirrer, Honoree for the Holland Society's 135th Dinner Dance". Retrieved August 25, 2026.
  11. ↑ Green, Penelope (August 21, 2005). "For a Museum's Chief, History at Home". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 25, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Annual Conference - Philip Merrill Award". American Council of Trustees and Alumni. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Bios". New-York Historical Society. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  14. ↑ Robin, Pogrebin (April 12, 2011). "A Bunker of History Begins to Open". The New York Times. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
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