Louise Mirrer

Louise Mirrer is an American historian who is president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society. 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. 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. Mirrer also oversaw efforts to create a Center for Women's History, which opened in the Fall of 2016.

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.

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

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;

In 2007 she was made an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

External links

• About Louise Mirrer, nyhistory.org
• Louise Mirrer, Huffington Post