The New York Institute for Special Education(NYISE) is a private, nonprofit, nonsectarian educational facility which provides quality programs for children who are blind or visually disabled, emotionally and learning disabled and preschoolers who are developmentally delayed.
The school was founded in 1831 as The New York Institution for the Blind as one of the first schools in the United States to provide an educational program for children who were blind or visually impaired. Early in the twentieth century, the name was changed to The New York Institute for the Education of the Blind to emphasize the educational character of the school.
In the 1980's educators recognized the need to provide programs designed specifically for students with learning and emotional disabilities. In response to this need, the school established the Van Cleve Program for those children who could not be served in a traditional school setting. In 1986, the school's name was changed to The New York Institute for Special Education to better reflect this expanded focus and commitment to children with a variety of disabilities. In 1987, a program for developmentally delayed preschoolers was established called the Readiness Program. Nearly 300 students from ages 3 to 21 now attend NYISE.
OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTE
From Its Incorporation in 1831
With Their Terms of Office
PRESIDENTS
Akerly, Samuel, M.D. |
1831-1842 |
Tuckerman, Paul |
1919-1925 |
Phelps, Anson G. |
1843-1853 |
Blagden, Linzee |
1925-1932 |
Wood, Isaac, M.D. |
1854-1859 |
Davis, Howland S. |
1932-1947 |
Allen, George F. |
1860-1862 |
Mahony, Walter B. |
1947-1949 |
Schell, Augustus |
1863-1883 |
Earle, Walter K. |
1949-1963 |
Hone, Robert S. |
1884-1887 |
Stanton, L. Lee |
1963-1967 |
McLean, James M. |
1888-1890 |
Shields, William, Jr. |
1967-1969 |
Irving, John Treat |
1891-1895 |
Finch, Edward Ridley, Jr. |
1969-1971 |
Schermerhorn, Wm. C. |
1896-1901 |
Stephenson, George S. |
1971-1974 |
Schermerhorn, F. Aug. |
1901-1909 |
Dewey, Gordon C. |
1974-2002 |
Davis, Howland |
1909-1919 |
Donna O’Hare Brayton, M.D. |
2002-2005 |
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John B. Rhodes |
2006 |
VICE PRESIDENTS
Averill, Herman |
1831-1832 |
Appleton, William W. |
1913-1924 |
Brown, Silas |
1833-1835 |
Murray, J. Archibald |
1924-1932 |
Titus, Peter S. |
1836 |
Aspinwall, J. Lawrence |
1932-1936 |
Phelps, Anson G. |
1837-1842 |
Smith, Augustine J. |
1937-1943 |
Wood, Isaac, M.D. |
1843-1853 |
Harris, Duncan G. |
1943-1970 |
Gracie, Robert |
1855-1860 |
Stanton, L. Lee |
1961-1963 |
Beadel, Edward L. |
1861-1862 |
Hoppin, Frederic G. |
1963-1966 |
Hone, Robert S. |
1863-1883 |
Shields, William, Jr. |
1966-1967 |
Suydam, D. Lydig |
1884 |
Davis, Howland |
1967-1996 |
McLean, James M. |
1885-1887 |
Dewey, Gordon C. |
1971-1974 |
Clift, Smith |
1888-1893 |
Heydt, Herman A., Jr. |
1974-1979 |
Schermerhorn, Wm. C. |
1894-1895 |
Tufo, Peter F. |
1979-1986 |
| Marie, Peter |
1893-1903 |
Brayton, Mrs. Robert G. |
1986-2002 |
| Rhinelander, F.W. |
1903-1904 |
Linville, Anne W. |
1996-2000 |
Sheldon, Frederick |
1905-1906 |
Foote, Phillip G. |
2001- |
Peabody, Geo. L., M.D. |
1907-1912 |
Rhodes, John B. |
2003-2005 |
Kane, John I. |
1913 |
Edward Ridley Finch |
2006 |
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TREASURERS
Bolton, Curtis |
1831-1835 |
Blagden, Linzee |
1923-1925 |
Brown, Silas |
1836-1859 |
Davis, Howland S. |
1925-1932 |
Wood, Edward |
1860-1861 |
Lloyd, R. McAllister |
1932-1946 |
Schell, Augustus |
1862 |
Hoppin, Frederic G. |
1946-1963 |
Kennedy, James Lenox |
1863-1864 |
Stephenson, George S. |
1963-1971 |
Clift, Smith |
1865 |
Rosenman, Robert |
1971-1977 |
Grafton, Joseph |
1866-1871 |
Hemingway, David S. |
1977-1984 |
Whitewright, William |
1872-1896 |
Musser, William L. |
1984- |
Davis, Howland |
1897-1909 |
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Foster, Frederic DePeyster |
1909-1923 |
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SECRETARIES
Bogert, Henry K. |
1831-1832 |
Clarke, Thomas L. |
1930-1931 |
Russ, John D., M. D. |
1833-1834 |
Richards, Junius A. |
1931-1936 |
Crosby, William H. |
1835 |
Earle, Walter K. |
1936-1949 |
Allen, George F. |
1836-1859 |
Pool, Beekman H. |
1949-1950 |
Hone, Robert S. |
1860-1862 |
Shields, William, Jr. |
1950-1963 |
Brown, John Crosby |
1863 |
Duane, Richard B., Jr., M.D. |
1963-1988 |
Myers, T. Bailey |
1864-1883 |
Linville, Anne W. |
1989-1996 |
Schermerhorn, F. Augustus |
1884-1901 |
Pinto, Linda B. |
1997 |
Marshall, Charles H. |
1901-1911 |
Birch, Mrs. Robert S. |
1998-2001 |
Blagden, Linzee |
1911-1923 |
Bloom, Frances R. |
2001-2004
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Derby, James Lloyd |
1923-1926 |
Rosanne K. Silberman |
2004 |
Schermerhorn, Alfred E. |
1926-1930 |
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PRINCIPALS AND DIRECTORS OF THE INSTITUTE
Russ, John D., M. D.. |
1832-1835 |
Van Cleve, Edw. M., L.L.D. |
1914-1935 |
Jones, Silas |
1836-1840 |
Principal Emeritus |
1935-1937 |
Vroom, Peter D., M. D.
Boggs, William |
1841-1842
1843-1845 |
Frampton, Merle, E. Ph.D., L.L.D., Litt.D.
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1935-1971
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Chamberlain, James F. |
1846-1852 |
May, William D., Ed.D. |
1971-1972 |
Cooper, T. Colden
Rankin, Robert G.
Wait, William B.
Principal Emeritus
Tewksbury, Everett B. |
1852-1861
1861-1863
1863-1905
1905-1916
1905-1914 |
Walker, Roger C., M.S.
Bryant, Nancy W., Ph.D.
Guarino, Robert L., Ph.D.
McMahon, Eugene, Ed.D.
Kappen, Bernadette
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1972-1981
1981-1983
1984-2000
2000-2007
2008- |
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