John Huston Finley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Huston Finley

American academic and NY Times editor-in-chief

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1863

Place of Birth: Grand Ridge, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1940

Profession: editor, journalist, newspaper editor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

John Huston Finley (October 19, 1863 – March 7, 1940) was Professor of Polities at Princeton University from 1900 to 1903, and President of the City College of New York from 1903 until 1913, when he was appointed President of the University of the State of New York and Commissioner of Education of the State of New York.
A promenade along the western bank of the East River between 63rd Street and 125th Street in Manhattan was named the John Finley Walk in 1940 because he had often walked the perimeter of Manhattan.