Anthony W. Marx is President of The New York Public Library, the
nation’s largest library system with 92 locations in the Bronx,
Manhattan, and Staten Island and the most used research library in the
world. Since joining NYPL in 2011, Marx has strengthened the
Library’s role as an essential provider of educational resources and
opportunities for all ages. The Library has created new early
literacy and after-school programs for children and teens,
dramatically increased free English language classes and citizenship
support for immigrants, and improved services for scholars and
students who rely on the Library’s research collections. The Library
has also completed more than $1.5 billion in capital improvements,
including complete renovations of branches in underserved
neighborhoods and, for the first time, leveraging air rights above
branches to build affordable housing. Under Marx, the Library has
also become a national leader on bridging the digital divide through
its efforts to increase access to e-books, expand computer classes and
coding training, and a groundbreaking program that provides home
internet access to low-income families. Before joining the Library,
Marx served as president of Amherst College from 2003 to 2011, during
which time the college tripled enrollment for low-income students.
Before Amherst, Marx was a political science professor, focusing on
South African politics, and director of undergraduate studies at
Columbia University. Marx has a BA from Yale, and an MPA and a PhD
from Princeton.