Editing City University of New York (section)

===Founding===
In 1960, [[John R. Everett]] became the first [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of the [[Municipal college|Municipal College]] System of the City of New York, later renamed CUNY, for a salary of $25,000 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|25000|1960|r=-3}}}} in current dollar terms).<ref name="auto">{{cite web|first=Alex|last=Seitz-Wald|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rep-joe-crowley-loses-28-year-old-newcomer-alexandria-ocasio-n886851|title=High-ranking Democrat ousted in stunning primary loss to newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez|work=[[NBC News]]|date=June 26, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name="encyclopediavirginia.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Everett_John_R_1918-1992#start_entry|title=Everett, John R. (1918–1992)|website=encyclopediavirginia.org}}</ref><ref name="aut">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/22/obituaries/john-everett-cuny-chancellor-and-new-school-head-dies-at-73.html|title=John Everett, CUNY Chancellor And New School Head, Dies at 73|first=James|last=Barron|date=January 22, 1992|work=The New York Times}}</ref> CUNY was created in 1961,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amendment to New York State Education Law (1961) {{*}} CUNY Digital History Archive |url=https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/6902 |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=cdha.cuny.edu}}</ref> by [[New York State]] legislation, signed into law by Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]]. The legislation integrated existing institutions and a new graduate school into a coordinated system of higher education for the city, under the control of the "Board of Higher Education of the City of New York", which had been created by New York State legislation in 1926. By 1979, the Board of Higher Education had become the "Board of Trustees of the CUNY".<ref name=fitzp />

The institutions that were merged to create CUNY were:<ref name=fitzp />

* The Free Academy – Founded in 1847 by [[Townsend Harris]], it was fashioned as "a Free Academy for the purpose of extending the benefits of education gratuitously to persons who have been pupils in the common schools of the city and county of New York." The Free Academy later became the [[City College of New York]].
* The Female Normal and High School – Founded in 1870, and later renamed [[Normal school|the Normal College]]. It would be renamed again in 1914 to [[Hunter College]]. During the early 20th century, Hunter College expanded into the Bronx, with what became [[Lehman College|Herbert Lehman College]].<ref name=fitzp>Fitzpatrick, John. [http://www.answers.com/topic/city-university-of-new-york "City University of New York"] ''U.S. History Encyclopedia''</ref>
* [[Brooklyn College]] – Founded in 1930.
* [[Queens College]] – Founded in 1937.