William Alexander Duer was an American lawyer, jurist, and educator from New York City who served as the President of Columbia University from 1829 to 1842. He was also a slaveholder, owning numerous enslaved African Americans.
- Occupation
- lawyer, politician, judge, jurist
- Position held
- member of the New York State Assembly, president
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 8, 1780
- Died
- May 30, 1858
