John Jay Iselin (December 8, 1933 in Greenville, South Carolina - May 6, 2008 New York City^[1]), great-great-great-great-grandson of John Jay,^[2] was president of the Marconi fellowship foundation at Columbia University.^[3] He was also an adjunct faculty member of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.^[4]

Iselin was a graduate of St. Mark's School, and Harvard, where he served as Managing Editor^[5] of the Crimson. In 1959, he was selected as a Marshall Scholar, and in 2001 became founding Chairman of the New York Marshall Committee^[6].

Until 2000, Iselin served as President of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Before that he served as president of WNET.

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