Bob DuPuy

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Robert A. DuPuy
Born1947
Nationality American
Alma mater Dartmouth College (A.B.)
Cornell Law School (J.D.)
Occupation Lawyer
Known forFormer President/COO of Major League Baseball

Robert A. DuPuy (born c. 1947) is a lawyer and former President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball (MLB). He assumed both titles on March 7, 2002. [1] Prior to joining Major League Baseball in 1998, [2] he was a partner and management committee member of Foley & Lardner, a large Milwaukee-based law firm. He returned to Foley & Lardner in 2010 as a partner with the firm's Sports Industry Team. [3]

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DuPuy grew up in Branford, Connecticut. He graduated from Notre Dame High School in West Haven, Connecticut, in 1964. DuPuy received a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in 1968, and a Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in 1973. At Cornell, he was the editor-in-chief of the Cornell Law Review . After attending Dartmouth, he served in the Vietnam War with the 504th Military Police Battalion of the United States Army where he received the Army Commendation Medal. [4]

On November 3, 2007, at Yale Commons in New Haven, Connecticut, DuPuy was bestowed with the honor of becoming a Knight of Honor, the highest award the school gives to graduates and friends of Notre Dame High School. [5]

DuPuy has taught legal ethics and professional responsibility at Cornell University, Northwestern Law School, the University of Wisconsin Law School, and Marquette University Law School, and has served as a long-time faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. For his preeminent legal ability and very high professional ethics, DuPuy has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system.[ citation needed ]

DuPuy left MLB in the fall of 2010 [2] after 8½ years as the commissioner's top aide. During his twelve years at MLB, he led the formation of Major League Baseball Advanced Media, which includes MLB's website. [2] He agreed to commissioner Bud Selig's request that he continue to work on various MLB special projects. [2]

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