Seton Hall University (SHU) is a private Roman Catholic research university in South Orange,New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt,Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton,Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States.
The School of Diplomacy and International Relations (SODIR),is a post-secondary,degree-granting institution concentrating on international affairs within Seton Hall University in South Orange,New Jersey. Founded in collaboration with the United Nations Association of the United States of America,it was the first school of international relations to be founded after the Cold War. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. The School of Diplomacy and International Relations is an affiliate member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs.
John Cunningham Whitehead was an American banker and civil servant,a board member of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation,and,until his resignation in May 2006,chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.
Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and academic who has served as the United States ambassador to China since 2022.
Wilfredo Caraballo is an American Democratic Party politician,who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1996 to 2008. He represented the 29th legislative district. Caraballo also served as the assembly's speaker pro tempore in the 2006–2008 legislative session,he was the parliamentarian from 2002 to 2006 and associate minority leader from 1998 to 2001.
Seton Hall University School of Law is the law school of Seton Hall University,and is located in downtown Newark,New Jersey. Seton Hall Law is the only private law school in New Jersey. The school confers three law degrees:Juris Doctor,Master of Laws,and Master of General Legal Studies. Founded in 1951,it is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA),and is also a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
The Rev. Paul A. Holmes,S.T.D.,is a Vice-President of Seton Hall University and was Interim Dean of the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations until January 2007.
John K. Menzies was dean of the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University. Menzies served as President of the American University of Kurdistan. Located in the Duhok Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan,the university is fast becoming the region's preeminent institution of higher education.
Patrick E. Hobbs is an American attorney,academic administrator,and professor.
Herbert Jay Stern is a trial lawyer,with a national practice in civil and criminal litigation,as well as mediation and arbitration. Earlier in his career,Stern served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and as the United States Judge for Berlin.
David Theodore Wilentz was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1934 to 1944. In 1935 he successfully prosecuted Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial. He was the father of Robert Wilentz,Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1979 to 1996,as well as Norma Hess,wife of Leon Hess,founder of Hess Corporation and Warren Wilentz
Arthur J. Sills was the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970. As New Jersey's top law enforcement official,Sills championed an expanded state police,civil rights and stronger laws on gun control.
Alan B. Handler served as a New Jersey Supreme Court Justice from 1977 until 1999.
Warren W. Wilentz was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New Jersey. He was the son of New Jersey Attorney General David T. Wilentz,who prosecuted Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial,and the brother of New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Wilentz.
Terence Blackburn is an American jurist and academic. He has served as dean of the MSU College of Law and Whitehead School of Diplomacy at Seton Hall University.
Thomas David Boyatt is a former diplomat and United States Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1978–80) and Colombia (1980–83). He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. He was held captive for six days in a Palestinian hijacking in the 1960s. He graduated from Wyoming High School in 1951. He continues to return to his former high school to speak to students during the Wyoming School Foundation Day.
Mark C. Alexander is an American attorney,law professor,educator,and in the last aforementioned capacity the dean of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. He was previously an associate dean for academics and law professor at Seton Hall University in New Jersey,as well as a political activist and campaign specialist.
John Hoffman was acting attorney general of the State of New Jersey. He served from 2013 to 2016,longer than any other acting attorney general in the state's history.
Hugh Dugan is an American academic and diplomat who served as the acting Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs from October 4,2019 to March 1,2020.
