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David Van Zandt | |
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| 8th President of The New School | |
| In office January 1, 2011 –April 15, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Kerrey |
| Succeeded by | Dwight A. McBride |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Edgar Van Zandt |
| Spouse | Lisa Huestis |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) Yale University (JD) London School of Economics (PhD) |
David Van Zandt (born 1953) is an American attorney,legal scholar,and academic administrator. He served as President of The New School from January 2011,to April 15,2020. [1] He also served as Dean of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law from 1995 to 2011. [2] [3] He has taught courses in international financial markets,business associations,property,practical issues in business law,and legal realism. [4]
Van Zandt was born in 1953 in Montgomery,New Jersey,and raised in New Jersey along with his three siblings.[ citation needed ] He graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. In 1981,he earned a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School,where he served as managing editor for the Yale Law Journal. He earned a Ph.D. in sociology from the London School of Economics. [5]
He clerked for Judge Pierre N. Leval in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and Justice Harry Blackmun of the United States Supreme Court from 1982 to 1983. He also was an associate with Davis Polk &Wardwell in New York.
Van Zandt joined Northwestern University faculty in 1985 and became dean in 1995. He is the second longest-serving law dean in Northwestern history.
In 2011,Van Zandt was named the eighth president of the New School in New York City and served until April 2020. [6]
David Van Zandt also serves as treasurer of the American Bar Foundation,director of AMR Research,and is a board member of both the American Law Deans Association,and AMC Networks. [7] [8] [9] [10]
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. [11]
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