John Edward Sexton is an American legal scholar. He is the Benjamin F. Butler Professor of Law at New York University where he teaches at the law school and NYU's undergraduate colleges. Sexton served as the fifteenth president of NYU,from 2002 to 2015. During his time as president,NYU's stature rose dramatically into the ranks of the world's top universities,and it became the world's first global network university. Sexton has been called a "transformational" figure in higher education and was named by Time Magazine as one of the United States' 10 best college presidents.
Jeffrey Sean Lehman is an American legal scholar and academic administrator who is the vice chancellor of New York University Shanghai. Known as an advocate for the role of universities in globalization,he previously served as chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen,China,president of Cornell University,dean of the University of Michigan Law School,and chairman of Internet2.
Mark Allen Emmert is the former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He was the fifth CEO of the NCAA;he was named as the incoming president on April 27,2010,and assumed his duties on November 1,2010,and remained in office until March 1,2023.
Vanderbilt University Law School is a graduate school of Vanderbilt University. Established in 1874,it is one of the oldest law schools in the southern United States. Vanderbilt Law enrolls approximately 640 students,with each entering Juris Doctor class consisting of approximately 175 students.
Rev. Edward Aloysius Malloy,C.S.C. is an American Catholic priest,academic,and former college basketball player who is a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Nicknamed “Monk Malloy”,he is best known for his service as the 16th president of the University of Notre Dame from 1987 to 2005.
Mark A. Nordenberg is the chancellor emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh and chair of the university's Institute of Politics. A professor of law and university administrator,Nordenberg served as the seventeenth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh from 1996 to 2014. Nordenberg served as the Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law between 1985 and 1993 and other various administrative positions before becoming interim Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh in 1995,a position which became permanent the following year. He became known as Nordy to many Pitt students,who voted to name a recreation center and arcade in the William Pitt Union as Nordy's Place,and is also the namesake of the university's endowed Nordenberg Scholarships and the Nordenberg Hall dormitory on the university's campus.
This is a list of the Chancellors of Syracuse University,a private research university located in Syracuse,New York,United States.
William English "Brit" Kirwan is an American university administrator and mathematician who is chancellor emeritus of the University System of Maryland (USM) and professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Maryland,College Park. Most recently,Kirwan served as chancellor of USM from 2002 to 2015. Previously,Kirwan worked at the University of Maryland,College Park from the 1960s to 1990s as a professor,administrator,and eventually president and was president of the Ohio State University from 1998 to 2002.
Clifton Reginald Wharton Jr. is an American university president,corporate executive and former United States deputy secretary of state. In his multiple careers,he has been an African-American pioneer.
Frank H. Wu is an American law professor and author currently serving as the president of Queens College,City University of New York. He served as the William L. Prosser Distinguished Professor at UC Hastings. Wu was also the first Asian American to serve in that position. In November 2015,he announced he would return to teaching.
Richard H. Herman is a mathematician,currently Professor Emeritus of Mathematics,who had served as the Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2005-2009. He previously served there as Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs since 1998. As provost he garnered support for,and administered,a “faculty excellence”program designed to bring established faculty to the institution. Throughout his administrative tenure,sponsored research at the university increased by more than 50%.
Nicholas S. Zeppos is an American lawyer and university administrator. He was the eighth chancellor of Vanderbilt University in Nashville,Tennessee. On April 2,2019,Zeppos announced that he would be stepping down from the position on August 15 of the same year.
Jack M. Wilson is an American educator,entrepreneur and the President-Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Higher Education,Emerging Technologies,and Innovation at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. During his career,he has served various institutions as professor of physics,department chair,research center director,dean,provost,vice president,and president,and has served with multiple professional societies and government committees.
Kenneth B. Davis Jr. was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison,Wisconsin from 1997 to 2012. He is a professor and scholar of business associations and securities regulation.
Bennett Harvie Branscomb was an American theologian and academic administrator. He served as the fourth chancellor of Vanderbilt University,a private university in Nashville,Tennessee,from 1946 to 1963. Prior to his appointment at Vanderbilt,he was the director of the Duke University Libraries and dean of the Duke Divinity School. Additionally,he served as a professor of Christian theology at Southern Methodist University. He was the author of several books about New Testament theology.
The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling is a bipartisan presidential commission,established by Executive Order 13543 signed by Barack Obama on May 21,2010,that is "tasked with providing recommendations on how the United States can prevent and mitigate the impact of any future spills that result from offshore drilling." It came about as a result of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The first public hearings,held on July 12 and 13,2010 in New Orleans,included scheduled testimony from Federal government officials and representatives of BP on the status of the spill and clean-up efforts,as well as from local officials,community leaders,and scientists on the economic,cultural and ecological impacts of the oil spill on Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems.
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust is the $20 billion trust fund established by BP to settle claims arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The fund was established to be used for natural resource damages,state and local response costs and individual compensation. It was established as Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF),announced on 16 June 2010 after a meeting of BP executives with U.S. President Barack Obama. In June 2012,the settlement of claims through the GCCF was replaced by the court supervised settlement program.
William Pearson Tolley was an American academic.
Audrey J. Anderson is an American attorney specializing in education and health law who was the Vice Chancellor,General Counsel and University Secretary for Vanderbilt University from 2013 to 2018. She currently serves as an adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School.
Eric Francis Spina is an American engineer and academic administrator who has served as president of the University of Dayton since July 1,2016.
