John Edward Sexton (born September 29, 1942) is the fifteenth President of New York University, having held this position since May 17, 2002. Prior to that, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law, one of the top five law schools in the country according to U.S. News and World Report. Until January 1, 2008, he also served as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Sexton holds a B.A. in history (1963), an M.A. in com...
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John Edward Sexton (born September 29, 1942) is the fifteenth President of New York University, having held this position since May 17, 2002. Prior to that, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law, one of the top five law schools in the country according to U.S. News and World Report. Until January 1, 2008, he also served as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Sexton holds a B.A. in history (1963), an M.A. in comparative religion (1965), a Ph.D. in history of American religion (1978) from Fordham University, as well as a J.D. (1979) from Harvard Law School. In 2005, Sexton received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Fordham University, and from K.U. Leuven, Belgium. He clerked with Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger, and is a former president of the Association of American Law Schools.
Sexton co-authored Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials ISBN 0-314-25329-7 (along with John Cound, Jack Friedenthal, and Arthur R. Miller) a...
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