Jeffrey S. Lehman

Jeffery Sean Lehman (b. 1956), is an American scholar, lawyer and academic administrator. He is best known for serving as the 11th president of Cornell University from 2003 until 2005. A native of Bronxville, New York, Lehman is a member of the Cornell class of 1977, the first alumnus of that institution to serve as its president.

Before Cornell University presidency

While a student, Lehman was active in the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity and co-wrote the book 1000 Ways to Win Monopoly Games on the way to earning his undergraduate degree in mathematics. He went on to receive a J.D. and a M.P.P. from the University of Michigan. After receiving his law degree, he served as law clerk for Chief Judge Frank M. Coffin of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and later clerked for Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Alpha Phi Omega - Fraternity - Monopoly - Mathematics - J.D. - M.P.P. - University of Michigan - Law - Law clerk - United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit - John Paul Stevens - U.S. Supreme Court

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After practicing law in Washington, D.C., Lehman returned to the University of Michigan in 1987 to serve on the faculty of the law school. He also served as a visiting professor at Yale Law School and the University of Paris. Named Dean of Michigan Law in 1994, he received national attention in the 2003 Supreme Court case of Grutter v. Bollinger, defending the law school's affirmative action admissions policies.

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Washington, D.C. - 1987 - Yale Law School - University of Paris - 1994 - 2003 - Grutter v. Bollinger - Affirmative action

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