John Sexton

John Sexton is the fifteenth President of New York University, having held this position since 2002. Prior to that, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law.

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New York University - 2002 - NYU School of Law

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He holds a B.A. in History (1963), an M.A. in Comparative Religion (1965), and a Ph.D. in History of American Religion (1978) from Fordham University, and a J.D. (1979) from Harvard Law School. Sexton clerked with Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger.

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Fordham University - Harvard Law School - Warren Burger

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Sexton is a former president of the Association of American Law Schools. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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He co-authored (along with John Cound, Jack Friedenthal, and Arthur Miller) a textbook on Civil Procedure which has become the most widely used legal textbook on any subject, and is used by two-thirds of law students in the United States. He is also known for his casual nature, and his propensity for giving people hugs, which some people find to be obnoxiously patronizing and demagogic.

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Sexton's tenure as president of New York University has been marked by battles with organized labor. In spring 2004, Sexton and the NYU administration agreed to an 11th-hour settlement with a newly-formed union of NYU adjunct professors. In 2005, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that graduate student workers were essentially students and not workers. Sexton's administration subsequently refused to negotiate a new contract with the previously-recognized union of NYU graduate students.

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John Sexton received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Fordham University, in 2005.

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