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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, one of the top five law schools in the country.
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.
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.
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.
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 reclassified graduate teaching and research assistants at private universities as solely students and not employees under federal labor law. Sexton's administration subsequently refused to negotiate a new contract with the previously-recognized union of NYU graduate students, precipitating a bitter strike.
John Sexton received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Fordham University, in 2005.
| Preceded byL. Jay Oliva | President of New York University 2002- |
Succeeded byIncumbent |
| Preceded byNorman Redlich | Dean of New York University School of Law 1988-2002 |
Succeeded byRichard Revesz |
External links
- New York University's Official Website
- New York University - About John Sexton
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York - About John Sexton
- New York University Law School Faculty Profile of John Sexton
- John Sexton In The News