Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
| Benno C. Schmidt Jr. | |
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| 20th President of Yale University | |
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In office 1986–1992 |
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| Preceded by | A. Bartlett Giamatti |
| Succeeded by | Howard R. Lamar |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Benno Charles Schmidt Jr. March 20, 1942 New York City |
| Alma mater |
Philips Exeter Academy Yale University |
Benno Charles Schmidt Jr. (born March 20, 1942) is the Chairman of Avenues: The World School, a for-profit, private K-12 school, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York (CUNY). From 1986 to 1992, he was 20th President of Yale University. Prior, Schmidt was Dean of the Columbia Law School, Harlan Fiske Stone Professor of Constitutional Law, and chairman of Edison Schools (now EdisonLearning). A noted scholar of the First Amendment, the history of the United States Supreme Court and the history of race relations in American law, Schmidt clerked for Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. In 1998, Schmidt was appointed Chair of a task force established by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to evaluate systemic issues at City University of New York by executive order.
Schmidt was born in New York City, New York. His father, Benno C. Schmidt, Sr., was a longtime friend and associate of John "Jock" Hay Whitney. In 1946, Whitney and the elder Schmidt started what was to become the first venture capital firm in the United States, J.H. Whitney & Co.
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