Bob DuPuy

Robert A. DuPuy
Born	1947
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Dartmouth College (A.B.) Cornell Law School (J.D.)
Occupation	Lawyer
Known for	Former President/CEO of Major League Baseball

Robert A. "Bob" DuPuy (born c. 1947) is a lawyer and former President and was Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball (MLB). He assumed both titles on March 7, 2002. Prior to joining Major League Baseball in 1998, he was a partner and management committee member of Foley & Lardner, a large Milwaukee-based law firm. He returned to Foley & Lardner in 2010 as a partner with the firm's Sports Industry Team.

DuPuy grew up in Branford, Connecticut. He graduated from Notre Dame High School in West Haven, Connecticut, in 1964. DuPuy received a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in 1968, and a juris doctor from Cornell Law School in 1973. At Cornell, he was the editor-in-chief of the Cornell Law Review. After attending Dartmouth, he served in the Vietnam War with the 504th Military Police Battalion of the United States Army.

On November 3, 2007, at Yale Commons in New Haven, Connecticut, DuPuy was bestowed with the honor of becoming a Knight of Honor, the highest award the school gives to graduates and friends of Notre Dame High School.

DuPuy has taught legal ethics and professional responsibility at Cornell University, Northwestern Law School, the University of Wisconsin Law School, and Marquette University Law School, and has served as a long-time faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. For his preeminent legal ability and very high professional ethics, DuPuy has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system.

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