David E. Van Zandt
| David Van Zandt | |
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| President of The New School | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Kerrey |
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| Born |
David Edgar Van Zandt February 17, 1953 Montgomery Township, New Jersey, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Huestis |
| Children | Caroline Van Zandt (b. 1991) Nicholas Van Zandt (b. 1993) |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University London School of Economics Yale University |
| Occupation |
Professor Lawyer Administrator |
| Website | David E. Van Zandt |
David Van Zandt is President of The New School. He is the former Dean of Northwestern University School of Law. He has taught courses in international financial markets, business associations, property, practical issues in business law, and legal realism. He is an expert in business associations, international business transactions, property law, jurisprudence, law and social science, and legal education.
President Van Zandt graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in sociology. He completed his Juris Doctor (J.D.) at Yale University, where he served as managing editor for the Yale Law Journal, and earned his Ph.D. in sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
He clerked for Judge Pierre N. Leval in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and Justice Harry Blackmun of the United States Supreme Court from 1982-83. He also was an associate with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York.
Van Zandt joined Northwestern University faculty in 1985 and became dean in 1995. He is the second longest serving law dean in Northwestern history.
In 2011, Van Zandt was named the 8th president of the New School in New York City.
Van Zandt also serves as treasurer of the American Bar Foundation, director of AMR Research, and is a board member of both the American Law Deans Association and AMC Networks.
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