David Stern
| David Stern | |
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| 4th Commissioner of the NBA | |
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In office February 1, 1984 – January 31, 2014 |
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| Deputy |
Russ Granik (1990–2006) Adam Silver (2006–2014) |
| Preceded by | Larry O'Brien |
| Succeeded by | Adam Silver |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
David Joel Stern September 22, 1942 New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Dianne Bock (m. 1963) |
| Children |
Eric A. Stern Andrew Stern |
| Alma mater |
Rutgers University Columbia Law School |
David Joel Stern (born September 22, 1942) is the former commissioner of the National Basketball Association. He started with the Association in 1966 as an outside counsel, joined the NBA in 1978 as General Counsel, and became the league's Executive Vice President in 1980. He became Commissioner in 1984, succeeding Larry O'Brien. He is credited with increasing the popularity of the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s.
Stern has served on the Rutgers University Board of Overseers and is a Chair Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
On October 25, 2012, Stern announced that he would step down as NBA commissioner on February 1, 2014, 30 years to the day after beginning his tenure as commissioner. His deputy, Adam Silver, is his successor. On February 14, 2014, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Stern would be a member of its 2014 induction class. In 2016, he became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame.
David Stern was born on September 22, 1942 in New York City. He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey in a Jewish family, and is a graduate of Teaneck High School. Stern attended Rutgers University, where in 1960 he pledged to the Sigma Delta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity. He graduated as a history student in 1963, graduated from Columbia Law School in 1966, and was admitted to the bar in New York later that year after passing the state's bar examination.
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