Lee Bollinger
| Lee Bollinger | |
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| 19th President of Columbia University | |
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Assumed office 2002 |
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| Preceded by | George Erik Rupp |
| 12th President of the University of Michigan | |
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In office 1996–2002 |
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| Preceded by | James Johnson Duderstadt |
| Succeeded by | Mary Sue Coleman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 30, 1946 Santa Rosa, California |
| Alma mater |
University of Oregon Columbia Law School |
| Profession | Lawyer and Educator |
| Salary | $1,411,894 |
| Website | Office of the President |
Lee Carroll Bollinger (born April 30, 1946) is an American lawyer and educator who is serving as the 19th president of Columbia University. Formerly the president of the University of Michigan, he is a noted legal scholar of the First Amendment and freedom of speech. He was at the center of two notable United States Supreme Court cases regarding the use of affirmative action in admissions processes. In July 2010, Bollinger was appointed Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York board of directors for 2011. Previously, he had served as Deputy Chair.
Bollinger was born in Santa Rosa, California, the son of Patricia Mary and Lee C. Bollinger. He was raised there and in Baker City, Oregon. Bollinger spent a year (1963) as an exchange student in Brazil with AFS Intercultural Programs. He received his B.S. in political science (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of Oregon, where he became a brother of Theta Chi Fraternity, and his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School. He served as a law clerk to Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Chief Justice Warren Burger of the Supreme Court. Bollinger went on to join the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School in 1973, becoming dean of the school in 1987. He became provost of Dartmouth College in 1994 before returning to the University of Michigan in 1996 as president.
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