Jeffrey S. Lehman | |
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1st Vice Chancellor of New York University Shanghai | |
Assumed office 2012 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
11th President of Cornell University | |
In office July 1, 2003 – June 2005 | |
Preceded by | Hunter R. Rawlings III |
Succeeded by | David J. Skorton |
Personal details | |
Born | Bronxville, New York, U.S. | August 1, 1956
Education | Cornell University (BA) University of Michigan (JD, MPP) |
Jeffrey Sean Lehman (born August 1, 1956) is an American legal scholar and academic administrator who is the vice chancellor of New York University Shanghai. Known as an advocate for the role of universities in globalization, he previously served as chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China, president of Cornell University, dean of the University of Michigan Law School, and chairman of Internet2.
On April 14, 2018, Lehman was one of forty named "The Most Influential Foreign Experts During 40 Years of China’s Reform and Opening-Up” at the 16th Conference on International Exchange of Professionals, for his work in higher education in China.[1][2]