Jeffrey S. Lehman

Jeffrey S. Lehman
Lehman in 2000
1st Vice Chancellor of New York University Shanghai
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byOffice established
11th President of Cornell University
In office
July 1, 2003 – June 2005
Preceded byHunter R. Rawlings III
Succeeded byDavid J. Skorton
Personal details
Born (1956-08-01) August 1, 1956 (age 68)
Bronxville, New York, U.S.
EducationCornell 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]

  1. ^ "Jeffrey Lehman Named Most Influential Foreign Expert". The American Law Institute. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  2. ^ "Vice Chancellor Jeffrey Lehman Named Most Influential Foreign Expert". NYU Shanghai. 16 April 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2018.