James Milliken (academic administrator)
Chancellor of the University of Texas System
James Bennett Milliken (born 1957) is an American academic administrator and former lawyer, currently serving as the 22nd president of the University of California system since August 2025.
Milliken served as the 12th chancellor of the University of Texas system from September 2018 to May 2025, as the 7th chancellor of the City University of New York system from June 2014 to May 2018, as the 6th president of the University of Nebraska system from 2004 to 2014, and as senior vice president at the University of North Carolina system from 1998 to 2004. Before his academic administration career, Milliken practiced law in New York City from 1983 to 1988.
Early life and education
Milliken was raised in Fremont, Nebraska. His father and grandfather both served as president of the Fremont National Bank.
Milliken received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979 from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. After graduation, he spent a year working in Washington, D.C. as legislative assistant to Congresswoman Virginia D. Smith, R-Neb, who represented Nebraska's 3rd congressional district from 1975 to 1991.
Milliken received a Juris Doctor degree in 1983 from the New York University School of Law. He was a Root-Tilden Scholar and research assistant to Professor Norman Dorsen, then-president of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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