Mark Yudof
American University president
Mark George Yudof (born October 30, 1944) is an American law professor. He served as the 19th president of the University of California from 2008 to 2013, as the 9th chancellor of the University of Texas system from 2002 to 2008, and as the 14th president of the University of Minnesota from 1997 to 2002.
Yudof was a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin for 26 years, serving as dean of the University of Texas School of Law from 1984 to 1994 and as the university's executive vice president and provost from 1994 to 1997.
Early life
Born in Philadelphia to parents of Ukrainian Jewish descent, Yudof was raised in West Philadelphia. Yudof's father worked as an electrician. Yudof earned his B.A. cum laude in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1965 and LL.B. cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1968.
Legal and academic career (1971–1984)
Yudof joined the faculty of The University of Texas School of Law in 1971. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School and UC Berkeley School of Law.
Yudof is a recognized expert in the fields of constitutional law, freedom of expression, and education law. He was co-counsel for the plaintiffs in the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case San Antonio v.
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