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John Sexton is the fifteenth President of New York University, having held this position since 2002. Prior to that, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law, one of the top five law schools in the country according to U.S. News and World Report.

He holds a B.A. in History (1963), an M.A. in Comparative Religion (1965), and a Ph.D. in History of American Religion (1978) from Fordham University, as well as a J.D. (1979) from Harvard Law School. Sexton clerked with Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger.

Sexton is a former president of the Association of American Law Schools. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

He co-authored (along with John Cound, Jack Friedenthal, and Arthur Miller) a textbook on Civil Procedure which has become the most widely used legal textbook on any subject, and is used by two-thirds of law students in the United States.

An avid proponent of interscholastic debate, Sexton counts his early job as a teacher and debate coach at a secondary school in New York as among his most profound educational experiences. He is currently a leader in the Urban debate league movement, seeking to bring debate activities to underserved communities in America's urban areas.

Sexton's tenure as president of New York University has been marked by battles with organized labor. In spring 2004, Sexton and the NYU administration agreed to an 11th-hour settlement with a newly-formed union of NYU adjunct professors. In summer 2004, a split 3-2 National Labor Relations Board decision reclassified graduate teaching and research assistants at private universities as solely students and not employees under federal labor law. Sexton's administration subsequently refused to negotiate a second contract with the previously recognized union of NYU graduate students, precipitating a bitter strike.

Sexton received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Fordham University, in 2005.

Preceded by: L. Jay Oliva

President of New York University 2002-

Succeeded by: Incumbent

Preceded by: Norman Redlich

Dean of New York University School of Law 1988-2002

Succeeded by: Richard Revesz

External links

• New York University's Official Website
• New York University - About John Sexton
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York - About John Sexton
• New York University Law School Faculty Profile of John Sexton
• John Sexton In The News

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