John Sexton at NYU commencement

John Edward Sexton (born 1942) is the fifteenth President of New York University, having held this position since 2001. Prior to that, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law, one of the top four law schools in the country according to U.S. News and World Report. He is also currently the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1909 KB) Sexton, on exhibition in the Polish Army museum in Warsaw This particular piece of equipment was used during WWII by the w:Polish 1st Armoured Division File links The following pages link to this file: Sexton (artillery) ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1909 KB) Sexton, on exhibition in the Polish Army museum in Warsaw This particular piece of equipment was used during WWII by the w:Polish 1st Armoured Division File links The following pages link to this file: Sexton (artillery) ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... See also Academic dress Categories: Education | Academia ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... The New York University School of Law (or simply NYU Law) is one of eight law schools in New York City, USA. It is generally considered to be among the top six law schools in the United States, and is ranked fifth in the nation by . ... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is the most important of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. ...

Education and early career

Sexton holds a B.A. in History (1963), an M.A. in Comparative Religion (1965), a Ph.D. in History of American Religion (1978) from Fordham University, as well as a J.D. (1979) from Harvard Law School. In 2005, Sexton received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Fordham University, and from K.U.Leuven, Belgium. He clerked with Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger, and is a former president of the Association of American Law Schools. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Fordham University is a private, coeducational research university[3] in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. ... J.D. redirects here; for alternate uses, see J.D. (disambiguation) J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years... Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ... Fordham University is a private, coeducational research university[3] in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. ... The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven in English) or in short K.U.Leuven, is the oldest, largest and most prominent university in Belgium. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial... Warren Burger at a press conference in May 1969 shortly after he was nominated to be Chief Justice of the United States. ... The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is a non-profit organization of 166 law schools in the United States. ...

Sexton co-authored Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials ISBN 0-314-25329-7 (along with John Cound, Jack Friedenthal, and Arthur R. Miller) a textbook on Civil Procedure which has become the most widely used legal textbook on any subject - used by two-thirds of law students in the United States.^{[citation needed]} Arthur R. Miller is the Bruce Bromley Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and is considered the leading American authority on Civil Procedure. ... Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the process that courts will follow when hearing cases of a civil nature (a civil action, as opposed to a criminal action). ...

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 through ALOUD, the Associated Leaders of Urban Debate. Sexton is one of the few presidents of a major research university to actively teach; he takes the time to instruct various undergraduate honors seminars throughout the school year. Debate (North American English) or debating (British English) is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument. ... An urban debate league (UDL) is a group of high school policy debate teams from urban high schools in the United States. ...

President of NYU

Sexton has been both praised and criticized in his short tenure as president of New York University. He took over as president of NYU as the university was growing faster than ever. Under Sexton, NYU became The Princeton Review's number one "dream school", and has begun an ambitious campaign to increase the university's endowment. The Princeton Review (TPR) is a for-profit American educational preparation company. ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ...

The number of prospective students applying and attending NYU are at the highest point in its history.^{[citation needed]} The increasing student body has sparked resistance in the Greenwich Village neighborhood, as community members have been upset over NYU's rapid expansion. The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (IPA pronunciation: ), also called simply the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City named after Greenwich, London. ...

Grad student labor dispute

In addition, Sexton has been involved in contract disputes with organized labor. The parties to these disputes include adjunct professors and graduate assistants. In fall of 2005, following a National Labor Relations Board ruling that graduate students are not laborers, Sexton decided not to negotiate a second contract with the Graduate Student Organizing Committee, sparking a strike among graduate assistants. In April 2006, Sexton reaffirmed his decision, noting, "Do not expect the university to change its position this decade or next decade." [1] These efforts have landed him on New York magazine's list of "2006's Most Influential New Yorkers" [2], but also the #7 position on the New York Press's list of 2006's "50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers". [3] A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a group of workers who act collectively to address common issues. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent agency of the United States Government charged with conducting elections for union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices. ... The Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC) is a labor union representing graduate teaching and research assistants at New York University (NYU). ... New York is a weekly magazine concerned with the life, culture, politics, and style of New York City. ... New York Press is a free alternative weekly in New York City. ...

Free speech dispute

Sexton has also been actively involved in a case with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). FIRE claims that NYU and Sexton wrongly (but constitutionally, since NYU is a private school) suppressed the display of Mohammad cartoons in April of 2006, which were planned to accompany an academic discussion on the Islamic world's reaction to the Danish publication. The student organizers were given the choice of allowing the cartoons to be displayed or to allow non-students to attend. Sexton denied that any squelching of freedom of speech took place and insists that the university upheld the rights of the students.[4] The FIRE logo. ... The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy began after twelve editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( ▶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ...

Other activities

Sexton currently teaches two undergraduate classes: "The Supreme Court and the Religion Clauses: Religion and State in America" and "Baseball as a Road to God". He appeared as a guest on The Colbert Report on December 6, 2006; during his time in studio, he gave Mr. Colbert one of his famous hugs. The Colbert Report (IPA ) is an American satirical television program that airs from 11:30 p. ...

Personal life

Thomas Oliphant's New York Times Bestseller Praying for Gil Hodges briefly mentions that Sexton grew up as a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. In fact, Sexton is such a well-known baseball fan that he was an early participant in Rotissere (or Fantasy) Baseball, as a member of the Eddie Gaedel Baseball League. Sexton was one of a number of celebrities who reminisced about their baseball memories on the HBO Special Brooklyn Dodgers - Ghosts of Flatbush. Thomas Oliphant, correspondent for The Boston Globe since 1968. ... The New York Times Best Seller List is a weekly chart in The New York Times newspaper that keeps track of the best-selling books of the week. ... The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team that played from 1890-1957. ...

His wife, Lisa E. Goldberg, President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation, died on January 22, 2007 at age 54. // The Charles H. Revson Foundation was founded in 1956 by Revlon Cosmetics president Charles Revson, who provided over US$10 million in seed money during his lifetime. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

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References

• New York University's Official Website
• New York University - About John Sexton
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York - About John Sexton
• Washington Square News article