|  Mark
G. Yudof will deliver his address Saturday, October
4th, 8:30 a.m. As an administrator, he is a strong
advocate of quality academic advising services, understands
how difficult the advising role is and realizes that
hard-working advisors often are under-appreciated. Yudof
is an authority on constitutional law, freedom of expression,
and education law. He has written and edited books on
free speech and gender discrimination, and most recently
completed the fourth edition of his co-authored book,
Educational Policy and the Law.
As chancellor of the 15-campus University of Texas
System since August, 2002, Dr. Yudof is the chief administrative
officer of one of the nation's largest higher education
systems. Yudof came to the chancellor’s office
from the University of Minnesota where he had served
as president since July 1997. Previously, he was a faculty
member and administrator at University of Texas-Austin
for 26 years, serving as dean of the School of Law from
1984 to 1994 and as the university’s executive
vice president and provost from 1994 to 1997. Yudof
earned an LL.B. degree (cum laude) in 1968 from the
Law School of the University of Pennsylvania, where
he also earned a B. A. degree (cum laude with honors
in political science) in 1965. In 1999, he received
the University Of Pennsylvania Law Alumni Award Of Merit.
He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
and a member of the American Law Institute. He also
serves as a member of the advisory board of the national
Institute for Literacy. |
