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STUART RABINOWITZ
PRESIDENT OF HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
Stuart Rabinowitz was chosen by the Hofstra
University Board of Trustees to serve as the eighth
President of the University on December 20, 2000.
Prior to his appointment, he served as Dean of Hofstra
University School of Law from September 1989 through
June 2001. He joined the faculty of the Law School in
1972. President Rabinowitz currently holds the Andrew M.
Boas and Mark L. Claster Distinguished Professorship in
Civil Procedure.
President Rabinowitz holds positions with a number of
important government and community organizations,
including the Judicial Advisory Council of the State of New
York Unified Court System - County of Nassau, the Nassau
County Health and Welfare Council and the Holocaust
Memorial & Educational Center of Nassau County. He
serves on the Board of Directors for the Long Island
Association, the Long Island Coalition for Fair
Broadcasting, he Long Island Technology Network, Project
GRAD of the Roosevelt Union Free School District as well
as on the Board of Trustees of the Commission on
Independent Colleges and Universities. President
Rabinowitz is a former member of the Nassau County Blue
Ribbon Financial Review Panel and former chair of the
Nassau County Local Advisory Board. Additionally,
President Rabinowitz served as a member of the Nassau
County Commission on Government Revision, which was
charged with drafting a new charter and a new form of
government for the County. He is the recipient of the
Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award, EOC;
Distinguished Service in the Cause of Justice, Legal Aid
Society; UJA Federation Leadership Award; and the Bar
Association of Nassau County Proclamation for
Outstanding Service to both the Legal Profession and the
Community and the Community Service Award from the
Conference of Jewish Organizations of Nassau County.
President Rabinowitz received a juris doctor, magna cum
laude, from Columbia University School of Law, where he
was a member of the board of editors of the Columbia Law
Review and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He graduated
from City College of New York with honors, and is a
member of Phi Beta Kappa and the American Law Institute.
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