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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 School of Law 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, and
the Nassau County Health and Welfare Council. He serves
as a trustee of the Commission on Independent Colleges
and Universities, and on the Board of Directors for the Fair
Media Council and the Long Island Technology Network.
President Rabinowitz is a former member of the Nassau
County Blue Ribbon Financial Review Panel, former chair
of the Nassau County Local Advisory Board, and a former
member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island
Association. 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; the Bar
Association of Nassau County Proclamation for Outstanding
Service to both the legal profession and the community; the
Community Service Award from the Conference
of Jewish Organizations of Nassau County; and
the Alumni Association of the City College of
New York 2005 Townsend Harris Medal. He has
also been honored by the Long Island Software
and Technology Network (LISTnet) and was the
recipient of Networking magazine’s David Award.
President Rabinowitz, Nancy Rabinowitz and then-Senator Barack
Obama prior to the Presidential Debate at Hofstra in October 2008
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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