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HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
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
Professor of Law.
President Rabinowitz has held 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. He currently serves as a
member of the board of directors for the Long Island Association,
and as co-vice chair of the Long Island Regional Economic
Development Committee. He has also served as a trustee of the
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities and on the
board of directors the Long Island Technology Network. President
Rabinowitz is a former member of the Nassau County Blue
Ribbon Financial Review Panel and a 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; the Bar Association
of Nassau County Proclamation for Outstanding Service to both
the legal profession and the community; the Community Service
STUART RABINOWITZ
President of Hofstra University
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. President Rabinowitz
has also been honored by the Long Island Software and
Technology Network (LISTnet) and was the recipient
of Networking magazine’s David Award. In 2009, he
received the Chief Executive Leadership Award from
the Council for Advancement and Support of Education
(CASE), District II. Claflin University presented President
Rabinowitz with the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris
causa in November 2009.
President Rabinowitz, Hofstra Pride
Club Board member James C. Metzger
’83 and Hofstra Pride Club President
E. David Woycik ’77 at the 2011 Pride
Student-Athlete Awards Banquet
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 the City College of New York with
honors, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the
American Law Institute.
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