杰弗里·雷蒙 Jeffrey Lehman
杰弗里·雷蒙现任上海纽约大学常务副校长(美方校长)、法学教授,负责上海纽约大学的学术及相关行政事务,以及学校的日常运行。雷蒙教授是一名具有国际名望的高等教育界领军人物,曾任密歇根大学法学院院长、康奈尔大学第11任校长、以及北京大学国际法学院创始院长。
在加入密歇根大学法学院之前,雷蒙教授曾先后担任两名著名法官的法律秘书,他们分别是联邦第一巡回上诉法院首席法官Frank M. Coffin和美国最高法院助理法官John Paul Stevens。在此后的四年里,他在华盛顿特区的Caplin & Drysdale法律事务所担任律师。在他的职业与教学生涯里,雷蒙教授一直为在高等教育、法律和科技等领域中与其拥有共同志向的非盈利机构提供无偿的服务。
雷蒙教授获康奈尔大学数学学士学位、密歇根大学公共政策硕士学位、以及密歇根大学法学博士学位。在其美国与国外的职业生涯中,雷蒙教授曾获得诸多嘉奖,包括中国政府对来华工作并做出突出贡献的外国专家所颁发的最高奖项——“友谊奖”。2018年,雷蒙被评选为40位“中国改革开放40周年最具影响力的外国专家”之一。
Jeffrey Lehman is the Vice Chancellor of NYU Shanghai, where he oversees all academic and administrative operations. Lehman is an internationally acclaimed leader in higher education, having served as dean of the University of Michigan Law School, the 11th president of Cornell University, and the founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law.
Prior to joining the University of Michigan Law School, Lehman served as a law clerk to Frank M. Coffin, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the United States Supreme Court. He then spent four years at Caplin & Drysdale, a Washington, DC law firm. Throughout his professional and academic career, Lehman has volunteered his time and energy to nonprofit organizations that share his commitments in the fields of higher education, law, and technology.
Lehman received an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Cornell University, an MPP from the University of Michigan, and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School. He is a multi-award winner for his work both in the United States and abroad, including the Friendship Award, which is China’s highest honor for “foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country’s economic and social progress.” Lehman is also a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Peking University.