1. David W Leebron was born on February 12,1955 and is an American legal scholar who served as the 7th President of Rice University from 2004 to 2022.
15 Facts About David Leebron
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David Leebron was a professor and dean of Columbia Law School, until he was named president of Rice University on July 1,2004.
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David Leebron later traveled to Germany as an exchange student himself and speaks German.
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David Leebron taught as a professor at the UCLA School of Law for a semester.
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David Leebron then re-entered academia as a law professor at New York University and the director of NYU's International Legal Studies Program from 1983 to 1989.
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David Leebron was a co-author of a textbook on human rights, though most recently has written about problems in international trade law.
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David Leebron is member of the New York State Bar and, currently inactive, the Hawaii and Pennsylvania bars.
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David Leebron is on the American Law Deans Association Board of Directors.
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David Leebron has served on the Association of American Law Schools Committee on Nominations.
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David Leebron is a member of the American Law Institute, the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Society of International Law, the board of directors of the IMAX Corporation and the editorial board of Foundation Press.
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David Leebron became the 7th President of Rice University on the first of June in 2004.
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David Leebron set forth a plan for expansion, calling for opinions from the Rice community.
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In November 2008, David Leebron traveled to Iran as part of an academic tour sponsored by the Association of American Universities.
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David Leebron compared his visit to the opening of relations with China during the 1970s.
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On May 26,2021, David Leebron announced that he would resign as President of Rice effective June 30,2022.