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Academia & Scholarship
Benno Schmidt
b. 1942Lexington, VAItalian American descendantLiving
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Why Included
Yale University President 1986-1992
Biography
Yale University President 1986-1992; First Amendment scholar; Edison Schools chairman; partial Italian heritage. Yale President; Columbia Law School Dean; First Amendment authority
Notable For
- Yale University President 1986-1992
- First Amendment scholar
- Edison Schools chairman
- partial Italian heritage
Honors & Recognition
- Yale President
- Columbia Law School Dean
- First Amendment authority
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Benno Schmidt Italian?
Yes — Benno Schmidt is of Italian heritage with roots in German-Italian. Yale University President 1986-1992
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Academia & Scholarship
- Specialty
- Higher Education
- Years
- b. 1942
- Birth Place
- Lexington, VA
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- German-Italian
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- Ancestry Verification
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