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rabbi lamm , 2007 july 1 , 2013 yeshiva university riets brooklyn riets orthodox united states of america chancellor -lrb- retired -rrb- december 19 , 1927 rabbi norman lamm.jpg norman lamm
 norman lamm '' rosh yeshiva '' -lrb- retired -rrb-
norman lamm

norman -lrb- `` nachum '' -rrb- lamm -lrb- born december 19 , 1927 , in brooklyn , new york , united states -rrb- is a major american modern orthodox rabbi , scholar , author and jewish communal leader .
he was the chancellor of yeshiva university till he announced his retirement on july 1 , 2013 .
he holds a ph.d. in jewish philosophy and was the third president of yeshiva university -lrb- yu -rrb- , the first to be born in the united states .
he was a disciple of rabbi joseph b. soloveitchik -lrb- one of orthodoxy 's most influential modern scholars -rrb- , who ordained him at the rabbi isaac elchanan theological seminary -lrb- riets , the yu rabbinical school -rrb- in 1951 .
