predecessor successor birth_place title birth_date term_start order article_title term_end name alma_mater
a. bartlett giamatti howard r. lamar new york city president of yale university 20 march 1942 1986 20th benno c. schmidt , jr. .
 1992 benno c. schmidt , jr. . philips exeter academy yale university
benno c. schmidt , jr. .

benno charles schmidt , jr. -lrb- born march 20 , 1942 -rrb- is the chairman of , a for-profit , private k-12 school , and chairman of the board of trustees of the city university of new york -lrb- cuny -rrb- .
from 1986 to 1992 he was 20th president of yale university .
he was dean of the columbia law school , and its harlan fiske stone professor of constitutional law and chairman of edison schools -lrb- now edisonlearning -rrb- .
he is a noted scholar of the first amendment , the history of the united states supreme court and the history of race relations in american law .
he clerked for earl warren , chief justice , united states supreme court .
he led new york city mayor rudolph giuliani 's task force on revitalizing the cuny system .
