Gerhard Casper
Gerhard Casper (born December 25, 1937) is a political scientist who is a former president of Stanford University from 1992 to 2000, a former Dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 1979 to 1987, and a former provost of the University of Chicago from 1989 to 1992. Casper was president of the American Academy in Berlin from July 2015 through July 2016; from August 2019 to January 24, 2020, he served as the institution's trustee-in-residence.
Gerhard Casper | |
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| 9th President of Stanford University | |
| In office September 1, 1992 – August 31, 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | John L. Hennessy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1937 Hamburg, Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg (LLB) Yale University (LLM) University of Freiburg (PhD) |
| Profession | Political Scientist |
Casper is also a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford, and served as the institute's director between September 2012 and June 2013. Casper is also the Peter and Helen Bing Professor in Undergraduate Education, emeritus, and is a professor with emeritus status at Stanford Law School.