Mark Yudof

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Mark G. Yudof became the ninth Chancellor of The University of Texas system on August 1, 2002. Yudof was President of the University of Minnesota from 1997 until his appointment as Chancellor. In addition to his position as Chancellor, Yudof holds the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law.

Previously, he was a faculty member and administrator at The University of Texas at Austin for 26 years, serving as dean of the School of Law from 1984 to 1994 and as the University’s executive vice president and provost from 1994 to 1997.

Yudof joined the faculty of The University of Texas School of Law in 1971, and is a recognized expert in the fields of constitutional law, freedom of expression, and education law. He earned his B.A. (1965) and LL.B. (1968) from the University of Pennsylvania.

Yudof is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Law Institute. In 1993, he and his wife, Judy, were the co-recipients of the Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award. Judy Yudof is honorary international president of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

A November 21, 2006 article by CNN and Money Magazine states that Yudof is the sixth highest paid public university chancellor in the United States, with a compensation package worth over $740,000 per year [1].