John Sexton John Sexton is the fifteenth President of New York University, and prior to becoming the university's president in 2001, he served as Dean of the NYU Law School for 14 years. President Sexton is Chair of the American Council on Education, Chair of th New York Academy of Sciences and immediate past Chair of the Commission on Independent Colleges and University of New York. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has served as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He received a Ph.D. in History of American Religion from Fordham University and a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. In addition to his executive duties as President of NYU, he teaches a full course load, making him one of the only university presidents to teach a full faculty schedule. Read More Read Less