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Benno Charles Schmidt Jr. (March 20, – July 9, ) was an American academic and education executive.

Benno Charles Schmidt Sr. (January 10, – October 21, ) was an American lawyer and venture capitalist who was active in New York City civic affairs.

Benno Schmidt was.

Benno Charles Schmidt Jr. was an American academic and education executive.

Benno Schmidt was born on March 20, in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Hannah and Her Sisters (), Husbands and Wives.

Benno C. Schmidt Jr.

American academic executive (1942–2023)

Benno Charles Schmidt Jr. (March 20, 1942 – July 9, 2023) was an American academic and education executive. From 1986 to 1992, he was 20th president of Yale University.

Prior, Schmidt was Dean of the Columbia Law School, Harlan Fiske Stone, professor of constitutional law, and chairman of Edison Schools (now EdisonLearning). He lastly served as the chairman of Avenues: The World School,^[1] a for-profit, private K-12 school, and as the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2003 to 2016.^[2]

A noted scholar of the First Amendment, the history of the United States Supreme Court, and the history of race relations in American law, Schmidt clerked for Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.^[3]^[4] In 1998, Schmidt was appointed chair of a task force established by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to evaluate systemi