Robert "Bob" H. Jerry, II (born 1953) is the former

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of the

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, serving from 2003 to 2014. He succeeded Jon Mills, who stepped down and returned to the University of Florida's law faculty. Jerry became Dean of the College in July 2003. Jerry earned a B.S. magna cum laude from

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in 1974. Jerry graduated cum laude from the

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, where he was a member of the ''

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''. In 1977. Jerry served as a

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for Judge George E. MacKinnon of the

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from 1977 to 1978. Before Jerry became the dean of the Levin College of Law in 2003, he held the Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professorship at the

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in Columbia, Missouri (1998–2003). From 1994 to 1998, he was the Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the

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. He also served as the dean of the

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from 1989 to 1994, where he was also a member of the faculty from 1981 to 1994. He practiced law with the firm of Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1978 to 1981. In August 2013, Jerry announced he would be stepping down as Dean at the end of the '13-'14 school year in (May 2014). He remained on the faculty. Jerry teaches a course on

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and is the author of ''Understanding Insurance Law'', published by LexisNexis.

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Dean Jerry's Official BioRobert Jerry's CVRobert Jerry announced as new Dean in 2003
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jerry, Robert Living people University of Florida faculty Deans of law schools in the United States Indiana State University alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni 1953 births