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Michael H. Schill (born September 30, 1958) is an American legal scholar and academic administrator serving as the 17th President of
Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...
since September 2022. He previously served as the 18th president of the
University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...
and as a law professor at the
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. He is the former Dean and currently the Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law Emeritus at the
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."Daily Emerald"
On August 11, 2022 he was appointed president of
Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...
by the Board of Trustees. He was elected president of the
University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...
on April 14, 2015 by the University of Oregon Board of Trustees. He assumed UO's presidency on July 1, 2015 and was formally invested on June 1, 2016. Schill is the author of three books and numerous articles,"Michael Schill faculty page, University of Chicago Law School"
and focuses his scholarship in the areas of real estate, housing policy, and discrimination in the housing market. His casebook, ''Property'', co-authored with
Jesse Dukeminier Jesse Dukeminier (August 12, 1925 – April 20, 2003) was a professor of law for 40 years at the University of California, Los Angeles, and authored or co-authored a significant number of articles and textbooks in the areas of property law, wills ...
, James Krier, Greg Alexander, and Lior Strahilevitz is the best-selling casebook used in American law schools.


Early life and career

Schill was born in
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, to Simon Schill and the former Ruth Coplon. He was a first-generation college student and attended Linton High School and
Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
, where he graduated with an A.B. from the
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (formerly the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) is a professional public policy school at Princeton University. The school provides an array of comprehensive course ...
in 1980 after completing a 166-page long senior thesis titled "Reinvestment and Displacement: A Research Strategy." He received his J.D. from
Yale Law School Yale Law School (Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824 and has been ranked as the best law school in the United States by ''U ...
in 1984 where he was an editor of the ''Yale Law Journal''. Immediately following his graduation from law school, he clerked for the Honorable Marvin Katz of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for the 1984 term. He practiced law at the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson from 1985 to 1987.


President of the University of Oregon

On April 14, 2015, the UO Board of Trustees named Schill as the 18th president of the University of Oregon. He has focused on three priorities to advance the UO's mission: enhancing academic and research excellence, supporting student access and success, and improving campus experience and diversity and experience. In 2016, Schill announced the launch of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, a billion dollar initiative to transform innovation at the UO. The first phase, anchored by a $500 million gift from the Knights, was completed in December 2020 with the grand opening of the campus’s first building. In July 2021, the UO received a second $500 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight to fund the next phase of the campus. Under Schill's leadership, the UO partnered with Oregon Health and Science University to seed new academic opportunities to benefit society and create a biomedical data science center focused on finding treatments and cures for cancer. In 2021, Schill announced the university surpassed its $3 billion fundraising goal, a university and state record. During his time as president from 2015 to the end of the campaign, the University of Oregon raised $2.5 billion and extended its comprehensive campaign goal from $2 to $3 billion. The campaign was the largest in the university's history. He announced the Oregon Commitment in 2015, an effort focused on supporting student success by improving four-year graduation rates and providing more access to higher education through programs such as PathwayOregon, which provides free tuition, fees, and specialized advising to eligible Oregonians. As part of this effort, Tykeson Hall opened in August 2019, home to two dozen new academic advisors trained in an integrated approach to providing academic and career-readiness support to students. The university reached the goal of improving four-year graduation rates by 10 percentage points a year early in 2019. In an effort to encourage the exchange of ideas and make campus more inclusive and equitable, Schill held a series of events focused on freedom of expression, launched an African American speaker series, oversaw the development of thirty-four diversity action plans for each major administrative and academic unit on campus, and championed the creation of a new Black Cultural Center, which opened in 2019. Schill also recommended the denaming of two campus buildings to send a clear message that racism has no place at the UO and that the welfare, inclusion, and success of Black, indigenous, and other students, faculty, and staff of color is central to the university’s mission. In 2020, Schill and Provost Patrick Phillips announced a major initiative to hire more faculty of color and retain those already at the university, to establish a center on racial disparities, and to promote inclusion in the UO’s classrooms.


Legacy

During Schill's tenure as president, Philip Knight's influence increased, as did the influence other mega donors and private foundations have on the public university. Knight contributed $1 billion towards
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. Additionally,
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and family contributed $425 million towards an educational initiative and UO became a member of the $220 million Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. Furthermore, Knight continued to build controversial athletic facilities, this time on UO's main campus. According to the publication
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, as of 2022, UO has received three of the top twenty largest gifts in higher education history. The Chronicle's list includes prominent global initiatives such as the
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, and the George Soros funded Open Society University Network. All gifts were received during Schill's tenure as president.


President of Northwestern University

On August 11, 2022, Schill was announced as the 17th president of
Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...
, succeeding
Morton O. Schapiro Morton Owen Schapiro (born July 13, 1953) is an American economist and the former president of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Before assuming the Northwestern presidency in 2009, he served as president of Williams College for nine ...
in the role. This happened one month after Rebecca M. Blank, who was also president-elect, announced she had an aggressive form of cancer that prohibited her from serving in the position, prompting the Board of Trustees to quickly look for a replacement. Schapiro offered to temporarily return to the office until Fall 2022, when Schill was to officially begin his presidency.


Academic and decanal career

In 1987, Schill joined the faculty at the
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and the
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. He served as assistant professor of law from 1987 to 1992, and became professor of law in 1992. From 1993 to 1995 he was professor of law and real estate. In 1995 he moved to the
New York University School of Law New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835, it is the oldest law school in New York City and the oldest surviving law school in New ...
and
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, becoming professor of law and urban planning. Simultaneously, he became the founding director of the
Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy is a joint center at New York University School of Law and the NYU Wagner School of Public Service. The Furman Center was established in 1995 to create a place where people interested in affordab ...
. He held both positions until 2004, and in 2003 he additionally became the Wilf Family Professor in Property Law. In 2004, Schill became dean and professor of law at the
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law The UCLA School of Law is one of 12 professional schools at the University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Law has been consistently ranked by '' U.S. News & World Report'' as one of the top 20 law schools in the United States since the inception ...
. During his five and one-half years at UCLA, Schill recruited leading legal scholars from top schools across the nation and established thirteen endowed chairs. He launched three new legal research centers and two academic specialization programs. Alumni participation in fundraising doubled during his decanal tenure, and private philanthropy tripled. Schill served as Chair of the Council of Professional School Deans and sat on the UCLA Chancellor's Executive Committee. During Schill's tenure as dean of the
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in 2010, the Law School expanded its faculty, increased incoming student credentials to record levels, doubled fundraising and established new centers and curricula in law and economics, business leadership and public interest law. In addition to serving as Dean of the Law School, Schill was appointed Professor in the College where he taught a course in law and urban problems. Schill is a co-author (with Jesse Dukeminier, James Krier, Greg Alexander, and Lior Strahilevitz) of ''Property'', a major casebook now in its ninth edition."Property casebook, Aspen Publishing"
/ref> He has also co-authored ''Reducing the Cost of New Housing Construction in New York City: 2005 Update'' (Center For Real Estate and Urban Policy, 2005) (with Jerry Salama and Jonathan Springer),"Reducing the Cost of New Housing Construction in New York City"
/ref> ''Revitalizing America’s Cities: Neighborhood Reinvestment and Displacement'' (State University of New York Press, 1983) (with Richard P. Nathan), and ''The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods'', 2003, 2004, 2005 (Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy) (with Denise Previti). He is also the editor of ''Housing and Community Development in New York City: Facing The Future'' (State University of New York Press, 1999). He has published more than 40 journal articles and book chapters. Schill serves as Chair of the PAC-12 CEO Group and as a member of the Board of Governors for the NCAA. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of
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, the nonprofit parent of
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. He has served as a member of the
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, the New York City Neighborhood Investment Advisory Panel, the Fannie Mae New York Partnership Office, Housing Policy Debate and the Board of Governors of
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. He has also received research grants from the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the United States Department of Commerce, among others.


Honors

In 2011, Schill was inducted as a Fellow of the
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. In April 2010, Schill was presented with the Impact Award for Excellence in Housing from New York City's Citizens Housing and Planning Council (CHPC). Schill was recognized for his work as the founding director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. During the presentation of the Impact Award
Sarah Gerecke
then the executive director of the Furman Center, said of Schill, "Mike is a builder. His academic research built new ways of thinking about problems, ranging from fair housing to one government’s condemnation of another government’s land. He built confidence and critical thinking skills in all the students lucky enough to work with him. He built the foundation for change in his path-breaking policy analyses like reducing the cost of new construction in New York City. And he’s built institutions that have a far greater impact than they would without him."

executive director of the Citizens Housing & Planning Council, said "Mike’s work at Furman was marked by his careful, conducted research that policymakers and the public could always rely on. He was expert at vigorously defending his positions, but in the nicest possible way."


See also

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References


External links


University of Chicago Law School faculty website

University of Chicago Law School Launches Law & Economics 2.0 Initiative

University of Chicago Law School Launches Law & Economics 2.0 Initiative

Schill Appointed Next Dean of University of Chicago Law SchoolUniversity of Oregon Office of the President website
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