Thomas H. Jackson
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Thomas H. Jackson was the ninth president of the University of Rochester, preceded by Dennis O'Brien. Jackson held the position of president from 1994 until he formally stepped down on June 30, 2005 and succeeded by Joel Seligman. Jackson's tenure, while it brought sweeping change for the better, was also thought of as controversial and he was accused of bowing to the wishes of large corporations over academic priorities. He holds the position of Distinguished University Professor and has faculty appointments in the department of political science and in the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester. Jackson is known as one the of the nation's foremost experts on bankruptcy law.
Jackson is currently on sabbatical and will return to Rochester in the fall of 2006.
Jackson was vice president and provost of the University of Virginia, following his appointment as dean of the School of Law. He has also been a professor of law at Harvard Law School (1986-1988) and served at Stanford University (1977-1986).
Jackson earned his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Yale University in 1975 and a bachelor's degree from Williams College. He clerked for United States district court judge Marvin E. Frankel and Supreme Court of the United States justice William Rehnquist.
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