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Dr. Norman Lamm is Third President of YU (1976)
Wednesday, August 4, 9 a.m. The President's Suite on the fifth floor of Furst Hall came to life. A vibrancy of actions, motion, ringing phones, footsteps reverberated through the hallways, sending waves of movement and energy throughout the YU complex. Dr. Norman Lamm, 48 years old. American born, alumnus, moved into his post as third President of Yeshiva University. Major changes in any institution just don't happen overnight: months of planning, days and nights of work, and countless hours of effort went into choosing a new chief executive officer and preparing for his taking office.On July 13 the Presidential Search Committee delivered its report to the Board of Trustees as charged. On August 3 the Board’s Presidential Search Committee in turn reviewed the Universitywide Committee's recommendation at a special meeting. After its approval, the full Board voted unanimously to elect Dr. Lamm President."Yeshiva University, with its 7,000 students, needs the vigor of mind and spirit of Dr. Lamm,” said Max J. Etra, chairman of the Board of Trustees, in making the announcement. "Of the people under serious consideration, all men of achievement, intellect, and accomplishment, the Committee leaned towards a younger, dynamic leader who would provide long term leadership for the institution and who would be able to confront the pressing problems of higher education today."We enter our tenth decade with the conviction that with the help of the Almighty our new President will continue in the great tradition of his distinguished predecessors, Drs. Bernard Revel and Samuel Belkin, and guide the University to new heights of service and excellence," Mr. Etra said.Introducing Dr. LammDr. Norman Lamm brings to office the vigor of Jewish tradition nurtured in American soil and a sensitivity to YU's strengths and needs gained as analumnus and faculty member. He combines a profound scholarship in Torah, philosophy, arts, humanities, and sciences — as a chemist turned rabbi — with t…
