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September 1, 1976

Dr. Norman Lamm is Third President of YU (1976)

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Dr. Norman Lamm Assumes Presidency of YU; Selection Culminates an Exhaustive Search (1976)

Trustees’ Selection Of Lamm Ends Search Committee Role: The naming of Dr. Norman Lamm as the third President of Yeshiva University culminated a long and difficult process of selection by the Presidential Search Committee, headed by EMC Dean Jacob Rabinowitz. During, the eight-month search, the fifty-member committee screened fifty-seven nominees before submitting its recommendations to the YU Board of Turstees.. These recommendations led to the Board’s unanimous selection of Dr. Lamm.The fifty members of the Com-mittee represented the various un- dergraduate and graduate divisions of the university, and outsiders chosen to present perspectives on the needs of the university in the area of communal services. A smaller fifteen member work com- mittee, chosen from the full Search Committee, undertook the difficult task of advising and setting guidelines for the main committee.To profile the president Yeshiva needed, the work committee pre- sented the full committee with a list . of thirty-five possible quali- fications for a YU president and asked the members of the full committee to signify the im- portance which they accorded each by ranking each on an “A" to “F” scale. “A” represented absolutely essential qualifications, and “F” represented those of no import- ance. Although the thirty-five-item list included such criteria as scholarship, academic position, and contacts in the Jewish and sec- ular world, over ninety percent of the committee’s members designat- ed dedication to academic excel- lence, concern for the religious cen- trality and tradition in the Univer- sity, leadership qualities, and sen- sitivity to moral issues as either ab-solutely necessary or extremely im- portant qualifications.״Fund rais- ing, interestingly, was not con- sidered to be of major significance.Rabbi Rabinowitz stressed the fact that the Board of Trustees took no part in the selection until they received the committee’s recom- mendations on June 30. He said that, “At no time did the…
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Yeshiva University Investiture of Rabbi Doctor Norman Lamm 11/7/1976

Rabbi Lamm is honored by Yeshiva University. Order of speakers: Dean David Mirsky; National Anthem - Cantor Paul Glasser; Invocation - Rabbi Max Schreier VP Student Affairs - Dr. Israel Miller; Miriam Kopelman; Dr. Lawrence Eisenberg; New York State Education Commissioner - Ewald B. Nyquist; US Representative - Herbert Tenzer; Jack D. Weiler; Max J Etra; Max Stern; Rabbi Doctor Norman Lamm; Benediction - Rabbi Maurice Lamm; Hatikvah - Cantor Paul Glasser.
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