James B. Milliken | |
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Chancellor of the City University of New York | |
Assumed office June 1, 2014 |
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Preceded by | Matthew Goldstein |
President of the University of Nebraska | |
In office 2004–2014 |
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Preceded by | L. Dennis Smith |
Succeeded by | Hank M. Bounds |
Personal details | |
Born | Nebraska |
Spouse(s) | Nana Smith |
Alma mater |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln New York University School of Law |
Profession | Academic administrator, professor, attorney |
Website | Chancellor James B. Milliken |
James B. (“J.B.”) Milliken is chancellor of the City University of New York - the nation's largest urban university system. Prior, Milliken served as president of the University of Nebraska from 2004 to 2014, where he was also a professor at the School of Public Affairs and at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law. Milliken previously served as senior vice president of the University of North Carolina's 16-campus system, from 1998 to 2004. Before joining the University of North Carolina, Milliken was vice president of the division of external affairs of University of Nebraska.
Milliken was raised in Fremont, Nebraska. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1979. He earned a law degree in 1983 from New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar. While at New York University School of Law, Milliken served as research assistant to Professor Norman Dorsen, then president of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Following law school, Milliken worked for the Legal Aid Society’s Civil Division in New York City, and afterwards an attorney at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
Milliken returned to Nebraska in 1988 as executive assistant to the president of the University of Nebraska, followed by the position of Secretary to the Board of Regents and Vice President for External Affairs.