Paul Robert Verkuil (born December 4, 1939) is an American attorney, former dean of the

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, former president of the

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, and former dean of

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. He is currently on the faculty of the

. Verkuil received his A.B. at the

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and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He also earned an M.A. from the New School for Social Research, and an LL.M. and J.S.D. from

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. Verkuil served as president of the College of William & Mary from July 1, 1985 until his resignation, effective January 7, 1992. Verkuil has also served as the CEO of the American Automobile Association from 1992 to 1995. From 1994 to 1997 Verkuil served as

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for the

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in the

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case of ''

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'', 523 U.S. 767 (1998), and also as a member of the White House Council on Small Business. From August 2008 to August 2009, Verkuil was acting dean of the

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. In 2009, Verkuil was nominated by President

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to be head of the

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. The Senate confirmed his nomination on March 3, 2010, and he was the Chair until October 1, 2015.. Verkuil is coauthor of ''Administrative Law and Process'' (5th ed. 2009) and ''Regulation and Deregulation'' (2nd ed. 2004) and ''Outsourcing Sovereignty: How Privatization of Government Functions Threatens Democracy And What We Can Do About It'' (Cambridge University Press, 2007). He has been the editor of ''

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'', and the recipient of the NYU Founders Day Award for "Consistent evidence of outstanding scholarship." He is married to

Judith Rodin Judith Rodin (born Judith Seitz, September 9, 1944) is a philanthropist with a long history in U.S. higher education. She was the president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 2005 until 2017. From 1994 to 2004, Rodin served as the 7th permanent p ...

, the former president of the Rockefeller Foundation.

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