Robert A. DuPuy (born c. 1947) is a

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and former President and Chief Operating Officer of

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(MLB). He assumed both titles on March 7, 2002. Prior to joining Major League Baseball in 1998, he was a partner and management committee member of

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, a large Milwaukee-based law firm. He returned to Foley & Lardner in 2010 as a partner with the firm's Sports Industry Team.

Biography

DuPuy grew up in

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. He graduated from Notre Dame High School in

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, in 1964. DuPuy received a

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from

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in 1968, and a

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from

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in 1973. At Cornell, he was the editor-in-chief of the ''

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''. After attending Dartmouth, he served in the

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with the 504th Military Police Battalion of the

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where he received the

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. On November 3, 2007, at Yale Commons in

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, DuPuy was bestowed with the honor of becoming a Knight of Honor, the highest award the school gives to graduates and friends of Notre Dame High School. DuPuy has taught legal ethics and professional responsibility at

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, Northwestern Law School, the

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, and

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, and has served as a long-time faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. For his preeminent legal ability and very high professional ethics, DuPuy has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in

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's peer review rating system. DuPuy left MLB in the fall of 2010 after 8½ years as the commissioner's top aide. During his twelve years at MLB, he led the formation of

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, which includes MLB's website. He agreed to

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's request that he continue to work on various MLB special projects.

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Bob DuPuy
– Profile on MLB.com * http://notredamehs.com/news/2007-2008%20Releases/kofh.release.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20110928042430/http://www.foley.com/people/bio.aspx?employeeid=30559 {{DEFAULTSORT:Dupuy, Bob Major League Baseball central office executives Cornell Law School alumni Dartmouth College alumni 1947 births Living people Notre Dame High School (West Haven, Connecticut) alumni Baseball people from Connecticut People from Branford, Connecticut Members of Phi Kappa Phi

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