Anthony T. Kronman
Anthony Townsend Kronman (born May 12, 1945) is a Sterling Professor at Yale Law School specializing in contracts, bankruptcy, jurisprudence, social theory, and professional responsibility.[1] He was the dean of Yale Law School from 1994 to 2004.[2]
Anthony T. Kronman | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | May 12, 1945
Parent(s) | Rosella Towne |
Academic background | |
Education | Williams College (BA) Yale University (PhD, JD) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Yale University |
Doctoral students | Leora Bilsky |
Early life
Kronman was raised in Los Angeles, California, the son of Harry Kronman, a Hollywood screenwriter, and actress Rosella Towne (birth name Rosella Townsend).[3]
Education
Kronman received a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College in 1968, a Doctor of Philosophy philosophy from Yale University in 1972, and Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 1975.[2] He was an editor of the Yale Law Journal when he studied at Yale Law School.[2]
Career
He taught at the University of Minnesota Law School from 1975 to 1976, and the University of Chicago Law School from 1976 to 1978, before joining the Yale faculty.[2] In addition to the courses that Kronman teaches at Yale Law School, he also teaches undergraduate classes in literature, philosophy, and history and politics as part of the Directed Studies program at Yale.[4] Outside of his academic obligations, Kronman is of counsel at the law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner.[5]
He recently published a book, Education's End, which is a summary of the disarray of the U.S. higher education system especially in regard to the question of the meaning of life.[6]
His book Confessions of a Born Again Pagan, published in October 2016, reconciles faith with the modern world in an attempt to define a more comprehensive and humanistic spirituality.
References
- "Anthony T. Kronman". Yale Law School. Yale University. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Yale Law School. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- Rothman, Joshua. "The Sage of Yale Law". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- "Anthony Kronman". Yale Education Travel. Yale University. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- "Anthony T. Kronman". Boies, Schiller & Flexner. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- Kronman, Anthony T. (2007). Education's End. ISBN 978-0300143140.