POUGHKEEPSIE – The Board of Trustees at Marist College has named
David Yellen, the dean and professor of law at the Loyola University Chicago
School of Law as the new president at the Poughkeepsie school.
He will succeed Dennis Murray, who announced last year his plan to step
down from the Marist presidency on June 30 after 37 years.
Marist Board Chairwoman Ellen Hancock said Yellen “is one of the
nation’s top legal educators, an innovative leader highly respected
among his peers, and a man of great integrity and commitment to public
service.”
She said Yellen’s work as a law school dean, a faculty member, and
an attorney “gives him a unique appreciation of the distinctive
blend of liberal arts and pre-professional programs that define the Marist
experience and positions him well to lead the college to ever-greater
heights.”
Outside of academe, Yellen was appointed Special Master by Cook County
Criminal Division Presiding Judge Paul Biebel Jr., working to identify
inmates who may be entitled to new trials, having suffered torture by
a former Chicago police commander. He also serves on the Illinois Sentencing
Policy Advisory Council and is a member of the Board of Directors of Cook
County Justice for Children.
