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Nadine
Strossen,
President of the ACLU
Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law at New York Law
School, has written, lectured and practiced extensively in the areas of
constitutional law, civil liberties and international human rights. Since
1991, she has served as President of the American Civil Liberties Union, the
first woman to head the nation's largest and oldest civil liberties
organization. (Because the ACLU Presidency is a non-paid, volunteer post,
Strossen continues in her faculty position as well.)
The National Law Journal has twice named Strossen one
of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America." In 1996, Working
Woman Magazine listed her among the "350 Women Who Changed the World
1976-1996." In 1997, Upside Magazine included Strossen in the
"Elite 100: 100 Executives Leading The Digital Revolution." In
1998, Vanity Fair Magazine included Strossen in "America's 200 Most
Influential Women." In 1999, Ladies Home Journal included Strossen in
"America's 100 Most Important Women."
Since becoming ACLU President, Strossen has made more
than 200 public presentations per year before diverse audiences, including
on approximately 500 campuses and in many foreign countries. She comments
frequently on legal issues in the national media, having appeared on
virtually every national news program. She is a regular guest on the PBS
show "Debates, Debates" and has appeared on ABC's
"Politically Incorrect" with BiIl Maher. She has also been a
monthly columnist for two Web-zines and a weekly commentator on the Talk
America Radio Network. In October, 2001, Strossen made her professional
theater debut as the guest star in Eve Ensler's award-winning play,
"The Vagina Monologues," during a week-long run at the National
Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Strossen's writings have been published in many
scholarly and general interest publications (approximately 250 published
works). Her book, Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for
Women's Rights (Scribner 1995), was named by the New York Times a
"notable book" of 1995 and was republished in October 2000 by NYU
Press, with a new Introduction by the author. Her co-authored book, Speaking
of Race, Speaking of Sex: Hate Speech, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties (N.Y.U.
Press 1995), was named an "outstanding book" by the Gustavus Myers
Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America.
In 1986, Strossen became one of the first three women
to receive the U.S. Jaycees' "Ten Outstanding Young Americans"
Award; she was also the first American woman to win the Jaycees
International's "The Outstanding Young Persons Of the World"
Award. Strossen has received Honorary Doctor of Law Degrees from the
University of Rhode Island, the University of Vermont, San Joaquin College
of Law, Rocky Mountain College, and the Massachusetts School of Law. Other
awards include: the "Women of Distinction" award from the Women's
League for Conservative Judaism, The Media Institute's Freedom of Speech
Award, and the Free Speech Coalition's "Freedom Isn't Free Award."
Strossen is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Strossen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College
(1972) and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School (1975), where she was an
editor of the Harvard Law Review. Before becoming a law professor, she
practiced law for nine years in Minneapolis (her hometown) and New York
City.
Strossen is married to Eli M. Noam, Professor at
Columbia University's Graduate School of Business and Founding Director of
the Columbia Institute for Tele- Information. They have residences in
Manhattan and Kent Lakes, New York.
Professor Strossen's curriculum
vitae
January, 2002
