Gerhard Casper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gerhard Casper

American academic administrator

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1937

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Profession: jurist, university teacher

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gerhard Casper (born December 25, 1937) is a former president of Stanford University from 1992 to 2000, a former Dean of the University of Chicago Law School from 1979 to 1987, and a former provost of the University of Chicago from 1989 to 1992.
Casper was president of the American Academy in Berlin from July 2015 through July 2016; as of August 2019 he is serving as the institution's trustee-in-residence.Casper is also a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford, and has been appointed to serve as the institute's director between September 1, 2012 and August 31, 2013.
Casper is also the Peter and Helen Bing Professor in Undergraduate Education, emeritus, and is a professor, emeritus, at Stanford Law School.