Norman Lamm (born December 19, 1927) is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi, scholar, author and Jewish communal leader.
He was the Chancellor of Yeshiva University until he announced his retirement on July 1, 2013.
He holds a Ph.D.
in Jewish philosophy and was the third President of Yeshiva University, the first to be born in the United States.
He was a disciple of Rabbi Joseph B.
Soloveitchik (one of Orthodoxy's most influential modern scholars), who ordained him at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University's rabbinical school in 1951.