Liebowitz (born April 26, 1957) is the ninth President of Brandeis University succeeding Frederick M.
Lawrence.
Formerly Middlebury College's 16th President, and a professor of geography, succeeding John McCardell, Jr.
on July 1, 2004.
On December 17, 2015, it was announced that Liebowitz would become the ninth president of Brandeis University.
Liebowitz had previously served as provost and Dean of the Faculty.
An expert in Russian economic and political geography, he began teaching at Middlebury in 1984.
His first Middlebury experience was as a Language School student in 1980 and 1981.
A native of Brooklyn, Liebowitz received his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University in 1979 and completed his postgraduate work at Columbia University.
He received his Ph.D.
in geography in 1985.
Liebowitz and his wife, Jessica, have three young children.