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Jennifer J. Raab

2018 Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame Inductee

BIOGRAPHY

Jennifer J. Raab marked her 17th anniversary as President of Hunter College, the largest college in the City University of New York system. She has led the successful transformation of Hunter College from an open-admissions institution to a selective, highly ranked college; under her leadership both graduation and retention rates have increased markedly.

As President, she has significantly increased Hunter's government grants and awards and strengthened its fiscal management while securing $335 million in private support for the college. She has launched a $25 million library renovation; a science research and nursing/health professions facility in partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; a floor in the new Belfer Research Building at Weill Cornell Medical College; a $131 million School of Social Work in East Harlem; a new facility in Tribeca for Hunter's renowned art graduate program and gallery; and the $25 million restoration of the historic 1908 Roosevelt House.

President Raab was a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Paul, Weiss, and then appointed Chairman of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, a post she held from 1994 to 2001.

A graduate of Hunter College High School, President Raab received a BA with distinction in all subjects from Cornell University in 1977, an MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton in 1979, and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1985. In 2016, President Raab's achievements were recognized by her election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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