Martha Minow

Martha Minow, Vice President

Martha Minow is the 300th Anniversary University President and former Dean of Harvard Law School. She is an expert in human rights and advocacy for members of racial and religious minorities and for women, children, and persons with disabilities. Her recent books include Saving the News (2021) and When Should Law Forgive? (2019). Ms. Minow served on the Independent International Commission for Kosovo and helped to launch Imagine Coexistence, a program of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to promote peaceful development in post-conflict societies. Her honors include the Sacks-Freund Teaching Award, selected by the Harvard Law School Class of 2005, the Holocaust Center Award, 2006, and an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Toronto, 2006. In 2008, she served on advisory committees addressing legal policy and educational policy for the Obama campaign. Ms. Minow received a B.A. from the University of Michigan, an M.Ed. from Harvard, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. She clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court.