Harvey Perlman was appointed 19th Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on April 1, 2001. He had served as Interim Chancellor since July 16, 2000. A former dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1983 to 1998, he has also served as interim senior vice chancellor for academic affairs in 1995-96.

Chancellor Perlman, a Nebraska native, was raised in York and earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and a juris doctorate from the University of Nebraska. He joined the NU law faculty in 1967 and served until 1974 when he joined the faculty at the University of Virginia Law School. He returned to Nebraska in 1983 when he accepted the deanship of the College of Law.

Perlman and his wife, Susan, an NU alumna, are the parents of two daughters: Anne, who earned degrees from UNL and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, practices medicine in Lincoln, is married to UNL Alum David Spinar, and has the Perlman's three grandchildren, Will, Ava, and Marco, Husker fans all, and Amie, who received BA and JD degrees from UNL and is married to UNL alumnus Ron Larson.

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