Biography

Harvey Perlman, J.D., Chancellor

Harvey Perlman was named the 19th Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on April 1, 2001. He had served as Interim Chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since July 16, 2000.

A former dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law (1983-1998), Perlman has also served as interim senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNL (1995-96).

A Nebraska native, Perlman was raised in York, Neb., and earned a bachelor of arts in history and a juris doctorate from the University of Nebraska. He joined the NU law faculty in 1967 and taught 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 Nebraska Law College, a post he held until 1998 when he returned to the professoriate. His area of legal expertise lies in torts and intellectual property.

He serves on the Council of the American Law Institute, a leading national law reform organization, as one of Nebraska's Commissioners of Uniform State Laws, and as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Big 12 Athletic Conference.

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 and is married to UNL alumnus David Spinar; they are the parents of three of the Perlmans' four grandchildren, Will, Ava, and Marco, Husker fans all. Daughter Amie, who received BA and JD degrees from UNL, is a Nebraska Assistant Attorney-General and is married to UNL alumnus Ron Larson. They are the new parents of Caleb Quinn.