Sexton said that he had always dreamed of becoming the President of NYU.
“To have one assignment that is the realization of your dreams is a rare occurrence; to be offered a second is truly humbling,” he said.
Sexton is a 1979 graduate of Harvard Law School.
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Sexton arrived at NYU in 1981, received tenure three years later, and, in 1988, was appointed Dean of the Law School.
—Staff Writer Andrew J. Miller can be reached at amiller@fas.harvard.edu.