Robert Harry Mundheim is a New School Trustee, lawyer, and professor. Born in 1933 in Hamburg, Germany, his family fled to the United States in 1939. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Harvard Law School. Mundheim was admitted to the New York State Bar Association in 1958. He was special counsel to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in 1962-1963, and general counsel to the U.S. Treasury from 1977 until 1981, acting as Chief Negotiator during the Iran hostage crisis. His academic career began as a visiting law professor at Duke Law School in 1964. He became a professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965, and served as Dean of the Law School from 1982 until 1989. From 1992 until 1999, Mundheim was general counsel for the investment bank Salomon Brothers. In 2011, he joined the University of Arizona Law School. Mundheim was appointed to the New School Board of Governors in 1994, and became a trustee in 1999. Mundheim received an honorary doctorate from The New School during its 83rd Commencement in 2019 for his commitment to philanthropy, education, and community service.

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