The London School of Economics has named Larry Kramer, the former dean of Stanford University’s law school, its next vice-chancellor.
Professor Kramer, currently president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will take up the post in April 2024, succeeding Baroness Shafik, who is now president of Columbia University.
At the Hewlett Foundation, which was founded by Hewlett-Packard founder Bill Hewlett and his wife in 1966, Professor Kramer leads one of the US’ wealthiest grant makers, with assets of approximately $14 billion (£11 billion).
A renowned scholar of constitutional law and history, Professor Kramer was previously Richard E. Lang professor of law and dean of Stanford Law School between 2004 and 2012. For a decade before, that he was associate dean for research and academics and Russell D. Niles professor at New York University Law School.
