Mark Nordenberg

Mark Nordenberg
17th Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh
In office
August 1, 1995  August 1, 2014
Interim: August 1, 1995 - August 1, 1996
Preceded byJ. Dennis O'Connor
Succeeded byPatrick D. Gallagher
Personal details
Born (1948-07-12) July 12, 1948
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Spouse
Nikki Pirillo
(m. 1970)
Children3
EducationThiel College (BA)
University of Wisconsin—Madison (JD)

Mark A. Nordenberg (born July 12, 1948) is the chancellor emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh and chair of the university's Institute of Politics and Director of its Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy. A professor of law and university administrator, Nordenberg served as the seventeenth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh from 1996 to 2014. Nordenberg served as the Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law between 1985 and 1993 and other various administrative positions before becoming interim Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh in 1995, a position which became permanent the following year. He became known as Nordy to many Pitt students, who voted to name a recreation center and arcade in the William Pitt Union as Nordy's Place, and is also the namesake of the university's endowed Nordenberg Scholarships and the Nordenberg Hall dormitory on the university's campus.