Susan Westerberg Prager

Susan Westerberg Prager (1942-) became the sixth Association of American Law Schools Executive Vice President and Executive Director on September 1, 2008. She is a American legal scholar and administrator who served as president of Occidental College from 2006-2007. Prager was dean of the UCLA School of Law from 1982 to 1998, being one of the first female deans of a law school in the United States. During her term at the UCLA School of Law, she became the second woman to serve as the president of the Association of American Law Schools. Prager was born in Sacramento, California, and grew up in Sloughhouse, California, a small town outside of Sacramento. She received her undergraduate degree in history from Stanford University in 1964, and she later received a master's degree in history, also from Stanford. She received her law degree from UCLA. She is also a former provost of Dartmouth College. Early in her career, she worked for a number of legislators, including U.S. Senator Thomas Kuchel of California.

On November 19th, 2007, in e-mail addressed to students and faculty, Prager announced her intent to resign as president of Occidental College effective at the end of the year. Prager cited incompatibility with board members as a reason for her resignation.

External links

* [http://www.law.ucla.edu/home/index.asp?page=654 Faculty Page at UCLA School of Law]
* [http://www.oxy.edu/x5350.xml Occidental College Website Announcement of Prager's Presidency]