William R Greiner
University Professor and President Emeritus
B.A., Wesleyan University
M.A., Yale University
J.D., Yale University
LL.M., Yale University
University at Buffalo Law School
The State University of New York
422 O'Brian
Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1100
Phone:(716) 645-3851
Assistant:
Suzanne Caruso, 417 O'Brian Hall, Phone: (716) 645-5598
Biography:
William Greiner joined the UB Law faculty in 1967 and shortly thereafter became chairman of the Legal Studies Programs. By 1984, he was named UB's first University Provost. He served as interim president from March 1991 until his appointment as president by the Chancellor and Board of Trustees on September 25, 1991. Greiner served as UB president from 1991 to 2004, after which he rejoined the law faculty.
Greiner's accomplishments as president included creating numerous trans-disciplinary research centers and institutes; reaffirming the University's commitment to public service; streamlining student services and record enrollments; increasing exchange and study abroad programs; conducting a record-breaking capital campaign; constructing a series of student residential centers and other major construction projects; creating of Task Forces on Women and on Racial and Ethnic Diversity; and moving the UB football team to Division 1-A.
Selected Publications:
Books
Location, Location, Location: a Special History of the University of/at Buffalo (with Thomas E. Headrick) (Center for Studies in American Culture, University at Buffalo, 2008)
The Nature and Fuction of Law (with Harold J. Berman and Samir N. Saliba) (Foundation Press, 6th edition, 2004)
Articles
Speech In, For and By(?) the "Multiversity:" Reflections of a Recovering President, Buffalo Law Review vol. 54: 863-902 (2006)
Reports
The Relationship of Erie Community College to its Public Sponsor, Erie County. Transition Report for the newly elected Erie County Executive (with Gary Ghosen, Anthony Masiello, and Donna McCartney-Henry) (January 2008)
Niagara Falls International Airport: A Bi-National Air Cargo Gateway (with Alfred D. Price et al.).Report for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. (University at Buffalo, SUNY, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Planning; School of Law, Fall 2006)
