Who is Mark Schlissel, the former president of the University of Michigan?

Mark Steven Schlissel was born on November 24, 1957, in New York City, New York, the U.S.  in a traditional Jewish household.

Schlissel is a graduate of Princeton University in 1979 and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1986 where he obtained a BA in Biochemical Sciences and MD degree and a Ph.D. in Physiological Chemistry respectively.

Schlissel was named the 14th president of the University of Michigan on July 1, 2014, following the retirement of Mary Sue Coleman. It was a position he held for almost eight years.  During his term in office, the University of Michigan’s tuition rose to the highest of any American public university.

Schlissel was fired as President of the University of Michigan by the University’s Board of Regents on January 15, 2022, after an investigation by the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan.

Schlissel is married to the beautiful Monica Schwebs who is an environmental and energy lawyer. The couple has four children.

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