Kenneth Gerald Gormley (born March 19, 1955)[1][2] is an American lawyer and academic who is the 13th president of Duquesne University.
[3] He is also a legal counsel for the Appellate Practice Group at the law firm Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP.
[5] Kenneth Gerald Gormley was born in Pittsburgh on March 19, 1955, and grew up in nearby Swissvale and Edgewood.
[2] Gormley joined the Duquesne Law faculty in 1994 after clerking for U.S. District Judge Donald E. Ziegler, teaching at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, engaging in private practice, serving as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission, and serving as special clerk to Justice Ralph J. Cappy of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
[7] He has written articles for publications ranging from Rolling Stone to the ABA Journal and is author of the book Archibald Cox: The Conscience of a Nation.