Professor Arthur Ripstein is University Professor in the Faculty of Law and the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science. He holds the Howard Beck Q.C. Chair in Law. Professor Ripstein graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Manitoba, and holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh, and Master of Studies in Law from Yale Law School. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and was awarded the Killam Prize for Humanities. Professor Ripstein served an eight-year term as a teaching staff member on the Governing Council, and was a member of the Business Board and the Executive Committee. He has an extensive record of service to the University including serving as a member on the Special Joint Advisory Committee on the Memorandum of Agreement with the U of T Faculty Association, serving as Chair of the Working Group on Anti-Semitism, and as a long-serving member of the Committee for Honorary Degrees. Professor Ripstein brings to the Search Committee a rich knowledge of the complex workings of the University of Toronto and deep insights into what matters to the University’s success.