Ivan Loveridge Bennett, Jr. (March 4, 1922 – July 22, 1990) was an American physician who was dean of the NYU School of Medicine and served as president of New York University 1980–1981. Bennett was educated at Emory University where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. Graduated with a B.A. in 1943, and a medical degree in 1946. Bennett was Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy under Lyndon B. Johnson between 1967 and 1969. Bennett was also director of the department of pathology at Johns Hopkins University and also taught at Yale and New York University. He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972. References 1922 births 1990 deaths Presidents of New York University Emory University alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20th-century American physicians Yale University faculty New York University faculty Emory University School of Medicine alumni Members of the National Academy of Medicine 20th-century American academics