Dr. Lederle earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s, law and Ph.D. degrees, at the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1936 and the U.S. Supreme Court bar in 1947. He taught and was an Assistant Dean at the Brown University and then the Director of Institute of Public Administration at the University of Michigan. He assumed the University of Massachusetts presidency in 1960. One of the Dr. Lederle’s important achievements was the enactment of a “fiscal autonomy” law in 1962.
