Victor Marrero

Personal

Birthday: 
1941
Birthplace: 
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Race or Ethnicity: 
Hispanic
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Assistant, Mayor John V. Lindsay, New York City, 1968-1970
Assistant administrator and neighborhood director, Model Cities Administration, New York City, 1970-1973
Executive director, Department of City Planning, New York City, 1973-1974
Special counsel to the comptroller, New York City, 1974-1975
First assistant counsel, Gov. Hugh Carey, New York, 1975-1976
Chairman, City Planning Commission, New York City, 1976-1977
Commissioner and vice chairman, New York State Housing Finance Agency, 1978-1979
Undersecretary of housing and urban development, 1979-1981
Private practice, New York City, 1981-1993
U.S. ambassador on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, 1993-1997
U.S. ambassador and permanent representative of the United States to the Organization of American States, 1998-1999

Education

Name of School: 
New York University
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1964
Name of School - Second: 

Yale University Law School

Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Law School, is one of the world's premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service. Small by design, our impact on the world is measured by its accomplished graduates and its ongoing scholarship and outreach through 17 centers and projects.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1968

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Court Name: 

New York Southern District Court

President Nominating: 
William J. Clinton
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
10/5/1999
Retirement from Active Service: 
12/31/2010