Professor Christopher York was awarded an AB degree cum laude by Colgate University, an MA degree by the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii and a JD degree by Emory University Law School.  His academic specialties were Russian and Asian studies, Overseas Business Operations and International Law. He is a member of the Bars of the U.S. Supreme Court; the 5th and 11th Federal District Courts, and the State of Georgia.

Since completing four years' active duty as a Captain with the U.S. Air Force JAG corps in 1970, Professor York has served as Secretary of Citibank's Board of Directors; Associate General Counsel of Citicorp; Vice President of Planning & Marketing of AmBase Corporation, and EVP-Management and COO of Project HOPE, the international medical education agency.

For the last decade he has operated his own International consultancy specializing in strategic and marketing planning with offices in New York and Tokyo. He served on the Board of Keyport Benefit Life Insurance Company and as a Trustee of NASA's Center for Technology Commercialization. His community service includes Chairing the Boards of the New York City Red Cross; the National Fund for Medical Education; the Royal Society of Medicine Foundation and service as Trustee of The Dartmouth Institute.

Professor York has served on a number of academic, federal and state advisory councils regarding health policy and financial regulation, and has published articles in professional journals on health policy and business topics. He is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, a member of The Pilgrims Society and Phi Beta Kappa.

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Email: YorkC@sacredheart.edu