Background
Stern, David Joel was born on September 22, 1942 in New York City. Son of William and Anna (Bronstein) Stern.
National Basketball Association commissioner
Stern, David Joel was born on September 22, 1942 in New York City. Son of William and Anna (Bronstein) Stern.
Bachelor, Rutgers University, 1963. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1966.
Associate Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, 1966—1974, partner, 1974—1978. General counsel National Basketball Association, 1978—1980, executive vice president business & legal affairs, 1980—1984, commissioner, since 1984.
Member Martin Luther King Junior Federal Holiday Commission, 1988, White House Conference for a Drug-Free American, 1988. Board directors National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1990—1993, Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Museum television and Radio, Jazz at Lincoln Center. Trustee Beth Israel Medical Center, since 1985, Rutgers University Foundation, since 1987.
Trustee, chair emeritus Columbia University, since 1992. Member of American Bar Association, Association Bar City New York (chairman committee on entertainment and sports 1983-1986), New York State Bar Association, Council on Foreign Relations.
Married Dianne Bock, November 27, 1963. Children: Andrew, Eric.