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Vincent J. Lembo

Vincent J. Lembo is Vice President and University Counsel for Northeastern University.

Mr. Lembo came to Northeastern University in 1979, working in both the development office for the School of Law and the government relations office. He became University Counsel in 1982 and continued working as the University's state lobbyist until 1987. Mr. Lembo has also been elected to the position of Secretary to the Northeastern University Corporation and Board of Trustees annually since 1988. Prior to his election, Mr. Lembo served as Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees for four years.

In addition, he has served as the Secretary/Administrator for two presidential searches, 1988-1989 and 1995-96. Mr. Lembo has served on numerous University committees and was chairman of President Richard M. Freeland's inaugural committee in 1996. He is also a member of the Huntington Society and the Twenty-Five Year Associates.

Mr. Lembo is a magna cum laude graduate in political science from Northeastern University, Class of 1973. During that time, he also served as President of the Northeastern University Student Government. He graduated from the Northeastern University School of Law in 1976, where he served as the Chief Teaching Assistant for Legal Writing in his third year.

From 1977 to 1978, Vice President Lembo served as Law Clerk to The Honorable John F.\ Doris of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He then practiced law in Woonsocket, Rhode Island before coming to Northeastern University.