University of Rochester
Athletic Hall of Fame
Dr. Peter Blanck
'79
At Rochester:
- Lettered in squash over four-year period
- Elected Most Improved Player (MIP) sophomore year
- Elected team co-captain as a junior and senior
- Was named MVP of the team as a junior and senior
- Finished with winning records each year
- Moved from player position to number 9 to 2 on the team
- Helped team crack into the top 20 rankings in his junior and senior year
- Won several Rochester City Squash tournaments, individually in 1976, 1977 and was a part of the U of R team City Champions
- Published articles in peer-reviewed professional science journals as undergraduate with University Miron Zuckerman
- Published in peer-reviewed science journal undergraduate U of R Honors Thesis
- Graduated with a B.A. in psychology, Magna Cum Laude
Post-Graduate:
- Received a Juris Doctorate from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University
- Member of Harvard Graduate Squash Team, 1980-1982
- Member of the Stanford Graduate Squash Team, 1986-1989
- Member of the Washington, D.C. Club Squash Team, 1989-1990
- Currently is a University Professor at Syracuse University
- Is chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute at SU, which is an organization to advance civic, economic, and social participation of person with disabilities in a global society
- Has written over 150 articles and books on the Americans with Disabilities Act and related laws, receiving more than $15 million in grants to study disability law and policy
- Board member of the National Organization on Disability, Disability Rights Law Center, and Disability Rights Advocates, and a trustee of YAI-National Institute for People with Disabilities Network
- Practiced law at the Washington, D.C. firm Covington & Burling prior to teaching
