Tom Farer

Tom Joel Farer (July 28, 1935 – March 3, 2025) was an American academic and author who was president of the University of New Mexico. After ending his tenure at New Mexico in 1986, Farer served as dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver from 1996 to 2010. He was later a university professor of international relations at the Josef Korbel School.

Academic career

Education Farer earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He then received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School Magna cum laude and was Note Editor of the Law Review].

Due to controversy surrounding his rapport with the University of New Mexico's Board of Regents, Farer served only one year as president before stepping down. He subsequently became a professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law.