{{Short description|American educator, and university president (born c. 1939)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Neil J. Hoffman | office = President of School of the Art Institute of Chicago | term_start = 1983 | term_end = June 30, 1985 | office1 = 6th President of California College of Arts and Crafts | term_start1 = 1985 | term_end1 = 1994 | predecessor1 = Henry X. Ford | successor1 = Lorne Michael Buchman | office2 = President of Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design | term_start2 = 1994 | term_end2 = 2000 | predecessor2 = David Levy | office3 = President of Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design | term_start3 = 2007 | term_end3 = May 2014 | predecessor3 = Mary C. Schopp | successor3 = Jeffrey Morin | education = University at Buffalo | birth_date = {{Circa|1939}}<ref name="TampaBayTimes" /> | birth_place = United States }} '''Neil J. Hoffman''' (born {{Circa|1939}}),<ref name="TampaBayTimes">{{Cite news |date=1985-08-11 |title=Son of area residents to head fine arts college in California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-son-of-area-residents-to/144217381/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |work=Tampa Bay Times |pages=60 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> is an American educator, and academic administrator. He served as a college and art school president for multiple educational organizations.
Hoffman served as president of School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) from 1983 to 1985;<ref name="ChicagoTribune85" /> the president of the California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts, or CCA), from 1985 to 1994;<ref name="ChicagoTribune85">{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Chicago |date=1985-04-02 |title=Hoffman Quits As Head Of Art Institute School |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/04/02/hoffman-quits-as-head-of-art-institute-school/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="TampaBayTimes" /> and the president of the Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design (now Otis College of Art and Design), from 1994 to 2000.<ref name="ChicagoTribune85" /> He was also the dean and CEO of the Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, from 1979 to 1983.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2007-03-28 |title=MIAD goes to L.A. for its new president |url=https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/hoffmanmiad |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=OnMilwaukee}}</ref>
Hoffman has also served as the president of Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), from 2007 until May 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schumacher |first=Mary Louise |date=December 18, 2014 |title=MIAD President Neil Hoffman to retire in May |url=https://archive.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/miad-president-neil-hoffman-to-retire-in-may-b99411392z1-286226811.html |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |issn=1082-8850}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=North |first=Bonnie |date=May 11, 2015 |title=MIAD President Reflects on Time in Milwaukee |url=https://www.wuwm.com/podcast/lake-effect-segments/2015-05-11/miad-president-reflects-on-time-in-milwaukee |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=WUWM, Milwaukee's NPR |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
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== External links == * [https://digitalcollections.saic.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3A41057 Portrait of Neil Hoffman, President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1983-1985)]
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