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June 6, 1982
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL Ninetieth Commencement Exercises
The Investiture Ceremony
Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professorship of Law
AVERY FISHER HALL Lincoln Center
New York, New York
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
John V. Thornton, Chairman of the Board Senior Executive Vice President, Consolidated Edison Co., Inc.
David Finkelstein, Vice Chairman Chairman of the Executive Committee and General Counsel
Bates Manufacturing Company, Incorporated Alfred J. Bohlinger '24, Trustee Emeritus
Superintendent of Insurance, State of New York, 1950-1955 A.H. Brawner, Jr.
Chairman of the Board, B. I. Financial Services Group, Inc. Chairman of the Board of Menlo School and College
J. William Campo Chairman of the Board
Jardine Ter Bush & Powell Inc. Barbara Debs
President, Manhattanville College Alvin Dworman '51
Chairman of the Board, Lee National Corporation Jerry Finkelstein '38, Trustee Emeritus
Publisher, New York Law Journal Alexander D. Forger
Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy Sylvia D. Garland '60
Partner, Hofheimer Gartlir Gottlieb & Gross Maurice R. Greenberg '50
President, American International (Ins.) Group, Inc. Alfred Gross, Trustee Emeritus Trustee, Horace Mann School
Walter M. Jeffords, Jr. Chairman of the Board, Northern Utilities, Inc.
Hon. William Kapelman '40 Justice of the Supreme Court State of New York
Administrative Judge, Supreme Court, Bronx County Criminal Branch Samuel J. LeFrak
Chairman of the Board, Lefrak Organization, Inc. Hon. Francis T. Murphy, Jr. '52
Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, First Department Supreme Court, State of New York
Vice President, New York Law School Alumni Association John J. Navin, Jr.
Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Secretary, ITT Corp. Harry Ostrov '25
Past President, New York Law School Alumni Association Calvin H. Plimpton
Formerly, President, Amherst College Professor of Medicine, Downstate Medical College
John M. Regan, Jr. Chairman of the Board, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
E. Donald Shapiro Dean, New York Law School
Hon. Eli Wager '54 Justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York
President, New York Law School Alumni Association Sydney A. Woodd-Cahusac
Treasurer, Rockefeller University
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FACULTY AND OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Arthur Best Robert I. Blecker Lisa H. Blitman Michael Botein Barbara Brodlieb James Brook William L. Bruce Eugene Cerruti Lung-chu Chen John R. Dugan William Epsten Craig W. Friedrich B. James George Gustave Harrow Philip S. James James P. Kibbey Joseph H. Koffler Gerald Korngold Kim M. Lang Joel S. Lee Myres S. McDougal Joel M. Martel Cyril C. Means, Jr. Ira Mickenberg Stephen A. Newman David M. Rice Edward B. Samuels George M. Schain Douglas D. Scherer Milton A. Silverman Andrew Simak James F. Simon Catherine A. Sullivan Janet R. Tracy
E. Donald Shapiro, Dean Daniel Gutman, Dean Emeritus
Margaret S. Beam, Associate Dean Arnold H. Graham, Vice Dean
Lucille M. Hillman, Assistant Dean Anthony J. Scanlon, Assistant Dean
Roy M. Mersky, Librarian
Michael Ambrosio Irving Anolik Joseph T. Arenson Sidney Asch Michael Baden Harold Baer, Jr. Edwin H. Bennett Harvey S. Berenson Frederick S. Berman Hartley T. Bernstein Elliott L. Biskind E. Carrington Boggan Arthur M. Borden Burton H. Brody W. Haywood Burns Benjamin Busch Paul A. Cable Robert Clem Cynthia Price Cohen Myron Cohen Angelo Cometa Harvey J. Coopersmith Frank Cuccio Anthony Edward Davis Nicholas L. Deak John D. Delmar Manuel Del Valle Joseph DiFede Steven Dobkin Jeffrey M. Elliott Leonard Leigh Finz Frank Fioramonti Stuart M. Fischman Peter Fisher Stephen Flanders Henry H. Foster Albert Garretson Charles F. Gibbs Joel C. Glanstein Kristin Glen Harrison J. Gold in Bernard Goodwin Milton S. Gould Jul Eliot Graham Martin Greene Nancy Ledy Gurren Simeon L. Guterman Morris Gutt Miriam Haines Stephen L. Hammerman Richard Harbus Lee L. Holzman Christopher A. Hughes Martin S. Hyman John C. Ingram Joseph T. Ippolito Jay B. ltkowitz Marvin E. Jacob Andrew R. Jacobs Arnold S. Jacobs Roger B. Jacobs John J. Jerome John W. Johnson Douglas W. Jones Louis Clayton Jones Alfred S. Julien Albert Kalter Salem M. Katsh Louise G. Kerner
Sidney Kess Alfred H. Kleiman Paul J. Korngold Richard H. Kuh Michel Landron Joseph Lapatin Ephraim Leibowitz C. Herbert Leshkowitz Fred A. Levine Anthony F. LoGatto George C. Mantzoros Kenneth E. McCallion Vincent D. McDonnell Brian E. McGunigle Jeremiah B. McKenna Gerald Meyer David Minars Zuhayr A. Moghrabi Lester Nelson Maurice N. Nessen David B. Newman Martin Oliner Kellis E. Parker Robert T. Perry, Jr. Seymour M. Peyser John G. Poles Elliott H. Pollack Gail S. Port Alan I. Raylesberg Edward D. Re Perry S. Reich Ivor S. Richard W. Bernard Richland Irwin A. Rosenberg Ernst H. Rosenberger Mordecai Rosenfeld Frank R. Rosiny Henry Barnett Rothblatt Philip J. Ruffo Bernard J. Ruggieri Norman C. Ryp David G. Samuels Meyer Scheps Sanford J. Schlesinger Martin A. Schwartz S. Bernard Schwarz Harold Seidel Nelson Seitel Franklyn C. Setaro Lewis Shapiro Barbara E. Sheehan Norman M. Sheresky Michael Sigall Martin Silfen Jeffrey I. Slonim Marianne C. Spraggins C. Richard Stafford Zachary A. Starr Ernst C. Stiefel Neal Sultzer Robert S. Taft Michael G. Tannenbaum Ronald Turbin John Yafai Ernest van den Haag Otto L. Walter Jay W. Wertheimer Marcia E. Young Marcia Zaroff
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ORDER OF EXERCISE
Dr. John V. Thornton, Presiding Chairman of the Board
Toccata & Fugue in D minor Variations de Concert
Johann Sebastian Bach Joseph Bonnet
Christopher C. Donges Organist
PROCESSIONAL* Pomp and Circumstance No. 1, op. 39 Sir Ed ward Elgar
INVOCATION Dr. Gilbert Klaperman, Rabbi
Congregation Beth Sholom
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Francis Scott Key Elaine Knowles
Soloist
GREETINGS Dr. John V. Thornton
Chairman Board of Trustees of New York Law School
INVESTITURE
Dean E. Donald Shapiro as the first
Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor of Law honoring Joseph Solomon '27
by Hon. Sherman G. Finesilver
Chief Judge United States District Court for the District of Colorado
FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS Geoffrey Bergler, James B. Hamlin, Jeff Silberschlag, Robert Summers
Trumpet
Fanfare from Symphony in C Major Johann Molter
COMMENCEMENT REMARKS Hon. Rex E. Lee
Solicitor General of the United States
AWARDING OF PRIZES E. Donald Shapiro
Dean of New York Law School assisted by
Margaret S. Beam Associate Dean of New York Law School
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FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS
Sound The Alarm from Judas Macabees Trumpet Quartet
George Frederick Handel
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES
Mary S. Coleman Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
Alphonse M. D'Amato United States Senator
Archbishop Iakovos Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America
Rex E. Lee Solicitor General of the United States
Thomas Grey Wicker Associate Editor of the New York Times
FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS
The War March of the Priests Trumpet Quartet
Felix Mendelsohn
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
Introduction of Candidates by Associate Dean Margaret S. Beam
Presentation of Candidates by Dean E. Donald Shapiro
Conferring of Degrees by Or. John V. Thornton
BENEDICTION Archbishop Iakovos
RECESSIONAL* Toccata from The Fifth Symphony Charles Marie Widor
"The audience is requested to remain seated during the Processional and Recessional.
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CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF JURIS DOCTOR
J.D. GRADUATES- SEPTEMBER 1, 1981
Catherine M. Anderson B.S. Herbert H. Lehman College M.A. New York University
Herman Richard Heideklang B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sc.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gerard J. O'Berle B.E.S. University of Bridgeport
J.D. GRADUATES- FEBRUARY 1, 1982
Lena Anderson B.A. Morgan State University Barbara Gelberg Angerman B.S. Syracuse University Edward Joseph Anthony B.S. Fordham University Lee S. Braunstein B,S University of Florida Robert Lantry Byrne A.B. Boston College Risa Cohen-Kaplan B.A. State University of New York at Albany Cynthia Marie Collins B.A. Caldwell College Steven Alan Crain B.A. State University of New York at Cortland Dennis Thomas D'Antonio B.S. Boston College Charlene Glover Daniels A.B. University of California - Berkeley Diana Freeman Dempster B.A. Skidmore College Margaret A. Enloe B.A. Hunter College Peter John Farkas B.A. Brooklyn College Estelle Joan Flynn-Farias B.A. St. John's University Ralph Thomas Gazzillo B.B.A. Pace College Kenneth Seymour Gelnick B.A. City College of New York William John Grabinski B.B.A. University of Michigan Jacob Jesse Hays II B.A. Dickinson College Maria R. Hclhoski B.F.A. New York University James M. Hershler B.A. State University of New York at
Stony Brook Axel K. Hcydusch A.B. Bowdoin College
Robert Gene Hicks B.A. Montclair College Barbara Ann Joiner B.A. Queens College William Christopher Kane, Jr. B.A. Manhattan College Bruce Brian Kaz B.A. Daeman College Cheryl Joy Kent A.B. Berkeley University William W. Kimball B.A. Lehigh University Ilene Stacey King B.A. Ramapo College William D. Kirchhofer B.S. Fordham University Rose Marie Klaus A.B. Rutgers University - Douglass College Jeffrey A. Kosterich* B.S. State University of New York at Albany John Michael Lang B.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University Edward Joseph Larschan A.B. Colby College Karl Fulton Lehr B.A. Valparaiso University Steven Robert Linn B.A. State University of New York at
Stony Brook Deborah Irene Lynch B.A. Rutgers University Francesca Emmy Martinez B.A. City College of New York Edith E. Mazier A.B. Livingston College Joel M. Michaels B.A. Brooklyn College Shelah Stahl Moller A.B. Cornell University Michael Alan Mollod B.S. University of Wisconsin Lynn R. Niederman B.A. University of Rochester
"Joint JD/MBA program with Baruch College, City College of New York 6
Patrick Joseph O'Brien B.S. John Jay College John Gerard O'Leary B.S. State University of New York
at Brockport Larry Charles Osofsky B.P.S. University of California at Berkeley Deborah Leigh Packer B.A. Pennsylvania State University Victor Michael Re B.A. Brooklyn College Joseph Issac Rosenzweig B.S. Emerson College George Frank Russo B.A. St. John's University Robert Fletcher Salvia A.B. Colgate University Margaret Buglass Sandercock B.A. Byrn Mawr College Dennis Ravindra Sawh B.S. Long Island University David J. Schwartz B.A. Florida State University Ninfa Segarra B.A. New York University Steven Bert Sheinwald B.A. State University of New York
at Binghamton Richard Fischler Shurtz B.A. Virginia State Polytechnic Institute
Robert Stuart Silberstein B.A. Michigan State University Robert Steingut B.A. Union College Lawrence M. Stern B.A. State University of New York at Oswego Erik M. Strangeways B.S. St. Joseph's College at Pennsylvania Erik Veski B.M. Syracuse University Cynthia A. Walters B.A. Drew University Eric Steven Weiss B.A. Trinity College
Joan Margot Wiesen A.B. Mt. Holyoke College Gail S. Wilson A.B. Middlebury College
Robert Craig Wilson B.A. Lafayette College
Donna Kathryn Woodward B.A. Marquette University
Lawrence E. Wright B.A. State University of New York
at Binghamton
Gloria Xefos B.M. Manhattan School of Music
Ronald V. Zezima B.A. John Jay College
J.D. GRADUATES - JUNE 6, 1982
Camille Marie Abate B.S. New York University Joseph James Accardi, Jr. B.A. · Rutgers University M.B.A. Monmouth College Frank Agostino B.A. City College of the City
University of New York Suzanne Rebecca Albin B.A. George Washington University Joaquin Francisco Alemany B.S. Fordham University M.B.A. Fordham University Estelle Alpert B.A. City College of the City
University of New York Louis Tom Anagnos B.A. Purdue University C. Caprice Anderson B.A. Hunter College Judith Anselmo B.A. State University of New York
at Stony Brook Tina Wendy Ashkenazy B.S. Brooklyn College
Richard Charles Baker B.A. Fairfield University Carol M. Bast B.A. Kalamazoo College M.A. University of Wisconsin Michael Coulson Beatty B.A. State University of New York at Albany
Laura B. Bennett B.A. Queens College M.S. Columbia University
Clement Alphonse Berard, Jr. B.S.E.E. Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn M.S.E.E. Drexel University
Esther Chyzyk Bernheim B.A. Queens College
Anthony Bisignano III B.A. Rutgers University
Helen Marie Blackwood B.A. Colgate University
Joshua N. Bleichman B.A. Brooklyn College
Jeffrey Mark Borofsky B.S. Brooklyn College M.B.A. Bernard M. Baruch College
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Tina Rae Boyer B.A. University of Maryland Cherylyn Jeanne Briggs B.A. William Smith College MS.LS. C.W. Post College Nelson F. Brinckerhoff B.A. Washington and Lee University Carolyn Braver B.A. Western Reserve University M.A. Hunter College George F. Brown A.S. Nassau Community College B.A. Adelphi University Gordon Peter Brunow B.S. New York University Michael B. Buckley B.A. Rutgers University Richard Patrick Byrne B.A. St. Peter's College William J. Byrne B.A. John Jay College of Criminal Justice Angela Calamia B.;\. Brooklyn College Eugene St. Clair Callender A.B. Boston University B.D. Westminster Theological Seminary D.D. Knoxville College Paul Joachim Camilleri B.A. Catholic University M.B.A. New York University Jonathan George Cardon B.A. George Washington University Kenneth Brian Carnesi B.A. Brooklyn College M.P.S. C.W. Post College Mark Joseph Case B.A. University of Colorado
William Anthony Cerbone B.A. Iona College Laurence Albert Chamish B.A. Rutgers University
Barbara Elizabeth Champoux B.A. Wheaton College
Thomas Edward Charbonneau B.A. Hamilton College
Peter Cimino A.A. Manhattan Community College B.A. Brooklyn College Marc J. Citrin B.A City College of the City University
of New York Michele Arleen Clark B.A. Princeton University Ralph D. Clifford B.S. Duke University Peter David Close B.A. Earlham College M.S. State University of New York
at New Paltz
David Cohen B.S. Mercy College Janet Ellen Cohen B.A. Brown University Mitchell E. Cohen B.S. State University of New York at Oneonta Orin Joel Cohen B.A. State University of New York at Buffalo Susan Dignam Colatsky B.A. State University of New York at Buffalo John Michael Cooney B.S. Brooklyn College Elizabeth L. Corey B.A. Butler University William Henry Cox B.A. St. Francis College M.B.A. Pace University Harry Aaron Cummins B.A. State University of New York
at Binghamton John Thomas Cushing B.S. Berry College M.A. New York University Joseph A. D'Avanzo B.S. LeMoyne College Gail Farnsworth D'ltalia B.M. University of Connecticut Keith H. De Vries B.A. State University of New York at Purchase Telesforo Del Valle, Jr. B.S. Fordham University Joseph Michael Dashe B.A. St. Joseph's University Eunice Valincia Cooke Davis B.A. Brooklyn College Loretta Knauer Davis B.A. University of Vermont Oleh Nestor Dekajlo B.A. City College of the City University
of New York George Christopher DeLuca B.A. State University of New York at Albany Mary T. Dempsey B.A. State University of New York at Oswego Richard Allan Deutchman B.A. Rutgers University Muriel Therese Dorff B.S. St. John's University M.S. Brooklyn College Ph.D. New York University Mary Louise Drennen B.A. Bowling Green State University Andrew Marc Drogen B.S. Northeastern University Howard C. Edelman B.A. Brooklyn College M.A. University of Wisconsin Richard Lawrence Eland B.A. University of Rochester
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Karen A. Ermel B.A. Douglass College Jeffrey Stevan Factor B.A. Hofstra University M.S. Hofstra University Paul S. Feinman B.S. Boston University Mitchell I. Feld A.A. James Striar School for General
Jewish Studies B.A. Yeshiva University Jeffrey Leary Ferguson B.A. State University of New York
at Stony Brook Donna Ferrara B.A. Roger Williams College Howard Mark Fifer B.A. University of Michigan Karen Rose Fine B.S. Cornell University Ivy Silver Fischer B.S. University of Pittsburgh Lauren Fox B.A. State University of New York at Oneonta Sonja N. Friedman B.A. Mills College M.A. Montclair State College Alan Raymond Friedmann B.A. State University of New York at Albany Steven G. Gaebler B.A. State University of New York at Buffalo Thomas E. Gaffney B.A. Manhattan College Daniel Charles Gallagher B.A. Fordham University Patrick Richina Garcia B.A. California State University Selina Garcia B.A. Barry College Thomas Evan Gass B.A. Williams College
Dennis Charles Gaughan B.A. Syracuse University
Paul Victor Geoghan B.A. Washington University
Carole Ann Geronimo B.S. Washington College
Linda Gail Gimble B.A. State University of New York at Albany
Judith Elena Goldenberg B.A. Alfred University M.A. Montclair State College
Helena Gorochow B.S. Brigham Young University M .S. University of Connecticut
Fredric Seth Graboyes B.A. Millersville State College M.S. Temple University
Gary G. Grassi B.S. Fordham University Scott H. Greenfield B.S. Cornell University Moya M. Groeschel B.A. Marymount College M.S.W. Fordham University M.P.A. New York University Jane Atkinson Gromelski B.A. Ohio State University B.S. Ohio State University Steven Alan Grumet B.S. State University of New York at Albany Howard Neal Hamel B.S. University of New Mexico Susan Claire Shows Hancock B.A. Baylor University R.R.A. University of Tennessee Brenda M. Helt B.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University Emlyn H. Higa B.A. St. John's College Deborah Lee Hill B.A. City College of the City University
of New York Lea Ellen Hixson B.A. University of Michigan Frank W. Hodgkinson B.A. Muhlenberg College Steven Michael Holtz B.A. City College of the City University
of New York Ellen Beth Holtzman B.A. New York University Steven Jeffrey Hornstein B.A. State University of New York at Albany Madeline Lili Hornwood B.A. University of Wisconsin Frances Housman B.A. University of Wisconsin Joan Iacono B.A. Syracuse University Frank Jude lncantalupo B.S. Manhattan College Debra E. Jenkins B.A. Hofstra University Diana Johnson B.A. City College of the City University
of New York Deborah Moon Jordan B.A. Cornell University Ingrid Joseph B.A. John Jay College of Criminal J ustice Charles W. Juntikka B.A. University of Michigan Howard Gordon Kami! B.A. Colby College Christopher Michael Kane B.A. Adelphi University M.S. State University of N.Y. Maritime College
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Brian A. Kanzaki B.A. Queens College
Randi Kapelman B.A. University of Arizona
Barry Alan Kaplan B.A. Rice University M.A. Yale University
Gerard M. Karlen B.A. Clark University
Jeffrey Bernard Kaufman B.A. Cornell University
Margaret Anne Kean B.A. Montclair State College
Brian P. Kerley B.A. St. John's University
Neil H. Kessner B.A. City College of the City University
of New York
Michael Dwight Ketring B.S. Baldwin-Wallace College
K. Michael Key B.A. City College of the City University
of New York
Robert Francis Kiedaisch B.A. State University of New York at New Paltz
Richard Barton Klar B.E.E. City College of the City University
of New York
Robert C. Klein B.S. Long Island University
Annette Ruth Koch B.A. City College of the City University
of New York
Theresa Koncclik B.A. State University of New York at Albany
Michael Frederic Konopka B.A. Wayne State University
Allen Kramer B.S. Brooklyn College
Jonathan H. Kriegel B.A. Rutgers University
Nancy E. B. Krupp B.A. Texas Christian University
James William LaPaglia B.A. Boston College
Gregory Michael La Sorsa B.A. Fordham University
Laurie Lynne Lau B.S. University of Michigan
Charles Gabriel Leancss B.A. Tulane University
Paul John Ledman B.A. State University of New York
at Binghamton
Christine Lepera B.A. Drew University
Nathaniel Elihu Lcserowitz B.A. City College of the City University
of New York
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James Lettiere B.A. New York University Daniel Harold Levine B.A. George Washington University Deborah Lewis B.A. Vassar College Richard K. Lewis B.A. Connecticut College Mary Libassi B.A. State University of New York at Oneonta Lawrence John Licitra B.S. Mercy College Marylyn Pauline Lipman B.A. University of Wisconsin B.S. A&M Schwartz College of Pharmacy Howard Theodore Longman B.A. University of Virginia Juan Alberto Lopez, Jr. A.B. Wilmington College Cynthia Marie Lupo B.A. Rutgers University Jay Christopher Lyons A.B. Fairfield University Ilene Carol Magidson B.S.B.A. Boston University Conrad Michael Mandel B.A. St. Peter's College Alan Marcus B.B.A. Hofstra University Frances Dapice Marinelli B.A. Emmanuel College M.A. Fordham University Paul I. Marx B.A. State University of New York
at Plattsburgh
Matthew Clark Mason B.A. Bucknell University
Deborah Alice Mayer A.B. Vassar College
Robert Arthur McCarthy B.A. Fordham University
Joseph Bothwell McFarland B.A. Princeton University M.A. Johns Hopkins University
Patricia Annette Mcfarlin B.A. State University of New York at Albany M.S. State University of New York at Albany
John Raymond Mechmann B.A. Manhattan College
Eric Joseph Michaels B.A. University of Pennsylvania
Francis Louis Migliorino B.A. Colgate University M.A. Rutgers University
Edward S. Miller B.A. Brooklyn College
Harris Gordon Miller B.A. Temple University M.S. University of Pennsylvania John Louis Molinelli B.A. Rutgers University Louis Dominick Montresor B.A. Villanova University John Armond Moore B.A. St. Peter's College Steven Zachary Mostofsky B.A. Yeshiva College Fay Sue Ng B.A. John Jay College of Criminal Justice Mark Edward Nikiper B.A. Rutgers University
Amy F. Nogid B.A. Queens College Suzette Isabel Novello B.S. State University of New York
Downstate Medical Center Richard Charles O'Conor B.A. City College of the City
University of New York John Francis O'Halloran B.S. St. Peter's College M.A. University of Connecticut Robert Edward O'Neill B.A. Fordham University David Hugh Ostwald B.A. University of Chicago Irwin S. Ozer B.A. Brooklyn College M.S. Brooklyn College M.S. Brooklyn College Frank W. Palillo B.A. St. John's University Phyllis McCormick Panariello B.A. · Marymount Manhattan College James Richard Panepinto B.S. Carnegie Institute of Technology M.B.A. University of Delaware Jeffrey Steven Peltz B.A. Brooklyn College M.B.A. Pace University Edwin Peralta-Millan B.A. Texas A&M University Bryant Wesley Pierce B.A. Tufts University William Stewart Pinkerton, Jr. A.B. Princeton University Brian Jeffrey Platton B.A. State University of New York at Brockport Bruce Fredric Pulver B.S. Lehigh University M.B.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University Darlene Regina Quick B.A. New York University John A. Racy A.B. Manhattanville College
Keith Alan Raven B.A. Hofstra University Kenneth Brian Raven B.A. Hofstra University Joan Anne Redden B.S. Pennsylvania State University Peter Thomas Reese B.S. Wagner College Evans C. Reitman-Swiss B.A. Brooklyn College
Deborah Ann Reyes B.A. City College of the City University
of New York
David Eugene Richman B.A. State University of New York at Buffalo M.P.A. New York University
Thomas A. Rigilano B.A. Herbert H. Lehman College
Caryl Lancet Ritter B.A. New York University Manuel Antonio Romero B.A. Fordham University Linda E. Rosenberg B.A. University of Denver Brian Drew Rosenfeld B.A. Ohio Wesleyan University Sarah Agnes Rumage B.A. University of Miami Susan Mary Russell B.A. Jersey City State College Howard Charles Sacks B.A. George Washington University Susan Joyce Saltz B.A. State University of New York
at Binghamton M.A. Columbia University Michael Frederick Schaff* B.A. Rutgers University M.B.A. Bernard M. Baruch College Leonard Jay Schlangel B.A. Yeshiva University M.B.A. New York University Michael Matthew Schneck B.S. Syracuse University David Scott Schwartz B.A. Queens College Michael Hal Schwartz B.A. City College of the City University
of New York Paul Francis Scollan B.A. State University of New York al Fredonia Francine Levitt Semaya B.A. Brooklyn College M.S. Brooklyn College Darryl Martin Semple B.S. John Jay College of Criminal Justice Jeffrey Charles Seymour B.A. Williams College
*Joint JD/MBA program with Baruch College, City College of New York
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Justin Timothy Shay B.A. Providence College
Frank Sheehan A.A. Nassau Community College B.S. State University of New York at Albany
Mary Christine Sherlock B.B.A. Pace University M.B.A. Pace University
David W. Shipper B.A. New York University
Frances G. Sieller B.A. American University M.A. C.W. Post College
Diane Silvergleid B.A. Vassar College
Nora Lee Skivington B.A. Tufts University
Eric Glenn Smith B.A. University of California at Berkeley
Wayne Robertson Smith B.A. University of New Hampshire
Sheldon N. Spizz B.A. University of Maryland
Joseph Staffa B.A. Fordham University
Linda Joan Stanch B.A. Goddard College
Paul Carter Stein B.B.A. Pace University M.B.A. Pace University
Michael Stepper B.A. State University of New York
at Binghamton
Howard Joel Stern B.A. State University of New York
at Binghamton
Marc L. Stern B.S. Seton Hall University Robert Alan Stern B.S. Brooklyn College M.B.A. Pace University Gale Irene Stoppert B.A. New York University Barbara J. Sugarman B.A. Syracuse University Geoffrey Swaebe, Jr. B.A. Bowdoin College Richard Wayne Terrill B.S. Lock Haven State College M.Ed. Bloomsburg State College
David Winship Thompson B.A. Wesleyan University M.A.L.S.Wesleyan University Nicholas Ivan Timko B.A. Duquesne University Leslie Gabriele Tishler B.B.A. Bernard M. Baruch College Michael Charles Tromello B.A. Queens College M.S. Hunter College Paula Renee Union B.A. Northern Illinois University Rosario M. Vignali B.A. City College of the City
University of New York Honey Waldman B.A. American University Harry Bruce Wallace A.B. Dartmouth College Richard T. Walsh B.A. State University of New York at
Stony Brook
Jeffry Wayne Weinberger B.S. Clarkson College of Technology
Suzanne Terry Weiss B.F.A. New York University
Theodore George Werner B.A. St. John's University
George R. Whittemore B.A. New York University
Robert Wilson B.A. State University of New York at
Old Westbury
Robert Scott Wolf B.A. Adelphi University Herbert G. Woods B.A. Brooklyn College Robin C. C. Wu B.A. Fordham University M.L.S. Columbia University Alvin Yanofsky B.B.A. Bernard M. Baruch College M .B.A. Pace University Thomas Joseph Zambito, Jr. B.A. Georgetown University· Dorothy Thurneau Zeman B.A. Hunter College David Reuben Zukerman B.A. Brandeis University
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PRIZES TO BE AWARDED
WALTER M. JEFFORDS, JR. DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARD Jn Honor of Sylvester C. Smith, Jr.
FACULTY AWARD E. Donald Shapiro
STUDENT AWARD Lea Ellen Hixson
ADJUNCT FACULTY CERTIFICATES Jn recognition of Distinguished Service
to the Scholastic Excellence of the Law School and the Profession
FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE Anthony E. Davis Frank Fioramonti Charles F. Gibbs John G. Ingram Arnold S. Jacobs
Seymour M. Peyser Frank R. Rosiny Philip J. Ruffo
S. Bernard Schwarz
THE TRUSTEES' PRIZE For the Highest Average
Clement A. Berard (Day Division For Three Years) Howard C. Edelman (Evening Division For Four Years) Robert F. Salvia (M.Y.A. Division For Three Years)
WOODROW WILSON A WARD For Proficiency in Constitutional Law Loretta Knauer Davis (Day Division)
Howard C. Edelman (Evening Division)
MORRIS J. AND BETTY KAPLUN FOUNDATION AWARD For the Highest Average in Consumer Law
Honoring the Memory of Daniel Grossman '25 William D. Kirchhofer
Daniel H. Levine
MURRAY STOCKMAN MEMORIAL AWARDS For the Highest Average in the Law of Evidence
Joseph A. D'Avanzo (Day Division) Francine L. Semaya (Evening Division)
Robert F. Salvia (M.Y.A. Division)
MILTON S. GOULD AWARD For Proficiency in the Law of Contracts
Cynthia M. Lupo (Day Division)
ELSBERG PRIZE For Proficiency in the Law of Contracts Kenneth B. Carnesi (Evening Division)
D. GEORGE LEVINE MEMORIAL AWARDS For the Highest Grade in the Law of Real Property
Mary Libassi (Day Division) Howard C. Edelman (Evening Division)
Robert F. Salvia (M.Y.A. Division)
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DEANE. DONALD SHAPIRO AWARD For Student Leadership Claire Shows Hancock
FACULTY AWARD To Editor-in-Chief, New York Law School Law Review
Cynthia M. Lupo
SYLVIA D. GARLAND AWARD For Excellence in Subjects Relating to Civil Litigation
Cynthia A. Walters
LOUIS AND SYLVIA JACKSON AWARD For Outstanding Performance in Labor Relations Laws
Howard C. Edelman
HENRY B. ROTHBLATT CRIMINAL ADVOCACY WRITING AWARD
Linda Joan Stanch
ALBERT KALTER AWARD For Excellence in Tax Law
Steven A. Grumet
GABRIEL GALEF AWARD For Excellence in International Law
Erik M. Strangeways
PHILIP J. RUFFO LABOR LAW WRITING AWARD
Leslie G. Tishler
JOHN J. TORMEY AWARD For Excellence in Wills, Trusts and Future Interests
Clement A. Berard
JOSEPH T. ARENSON AWARD For Excellence in Wills and Decedents Estates
Joseph A. D'Avanzo (Day Division) Carole A. Geronimo (Evening Division) Edward J. Larschan (M.Y.A. Division)
ROBERT R. ROSENTHAL AWARD For Excellence in New York Practice
Marc L. Stern
ALEXANDER D. FORGER AWARD For Distinguished Service to the New York State Bar Association
David W. Shipper
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS Presented by Hon. Eli Wager '54
President of the Alumni Association
DR. MAX REICH AWARD For Excellence in Civil Trial Advocacy
Nelson F. Brinkerhoff
PROFESSOR VINCENT LO LORDO AWARD For Excellence in Administration of Criminal Justice
Peter T. Reese
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PROFESSOR IVAN SOUBBOTITCH A WARD For Excellence in Poverty Law and Civil Rights
Margaret B. Sandercock
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL LAW REVIEW A WARDS For Outstanding Editorial Contribution
Claire Shows Hancock Randi G. Kapelman
PROFESSOR LUNG-CHU CHEN AWARD For Excellence in the Field of Human Rights
Erik M. Strangeways
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW
For Outstanding Editorial Contribution Emlyn H. Higa
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION AWARDS For Excellence in the Law of Land Use and Local Government
Robert F. Salvia Ronald V. Zezima
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS For Outstanding Editorial Contribution
HUMAN RIGHTS is the official publication of the American Bar Association Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities edited by New York Law School. Barry A. Kaplan *Erik M. Strangeways
Suzanne Terry Weiss *Midyear graduate
NATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM AWARDS For Serving With Distinction
Janet E. Cohen Helena Gorochow
CERTIFICATES OF MERIT Conferred by Student Organizations
To Members of the LAW REVIEW EDITORIAL BOARD Estelle Alpert, Staff Member Christine Lepera, Notes & Comments Editor Clement Berard, Staff Member Jeffrey Levitan '83, Research Editor Michael Buckley, Staff Member Mary Libassi, Staff Member Richard Byrne, Staff Member Steve Linn*, Staff Member John Carberry '83, Research Editor Cynthia Lupo, Editor-in-Chief Thomas Charbonneau, Notes & Comments Editor Matthew Mason, Articles Editor John Clancy '83, Research Editor Joseph McFarland, Staff Member Susan Colatsky, Research Editor Eric Michaels, Staff Member Joseph D'Avanzo, Staff Member Fay Ng, Notes & Comments Editor Loretta Knauer Davis, Notes & Comments Editor Ellen Perle '83, Research Editor George DeLuca, Staff Member Bruce Pulver, Research Editor Gail D'Italia, Notes & Comments Editor David Richmond, Staff Member Andrew Drogen, Research Editor Robert Salvia*, Staff Member Donna Ferrara, Staff Member Michael Schwartz, Staff Member Howard Fifer, Staff Member Jeffrey Seymour, Research Editor Ivy Fischer, Notes & Comments Editor Justin Shay, Staff Member Ralph Gazzillo*, Research Editor Diane Silvergleid, Notes & Comments Editor Paul Geoghan, Research Editor Martin Silverman '83, Notes & Comments Editor Claire Shows Hancock, Managing Editor Robert Steingut*, Staff Member Lea Hixson, Staff Member Gale Stoppert, Book Review Editor Deborah Jordan, Articles Editor Erik Strangeways*, Research Editor Randi G. Kapelman, Articles Editor David Thompson, Staff Member Robert Kiedaisch, Articles Editor Honey Waldman, Topics Editor Annette Koch, Staff Member Cynthia Walters*, Articles Editor Theresa Koncelik, Articles Editor Eric Weiss*, Staff Member Edward Larschan *, Staff Member Claire Zimmerman '83, Articles Editor *Midyear graduates
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To Members of HUMAN RIGHTS, the official publication of the American Bar Association Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities edited by New York Law School. Kenneth Carnesi, Staff Member Joseph Staffa, Staff Member Barry A. Kaplan, Managing Editor Erik Strangeways*, Topics Editor Peter T. Reese, Articles Editor Suzanne Weiss, Topics Editor Margaret B. Sandercock*, Articles Editor David Zukerman, Articles Editor "Midyear graduates
To Members of the STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION Barbara Champoux, Secretary Ilene Magdison, Treasurer Telesforo Del Valle Jr., Attorney General Frank W. Palillo, Chief Justice, Judicial Board John Gurdak '83, Representative Victor Re*, Representative Laurie L. Lau, Representative Darryl M. Semple, President
*Midyear graduate David W. Shipper, Vice President
To Members of the MOOT COURT BOARD *Camille Abate Janet Cohen
*Elizabeth Corey Keith DeVries
*Margaret Enloe (M.Y.A.) Thomas Gaffney
*Helena Gorochow *Order of the Barristers
*Claire Shows Hancock *Joan Iacono
Deborah Jordan *Ilene Magidson
*Fay Ng *Thomas Rigilano
*Robert Salvia (M.Y.A.)
To Members of PHI DELTA PHI International Legal Fraternity
Dwight Inn Chapter Judith Anselmo Eugene S. Callender Telesforo Del Valle, Jr. Estelle J. Flynn Linda G. Gimble Judith E. Goldenberg Scott H. Greenfield William M. Hirsch Christine Lepera Edith E. Mazier*
*Patrick J. O'Brien Evans C. Reitman-Swiss
Manuel A. Romero Brian D. Rosenfeld Darryl M. Semple
Justin Shay Frank Sheehan
David W. Shipper Paul Stein
*Robert C. Wilson Thomas L. McMahon
"Midyear graduates
Franklyn C. Setaro Award of PHI DELTA PHI
For School Spirit and Service Telesforo Del Valle, Jr.
Dwight Inn Award In Recognition of Notable Services to the Law School Community Life
Judith Elena Goldenberg
To Members of the JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW EDITORIAL BOARD
Richard P. Byrne, Notes & Comments Editor Barbara Elizabeth Champoux, Articles Editor Peter D. Close, Topics Editor Alan Friedmann, Associate Editor Joan Iacono, Book Review Editor
Howard Theodore Longman, Associate Editor Louis Montresor, Associate Editor
Richard Charles O'Conor, Articles Editor Darryl M. Semple, Associate Editor
David Thompson, Notes & Comments Editor
To Members of the AEQUIT AS STAFF Mitchell I. Feld, Editor-in-Chief Brian Kerley, Reporter Alan Marcus, Reporter
Ray Mechmann, Reporter Kenneth Raven, Production Editor
Paul Scollan, Reporter
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MARY S. COLEMAN
Thoughtful and reflective, persuasive and learned jurist, Chief Justice Mary Coleman of the Michigan Supreme Court was born in Forney, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in 1935 and completed the requirements for her Juris Doctor degree at George Washington University in 1939.
Chief Justice Coleman took office in January, 1973, and was first elected Chief Justice on January 9, 1979. She was once again elected to the Michigan Supreme Court in January, 1981, and was re-elected Chief Justice on January 6, 1981.
No "ivory tower judge," Chief Justice Coleman has served the bar with dis tinction and extraordinary dedication. She serves as Deputy Chairman of the prestigious Conference of Chief Justices of the United States and is a highly respected member of the National Association of Women Judges. Formerly, she was a member of the National Commission for the International Women's Year, a member of the Committee on State Financing of Courts for the State of Michigan, and President of the Michigan Probate and Juvenile Court Judges Association.
Often on the cutting edge of judicial reform, Chief Justice Coleman served as a member of the Supreme Court Committee to draft the Michigan Juvenile Court Rules of Procedure which were adopted in 1969. She also served as a member of the State Bar Committee to revise the Criminal Code of Michigan which is now under the consideration of the Legislature.
An inspired administrator, Chief Justice Coleman is admired for her thorough preparation and scholarly decisions; in particular, Doe v. Mitchell, involving the termination of parental rights; Wayne County Prosecutor v. Recorder's Court Judge, regarding the constitutionality of the State felony fire arms statute; Diziel v. Disco Laboratories, Inc., probing the intricacies of Work man's Compensation cases dealing with mental injuries; and Serafin v. Serafin concerning Lord Mansfield's Rule.
A dedicated and articulate citizen, Chief Justice Coleman is a trustee of Albion College. Moreover, in recognition of her spirited advocacy of the rights of children, she serves as a member of the Advisory Committee on Children's Programs for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. Chief Justice Coleman has received honorary doctor of law degrees from Alma College, Olivet College, Eastern Michigan University, Western Michigan University, Detroit College of Law, Adrian College, University of Maryland, Saginaw Valley State College and Albion College as well as a doctor of humanities degree from Nazareth College.
Chief Justice Coleman, as the guardian and champion of dispassionate justice and for the your beneficial influence upon the laws throughout the country, the Trustees of New York Law School are pleased and honored to confer upon you the degree of doctor of laws honoris causa with all the rights, privileges and honors thereunto appertaining.
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ALFONSE M. D' AMATO
Legislator and dedicated public servant, Alphonse M. D'Amato, United States Senator for the State of New York, is the first American of Italian descent to serve in that capacity.
Born in Brooklyn on August 1, 193 7, Senator D' Amato was raised in Island Park, Long Island, where he attended Chaminade High School in Mineola and subsequently went on to work his way through Syracuse University.
Having earned a Bachelors degree from the University's College of Business Administration, D'Amato took his law degree at the Syracuse University Law School and was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1962.
Upon his return to Long Island, Senator D'Amato assumed a position with the Nassau County Attorney's Office and later accepted an assignment to the County's Family Court. He also served as the Island Park Village Attorney and assistant Hempstead town attorney. In 1965, when he was 28, he was appointed Public Administrator of Nassau County - the youngest person ever to hold the position. In 1969, Senator D' Amato was chosen Hempstead Town's Receiver of Taxes, and in 1971 became Supervisor of Hempstead, the largest township in the nation. Re-elected with overwhelm ing pluralities, he served in that capacity for three terms. In 1977, Senator D'Amato was elected to the first of two terms as Presiding Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead, thereby ascending to the position of majority leader of the Nassau County Board of Supervisors, serving a population of 1. 5 million residents.
Senator D'Amato holds membership on three influential Senate committees: the Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations; the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; and the Select Committee on Small Business.
Senator D'Amato is chairman of the Subcommittee on Securities, an industry critical to the economic viability of New York State. In addition, he heads up the Urban and Rural Economic Development Subcommittee and the District of Columbia Subcommittee, which is the panel charged with over seeing the budget of the nation's Capitol city. He also sits on the following subcommittees: Defense, Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Financial Institutions, Consumer Affairs, and Govern ment Regulations and Paperwork.
Senator D'Amato, for your distinguished achievements and dedication to the strength of this country's educational institutions, the Board of Trustees of New York Law School is proud to confer upon you the degree of doctor of laws honoris causa with all the rights, privileges and honors thereunto appertaining.
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ARCHBISHOP IAKOVOS
Renowned prelate of the Greek Orthodox Church of North and South America, an eminent educator, gifted administrator and compassionate shepherd to his flock, His Eminence, Archbishop lakovos, was born on the island of Imvros, on July 29, 1911, where he received his primary education. He graduated with great honors from the Theological School of Halki of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1934, the same year in which he was ordained a deacon for the Metropolis of Derkon in Therapia, Istanbul. He served there with distinction for five years. He came to the United States in 1939 to assume the office of Archdeacon of the Greek Archdiocese, also accepting a position on the faculty of the Archdiocese's Theological School.
In September 1942, he was appointed Dean of the Cathedral of the Annun ciation in Boston where he served until 1954. While in Boston he received a Master of Sacred Theology at the Harvard Divinity School.
In December of 1954, he was elected Bishop of Melita (Malta) and was assigned to the Archdiocese of Central and Wes tern Europe. His consecration took place in the Patriarchal Church in Fener, Turkey, on February 6, 1955. In that same year he was appointed representative of the Ecumenical Patri archate at the World Council of Churches which is headquartered in Geneva.
At the age of 4 7, he was elected Archbishop of North and South America by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, shepherding 3,000,000 communicants located in over 550 churches in North and South America. Archbishop lakovos returned to the United States on March 31, 1959, and was enthroned April first, at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in New York City.
Archbishop Iakovos has maintained close ties with Protestant, Episcopal and Roman Catholic Churches in the United States, especially within the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches. He is recognized as one of the leaders of the modern ecumenical movement for Christian unity.
Long recognized as a religious leader in the United States, Archbishop Iakovos has accepted the invitations of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson and Gerald R. Ford to lead the nation in prayer at presidential inaugurations and celebrations. President Jimmy Carter bestowed upon the Archbishop the nation's highest honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, honoring him as a progressive religious leader concerned with human rights and the ecumenical movement.
Your Eminence, Archbishop Iakovos, in recognition of your inspirational life in the service of a just and more compassionate society, the Board of Trustees of New York Law School is proud to confer upon you the degree of doctor of laws honoris causa with all the rights, privileges and honors thereunto appertaining.
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REX E. LEE
Dynamic scholar, lawyer and educator, Solicitor General Rex E. Lee's out standing achievements are legion. Born on February 27, 1935, in Los Angeles, he attended Brigham Young University where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960. He earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1963 from the University of Chicago where he was named to the Order of the Coif.
Having served as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Byron White in 1963 and 1964, he became an associate with the law firm of Jennings, Strouss, Salmon and Trask in Phoenix, Arizona. He joined the firm as a partner in 1967.
Serving the profession with distinction, Solicitor General Lee was appointed the founding dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University in 1971. He held that position until 197 5, when he was named Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice.
Returning to the deanship at Brigham Young University in 1977, he remained there until 1981, when President Ronald Reagan nominated Dean Lee as Solicitor General of the United States. He was confirmed on July thirty-first and sworn in on August 6, 1981.
Solicitor General Lee is a member of the American Bar Association, the Arizona Bar Association, the Utah Bar Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association. He served as a member of the Board of Litigation of the Mountain States Legal Foundation, a public interest law firm, from 1978 until 1981.
Solicitor General Lee is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the United States Court of Claims, the Arizona Supreme Court and the Utah Supreme Court.
Rex E. Lee, for your dedicated and distinguished service to the administra tion of justice, the Board of Trustees of New York Law School is proud to confer upon you the degree of doctor of laws honoris causa with all the rights, privileges and honors thereunto appertaining.
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THOMAS GREY WICKER
Noted journalist, award-winning writer, respected commentator and pre eminent critic, Thomas Grey Wicker was born on June 18, I 926, in Hamlet, North Carolina. He attended public school in his home town and completed his Bachelors degree in 1948 at the University of North Carolina. He worked successfully as an editor for a number of North Carolina newspapers, and then, after training at Officers' Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island in 1952, Thomas Wicker became an ensign in the United States Naval Reserve and served for two years in Japan. He was discharged in 1954 as a Lieutenant Junior Grade.
Resuming his career, Thomas Wicker became sports editor of the Winston Salem Journal in 1954 and then editor of the Sunday feature section in 1955. In 1957, he was transferred to the nation's Capitol to serve as the newspaper's Washington correspondent. During the academic year 1957-1958, he enjoyed a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University. Returning to Winston-Salem, he served as editorial writer on the Winston-Salem Journal, and finally as their city hall reporter. In 1959, he became the Associate Editor of the Tennes sean, in Nashville, Tennessee. Shortly thereafter, he joined the staff of the New York Times in Washington, covering the White House, Congress, and the national political arena. Appointed Chief of the Washington Bureau of The Times in 1964, he began writing the editorial page column, "In The Nation," in October of 1966. Two years later, Wicker was named Associate Editor of The Times. He was transferred to the New York offices of The Times as a columnist and Associate Editor in 1972.
A respected author, Thomas Wicker has written seven novels and four non fiction books, in particular, Kennedy Without Tears, On Press, and A Time to Die, which won the Christophers Award and the Mystery Writers of America Award. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, Columbia Journalism Review, Esquire, Harpers, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker.
The academic world has chosen to recognize Mr. Wicker's excellence in journalism with honorary degrees from twelve prestigious colleges and univer sities. In April, 1979, he was presented with the William 0. Douglas Award for defense of civil liberties by Public Counsel, the public interest arm of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Last year, his home state bestowed upon him the North Carolina Award in Literature.
Thomas Grey Wicker, for your gifted contributions to journalism and contemporary American thought, the Board of Trustees of New York Law School is proud to confer upon you the degree of doctor of laws honoris causa with all the rights, privileges and honors thereunto appertaining.
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HON. SHIGERU ODA
Conferred September 1, 1981
Spared by fate as a wartime pilot, Shigeru Oda progressed through pre eminent scholarship to become a great statesman and compassionate judge, identifying with the whole of humankind, and brilliantly and tirelessly serving the common interest. His deep commitment, his light but profound touch, his cheerful and humane but realistic optimism, and his indefatigable energy, establish a model for us all. Insomuch as he highly honors the legal profession and our common humanity, the Board of Trustees of New York Law School is happy and proud to confer upon Judge Oda its highest accolade, the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa.
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DEGREES WITH HONORS FEBRUARY, 1982
GRADUATING CLASS OF FEBRUARY, 1982
Summa Cum Laude Robert F. Salvia
Cum Laude Barbara Gelberg Angerman Margaret A. Enloe Robert Gene Hicks Edward Joseph Larschan Margaret Buglass Sandercock Robert Steingut Joan Margot Wiesen
Magna Cum Laude Ralph Thomas Gazzillo William D. Kirchhofer Steven Robert Linn Eric M. Strangeways, Jr. Cynthia A. Walters Eric Steven Weiss
GRADUATING CLASS OF JUNE, 1982
Summa Cum Laude Clement A. Berard Christine T. Lepera
Ivy S. Fischer Scott H. Greenfield Howard N. Hamel Steven M. Holtz Steven J. Hornstein Debra E. Jenkins Deborah M. Jordan Brian P. Kerley Robert F. Kiedaisch Robert C. Klein Matthew C. Mason Patricia A. Mcfarlin Eric J. Michaels Fay S. Ng John F. O'Halloran Robert E. O'Neill Irwin S. Ozer Bruce F. Pulver Leonard J. Schlangel Michael H. Schwartz Paul F. Scollan Francine L. Semaya Jeffrey C. Seymour Diane R. Silvergleid Linda J. Stanch Paul C. Stein Howard J. Stern Gale I. Stoppert David W. Thompson Rosario M. Vignali Richard T. Walsh Harry B. Wallace Theodore G. Werner Alvin Yanofsky Dorothy T. Zeman
Magna Cum Laude Carol M. Bast Richard P. Byrne Loretta Knauer Davis Andrew M. Drogen Howard C. Edelman Howard M. Fifer Paul V. Geoghan Carole A. Geronimo Claire Shows Hancock Randi G. Kapelman Annette R. Koch Mary Libassi Cynthia M. Lupo Honey Waldman
Cum Laude Frank Agostino Estelle Alpert Jeffrey M. Borofsky Michael B. Buckley William J. Byrne Thomas E. Charbonneau Susan D. Colatsky Joseph A. D'Avanzo Gail D'I talia George C. DeLuca Jeffrey S. Factor Jeffrey L. Ferguson Donna Ferrara
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