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C U M U L A T I V E A C T I V I T Y R E P O R T T H R O U G H 2 0 1 4
Celebrating over 40 years of partnership
with the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
Alvin H. Baum Family Fund
About the University of Illinois 4
About the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund 5
Environmental Change Institute 6
Institute For Sustainability, Energy, and Environment 8
College of Law 12
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Founded almost 150 years ago, the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
is responsible for enhancing the lives of
people in Illinois, across the nation, and
around the world through leadership in
learning, discovery, engagement, and
economic development.
Illinois is a truly comprehensive public
research university and is uniquely suited
to address this responsibility in ways that
others cannot. As a result, Illinois has set
forth the goal of being the pre-eminent
public research university with a land-grant
mission and global impact. In our 148-year
history, we have established an identity
and personality rooted in achievement and
driven by excellence in all we do. Framed
by our track record of innovation and
creativity, Illinois is widely recognized as a
leader, visible to the nation and to the world
as a place where transformational learning
and groundbreaking scholarship lead to
addressing the world’s most complex and
critical challenges.
Illinois embraces strategic partnerships
with like-minded organizations such as
the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund to achieve
shared goals. For over 40 years, Illinois
and the Baum Family Fund have addressed
issues related to law, the environment, and
agriculture. Now, this special partnership
is positioned to contribute solutions to the
grand societal challenges threatening the
quality of life for citizens around the world.
UNIVERSITY OF
I LL INOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
1+2+7+8+30+52$3.8 Million
$1.15 Million College of Law*
$299,000 ACES*
$320,000 College of Business*
$46,000Department of Intercollegiate
Athletics
BAUM FUNDING THROUGH 2014
* A portion of the funding shown for these respective Colleges was
earmarked for the Environmental Change Institute
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ALVIN H. BAUM FAMILY FUNDAlvin and Ann Baum led an understated
lifestyle in Highland Park, IL. Despite
vastly different upbringings and an age
gap of over 20 years, Mr. and Mrs. Baum
shared a deeply held common bond: to be
champions of the underprivileged.
Committed to the causes of health, human
services, education, housing, environmental
issues and the arts, the Alvin H. Baum
Family Fund is focused on positively
impacting lives and changing the world for
the better.
Together, the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and the Alvin H. Baum
Family Fund have changed the lives of
thousands.
With foresight and shared vision, this
partnership is uniquely suited to address
future challenges and solve some our
world’s most pressing concerns.
1+2+7+8+30+52$3.8 Million
The University of Illinois was a natural fit with the shared goals of the
Alvin H. Baum Fund and its mission to impact environmental sustainability
through world-leading research.
E D U C A T I O N
H U M A N
S E R V I C E SA R T S
H O U S I N GH E A LT H
E N V I R O N M E N T
$2 Million
Vice Chancellor for Public
Engagement
$6,000
University of Illinois Library
IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE KEY
AREAS THE BAUM FAMILY
FUND HAS SUPPORTED.
BAUM FUNDING THROUGH 2014
A LV I N H . B A U M F A M I LY F U N D 5
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE INSTITUTE
In 2007, Joel Friedman, Trustee of The
Alvin H. Baum Family Fund, came together
with three colleges at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to develop a
multidisciplinary institute around the theme
of environmental change with the vision of
synchronizing the best environmental science,
the most enlightened policy and front line
entrepreneurship to benefit the greater good.
Friedman sought to “negate the adverse
effects of environmental change by fueling
the interplay of big ideas and best practices.”
Through a generous three-year financial
commitment of $900,000 from the Alvin
H. Baum Family Fund and matching funds
totaling $390,000 from the College of
Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental
Sciences (ACES) ($300,000 contribution); the
College of Business ($60,000 contribution);
and the College of Law ($30,000 contribution),
the founders established the Environmental
Change Institute (ECI). Chartered in February
2008 and operating from July 2008
through 2012, the Environmental Change
Institute (ECI) laid the foundation for what
is now the University of Illinois’ Institute for
Sustainability, Energy and the Environment
(iSEE), engendering interdisciplinary thinking,
strategy, and action not otherwise occurring
between traditional academic structures.
The founders sought to spur new thinking
across the disciplines, shaping people’s
understanding of the issues and parlaying
that understanding into real-world actions to
mitigate the adverse effects of humankind on
the environment. The Institute’s constituencies
were business leaders, scientists, policy
makers, faculty, students, and, ultimately, any
citizens interested in joining the effort to curb
the forces of climate change.
The cross-campus partners cooperated and
co-leveraged resources in unprecedented
ways to generate insights into the causes and
consequences of environmental change, and
influence constructive responses more quickly
than would otherwise be likely to occur.
The three colleges created new “hybrid”
academic courses and provided matching
funds for research and seed grants. For the
first time, there was a formal platform at Illinois
addressing questions such as: What is the role
of local public policy in building green? How is
climate change impacting Midwest agriculture
and water resources?
The ECI conducted direct outreach efforts
through research grants, courses, programs
and fellows. Illinois students were engaged
beyond the classrooms, through efforts
such as student-led energy-use audits and
campus-wide water and energy management
activities. New insights and programs were
shared with the public through the University
of Illinois Extension, which reaches 2.5+
million residents in all 107 Illinois counties. ECI
delivered on its mission by funding four main
categories of study: (1) Research, (2) Courses,
(3) Fellows and (4) Programs.
As a direct result of the work of the ECI and
the support of the Alvin H. Baum Family
Fund, in December 2013, the University
of Illinois launched the Institute for
Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
(iSEE) on the Urbana-Champaign
campus—a multi-disciplinary campus-wide
initiative that conducts actionable research
for real-world solutions.
The overarching challenge to realizing our mission is gleaning insight into human motivations, then
shaping policy and courses of action that people will embrace and deploy for the greatest common good”
P R O F E S S O R W E S L E Y M . J A R R E L L
F O U N D I N G D I R E C T O R F O R E C I
6 E N V I R O N M E N T A L C H A N G E I N S T I T U T E
VisionThe Environmental Change Institute will illuminate the
causes and consequences of global environmental change
and develop constructive responses through public policies,
technologies, and lifestyles.
MissionThe ECI advances our understanding of global environmental
change and offers solutions to avoid, mitigate, or adapt to
its effects through support of scholarly research, innovative
teaching, and public outreach.
ECI shapes energy dashboardWhen the University initiated an energy
dashboard for the campus, ECI played a
critical role. Establishment of the energy
dashboard was a multi-part project that
included implementation of a website,
connection of existing real-time energy
meters, and installation of additional
real-time energy meters throughout
campus. ECI staff designed the site and
created reference content. The website
went live in early 2012, and existing
real-time meters were connected.
Users can access the dashboard at
www.illinienergy.illinois.edu.
The Student Sustainability Committee
funded the purchase of the website mod-
ule for the campus’ energy data historian
program, as well as $100,000 for real
time meters. Additional funding for meters
came from other campus sources. Cam-
pus policy now states that all new meters
must be real-time.
Most recently this dashboard and
real-time metering has allowed for the
University of Illinois to compete in the
ECO-OLYMPICS, an energy competition
between residence halls on campus.
Eco-Olympics is part of a nationwide
program called Campus Conservation
Nationals, as well as a mini Big Ten com-
petition. This competition creates a great-
er awareness of energy use amongst the
students in the residence halls.
Dr. Suski and Aaron ShultzECI support provided to Dr. Cory Suski
funded two projects including student
Aaron Schultz’ doctoral research focused
on the impacts of climate change on
nearshore marine ecosystems in the
Bahamas. Aaron Shultz is nearing
completion of his Ph.D. The project
resulted in four planned publications, one
peer reviewed manuscript, five invited
presentations, and interest by others to
provide funding to continue work in this area.
The ECI Funding of the Suski/Schultz
project promoted excellence in research
that has been recognized at the highest
levels on campus. Shultz was recognized
with the 2011 University of Illinois
International Graduate Achievement
Award (awarded to only one student on the
campus each year) and the Department
of Natural Resources and Environmental
Sciences with the Graduate Award for
Excellence in Research. While a graduate
student, Schultz oversees the operation of
the Cape Eleuthera research institute in the
Bahamas (ceibahamas.org). Associated
with CEI is “the island school” a unique,
sustainability oriented high school.
In addition to supporting Shultz’s
graduate work, the ECI investment
created opportunities for 16 interns
working on the project to be trained in
field/lab techniques, data collection and
data management.
Student Impact - Jennifer Nelson When Jennifer Nelson entered the
environmental sciences program at the
University of Illinois, her background
varied from much of her cohort. She
had just spent three years practicing
law as a public defender working with
juveniles. Support via ECI allowed her
to compliment her graduate studies
and research with her professional
experience.
Nelson coupled her training and
experience in legal research and
writing with her studies in environmental
sciences. Her specific focus was the
social, economic and environmental
factors involved in water quality
management in the Tualatin River
watershed of Oregon. It was the ECI
funding that made this critical, multi-
disciplinary work possible.
At the time, few organizations were
providing support to students conducting
broad research and analytical skills
to tackle difficult policy questions. ECI
funding enabled Nelson to produce a
thesis that now serves as a white paper
on water quality management and
response to climate change referenced in
current management work in that region.
Today, Nelson is an Outreach, Volunteer
and Education Program Manager for the
Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation
District. The opportunity to better
understand the management system
in the Tualatin area is invaluable to her
in this current role. In her professional
position, she hopes to expand the
public’s knowledge of and participation
in resource conservation in this basin.
Further, she hopes they will continue to
build on the existing watershed model for
water quality management.
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INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT
I N S T I T U T E F O R S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y, E N E R G Y, A N D E N V I R O N M E N T8
In December 2013, the University of Illinois
launched the Institute for Sustainability,
Energy, and Environment (iSEE) on the
Urbana-Champaign campus. The Institute,
one of the major initiatives championed
by Chancellor Phyllis Wise as a result of her
“Visioning Excellence” exercise to identify
grand challenges for this campus to address,
was established with the help of a generous
founding gift from the Alvin H. Baum Family
Fund under the administrative leadership of
Joel Friedman.
iSEE was created to lead an interdisciplinary
approach to researching solutions for the
world’s pressing sustainability, energy and
environmental needs today and tomorrow.
The Institute is also tasked with helping
the Illinois campus become a model
of sustainability, energy efficiency and
environmental friendliness — and to prepare
students to be leaders in these fields and/or
leaders by example as good Earth citizens
when they leave campus.
iSEE was officially established Dec. 16,
2013, just one year after the Academic
Senate approved establishment of its
predecessor, the Center for a Sustainable
Environment (CSE). CSE was a merger of
the Environmental Change Institute (ECI)
and the Office of Sustainability (OS), both of
which did outstanding work in environment
and sustainability for our campus. The Baum
Fund previously supported CSE and ECI.
Since its inception, iSEE has developed
interdisciplinary research themes, in which
the Institute will seed fund and shepherd
faculty teams dedicated to “actionable
research” — scientific progress toward
real-world solutions. The five themes:
Climate Solutions; Energy Transitions;
Sustainable Infrastructure; Water and Land
Stewardship; and Secure and Sustainable
Agriculture.
With the world’s population now
crossing the 7 billion mark, the
biggest challenges we face as a
society in the next 20-50 years will
revolve around meeting society’s
needs safely while preserving the
environment. I am proud that the
University of Illinois considers it
our responsibility to tackle these
challenges and our partnership
with the Baum Family Fund is
critical to our success in meeting
these goals. By forming the
Institute for Sustainability, Energy,
and Environment (iSEE), we will
use an inter-disciplinary approach
to conduct ‘actionable’ research
aimed at solving real world issues
both now and in the future. The
Baum Family Fund, administered
by Joel Freidman, has challenged
us to think ambitiously and
become an international leader
in sustainability, energy, and the
environment. As the inaugural
Baum Family Director for iSEE, I
embrace this challenge and look
forward to bigger, better things in
the days ahead.
Evan DeLucia
Baum Family Director for Institute
for Sustainability, Energy and
Environment
A message from the Baum Family Director for iSEE
STORED SOLAR STOVE
RESEARCH TEAM
From left, Matthew Alonso,
graduate student in
Agricultural and Biological
Engineering; Ndu Egekeze,
Corporate Liaison at
IEFX-Illinois Engineering
First-Year Student Experience;
Tami Bond, Professor of
Civil and Environmental
Engineering; project leader
Bruce Litchfield, Professor of
Agricultural and Biological
Engineering; Madhu
Viswanathan, Professor of
Business; and Joe Bradley,
Teaching Associate at IEFX-
Illinois Engineering First-Year
Student Experience.
Managing human-caused climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, and weaning society from its dependence on fossil fuel for energy is a critical step in
meeting this challenge.”
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In June 2014, iSEE awarded funding (more
than $940,000 total) for three projects:
> Under the Water and Land Stewardship
theme, the Smart Water Disinfection
Project, to develop an understanding
of water-borne pathogens, a portable
system to detect the pathogens, a
method for disinfection, and a business
model for distributing purification kits.
> Under the Secure and Sustainable
Agriculture theme, the Woody
Polyculture Project, to develop
alternative options for Midwest
agriculture, comparing a variety of
systems — mixtures of trees, shrubs, and
forage or hay — that yield multiple food
and fuel sources.
> Under the Energy Transitions theme, the
Stored Solar Stove Project, to develop a
way to successfully store solar energy for
cooking, as well as a cookstove that can
be used at any time — thus eliminating
the need for acquiring solid fuels to burn
(and limiting black carbon emissions).
In June 2015, iSEE will award seed funding for
three more projects.
> iSEE has taken an administrative role
in coalescing thematic researchers at
Illinois. A newly formed Water Scholars
group will lead to collaborations across
the many strengths this campus has
in water specialties: major areas of
research excellence; large funded
centers and institutes; laboratories; and
individual scholars.
> iSEE has begun a similar process with
Energy Scholars.
The Institute is taking a leading role in
campus sustainability efforts. Illinois earned
several awards, for which iSEE submitted
information, in 2014:
> A place on the Princeton Review’s
Green Honor Roll, one of 24 institutions
of higher learning (and the only in the Big
Ten) to earn a perfect score of 99. More
than 800 colleges and universities were
evaluated for this honor.
> The No. 1 Big Ten green school and 28th
overall out of 162 four-year institutions
that applied to the Sierra Club’s Cool
Schools list.
> A Gold Level designation by the Illinois
Campus Sustainability Compact.
> STARS Gold Level honors in the
Sustainability Tracking, Assessment
& Rating System, the highest honor
achieved to date in the STARS ratings.
iSEE Progress Update
OCTOBER 2014 ISEE
CONGRESS
Pictured is Colorado
State University Professor
Raj Khosla, an expert in
precision agriculture.
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> iSEE instituted a procedure for
formulating and evaluating campus
sustainability policies and initiatives
(see chart)— including evaluation of the
2010 Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP)
and writing a new 2015 iCAP. In June,
Chancellor Wise approved the three-level
procedure that involves: Sustainability
Working Advisory Teams (SWATeams of
two faculty members, two staff members
and two students, who develop policies
and initiatives); the iCAP Working Group;
and the Sustainability Council.
> In May 2014, iSEE orchestrated the
Urbana-Champaign campus sale of
150,000 metric tons of certified carbon
credits to Chevrolet. With the sale —
and a match from campus leadership
— more than $1 million will go to the
campus general fund, earmarked
for further greenhouse gas emission
reductions on campus.
> The Institute created a Certified Green
Office Program to encourage behavior
changes across campus toward
conserving energy and resources. The
program has engaged 30 campus units,
departments and offices covering more
than 1,200 faculty and staff. Participants
will be honored during Earth Week.
> iSEE convened a Student Sustainability
Leadership Council (SSLC), bringing
together leaders from numerous
sustainability-related student organizations
in the hopes of coalescing their efforts.
> On the education front, iSEE is developing
a campuswide undergraduate minor
named the Sustainability, Energy, and
Environment (SEE) Fellows Program to
promote systems-level thinking about
issues of sustainability. The minor, with five
academic units at its core, will replace the
existing Environmental Fellows Program
and provide a broader opportunity for
interdisciplinary education, internships,
and capstone research projects in
sustainability. An October 2014 roundtable
discussion convened by iSEE included
leading corporate, government agency
and NGO employers to identify the skills
and training that students need to make
a professional contribution to developing
a sustainable future for our planet. The
minor is on track to be offered for the first
time in Fall 2015.
> iSEE created the Clean Energy Education
Fellows Program, which oversees nine
graduate students researching topics
related to clean energy. After securing
a $20,000 Public Engagement Grant
Award, iSEE is helping students develop
educational materials on clean energy for
classrooms ranging from middle school to
junior college.
> On the outreach front, the Institute’s major
event was iSEE Congress 2014. Titled
“Feeding 9 Billion: A Path to Sustainable
Agriculture,” the event brought together
leading scholars on climate change,
ecosystem science, hydrology, food
security, technology-enabled agriculture,
and socio-economic dimensions of food
production. iSEE, which secured $20,000
from the Olga G. Nalbandov Lecture Funds
to help finance the Congress, convened
the event to advance understanding of the
state of science on the great challenges
for agriculture in the coming decades:
providing a secure and safe supply of
food, feed and fuel to an ever-increasing
human population using agricultural
practices that are ecologically sustainable
and adaptable to climate change.
> Planning for iSEE Congress 2015: “Water
Planet: Water Crises?” is underway.
The event, set for mid-September 2015,
will address the vulnerability of water
resources to climate change; innovative
research and industrial solutions to
water safety, conservation and supply;
the water-land-energy nexus; water and
human health; water and ecosystem
services; and policy and governance.
> The Institute partnered with student
groups to sponsor Earth Week and
Sustainability Day events, promoting
awareness about sustainability, energy,
and environment.
> iSEE co-sponsors the annual fall
Heartland Environmental & Resource
Economics, and committed co-
sponsorship funding for the May 2015
Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research
and Understanding through the Social
Sciences (ICARUS) global meeting.
> The Institute partners with the
Champaign County Sustainability
Network (CCNet) to promote
sustainability discussions.
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Established in 1897, the University of Illinois College of Law is
one of the oldest and best-known law schools in the nation.
It was one of the small number of charter members and
founders of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
and was on the first national list of law schools approved by
the American Bar Association (ABA). Illinois is the home of the founding
chapter of the law honor society now known as the Order of the Coif,
has been the home to many of the nation’s great law textbook and
treatise writers, and is the birthplace of the interdisciplinary movements
such as law and economics and law and psychology.
Our ongoing commitment to the highest standards of academic
excellence assures College of Law graduates of their education’s
value in the greater legal community, across the country, and
around the globe. With the significant resources of a major research
university, the expertise of world-renowned faculty members, and a
variety of special program opportunities, academics at the University
of Illinois College of Law are first-rate.
Our mission is to serve as a preeminent site for the study of law, legal
institution, and legal culture; to educate our students effectively and
comprehensively in legal principles and skills; and to advance justice
and the public good.
As an institution, we are committed to:
> advancing knowledge through research about law, legal institutions,
and legal culture, bringing to bear insights from non-legal disciplines
and reaching across national and cultural borders in recognition
of rising global interdependence and the increasing need for
cooperative responses to transnational problems and opportunities;
> developing in students the substantive legal knowledge,
analytic methodologies, practical skills, moral commitments,
and temperament necessary to achieve excellence in their
professional and civic endeavors;
> working diligently for beneficial change in the law, legal
institutions, and society;
> finding ways to keep legal education affordable and accessible,
so that students have an expansive opportunity to pursue
professional studies in law and so that graduates are not unduly
constrained by debt in their public service and career options; and
> assisting students and graduates in developing their full
professional potential, in light of changing opportunities and
societal needs.
UNIVERSITY OF ILL INOIS COLLEGE OF LAW
Professor David C. Baum was an inspiration to his students and colleagues, not only because of the excellence of his
teaching, scholarship, and public service, but because of his remarkable human qualities.
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A testament to the College of Law’s
reputation as a top legal institution, the
Baum lecture funds have been utilized to
bring in renowned speakers from across
the country. Since its establishment in 1973,
the David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights has provided
Illinois the opportunity to host presentations
by government officials, law deans and
other legal experts on a range of thought-
provoking subjects.
Speakers have included Dr. Philip B. Kurland
of the University of Chicago, who served
as a consultant to the Senate Judiciary
Committee at the time of the Watergate
investigation; former U.S. Representative
Abner J. Mikva, who also presided as chief
judge of the United States Court of Appeals
for the D.C. circuit, and White House counsel
for President Bill Clinton; Charles J. Ogletree,
Jr., Professor and Founding Director of the
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race
and Justice at Harvard University; and,
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who has served
on the Supreme Court of the United States
since 1993.
Over a span of forty years, esteemed Baum
lecturers have covered such topics as
freedom of the press, freedom of speech,
child welfare, gender equality, racial
equality, and international human rights. In
keeping with Mrs. Baum’s passion for helping
others, especially the elderly, the Ann F.
Baum Memorial Lecture on Elder Law was
established in 2006. This lecture strives to
bring to light the financial, legal, and ethical
issues older Americans face each day.
Lecturers from NYU, Yale, USC and others
have delivered timely and compelling talks
on retirement, social security, elder abuse,
and housing.
Through its faculty and nationally-ranked
Elder Law Journal, the College of Law has
long been a leader on the topic of Elder Law.
The support of the Baum Foundation lecture
further enhances the reputation of Illinois
Law in this subject area.
David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and Ann F. Baum Memorial Lecture on Elder Law
A LV I N H . B A U M F A M I LY F U N D 1 3
For nearly a decade, the Baum Family
Foundation has supported deserving and
promising Illinois Law students through the
David C. Baum Memorial Scholarship Fund
and the Alvin and Ann Baum Public Interest
Scholarship in Law Fund.
As state funding for higher education
has dwindled, the College of Law has
increasingly relied on private support to
attract and retain the brightest students,
especially those with financial need. The
Baum Scholarships have aided nearly
40 students in achieving their dreams of
entering the legal profession.
Baum Scholars have gone on to traditional
law firm positions as well as careers in
government and public interest. They work
at such leading law firms as Winston and
Strawn and Dykema Gossett. They have
launched their legal careers as Court
Appointed Special Advocates and with the
Illinois House of Representatives.
And, because of the support they received
as students, many have chosen to give
back to the College through mentoring and
annual donations.
Since 2005, Illinois Law students have
expressed their appreciation for their Baum
Scholarships:
“The financial support [from the Baum
Scholarship] has allowed me to focus
solely on my studies and College of Law
activities without feeling pressure to do
part-time work to defray the costs of loans.”
– Nicole Abramowitz-Weber, Class of 2008,
Staff Attorney with Sacramento Child
Advocates, Sacramento, CA
“The Baum Memorial Scholarship has
opened many opportunities for me and I
hope to be able to return the gift both to the
legacy of Mr. Baum and the University of
Illinois through these opportunities.”
– Robine Morrison, Class of 2011, Litigation
Associate with Winston & Strawn LLP,
Chicago, IL
“The financial support provided by the Baum
Public Interest Scholarship has allowed me to
excel in my studies at Illinois and realize my
dream of working in the public interest sector.”
– Hannah Weinberger-Divack, Class of
2013, Skadden Fellow at Justice in Aging,
Washington, DC
“The support of the Alvin and Ann Baum
Foundation is essential for me, and students
like me, who pursue government externships
that offer no payment. The Foundation’s
assistance has helped me with school and
living expenses as I study and gain experience
before entering public service full-time.”
– Kaitlin Dohse, Class of 2014, Assistant
Counsel to the Speaker at Illinois House of
Representatives, Springfield, IL
Through the establishment of the Baum
Memorial and Public Interest Scholarship
Funds, the Baum Family Foundation has
shown a great interest in the formation of
tomorrow’s leaders and legal experts. We are
so grateful for these gifts that will continue to
benefit Illinois Law students in perpetuity.
David C. Baum Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Alvin and Ann Baum Public Interest Scholarship in Law Fund
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In 2012, The Alvin H. Baum Family Fund
provided a generous three-year, $180,000
grant to the University of Illinois College of
Law to start the Elder Financial Justice Clinic,
the first law school clinic in the nation to
focus on the important issue of elder financial
exploitation. Professor Matthew Andres
directs the clinic, which serves the dual
purposes of providing direct representation
civil legal services to victims of elder financial
abuse throughout Illinois and teaching
College of Law students the skills necessary
to be outstanding legal advocates for seniors
and other vulnerable adults.
In just its fourth semester of operation, the
Elder Financial Justice Clinic has already
provided significant legal services to 31
clients residing in 12 Illinois counties, and
it has helped to provide 28 law students
with the skills and experience necessary
to prepare them to practice immediately
upon graduation. Though financial abuse
cases are often complex and protracted, the
students in the clinic have already achieved a
number of successful outcomes for clients.
The Elder Financial Justice Clinic has also
gained a positive reputation statewide
and nationally for its innovative approach
to combating elder financial exploitation.
Professor Andres and clinic students have
been asked to present about the Elder
Financial Justice Clinic and elder financial
exploitation to senior services providers
and community groups throughout Illinois.
Professor Andres has served on statewide
committees advocating for legislative
assistance and improved services for financial
abuse victims, and he was enlisted to draft
proposed legislation to broaden mandatory
reporting of elder abuse.
Elder Financial Justice Clinic
Through the David C. Baum Professorship
and Research Funds, the Baum family
name has become synonymous with legal
academic excellence.
Heidi Hurd, the David C. Baum Professor of
Law since 2002, also serves as the co-director
of the Program in Law and Philosophy. In
addition to the many courses she has taught
at Illinois, from Criminal Law and Advanced
Torts to Global Justice and Ethics, she has
also been a visiting lecturer at dozens of
universities across the globe. Hurd was also
Dean of the College of Law from 2002-2007.
Hurd’s numerous articles in the areas of
criminal law, torts, legal philosophy, and
political theory have appeared in the
nation’s top law and philosophy journals,
including the Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law
Review, Michigan Law Review, Stanford Law
Review, Legal Theory, Law and Philosophy,
Chicago Law Forum, Notre Dame Law
Review, Journal of Contemporary Legal
Issues, Boston University Law Review,
Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, and
Southern California Law Review. She has
testified before Congress, and is a member
of a group of criminal law scholars who are
collaborating on the creation of a novel new
theoretical casebook in criminal law.
In addition to Hurd, two of the College’s most
revered faculty members, Wayne LaFave
and John Nowak, hold positions at the
school as David C. Baum Professors Emeriti.
Wayne LaFave joined the faculty at Illinois
in 1961. In 1978 he was honored as the first
named professor at the College through
the David C. Baum Professor of Law Fund, a
position he held until his retirement in 1993.
His research on criminal procedure has
earned him the designation by many of his
peers as the greatest scholar on the Fourth
Amendment in American history.
LaFave is among the most cited law professors
in the country. His books and articles have
been quoted or referenced by the U.S.
Supreme Court in over 145 cases and in well
over 14,000 reported appellate opinions in all.
His work has also been discussed or adverted
to in over 7,000 law review articles to date.
The David C. Baum Professor from 1993-
2002, John Nowak recently returned to
Illinois Law with emeritus status. Nowak, a
1971 graduate of the College of Law, taught
courses on Constitutional Law for more than
30 years and has lectured extensively on
constitutional law topics. In addition, he has
written numerous articles and co-authored
both single and multi-volumes reference
books on the subject.
Nowak has been honored by his students
on multiple occasions with the distinction of
“outstanding professor of the year.”
In 37 years, only three faculty members
have held the title of David C. Baum
Professor of Law – all scholars at the top
of their fields. In their varied areas of study,
teaching and research, Professors Hurd,
LaFave and Nowak have celebrated many
accomplishments while carrying the Baum
family legacy with them.
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