Dear Alums and Friends of the Law School: All of us at the College of Law are extremely pleased to provide you with

this special issue of the Law Forum, devoted exclusively to our wonderful

new JohnJ. Ross-William C. Blakley Law Library and its dedication on

November 5,1993. This magnificent, functional and cost-effective new

Dean Morgan opens the dedication ceremony. In the background is Regent Andrew D. Hurwitz,

library is the culmination of eleven oftheJohnJ. Ross-William C. Blakley Law Library, which

years of work by many, many people, through whose efforts completes the law "campus" and provides an absolutely

the Ross-Blakley Law Library became a reality. The making first-rate set of physical facilities for a first-rate law school,

of this library was truly a cooperative effort, in which the the College symbolizes its strength and maturity. The new

law school and the community came together in a very library, which will serve the legal profession and which was

effective partnership. We thank all of you - our friends

lawyers in the community, also

symbolizes the important con­

nections between the law school

and the community.

We hope that the Ross-Blakley

Library, and the law school in

general, will continue to be of

significant service to our

community. We hope to serve

you well and to be deserving of

your continuing support. By

building on our partnership with

the community, we can continue

to move this fine law school to

even greater levels of achieve­

ment and excellence.

Thanks for all of your support

of the College. Please enjoy the

pages that follow and the

Congressman Sam Coppersmith, Ambassador Harriet C. Babbitt, and President Lattie F. Coor. Ross-Blakley Law Library itself.

If you would like a library tour,

and alums - for your contributions to this much-needed please call 965-4871 to arrange it. Best regards.

project.

As I said at the dedication ceremony, it is fitting that the Very truly yours,

opening of the Ross-Blakley Law Library comes as the law

school enters its second quarter century. With the opening

ofJohn S. Armstrong Hall in 1968, the College symbolized

its potential for the future. During the next twenty-five

years, the College realized that potential, becoming one of Richard J. Morgan, Dean

the leading law schools in this country. With the opening Arizona State University College of Law

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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSI1Y COLLEGE OF LAW

2 lAw LIBRARY ARCHITECTURAL LECTURE

7 IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM C. BLAKLEY JOHN]. ROSS

8 LIBRARY DEDICATION

16 HARRIET IC. BABBITI SPEECH

19 REMARKS OF PAUL ECKSTEIN

22 THEJOHNJ. ROSS-WILLIAM C. BlAKLEY lAW LIBRARY: A NEW BEGINNING FOR IDE lAw LIBRARY

33 CONTINUED EDUCATION ­ANOTHER VARIE1Y

35 DONOR PROFILE

36 DONORS

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The following article is a transcript of the lecture

given by Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam of the Atlanta

architectural firm ofScogin Elam and Bray, the

design architects for theJohn J. Ross-William C. Blakley Law

Library. The lecture, explaining the design process, was

given as part of the dedication celebration.

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Mack Scogin: Thank you for inviting

us to participate in the dedication

festivities. We appreciate the

opportunity to share aspects of the

design process with you.

Merrill Elam: When the project for

the Law Library started, both Mack

and I had visited this area of the

country only casually and not often.

While we were taken by the beauty

and expansiveness of the landscape

and the sky, we had no reason to

reckon with it in architectural tenns.

So we came with east-coast eyes and

attempted to absorb as much as

possible about the natural and man­

made environment. At some point in

the process I found myself thinking

and writing the following:

The Arizona desert landscape provokes mis-readings. Plants look like animals, animals look like rocks, rocks look like

animals, plants look like rocks, animals look like plants . .. rye foolers. The sun bursts over the horizon not bothering with some filtering effect ofeast coast greenery, but immediately filling an enormous sky with incredible light. Textures and colors vibrate. On the ground plane and along the horizon, every form takes on a hyperness, incredibly legible and overyly important.

The following selection of context

slides begins to illustrate what we were

observing, what touched, concerned,

impressed and fascinated us. The

enonnity of the sky and the intensity

of the light, the importance of even

modest objects on the horizon and in

the ground plane; the successful

efforts of other architects; the great

and powerful shifts in temperature

and weather conditions; the mystery

of the ancients who occupied this land

before us; and finally the difficult,

frayed, parking lot barren, edge

condition site for the proposed

Law Library.

Mack Scogin: If you have walked

around the new building you will have

seen the site conditions that Merrill

mentioned. The site is at the extreme

east edge of the campus, and like

several other edge sites on the

campus, has an irregular, curving

boundary rather than the rectilinear

sites of the interior of the campus.

Along the McAllister Street curve, to

the east and south, the campus literally

falls open, giving way to parking lots

and distant small scale commercial

structures. To the west is the playing

field and across it, the business school.

To the north is Annstrong Hall,

separating the Law Library from

Orange Man. Our initial response was

the urge to make a building that

addressed these various edge condi­

tions, giving definition to the southeast

edge of the campus, responding

sympathetically to Annstrong Hall and

the playing field, and having some

presence along Orange Mall. The

building became a fairly clear diagram

of these concerns with the west wall of

the tower defining the edge of the

playing field and campus grid and

gesturing toward Orange Mall; the

curvilinear fonn of Technical Services

protecting the McAllister Street edge;

"Magic Mountain" mediating the

Lemon Street axis, the playing field,

and the unbounded southern

expanse.

It occurred to us early on that

relocating the library from Annstrong

Hall to a new building would change

the dynamics of student/ faculty

activity and movement. We were

concerned about nurturing, not

diluting the sense of community that

the rotunda space engenders. It was

also clear that a library constitutes the

soul of a law school and that the

existing library, while a little confining

and difficult in tenns of its function in

a round, windowless space, was placed

at the heart of the school, and very

much a part of the center of the life of

the school. And, in fact, we began to

really appreciate the way Annstrong

Hall is organized. I was saying earlier

that what I like about it is that it has

been somehow de-institutionalized by

its shape and its confusing circulation.

I still don't understand how to get to

Jonathan Rose's office. That may be

an asset ~ it may be an asset. Maybe

it's psychological. I don't know. But

no, there's something about this

building that's quite wonderful and

that we truly began to enjoy. And it

had to do, I think, with this communal

feeling that the school has. It reaHy

works as a definitive community, and

a ,lot of that has to do with the rotunda

and the way it's organized. And so, as

we developed a plan, we kept going

back to this connector. We kept going

back with ways in which we could

visually and physically connect to

Annstrong Ha]J. We put a lot of

emphasis on how to make this open

space between the two buildings a part

of the 'living room of the existing

space of the existing building. I think

one of the nicest things that was

decided along the way, was to take the

student lounge out of the west side of

the building and put into the old

library. It really puts the student

lounge in a nice relationship to that

open space and the new library. It

hopefully extends the life of the

school and the community into the

library building itself.

Merrill Elam: I believe that Mack has

explained almost everything that's safe

to explain without being a library

consultant or expert like George

Grossman, but I will attempt to be a

bit technical. The plan is configured

in three programmatic parts: technical

services, circulation services and core

collection. Beyond technical services

and circulation, the core collection

occupies the first level, the second

level and the tower, with the exception

on the first level of this zone of

computers which is Westlaw and

Lexis, and also an area of government

documents. And then of course this

important area, the reserve reading

room, which looks out onto "Magic

Mountain," is part of the core

Design architects Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam answer questions about the design process.

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collection. In the effort to make the

tower work, what we realized was that

in the penect library, according to

George Grossman, we would put every­

thing on one level if we could, if the

site would allow us to do that. We

ended up, I think, with maybe half of

the program or maybe even close to

two-thirds of it on the ground level,

certainly on the ground and

mezzanine level. The mezzanine level

has the Indian law and tax law in this

area, the treatises and periodical

collection with a periodical lounge

here. There is a line of smaH rooms

on the west wall for individual study

and some multi-purpose use. This was

interes~ing to us, because we knew on

the west side that we could only do

very small windows because of the

harsh west light, so these tiny rooms

have tiny windows that correspond to

a single person reading there. Then

of course the upper level of the tower

houses the state collection. One aspect

of the building that is yet to be

realized is on the third level where the

building is structured for a fourth level

for perhaps a special collection

sometime in the future. This zone

spans the full length of the tower and

is about a third to half its width.

In order to let you know something

about the process of drawing that we

went through, this is a series of

elevation drawings and sketches.

Some are co'lor studies. It was

interesting that, as we began to get

color samples back from the

contractor, while the building was

under construction, our idea about the

amount of color that could be used

changed radically. These are later

models where we were beginning to

look at the shape of the "cone" and to

draw it in section. We were also study­ing the grand stair which we were

caning the feather stair because of its

shape. And then there's the story abollt

this plaster model. We failed to pack

part of that model, so we arrived for

an important meeting with the Design

Review Board with half a model. This

was a terribly embarrassing moment

for us, but they were very

understanding.

Finally, I want to read a short para­

graph that we wrote several years ago.

I think everything in this piece has

come into play with this building.

Architecture is inextricably lodge between the phenomenal and the deductive.

Our engagement with architecture involves more than the manipulation of a motif or of limited moves within a priori process. It engages three intensive pursuits: the physical (hard work, dedication, discipline, time, stamina), the intellectual (learning, reasoning, knowledge, perception) and the intuitive (instinct, apprehension, insight).

Our physical and intellectual pursuits are strict, disciplined, difficult acts.

Our intuitive pursuits move from the realm ofexactness toward an intuitive rightness.

It is the search for intuitive rightness that holds our greatest fascination. The acute awareness of this almost inexplicable, instinctive, ironic consciousness has most clarified our intent and methods in architectureo

Now Mack has just a few closing

comments.

Mack Scogin: Dean Morgan in his

introduction mentioned that this

project has taken eleven years, and I

shutter to say how many people have

been involved with it over those

eleven years, people that are far more

important to the project than Merrill

or me and the team that was put

together to do the design and

construction. It just reminded me what

a serious responsibility it is for

architects to take on a challenge like

this building for a group of people

who have committed so much in tenns

of money and emotion over such a

long period of time. To have a very

specific, definitive need to fulfill in the

building ,is a real responsibility and as

architects we take it quite seriously.

We hope that at least in some way

your expectations for the building

have been fulfilled in the work that

we've done. I don't have time to

actually go through and thank all of

the people that I truly should thank in

making the building happen. As Dean

Morgan said in his introduction, we

worked with the Leo A. Daly Company

here in Phoenix from start to finish

on this project. They were, in fact, the

architect of record. They made this

project happen and we owe them

every bit of gratitude that we could

possibly describe. [ willjust mention a

couple of names, Joe Tyndall, who

heads up the Phoenix office here and

especially John Wi\lliams, who I think

has as much stamina as any person

I've ever run across. He is also one of

the kindest persons that I've ever met.

George Grossman we've mentioned a

couple of times while discussing the

design. It's hard to tell you how much

influence a consultant, a specialist like

this, has on your project. There are

horror stories about architects

working with other specialty

consultants. I can tell you this was the

most positive relationship that we've

ever had with a consultant on a

project. He had great knowledge and

wisdom that he added to the process

and he was incredibly flexible in

listening to our ideas about the work.

And, I think more importantly, he was

enthusiastic. Robin E. Parke Associates

were the structural engineers. Patrick

Nickel was their project engineer. The

lighting consultant was Newcomb & Boyd, a group that we have worked

with in Atlanta for a number of years.

CMX Group Inc. was the construction

management team. (Is Claude Baker

here? Claude or Don Dillon? They're

probably exhausted ... somewhere

relaxing.) I can't tell you, on a project

like this, how important it is to control

the time and cost. It's always an

incredible challenge. Some people

might argue that we did well; some

people would probably argue we were

terrible at it. The fact is that we spent

a lot of time on trying to control the

cost and time. It's one of the great

challenges for an architect. You know,

how do you get the most out of a

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IN MEMOR.Y OF

WILLIAM C. BLAKLEY

William C. Blakley was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1946 but moved to

Arizona at a young age and attended grade school and high school

here. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Arizona in 1968

and his law degree from the Arizona State University College of Law in

1971. After a short time working at the public defender's office in

Phoenix, Mr. Blakley went to work for Mohr, Hackett, Pederson,

Blakley, Randolph & Haga, P.C., where he practiced until his untimely

death in 1987.

JOHNJ. ROSS

Born in 1940 in Benton Harbor, Michigan,JohnJ. Ross moved to

Phoenix in 1964 after receiving an A.B. degree with distinction from

the University of Michigan and an L.L.B. degree from Harvard Law

School. At the time of his death in 1987, Mr. Ross had been a senior

partner in the Phoenix law firm of Brown & Bain, P.A. for over 21

years and headed the firm's commercial practice, specializing in

corporate and banking law, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate.

Mr. Ross served on the boards of directors of numerous institutions in

the financial services industry.

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Sue Ross, L.vn Blakley Grant, President Coor, Regent Hunvitz, Dean Morgan, and Paul Eckstein cut the library building-shaped cake.

of the College included many alums

and other supporters as well as

representatives of the University, the

College faculty, stafl~ and students.

Dean Richard]. Morgan presided

over the dedication ceremony and

noted the contributions of many

individuals, including his predecessors

in the Dean's office, to the planning,

development and completion of the

law library. In addition to those

individuals who spoke at the

dedication ceremony, Dean Morgan

introduced the design architects, Mack

Scogin and Merrill Elam of Scogin

Elam and Bray in Atlanta, and the

architects ofrecord,john WiHiams, joe

Tyndall, and Dean Munkachy of Leo

A. Daly. In addition, the Dean noted

the presence of Professor George

Grossman of the University of

California - Davis Law School who

served as the library building

consultant, members of the CMX

constmction management team ­

Claude Baker, Don Dillon, and J im

Galles, and representatives of Okland

Constmction, the general contractor ­

Dwight Morris and KeUy Dickerman.

The Dean also singled out Professor

and Law Library Director Rick Brown

and Professor j on Rose for their

outstanding work in the library

planning and constmction process.

Among those speaking at the

dedication were Andrew D. Hurwitz,

member of the Arizona Board of

Regents, and United States

Representative Sam Coppersmith. Both

spoke highly of the College of Law

and of the john]. Ross-William C. Blakley Law Library, noting the

significant contributions of the College

to the community.

Lyn Blakley Grant and Suzanne R Ross made a moving presentation of a

portrait of their late husbands to Dean

Morgan. The portrait will hang in the

law library. following the presentation,

Paul F. Eckstein, former President of

the Law Society and a partner with

Brown & Bain where he practiced with

john Ross, gave a warm personal

account of the two distinguished

lawyers for whom the library was

named. (See page 19.)

Arizona State University President

Lattie F. Coor also spoke and took the

opportunity to note the importance of

the College of Law to the University

and to the community. He

commended the College and the

community for the joint effort which

made the 9.5 million dollar law library

a reality.

Ambassador Harriet C. Babbitt,

United States Permanent

Representative to the Organization of

American States, and an alumna of the

college of law, gave the keynote

address at the ceremony. Her remarks

included recollections of her years at

the College, memories ofjohn Ross

and Bill Blakley, and significant

analysis of the North American Free

Trade Act which was then pending

before Congress. (See page 16.)

A reception followed the dedication,

featuring a cake baked in the shape of

the new library. Building tours were

conducted by library staff. I. LAW FORUM10

Ambassador Babbitt, President Coor, and Regent Hurwitz enJoy the dedication reception.

Sue Ross, Dean Morgan, Lyn Blakley Grant, and Paul Eckstein pose for a picture before the ceremony.

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Lyn Blakley Grant, Library Director and Professor Rick Brown, and Sue Ross.

Lyn Blakley Grant, Paul Eckstein, and Sue Ross next to portraits of William C. Blakley andJohnJ. Ross.

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Design architect Mack Scogin andJohn Meunier, Dean, College ofArch. and Environmental Design and Chair, ASU Design &view Bd.

President Lattu F. Coor addresses the dedication crowd. (opposite page) Dean Richard Morgan opens the dedication ceremony.

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United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States

Ambassador Harriet C. Babbitt

t is wonderful to return to Arizona and be here,

Dean Pedrick, without fear of being asked to stand

and recite a case or to proofread a law review article.

It's not that the fruits of the labor weren't worth it, but

it was such hard labor. Now, I know you all expected a

different Babbitt to be here with you; Bruce is stuck on

Capitol Hill trying to negotiate an end to the filibuster

on his 1994 budget I know, I know, the greatest de­

liberative body on the globe stuck debating grass. Go

figure. Returning home is always a catalyst for reflec­

tion, usually about change. When I entered ASU Law

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School in 1969, I was new to Phoenix,

the law school was barely two years

old, the Beatles were at the top of the

charts, Ev Mecham had mn for

Governor only six or seven times. We

refer to those as the good old days. In

May of 1969 I was complaining to

Rmce that there was nothing for me

to do in Phoenix. He said that all the

men he knew who didn't know what

else to do went to law school. The

next morning I drove to Tempe, got

an application from Olivia Birchett,

who many of you may remember, took

the ISAT in August and staJ1ed law

school in September.

It was a very lucky choice for me. A

close second to picking a good spouse,

also done fairly randomly in my case,

was my good luck in picking out a

great law school. The education which

was forced on me by Dean Pedrick,

Rill Canby, Ed Cleary, Jon Rose and

others has enabled me to do an

extraordinary number of interesting,

and I hope, productive things. I

couldn't be more grateful to the law

school.

] first got to know John Ross during

those grim, anxious study-a-thon days

which characterized the first year of

law school. Bmce and John were both

lawyers at Brown & Bain. Bmce spent

his weekends in the office drafting

motions for summary judgement. I

spent my weekends in the conference

rooms at Brown & Bain trying to make

sense of civil procedure. John worked

so hard, that so far as I can tell he

lived at Brown & Bain. In short, I

associated J ohn wi th all that was awful

about law school. Let me say that I

also associated John with all that is

good about the practice of law. John

was a brilliant lawyer who knew how

to tell what was ethical from what was

not ethica'l, he knew how to counsel a

client about what was right and what

was wrong, he worked bone-wearing

hours to make sure that what he

added to a case was the best that could

be done, and it always was. John's

friends were thrilled when he fell

head-over-heals in love with Sue and

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"The education which was forced

on me by Dean Pedrick, Bill Canby,

Ed Cleary,jon Rose and others

has enabled me to do an

extraordinary number of

interesting, and I hope,

productive things."

finally got a life outside of the office.

Now, I know there are a lot of people

from Brown & Bain here, I see Randy

sitting demurely in the back of the

audience, but it was really a sweat

shop. It may still be a sweat shop and

John epitomized the worst of that

tradition at Brown & Bain. Sue helped

him to escape from that tradition and

John's friends were very, very grateful.

Although Bill and I were at ASU

Law School together, he was an

upperclassman and our paths really

didn't cross as much. I, of course,

remember his outrageous good

humor, but most of what I know about

Bill I learned from John and his tales

about golf games with his good friend.

All I can say is, that if Bill was the

kind of guy to inspire that kind of

affection from John, he was the kind

of guy that I am proud to be here to

pay tribute to today.

Now, the good old days of ASU Law

School meant more than books.

Remember, those were the early days

of the women's movement and protest

marches. There were only a handful

of women in my class, and it was light

years before anyone worned about

what was politically correct. I

remember actual discussions in the

Rotunda with a male classmate of

mine who pub1licly and unashamedly

told me that it was a waste of time for

women to go to law school and take

the place of a man who would "use

the degree." FOJ1unately for me, Phil

Robbins and others at Robbins &

Green thought there was a place for a

woman in the practice of law. I n my

nearly twenty years at Robbins &

Green practicing law evolved into

some politics, some experience in

democratization and human rights

and foreign pollicy issues. As the

United States Ambassador to the

Organization of American States, I

can tell you there's no bright line

between drawing on the legal training

that I learned right here, and the

political skills that I learned in various

campaigns.

I'm going to draw on a quote by

Sam Coppersmith, who says he is a

recovering lawyer, and focus a little

more now on the political side of my

life. I'd also like to underscore that

there's no bright line separating

American foreign policy from

domestic policy issues. For America to

be strong at home, it must be strong

abroad. And to be strong abroad, we

must achieve the domestic renewal

our nation needs. We must reject the

voices of isolationism. We must be

engaged internationally. No issue

more clearly iUustrates the link

between foreign and domestic policy

than the NOJ1h American Free Trade

Agreement. So today, if I may, I'd like

to speak to you a little about NAFTA,

both as a member of the Department

of State and someone from this

community who continues to care

deeply about its future. •

(Ambassador Babbitt then went on to

speak on the issue of NAfTA which

was subsequently approved.)

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Paul F. Eckstein is the managing partner

at Brown & Bain.

RE OF PAUL ECKSTEIN

at the dedication of the John] Ross-William C. Blakley

Law Library

ohn and Bill. I know. I know. I know. You really

wanted a golf course. But you know better than

most of us that life is unfair. You don't always get what

you want when you want it. While you were with us

here, you were both very practical guys. As good stu­

dents and successful practitioners, surely you under­

stand why lawyers need law libraries. John, as the

librarian of the law school where you learned your

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Lyn Blakley Grant, Paul Eckstein and Sue Ross share a laugh during the ceremony.

first lessons in the law said recently:

"Libraries are imponant to lawyers;

it is the rare lawyer who has

memorized the entire Code of Federal

Regulations. "

A very practica'l fellow, that librarian.

You should know that this is the same

librarian who recently found it neces­

sary to post the following 18th Century

warning to users of his 1.6 million

volumes:

"For him that stealeth a Book from

~his Library, let it change to a Serpent

in his hand and rend him."

I guess that kind of thing is

necessary at Harvard.

And Bill, as a graduate of the

Arizona State University College of

Law, you probably heard more times

than you cared to how inferior the old

library was and how ASU's

accreditation was in danger if it did

not get a new library.

Well, the law school is safe - at

least from the forces of accreditation,

if not from the Arizona Legislature ­

and the whole community wiU benefit

from the generosity and

determination of Sue and Lyn.

Sue and Lyn helped raise the

money for this magnificent library

that we dedicate in your name today

because they knew:

• How much both of you under­

stood that the law still is a learned

profession.

• How much both of you valued

keen legal analysis based on

thorough and careful research.

• How much both of you enjoyed

the literature of the law.

• How much both of you used your

considerable writing, research

and analytic skills to become

leading practitioners in your

fields,John, you as a corporate

lawyer and Bill, you as a litigator.

Of course, you were so much more

than successful practitioners and this

library captures much of what you

were and enjoyed.

• You were men of great style and

grace - and who can deny that

the lines of this library are stylish

and graceful.

• You appreciated utility and

functionality - and who can

deny that this library - with all

its architectural splendor and

originality - is a very functional

and accessible place.

• You loved the beauty ofArizona­

and who can deny that the vistas

from this library are spectacular.

• You had a wonderful sense of

whimsy - and who can deny

that the rock pile at the southeast

and the slant of the western wall,

not to mention the Jonathan

Rose fire escape at the nonh

end, will make each of us laugh

to ourselves when laughter is

most needed.

It is not a golf course,John and Bill,

but it is the next best thing - a

spacious, functional, stunningly

original library. We hope you are

proud of it. We are. We will use it

often. And each time we do - indeed,

each time we pass by it and each time

we gaze at its graceful lines and

commanding features, we wiU think of you and be inspired by your contri­

butions to the law and to our lives. •

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The dedication of the John J. Ross-William C.

THE OHNJ. ROSS-Blakley Law Library on November 5, 1993 marked

WI,~ C.B the end of a seemingly endless process that began

LAW LIBRARY: ANEW with project justification and ran through fund

BEGINNING FOR E raIsIng, building planning, and overseeing con-

LAW LIBRARY struction. The process, which involved the efforts

Written by Professor Richard Brown Director of theJohnJ. Ross-William C. Blakley Law Library

of many College and University stafl

members and friends of the law

school, spanned nearly a decade. The

result of those efforts is one of the

very finest academic [aw library

facilities in the country.

The new building provides

approximately 46,000 net square feet

of space for library purposes which,

when combined with 14,000 net square

feet of library space in the John S.

Annstrong Han, gives the College of

Law a library of approximately 60,000

total net square feet. The new law

library building provides accessible

shelving for the library'S expanding

collections as well as comfortable

study space at 156 carrels, 31 tables,

and lounge seating located through­

out the building.

The new building has allowed the

library to dramaticaUy increase its

computer facilities, with a 30-station

student computer lab, as well as two

computer research rooms for LEXIS

and WESTLAW, each containing 10

stations. The new building also has

the capability to allow in the future for

student access to the library's local

area network from any carrel, table, or

study room in the building. Expanded

microfonn facilities and the

government documents collection are

located on the main floor of the new

library to provide improved access to

these important collections. The

reserve reading room, a conference

room, and a classroom, all located on

the main floor, provide much needed

facilities that did not exist in the old

library. The circulation desk, all

library staff offices and work areas,

and the reserve, reference and core

collections are also located on the

main floor.

The bound periodical, treatise, tax

and Indian law collections are housed

on the second floor and state

materials are located on the third

floor. The foreign and international

law collections are housed in the

basement. While the old library had

no small rooms for patron use, the

new Hbrary has 27 meet,ing and study

rooms, located primarily on the

second and third floors.

The new building provides badly

needed additional space for library

functions. But the building does much

more than that. The building has

created a dramatically better

atmosphere for our students and

other users. In contrast to the

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complete absence of windows in the old library, the new library is flooded

with natural light. There are very few

spaces in the new building from

which daylight cannot be seen. The

build~ng is furnished with comfortable

chairs, larger study carrels, and

custom designed work tables. Restrooms are located on each floor

of the building. And perhaps most

significantly, the attention to exciting

and provocative architecture so

evident in the exterior design of the building also appears in the

interesting, and sometimes surprising,

interior design. Although the building dedication

marks the end of the lengthy effort to

provide the College of Law with a first

rate library building, it does not mark

the end of our efforts to improve the

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quality of the law library. A great law Ilibrary must be considerably more

than simply a library housed in a great library building. A great law library

must have a great collection, a staff

sufficient to make the infonnation in

that collection readily available to our

users, and, increasingly, the advanced

technologies that are so rapidly

displacing traditional modes of storing and disseminating infonnation.

The limitations of the old library

facility had for years inhibited the

development of the law library. The

new building, in contrast, provides the

opportunity for improvement of aU other aspects of the law library.

Because the new library building

attracts attention and pleases library

users, the law library has become a

much busier place than it was in the

old building. Although the new building is bigger and busier than the

old, however, the library staff has not

grown. The increased use of the

library has put additional pressure on

the library staff, requiring the staff to

look innovatively at ways to provide

first rate service to the growing numbers of library users. Similarly, the

increased usage of the library has put

additional pressure on our coHection

and our computer facilities. Now that

we have moved into the new library building, our goals for the law library

include enhanc,ing the staff in order

to provide new services to faculty,

students, and other library users and

enriching our already strong

collection, so that it can reach the

level of distinction already achieved

by our new building. •

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Written by ProfessorJonathan Rose Member of the Library Building Committee

Lesson 1: What is the meaning of the following acronyms?

AE, CM, FF&E, RFI, ASI, HID, VAV, DRB, ABOR, P&C, ADA,

SD, E&O, CO, PR, COR, DD, and CD.

Lesson 2: What are the meaning and significance of the

following terms? submittal, mock up, punch list, shop draw­

ing, schenlatic, section, elevation, hard line, as builts, lay in,

cans, astragal, program, detail, general conditions, specifica­

tion, means and methods, scupper, stringer, truss, parapet,

butt glazing, adjacency, mullion, stub out, rough in, store front,

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reveal, and clerestory.

While I will not bore you with the

answers (although they are available

on request), understanding these

acronyms and terms as well as many

others is the first step in functioning

successfully as a user in the design

and construction of a new building, in

panicular a law library at ASU. Along

with Rick Brown and Rhonda Sandler,

this is the role that I played with

regard to the new and magnificent

Ross-Blakley Law Library.

This process is a bit complex to

budget from $6 to $8.5 million, and

ultimately to the final $9.5 million.

The next phase involved the hiring of

the first architect (ADP - firms are also

acronymic) to gain the Board of

Regents' (ABOR) approval, the first of

many, to hire an architect (AE) and

construction manager (CM) for the

actual design. Although again time

consuming and complicated, all the

necessary approvals occulTed by early

1990. Simultaneous with all of this, the

College's private fundraising

campaign, in which Rick and I were

anyone and somewhat mindboggling

to an outsider, and even more compli­

cated at ASU than in the "private

sector." At ASU, the first step is

receiving an allocation of money in a

.long range capital plan. Thus, Rick

Brown and I began working in the

early 80's on this aspect to develop the

College's space and functional needs

(architectspeak = program). One

problem is that the capital allocation

actually precedes the ascenainment of

needs, so that you are always playing

with dollars and formulas to insure

that your needs will be met. After

working off and on for over 5 years,

we obtained the needed internal

approvals and ASU increased the

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both active, was ongoing in order to

raise a minimum of $2 million, the

amount designated as the private

ponion of the budget with ~he

remainder coming from hond money.

in early 1990 is when the real work

began. Mter hiring a construction

manager (CMX), an architect

(lADCO) and a design consultant

(SEB), a team composed of individuals

from these three firms Qohn Williams,

Mack Scogin, Menill £lam & Claude

Baker), the three College user

representatives (Rick, Rhonda & me),

and the P&C DPM (E.L. Conez &

Vance Linden - people also become

acronyms) as weB as a few other ASU

personnel began the design of the

new library. The design phase consists

of three ponions: schematic (SO) ­

defining the program and basic

design concepts, design development

(DO) - detailing and resolving

numerous design issues, and

construction documents (CD) ­

refining the final bid documents.

The design phase is very time

consuming and detail oriented - well

suited for compu'lsive Ilawyers (I still

am not sure whether anal retent,ive

has a hypen). Moreover, it is very much a collaborative effon with

various members of the team having a

different primary perspective ­

design; cost; code and other legal and

ASU requirements, technical function,

and library function, which was our

primary concern. Each team member

must learn much about the other

members' primary responsibility. For

example, the architects must learn

about how law libraries function, both

with respect to users, books, and staff,

and what is unique about a law library.

Users, like myself, must understand

numerous design, structural, and other

related concepts as well as all the

technical and legal requirements.

Users need to know how to read plans

and specifications and to "think three

dimensionally" -the architectural

analogue to "thinlking like a lawyer."

This process took about a year and

involved hundreds of hours and

numerous meetings. It was, however, a

truly educational process, in which we

all learned a great deal. in addition,

The ASU Design Review Board (ORB)

provided valuable assistance and

suppon through the numerous ORB

approvals required in the process.

in February 1991, the final phase,

construction, began and is just ending

in early 1994. In this phase, a new

team was formed with some repeaters

- the architects, College users, a new

CM representative Qim Galles), a P&C

CPM (Dick Miskiel), and the general

contraCtor (OCC) representatives

(Dwight Monis and Kelly Dickerman).

This team met first every week and,

(Continued on page 41)

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by Barbara Grant Reprinted from the Fall 1993 issue of ASU Leader

"Donor Profile: Dream becomes reality for

Sue Ross and Lyn Blakley Grant wanted something positive to come from the tragedy they had experienced. In 19H7, on the way home from a golfing vacation in Scotland, their husbands were killed in the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 225.

Sue and Lyn wanted to do something to memorialil.e their husbands, who had been best friends and attorneys in different local law finns. Upon learning that the ASU College of Law was raising money to build a new library, they considered various naming opportunities there ­perhaps a study carrel or even the rotunda. But then they set their sights much higher.

As a result, the John J. Ross-William c. Blakley Law Library was dedicated in November, as a memorial to two men whose lives were tragically cut short and as a testament to what two women can accomplish when they take on such a special mission.

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two women with a cause. "

Bill Blakley was a 1971 graduate of the ASU College of Law and a partner at Mohr, Hackett, Pederson, Blakley, Randolph and Haga.John Ross earned his law degree at Harvard but had fallen in love with Arizona while serving a clerkship at Brown & Bain one summer. "He was on the first plane to Arizona after his last class at Harvard," says Sue. He had been a senior partner at Brown & Bain for 21 years at the time of his death. Although he was not an ASU grad, 'John really believed in the school and had a lot of respect for the faculty," Sue says.

The two men also had a lot of friends, relatives and business associ­ates who thought enough of them to donate the money to have the law library named for them. Lyn and Sue made lead gifts to the campaign and then made it their personal mission to raise the remaining funds.

"We didn't think we would be able

to do it, but we were absolutely overwhelmed by the response we got," says Lyn. "We weren't surprised, though, at how much people loved our late husbands."

Sue and Lyn also are excited about the law library for reasons other than the opportunity to perpetuate the memory of their loved ones. "I'm really committed to the state of Arizona," says Sue. "I feel like as the educational facilities grow so will the state. The law school definitely has been handicapped by its library; we've had all the other ingredients to have a top-echelon law school."

Adds Lyn, "The new law library is going to be a state-of-the-art facility that ASUcan be totally proud of. It's like a dream that became a reality. It's also evidence that if you have a cause you should go after it because you'll be amazed how your response to something will cause other people to also respond." •

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DONORS The College of Law wishes to thank the following

individuals, law firms and organizations for their generous

support of the Law Library Campaign.

Brown & Bain

Fennemore Craig

Jennings, Strouss &

Sa'lmon, P.L.C.

Lewis and Roca

The Motorola Foundation

O'Connor, Cavanagh,

Anderson, Westover,

Killingsworth & Beshears

Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.

Snell & Wilmer

Streich Lang, P.A.

1. Harrison Levy

Joe Sims

ASU Conege of Law

Alumni Association

Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A.

First Interstate Bank of

Arizona

Gallagher & Kennedy

Jennings & Haug Peter Kiewit Foundation

Meyer, Hendricks, Victor,

Osborn & Maledon, P.A.

Ryley, Carlock &

Applewhite

Arizona Public Service

Company

Begam, Lewis, Marks,

Wolfe & Dasse

Cahill, Sutton & Thomas

The Dial Corp

Jones, Skelton and Hochuli

Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre

& Friedlander, P.c.

Salt River Project

Scottsdale Insurance

Company

Treon, Strick, Lucia &

Aguirre, P.A.

US WEST Foundation

Wallace Genetic

Foundation, Inc.

Lois W. Abraham

Timothy Burke

Marriner P. Cardon

Robert M. Cook

Daniel Cracchiolo

Michael]. Donovan

John D. Driggs Paul and Flo Eckstein

M. Joyce Geyser Arthur P. Greenfield

1.Jerome Hirsch

Orme Lewis

Victoria S. Lewis

Robert A. McConnell

Keith Alan Moore

Patricia K. Norris

Robert E. Schmitt

Michael P. Shiaras

Todd Stansbury and

Stephen E. Lee

Robert Stephan, J r.

Michael]. Valder

Beus, Gilbert & Morrill

Bonnett, Fairbourn &

Friedman, P.C.

Broening, Oberg &

Woods, P.c.

The Bureau of National

Affairs, Inc.

Del Webb Corporation

Dushoff & McCall

Evans, Kitchel &

Jenckes, P.C.

Gaston & Snow

Harrison, Harper,

Christian & Dichter, P.C.

Post-Newsweek Cable, Inc.

Roberts, Ellsworth &

Rowley Professional

Corporation

Sacks, Tierney & Kasen, P.A.

Shamrock Foods Company

Steptoe &Jobnson

Van O'Steen and Partners

Warner Angle Roper &

Hallam, P.C.

Weyl, Guyer, MacBan &

Olson, P.A.

Roxana C. Bacon

Redfield T. Baum

Dr. Gail McKnight

Beckman

C. Alan Bowman

Jack E. and Suzanne]. Brown

Warren R Brown

Steven R Chanen

A. Thomas Cole

John]. Dawson

Lawrence L. Deason

Ann Marie Dumenil

Diane M. Evans

Michael L. and

Barbara Gallagher

Douglas Gerlach

Stephen Gorey

Warren F. Gorman, M.D.,

FACP

Michael M. Grant

Michael D. Hawkins

Ed Hendricks

Jay R Irwin

Dennis S. KaIjaia

Gary G. Keltner

Robert V. Kerrick

Ilene]. Lashinsky

Ruth V. McGregor

Richard]. Morgan

Cecil B. Patterson,Jr.

Milton R Schroeder

Kenneth]. Sherk

Warren B. Siegal and

Alexandra St Louis-Siegal

Jimmie D. Smith

Reed C. Tolman

Philip E. von Ammon

David A. Weatherwax

Michael E. Woolf

Fogel and Lamber, PA

The Richard Grand

Foundation

Robbins & Green P.A.

Shimmel, Hi.ll, Bishop &

Gruender, P.C.

Clare H. Abel

Andrew Abraham

James M. Ackerman

Danny E. Adams

Gloria Aguilar

MichaelJ. Ahearn

Mary]. Alexander

Luis Aranda

Hannah R Arterian

Frederick M. Aspey

William F. Atkin

David C. Auther

Jeri L. Kishiyama Auther

Franzula M. Bacher

Jim B. Badger

Claude V. Baker

John]. Barcelo III and

Lucy Wood Barcelo

Jane Bayham-Lesselyong

Jane Beach

James]. Belanger

Lenni B. Benson

Helen]. Berch

Michael A. Berch

Rebecca White Berch

Daniel H. Bergin

Victoria J. Bergin

Eve Bermingham

Frederick C. Berry, J r.

Barbara Borden

John]. Bouma

William B. Boyle

Jamie A. Brody

Susan D. Brody

Richard L. and

Lynnda Brown

John E. Burger

Barbara Lee Caldwell

Gloria L. Cales

Charles R Calleros

Chad Steven CampbeU

Shari M. Capra

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Michael W. Cannel

Barbara L. Carter

David L. Case

Charles G. Case II

Carol Caul

Joseph W. Charles

Tom Chauncey, II

John C. Churchill

John E. Coonley

Harlan]. Crossman

Carol Campbell Cure

Larry]. Dahl

John F. Day

James G. Derouin

Marigene Dessaint

Noel K. Dessaint

Nancy L. Devine

Val G. Dietrich

Pamela L. Doak

David W. Dow

Thomas Dunevant III

David A. Durfee

Judith M. Dworkin

Janet.G. Effland

Robert Ehmann

Rita A. Eisenfeld-Moretsky

Ira Mark Ellman

Maurice O. Ellsworth

Francis G. Fanning

Joseph Feller

Vincent C. Ferenbach

F. David Foster

John P. Frank

Shirley H. Frondorf

Mark A. Fuller

Keith E. Galli her, Jr.

Lauro Garcia, III Ernest Gellhorn

Sanford]. Gennaine

K. Kirk Getsinger

Mark R Gillett

Victor]. Gold

Gary A. Gotto

Warren]. Granville

Betsy Grey

Helen Perry Grimwood

Richard M. Gulbrandsen

Glenn M. Gustafson

H. Leslie Hall

Michael S. Halladay II

and Family

Robert M. Handy

Catherine R Hardwick

James R Harrison

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Andrew S. Hendricks

John A. Hink

Donald W. Hudspeth

Andrew D. Hurwitz

Sherry Hutt

Claudio E. Iannitelli

Douglas L. Irish

Terrence A. Jackson

Willie E.Jackson

Theodore C. Jarvi

Bruce A.Jensen

Lee Allen Johnson

Rosann K. Johnson

David Kader

Kevin M. &me

Martha B. Kaplan

John P. Karalis

Mark E. Karolczyk

Lawrence William Katz

David H. Kaye

Karen C. Kennedy

Donna Marie Killoughey

Guy D. Kroller

Kirby Kongable

Lawrence E. Koslow

Ralph B. Kostant

RobertJ. Kramer

Michael E. Kranitz

Charles Kranz

Craig L. Krumwiede

David L. Kurtz

Joseph E. La Rue

David Louis Lansky

Brian A. Larson

Richard H. Lee

Fred G.. Lemberg

John D. Leshy

Frank E. Lesselyong

James K. LeValley

Alison Lewis

Charles W. Lowe

Ronald E. Lowe

Gary T. Lowenthal

Thomas E. Lucas

Robert J. Lyman

Barry A. MacBan

John]. MacIntyre Richard K. Mahrle

Daryl D. Manhart

Roberta F. Mann

Anthony L. Marks

Merton E. Marks

Alan A. Matheson

Charles D. Maurer,Jr.

Richard Gregg Maxon

Daniel]. McAuliffe

Mary F. McCarthy

Barbara K. Mertz

Bruce Meyerson

Scott K. Midgley

Barbara K. Miller

Mary Louise Miller

Dalva L. Moellenberg

u-aig L. Mousel

Jeffrie G. Murphy

E. Kathleen Neitzel

Randall C. Nelson

Arthur G. Newrnan,Jr.

Patricia E. Nolan

Deena S. Norberg

Jennifer P. Nore

Catherine A. O'Grady

Kevin E. O'Malley

Virginia O'Malley

Timothy Gerald O'Neill

Patricia A. O'Rorke

Bernard Van O'Steen

Richard C. Onsager

Nina A. Ortega

Leah Pallin

Phyllis H. Parise

Lance B. Payette

Arthur W. Pederson

Willard H. Pedrick

Carole Penfield

Timothy D. Peterson

Jon E. Pettibone

Jean Gray Platt

Richard S. Plattner

Stephen W. Pogson

J ody K. Pokorski

James F. Polese

Gary R Pope

Charles A. Pulaski,Jr.

John M. Randolph

Everett E. Reed

Marilyn Rice

Steven T. Richards

]. C. Robinson

Michael R Rooney

Jonathan Rose

Scott A. Rose

Scott W. Ruby

Jack N. Rudel

Michael David Ryan

Scott A. Salmon

Mark D. Samson

Helen M. Sandalls

Vicki G. Sandler

A. Frederick Schaffer,Jr.

Sharon B. Shively

Michael W. Sillyman

Barry G. Silvennan

Mary Ellen Simonson

Mark A. Sippell

Jeffrey B. Smith

Ralph S. Spritzer

Michael E. St. George

Ann M. Stanton

Charles T. Stegall

Lee David Stein

Richard A. Stewart

Robert E. Strong,Jr.

Thomas N. Swift, II

Mack E. Tarwater

Randall S. Theisen

Martha Taylor Thomas

Jon A. Titus

Richard]. Trujillo

Kenneth L. Tucker

Timothy]. Tweeton

Glenda M. Ulfers

Richard C. Underwood

Daniel F. Valenzuela

Jacqueline Norton Vieh

C. Douglas Weber

Robert]. Weber

Irwin M. Weinstein

James Weinstein

Bruce P. White

David C. Whittemore

Ondre]. Williams

Steven R Williams

Charles M. Wilmer

Alan W. Wilson

Donald]. Winder

L'aurence H. Winer

Gerald A. Wolf

RJeffrey Woodburn

Joyce Kline Wright and

Paul M. Wright

Ronald T. L. Young

Russel]. Zarkou

Dale Zeitlin

Dawn Stoll Zeitlin

Jeffrey Carl Zimmennan

Daniel I. Ziskin

Antonio R Zuniga

CMX Group, Inc.

Delaney & Melkonoff

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Golab & Baker, P.e.

junker & Doherty, P.e. Long, Lester &

Lundmark, P.A.

Martinez & Curtis, P.C. Marton & Hall, P.A.

Murphy, Lutey & Beck Owens & Rybarsyk

State Bar of Arizona ­

Public Lawyers Section

Taylor & Associates

jane H. Aiken

Samuel Alba

Rebecca A. Albrecht

Lawrence O. Anderson

john e. Arnold Naida B. Axford

judith M. Bailey janice K Baker james M. Balogh

Sallie Gaines Barnard

Barbara McConnell Barrett

Barbara L. Baskerville

Cal Baskerville

john R Becker

Timothy j. Berg Paula S. Bickett

Ralph]. Blake

Alan H. Blankenheimer

Douglas A. Blaze Barbara L. Bolin

Wendy Bouma Nancy Edgerton Bronson

Robert e. Broomfield

Russell C. Brown

Scott R Burge

Martha McConnell Bush

Patricia A. Bushkin

William e. Canby,jr.

Michael L. Cantor

Sheila Carmody

Earl H. Carroll

jeffrey S. Cates Carmen A. Chenal

David R Cole

David F. Conley

Robert]. Corcoran MaIjorie Cunningham

Sarah Sharer Curley

M. Robert Dauber

Charles E. Davis

Annando de Leon

Russell S. Dickey Antonio Dominguez

Daniel R Drake

Cecil A. Edwards,jr. Susan A. Ehrlich

Jack S. Emery Michael N. Emery

j efIrey Erhart

Carlos L. Estrada

Robert B. Fabre

Philip Fahringer

Stanley G. Feldman

George R Fenin Herbert S. Fibel

Noel Fidel

Ronald B. Fineberg

Brigitte Finley

Elizabeth R Finn Ruth G. Finn

Denis M. Fitzgibbons Charles 1. Friedman

Alice Finn Gartell

Richard G. Gawlowski

Stuart j . Genich

Steven Gervais

john e. Giles

David 1. Goldberg

Stanley Z. Goodfarb

Frank X. Gordon, j r.

Charleen H. Greer

Mary ]. Gregory Hugh E. Haffner Anthony F. Halas Mark A. Hall

Stephen E. Hall

Thomas P. Hannis and

jane E. Guide

Charles L. Hardy

Ann E. Harwood

Thomas G. Hayman

james H. Hays Roger Kevin Hays

Denise joy Henslee

joseph]. Hessinger

Mark Edward Hessinger Laura]. Houseworth

Shari 1. Howard Bob E. and Diane Albrecht

Huckleberry

Yvonne R Hunter

Sam F. Insana

Patrick Irvine

Thomas A. jacobs

Edward jacobson

Charles R johnson

jerome M.joseph Allen Kalsbeek

Alan S. Kamin

j anil F. Kaplan Dennis P. Kavanaugh

W. Michael Kelley

joseph Kendhammer

Ron Kilgard

jeanean Kirk

Aaron Kizer

Terrence F. Kurth

Elizabeth Celis Kushibab

Peter Kushibab

Theodore L. Kyle

Michael A. Lacagnina

jill B. Langley

john A. LaSota,jr. Gail M. Ledward

julie M. Lemmon Diane S. Lindstrom Nonis e. Livoni

jess A. Lorona

Denise Lowell-Britt

Ian A. MacPherson

Conrad F. Mallek

jay M. Martinez

Kaye L. McCarthy Darren j. McCleve

Leslie K McMullin

Edward P. McNeff

john M. McVey Michael Mignella,jr.

judy M. MiIler Lori Roback Miller

Debra F. Mitchell

james H. Moore

Barbara]. Muller

Brian]. Murphy

Michael W. Murphy Robert D. Myers

Alicia Mykyta

Ian Neale

Michael C. Nelson

john j. Nissen E. G. Noyes,jr.

jack D. Olson john P. Otto

Kathleen A. Patterson

jaime Paz y Puente

Rita P. Pearson

jose L. Penalosa,jr.

Henry A. Perras,jr.

Karen MacMillan Perry

Michael R Perry A. Gregory Ramos

Walter B. Raushenbush

Douglas L. Rayes

John j. Relihan Steven K Rendell

WiUiam A. Richards

Scott E. Richardson

Christopher Robbins

Severiano A. Rodarte

Renee Roelants

Alfred j. Rogers

e. Kimball Rose

Billie A. Rosen Edward Rubacha

Debra L. Runbeck

Patricia A. Sallen

Mark D. Sanford Michael R Schaffert

Nancy L. Schuster David and Pamela Schwartz Linda K Scott

Michael B. Scott

Michael P. Scott

janet W. Sell

Susan Plimpton Segal

Charles A. Shaw

]. Barry Shelley Rodney B. Sheilds

jerome B. Shultz

Klisti S. Simon Christine L. Smith and

Raymond Chapman

David E. Smith Stephen K Smith Susan K Smith

Stephen G. Smyth

j. Ruth Sproull

joseph Antonio Stazzone

Louise Stark

Mary e. Stevens

Roger G. Strand

Peter Strojnik

Yvonne j. Strouf

Robert E. Suggs jean M. Sullivan

Robert Swartz Steven E. Tackes

Karen L. Tarr

Thomas R Taylor

Robert D. Teetsel

Teri Ann Thomson-Taylor

William L. Tifft

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Ann A. Scott Timmer LynDee Wells Arthur Andersen and Killian, Nicholas, Fischer,

Steven j. Twist David A. Westerby Co. Foundation Wirken, Cook & Pew,

Kent E. Turley john H. Westover Naida B. Axford, P.C. P.L.C.

Kimball R Udall Cindra L. White Leo A Daly Company Labdon & Morgan, PA.

jean I. Updike Lynn K Whyte Davis & Lowe, P.e. Leonard and Clancy, P.C.

R Michael Craig K Williams Ellis, Baker & Myers, Barnes &

Valenzuela, jr. Matthew]. Yingling Porter, P.e. Jenkins, P.C.

jolane D. Veeder jessicajeanne Youle Holiday & Associates Robinson & Quintero, P.e.

Susan L. Watchman Meyer L. Ziman Honeywell Foundation Security Pacific Foundation

Stephen L. Weiss

Richard Weissman ARCO Foundation

jacobowitz, Hendricks & Himelrick, P.A.

Tektronix Inc.

Del Webb Corporation • The College of Law wishes to thank the following Ruth Ann and Mr. and Mrs. Paul N. Roth

individuals and organizations for their generous support Thomas R Hornaday Robert H. Sanders

of the john j. Ross-William e. Blakley Memorial Campaign jim Howard William C. Saunders

for the Law Library. Patricia A Howard Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin

Ray and Martha Hunter Schulman

Richard and Lois Abraham Dan and Martine Drackett Samuel Langennan Shennan, Meehan & Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. and Family Robert and Curtin, P.e.

Allison Barney Dreyfuss Claire Levenberg Maurice Silvennan

Virginia L. Allison Dr. and Mrs. Alan Eads Stanley Levy Dave]. and Scott and

M. Maureen Anders Paul and Flo Eckstein Ninfa and Ronald Lowe Kay B. Sinovic

janice Arlen Ira B. Ehrlich, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. David Lubinski Society of the Silver Spoons

Randy and Lois Bain Stanley F. English Rosalyn B. Lyon Samuel Speier

joseph L. Baldino Cathleen Fager Daniel Marks Todd Stansbury and

Mr. and Mrs.jack Bartko jerry, Git,jacob Ross and joseph P. Martori Stephen Lee

Arlene and Giora Mark Feldman Ernie and Nancy The Steele Foundation

Ben-Horin Barbara and Terry Fenzl Modzelewski The Stephenson Family

Gloria L. Blakley e. Foley Fitzgerald Mohr, Hackett, Pederson, Milton I. Stiefel

Maxwell M. Blecher Glenn and Arlene Blakley, Randolph & Katheleen Campisano

Brown & Bain Friedman Haga, P.e. Stooks

jack E. and Suzanne]. Mark A. Fuller and julie A. Sally S. Neely Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Brown Kossak-Fuller L. Roy Papp Straus

Donald V. Budinger The Martin R Galbut john and Eileen Pappas Grace and Walt Switzer

Daryl R and Christine Family joel A. Piser, M.D. and Harold Toback

Prentice Burton Gammage & Burnham jing W. Hsieh, M.D. Shawn Tobin

Michael and lisa Bush Grady Gammage,jr. jonathan H. and Thomas B. Towers

john and Sue Byron Carol A. and Susan W. Piser Mr. and Mrs. Alwyn A.

Dr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Pieter E. Geldhof M. Mendel and Vittum

Cloud Paul E. B. Glad Frances M. Piser Ferdinand von Galen

Michael W. Coffield jane Grady Mildred Piser Doug and Ginger Ward

Lee M. Cohn jolyon Grant Ruth Piser Mary and Rob Ward

Richard Calvin Cooledge Lyn Blakley Grant Patricia and joe Porter Ronald E. and Retha M.

Cooper Industries Bobbie and Bud Haas john A. Propstra Warnicke

Foundation The Robert C. Hackett j. L. Redd Steve and Zoanne Weaver

The Honorable Robert]. Family Betsy B. Rich D. M. Whitley

Corcoran E. V. "Skip" Hancock, II Dr. Alexander Riesenkampff Barton D. Whitman

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mr. and Mrs. E. Patrick Dov and Naomi (Ross) Eric Wichtennan

Cracchiolo Hennesy, Sr. Ronen William Wichtennan

judge B. Michael Dann james L. Hillman jonathan and Wendy Rose The Williams

Scott andjoni Davis Basil and johnnie Hodges Harry Rosenzweig, Sr. Companies, Inc.

Ronald D. Depew john R Hoopes and Micah S. Ross David R Williams

T. G. Dodenhoff, M.D. Family Suzanne R Ross Vic Zannis • LAW FORUM 39

PROJECT PERSONNEL

ARCHITECT OF RECORD

LEO A. DALY COMPANY Joseph A. Tyndall, AlA

John Williams, AlA

DESIGN ARCHITECT

SCOGIN ELAM and BRAY Mack Scogin, AlA Merrill Elam, AlA

PROJECT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

CMX GROUP, INC. Claude Baker

Jim Galles

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

OKLAND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Dwight Morris

Kelly Dickerman

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

Lattie F. Coor Milton D. Glick Jennus Burton

LIBRARY PLANNING

Paul Bender Richard L. Brown

Ted Cary Elizabeth Chandler

Jane Conrow

LIBRARY PLANNING (Cont.)

E. L. Cortez Nancy L. Devine Barbara Horwitz

Vance Linden

Alan A. Matheson Richard Miskiel

Richard]. Morgan Henry Mortarotti Richard M. Nash

E. Kathleen Neitzel Lonnie L Ostrom

H. Val Peterson

Jonathan Rose Diane L. Rowley Rhonda Sandler

lAW LIBRARY CAMPAIGN COMMITfEE

Paul Bender

L. Gene Lemon John]. Bouma

1. Harrison Levy Richard L. Brown Alan A. Matheson

Marriner P. Cardon Richard]. Morgan Nancy L. Devine

E. Kathleen Neitzel John D. Driggs Jonathan Rose Paul F. Eckstein

Kenneth]. Sherk Ed Hendricks

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CONTINUING EDUCATION (Continued from page 34)

after a while, every two weeks for

about two years. Again, the process was very detailed, complex, and

time consuming. Not surprisingly,

there were numerous problems,

which at times seemed insurmount­

able; only to be solved and

immediately replaced with new

dilemmas and sagas, all of which were

eventually solved.

The genius of the Ross-Blakley

library is that it combines dramatic

and provocative architecture with

incredible functionality. The process that I have described and the ultimate

product demonstrate that there is no

basic conflict between design and

function. Achieving these results

requires a team effort of individuals

who are willing to learn and spend

lots of time. Of course, we were

fortunate to have great architects with

-vision, creativity and understanding.

As users, we had faith in our

architects, but persistently pushed for

our functional objectives. And we were willing to learn - not just the

acronyms and terms I mentioned, but

much more as well. While it was a bit

difficult at times, it was also fun and

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budget? And, when I say most, how do

you make the building the most

functional, but also the most in terms

of space and quality? And, in fact,

we'd like to think that we go beyond

just the norm in that area, and it

pushes everybody to the limit and it's

not an easy thing. CMX was just

terrific in working with us and very

patient again through the whole

project. Coe and Vanloo were the civil

engineers; and Don Campbell, with the Campbell Collaborative, was the

landscape architect. And finally, the

construction team, Okland Construc­

tion Comp~ny, who just did a fantastic

job of putting together a fairly complex

building, again showing great patience

with us as the architects and I think,

also, I can say, with the client and the

user group. But most important, as

several people have said today, you

can do buildings, but you can't do

architecture without a great client

We've been incredible fortunate to have, I think, one of the best clients

that we've ever had on this project I'd

like to thankJennus Burton for his

support from the University through­

out this project. Planning and

Construction, Vance linden. Talk

about patience, that's a patient man.

And Dick Miskiel who is relocating to

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Memphis. I hope that we didn't com­

pletely wear him out on this project I

was thanking him and I said, "You know, this was not an easy project."

He said, "Well it was a little like

swimming up Niagara Falls." I said to him, "Yeah Dick, but you made it up

Niagara Falls. What an accomplish­

ment. You should be very proud of it"

And he should be.

The Design Review Board. I don't

know if Dean Meunier is here, but

one of the things that we were told

shortly after getting the job was that

we were required to work through a

Design Review Board of the University

... words that are frightening to any architect at times. I can tell you that it

was an incredibly positive relationship

with the Design Review Board. They

were tough on us, but I can tell you

their inputthroughout the project was

very positive. They kept reminding us

about the standards of the campus,

about the environment Many of the

decisions on the project came directly

from that group and we deeply appreciate it And I certainly want to

say that I think the work that they are

doing for the University as a whole is incredibly important I hope that,

through the years, the university will continue to have their strong voice

influencing the way that the university

will be developed.

last, but certainly not least, is the

User Group. They are the people that

we as architects must listen to the most

and have to understand the most.

These are the people who are going to

use the building. There's no way for me

to thank the User Group enough for

their enthusiastic support of our efforts

througho~t the entire project. It was really incredibly fun, with them chal­

lenging us and us challenging them.

Dean Morgan, thank you very, very

much. I saw Rick Brown today and he

said that the building was received well,

except for a few articles here and there,

and a few passerbys in cars yelling out obscene things. Other than that, the

building is being received very well and

the most important thing to Merrill

and me is Rick's observation that the

students are enjoying the building. I sincerely hope so. And, Rick, I hope

you enjoy that posh office of yours looking out onto Magic Mountain - a

real window. And Rhonda Sandler.

thank you Rhonda very, very much for

sticking in there through this whole

process as well. And then last but not

least, Jonathan Rose, who, for those of

you who don't know Jonathan ... I'm lost for words to describe him. There

are lots ofthings named for him around

the campus, and by the way, I don't

know what all that means butJonathan

has been the real force on this project.

He has pulled this group together and truly made it happen. Merrill said to

me that what she says aboutJonathan

is that he is a great client, an exacting

critic, and a good friend and colleague.

Thank you very much. •

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