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1973
Joseph Paul McMahon April 7, 2013 Alexandria, Va.
David Martin November 20, 2012 Hedgesville, W. Va.
Norbert J. Sherbunt II August 6, 2012 Amsterdam, N.Y.
James S. Millea Jr. October 11, 2012 Rensselaer, N.Y.
1968
1975
Frederick C. Riester August 28, 2012 Selkirk, N.Y.
Mark M. Rider November 6, 2012 Ballston Spa, N.Y.
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Hon. Nicholas J. Criscione May 21, 2012 Menands, N.Y.
Robert W. Applegate April 20, 2013 West Winfield, N.Y.
1970
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Wayne F. DeHond March 13, 2012 Rochester, N.Y.
Brian E. Donohue October 17, 2012 Troy, N.Y.
1971
1993
Robert N. Palmer February 21, 2013 Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Judith H. Brown January 4, 2013 Waddington, N.Y.
Hon. Harry D’Agostino ’55 Harry D’Agostino ’55 passed away on March 15, 2013. A Board of Trustee Emeritus, who joined the Board in 1995, he received the Trustees’ Gold Medal in 2000, the highest accolade bestowed by Albany Law School. He took on leadership positions during his reunion years, and the main entrance of the reception area in the 1928 Building is named after him. As a student, he was the associate editor of the Albany Law Review. He worked his way through school at Siena College and Albany Law School, before joining a law firm, where he rapidly became partner, then senior partner of the firm currently known as D'Agostino, Hoblock, Flannery and Jeram. He was elected town justice for the Town of Colonie and served for 13 years. He stepped down from this position to become chairman of the Republican Party in the Town of Colonie and led that organization for 36 years.
1996
Charles C. Khym March 1, 2012 New York, N.Y.
Lucia Anne Ferrara June 5, 2012 Cohoes, N.Y.
1995
1998
R. Stephen Reilly December 9, 2012 Fishkill, N.Y.
Ronald A. D’Alessandro Jr. March 11, 2013 Brunswick, N.Y.
Francis X. Wallace Jr. ’49 Francis "Frank" Wallace Jr. died Sept. 21, 2012, in Schenectady, N.Y. A valedictorian of the Class of 1949, he joined the law school faculty in 1970, after 21 years of private practice and some 200 tried cases. Even after his retirement from the faculty in 1987, he soon returned to teach several classes each fall semester as an emeritus. His students remember him fondly from such classes as Property, Civil Procedure, Trial Tactics, Negotiation and Conflict of Laws. A celebration of Professor Wallace’s life and enduring legacy took place at Albany Law School in the Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom on Saturday, Oct. 6. The memorial was open to the entire Albany Law community. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Professor Wallace worked at GE’s Turbine Electric Division in Schenectady, N.Y., while attending Albany Law on the G.I. Bill. After practicing with a firm in Schenectady for two years, he went to work at Spencer & Iserman in New York City, where he served as counsel to Webb & Knapp, a litigation and real estate firm. He led a team of attorneys in the largest real estate transaction of its time, involving the purchase of the Chrysler Building and Graybar Building. Professor Wallace moved to Denver, Colo., to open a Webb & Knapp office in that city, then held senior litigation partner positions at several law firms before returning to New York and Albany Law School. While teaching, he served as the first general counsel for the newly formed New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, then as consultant and outside trial counsel for the New York State Power Authority. Most recently, Professor Wallace and his wife Joyce Wallace ’73 divided their time between Mission, Texas, and a summer home in Altamont, N.Y. He maintained frequent contact with colleagues and former students at the law school, travelled extensively with his wife in their RV, played drums in a jazz band, and talked to people around the world with his ham radio. Spring 2013
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