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Honoring Alums on the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks Remembering Our Hofstra Law Alumni JONI CESTA ’91 was a graduate of Cornell University and Hofstra Law. Cesta, 37, was in-house counsel for A.L. Sarroff, a securities trading firm near the World
Hofstra Law participates in the National Day of Service and Remembrance at the Garden City Bird Sanctuary.
Trade Center. On September 11 she was visiting a client in the World Trade Center. Joni loved nature and the outdoors, and Long Island’s Planting Fields Arboretum
AS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD
was one of her favorite places. She was an avid traveler.
commemorated the 10th anniversary of the 9/11
A Bellmore resident, Joni left behind her husband,
terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and
Adam Kriftcher, and her father, John Cesta, of Florida.
Pennsylvania, the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at
NEIL D. LEVIN ’81 was the executive director of the
Hofstra University community honored the tragic events
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He was
with thoughtful discussion and community service.
appointed to the Port Authority leadership in March
On Monday, September 12, 2011, Hofstra Law
2001 by Governor George E. Pataki of New York and
professors Eric M. Freedman and Julian Ku, along
acting Governor Donald DiFrancesco of New Jersey.
with first-year law student and 9/11 responder Joe
Previously, Levin had been appointed to the top jobs
Cammarata, led a panel discussion on the political and
in the state banking and insurance departments. His
legal ramifications of the terrorist attacks. In addition to
office was on the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center, the
generating rich academic discussion about the war on
first tower to be hit by a hijacked airplane. Levin, who
terrorism, the event honored three alumni who lost their
grew up in Atlantic Beach, New York, was a member
lives on that day: Joni Cesta ’91, Neil D. Levin ’81 and
of Hofstra University’s board of trustees and received
Glenn J. Winuk ’87 (see sidebar).
Hofstra Law’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.
The commemorative events also included a National
GLENN J. WINUK ’87, a native of Jericho, New York,
Day of Service and Remembrance, a program inspired
was a decorated volunteer firefighter and EMT who
by Winuk, who lost his life while participating in the
worked as a partner at Holland & Knight LLP in the
rescue effort at the World Trade Center, one and a half
law firm’s downtown Manhattan office. The 9/11
blocks from his law office. Hofstra Law students, faculty
Day of Service and Remembrance was initiated in
and staff participated in community service projects in
2002 by David Paine and Glenn’s brother Jay Winuk,
Nassau County with Habitat for Humanity, the Garden
who successfully lobbied Congress to recognize
City Bird Sanctuary and the Long Beach Animal Rescue.
September 11 as the National Day of Service and
On that day, nearly 50 volunteers from Hofstra Law
Remembrance. On April 21, 2009, President Barack
made a difference in their community by building a
Obama signed the honorary day into law.
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home for a local family in need, refurbishing a bird sanctuary and preparing animals and their surroundings for adoptions.
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