Staff Additons Scott Hamilton – Assistant Dean, Advancement & External Relations Scott Hamilton joined Cleveland-Marshall in October 2014, having previously served as director of principal gifts for University Advancement with Cleveland State University, where he had worked since 2011 in support of leadership giving. Hamilton joined CSU from Hanna Perkins Center, where he served as director of development for child development. His higher education career experience also includes Kent State University where he was the corporate and foundation relations & diversity director of development. Hamilton is a graduate of Hawken School and Miami University, and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Psychology at CSU. Hamilton’s responsibilities with Cleveland-Marshall include managing the advancement department of the Law School for all of its external constituents including the annual fund, donor relations, community engagement and government affairs. He will work with the Deans’ Diversity Council, playing a strategic role in leading the Council to identify strategies it will pursue based upon the goals of the Diversity Action Plan, the guidance of the President’s Council on Diversity, and the needs of the College.
Colette Emerson joined Cleveland-Marshall in January 2015 as a Secretary.
Neeri Rao joined Cleveland-Marshall in April 2015 as a Faculty Research Librarian.
Heidi Gorovitz Robertson Named the Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson has been selected as the first Cleveland-Marshall College of Law faculty member to hold the recently established Steven W. Percy Endowed Professorship. Robertson was appointed to the professorship by Dean Craig M. Boise based on her exceptional research, scholarship and commitment to teaching. “I am pleased to recognize Professor Robertson as the Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law,” Dean Boise said. “Professor Robertson has compiled an exemplary record of service to the law school and has demonstrated a sustained commitment to excellence in her teaching performance.” Robertson has a substantial publication record in energy and environmental law, and has become a regionally recognized expert on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” and the variety of legal and environmental issues it raises. She also has written extensively about the lessons to be learned from the 2010 BP oil spill, and writes regularly for Crain’s Cleveland Business’ Shale and Energy Reports. The Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law, established by a generous donation from Steven ’76 and Polly Percy to Cleveland-Marshall, is the fifth endowed professorship at the College of Law. The selected professor is to serve a threeyear term, with preference given to professors whose work is focused on environmental or energy law.
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