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Catheryn C. Obern, Rebecca L. Robinson, and Joshua M. Robinson have made a gift of $25,000 to name a bench in honor of their husband and father, Richard F. Robinson, associate dean for administration and finance at Cornell Law School. Catheryn is an individual giving officer in major gifts at Cornell University, Rebecca is an M.B.A. degree candidate at Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and her brother, Josh, is a J.D./M.B.A. joint-degree candidate at Cornell Law School and the Johnson Graduate School of Management. The Cornell Law School J.D. Class of 2012, led by Benjamin W. Tettlebaum ’12, Diana A. Aguilar ’12, and Brendan Burns, J.D./M.B.A. ‘12, has organized a $25,000 campaign to name one bench in memory of classmate Daniel Ferrero (deceased), who passed away during their 2L year. At the end of fiscal 2013,
this project had realized its fundraising goal of $12,500 by securing gifts from approximately 30 percent of Class of 2012. Combined with matching gifts given by members of the Law School Dean’s Advisory Council, the generosity of Ferrero’s classmates have ensured that this memorial will be established. In appreciation, Tettlebaum wrote, “Thanks to the incredible generosity of . . . members of the Advisory Council, our class will have a permanent memorial to our cherished classmate, Daniel Ferrero. The Memorial Committee, the Class of 2012, and Daniel’s family are so grateful for your commitment.” Tettlebaum is clerking for Hon. Duane Benton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in Missouri, and has been awarded a prestigious Frank H. T. Rhodes Public Interest Fellowship for next year. Aguilar is an associate of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York City. Burns is an associate of Lazard Freres & Co., Reconstructing, in New York City.