IN MEMORIAM

Pamela Borland Forbes ’76, née Dulles, died March 3, after a brief illness. She was 79. Following graduation, she practiced domestic relations law in the District of Columbia and Maryland for more than 25 years and was a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She had lived in Annapolis since 1979. She leaves behind her husband, Steven Bookshester ’76, three children, three grandchildren, and numerous other relations.

Sarah P. Kenney ’05 died May 12 in Frisco, Texas. Sarah had a distinguished career in litigation. She started as a litigation associate at K&L Gates LLP in New York. In 2015 she became a partner in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Government Enforcement section, where she represented individuals and corporations and managed a caseload of complex business litigation in state and federal courts. She later became in-house counsel at JCPenney in Plano, Texas, where she was promoted to assistant general counsel and oversaw JCPenney’s litigation, intellectual property, and marketing groups. She was an avid runner and completed the 2021 Dallas Marathon. She is survived by her husband Ryan, children Alexander and Eleanor, her parents Pat and Dave, and her brother Matt. Sarah will be remembered for her big heart, endearing laugh, and magnetic personality. Her memory will live on in those whose lives she helped save with her last act of kindness as an organ donor.

Georgiana Grozescu, an LL.M. student specializing in gender, international and comparative law, died in January after a battle with cancer. Georgiana was sharp and passionate about her work and study, and she had a remarkable sense of humor and energy. Prior to coming to WCL, Georgiana was an assistant magistrate in the High Court of Cassation and Justice in Romania. She previously served as program manager, then senior expert, at the Center for Legal Resources, an NGO acting at the time as national focal point for FRALEX/ FRANET, the European Union agency for fundamental rights. As a lawyer, Georgiana specialized in children’s rights, domestic violence, and civil rights violations. She served on working groups to amend legal aid law and domestic violence law. Her experience as a human rights lawyer and NGO advocate informed her commitment to upholding international standards of human rights through her work in the High Court. Georgiana received an MA in child studies from King’s College School of Law in London, as well as an LL.B. from the University of Bucharest. Grozescu is survived by two sons, Gabriel and Ion-Andrei. Professor Emeritus Robert B. Lubic died Sept. 16, 2021, at the age of 91. Professor of Law Emeritus David Aaronson shared these memories: “Bob taught in the areas of business and international law. He played a major role in creating three law student summer study abroad programs in Jerusalem, Israel, Korea, and China. He co-taught in each of them. He was a well-recognized mediator, both in the United States and abroad. He created an internet program for use in resolving international disputes. In addition to his publications, he wrote and published a novel. Bob was an avid chess player and, after retirement, became a member of the Cosmos Club competition chess team and played in chess tournaments in the United States, London, and Paris.”

Prominent D.C. attorney David Osnos, a longstanding supporter of the AUWCL hospitality and tourism program, died January 9 at 89. Osnos’ scholarships focused on students in the intensive two-week hospitality and tourism program, which covers legal issues related to hotels, insurance, intellectual property, reservation systems, labor, architecture and design, casinos, and sports betting. As an attorney with Arent Fox for more than six decades, he was the respected dealmaker for iconic D.C. names, among them Marriott Hotels, Clark Construction Group, property developer Conrad Cafritz, and sports team owner Abe Pollin. “His connection, his care, his continued engagement were a far greater gift than the scholarship money,” said Jacob Bedingfield ’14, a scholarship recipient. “As a law student, you have contacts with people who say they are happy to help. People like David went farther than that. I never doubted his generosity, his desire to be supportive.” Osnos is survived by his wife of 65 years, Glenna Osnos, a son Matthew, a daughter Alison Doxey, and three grandchildren.