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Volume 19 | Number 1 | Spring 2012 Dean Nora V. Demleitner
A Momentous Gift and a New Name for Hofstra Law School
Interim Dean Eric Lane Editor-in-Chief Kenneth J. Selvester Senior Writer Courtney K. McGrory Contributors Andrew E. Berman, Andrew Clark, J. Scott Colesanti, David A. DeCicco, Rachel Denney, J. Herbie DiFonzo, Elizabeth M. Glazer, Eric Lane, Eric Lesh ’11, Kristen McMahon Photography Kristina Dalton, Tony Lopez
MAURICE A. DEANE ’81 IS ANYTHING BUT a typical law school valedictorian.
Design Tobie-Lynn Accardi, Kim Poulos
Before enrolling in Hofstra Law School at
Assistant Dean for External Relations Lisa Berman
the age of 50, Deane forged a long and highly successful career as the
Director of Development Christine M. Lunsford
man who built Endo
Director of Alumni Relations Jodie Sperico
Laboratories into one
Associate Dean and Dean for Professional Development Victoria Roberts ’90
held pharmaceutical
Assistant Dean for Career Services Michael J. Ende
to DuPont, where he
of the largest privately companies in the nation and facilitated its sale continued to work until his retirement. But Deane
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did not slip quietly into retirement. Instead he embarked on a new career as a Hofstra Law student and laid the foundation for a 30-year relationship with Hofstra. This year, that remarkable relationship culminated in a $20 million gift to the school and the naming of
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Hofstra Law as the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. “Naming a school is among the highest honors a
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university can bestow — something reserved for those who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment and dedication to an institution. There are few people who
HOFSTRA LAW REPORT, Hofstra Law’s magazine, is published once a year by the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.
fit that description better than Maurice Deane,” said Hofstra University President Stuart Rabinowitz, former professor and dean of the School of Law.
Opinions expressed are those of the authors and editors and do not reflect official positions of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law or Hofstra University. © 2012 by the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Rededicating the school in Deane’s honor is a natural extension of the long history shared by the man and the 4