New York Law School 1967 Commencement Program

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL

75TH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION, JUNE

8, 1967

BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHARLES

W. F'ROESSEL, Chairman

SYLVESTER C . SMITH, JR., MURRAY STOCKMAN,

President

Secretary and Treasurer

ALFRED J. BOHLINGER HUNTER

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DELATOUR

DAVID FINKELSTEIN JERRY FINKELSTEIN PlilLIP

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GOLDBERG

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NATHANIEL

GOLDSTEIN

THEODORE GRANIK MAURICE

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GREENBERG

ALFRED GROSS JAMES T. HALLINAN PHILIP M. KLEINFELD DONALD H. MCGANNON FERDINAND PECORA EDWIN

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WEISL, SR.,

Trustee Emeritus

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1967 8:30 P. M.

ENGINEERING SOCIETIES BUILDING Auditorium 345 EAST 47TH STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK

ORDER OF EXERCISES HONORABLE CHARLES W. FROESSEL, PRESIDING Chairman of the Board Former Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals /

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PROCESSIONAL. .................................. .............. .DUKE SMITH at the piano

INVOCATION REVEREND GEORGE T. DEAS, Spiritual Director, Cathedral College, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ........................................FRANCIS SCOTT KEY EVERETT M. CLARK, Soloist

GREETINGS DR. SYLVESTER C. SMITH, JR., PRESIDENT Former President, American Bar Association

VOCAL SELECTION EVERETT M. CLARK

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

DR. LEO CHERNE Executive Director of the Research Institute of America Member of the Class of 1934

CONFERRING OF DEGREES Presentation of Candidates by DEAN DANIEL GUTMAN

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VOCAL SELECTIONS EVERETT M. CLARK

A WARDING OF PRIZES DR. MURRAY STOCKMAN

VALEDICTORIAN JANET FINE COTTON

CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES ALFRED J. BOHLINGER DR. LEO CHERNE ORISON S. MARDEN VOCAL SELECTION EVERETT M. CiARK

BENEDICTION REVEREND GEORGE T. DEAS

RECESSIONAL

HONORABLE JAMES T. HALLINAN, Chairman HONORABLE NATHANIEL L. GOLDSTEIN DR. SYLVESTER C. SMITH, JR. DR. MURRAY STOCKMAN

1967 Commencement Committee

SEPTEMBER 1, 1966 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS MEL R. ALTMAN

MARK A. LEBOWITZ NORMAN LEHRMAN

PETER MICHAEL ANTIOCO ANDRES ASTACIO-SANTOS

IRWJN LUBIN

JEROME BALLEN

MORTON MARSHAK

RICHARD S. BERNOWITZ

BERNARD RICHARD MENDELOW

JOHN BIJUR

BRUCE MARTIN NORTON

JOHN JosE~H CRANN,

JR.

JOSEPH JOHN PERRINI, JR.

ROBERT GEORGE CUCINELL

JAMES E. PICKEN

JANET ELEANOR CuNARD

JOSEPH ANTHONY PISCITELLO

RICHARD DENNIS DE LA ROCHE

JAMES ARTHUR REILLY

ANTHONY FERANDA

BERNARD

JOEL IRA FERN

RICHARD WADE ROSENTHAL

ALBERT

A.

GAUDELLI

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ROBINS

MARVIN KENNETH SCHARF

DAVID LAWRENCE GOLD

NEIL ELIOT SHERMAN

JEFFREY WILLIAM HALBREICH

MYRON SIMON

STANLEY GERWOOD HARVEY

BRUCE WILLIAM SOLOW

LAWRENCE HEAGNEY

BARRY MARK STRAUSS

ROBERT E . JACKSON

NORMAN

ELLIOTT KATZ

JOHN STEPHAN WELLEKENS

JACK M . KRULEWITZ

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'fuRETSKY

GEORGE STANLEY YOCHMOWITZ ROBERT KENNETH YOUNG

FEBRUARY 1, 1967 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS WILLIAM JOHN CLAffiE

LEONARD M. EATON

DAVID DOLINSKY

ROBERT MICHAEL GRELLA

JUNE 8, 1967 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS ZUHAYR A. MOGHRABI EDITH BALT BERNARD BERGER PAUL GLENN MOYER ARNOLD A. BERNSTEIN ROBERT LOUIS MULLIGAN MORTON H. BLUMENREICH MARCEL NEWFIELD JOHN A. BRACKETT Lours I. NEWMAN BEVERLY CHELL COHEN MICHAEL NORDELL MATTHEW COHEN CORNELIUS FRANCIS O'BRIEN Lours CORBO CHARLES 0. OGBURN JANET FINE COTTON LAWRENCE FRANCIS O'HARA CORNELIUS DALY JOSEPH DEAN O'NEILL EDWARD NEILAN FITZPATRICK ROY ELLISON PARROTT JOHN PETER FRUCCO FRED ARNOLD REBAK DAVID GELBAND SUSAN B. RICHTER MANNY GERSTEIN MARTIN JAY ROSEN ALBERT R. HASBROUCK III JULES LAWRENCE ROSSI MATTHEW F . HOGAN HARLAN EpwARD ScHACKNER HARVEYS. JACOBS HENRY ISAAC SCHANZER IRWIN KANTOR RAYMOND BRUCE SCHWARTZBERG WILLIAM SPIEGLER KAYE A~THUR ELLIOTT SHAPIRO MARTIN JOSEPH KERINS ELAINE RUDNICK SHEPS MICHAEL STUART LA BUSH HAYWARD HILTON SIEGEL ELLEN MARIE LARKIN ILENE J. SLATER ANTHONY N. LI CALSI RICHARD JOSEPH SMOLIAN JOSEPH F . LINZER KENNETH A. SOUTHWORTH III ERNEST S. LOBET ANGELA FRANCES SPINA LEONARD EDMOND LOMBARDI MARTIN JEROME STAMLER WILLIAM JOSEPH McDONALD JEFFREY IRA TOMPKINS KENNETH DAVID MACKLER GERALD MICHAEL TRAFALSKI BARRY MANSON JOSEPH JOHN TRAFICANTI, JR. JAMES JOSEPH MARTIN PETER THOMAS TuITE BARRY LEE MENDELSON ARTHUR F. TURCO, JR. E. BENN MICHELETTI RAYMOND CHARLES VOLPER MICHAEL LEWIS MILLER MILTON WARSHAW DONALD EUGENE MINDREBO CHARLES HARRIS WEINTRAUB EDWARD RICHARD ZUCCARO

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF JURIDICAL SCIENCE CHUN SUK BAK HARVEY

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BENJAMIN BERNSTEIN STRELZIN

PRIZES TO BE AWARDED

THE TRUSTEES' PRIZE

For the Highest Average in the Final Year PRIZES OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS JANET FINE COTTON

NATHANIEL

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GOLDSTEIN AWARD

A MEDAL

For Proficiency in Constitutional Law JANET FINE COTTON (Day) PETER THOMAS TUITE (Evening)

MURRAY STOCKMAN AWARD PRIZES OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS

For Proficiency in the Law of Evidence BEVERLY CHELL COHEN (Day) E. BENN MICHELETTI (Evening)

ELSBERG PRIZE A

MEDAL AND THE SUM OF FIFTY DOLLARS

For Proficiency in the Law of Contracts in the Evening Division BERNARD BERGER MARCEL NEWFIELD

DEAN GUTMAN AWARDS PRIZE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS

For Student Leadership MARTIN JEROME STAMLER

PRIZE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS

For Service to the New York Law Forum EDWARD NEILAN FITZPATRICK

WESSEL MEMORIAL AWARD PRIZE OF FIFTY DOLLARS

For Scholastic Proficiency Evening Division LAWRENCE

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O'HARA

ALFRED J. BOHLINGER A native of the City of New York, and following his preliminary education, Alfred J. Bohlinger entered upon the study of law in the New York Law School in 1921, and became a member of the class of 1924.

While engaged in practice of his chosen profession, he was designated in 1943 as Counsel to a Moreland Act Commission, assisting in the investigation of the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, in the preparation of the Commission's report, and in the drafting of remedial legislation.

In 1944 he became Deputy Superintendent of Insurance, and as such supervised the Life, Casualty, Fire, Fraternal, Real Estate, Title and Mortgage Bureaus of the Department of Insurance. In 1947 he engaged in a study of insurance practices in England, and was co-author of a monograph entitled "Insurance Supervision and Practice in England".

In 1950 Alfred Bohlinger was appointed by Governor Dewey as Superintendent of Insurance, which department has supervision over the business of insurance in the State. During his term of office he was active in the work of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, serving on a number of its important committees, including the Executive Committee. He was also conspicuous in the development and drafting of model legislation adopted by that Association in connection with the regulation and supervision of fire and casualty insurance rates, model unfair trade practices law, and other uniform nationwide legislation in connection with insurance supervision in the United States.

Mr. Bohlinger is presently a member of the Executive Committee of the Civil Service Reform Association; of the Board of Trustees of New York Law School; and is engaged in the private practice of the law as a partner in the firm of Aranow, Brodsky, Bohlinger, Einhorn & Dann. He is a member of the American and New York State Bar Associations, the American Judicature Society, serves on the Insurance Committee of the Association of the Bar and on the Committee on Banking and Insurance of the New York County Lawyers' Association. He is also a member of the faculty of the College of Insurance, lecturing on insurance law and regulation of the insurance business. He is a past President of the New York Law School Alumni Association, and has been active in the work of various charitable organizations.

Mr. Bohlinger, in recognition of your distinguished service as an outstanding citizen, a loyal friend of your Alma Mater, a devoted public official, and a lawyer faithful to your trust, in the training of whom we have had some part, New York Law School is pleased to confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, admitting you to all its rights and privileges. Dated June 8, 1967.

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LEO CHERNE A common denominator characterizes your manifold activities. Whatever you touch involves human welfare and whatever involves human welfare touches you. Ere one task is done, another beckons. You are a realist in judgment and an idealist in your concern for your fellow man.

A distinguished graduate, with first honors, of the Class of 1934 of New York Law School, you soon forsook the active practice of the law to organize the Research Institute of America, of which you are still the Executive Director.

Not content with the day-by-day problems of the business world, you entered the field of public service. At the invitation of our War Department, you served as Advisor to General MacArthur in the revision of the tax laws of Japan; you served as Special Economic and Political Advisor to President Diem of Vietnam; you are Chairman of the Board of the International Rescue Committee and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Freedom House.

You have been awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; the French Legion of Honor; and the Kim Khanh Medal of the Republic of Vietnam.

You have served on the faculty of Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and lectured at the United States Mili_tary Academy.

You are a man of diverse talents for, in recent years, you have achieved notable success in the field of sculpture. Your bronze of Lincoln rests in the White House; your sculpture of Sir Winston Churchill was part of the Prime Minister's collection. The portrait of President Kennedy was commissioned by the City of Berlin, and your most recent bronze of President Johnson was presented to him as the 1966 Annual Freedom House Award. Yours has, been a life full of interesting and significant accomplishments.

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And now by virtue of the authority vested in me, I confer on you the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, and admit you to all the rights and privileges thereunto pertaining. In token of our action, I present you with this diploma and cause the hood to be placed over your shoulders.

ORISON SWETT MARDEN I present to you, Judge Froessel, as a candidate for the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa, ORISON SWETT MARDEN, President of the American Bar Association.

Mr. Marden was born May 22, 1906 in Sea Cliff, Long Island. His father was a lawyer and physician, and a distinguished author, editor and magazine publisher, who died in 1924 when Orison was 18 years of age. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree at New York University in 1928, and his Degree of Bachelor of Laws from New York University in 1929. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1930. He commenced the practice of law with the distinguished firm of White & Case, of which he is now a senior partner.

In spite of the burdens of practice in a large law firm, Mr. Marden soon became interested in the work of the New York Legal Aid Society, of which he has been a board member since 1948. He has also been a member of the Executive Committee of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association since 1948, and served as its President from 1955 to 1959. Through his leadership, the International Legal Aid Association was established in 1960, and he became its first President. He presently serves as Chairman of the National Council on Legal Clinics, and Chairman of the Defender Project of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, which is administering a $4,300,000 grant from t11e Ford Foundation for the improvement of defender services. In 1961 he received the Arthur V. Briesen Award for devoted leadership in legal aid, and at ,that tinie the citation read: "From the first, his heart has been committed to causes built on the ideal of equal justice under law. His ardor and his labors for it have grown during the years, but now they are world-wide in scope."

As a busy lawyer, he has also found time to devote his talents and energy to the work of the organized bar. He served as President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York,1960 to 1962, and of the New York Bar Association, 1964 to 1965; Chairman of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1964 to 1965, and as a Director of the New York County Lawyers' Association since 1962, and as Chairman of the National Conference of Judicial Councils since 1963. He is a Trustee of New York University and the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, and a member of the President's Committee for Civil Rights under Law. He is now completing his term as President of the American Bar Association, where he has served with great distinction. He is an original Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has also served by appointment on state commissions and other civic bodies, where his public service has been a great contribution for good government.

It is with great personal pleasure that on behalf of the Board of Trustees I present to you Orison Swett Marden as a candidate for this honorary degree.