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COMMENCEMENT

LAW SCHOOL

Lincoln Center June 14, 1999

ORDER OF EXERCISE Dean Harry H. Wellington, Presiding

PRELUDE Jubilate Deo - Gregor Aichinger Contrapuntus IV - J.S. Bach Quintet # I - Victor Ewald

PROCESSIONAL Pomp and Circumstance, No. I, op. 39 - Sir Edward Elgar Triumphal March, Aida- Giuseppe Verdi

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Kathleen Mahan

GREETINGS Harry H. Wellington Dean

REMARKS Taylor R. Briggs Chairman, Board of Trustees

AWARDING OF PRIZES Otto L. Walter Distinguished Writing Awards Adjunct Faculty Award Student Awards Presentation by Ellen Ryerson, Associate Dean The Trustees' Prize for the Highest Average Presentation by Ellen Ryerson, Associate Dean The Alfred L. Rose Award for Excellence Presentation by Matthew Wilkes, Associate Dean 4

ORDER OF EXERCISE Dean Harry H. Wellington, Presiding

PRELUDE Jubilate Deo - Gregor Aichinger Contrapuntus IV - J.S. Bach Quintet # I - Victor Ewald

PROCESSIONAL Pomp and Circumstance, No. I, op. 39 - Sir Edward Elgar Triumphal March, Aida- Giuseppe Verdi

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Kathleen Mahan

GREETINGS Harry H. Wellington Dean

REMARKS Taylor R. Briggs Chairman, Board of Trustees

STUDENT REMARKS CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE AND CoMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

Holly Ruth Lake

The Honorable

Guido

Calabresi,

Judge,

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

CONFERRING OF STUDENT DEGREES Introduction of Candidates by Associate Professor Professor Professor Professor Professor

Presentation

of Candidates

Dean Barbara I. Leshinsky Armando T Belly Carol A. Buckler Arthur S. Leonard Michael Perlin Nadine Strossen

by Harry H. Wellington Dean

Conferring of Degrees by Taylor R. Briggs Chairman, Board of Trustees

CLOSING REMARKS Harry H. Wellington Dean

RECESSIONAL Two Voluntaries - Henry Purcell

The members of the audience are asked to remain seated and to refrain from using cell phones and pagers during the commencement ceremony. The audience is invited to a reception on the promenade level immediately following commencement.

THE HONORABLE GUIDO CALABRESI udge Guido Calabresi is honored today for his outstanding and extraordinary contributions to our legal system, to our intellectual understanding and to our strength as a nation founded on equal justice under the law. Fiftyfive years ago, the Calabresi family left Italy to escape the tyranny of Nazism. They were a family of intellectuals, who contributed tremendously to society as doctors, professors, scholars, and lawyers. In his career as a scholar, teacher and judge, Guido Calabresi continues this wonderful tradition.

Judge Calabresi received his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Yale College in 1953, a B.A. degree with First Class Honors from Magdalen College, Oxford University, in 1955, an LL.B. degree, magna cum laude, in 1958 from Yale Law School and an M.A. in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University in 1959. He was a Rhodes Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif, and served as the Note Editor of the Yale Law Journal, 1957-58. After graduating first in his class from Yale Law School, Judge Calabresi clerked for Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1958 to 1959. He returned to Yale Law School to pursue a brilliant career as a teacher and scholar. He was the Sterling Professor of Law from 1978 to 1995, and was appointed Dean of the Yale Law School in 1984. Through his exemplary classroom teaching, in numerous articles and his books, The Costs of Accidents and Tragic Choices, Guido

Calabresi has developed and expounded a theory of law and economics that is one of the most important intellectual movements of the last 40 years. And he has greatly enriched our understanding of the legal process in such publications as A Common Law for the Age of Statutes, and Ideals, Beliefs, Attitudes and the Law. Judge Calabresi's personal motto is "Excellence with decency and humanity," and he has been true to it throughout his career. As a professor, he would invite first year students to his farmhouse for a day of fun that would somehow evolve into a study of tort law, i.e., if you are a guest at a farm, do you assume the risk of a bale of hay falling on you? As Dean, he appointed more than half of the outstanding faculty teaching at Yale Law School today, including many many women and minorities; and he brought to the deanship a level of personal involvement and caring that has been a model for academic administration across the country. As a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 2"d Circuit, Guido Calabresi has brought his acute intelligence to bear on his decisions, while never losing sight of the human consequences. Judge Calabresi's honors and awards include the Dickinson Prize in Economics, the Chittenden Prize, and the Jewell, Robbins, and Frank Prizes for high scholarship. In addition, he holds honorary degrees from universities throughout the world and is a member of many learned societies. 17

PRIZES AWARDED AT COMMENCEMENT Ono L.

WALTER

DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARD

Adjunct Faculty Award Student Award

- THE TRUSTEES' PRIZE

For the Highest Average ALFRED

ROSE AWARD

For Excellence

David G_ Samuels Fernando A. Bohorquez, Jr. (Day Division) Catherine G. Patsos (Evening Division) Laura A. Sulem (Day Division) Mark A. Picard (Evening Division) Emerson S. Moore, II (Day Division) Catherine G. Patsos (Evening Division)

OTHER AWARD WINNERS PROFESSOR JOSEPH T. ARENSON AWARD

For Excellence in Wills and Decedents' Estates PROFESSORLUNG-CHU CHEN AWARD

For Excellence in the Field of Human Rights DEAN'S AWARD

For Student Leadership HELEN

ANDREW DOKAS

Martin S_ Bloor (Day Division) Mark A. Picard (Evening Division)

Matthew L. Kaufman Denise Merna

Lyndon Hyon Hong Marissa Lynn Morelle Irina V Gonikberg-Dolinskiy

MEMORIAL AWARD

For Excellent Achievement ELSBERG PRIZE

Jerome R. Sandberg

For Proficiency in the Law of Contracts FACULTY AWARD

Jeffrey Todd Canning

To Editor-in-Chief, New York Law School Law Review ALEXANDER D. FORGER AWARD

Maureen B. Godfrey

For Distinguished Service to the Profession SYLVIA D. GARLAND AWARD

Cathleen O'Donnell

For Excellence in Subjects Relating to Civil Litigation HARRY A. GOTIMER

Ill ADMIRALTY AWARD For Outstanding Work in the Field of Admiralty Law

Matthew Robert Straus

MILTON S. GOULD AWARD

Joshua E. Davis

For Proficiency in the Law of Contracts

ANTHONY E. JANNACE AWARD For Outstanding Achievement

Jane Lea Caizzo

PROFESSOR ALBERT KALTER AWARD

Lisa Marie Hall

For Excellence in Tax Law PROFESSOR JAMES P. KIBBEY MEMORIAL AWARD

Leo P Whittlesey (Day Division) Donna Marie Perrette (Evening Division)

For Excellence in Commercial Law D.

GEORGE LEVINE MEMORIAL AWARD

For the Highest Grade in the Law of Real Property (OMMUNICATIONS

MEDIA (ENTER AWARD

Martin S. Bloor (Day Division) Alan Jay Goodman (Evening Division)

Steven Brian Heymann

For Outstanding Performance CENTER FOR NEW YoRK C1TY LAw

Robin Wakefield

FELLOWSHIP (1999-2000) NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD

For Outstanding EditorialContribution

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW AWARD

For OutstandingEditorialContribution NEW YORK LAw SCHOOL LAW REVIEW AWARD

Kim Coleman Arestad Matthew L. Kaufman Denise Merna Maria Assunta Sguera Bianca Soprano . Jennifer Cari Lukoff Serena Murphy Naveen M. Rahman Albert Ross Fernando A. Bohorquez, Jr. Joshua E. Davis

For OutstandingEditorialContribution NATIONAL TEAM MOOT COURT AWARD

For Outstanding Contribution

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL Moor

CouRT AWARD

For Serving With Distinction

PROFESSOR ROBERT R. ROSENTHAL AWARD

For Excellence in New York Practice

Crystal L. Fleming (Best Advocate) Michael Patrick Combs Kevin Goldberg Frank John Riccio, II Sphrintzy Susan Gross William Thomas Miedel Tamara Beth Rothleder Seth Mitchell Rosen Jessica Frances Vasquez Martin S. Bloor

JOSEPH SOLOMON AWARD

Genevieve R. Bishop

For Excellent Character and Fitness ERNST C. STIEFEL AWARD For Excellence in Comparative, Common and Civil Law MURRAY STOCKMAN MEMORIAL AWARD

Mark D. Mako

Daniel S. Abraham

For the Highest Average in the taw of Evidence LOUIS SUSMAN MEMORIAL AWARD

Mark A. Picard

For Excellencein the Study of the Law of Evidence WOODROW WILSON AWARD

For Proficiency in Constitutional Law HENRY J. WOLFF AWARD

Amy B. Friedman (Day Division) Paula M. Corsaro (Evening Division) Mark A. Picard

For Proficiency During a Full Course of Study

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNERS DR. MAX REICH AWARD

Marisa Deca

For Excellencein Civil Trial Advocacy PROFESSOR VINCENT Lo LORDO AWARD

Marissa Lynn Morelle

For Excellencein Administration of Criminal Justice PROFESSOR lvAN

Souesonrca AWARD

Jane Lea Caizzo

For Excellencein Poverty Law and Civil Rights

ORDER OF BARRISTERS Michelle Carmiciano Michael Patrick Combs Lynn Marie DiGiacomo Crystal L. Fleming Kevin L. Goldberg Stacy Laine Matthews Frank John Riccio, II Marcie Silva William Waters Nicole Willet

J.D. GRADUATES-SEPTEMBER 1, 1998 Antoinette L. Cassetta B.A.-City University of New York! Hunter College Chris A. Cooper B.A.-Brooklyn College

Ian David Jegendorf B.B.A.-George Washington University

Stefanie Ann Martinez B.A.-Boston College

Weirong Lin B.B.A.-City University of New York/ Baruch College

Christina Lei Pan B.A.-State University of New York/ Albany

J.D. GRADUATES-FEBRUARY 1, 1999 Juan Alberto Agueda B.A.-City University of New York! f ohn fay College of Criminal fustice John Peter Agugliaro B.S.-City University of New York! fohn fay College of Criminal fustice Shlomo Aviezer B.B.A.-Hofstra University William Basso B.A.-Columbia University Reese Diane Belew M.A.-Georgetown University B.A.-North Texas State Kevin Joseph Byrne B.A.-Saint Michael's College Suzanne Rita Calvert B.B.A.-University of Massachusetts/ Amherst Susannah Mary Cancro B.A.-College of the Holy Cross Morry Cheng M.S.-Northeastem University Deborah Jean Chirichello B.A.-College of New [ersey Andrew Stephan Cimino, Jr. B.S.-St. fohn's University Paula M. Corsaro B.A.-City University of New York! College of Staten Island Danielle T Cortina B.A.-State University of New York/ Binghamton James Gleason Daily B.S.-Drexel University Eugene Pasquale DeSimone M.A.-New York University B.A.-Boslon College Dennis E. Donohue MB.A-New York University B.A.-State University of New York! Albany 10

Kathleen Alicia Donohue B.A.-Loyola College Angela Marie Finlay B.A.-Loyola College Peter G. Genakos B.S.-Rutgers University Alan Jay Goodman M.D.-State University of New York! Upstate Medical Center/ B.A.- State University of New York! Binghamton

John Robert Merlino, Jr. B.A.-State University of New York/ Albany Jodi Ann Mosiello . B.S.-Fordham University Gregory Edward Mulroy B.A.-St. f oseph's College Dennis Michael O'Brien, Jr. B.A.,A.S.-City University of New York! f ohn fay College of Criminal [usiice Cathleen O'Donnell B.A.-Pennsylvania State University

Ghenya Bizhenjia Grant M.PA.-Long Island University/ C.W Post B.A.-Hampton University

Corinne Enid Pascariu B.A.-Boston University

Keith A. Guilfoyle B.S.-State University of New York! Plattsburgh

Donna Marie Perrette B.S.-State University of New York/ Albany

Geraldine E. Rodriguez Hernandez B.A.-College of New f ersey

Maurice David Rodrigues B.S.-City University of New York/ fohn fay College of Criminal fustice A.S.-New York City TechnicalCollege

Viktor J. Hess B.A.-Eastem Illinois University A.A-Illinois Central College

Dana Michelle Roth B.A.-Tulane University

Stefanie Fine Hiller B.A.-University of Maryland! College Park

Anthony Rocco Ruscigno B.B.A.-Pace University

Martha Hudak M.B.A.-Maryville University B.A.-Miami University

Jerome R. Sandberg M.S.-Pace University B.B.A.-Hofstra University

Andrew Patrick Keaveney B.A.-The George Washington University

Elizabeth Lams Shields B.A.-Pitzer College

Michele Renee Lindsey B.A.-Pennsylvania State University Francis S. McCarthy B.S.-Thomas A. Edison State College Kathleen A. McEntee B.S.-St. John's University John C. Meringolo M.S., B.S.-Long Island University/ C.W Post

Heather Lyn Stier B.A.-Tu/ane University Patricia Eileen Szobonya B.S.-St. Francis College Christopher J. Velenovsky B.S.E.E.-Manhattan College Alicia F. Williams B.A.-Rutgers University KitT Wong B.A.-City University of New York/ City College of New York

J.D. CANDIDATES-JUNE 14, 1999 Daniel S. Abraham B.A.-University of Florida Albert Abuliak B.S.-Rutgers College Nickolas Christopher Agathis B.A-Seton Hall Univers_ity John Agra B.A.-Boston College Kristen Marie Ahearn B.S.-University of Scranton Alen Aivazian B.A.-University of California Dallas L. Albaugh B.A.-State University of New York! Binghamton Justin Escher Alpert B.A.-FloridaState University Elizabeth Mary Alvarez B.A.-Barnard College/ Columbia University James Guy Amalfitano B.S., B.A.-Georgetown University Jeffrey Jonathan Anthony B.A.-Boston College Maria J. Aramanda B.A.-University of Vermont Sharon A. Asar B.A.-American University Kim Coleman Arestad B.A.-State University of New York/ Empire State College Catherine D. Arlowe B.A.-University of New Mexico Suzanne Alexandra Ascher B.S.-Saint John's University Cynthia Irene Averell B.A.-Boston University Mark Anthony Baghdassarian B.S.-College of William and Mary Mirsade Bajraktarevic B.A.-St. John's University Marc Michael Bakhchi B.A.-City University of New York/ Hunter College

Kelly G. Ballinger B.A.-State University of New York/Stony Brook

Steven Byrne B.S.-State University of New York/ Brockport

Monica Marie Barkett 13.S.C.-University of Miami

Paul Alfred Cagno B.A.-Kutztown University

Christopher J. Barletta B.A.-State University of New York/ Stony Brook

Jane Lea Caizzo B.A., A.A-Upsala College

Fabian Christopher Bartolozzi B.S.-Rutgers University Michael Douglas Behrens B.A.-University of Nevada Leslie Renee Berger B.A.-American University Genevieve R. Bishop M.S.-State University of New York/ New Paltz M.S.-New School University B.A.-Siena College

Jeanne Anne Campbell B.A.-Marymount Manhattan College Jeffrey Todd Canning B.S.-Northwestern University Silvester Cannone M.B.A.-New York University B.A.-St. John's University Dana Beth Coleman Caparoso B.A.-Michigan State University Patricia A. Cappeto B.B.A.-City University of New York/ Baruch College

Rose Marie Biviano B.A.-Barnard College/ Columbia University

Elaine Marie Carinci B.A.-Wagner College

Martin S. Bloor B.A.-Fordham University

James Peter Carlon B.A.-Fairfield University

Natalie Bogdanos B.A.-City University of New York/ Queens College

Michelle Carmiciano B.A.-Wagner College

Jeffrey William Bogen B.B.A.-Adelphi University A.A.S.-Nassau Community

James J. Carroll B.A.-Seton Hall University Lisa M. Carroll M.S., B.S.-Northeastern University

Fernando A. Bohorquez, Jr. B.A.-University of Delaware Andrea Rose Brahms B.A.-University of Maryland Jarrett Keith Braterman B.A.-University of Florida Susan Poto Bree B.A.-University of South Florida Joyce A. Brown B.S.-Georgetown University Mark Eric Bruh B.A.-George Washington University Jennifer A. Burgess B.A.-Rowan University Robert E. Burke B.A.-St. John's University

Trisha L~n Cartelli B.A.-V1llanova University Carrie Anne Cavallo B.A.-University of Northern Colorado Eric B. Chalif* B.A.-State University of New York/ Albany David Chen B.S.-University of Connecticut Lena Chun B.A.-University of North Carolina Jeremi L. Chylinski B.A.-Boston University Daria Michel Ciaputa M.B.A.-Fordham University B.A.-Skidmore College â€˘ /.D./M.B.A.-City University of New York/ Baruch College

J.D. CANDIDATES-JUNE 14, 1999 Michael J. Ciaravino B.A.-City University of New York/ Queens College Ivana Cobanov B.S.-Old Dominion University Berwin (Baruch) Cohen B.A.H.-Ramapo College A.A-Rockland Community College

Richard Brotherston Demas A.B.-Ripon College Stephen Patrick Dempsey B.A.-St. John's University Linda Devereaux B.A.-City University of New York/ Brooklyn College

Michael Patrick Combs B.A.-Moravian College

Rebecca Dew B.A.-Barnard College/ Columbia University

Kim M. Connor B.A.-Rutgers University

Philip Dominic DiFiore A.B.-Lafayette College

Grant Reed Cornehls B.A.-University of Texas/Arlington

Lynn Marie Di Giacomo B.A.-Seton Hall University

James Roland Costo B.A.-New York University

Denise Anne Divitto B.S.-Bowling Green State University

Jennifer Louise Coviello B.A.-State University of New York/ Albany

Cheryl Anne Dispoto B.A.-King's College

Diane Katherine Craven B.A.-Northwestem University

Lisa A. Dixon Ph.D.-Michisan State University B.S.-Universzty of Illinois

Christopher Charles Crotty B.A.-Fordham University Alvin Andrew Alfonso Crouppen B.A.-University of Wisconsin Sergio 0. Cucci B.A.-George Washington University Michael Cullen B.S.-State University of New York! Stony Brook A.S.-Suffolk County Community College

Matthew Forrest Dombrow B.A.-State University of New York/ Buffalo Angela M. Donaghy B.A.-Iona College James Christian D'Sidocky B.S.C.-Ohio University Debra Marie Duguid B.A.-University of Connecticut James Joseph Dunning B.S.-St. John's University

Jacinth A. Fairweather B.B.A.-City University of New York/ Baruch College Craig M. Fasano B.A.-Rutgers University David Ross Feinberg B.S.-State University of New York/ Albany Jamie Beth Feitlin B.S.-University of Florida Elizabeth Josephine Ficarra B.S.-State University of New York/ Stony Brook Anne L. Fierro B.A -Drew University Joseph Vincent Filippone B.A.-University of Delaware Susan Adrian Fingerele B.A.-City University of New York! Queens College Lisa Marie Firshing B.S.-Adelphi University Cary S. Fischer B.A.-State University of New York/ Albany Kevin Francis Flaherty B.A.-Susquehanna University Crystal L. Fleming B.A.-Chatham College Gregory Alan Flood B.A.-University of Hartford Mary Granger Fontenot B.S.-University of Southwestern Louisiana

Steven Cunningham B.A.-North Carolina State University A.S.-Bergen Community College

Lori A. Dupont B.S.-New York University

Adam M. Dambrov B.A.-Syracuse University

Amy S. Ebinger B.A.-Miami University

Amy B. Friedman B.A.-State University of New York/ Buffalo

Roseanne F. Dattilo M.S.-Stevens Institute of Technology B.A.~Seton Hall University

Alyson J. Eltman B.A.-State University of New York! Albany

Amy-Ann Fronckowiak B.FA.-State University of New York/ Purchase

Joshua E. Davis B.A.-Syracuse University

Rebecca J. Emond B.A.-Fordham University

Amy McKay Gardiner B.S.-Boston College

Marisa Deca B.A.-University of Maryland

Beth Solange Ettedgui

B.A., A.A-Yeshiva University

Keith Robert Gebbia BS-FloridaState University

Theresa de Leon M.S.-New York University B.A.-Yale University 12

Jonathan B. Fahey B.A.-Boston College

Dominique Amira Geller B.S.-City University of New York! Hunter College

J.D. CANDIDATES-JUNE 14, 1999 Alison Kim Gilgore B.A.-Kenyon College

Gabriel Infante BS-College of the Holy Cross

Krystian Gary Koper BS-Portland State University

Maureen B. Godfrey BS-State University of New York! Cortland

Derek Michael Jacques B.A.-Boston University

Holly Ruth Lake M.PH.-San [oee University B.A.-University of California/Berkeley

Kevin L. Goldberg B.A.-Rutgers College

Shirley Jemmott B.A.-City University of New York! College of Staten Island

Irina Gonikberg-Dolinskiy B.A.-University of Central Florida

Flavia Celia Jimenez B.A.-Mary Washington College

Michael Joseph Gonzalez B.A.-Rutgers University

Alexander Kaplan BS-Syracuse University

Thomas A. Graci B.A.-Fordham University

Gila Kaplan B.A.-State University of New York! Albany

Paula Eve Grafstein BS, B.A.-Drexel University Michelle Alethea Gray B.A.-City University of New York! Hunter College Lara Shaw Grobow B.A.-University of Vermont Michael Spencer Gross B.A.-Syracuse University Shprintzy Susan Gross BS-City University of New York! Brooklyn College

Joshua Greg Kaplan BS-State University of New York! Albany Charles R. Kassouf B.A.-New York University Tamra Dawn Katcher B.A.-Miami University Lawrence Hayward Katz B.S.-City University of New York! fohn fay College of Criminal fustice

Fearonce Gerard LaLande B.A.-City University of New York! Queens College John Barrett Lamb B.A.-City University of New York! Hunter College Marco Aurelio Laracca B.S.-Rutgers University Shari Sandra Laskowitz B.A.-State University of New York/ Stonybrook Robyn Elise Latman B.A.-American University Martin J. Leahy B.A.-City University of New York/ Hunter College Jong Jae Lee M.B.A.-City University of New York/ Baruch College

Matthew L. Kaufman B.A.-University of Rochester

Stewart W Lee B.S.-State University of New York/ Albany

Lisa Marie Hall BS-State University of New York! Albany

Richard Paul Kearney B.A.-Fordham University

Seth M. Lehman B.A.-Tulane University

Bernadette Hamilton B.A.-Seton Hall University

Andrew Abram Keats B.A.-Hofstra University A.A.-Kingsborough Community College

Alla Lerner B.A.-Rutgers University

Jeanne Marie Haney B.A.-Wake Forest University Katherine Anne Harvey B.A.-University of Southern California Laurie Beth Hermele B.A.-University of Wisconsin Steven Brian Heymann M.A.-Antioch University B.A.-University of Colorado Sari Anne Holst B.A.-State University of New York! Albany Jonathan Drew Holub B.A.-George Washington University

Bruce H. Kelly B.A.-Rutgers University Young Min Kim B.A.-State University of New York! Albany Glen A. Kirkness MS-New School University B.A., A.A-Simon's Rock College Elvira Alexandra Kisish B.A.-John Hopkins University Ronald Scott-Benjamin Kloor B.A.-Monmouth University Susan L. Kolcun B.A.-Fairfield University

Gregory Levine BS-Richard Stockton College of New fersey Jamie Alison Levit B.A.-University of Maryland Robert Michael Lia BS-Skidmore College Stanley W Lim B.B.A.-City University of New York! Baruch College Cynthia Renee Litman B.A.-University of Pittsburgh Stephen Liu B.B.A.-City University of New York! Baruch College

Lyndon Hyon Hong B.A.-Boston University 13

J.D. CANDIDATES-JUNE 14, 1999 Jennifer Long B.A.-Mills College

Ara Michael Mesropian B.A.-Fordham University

Dinorah S. Nunez MP.A., B.A.-New York University

Jennifer Cari Lukoff B.A.-The University of Michigan

William Thomas Miedel B.A.-Rutgers University

Mark D. Mako B.A.-Cornell University

Gary D. O'Brien B.A.-State University of New York! Old Westbury

Lisa Christine Miller B.A.-University of Southern California

Melanie Malto B.A.-University of Central Florida

Shawn L. Miller B.S.-Howard University

Karen Marie Markey B.S.-Pennsylvania State University

Ronit Mitnik B.S.-Boston University

Amy Susan Martocchio B.A.-Boston University

Emerson S. Moore, II B.S.-University of Michigan

Linda M. Ortiz B.A.-City University of New York/ Hunter College

Esmat Bahar Matin B.A.-Ramapo College

Marissa Lynn Morelle B.A.-State University of New York/ Stony Brook

Kimberly Osorio B.A.-Fordham University

Stacy Laine Matthews B.A.-University of North Carolina Michael A. Mazza B.S.-Rutgers University

Meir Morgulis B.S.-Northeastern Illinois University Celine Sanae Moriya B.A.-Vassar College

Eva Dempsey McCarthy B.A.-State University of New York/ Buffalo

Christine E. Morton B.A.-Siena College

Patrick Thomas McCloskey B.A.-Skidmore College

Ross Adam Mosokowitz B.S.-University of Maryland

John J. McCluskey B.A.-State University of New York/ New Paltz

Austin Patrick Murphy, Jr. B.A.-Fordham University

Alexandria A. McGuire B.A.-Rutgers University Karin E. Mcinerney B.A.-City University of New York/ Hunter College Samuel Nathaniel McLamore B.S.-City University of New York/ John Jay College of Criminal Justice Lara Kristen Meinke B.A.-University of South Florida Shayne Lisa Melchin B.A.-Stonehill College Mia M. Meloni B.A.-Dickinson College

Serena Murphy B.A.-Ithaca College Wendy Jeanne Musorofiti B.A.-State University of New York/ Binghamton Jason Ira Nagel M.S.-Columbia University B.A.-Brandeis University Elura Christine Nanos B.A.-Wesleyan University Carol-Ann Nardo B.S.-Manhattan College Eugene Nicholas Neporanny B.A.-Long Island University/C.W Post

Kimberly J. Mento B.A.-Rutgers University

Frank Kun Ng B.A.-City University of New York/ John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Denise Merna B.A.-Pennsylvania State University

Michael D. Nieman B.A.-American University

Marc Anthony Merolesi 14 B.A.-Hofstra University

Olga Nikiciuk B.A.-Pace University

Brigid Casey O'Connor B.S.-City University of New York/ John Jay College of Criminal Justice Charles P. O'Connor B.S.-St. Joseph's College

Demetra Pantazopoulos B.A.-New YorkUniversity Ted V. Parnese MB.A., B.S.-Wagner College Maria Patelis B.A.-New York University Catherine G. Patsos B.S.-Fashion Institute of Technology Gary Walter Patterson, Jr. M.P.A., B.A.-Seton Hall University Cassandre Honorat Pelissier MU.P., B.A.-New York University Marc William Pepe B.A.-City University of New York/ Queens College Carl M. Perri, Jr. B.A.-Saint Bonaventure University Tamia Perry B.A.-State University of New York/ Stony Brook Michele A. Peters B.ME.-Syracuse University Mary Elizabeth Phalon B.A.-Rutgers University Mark A. Picard B.A.S.-University of Michigan M. Carenine Pierre B.A.-New York University Dmitry Pilipis B.A.-New York University

J.D. CANDIDATES-JUNE 14, 1999 Andrew M. Poncic B.A.-New York University

Jason Paul Sautter B.S.-Ithaca College

Naveen M. Rahman B.A.-University of Pennsylvania

Emma Savadier B.A.-Brandeis University

Amy M. Rausch B.A.-University of Michigan

Gabriello Sbano B.A.-Marymount Manhattan College

Manuel Roberto Reynoso B.A.-City University of New York! Hunter College

Peter Paul Scavetta B.S.-Fordham University

Frank John Riccio, II B.A.-Fairfield University

Bruce Howard Schindler B.S.-City University of New York! Brooklyn College

John Edward Riehl, Jr. B.A.-Monmouth University

Bradley Arthur Schuber B.B.A.-Pace University

Luis Rodriguez M.B.A.-Czty University of New York! Baruch College B.S.-Long Island University

Bryan Schwartz B.A.-Concordia University D.E.C.-Vanier College

Irina Roller B.A.-Hofstra University Luis R. Rosas B.B.A.-University of Puerto Rico Seth Mitchell Rosen B.A.-Brandeis University Jill Nanci Rosenberg B.A.-Towson State University Kirsten Anne Rostedt B.A.-Iona College Jeremy Scott Roth B.S.-Lehigh University Sarni Francine Roth B.A.-Kenyon College Tamara Beth Rothleder B.S.-University of Michigan Emily Jill Rubin B.A.-University of Delaware

Theresa Elizabeth Scotto-Lavine M.A.-City University of New York! f ohn fay College of Criminal fustice B.S.-City University of New York/ College of Staten Island A.A.S.-Borough of Manhattan Community College

Rodney Lance Shenman B.A.-Rutgers University/ Livingston College Ellen Sheridan-Coria B.S.-St. fohn's University Sara Shindel M.B.A., B.B.A.-Hofstra University George H. Shockey, Jr. M.A.-Rutgers University B.A.-Eckerd College Michele Adele Sileo B.A.-City University of New York! Brooklyn College Thomas Peter Silis B.A.-George Washington University Marcia L. Silva B.S.-Seton Hall University Ann Marie Sinisi B.S., A.S.-State University of New York/Empire State College Steven Michael Sophocleous B.A.-St. fohn's University

Richard M. Seewald B.A.-Pace University

Biana Soprano B.A.-Boston University

Matthew Lawrence Seldin B.S.-United States Military Academy

David Si;>iegelman B.A.-Czty University of New York/ Brooklyn College

Avon Lee Sergeant B.S.-Universzty of West Indies Andrew George Sfouggatakis B.A.-Fordham University Angelo Sgobbo M.S.C.E.-Camegie Mellon University B.E.C.E.-Cooper Union College Maria Assunta Sguera B.A.-University of South Florida

John Tempest Rupp B.A.-Assumption College

Morris Sharnuil B.S.-State University of New York! Stony Brook

Jorge Antonio Salinas B.A.-Califomia State University

Elana Shapochnikov B.A.-Rutgers University

Peter Theodore Sallata B.A.-University of Delaware

Frank Shayan B.S.-Calzfomia State University

Peggy Diane Sanchez B.A.-State University of New York! Binghamton

Faisal Mukhtar Sheikh B.S.-State University of New York! Stony Brook

John Stebe B.A.-City University of New York/ City College of New York Rebecca P. Stern B.A.-Syracuse University Larissa Stoylar B.S.-College of Insurance Matthew Robert Straus B.A.-Skidmore College Glen Alexander Suarez B.A.-City University of New York/ Queens College Laura A. Sulem B.A.-State University of New York! Buffalo Vincent J. Tabone B.B.A.-City University of New York/ Baruch College Lisa Marie Taranto B.A.-Long Island University!C.W Post 15

J.D. CANDIDATES -JUNE

14, 1999

Mark Alan Taustine B.A.-State University of New York/ Geneseo

Alberty Van-Lare M.A.-St. John's University B.A.-City University of New York/ Queens College

Giancarlo Terilli B.B.A.-Iona College

Jessica Frances Vasquez B.A.A.-Bryn Mawr College

Anthony Terranova B.A.-Rutgers University

Ricardo Vasquez B.A.-University of Texas/Austin

Alicia Christine Thanasoulis B.A., A.A.-New York University

Glorialee Velez B.S.-City University of New York/ John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Damani Thomas-Wilson B.A.-State University of New York/ Stony Brook Âˇ

Robin Wakefield B.A.-City University of New York! Hunter College

Patrick Timlin B.S.-St. Francis College

David Robert Waldman B.A.-Arizona State University

Joseph C. Tristano B.B.A.-Pace University A.A.S.-Kingsborough Community College

William Harris Waters B.A.-University of Maryland/ College Park

Alyssa Anne Turoczi B.A.-Tufts University

David A. Weems B.A.-Oberlin College

Olga Tzortzatos B.A.-New York University Kelley A. Ulrich B.A.-Fordham University A.A-Westchester Community College

Sima E. Weinsaft B.A.-Ithaca College YosefYitzchak Weintraub B.A.-University of Pittsburgh David S. Weiss B.A.-Drew University

Lisa Ann Weiss B.A.-University of Colorado Mirna L. White B.S., A.S.-St. John's University Keith Richard Whitman B.A.-State University of New York/ Buffalo. Leo P Whittlesey B.A.-Belmont Abbey College Nicole Willett B.A.-Miami University Learie Richard Wilson B.A.-City University of New York! Baruch College Heather Dawn Wiltshire-Clement B.A.-Rutgers University/Rutgers College Christopher Michael Wolfe B.A.-Seton Hall University Samuel L. Wolf B.A.-State University of New York! Albany Ellen Yu B.S.-Georgetown University Charles J. Zangara B.A.-Rutgers University Meredith Lee Zeigar B.A.-Ramapo College

IN MEMORIAM The Class of 1999 remembers classmate ROBERT BAJORIN

(1961-1997) for his seriousness of purpose, integrity, thoughtfulness, and friendship. Among so much else, Rob's sense of humor has been especially missed. Peace ... Reconciliation ... Understanding ... Love ... --thoughts from a classmate's memorial poem Wisdom and love on your eternal journey -from a classmate's memorial poem 16

Wisdom

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS 1955 Hon. Charles William Froessel 'l3 Hon. John Marshall Harlan '24 Archibald Robinson Watson

1969 Jerry Finkelstein '38 John Seward Johnson John Vincent Thornton

1956 Albert Cohn '08 Albert Conway Denis O'Leary

1970 Adrian P Burke Joseph I. Lubin '30 Joseph Edward Lumbard, Jr. Samuel Miller '26

1957 Nathaniel L. Goldstein '18 Charles H. Griffiths 'IO David W Peck

1971 Willard Heckel John F. Scileppi

1958 Hon. Joseph A. Cox James Thomas Hallinan 'II Gerald Nolan Ferdinand Pecora

1972 Maurice R. Greenberg '50 Samuel Rabin Hon. Whitney North Seymour, Jr.

1959 Bernard Botein Theodore Granik Philip M. Kleinfield '16 Edward J. Neary '15

1973 Hon. Paul J. Curran Charles H. Dyson Harry B. Helmsley E. Donald Shapiro Hon. Joseph Weintraub

1960 Charles Stewart Desmond 1961 Robert Moses 1962 Stanley Howells Fund Sylvester Comstock Smith, Jr. '18 Murray Stockman '15 1963 Sydney F. Foster 1964 George J. Beldock Hunter Labatut Delatour '06 Marvin R. Dye Alfred Gross 1965 Edwin L. Weisel Hon. David T Wilentz 'l 7 1966 Daniel Gutman John Van Voorhis 1967 Alfred J. Bohlinger '24 Leo M. Cherne '34 Hon. W Averell Harriman

1968 Hon. Ramsey Clark Tom C. Clark David Finkelstein Orison S. Marden Robert Morris Morgenthau Edward Joseph Mortola

1974 Hon. Brendan T Byrne Walter M. Jeffords, Jr. Samuel J. LeFrak Hon. Owen McGivern 1975 Hon. Charles D. Breitel William J. Curran Gen. John Einar Murray Hon. Peter W Rodino, Jr. Stefan Treschel Hon. Robert F. Wagner l 900 William Weary 1976 Hon. Warren E. Burger Milton Helpern Mary Gardiner Jones Gen. Rowland F. Kirks Harry Ostrov '2 5 Hon. Edward D. Re Joseph Solomon '27 1977 Hon. Dennis DeConcini Elizabeth Hughes Gossett Hon. Howard T Markey Hon. Daniel Patrick Moynihan Albert M. Sacks 1978 Hon. Griffen B. Bell Hon. Gerald R. Ford Hon. Erwin N. Griswold Hon. Damon J. Keith Rabbi Emmanuel Rackman

1979 Hon. Benjamin R. Civiletti Hon. Lawrence H. Cooke Barbara Knowles Debs Abraham S. Goldstein Hon. Jacob K. Javits Hon. Wade H. McCree, Jr. Hon. Francis T Murphy '52 Hon. Potter Stewart 1980 Hon. Richard Reeve Baxter Terence Cardinal Cooke Hon. Richard N. Gardner A. Leo Levin Hon. Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Edward Allen Tamm 1981 Mario M. Biaggi '63 Hon. William Frank Buckley,Jr. Hon. William Joseph Casey Hon. Matthew Joseph Jasen Hon. James Skelly Wright 1982 Hon. Mary S. Coleman Hon. Alfonse M. D'Amato Archbishop J akovos Rex E. Lee Hon. Shigeru Oda Thomas Grey Wicker 1983 Hon. Harry A. Blackmun Hon. Sherrnan G. Finesilver Hon. Constance Baker Motley Albert Parker '2 l Hon. Lowell P Weicker, Jr. 1984 Hon. Geraldine A. Ferraro Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Eugene V Rostow Robert B. Stevens Otto L. Walter '54 1985 Hon. Mario M. Cuomo Robert B. McKay Bill Moyers Hon. Ellen Ash Peters Donna E. Shalala 1986 Barbara Aronstein Black Hon. William Joseph Brennan, Jr. Hon. Edward I. Koch Myres Smith McDougal Hon. Spottswood W Robinson III 1987 Fred W Friendly Hon. Thomas Howard Kean Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr. Ellen V Futter

1988 Hon. Patricia McGowan Wald Archibald R. Murray Ernst C. Stiefel 1989 J. William Campo Hon. Roger J. Miner '56 1990 Alvin J. Bronstein '51 Linda A. Fairstein Hon. Milton L. Williams '63 1991 Hon. David N. Dinkins Hon. John H. Sununu 1992 Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor Dean James F. Simon 1993 Shepard Broad '27 Drew S. Days III Hon. Judith S. Kaye 1994 The Honorable Rudolph W Giuliani Bernard H. Mendik '58 1995 Hon. Jose A. Cabranes Alexander D. Forger 1996 Hon Sidney H. Asch Boris Leavitt '26 Hon. Jon 0. Newman 1997 Hon. Harry T Edwards Dr. Raymond D. Horton Lewis M. Steel '63 1998 Joseph T Arenson Lawrence S. Huntington '64 Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL: AT THE HEART OF NEW YORK'S LEGAL COMMUNITY FOR OVER 100 YEARS FOUNDING New York Law School was established in 1891 by Columbia College School of Law faculty, students and alumni who were protesting their trustees' attempts to dictate the teaching methods used by professors. The central figure in the revolt against Columbia and the subsequent creation of NYLS was Columbia Law School's founder, Theodore Dwight, a major figure in the history of American legal scholarship. THE EARLYYEARS Almost immediately, New York Law School attained a formidable reputation due to the excellence of its students and faculty. From its beginning, NYLS was dedicated to equal opportunity, a tradition to which it remains steadfastly committed. Within the first decade, the evening division was already an asset for those who needed to work to support their studies. By 1904, NYLS was the largest law school in the country; by 1906, it had more than 1,000 students. Among the Law School's early lecturers were Woodrow Wilson and Charles Evans Hughes. The first class included James Gerard, who went on to serve as ambassador to Germany during World War I, and Bainbridge Colby, who became secretary of state under President Wilson. Other early graduates included Robert F. Wagner, a future U.S. senator from New York and a leader in developing national labor policy, and two Pulitzer Prize winners: Wallace Stevens (poetry) and Elmer Rice (drama). Another prominent alumnus from the pre-World War I era was Hon. James S. Watson, a distinguished judge and an important member of New York'sAfricanAmerican community. The Judge's daughter, Barbara Watson, also attended the Law School and was the first woman to attain the rank of assistant secretary of state of the United States. Many of those attending at the beginning of this century became founders or name partners of leading law firms, including Henry Hurlbut Abbott of Breed, Abbott & Morgan; Edwin Sunderland of Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Sunderland & Kiendel; and Thomas Debevoise of Debevoise & Plimpton.

Classes of the 1920s and 1930s produced graduates who would play a leading role in the profession. Among the most notable was U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. Other prominent graduates included Albert Parker, a founding partner of Parker, Chapin, Flattau & Klimpl, Cameron F. MacRae, a former chairman of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae; Chester Carlson, who invented the xerography process leading to the founding of Xerox Corporation; and Justice Emilio Nunez, the first individual of Latino heritage to be named to the bench in New York State. New York Law School closed for one year during World War I, interrupting a steady expansion that had lasted until the mid-I 920s. Following the War, the Depression hit the Law School very hard and enrollment declined. While the situation had improved by the late 1930s, the draft in 1940 dealt the institution another blow: in 1941, the Law School was forced to close for the duration of World War II. POST-WAR REBUILDING In 1947, New York Law School reopened and began the task of rebuilding. A major impetus came from alumni/ae who formed a committee spearheaded by New York State Supreme Court Justice Albert Cohn. The new program was small, but the Law School made significant strides. With time the New York Law School Law Review was reestablished, admission standards were raised, and faculty and curriculum were improved. In 1975, the school received its first endowed professorship, the Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professorship of Law. Many alumni/ae, now prominent in the bar, in the judiciary, and in business, were students during these years. They include Judge Roger J. Miner, Second Circuit Court of Appeals; Presiding Justice Francis T. Murphy, New York Supreme Court Appellate Division; Judge Mary E. Cerbone; Judge Judith B. Sheindlin; Otto L. Walter, founding partner, Walter, Conston, Alexander & Green; Bernard H. Mendik, real estate industry leader and former chairman of the NYLS Board of Trustees; Lawrence S. Huntington, chief executive officer of Fiduciary Trust International and former chairman of the Law School's Board of Trustees; and Kathleen Grimm, deputy state comptroller of New York City. 19

Steady growth marked the next decades. With the appointment of E. Donald Shapiro as dean in the early 1970s, the Law School joined the Association of American Law Schools and the trustees authorized an increase in the size of the full-time faculty. AdmissionsÂˇ requirements were raised and enrollment climbed; facilities were expanded and an endowment fund grew. The School's first center for specialized study, the Communications Media Center, was opened. GROWTH AND REVITALIZATION Dramatic growth and revitalization continued under the leadership of James F. Simon, dean from 1983

until 1992. A series of major facility renovations was begun, highlighted by the opening of the new Mendik Library in 1990. This was followed by the construction of the new Samuel and Ethel LeFrak Moot Court Room, the Ernst Stiefel Reading Room, and the Shepard and Ruth K. Broad Student Center. An extensive remodeling and modernization program transformed the Law School's classrooms, offices, and specialty training areas. During Dean Simon's tenure, the Rita and Joseph Solomon Professorship of Wills, Trusts and Estates was added, and the Law School introduced an innovative Lawyering Skills Program into the curriculum. THE PRESENT In 1992, Harry H. Wellington, Sterling Professor of Law emeritus and former dean of Yale Law School, became the 14th dean and president of New York Law School. Under Dean Wellington's dynamic leadership, a strategic plan has been implemented to position New York Law School as a vital urban law center with an academic program that integrates the strategic and ethical perspectives of the practicing attorney. Dean Wellington has broadened the Law School's curriculum to increase emphasis on professional skills development. Two new centers for specialized study have been established. The Center for New York City Law focuses on the study of New York City government, provides courses and externships for students, presents seminars, and publishes the newsletter CityLaw; The Center for International Law concentrates on the study and teaching of international law, presents symposia, hosts visiting lecturers and scholars, and supports faculty research. The Law School's distinguished full-time faculty is comprised of productive scholars who are dedicated educators. Some of the nation's most prominent 20

scholars from other law schools also have served as visiting NYLS professors. Government leaders and judges from the U.S. and abroad often speak at the Law School, including former President Jimmy Carter; Associate Justices of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., and Sandra Day O'Connor; former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo; former New York City Mayors Edward I. Koch and David N. Dinkins; current NYC Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani; U.S. Solicitor General Drew S. Days, III; and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Thomas Pickering. In 1996, Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia presided over the Law School's 20'h annual Froessel Moot Court Competition. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas served as justice for the 23.i Annual Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Competition in 1999. Student enrollment has remained at a level of almost 1,400 students in the day and evening divisions. Minority representation has been approximately 29%. The NYLS Office of Career Services has been expanded and is placing graduates in law firms, corporations, government and law enforcement agencies, and public defender and public service organizations. THE FUTURE New York Law School is poised for continued success into the next century. Its vitality springs from the dedication of its stellar faculty, the talent and energy of its students, and from the strong support and commitment of its alumni/ae.

THE TRADITION OF ACADEMIC ATTIRE The caps, gowns, and hoods worn at college and university functions date back to the Middle Ages. Monks and students used them to keep warm in medieval castles and halls of learning. From these practical origins, they have developed into the accepted garb which symbolizes scholarly achievement. Baccalaureate gowns have a long, pleated front with shirring across the shoulders and back. They are primarily distinguished by flowing sleeves, pointed at the fingertip. These gowns may be worn either open or closed. The master's degree gown is worn open, and the sleeve is cut so that the forearm comes through a slit just above the elbow.

Mortar boards or caps worn with baccalaureate and master's gowns generally have black tassels. The tassel of the doctoral cap is usually made of gold bullion. Faculty members and guests in today's procession are robed in gowns and hoods that represent the institutions from which they have received degrees. The hood gives color and real meaning to the academic costume. Its silk lining bears the colors of the institution conferring the degree. The hood is bordered with velvet of a prescribed width and color to indicate the field of learning to which the degree pertains.

Gowns for the doctor's degree are also worn open. They carry broad, velvet panels down the front, and three velvet bars on the full, round sleeves. This velvet trimming may be either black or the color distinctive of the degree.

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