Summer 2012 - Penn State Law - Penn State University

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Jennifer Young:
International Government
Affairs Advocate
Dr. Mark Polin:
New Life, New Career
Caroline West:
Innovation While Doing
the Right Thing
The Intersection of
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Features
Jennifer Young: A WOMAN ON THE MOVE
International Government Affairs Advocate
Jennifer Young ’05 travels the world to shape
trade and regulatory policy for Novartis. 16
Mark Polin: NEW LIFE, NEW CAREER
Dr. Mark Polin ’10 delivered about 2,000 babies.
Now he’s a different kind of women’s
health advocate. 19
Caroline West: INNOVATION WHILE DOING
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THE RIGHT THING
Caroline West ’85, Chief Compliance and
Risk Officer for Shire, explains why leading
pharmaceutical compliance is like conducting
an orchestra. 22
THE DOCTORS ARE IN
How two professions unite to keep kids
healthy and safe 25
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Departments
From the Dean 2
Verbatim 3
In Brief 4
The Docket 5
On Campus 6
Alumni News 12

Why I Teach: Q&A with Eileen Kane 28
Featured Faculty Scholarship:
Enforcing Integrity? 30
Faculty Highlights 32
In Memoriam 35
Class Notes 36
Annual Report 41
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FROM THE DEAN
Philip J. McConnaughay
Dean and Donald J. Farage
Professor of Law and
International Affairs
The Law School held its first ever twolocation,
but unified, commencement ceremony
this year, with graduates and their families in
both Carlisle and University Park, and with the
entire proceeding joined via high-definition
cameras and audiovisual displays in both locations.
We had separate brass ensembles in
each location for the preludes, processionals
and recessionals, but everything else was
shared, including a truly inspiring commencement
address by United States Court of
Appeals Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie ’78,
and wonderful speeches by graduates
Zachary Brecheisen (in University Park)
and Rebekah Saidman-Krauss (in Carlisle).
We enjoyed elegant receptions for our graduates
and guests in both locations the evening
before commencement and following commencement,
and the weather cooperated
throughout for an absolutely beautiful and
memorable two days. Families and friends
alike couldn’t get over how seamless and truly
unified the ceremony seemed despite the distance
between our two campuses, which is exactly
how those of us at the Law School
experience daily life and classes throughout the
academic year. It was very gratifying for all of
us and for our graduates to share this experience
with families and friends.
We use our state-of-the-art audiovisual
technology in many ways that enrich the academic
life of the Law School in addition to simply
transmitting our upper-level classes
between University Park and Carlisle. Recently,
for example, the Law School has hosted sessions
of the following Courts in one or the
other of our Apfelbaum Courtrooms, always
transmitting the proceedings to our other campus
and sometimes including judges or lawyers
from third locations: the United States Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania,
the Pennsylvania Commonwealth
Court and the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
We also hosted a moot argument of a case before
the U.S. Supreme Court before Judges of
the United States Court of Appeals for the
Third and Seventh Circuits. The Law School in
University Park hosted sessions of the Centre
County Court of Common Pleas while the Sandusky
trial was under way in the Bellefonte
Courthouse. Probably the most inspiring aspect
of all of these judicial proceedings is the
number of distinguished visiting judges who
are graduates of The Dickinson School of Law.
We also have used our technology for
classes and seminars with students and faculty
participating simultaneously and in real-time
from the University of British Columbia, the
University of Sydney, Cape Town University,
and the University of London, as well as from
Carlisle and University Park. You may have
read or heard about another of our international
programs in news reports about the trial
in The Hague of alleged war crimes perpetrator
Serbian General Ratko Mladic, accused of leading
the slaughter of over 8,000 Bosnian Muslim
men and boys. Dermot Groome, a member
of our faculty, leads the Mladic prosecution.
Students from the Law School have assisted
him for the last two years on the case, spending
a summer or semester at the International
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
under his supervision. The Law School offers a
similar semester-long program with various
federal agencies in Washington, D.C. (under
the supervision of famed defense lawyer and
former General Counsel of the U.S. House of
representatives, Professor Stan Brand), and
similar legal study abroad opportunities at
leading law schools throughout the world.
This year makes the fifteenth since the
Law School’s affiliation in 1997 with Penn
State University. The relationship has done
much for the Law School and for our students,
fifteen graduating classes of whom now
proudly identify with both Penn State University
and The Dickinson School of Law, which is
how it should be since the Law School now is
proudly both. I hope we and our students can
count on your continued help and support, for
which the Law School always will be thankful.
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VERBATIM
“That’s not
even a quarter
of their profits.
I was up in arms.”
Professor Katrice Bridges Copeland,
on learning that Pfizer had entered
a third corporate integrity
agreement with the U.S government
and paid $2.3 billion in fines
to avoid being banned from
doing business with Medicare.
Source: USA Today, March 5, 2012.
She wrote a 63‐page law review article
on securing compliance from PHARMA,
excerpted in this issue on page 30.
“I studied
day and
night to be
a judge.”
Visiting researcher
Judge Orhan Karabacak,
who placed 20th out of 5,000
test‐takers on the national
judicial exam in Turkey—
without the benefit of
having a law degree.
Judge Karabacak chose
to complete his doctoral
research at Penn State Law
this year.
“Mac was one of my favorite
people at the law school. No
matter what, he could be
relied upon every day for
a smile.”
Douglas Boorstein ’06
on the passing of H. Mac
Nelson (see page 35).
“Charter schools tend to be more racially
segregated than traditional public schools.
What we tried to do is write ways to enable
charter schools to promote desegregation
rather than exacerbate segregation.”
Professor Preston Green,
professor of law and education,
explaining a brief he co‐authored
“Chartering Equity: Using Charger
School Legislation and Policy to
Advance Educational Opportunity.”
Source: Huffington Post,
February 22, 2012
“At a very young age
I learned what the
price of freedom had
cost my parents.”
Mariam Elhadri ’12,
founding member of
Lawyers for Justice in
Libya, on her parents’
exile from Libya (see
page 11).
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IN BRIEF
Penn State Law faculty will teach another
course in Istanbul, Turkey, this summer for
legal practitioners and business executives. The
program will focus on “legal English,” advocacy,
competition, contracts, international tax, and international
choice of law.
Lawyers in last year’s training program in business and law take a
break in Istanbul, Turkey.
World on Trial aired nationwide this spring.
You can watch the episode and join the discussion
now at www.worldontrial.psu.edu.
Two teams of LL.M. students competed
in the first international commercial
arbitration competition created specifically
for LL.M. students at American University in
Washington, D.C.
Professor Randall Robinson, host and creator of World on Trial,
observes Episode One, which examines the 2004 French headscarf
ban.
The Women’s Law Caucus awarded
Teresa Currier ’85 the Hon. Sylvia H.
Rambo Award. The Women’s Law Caucus, the
Law School community, and the Currier family
celebrated with her at the Law School.
Teresa S.K. Currier ’85 and the Hon. Sylvia H. Rambo ’62 celebrate
Currier’s accomplishments.
Hon. Thomas I. Vanaskie ’78 tells
graduates to dream and believe.
Celebrating the Class of 2012, Judge Thomas
I. Vanaskie of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit addressed graduates
and hundreds of their friends and family members
at commencement on May 12.
He encouraged graduates to dream big. “I
know beyond a reasonable doubt that you are
dreamers and believers. You chose law school
because you believe that an education in the law
will prepare you to make a positive difference in
the lives of others. Today one of your dreams is
fulfilled. The diploma you receive is more than a
written memorial of the dream fulfilled. That
The Hon. Thomas I. Vanaskie ’78 addressed the Class of 2012.
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diploma is a passport to opportunities
that are not even imaginable at this
time.
“Never stop believing in the
power of a dream. Dream large and
believe passionately. It has been said
that what you can conceive in your
mind and believe in your heart you
can achieve with effort. I call on you,
the Class of 2012, to be dreamers and
believers,” Vanaskie said.
Judge Vanaskie has served as a
circuit judge on the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
since 2010. From 1993 until his elevation
to the court of appeals, Judge
Vanaskie served as a district judge on
the United States District Court for
the Middle District of Pennsylvania
and as chief judge from 1999 to 2006.
He is the chair of the Information
Technology Committee of the Judicial
Conference of the United States. He is
a former member of the Judicial Conference
of the United States and the
Board of Directors of the Federal
Judges Association.
The ceremony recognized 228
J.D. and LL.M degree recipients comprised
of students from across the
United States and from 17 other countries.
Four of the J.D. graduates also
earned joint degrees from other Penn
State graduate schools.
Commencement ceremonies were
held in University Park and Carlisle,
PA, simultaneously. The two locations
were interconnected by high-definition
audiovisual telecommunications
to enable audiences at each campus to
see and hear the entire event in real
The Docket
DATE:
September 7, 2012
9:45 a.m. - 3:30.p.m. (approximate)
PROGRAM:
Immigration Remedies for Victims of
Domestic Violence
The Center for Immigrants' Rights and Centre County
Women's Resource Center will present basic training and
tools for lawyers and advocates about the immigration
remedies available under the law for victims of domestic
violence and abuse. Anticipate 5 CLE credit hours. Event will
be live in University Park, simulcast to Carlisle.
DATE:
September 28, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (approximate)
PROGRAM:
Justice for All
Examining Privilege and Subordination in the U.S. Legal System
will examine privilege and discrimination through the
lens of various critical race theories. This program is presented
with the Penn State University Africana Research
Center. Anticipate 3 CLE credit hours. Event will be live in
Carlisle, simulcast to University Park.
DATE:
September 28 - 29, 2012
PROGRAM:
Alumni & Reunion Weekend
Carlisle, PA
Celebrating class years ending in 2s and 7s, this event is
open to all alumni. To get involved with the Alumni Weekend
Planning Committee, contact Robin Fulton at
rjf20@psu.edu or call 717‐241‐3504.
time.
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ON CAMPUS
CALLED TO SERVICE
Inspired by mentors and family members
who served in the military, four members
of the Class of 2012 joined the U.S. Army
Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
Meghan McClincy
When Meghan McClincy
wrapped up her legal internship with
JAG last summer, she did not want to
leave. She had rotated among various
groups in the JAG office and become
attached to the camaraderie and working
on a mission bigger than any one
individual. McClincy was thrilled to be
chosen from a pool of thousands of
Vietlong Nguyen, Meghan McClincy, Melody Mahla, and Sara Carlson will
applications for a position in the U.S. begin their legal careers with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
Army JAG Corps.
“I can’t think of a more honorable way to pleted anesthesia residencies at Walter Reed. For
begin a law career,” said McClincy.
Mahla this experience provides her with an “opportunity
to help soldiers; to show my appreciation
for men and women who are going to
Sara Carlson
Sara Carlson is a graduate of West Point. Afghanistan and elsewhere when they don’t have
She was an MP for five years and then served to,” she said.
overseas as a civilian before beginning law
school. Married to an Army pilot whose deployments
sometimes overlapped with hers, Carlson Vietlong Nguyen, inspired by the military
Vietlong Nguyen
attended law school with two small children experiences of his political science professor who
while her husband was deployed. “It’s tough to was a former captain in the Marines and a judge,
get into the JAG Corps,” she said, remarking that joined the Army ROTC when he was an undergraduate.
Nguyen received his commission and
persistence pays off. “The real world isn’t going
to open the door for you; sometimes you have to an education delay to attend law school and
break it down.”
opted to join a local Army Reserve Unit, with
which he drills one weekend a month.
Melody Mahla
“I was so happy to get that call,” he said. “I
Melody Mahla was born at Walter Reed was jet lagged from coming back from the holidays
so I needed to double check my caller I.D. to
Army Medical Center. Her mother was a lieutenant
colonel in the Army Medical Corps and make sure I didn’t dream it.”
her father was a major. Both of her parents com-
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The four new JAG attorneys will join the
company of these alumni who are serving
or have served in the U.S. military.*
Wall of Honor
Anson Asbury ’98
U.S. Army JAG Corps
Jessica Guise ’04
U.S. Army JAG Corps
Ryan R. Jones ’03 and fellow alumnus Matthew Dunham ’03
joined the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps after graduation. The pair met
up for the first time since law school at Bagram Air Base in
Afghanistan recently. “It was a nice coincidence to run into a familiar
face in such a distant place,” said Jones, a reservist who
was mobilized earlier last year. Dunham is on active duty.
Ralph E. Avery ’72
U.S. Army Litigation Center
Emilee Kujat Baldini ’09
U.S. Navy JAG Corps
Christopher F. Burne ’83
U.S. Air Force JAG Corps
Bradford B. Byrnes ’90
Joint POW/MIA
Accounting Command
U.S. Pacific Command
Ryan E. Calef ’03
JAG Corps
Pennsylvania National Guard
Charles A. Cosgrove ’71
U.S. Army
Demmon F. Canner ’72
U.S. Army JAG Corps
Patrick L. Cummings ’89
U.S. Army JAG Corps
Christopher Hamilton ’90
U.S. Marine Corps
Andrew C. Herrold ’08
U.S. Army JAG Corps
Keith O. Hickman ’06
U.S. Army JAG Corps
John S. Hogan ’91
U.S. Marine JAG Corps
Dand Leta ’74
U.S. Air Force
Robert G. Matthews ’51
U.S. Air Force
Joseph A. Malizia ’10
U.S. Marine JAG Corps
Robert N. Michaels ’02
U.S. Army JAG Corps
Kevin J. Mikolashek’96
U.S. Army
THE MARCH AHEAD
New “associates” in the U.S. Army JAG Corps
undergo the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course
(JAOBC), consisting of three phases —
• 12-day training course in military law in Fort
Lee, Virginia.
• 10.5-week academic training course in
Charlottesville, Virginia. Dubbed TJAGLCS—for The
Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School.
Training focuses on military criminal law, government
contract and fiscal law, administrative, and international
and operational law.
• 6-week Direct Commissioned Officer Course in
Fort Benning, Georgia. This training is required for all
United States Army officers and consists of weapons,
combat, fitness, and biological and chemical operations
training.
Ryan Ditchkofsky ’11
U.S. Air Force JAG Corps
John G. Doyle ’05
U.S. Army
Annemarie Drazenovich ’02
U.S. Army JAG Corps
Andrew R. Eisemann ’01
U.S. Army
Gilpen R. Fegley ’76
U.S. Army JAG Corps
Peggy L. Gieseking ’93
U.S. Army
David C. Petrone ’78
U.S. Navy
Regina I. Tellado ’98
U.S. Army
Matthew H. Watters ’02
U.S. Army JAG Corps
Jane L. Winand ’84
U.S. Army
Tiffany A. Wishard ’89
U.S. Army JAG Corps
Richard Davis Younts ’02
U.S. Air Force JAG Corps
*This list is generated from alumni information shared with us.
To update your contact and career information please send a
note to alumni@law.psu.edu.
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ON CAMPUS
COURT ON CAMPUS
Pennsylvania judges filled the bench and
jury box in the Apfelbaum Courtroom when the
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania conducted
a special argument session and a joint
session with the Centre County Court of Common
Pleas on March 15. Judge Thomas
Kistler ’82, President Judge of Centre County
Court of Common Pleas who introduced the
morning’s events, said it had been 17 years since
the Commonwealth Court had been in Centre
County. Law students heard arguments in six
cases which were simulcast to the Greg Sutliff
Auditorium and to the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom
and Auditorium in Carlisle.
A panel of three Commonwealth Court
judges, Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer, who has
served as an adjunct member of the faculty at
the Law School, Judge Robert Simpson ’76,
and Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt ’78, heard
oral arguments on cases involving zoning, governmental
immunity, eminent domain and public
employment.
Prior to the arguments, Jeffrey Bower, president
of the Centre County Bar association presented
United States and Pennsylvania flags to be used
in the courtroom in honor of retired Common
Pleas Court Judge David Grine ’73.
LEED SILVER FOR
LEWIS KATZ HALL
U.S. Green Building Council awarded Lewis Katz
Hall in Carlisle LEED Silver Certification in April
2012. Lewis Katz Hall features a green roof
(pictured at right) that reduces the building’s “heat
island” effect, steel fabricated in the eastern
United States and other local building materials,
and low-flow plumbing fixtures to minimize water
Dianthus deltoides
“Brilliant”
Maiden Pink
consumption.
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KIEV UNIVERSITY OF LAW
AWARDS HONORARY DEGREE
TO WILLIAM E. BUTLER
The Kiev University of Law of the National
Academy of Sciences Ukraine awarded an honorary
doctor of laws to Professor William E.
Butler along with Dr. V. V. Dudintsev, former
prime minister of Ukraine.
Professor Butler, an arbitrator and mediator,
is a member of the Panel of Distinguished Neutrals
for the International Institute for Conflict
Prevention and Resolution and in his fourth
term on the Russian International Court of Commercial
Arbitration. Professor Butler is the John
Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law
and International Affairs, and he teaches LL.M.
students, J.D. students, and students in the
Penn State School of International Affairs.
He has been a member of the National Academy
of Sciences of Ukraine for more than 20 years
and is working on a treatise on the laws of Ukraine.
The Kiev University of Law, the only teaching
and research unit within the National Academy
of Sciences of Ukraine, has over 3,000 law
students.
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ALUMNI NEWS
ABIGAIL LEGROW ’04
IS THE NEWEST MASTER
IN CHANCERY FOR THE
DELAWARE JUDICIARY
Abigail LeGrow was appointed Master in
Chancery for the Delaware Court of Chancery in
September 2011.
“For any Delaware lawyer, it is a tribute to
be appointed as master of the highly acclaimed
Court of Chancery, particularly given the level of
talent and accomplishment required to be considered
for that position,” said The Hon. Jack B.
Jacobs, Delaware Supreme Court Justice and
LeGrow’s first employer.
“The appointment
of Abby
LeGrow is well-deserved.
She graduated
first in her law
school class, and as
a private practitioner,
quickly developed
a reputation
for excellence in her
chosen fields, including
business
law cases litigated
in that court.”
“To me, working
on this court, and for the Delaware Judiciary
in general, is a tremendous honor,” said LeGrow.
“The Court of Chancery is held in high esteem
nationwide, due in large part to the qualifications
and dedication of the chancellors and vice
chancellors past and present.” The Court of
Chancery was established by the Delaware Constitution
of 1792.
“It is nice to consider a
case from all sides and
all angles, and then try
to reach the ‘right’ result...
it is similar to a
law school exam, only
there is a lot more
riding on the outcome.”
The Court of Chancery’s jurisdiction is primarily
limited to cases based in equity. Masters
in Chancery have traditionally handled the “general”
equity jurisdiction of the Court, particularly
trusts and estates, guardianship, and disputes
involving real property.
Prior to joining the Delaware Judiciary,
LeGrow was an associate with the corporate
group of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP.
“During my time in private practice, I was able
to represent different corporations which gave
me the chance to learn about a variety of fields,”
said LeGrow.
Her switch from advocacy to impartiality has
been challenging “but in a good way,” she said.
“I think advocacy comes easier to most lawyers
(myself included), because we are usually arguers
by nature, and it is fun to be told ‘here is your
side, here is where you want to end up, now go
do it.’ But so far I’ve enjoyed the role of impartial
decision maker. It is nice to consider a case from
all sides and all angles, and then try to reach the
‘right’ result. In that sense, it is similar to a law
school exam, only there is a lot more riding on
the outcome.”
Her husband, Brian LeGrow ’04, is an associate
with the Law Offices of Vincent B.
Mancini & Associates. He focuses his practice
on business litigation, commercial litigation, real
estate, Civil Rights Section 1983, federal civil
practice, and landlord-tenant law.
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MARIAM ELHADRI DEDICATES
HERSELF TO DEMOCRACY IN LIBYA
When the Arab Spring spread to Libya in
February 2011, Mariam Elhadri ’12 knew she
needed to help in any way she could. Her parents
were born and raised in Libya. At age 28,
her father was exiled for his views against
Muammar Gaddafi and his support for democracy
and human rights. “At a very young age, I
learned what the price of freedom had cost my
parents. My father was never allowed back into
Libya and was unable to see his family and
friends for thirty-two years until this past year.
Although we were separated from Libya physically,
it was always in our hearts through my
parents’ stories and memories,” she said.
Along with six Libyan lawyers living in a diaspora
in Dubai, Paris, New York, Madrid, London,
and Pennsylvania, Elhadri formed Lawyers
for Justice in Libya (LFJL) with the anticipation
of all the legal challenges that may arise during
this conflict, from the collection and preservation
of evidence to the administration of justice.
Fluent in Arabic, Elhadri coordinated a
training workshop held in Sousse, Tunisia, for
thirty Libyan lawyers, judges, and political activists
who represented eighteen cities and towns
in Libya. LFJL staff provided training on monitoring
elections and constitution building in
post-conflict environments. “This was the first
time the participants were trained in this discipline
of law as it was banned from law school
curriculums and practice during Gaddafi’s rule,”
said Elhadri. “One of our participants went on to
become the head commissioner of the election
commission. I also had the pleasure of discovering
that one of the participants, Abdudayem
El-Gharabli, a prominent Libyan lawyer, is a
1981 alumnus of the Law School.”
Elhadri managed a video
evidence database for international
court systems investigating
crimes in Libya. She
documented videos of rape,
torture, and the shelling of
homes. “It was hard to separate
my work and my emotions
without thinking of my
entire extended family that
remained in Libya throughout
this time period,” said Elhadri.
“But when I recall the
“At a very
young age, I
learned what
the price of
freedom had
cost my parents.
sacrifices that these people made to have their
voices heard, I feel motivated to work harder.”
Elhadri worked day and night with attorneys
in other time zones while completing her law degree.
She continues her work with LFJL between
offices in London and Tripoli, handling international
criminal law, international humanitarian
law, election law, and transitional law. “I hope
through my work I am able to contribute, to any
degree, to a long-lasting, independent judiciary
and functioning democratic society in Libya
based on the rule of law,” she said.
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ALUMNI NEWS
ALUMNI TAKE ON KBR,
MANDATORY ARBITRATION
By Dyanna Stupar
Stephanie Morris ’00 knows what it’s like
to be the victim of a sex crime. She was eighteen
years old when she was kidnapped, raped, shot,
and thrown into a river. She pretended to be
dead in order to survive the attack. On the way
to the emergency room she nearly died.
For days local news sources reported on the
attack as investigators tried to find the person
who turned Morris’ life into a horror story.
Eventually the perpetrator was found, arrested,
and imprisoned. An attorney helped Morris obtain
civil justice through a premises liability claim.
Morris is now an advocate for victims of violence
and encourages others to speak out so that
other victims will be encouraged to make their
voices heard.
Morris began her practice, The Law Office
of Stephanie M. Morris, LLC, in D.C. in
2006. She focuses on obtaining civil justice for
victims. “For years I have worked as a prosecutor
and as an advocate for victims and believe
that it’s an area of law that has only recently
emerged, which is unfortunate because obtaining
civil justice for victims is empowering, and
helps victims heal,” said Morris.
In 2007, Morris met Jamie Leigh Jones, a
former civilian military contractor of KBR/Halliburton,
who accused fellow KBR employees of
drugging and gang-raping her at Camp Hope,
Baghdad, Iraq. Morris and co-counsel Todd
Kelly ’95 of The Kelly Law Firm in Houston,
Texas, represented Jones and challenged KBR
and a mandatory arbitration provision in order
to get a hearing in a federal court.
Stephanie Morris, lawyer for Jamie Leigh Jones (second from left) shakes
hands with Rep. Hank Johnson (D‐GA) (R) as Jones' husband, Kallan Daigle
looks on after a news conference on Capitol Hill December 19, 2007, in
Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Four years later (six years after the alleged
incident), Jones put her personal life on display
for a jury in an effort to seek justice against one
perpetrator. “Jamie was courageous and told her
story to the public all in an effort to change the
law for future victims,” said Morris.
Unfortunately for Jones, her rape kit went
“missing.” According to Morris, the gynecologist
who performed the rape kit handed it directly to
Halliburton security. The U.S. State Department
was not informed of the rape for hours. A year
later, Morris called the State Department agent
assigned to the case, and the agent denied a rape
kit was ever performed. Morris didn’t give up,
and insisted the agent continue looking. It was
finally found in that agent’s evidence locker, but
photos and the top copy of the doctor’s notes
were absent.
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Jones testified that in the hours that KBR
failed to call the State Department, she was
placed in an armed trailer and treated poorly,
while the accused was permitted to roam the
camp freely, “most likely corroborating his
story,” said Morris. Jones remained under supervision,
while the accused was not interviewed
for days.
“I wrote several letters to the Department of
Justice (DOJ) asking why they were not pursuing
the investigation and prosecution,” said
Morris. “I was told by the victims’ rights ombudsman
that DOJ did not have jurisdiction to
prosecute the case. Afterwards, we filed suit in
federal court and 20/20 aired a show on the
failed investigation.”
Even though the jury ruled in favor of the
defendants, Morris explained that the case has
spurred change to help victims on military bases
in two ways. “First, KBR compelled Jamie to arbitrate
all her claims pursuant to an arbitration
provision in her employment contract,” said
Morris. “Fortunately, the Southern District of
Texas and the Fifth Circuit ruled that rape was
not included in the arbitration provision.” Halliburton
appealed and filed for certionari with
the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Second, in January 2010, KBR’s cert petition
was pending when Senator Al Franken held
a hearing and introduced a provision to the Defense
Appropriations Bill that banned all defense
contractors from forcing employees to arbitrate
Title VII claims, or any claims related to rape or
sexual assault. If an employer forced an employee
to arbitrate such claims, they would not
be paid under the contract with the Department
of Defense. The amendment was passed and
KBR withdrew its petition for cert, which allowed
us to proceed to trial in June 2011.” This
amendment needs to be renewed each year.
Civil Rights Appellate Clinic director Professor
Michael Foreman appeared with Jones several
times to testify about legislation on
pre-dispute binding arbitration. Urging Congress
to address the issue, Professor Foreman
said that pre-dispute mandatory arbitration is
“not just an employment issue or a civil rights
issue; it is an issue that cuts to the core of this
country’s ideals of equality and due process.”
When advising potential clients on pursuing
civil justice, Morris describes civil suits as “gutwrenching
and stressful.” In her experience with
rape and sexual assault cases, the case typically
hinges on the credibility of the victim. “Defendants
attack and do their best to prove a victim
is lying,” said Morris. “Every victim should be
prepared beforehand. If you report a rape, your
personal history will be reviewed in painstaking
detail and any discrepancies will be used to
prove you are lying about the rape. This is exactly
what Halliburton/KBR did to Jamie. Although
the rape shield laws have helped victims
tremendously, they are not enough.”
Morris recently joined the staff of the
National Center for Victims of Crime, a resource
and advocacy organization dedicated to helping
crime victims rebuild their lives.
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ALUMNI NEWS
Dear Alumni and Friends:
I am thrilled to be writing to you as the newly
elected president of The Dickinson School of
Law Alumni Society of the Penn State Alumni
Association for the 2012-2013 term. As reported
in previous issues of Lexicon, members of the
Law School’s General Alumni Association (GAA)
voted to dissolve the GAA and establish a new
alumni organization consistent with the other
Alumni Societies under the Penn State Alumni
Association. On February 4, 2012, the inaugural Board
of Directors of the Alumni Society was installed at a
meeting in historic Trickett Hall in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
The Alumni Society’s inaugural Board of Directors
is composed of sixteen alumni members and reflects
the knowledge, thoughts, and history of decades of
graduates. A total of thirty board seats are provided for
in the Alumni Society’s bylaws, which were approved
and adopted at the start of the February meeting. We
will be holding elections to fill the remaining board
seats during the Alumni Society’s fall meeting on Friday,
September 28, 2012, in Carlisle.
We invite anyone interested in formalizing their
support of the Law School to consider running for one
of the vacant board positions. All alumni are welcome
to participate in the Alumni Society’s activities as
members of the board or as volunteers on the many
board committees established in the bylaws. These
committees include Admissions, Career Planning, Development,
Diversity, Faculty Relations, and a host of
other valuable areas that support the Law School and
its students. I hope you will join us as alumni volunteers,
and I welcome your input and participation in
achieving the Alumni Society’s mission.
Sincerely,
Mitchell B. Klein ’87
President, The Dickinson School of Law
Alumni Society, Penn State Alumni Association
THE DICKINSON SCHOOL OF LAW
ALUMNI SOCIETY BOARD MEMBERS (2012‐2013 Term)
Don Wieand ’76
Stevens & Lee, P.C.
Bethlehem, PA
George Joseph ’82
Shareholder, Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto, Inc.
Erie, PA
Mitchell Klein ’87
General Counsel, Police and Fire Federal Credit Union
Philadelphia, PA
John Miravich ’89
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
Exton, PA
Kevin Steele ’92
First Asst. District Attorney, Montgomery Co.
Norristown, PA
Jeffrey Yelen ’97
Partner, Yelen Law Offices
Wilkes‐Barre, PA
Shanon Carson ’00
Shareholder, Berger & Montague PC
Philadelphia, PA
Matthew Esworthy ’01
Partner, Shapiro, Sher, Guinot, and Sandler
Baltimore, MD
Lorine Angelo Ogurkis ’02
Associate General Counsel, Eagle Rock Resort
Hazle Township, PA
Matt Watters ’02
Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Del Rio, TX
Annie Cordo ’05
Associate, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP
Wilmington, DE
Kevin Skjoldal ’05
Associate, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC
Harrisburg, PA
Joshua Parsons ’06
Clerk of Courts, Lancaster County
Lancaster, PA
Joel Samuels ’08
Associate, Harness Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
St. Louis, MO
Alison Kilmartin ’09
Associate, Jones Day LLP
Pittsburgh, PA
Alex Smith ’06 Lib, ’09 DSL
Staff Attorney, U.S. Department of Labor
Washington, DC
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The Intersection of
LAW and MEDICINE
Jennifer Young:
International Government
Affairs Advocate
Dr. Mark Polin:
New Life, New Career
Caroline West:
Innovation While Doing
the Right Thing

Jennifer Young:
INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS ADVOCATE
By Pam Knowlton
Jennifer Young ’05 is a woman on the
move. As director of international public and
government affairs at Novartis Corporation, she
travels extensively across Latin America, Europe,
Asia, and the Middle East. In the course of
one week, her work recently took her to Turkey,
Belgium, and Switzerland. Working in international
settings and across cultures is one of her
favorite aspects of her work, and doing so requires
flexibility.
“In my opinion, the most important skills
for working in diverse environments and in different
cultural settings are to be a good listener,
and to be adaptable when developing strategies
and approaches for local contexts,” Young said.
“For example, although Novartis faces similar
policy challenges globally, there are nuances to
issues in specific markets. Thus, an approach
that is effective in Europe may not resonate in
Latin America. I try to apply a principled approach
taking into account the needs of key
stakeholders when responding to policy challenges
based on corporate policy positions, and
adapt approaches to reflect the political, legislative,
and business environment of the specific
market in question.”
Young’s position primarily focuses on supporting
Novartis operations within Latin America
and Canada. As governments are increasingly
faced with budget pressures and often seek to
cut biopharmaceutical spending, she works to
develop strategies for Novartis that demonstrate
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the value of its products and willingness to partner
with governments to meet patient needs.
The Advocate
Young credits her legal background with
helping her contribute a unique perspective
when analyzing complex public policy issues and
developing strategies to shape the global health
care environment. “I regularly analyze trade policy,
intellectual property, and regulatory issues,
many of which are linked to international legal
obligations such as Free Trade Agreements and
World Trade Organization instruments. I enjoy
advocating with
both the U.S. and
foreign governments
to implement
public
policies consistent
with rule of law
principles.”
As an illustration
of this type of
cross-cultural advocacy
Young said
that when a government
announces
its
intention to implement
policies to
achieve savings in its health care sector by reducing
biopharmaceutical expenditures, her job
is to present evidence-based arguments demonstrating
why such short-term measures to cut
costs are not in the best interests of patients,
health systems or for ensuring sustained research
and development investment in their
country. “In doing so, I not only coordinate
closely within my company to develop policy positions
emphasizing the importance of policy
“One of the most challenging
aspects was developing
coordinated U.S. government
policy positions across
government agencies since
so many agencies cover
intellectual property or
related issues as they
pertain to China.”
frameworks supportive of innovation and market
access, but also advocate our position with
external stakeholders including governments,
policy makers, trade associations, think tanks,
patient groups, and others,” Young said.
From Advocate to Negotiator
In addition to market access issues, Young
also develops public affairs strategies related to
trade policy issues. For example, now that the
U.S. government is negotiating a multi-lateral
trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) Agreement, she has been involved
in coordinating
Novartis positions on
intellectual property,
transparency, and
substandard medicine
issues and communicating
those positions
with TPP negotiating
partners including the
U.S. government, New
Zealand government,
and other potential
parties such as the
Canadian and Mexican
governments.
“Novartis supports opportunities
within
global, bilateral, and regional trade agreements
to enhance and strengthen intellectual property
rights protections and enforcement, and market
access liberalization. I work closely with other
industries and within trade associations to support
trade negotiating principles that will bring
the largest welfare gains for all parties involved
and the broadest protection against discrimination,
while ensuring compliance with obligations
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established in the World Trade Organization
(WTO) agreements,” she explained.
The Path to Novartis
Prior to joining Novartis last year, Young
worked at Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America (PhRMA), a trade association
in Washington, D.C., where she led
advocacy efforts on issues facing the researchbased
biopharmaceutical industry related to
government pricing and reimbursement policies,
market access and other barriers to trade, and
intellectual property issues.
Like at Novartis, flexibility was also essential
in her position at PhRMA where she regularly
engaged with U.S. and foreign governments, as
well as with multilateral institutions including
the WTO, the World Health Organization, the
International Monetary Fund, and the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development
to communicate and advocate on behalf of
biopharmaceutical companies.
Young began her career in public policy and
government affairs as an international trade specialist
as part of a Presidential Management Fellowship
at the U.S. Department of Commerce
where she contributed to the Department’s effort
to protect intellectual property for U.S. businesses
and to resolve market access issues in
China and Northeast Asia.
“I served on the largest U.S. trade mission to
Mumbai and Chennai, India; as part of the U.S.
delegation to a World Trade Organization case
between the U.S. and China on intellectual property
issues; and was detailed to work with the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office at the U.S.
Embassy in Beijing, China.”
While at the Department of Commerce,
Young worked on a WTO dispute between the
U.S. and China involving intellectual property issues,
the first case of its kind between the two
countries. “Due to the high profile and sensitive
ABOUT NOVARTIS
Created in 1996 by the merger of the Swiss companies
Ciba‐Geigy and Sandoz, Novartis is a global
corporation dedicated to the research and development
of healthcare products. Its core businesses
are innovative medicines, eye care, cost‐saving
generic pharmaceuticals, preventive vaccines and
diagnostic tools, over‐the‐counter and animal
health products. With its global headquarters in
Basel, Switzerland, the Novartis Group companies
employ approximately 124,000 full‐time‐equivalent
associates in 140 countries.
nature of the issues, I participated in many
closed-door strategy discussions with U.S. government
agencies in Washington, Beijing, and
Geneva,” Young said. “One of the most challenging
aspects was developing coordinated U.S.
government policy positions across government
agencies since so many agencies cover intellectual
property or related issues as they pertain to
China. To facilitate coordination, I was designated
as a lead for the Commerce Department
for one of the panel hearings in the dispute and
met frequently with a U.S. government interagency
team to contribute agency knowledge
and expertise.”
“The experience of contributing to analysis
in the U.S. government’s briefs filed with the
WTO, as well as participating in a case panel
meeting at the WTO in Geneva, and briefing senior
officials was intense, but rewarding. The
most rewarding aspect was the ability to skillfully
represent the Department of Commerce as
part of an interagency U.S. government delegation
in a major trade dispute. I gained unparalleled
experience analyzing intellectual property
issues with senior U.S. government officials in
Washington, Geneva, and Beijing, and was able
to participate in a WTO case panel meeting,
which is a rare and exciting experience.”
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MARK POLIN:
NEW LIFE, NEW CAREER
By Crystal Stryker and Dyanna Stupar
Dr. Mark S. Polin ’10 has devoted
his career to helping women. As an
OBGYN in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
he delivered about 2,000 babies and focused
his practice on treating infertility
and performing advanced laparoscopic
and vaginal surgery.
In the fall of 2002 his life changed
forever. He burned his right hand while
working at home the day before Thanksgiving.
The newborn delivery he had
done the day before would turn out to be
his last. He endured four hand surgeries
and painful skin grafts to save the tips of
his fingers, and while he was able to return
to full-time office practice, the scarring
and nerve damage precluded his
returning to the operating and delivery
rooms.
Frustrated by his inability to perform
surgery and provide the comprehensive
care for which he trained, Dr. Polin decided
to follow his eldest son, then a student
at William and Mary Law School,
into the legal profession. Dr. Polin graduated
(again) in 2010, having earned his
undergraduate degree at Penn State in
1978.
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Graduate School, Take Two
“For me it was the campus in State College
that made it feasible for me to attend,” said Dr.
Polin. He credits his friends and his wife, Ellen,
for encouraging him to pursue law school. The
Polin family temporarily fractured; he moved to
State College where his middle son was attending
Penn State. Ellen remained behind with their
daughter Kathryn, who was finishing high school
in Dallas, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Polin was confident in his abilities to endure
the rigors of law school. He graduated with
honors from the University of Pittsburgh School
of Medicine and typically worked 100-hour
weeks as an OBGYN resident. He ran the Marine
Corps Marathon ten years in a row.
Nevertheless, law school was a real challenge
for Dr. Polin. “I found law school extremely
difficult. I’d like to think it was a
combination of age and having focused entirely
on science and medicine for more than thirty
years.”
Despite the academic challenges and the inherent
stress that come with being a law student,
Dr. Polin recalls his time at Penn State with fond
memories. “Being around so many bright and
energetic young men and women was a wonderful
experience, as was attending oral argument
at the Supreme Court and having the opportunity
to meet and speak with Justice Antonin
Scalia. My fondest memories, though, were attending
Penn State simultaneously with my son,
where we would ride the LOOP together, following
which my daughter attended Penn State as a
freshman while I remained at State to study for
the bar exam. How great is that for a dad?”
A Medical Legal Career
After graduation and taking the Pennsylvania
and New Jersey bar exams in July 2010, Dr.
Polin joined the Philadelphia law firm Kline &
Specter as one of their physician-lawyers. Dr.
Polin’s primary focus is on medical malpractice,
but he is also involved in other aspects of personal
injury, including the mass tort currently
being pursued by Kline & Specter against the
manufacturers of Transvaginal Mesh, a product
that has caused a multitude of significant injuries
following gynecologic procedures.
“Some women have horrendous injuries
from this,” he explained. According to Dr. Polin,
the manufacturers of these products marketed
them for vaginal use without adequate testing.
“Unfortunately, it can be impossible to remove
the mesh without causing significant injury.”
Dr. Polin finds it enriching to work and interact
with six other physician-lawyers. Working
with a team of very talented trial lawyers, led by
the firm’s founding partners Tom Kline and
Shanin Specter, Dr. Polin is very impressed with
the intellectual ferment that comes from working
in a firm with seven MD-JDs, perhaps the
most of any firm in the U.S. The quality of the
firm’s work requires Dr. Polin to work long
hours and learn quickly, and he analogizes this
to the practice of medicine. “It’s a real pleasure
to learn from such a skilled group of lawyers
while contributing my own (limited) expertise to
the firm,” he said. His routine as a second-year
associate bears some resemblance to the rigors
of practicing medicine; he wakes up at 5 a.m.,
runs two to four miles, and leaves home at 6:30
a.m. to take the train into Philadelphia. He typically
returns home to Doylestown at 8:30 p.m.
In his first case as a member of the Kline &
Specter trial team, Dr. Polin assisted Shanin
Specter in a birth injury case that concluded
with a $21.6 million verdict for a brain-injured
boy, a second twin whose delivery was delayed,
resulting in catastrophic injuries that require
24/7 care. The award, most of which will pay for
future medical expenses, was the largest-ever
personal injury verdict in Erie County.
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Prescriptions for Change
Dr. Polin, who has been
a medical malpractice defendant
himself, thinks
medical malpractice litigation
helps maintain the
high quality of medicine.
Dr. Polin explained that
Kline & Specter screens
rigorously for merit when
choosing cases. “The best
of physicians can have poor outcomes, and this
occurs because they typically handle the toughest
cases. By far the majority of meritorious
claims, however, involve substandard care by a
team of health care providers and hospitals, not
just individual physicians.”
Dr. Polin thinks the medical profession
needs to develop a more effective means of policing
itself. “Unless and until the medical profession
institutes a self-policing system that works
with the legal system, instead of against it, absent
litigation, substandard medical care will go
unchecked and injured patients will be without
adequate recourse. As a physician I experienced
firsthand the code of silence embraced by the
medical establishment and now as an attorney
I’ve come to understand the extent to which it
exists. Good physicians may be chastised if their
support of a plaintiff’s claim is discovered, and
entire physician subspecialties prohibit their
members from testifying on behalf of plaintiffs,
yet not defendants, irrespective of the facts and
merits.”
Dr. Polin points out that the legal profession
is not blameless. While he understands many
lawyers don’t realize the huge impact medical
malpractice lawsuits can have on physicians and
families, yet recognizes the absolute obligation
attorneys have to their clients, he notes this obligation
is not without ethical bounds that can be
violated under the guise of zealous representation.
As fond as Dr. Polin was of obstetrics and
providing advanced infertility services and surgical
procedures to his patients, he admits that the
best part of his job was simply getting to know
his patients and their families and knowing that
he was having a positive impact on their lives.
Many of his
former patients
continue
to stay
in touch with
him.
Just as
Dr. Polin
loved and
dedicated
himself to the
practice of
medicine, he
now finds
himself similarly
engrossed
and
dedicated to
the field of
law. Dr.
Polin’s own
“As a physician I
experienced firsthand
the code of
silence embraced
by the medical
establishment and
now as an attorney
I’ve come to understand
the extent to
which it exists.”
life and recent career change is a reflection of
what he did as an obstetrician for many women
and many families: he delivered new life into the
world, and with each, began a new and exciting
opportunity for the future.
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CAROLINE WEST:
INNOVATION WHILE DOING
THE RIGHT THING
Caroline West ’85 is Senior Vice President, Chief
Compliance and Risk Officer for Shire Pharmaceuticals,
a global corporation that earned revenues exceeding
$4.2 billion last year. She is responsible for compliance,
risk management, corporate security, health, safety,
and environmental functions.
We caught up with her at her home in Philadelphia
to learn more about her career path, her advice
for new attorneys, and her perspective on being part
of pharmaceutical innovation.
The Company
Shire has three business components that
focus on 1) specialty pharmaceuticals currently
focused in the CNS and GI areas 2) human genetic
therapies for rare diseases such as Gaucher
Disease and Hunters Syndrome and 3) regenerative
medicine, with a treatment for diabetic foot
ulcers.
What do you do?
We have about 5,500 employees, which is
more than double what we had when I started in
2005 and I wear a few more hats now than I did
then. The functions I lead cover a wide range of
risk areas facing a global pharmaceutical company.
In the compliance areas, my team focuses
on assuring that we have in place the right policies,
training, monitoring, and audit to assure
our stakeholders that our products are marketed
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and sold in a manner consistent with very specific
regulations. My job is to innovate within the
rules, and support the overall goals of the company,
but make sure we don’t lose sight of doing
the right thing. The risk management role focuses
on a broader array of risks facing the company,
and I lead a process that seeks to identify
and quantify risks across the entire enterprise to
make sure that we are focusing
on the right priorities
as a company. The
security and HSE functions
are relatively new to
me, but are consistent
with focus on making sure
that the company is
“doing the right thing”
with respect to employee
safety, health and security
and with respect to our
environmental impact
What is your leadership style?
I see leadership in two ways. The first, of
course, is leadership through direct authority.
My personal style, when I have direct authority,
is to set direction, stay in touch, and to let people
do what they’re good at without hovering over
them. I am the conductor of the orchestra. I try
to build teams where people have different skill
sets and personalities, where people think differently
from one another. I try to create an atmosphere
where someone feels comfortable
speaking up to say, “You know, I’m not comfortable
with this.”
Most of my leadership within the company
is by influence. Take, for example, a marketing
leader. Even though I report to the CEO, I’m not
that person’s boss and I don’t want to just tell
“My job is to innovate
within the rules, and
support the overall
goals of the company,
but make sure we
don’t lose sight of
doing the right thing.”
her to do something. But what I can do is make
sure I know her business well—what motivates
her, what incentives she has, what her goals are.
And I can try to walk her through the right questions
to make sure that we as a company are
achieving those goals in the right way. Are sales
goals realistic? Are marketing tactics supporting
legitimate goals? Giving people tools to make the
right decisions themselves
is more powerful than just
approving or disapproving
things.
What do you enjoy about
this work?
I love being an integral
part of a business that really
helps people. Assuring
compliance and identifying
and managing risks are ultimately
a strategic advantage
in this highly regulated
business. The tremendous variety of issues that
cross my desk every day keeps me very engaged.
How do you advise new lawyers on building a career?
Be willing to make a lateral move. People
don’t always think about it, but you have to look
for opportunities to do things that might be outside
of your wheelhouse. Be serious about what
you do, but don’t take yourself too seriously. I
recognize the challenges in today’s legal market,
so flexibility will be key.
How did you get into Compliance and Risk
Management?
I was a litigation associate at Pepper Hamilton
in Philadelphia starting in the mid ’80s, and
I had a lot of contact with in-house counsel and
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CAROLINE WEST
CAREER TIMELINE
1985 - 1990
1985
Associate, Pepper Hamilton
(Philadelphia). West serves
as part of a regional counsel
team in defense of complex
pharmaceucal product
liability maers as well
as other commercial
ligaon.
2000 - 2005
Vice President, Head of
Global Compliance,
Avens (Bridgewater, NJ).
West develops and
implements a global
compliance program
for a company of 75,000
employees in 68 countries.
Graduaon from The Dickinson
School of Law. West works 30
hours per week at the Governor’s
Office in Harrisburg
as a law clerk to pay tuion.
1990 - 1992
Associate Counsel, UGI
Corporaon (Valley Forge).
West is responsible for legal
support to subsidiary
corporaons in the eastern
half of the United States.
1992 - 2000
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc.
(Predecessor of Avens)
(Collegeville). West begins as
Assistant Counsel and moves
to Associate Counsel, Assistant
General Counsel, and becomes
Senior Director of Compliance
from 1997 to 2000.
thought that my skill set matched well
with that role. When I had the chance to
move to an in-house counsel role I took
it. Once there, I looked for opportunities
to try new things and master new
areas outside of my original litigation
niche, and was fortunate to be able to
build an interesting and engaging career
in a fascinating industry, even if I am not
part of the Legal Department anymore.
Any tips for work‐life balance?
I worked full-time with two kids—
now 22 and 24—and did not work parttime
or step out of the workforce for an
extended period. My husband,
Jonathan Sprague ’82, is a longtime
shareholder in the Philadelphia law
firm of Post & Schell, PC. It was
clearly a joint effort between the two of
us. To make things work, I think you
have to focus on what you’re doing,
when you’re doing it. If you’re home,
be home. If you’re working, focus on
work. Sometimes with small kids you
will bill less for a while and you might
need more flexibility. It’s important to
think of your career in stages, with different
emphases along the way. Most
importantly, try to keep a sense of
humor.
2005
West joins Shire (Wayne, PA)
and built the compliance funcon
in a fast-growing bio-pharmaceucal
company.
Now that they are grown, do your
children show any interest in law?
Neither of our children have shown
the slightest inclination to pursue legal
careers. My daughter, Hannah, works
with people with disabilities. My son,
Daniel, is looking at a career in psychology
and music; he may be interested
in music therapy. We are hugely
proud of them.
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THE DOCTORS ARE IN: How
Two Professions Unite to Keep
Kids Healthy and Safe
Did preschooler Susan Holmes lose her ability
to smile, swallow, move, and communicate
because her breathing tube was inserted in the
wrong place during her trip to the emergency
room? In a mock trial held with pediatric medical
residents last semester, the case hinged on
the word “because.”
“She was a joy to have,” said the standardized
patient playing the role of Susan’s mother.
Before her brain injury Susan enjoyed books,
visits to the library, and telling stories. Losing
oxygen during her trip to the emergency room
changed Susan forever, she explained. “Now she
is a shell of a child.”
Law students tried the case before a fourperson
jury consisting of two psychiatric specialists,
an engineer, and a registered nurse. The
jury concluded that the doctor’s possible mistake
did not cause the little girl’s brain injury. Rather,
the head injury that brought Susan to the emergency
room in the first place was the cause of her
current state. A few of the physicians later
pointed out that Susan was likely to have a bad
outcome from the moment she arrived at the
hospital.
“Juror” Amanda Gavin was a medical-surgical
nurse in Martinsburg, Virginia, who drove 90
minutes to attend the event in Carlisle. She plans
to enroll at the Law School in the fall. “I had
never been able to watch a trial before,” she said.
“I thought the standard of care was followed. It
was not perfect, but it was followed.”
After polling the jury, Professor Gary Gildin
asked each of the residents and law students to
comment on the experience and complimented
several of the doctors on their skills as expert
witnesses. Professor Gildin and Dr. Steven J.
Wassner, who organized the event, then hosted
an interdisciplinary discussion on the realities of
practicing medicine, the role of documentation,
and whether a jury trial is the best way to
achieve justice for those who suffer from medical
errors.
“Each and every time we host this event we
learn something,” said Professor Gildin. “This is
why it’s so important for our professions to keep
talking to one another.”
Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital and
the Law School held the first joint Treating Medical
Errors Colloquium in March 2010. Since
then Dr. Wassner and Professor Gildin have
scheduled the event each semester.
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“...we changed from the
‘right stuff’ approach to an
interdisciplinary team
approach where
everyone is involved,
responsible, and mindful.”
— Dr. Steven Wassner
NEW PHYSICIANS LEARN SYSTEMS-
BASED APPROACH
Medicine today has entered its B-17 phase.
Substantial parts of what hospitals do—most
notably, intensive care—are now too complex
for clinicians to carry them out reliably
from memory alone.
— Dr. Atul Guwande, The New Yorker, 2007
Prior generations of doctors were taught to
be perfect—or to hold themselves to an impossible
standard. Mistakes were examined publicly.
“The old process of addressing errors was to
have an ‘M&M’ conference, which stands for
morbidity and mortality. We used to call those
‘blame and shame.’ The idea was that if you just
had the right stuff—the right skills—a mistake
would not have happened,” said Dr. Steven
Wassner, who trains pediatric residents at Penn
State Hershey Children’s Hospital.
“We have since learned that way of thinking
is incorrect. It’s incorrect as a matter of fact, and
it’s incorrect as a matter of systems control,” he
said, adding that the majority of mistakes that
hurt a patient arise from multiple things going
wrong at the same time.
“We want to come up with a system to prevent
those holes from lining up, a system that
prevents errors from reaching patients.” Boardcertified
in pediatrics and pediatric nephrology,
Dr. Wassner is chief of the division of pediatric
nephrology and director of quality and safety at
the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital.
The modern approach is a team approach—
specifically, an interdisciplinary team; being perfect
is a burden that no longer rests only on one
doctor’s shoulders. “Everyone is involved, responsible,
and mindful,” he said. “Nurses are an
integral part of the team and we encourage their
participation.”
As a teaching hospital, Penn State Hershey
Children’s Hospital operates in a way that reflects
the latest knowledge in systems control.
For example, patients wear two forms of identification,
and both are checked regularly. Electronic
medical records and prescriptions reduce
the chance of human error. Doctors and nurses
collaborate to follow checklists. Before the days
of constant internet or data connection, a physician
was expected to memorize treatment steps
for possibly hundreds of conditions. Now, Dr.
Wassner explained, patient care is moving toward
the use of order sets. “This means that a set
of orders for a given condition or situation will
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pop up on a screen. A doctor can look at the orders
in the set and make an independent decision
on whether or not each one is needed, but
now all the correct steps are in one place. The
system is designed to make correct decisions a
presumption.”
PROFESSOR LUCY JOHNSTON-WALSH
LEADS INTERDISCIPLINARY EFFORTS TO
HELP CHILDREN
“Children often stand on the intersection of
law and medicine, especially those who are in
the dependency system,” said Professor Lucy
Johnston-Walsh ’97, who has devoted her career
to representing children and improving
their well-being. As director of the Children’s
Advocacy Clinic she leads several efforts to improve
children’s lives in collaboration with professionals
from other disciplines.
The Children’s Advocacy Clinic hosts pediatric
residents from Penn State Hershey Medical Center
as part of their advocacy rotations. Pediatric
residents help law students understand complex
medical issues with their clients, while the law
students share their knowledge of the legal and
social work systems in place to benefit youth.
Clinic students also collaborate with Penn State
Hershey Children’s Hospital to publish Look Out
for Child Abuse (www.lookoutforchildabuse.org),
a resource on child abuse law, definitions of
abuse, and reporting requirements.
As an advocate for vulnerable children, she
has also begun work to evaluate and address the
over-medication of foster youth. She is developing
a partnership with the Child & Adolescent
Psychiatry Residency Program at Penn State
Hershey Children’s Hospital to better understand
complex mental health needs of child
clients. She is also working on a project to evaluate
over-medicating of foster children with Dr.
Fauzia Mahr of the Penn State College of Medicine.
Penn State University recently appointed
Professor Johnston-Walsh to the Advisory Board
for the new Penn State Center for the Protection of
Children. The center will coordinate research and
teaching activities across the University to prevent
and address child abuse.
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WHY I TEACH
Q&A with Eileen Kane
Professor Eileen Kane holds a Ph.D.
in biology from Cornell University.
After her career in the lab she
obtained a J.D. and worked as a
scientific advisor and patent
attorney in New York City before
joining the Law School.
How do you explain your research?
My career in general is at the intersection of law and science,
drawing on my knowledge and training in both fields. I became a
scientist first and a lawyer second. My technical background is in
the life sciences, particularly molecular biology and biotechnology.
In the last few years I’ve focused on patenting in the genetic
sciences, questions such as the patenting of genes and the
patenting of some laboratory testing methods. These kinds of
patents raise the basic issue of whether or not patenting gets too
close to and crosses a forbidden line in patent law. You’re not
supposed to be able to patent laws of nature or basic scientific
facts.
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What did you study in the lab?
I studied the genes that make up the pox
viruses. I also studied how antiviral drugs
worked to disable the viruses by identifying
which virus molecules were targeted by the drugs.
Why did you leave the lab to study law?
I love science. And I particularly like the policy
issues that come up with technology, like
how is technology understood, managed, regulated,
and safeguarded? How does technology
enter society in a way that is harmonious and
not disruptive? Because of my background in
DNA it was very clear to me that with these biological
advances we were going to see ethical,
political, and social conflicts. I thought having
training in law would allow me to work at the intersection
of technology and its conflicts.
How is biotechnology law evolving?
Everyone is going deeper into the cell, into
the molecules. Detailed genetic information is
increasingly used to make medical decisions. We
have new fields of genetic design, such as synthetic
biology. With respect to patenting, researchers
are identifying new facts and now the question
becomes “in addition to writing a scientific paper,
can I turn this into a patentable property right?”
Why do people want to patent genes?
Some people want to patent isolated genes
that are connected to disease, where there’s financial
gain in taking that gene and using it in a
genetic test. For example, on the extreme end of
the spectrum, one company holds the gene patents
to BRCA1 and BRCA2, commonly called the
breast cancer genes. This particular company
was the only one offering genetic testing services
for patients, and that was troubling to a lot of geneticists,
doctors, ethicists, researchers because
there was no alternative source of opinions or
tests. As a scientist and a clinician you want to
know that the test is accurate. With one vendor,
you have only one test. This created issues of patient
care because it raised the question of how
reliable the genetic testing was. That kind of monopoly
was really troubling to a lot of people on
a medical and clinical basis—having nothing to
do with money. The breast cancer gene patents
have been managed in a way that’s been most
troubling of all. In contrast, other companies
hold gene patents and license them widely so
you have multiple vendors that offer genetic
testing; that’s better for patients.
Do you think genes should be patentable?
No. I believe patenting genes violates the
prohibition on patenting the laws of nature. I
filed an amicus brief in the gene patent case
Association for Molecular Pathology v. United
States Patent & Trademark Office at the Federal
Circuit. That case has now been remanded by
the Supreme Court for examination in light of
the Prometheus case. We’re at a critical juncture
now. We are going to start getting some final answers
on gene patenting in the next twelve to
eighteen months. The Supreme Court is finally
getting on the map and bringing us close to this
resolution.
What would you be doing if you weren’t a law
professor?
If I could live several lives, I’d also be doing
some scientific research, and since I’m a musician,
I’d be working on my music. I play guitar
and piano and write music.
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Featured
Faculty
Scholarship
ENFORCING
INTEGRITY
By Katrice Bridges Copeland
Katrice Bridges Copeland is a scholar of health care
fraud and abuse and white collar crime. Prior to joining
Penn State she was an associate with Sidley Austin in
Washington, D.C. The original article can be read at 87
Indiana L. J. 1033 (2012).
In 2010, Public Citizen’s Health Research
Group crowned the pharmaceutical industry
“the biggest defrauder of the federal government,”
as it surpassed the defense industry in
False Claims Act recoveries for the first time
in history. This dubious distinction is largely
due to the illegal promotional activities of
pharmaceutical manufacturers, such as distributing
information on unapproved uses of
their drugs and paying kickbacks to doctors
to induce them to prescribe those drugs. In
part, the large recoveries are due to the fact
that the government has put the marketing
practices of large pharmaceutical companies,
like Pfizer, under a microscope. The government
spends years investigating and building
cases against pharmaceutical manufacturers
that engage in illegal promotional activities to
market their drugs, but does not prosecute
them. Instead, the government enters into
Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs) with
pharmaceutical giants. By entering into these
civil administrative settlements, the pharmaceutical
manufacturers are able to avoid the
collateral consequences of criminal conviction.
If a pharmaceutical manufacturer enters
into a CIA, the manufacturer will not be excluded
from participation in federal health
care programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid,
as they would upon conviction in most
cases. Medicare and Medicaid are significant
sources of revenue for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
In return for remaining eligible for
Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, the
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manufacturer pays the government a large fine If the choice is simply between a CIA and exclusion,
the government will choose the CIA each
and agrees to structural changes that are designed
to prevent future marketing violations. time to spare innocent third parties.
The CIA seems like a reasonable solution to * * *
the problem of illegal promotional activities because
it employs a cooperative approach to comfacturers
from Medicare and Medicaid nor the
I argue that neither the exclusion of manupliance,
but its use has not led to demonstrable use of Corporate Integrity Agreements coupled
reductions in health care fraud. In part, this is with large fines is an effective
deterrent for
because the U.S. government has entered into
multiple CIAs with some manufacturers, like pharmaceutical manufacturers
that repeat-
Pfizer, rather than seeking exclusion of those
manufacturers that violate existing CIAs. Thus, edly engage in illegal
the message to manufacturers is that as long as marketing activities to
they are willing to pay large fines and enact promote their drugs.
more compliance measures, the government will This article assesses the
not exclude them from Medicare and Medicaid, alternatives to exclusion
and CIAs and eval-
no matter how egregious the violation. While the
settlement amounts are often eye-popping— uates whether they may
Pfizer settled for $2.3 billion—the reality is that be effective remedies
these settlements are a small portion of overall for illegal promotional
profits. Nevertheless, the government touts activities. I argue that
these settlements in the media as proof that they CIAs fail to deter drug
are tough on health care fraud and abuse.
manufacturers from engaging in illegal promotional
practices because the penalty imposed and
The ultimate question is: why is the government
complicit in schemes to thwart the statutory
remedy of exclusion? Unfortunately, the cantly lower than the profits that a pharmaceuti-
the cost of compliance with the CIA are signifi-
alternative—exclusion of the manufacturer from cal company can obtain by illegally marketing its
participation in Medicare and Medicaid—has drugs. Further, the government’s willingness to
devastating consequences that spill over to innocent
patients, employees, and stockholders. Not the marketing rules rather than exclude them
enter into multiple CIAs with repeat offenders of
only does the impact of the exclusion hit innocent
third parties, but its imposition on the manminishes
the ability of CIAs to deter illegal pro-
from Medicare and Medicaid substantially diufacturer
substantially outweighs the harm the motional activities. I argue that there are viable
manufacturer inflicts through its improper marketing
practices. The penalty for improperly tion with CIAs, such as funding clinical trials,
alternatives to be used in place of or in conjunc-
marketing one drug is blanket exclusion, or exclusion
of all drugs produced by that manufac-
and targeted exclusion, that would be more ef-
compulsory licensing, corporate officer liability,
turer, from Medicare and Medicaid. It is the fective deterrents for repeat offenders. Each of
government’s unwillingness to harm innocent these remedies could be used to increase the
third parties and its reluctance to impose a disproportionate
penalty on drug manufacturers fender becomes a repeat offender. I conclude
severity of punishment when a one-time of-
that leads them to CIAs. Thus, the real problem that these measures would be more successful
is not that the government uses CIAs—it is that than CIAs at increasing compliance and enforcing
integrity in drug promotion.
the government does not have penalties of increasing
severity to impose in place of exclusion.
Penn State University Dickinson School of Law • Summer 2012 31
The ultimate
question is: why
is the government
complicit
in schemes to
thwart the statutory
remedy of
exclusion?

FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS
Larry Catá Backer Ellen Dannin Louis F. Del Duca Jill C. Engle
Professor Larry Catá Backer was recently
interviewed on Al-Jazeera English about Cuba’s
struggle to connect with young people born after
its 1959 revolution.
Professor Bill Barker’s article “A Common
Sense Corporate Tax: The Case for a Destination-
Based, Cash Flow Tax on Corporations” will be
published this year in the Catholic University
Law Review.
Professor Katrice Copeland was interviewed
by USA Today about her article “Enforcing Integrity”
published by the Indiana Law Journal
in April and excerpted on page 30 of this magazine.
Another one of her articles, “In-House
Counsel Beware!” was published in April by
Fordham Urban Law Journal.
Professor Ellen Dannin’s article “Cash-
Strapped Governments: Privatization as a Response
to the Crisis of the Great Recession” was
published in On Work in the Great Recession, a
research volume by the Labor and Employment
Relations Association.
LexisNexis has published a second edition of
Professor Del Duca’s Secured Transactions
Under the Uniform Commercial Code and
International Commerce, co-authored with
Associate Dean Marie T. Reilly, Edwin E.
Smith, partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP, and
Peter Winship of Southern Methodist University
Dedman School of Law. “Facilitating Expansion
of Cross-Border E-Commerce-Developing a
Global Online Dispute Resolution System” is
published in the inaugural issue of the Penn
State Journal of Law and International Affairs.
He was invited to speak in June at the Eleventh
International Online Dispute Resolution Forum
in Prague, Czech Republic, on the United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law
project on Online Dispute Resolution for Cross-
Border Electronic Commerce Transactions. He
has contributed a chapter “Developing Global
Transnational Harmonization Procedures for
the Twenty-First Century” in the forthcoming
book Unification and Harmonization of International
Commercial Law–Interaction or Deharmonization?
(Morten M. Fogt ed., Kluwer
Law International, 2012). Supreme Court Justice
Samuel A Alito Jr. is the distinguished Guest
Jurist in the 2012 Florence/Rome/Siena Summer
Program directed by Professor Del Duca.
Professor Jill Engle presented “Promoting
the General Welfare: Legal Reform to Lift American
Women and Children Out of Poverty” at the
January update for Feminist Law Professors at
the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University.
The article will also appear in the University
of Iowa’s Journal of Gender, Race and Justice
later this year. She will present on the impact of
certain immigration laws on spousal support
cases as part of a panel at the Pennsylvania Bar
Association’s annual meeting in July.
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Preston C. Green III
Katherine C. Pearson Ross H. Pifer Randall Robinson
Professor Preston Green, Harry L.
Batschelet II Chair of Educational Administration
and professor of education and law, co-authored
three articles that were accepted for
publication. Washington and Lee Journal of
Civil Rights and Social Justice will publish
“Charter Schools, Students of Color and the State
Action Doctrine: Are the Rights of Student of
Color Sufficiently Protected?” Brigham Young
University Law and Education will publish “The
Legal and Policy Implications of Value-Added
Teacher Assessment Policies.” Rutgers Law
Record will publish “An Analysis of the Constitutionality
of Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Law.” Professor
Green co-authored a policy brief for the
National Education Policy Center titled “Chartering
Equity: Using Charter School Legislation
and Policy to Advance Equal Educational Opportunity.”
This brief was featured on the Huffington
Post.
Professor Eileen Kane was elected chair of
the Biolaw Section of the American Association
of Law Schools.
Professor Katherine Pearson was awarded
a 2012 research grant from the Borchard Foundation’s
Center on Law & Aging for her project
titled “Crossing Border and Barriers: How Older
Adults Access Legal Advice and Information for
Effective Justice.” This project will build upon
cross-disciplinary work at Queen’s University
Belfast in Northern Ireland under the original
direction of Joe Duffy, senior lecturer at Queen’s
University Belfast, School of Sociology, Social
Policy and Social Work, and Dr. Subhajit Basu of
the University of Leeds School of Law. She will
conduct the U.S.-based phase of the project
using focus groups of older adults in Pennsylvania
drawn from different physical and economic
settings, to determine their access to sound legal
advice and information. Her article “Older People
and Legal Advice: The Need for Joined Up
and Creative Approaches” (with Joe Duffy and
Subhajit Basu) appears in the March 2012 of the
British Journal of Social Welfare and Family
Law, a peer-reviewed publication. Her article
“Filial Support Laws in the United States and
Ukraine: A Modern Comparison of Laws Requiring
Adult Children to Support Indigent Parents”
will be published in English in the University of
Illinois School of Law’s Elder Law Journal in
fall of 2012, and in Ukrainian in a family law
issue of a law journal in Ukraine.
Professor Ross Pifer presented public seminars
on land use, oil and gas law, and Marcellus
Shale development and its impact on local governments.
He has been quoted in reference to
Pennsylvania’s new oil and gas law in the Wall
Street Journal and other major media outlets.
Professor Robert Rains co-authored an
American Constitution Society Issue Brief
“Scapegoating Social Security Disability
Claimants (and the Judges who Evaluate Them)”
with Jon C. Dubin, professor of law at the State
University of New Jersey, Rutgers School of Law
in Newark.
continued on page 34
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FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS
Catherine A. Rogers Victor C. Romero Stephen F. Ross Laurel S. Terry
Professor Randall Robinson, who teaches in
the Law School and the Penn State School of International
Affairs, recently authored a new
work of fiction Makeda. Essence has called the
novel “hypnotic” and “one of the finest novels of
the year.”
Professor Catherine Rogers’ piece “The Restatement
as ‘New Rules’” was recently published
in Contemporary Issues in International
Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers
(Narttius Nihoff Publishers). Professor
Rogers also participated as a legal expert on the
selection and regulation of international investment
arbitrator at the OECD’s 16th Freedom of
Investment Roundtable in Paris, France. She
was recently a panelist on Ethics in International
Adjudication at the American Society of International
Law in March and a panelist on ethics in
international arbitration at the ABA Dispute
Resolution Section Meeting in New York in
April. Professor Rogers will moderate a panel
from the Jerusalem Arbitration Center at a June
conference in London, England, covering the regionalization
of international arbitration. Her
partial draft of the Restatement, approved by the
American Law Institute executive council in January,
is also coming up before the general membership
for final approval.
Professor Victor Romero’s Fordham Law
Review essay, in which he debated decriminalizing
border crossings with Professor Won Kidane
from Seattle Law, was selected for republication
in the Hispanic National Bar Association’s
Journal of Law and Policy. The essay was also
featured in the inaugural online issue of
Fordham's City Square. Professor Romero is
currently working on a book for NYU Press titled
Crimmigration: The Criminalization of Undocumented
Immigrants.
Professor Stephen Ross recently published
the article “Radical Reform of Intercollegiate
Athletics” as part of a sports law symposium for
the Tulane Law Review and also presented the
article at the University of Michigan. He moderated
a panel on college athletics at the annual
Fordham Sports Law Symposium and will have
another article, “The Supreme Court’s Renewed
Focus on Inefficiently Structured Joint Ventures,”
published in University of Pennsylvania
Business Law Review this year. Professor Ross
completed two experimental courses at Penn
State Law this year, a course on sports and public
policy with Professor Stefan Szymanski at the
University of Michigan and a course on comparative
constitutional law with Professor Helen
Irving at the University of Sydney in Australia.
Professor Laurel Terry participated in the
2012 Law Without Walls program. She presented
the inaugural “Thought Leader” session, moderated
a session that included Chris Kenny, chief
executive of the UK Legal Services Board, and
attended the April 2012 ConPosium, where the
attendees selected as the most “viable Project of
Worth” the project developed by a student team
addressing the topic of Law School Debt, for
which she served as a subject matter expert.
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IN MEMORIAM
Edward Haughney
Professor Edward Haughney
taught at the Law School for
more than thirty years. His
life was devoted to service—
first, in the U.S. Army JAG
Corps, and then to future
members of the bar. Professor
Haughney taught classes
in military law, civil procedure,
federal practice, and
agency law and retired from
the Law School in 2005.
“We mourn the passing of our colleague and
friend, but we also celebrate Professor Haughney’s
incredible service to the United States and
to generations of Dickinson School of Law students,”
said Dean McConnaughay.
Most of Professor Haughney’s military service
was spent as a JAG lawyer in the U.S. Army.
As World War II was winding down, he helped
Weimar, Germany, transition away from Nazi
governance, briefly serving as mayor of Weimar.
Colonel Haughney served as court-martial prosecutor;
chief of the International Affairs Branch
of the Judge Advocate Division in Heidelberg,
Germany; chief of the International Affairs Division
of the Office of Judge Advocate General in
Washington, D.C.; staff judge advocate of the
Military Assistance Command in Vietnam; and
legal advisor of the U.S. European Command in
Stuttgart, Germany. Colonel Haughney earned a
Bronze Star for Valor, two Legion of Merit
medals, and three Army Commendation medals.
Professor Haughney joined the faculty of the
Dickinson School of Law following his retirement
from the Army.
Professor Haughney was a graduate of
George Washington University, St. John’s University
School of Law, and Brooklyn College.
H. Mac Nelson
Staff member H. Mac
Nelson retired in 2007,
but that did not stop him
from visiting campus
often to banter with old
colleagues. “I turn up like
a bad penny,” he would
say with a big smile. His
official duties included
building maintenance
and working in the café,
but he also took care of people.
“Mac always had time for all of us to share
stories about the time he spent on the farm as a
kid. He had a way of putting the stresses of work
and school into perspective,” said Phyllis
Marquitz ’05.
Nelson was also known for his generosity.
He was quick to share a good story, an afternoon
of golf, and even the fruit of his garden with students.
“Mac invited me to Thanksgiving dinner
with his family during my first year in the U.S.
He inspired me with his kindness and giving,”
wrote Chia-Wen Lee ’08 on Facebook.
After retirement, he met and married Kathleen
Gromling. Together they visited nursing
homes, sponsored children in Haiti, Ecuador,
and the Philippines, and stopped by campus to
share Christmas cookies, chestnuts, and a few
laughs. Nelson was 82 years old when he passed
away peacefully in his home.
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CLASS NOTES
IN MEMORIAM
Nancy J. LaMont ’78
Nancy J. LaMont died in October at the age
of 57. She was assistant dean for administration
and, prior to joining the Law School staff, had
been a member of the Law School’s Board of
Trustees.
“Nancy’s contributions to her law school
were invaluable,” said Dean Philip McConnaughay.
“As a member of the Law School’s Board of
Trustees, she was instrumental in the negotiations
leading to the merger of The Dickinson
School of Law with Penn State University. As assistant
dean for administration, she oversaw the
construction of our magnificent Lewis Katz Hall
in Carlisle and worked on a daily basis to ensure
the administrative support necessary for the Law
School to thrive in today’s highly competitive environment.”
During her tenure as a trustee,
Dean LaMont served on the Finance
Committee, chaired the
Board’s Strategic and Long-Range
Planning Committee, and served
as trustee liaison to the Penn
State Board of Trustees. She
joined the Law School’s administration
in 2000, serving initially
as director of continuing education
and outreach until her appointment
in 2003 as assistant
dean for administration, a position
in which she oversaw the Law
School’s facilities administration
and planning and administrative
support staff.
Prior to joining the Law School, Dean La-
Mont served as in-house counsel for Roadrunner
Planning and Consulting in Pittsburgh, and was
a partner in the Pittsburgh firm of Meyer,
Unkovic & Scott. She received her B.A. degree
from Allegheny College in 1974.
In recognition of Nancy’s extraordinary
contributions and devotion to The Dickinson
School of Law, the Law School has established
the Nancy J. LaMont Faculty Scholar Award.
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1960s
William R. Caroselli
’66, partner at
Caroselli, Beachler,
McTiernan & Conboy,
L.L.C., received the
Joseph F. Weis Distinguished
Service Award.
The award recognizes
members of the Academy
of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny
County whose
services resulted in a substantial
benefit to the judicial
system or the legal
profession.
James A. Erisman ’66
joined the Delaware law
firm Bifferato Gentilotti,
L.L.C., as partner.
He specializes in
personal
injury
and
commercial
litigation.
Lewis F. Gould Jr. ’66,
chair of the Duane Morris
L.L.P. worldwide Intellectual
Property
Practice Group, has been
reappointed Commonwealth
Trustee of Temple
University for a four-year
term. He served on Temple
University’s Board of
Trustees since 1985 and
is chair of the university’s
Budget and Finance Committee
and vice chair of
its Executive Committee.
He also serves on the
board of Temple University
Health System, Inc.
and has been reelected to
serve a fifth term as
Lower Merion Commissioner.
For more than 40
years, he has focused his
practice on intellectual
property law, with an emphasis
on domestic and
international patent and
trademark matters.
1970s
Commercial litigator
Don P. Foster ’77
joined the Philadelphia
office of Offit Kurman,
P.A. He was most recently
a partner at the
Philadelphia-based firm
of Klehr Harrison Harvey
Branzburg, L.L.P.
James S. Gkonos ’79,
vice chair of the insurance
practice for Saul
Ewing, L.L.P., has been
selected to join the Federation
of Regulatory Counsel
(FORC). FORC is a
nationwide association of
select
attorneys
specializing
in
insurance
regulatory
law. He focuses his
practice on insurance and
reinsurance regulatory
matters, contract and
treaty interpretation and
drafting, insurance insolvency,
and reinsurance
disputes.
1980s
The Hon. Michael J.
Barrasse ’81 of the 45th
Judicial District of the
Court of Common Pleas
of Lackawanna County
has been elected to serve
on the
Board
of Directors
for the
National
Association
of Drug Court
Professionals. Judge Barrasse
was elected to chair
the Board’s DWI Committee
and serve on the
Veterans Treatment
Court Committee.
Craig J. Staudenmaier
’81 of Nauman Smith
has been named one of
top attorneys of 2011 in
Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania
Super Lawyers. He
routinely represents print
and broadcast media,
Class 1 and regional short
line railroads and other
clients in various types of
litigation. He was also
quoted in a New York
Times article examining
the scandal surrounding
Penn State University.
Margaret J. Amoroso
’82, managing attorney
of the Media, PA, office of
Willig, Williams &
Davidson, has been appointed
interim member
of the Middletown Township
Council in Delaware
County, PA, and ran for
the permanent seat in a
special election on April
24, 2012. She also serves
as assistant county solicitor
for Delaware County,
where she handles dependency
matters and appeals
for the Department
of Public Welfare.
Daniel J. Sullivan ’81
of Saidis, Sullivan &
Rogers, was recently selected
by his peers for inclusion
in The Best
Lawyers of America 2012
in the practice of commercial
litigation. He also
practices extensively in
trust and estates litigation.
Michael E. Scullin ’83
has been elected president
of the Consular
Corps Association of
Philadelphia, the oldest
consular corps in the
United States. He serves
as Honorary Consul of
France in Philadelphia
and Wilmington and is
counsel to McElroy,
Deutsch, Mulvaney &
Carpenter, L.L.P. His
practice focuses on commercial,
nonprofit and international
matters.
H. Jeffrey Brahin ’84
presented a seminar on
commercial evictions in
Pennsylvania at the 2011
PBI Real Estate Institute
that
was
published
by the
Bucks
County
Bar Association.
He served on a panel
in Allentown titled
“Landlord-Tenant Law:
Surviving in a Difficult
Economy and “Landlord
Rights and Options:
When the Deal Goes
Bad.” He was recently
named of counsel to Alan
L. Frank Law Associates,
P.C.
Elyse Rogers ’84, an attorney
with Saidis, Sullivan
& Rogers, was
selected by her peers for
inclusion in The Best
Lawyers in America
2012. She practices in the
firm’s West Shore office
in Lemoyne, PA, and was
named a best lawyer in
the practice areas of trust
and estate administration
and estate litigation. Her
practice also includes
business planning and
taxation.
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CLASS NOTES
Douglas S. Brossman
’85 has been elected to
serve as the new president
and director of
Burnham Holdings, Inc.
He has held the position
of vice president and general
counsel for Burnham
Holdings, Inc. since
2008.
Robert J. Desousa ’85
was named presidentelect
to the Federal Bar
Association at its annual
meeting on September
10, 2011. He assumed office
on October 1 and will
serve as national president
at its convention in
San Diego in 2012. He
previously served as the
organization’s national
treasurer. He is the State
Director for U.S. Senator
Pat Toomey and a Lieutenant
Colonel in the
Pennsylvania Army National
Guard.
Terry Keating ’85 recently
presented CLEs
titled
“Speak
Up!
Introduction
to
Appellate
Advocacy”
and “May We Approach
the Bench?
Strategies for Advanced
Appellate Advocacy”
through the Office of
General Counsel.
Melissa A. Scartelli
’87 and husband Peter
Paul Olszewski Jr. ’84
of Scartelli Olszewski,
P.C., secured a $750,000
settlement in a wrongful
death suit for family
members of a 63-year-old
prison inmate who died
at the Federal Penitentiary
in Lewisburg, PA.
Eric D. Kline ’88 joined
the Pittsburgh office of
Pepper Hamilton,
L.L.P. as partner in the
Corporate and Securities
Practice Group.
Jorge G. De Presno-
Arizpe ’88 was recognized
in the 2012
Chambers Latin America
“Leaders in their Field”
legal directory by Chambers
& Partners. He
joined Basham, Ringey
Correa in Mexico City,
MX.
1990s
Daniel E. Cummins
’93, a partner at Foley,
Cognetti, Comerford,
Cimini & Cummins in
Scranton, PA, has been
notified by LexisNexis
that his blog, Tort Talk
(www.torttalk.com) has
been selected as one of
the Top 25 Tort Law
Blogs in the United
States. He was also notified
by the Pennsylvania
Bar Association that his
articles “To Friend or Not
To Friend: Trial courts
split on how to handle social
media discovery requests”
and “Defense-
Oriented Decisions Dominated
2010’s Biggest
Non-Automotive Cases”
have been selected First
and Second Place winners
respectively in the weekly
newspapers category of
the 32nd annual William
A. Schnader Print Media
Awards. Both articles appeared
in the Pennsylvania
Law Weekly over the
past year. He focuses his
law practice on civil litigation
matters, including
automobile accident cases
and premises liability
cases the Northeastern
Pennsylvania region and
lives in Scranton, PA,
with his wife and three
sons.
Tracy L. Steele ’95,
partner at the Philadelphia
law firm of Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius,
L.L.P., was presented
with the Morgan Lewis
Chairman’s Award during
a partner retreat on October,
21, 2011. The award
is given annually by the
chair of the firm, at his
discretion, to partners.
Stephanie Nolan
Deviney ’97, partner in
the Exton, PA, office of
Fox Rothschild,
L.L.P., has been named
one of 27 Pennsylvania
“Lawyers on the Fast
Track” for 2011 by the
Legal Intelligencer. She
represents
contractors
and
subcon-
tractors in commercial
litigation matters.
Anna M. McDonough
’97 was selected as one of
the Legal Intelligencer’s
2011 “Lawyers on the Fast
Track.”
She is
a
member
of
Cozen
O’-
Conner,
P.L.C. She serves in the
Business Law Department
and focuses her practice
on mergers and acquisitions,
other complex
transactions, and corporate
counseling.
John H. Taylor III ’98
has been elected partner
with the law firm of Mc-
Carter & English,
L.L.P. He is a member of
the firm’s Corporate, Securities
and Financial Institutions
Practice, and
focuses on commercial
transactions, including
corporate mergers and
acquisitions, start-up and
funding, commercial real
estate sales and acquisitions,
and general business
and transactional
matters.
2000s
Amy J. Phillips ’00,
senior associate with
Hoffmeyer & Semmelman,
L.L.P., presented
a custody
law
update
for the
Pennsylvania
Bar
Association
Family Law Winter
Meeting in St. Petersburg,
FL, in January. A
collaborative law professional,
she concentrates
her practice on family law
matters and has been
named a “Rising Star” by
Pennsylvania Super
Lawyers for four years.
Steve Rice ’00 of Steve
Rice, P.C., a boutique
firm in Gettysburg, PA, is
now a board-certified
criminal trial advocate.
He earned the specialty
certification from the National
Board of Trial Advocacy,
a Pennsylvania
Supreme Court approved
agency. He focuses his
practice exclusively on
criminal defense.
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Stephanie T. Kramer
’02 is now associate with
Rothman Gordon,
P.C., a
downtown
Pittsburgh
law
firm.
She
practices
with the Estates, Trusts &
Taxation Group.
Andrew M. Paxton ’02
has been elected shareholder
with CGA Law
Firm. He concentrates
his practice in business
law, real estate law and
taxation matters with a
particular focus on intellectual
property, technology,
and emerging
business issues.
Daniel D. Santos ’02
has been elected to the
2011-2012 Board of Governors
for the Virginia
Beach office of Williams
Mullen. He is a regulatory
and corporate attorney
with extensive
experience in representing
insurance and health
care clients throughout
the country with respect
to mergers and acquisitions,
regulatory and
compliance counseling,
and various other matters.
Justin G. Weber ’02
has
been
promoted
to
partner
at
Pepper
Hamilton, L.L.P.
Edwin and Janis Klett were pleased to celebrate the graduation of their fifth and youngest child
Keenan Klett in May 2011. Keenan was the sixth member of the Klett family to earn a JD from the
Law School. Pictured here are David S. Klett ’87, Lauren Klett Kroeger ’89, Keenan L. Klett ’11,
Edwin L. Klett ’62, Krista Lynn Klett ’08, and Kirk T. Klett ’10.
John J. DiChello Jr.
’02 has been elected
partner with Blank
Rome, L.L.P. He concentrates
his practice in
the area of complex commercial
litigation and dispute
resolution. He also
counsels clients in areas
such as product liability
defense and mass torts.
Bryon R. Kaster ’03
has been elected shareholder
in the firm of
Dickie McCamey &
Chilcote, P.C. He works
in the firm’s Harrisburg,
PA, office and is a member
of its Commercial
Law, Insurance Law and
Litigation Practice
Groups. He concentrates
his practice in the areas
of bad faith/coverage litigation,
construction litigation,
product liability
litigation, and legal malpractice.
Kristi Lane Scott ’03
announced the formation
of her own practice, Lane
Scott Law Group,
L.L.C. in Pittsburgh. The
firm specializes in criminal
law, government consulting,
personal injury,
business planning, contract
negotiation, and
wills.
Brandon Biegenzahn
’04 joined McDermott
& Bull, an executive
search firm, as a principal
consultant. He consults
with companies on the recruitment
and selection
of senior executives.
Amit
Shah
’04
was
promoted
to litigating
attorney
at Martin Banks,
where he has practiced
since 2007. He focuses on
workers’ compensation.
Benjamin F. Johns
’05, an associate at
Chimicles & Tikellis,
L.L.P. in Haverford, PA,
was elected to the Executive
Committee of the
Philadelphia Bar Association’s
Young Lawyers Division
(YLD). The
Executive Committee
manages and directs the
business and activities of
the YLD's approximately
3,000 members, including
oversight of committees
in the areas of public
service, law-related education,
and service to the
legal community. He and
wife, Beth Johns ’05,
live in Drexel Hill, PA,
with their 1-year-old
daughter.
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CLASS NOTES
Matthew D. Miller ’05
joined Buffalo-based law
firm, Rupp, Baase,
Pfalzgraf, Cunningham
& Coppola,
L.L.C., as an associate.
His practice focuses on
commercial litigation, insurance
defense, and employment
disputes.
Tara R. Pfeifer ’05 recently
joined the Western
Pennsylvania office of the
Women’s Law Project as
staff attorney.
Jennifer L. Beidel ’06
has been named Outstanding
Alumnus by the
Penn State College of
Agricultural Sciences. She
is an attorney at Saul
Ewing, L.L.P. and is a
member of the American
Agricultural Law Association.
She serves on the
Agricultural Law Committee
of the Pennsylvania
Bar Association. At
Saul Ewing, she counsels
clients in various industries
including agriculture,
aquaculture, and
food science.
Brian D. Torresi ’06,
an attorney with Davis,
Brown, Koehn, Shors
& Roberts, P.C., has
received the Young Professionals
of Ames “4
Under 40” Award. The
award is given to young
professionals who
demonstrate leadership
in the
community
and
excellence
in the
workplace.
His general practice
focuses on corporate
transactions, real estate,
business litigation and
creditors’ rights issues.
Christopher Dos Santos
’07 joined Thomas,
Thomas & Hafer,
L.L.P. as associate. His
practice focuses on commercial
and business litigation,
insurance
coverage and bad faith,
and worker’s compensation
matters.
Laura A. Martin ’08
joined Goldberg
Segalla, L.L.P., as associate
in the firm’s White
Plains, NY, office.
Matthew L. Peabody
’08 joined Landye Bennett
Blumstein, L.L.P.
as associate in the firm’s
Anchorage, AK, office.
His practice focuses on
corporate, business and
commercial transactions,
real estate, and civil litigation
matters.
Andrea Lynn (Filak)
Haynes ’09 and Aaron
Stephen Haynes ’09
were married at Saint
Patrick’s Shrine Church
in Carlisle, PA, on October
8, 2011.
Stephanie K. Savino
’10 joined Pepper
Hamilton, L.L.P. as associate
in the firm’s Commercial
Litigation
Practice Group. She practices
in the Pittsburgh office.
Jordan Adam Braunsberg
’11 joined Potter
Anderson & Corroon,
L.L.P. and practices with
the firm’s Corporate Law
Group.
Malena S. Kinsman ’11
joined Ansa Assuncao,
L.L.P. after interning
with the firm in 2010. She
focuses on personal injury
claims as well as
product liability and commercial
disputes.
Angela N. Velez ’11
joined Stradley Ronon
Stevens & Young,
L.L.P. She practices in
the investment management/mutual
funds practice
group. Based in the
firm’s Philadelphia office,
she
provides
regulatory
and
compliance
counsel
for boards of directors,
trustees, investment
advisors and brokers who
work with mutual funds
and closed-end funds.
Send your Class Notes
updates to
alumni@law.psu.edu
In Memoriam
Allan J. Berger ’54
Robert J. Brennan Jr. ’70
Lt. Col. Roger Alan Butters ’77
David C. Eaton ’58
Michael J. Egan’62
The Honorable Joseph H. Kleinfelter ’64
Robert E. Leiby Jr. ’54
Vincent P. Paglianete ’59
The Honorable John K. Reilly Jr. ’60
The Honorable P. Richard Thomas ’48
Barbara Kosik Whitaker ’79
John R. White ’75
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2010-2011
ANNUAL REPORT
OF DONORS
For gifts made between July 1, 2010, and June 30, 2011

The Dickinson School of Law wishes to
thank our loyal alumni and friends who
support the Law School with your annual
gifts and pledges. We rely on your generosity to
further the progress and promise of the Law
School and to assist us with providing aspiring
lawyers with a high-quality and affordable education.
The Dickinson School of Law’s Office of Development
is partnering with the Law School’s
Alumni Society leadership and Development
Committee to increase the number of Dickinson
School of Law graduates who give each year and
to achieve a minimum 30 percent participation
rate. Our alumni participation rate is a statistic
often used to evaluate alumni satisfaction with an
institution and to leverage corporate and foundation
support; it also serves as inspiration and encouragement
to current students who are
following in your footsteps.
Many of you have responded to these efforts,
and we thank you for your support. Please help us
to keep the momentum going. Your gift in any
amount and the collective support of our alumni
will help the Law School continue to build its programs
and reputation as it competes for top students
in a challenging legal education market. You
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Fund—which allows the Law School to meet
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of your choice. Please visit law.psu.edu/
alumni/make_a_gift for information on making
your gift today.
Barry Epstein ’78 had the opportunity to
visit with Kacie Coughlin ’12, the recipient
of the Patricia A. Butler Scholarship.
Epstein and Jeanne and Phillips Butler
endowed the scholarship in memory of
their late wife and daughter Patricia Butler
’78 to provide recognition and financial
assistance to outstanding female
students enrolled or planning to enroll
at The Dickinson School of Law.
Every effort has been made to avoid errors in all
sections of the following 2010‐2011 Annual Report.
If your name has been listed incorrectly or has been
omitted, please contact:
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2010-2011 HONOR ROLL
The Dickinson School of Law wishes to thank the following donors for their
contributions made during the 2010-2011 Fiscal Year—please note,
this covers the period from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011. The University’s
President’s Club recognition is given to those donors with a gift of,
or cumulative gifts, totaling $2,500 or more per year; young alumni and
friends age 35 and under can qualify for the President’s Club with cumulative
annual support of $1,500 or more.
1935
Class Participation 100%
$15,000‐$19,999
Glenn E. Thomson*
1938
Class Participation 100%
$2,500‐$4,999
Leonard R. Blumberg*
1939
Class Participation 100%
$1,000‐$2,499
Hon. Morris M. Terrizzi*
1946
Class Participation 17%
Gifts up to $249
Leonard G. Schumack
1948
Class Participation 3%
$1,000‐$2,499
William R. Cooper II
1950
Class Participation 18%
$500‐$999
Murray Mackson
Gifts up to $249
Vram Nedurian Jr.
William L. Sunday
1951
Class Participation 13%
$1,000‐$2,499
Hon. Edwin M. Kosik
$250‐$499
Hon. George W. Heffner
Gifts up to $249
John A. Roe
James H. Wagner
1952
Class Participation 13%
$500‐$999
Robert J. Landy
Gifts up to $249
David C. Dickson Jr.
1953
Class Participation 15%
$250‐$999
William E. Schantz
Gifts up to $249
Robert M. Frey
Darlington Hoopes Jr.
1954
Class Participation 32%
$1,000‐$2,499
Robert P. Leiby Jr.*
$250‐$999
Robert A. Weinert
Gifts up to $249
Hon. Jane M. Alexander
Jay L. Benedict Jr.
Hon. Arthur D. Dalessandro
Roger N. Nanovic
William G. Watson
1955
Class Participation 8%
Gifts up to $249
Donald L. Masten
Irwin Schneider
1956
Class Participation 19%
$1,000‐$2,499
Sidney D. Kline Jr
Hon. Gerald Weinstein
Gifts up to $249
Harold S. Gold
A. Earl Mays
Sandor Yelen
1957
Class Participation 4%
$10,000‐$14,999
Joseph Nadel
1958
Class Participation 5%
$500‐$999
Marianne S. Lavelle
Gifts up to $249
Arthur L. Piccone
1959
Class Participation 7%
$1,000‐$2,499
Hon. LeRoy S. Zimmerman
$500‐$999
Sherwood L. Yergey
$250‐$499
Philip G. Guarneschelli
1960
Class Participation 10%
$1,000‐$2,499
Thomas A. Beckley
James L. Hollinger
Gifts up to $249
George Van Hartogh
1961
Class Participation 14%
$2,500‐$4,999
Peter J. Ressler
$500‐$999
Julius J. Ciesielka Jr.
Gifts up to $249
Arthur K. Dils
Jack H. France
Michael J. Hudacek Sr.
1962
Class Participation 16%
$50,000‐$99,000
Rockwell O'Sheill
$2,500‐$4,999
Hon. Sylvia H. Rambo
$1,000‐$2,499
James F. Toohey
$500‐$999
Hon. Robert C. Jubelirer
$250‐$499
Hon. Wayne G. Hummer Jr.
Gifts up to $249
Robert R. Black
Hon. F. Joseph Leahey
1963
Class Participation 18%
$50,000 ‐ $99,999
Lee A. Levine
$10,000‐$14,999
H. Laddie Montague Jr.
$1,000‐$2,499
Charles B. Zwally
Gifts up to $249
Gerald J. Batt
Richard M. Goldberg
Norman K. Kravitz
Lee A. Levine
1964
Class Participation 13%
$250‐$500
Hon. Jerome P. Cheslock
* Deceased
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Gifts up to $249
Herbert W. Hoffman
William R. Keller
Ivan Mendelsohn
Lee A. Montgomery
Hon. Ila J. Sensenich
1965
Class Participation 12%
$15,000‐$19,000
James W. Durham
$10,000‐$14,999
Jack G. Mancuso
$1,000‐$2,499
Carmen P. Belefonte
$500‐$999
Harry B. Yost
$250‐$500
Robert W. Crowe
Gifts up to $249
William B. Anstine Jr.
1966
Class Participation 20%
$10,000‐$14,999
William R. Caroselli
$5,000‐$9,999
J. Rodman Steele Jr.
$2,500‐$4,999
Hon. Bernard Balick
Hon. Helen S. Balick
$1,000‐$2,499
Frances H. Del Duca
Robert A. Mills
$500‐$999
J. Richard Lauver
$250‐$499
Gerald J. Spitz
Gifts up to $249
Robert L. Knupp
Jerome Foerster
Gerald G. Friend
Albert G. Rutherford II
1967
Class Participation 10%
$500‐$999
Neal R. Cramer
$250‐$499
Herbert R. Nurick
Gifts up to $249
Glenn E. Hitchens
William E. Miller Jr.
Ralph L. Montgomery Jr.
Arthur M. Toensmeier
1968
Class Participation 16%
$1,000‐$2,499
Carl A. Belin Jr.
$500‐$999
Donald G. Deibert
Leo E. Douville
Gerald K. Morrison
$250‐$499
William H. McNees Jr.
Gifts up to $249
N. Brian Caverly
Roger J. Ecker
Hon. Louis J. Farina
Richard G. Fine
Hon. Joseph J. Musto
John J. Schneider
Hon. Howard M. Spizer
Hon. Lewis W. Wetzel
1969
Class Participation 9%
$500‐$999
Harvey A. Feldman
LeRoy Smigel
$250‐$499
Donald LaBarre Jr.
John B. Mancke
Gifts up to $249
Charles F. Greevy III
James A. Pruyne
Dean A. Weidner
1970
Class Participation 16%
$1,000‐$2,499
Edward S. Newlin
$500‐$999
Richard Lipinski
Joseph J. Velitsky
$250‐$499
Keith A. Clark
John E. Eberhardt Jr.
Hugh J. Hutchison
S. Lee Ruslander II
Frank D. Wagner
Gifts up to $249
William J. Gering
William L. Knecht
Stephen W. Townsend
1971
Class Participation 11%
$1,000‐$2,499
Thomas A. Himler Jr.
William J. Schaaf
$250‐$499
William E. Moot
Gifts up to $249
David L. Allebach Jr.
Larry J. Folmar
Raymond C. Hedger Jr.
Hon. Ronald E. Vican
1972
Class Participation 11%
$1,000‐$2,499
Michael A. Fetzner
$500‐$999
Theodore A. Adler
Jan P. Paden
$250‐$499
Scot D. Gill
Hon. Kevin A. Hess
William F. Kaminski
James K. Nicely
Gifts up to $249
John W. Burge
Lillian B. Gaskin
John H. Kennedy
Jeffrey L. Snook
Craig A. Stone
Hon. John J. Thomas
William C. Wagner II
1973
Class Participation 10%
$500‐$999
I. Barry Guerke
Gifts up to $249
Lawrence B. Abrams III
William H. Bell Jr.
John J. Burfete Jr.
Thomas Cadwallader III
Bruce M. Eckert
Richard L. Erdmann
Mark B. Hammond
John B. Hannum Jr.
John C. Herrold
Daniel R. Schuckers
Hon. Albert J. Snite Jr.
1974
Class Participation 11%
$10,000‐$14,999
Conrad A. Falvello
$1,000‐$2,499
Dennis J. Gounley
Martha A. Zatezalo
$500‐$999
Hon. Timothy P. Creany
$250‐$499
Zygmunt R. Bialkowski
Benjamin A. Cero
David R. Eshelman
Hon. Stuart K. Miller
Gifts up to $249
Jerry F. Hanna
Jered L. Hock
Margaret H. Hunting
Clarence M. Myer Jr.
Edmund G. Myers
Hon. Charles Saylor
Mark Soifer
1975
Class Participation 12%
$1,000‐$2,499
Hon. J. Michael Eakin
$500‐$999
P. Clarkson Collins Jr.
Hon. Kim Richard Gibson
Thomas W. King III
$250‐$499
Dr. Bruce Hart
Joseph G. Riper
David H. Williams
Gifts up to $249
Peter J. Anderson
Ross E. Cardas
Delano M. Lantz
John B. Richards
Donald J. Snyder Jr.
Justina M. Wasicek
1976
Class Participation 15%
$1,000‐$2,499
Edwin A. Abrahamsen
Mary Ann Abrahamsen
$500‐$999
John F. Wilson
$250‐$499
Jeffrey P. Bowe
Donald E. Wieand Jr.
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Gifts up to $249
Carl S. Chronister
John A. Covino
Warner K. Depuy
COL Gilpin R. Fegley
Gregory B. Fraser
Hon. C. Theodore Fritsch Jr.
Hon. Richard C. Kiger
Richard J. Marusak
Joseph J. Peters
Joseph B. Policicchio
D. Barry Pritchard Jr.
Hon. Robert E. Simpson Jr.
John F. Stoviak
Robert P. Trinkle
1977
Class Participation 11%
$1,000‐$2,499
Lt. Col. Roger A. Butters*
Paul A. Lundeen
$500‐$999
R. Burke McLemore Jr.
$250‐$499
Robert H. Bickerton
Horace M. Ehrgood
Joseph R. Ferdinand
Edward A. Stankoski Jr.
Gifts up to $249
William F. Anzalone
Greta R. Aul
Hon. David F. Bortner
Michael J. Donohue
Barbara Hugney-Shope
Hon. Carmen D. Minora
Hon. Steven J. Neary
James F. Spade Jr.
CDR Dean E. Wanderer
1978
Class Participation 14%
$1,000‐$2,499
Remo J. Butera
Ellen M. Viakley
$500‐$999
Barbara R. McLemore
Donald F. Smith Jr.
$250‐$499
Sharon B. Ferdinand
Hon. Mary Hannah Leavitt
Gifts up to $249
Gary F. Ankabrandt
Richard A. Cairo
Susan T. Covino
Mary R. Grabowski
Walter T. Grabowski
A. Sheldon Kovach
William R. Levy
Joseph P. Martone
Kathy L. Pape
John A. Rule
G. Philip Rutledge
John W. Schmehl
Richard L. Shoap
Barbara L. Smith
Hon. Thomas I. Vanaskie
1979
Class Participation 14%
$10,000‐$14,999
Dusty Elias Kirk
$1,000‐$2,499
Mollie A. McCurdy
Kevin J. McKeon
David A. Sprentall
$500‐$999
G. Griffith Lindsay III
$250‐$499
Daniel E. P. Bausher
Ronald D. Japha
R. Joseph Landy
Gifts up to $249
Carl E. Alexis
Jill K. Anderson
Bernard J. Donohue
Albin F. Drost
Catherine S. Drost
James J. Gillotti
Stanley J. Kerlin
Steven R. Marcuse
Michael J. McDonald
Thomas M. Miller
Hon. Roger N. Nanovic II
Barbara Kosik Whitaker
1980
Class Participation 10%
$500‐$999
Michael R. Bucci Jr
Pamela B. Gagne
W. Roderick Gagne
$250‐$499
Jeffrey S. Stokes
Gifts up to $249
Pamela G. Bishop
Scott A. Fleischauer
Richard A. Husband
Hon. Joseph F. Kameen
Carol A. Kristoff
Rhonda J. Levy
Joan Dawley Maher
David Sambolin
Patricia A. Shoap
Dr. Irwin H. Siegel
Paige E. Peasley
President’s Club
You can become a member of the President’s
Club with a gift of, or cumulative gifts totaling,
$2,500 or more per year to the Law School and/or
any Penn State college, campus, or program. Established
in 1991, The Penn State President’s Club
honors the tremendous loyalty and generosity that
our supporters have expressed through annual gifts
to the University. President’s Club members are a
distinguished part of the Penn State community
whose annual leadership gifts demonstrate their
ongoing commitment to academic excellence.
While all types of gifts are greatly appreciated
and valued, only current-use funds count towards
President’s Club membership. Examples of these
funds include: cash, securities, gifts from a foundation,
or gifts from an individual’s wholly owned
company. Matching gifts count towards membership
as well.
The President’s Club honors its members at
four recognition levels:
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE — New as of 2011‐2012
Alumni and friends can qualify for membership
in the President’s Circle with cumulative annual
gifts of $10,000 or more.
EDWIN E. SPARKS CIRCLE
With cumulative annual gifts of $5,000 or
more, alumni and friends are able to qualify for
membership in the Sparks Circle.
RALPH D. HETZEL CIRCLE
Annual cumulative giving of $2,500 or more
qualify alumni and friends for membership in the
Hetzel Circle.
MILTON S. EISENHOWER CIRCLE
The Eisenhower Circle is reserved for our
young alumni and friends age 35 and under. These
members can qualify for the President’s Club with
cumulative annual support of $1,500 or more.
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All gifts to The Dickinson School of Law are
used solely for the benefit of the Law School
and its students.
“Alumni donations have helped
make it possible for me to attend
The Dickinson School of Law and
support my wife and two daughters
while minimizing my debt load.
Every donation, however small,
can have a huge impact in the
life of a law student.”
— Jake Mattinson ’12
Editor in Chief, Penn State Law Review
1981
Class Participation 7%
$250‐$499
Alan F. Woolslare
Doris A. Wojnarowski
Edward Balzarini Jr.
Gifts up to $249
Hon. Michael J. Barrasse
Laura L. Connell
Bradley L. Griffie
Peter J. Kramer
Richard C. Lengler
Joel B. Wiener
Peter G. Zurflieh
1982
Class Participation 8%
$500‐$999
Jonathan B. Sprague
$250‐$499
George Joseph
Thomas A. Miller
John C. Oszustowicz
Hon. Carol Van Horn
Gifts up to $249
Jeffrey T. Bitzer
Joseph S. Colbassani
William J. Hall Jr.
Stuart A. Law Jr.
Rev. John C. Peterson
Louise A. Rynd
Mary Benefield Seiverling
Andrew P. Taylor
Jeffrey W. Wagner
1983
Class Participation 11%
$5,000‐$9,999
James L. Patton Jr.
$500‐$999
Daniel A. Polanski
Peter J. Wolfson
$250‐$499
Brig. Gen. Christopher F.
Burne
Melinda M. Justi
Gifts up to $249
Bruce K. Anders
Patricia Eisenhauer
Shaun R. Eisenhauer
Richard J. Enterline
Diane R. Flaaen
James R. Flandreau
David E. Fitzkee
N. Timothy Guarneschelli
Stuart L. Knade
Hon. Bradley K. Moss
Joseph C. Peters
Charles E. Shields III
Calvin John Webb II
E. Filmore Williams III
1984
Class Participation 7%
$2,500‐$4,999
Charles F. Harenza
$1,000‐$2,499
James R. Walker
$500‐$999
Pamela G. Shuman
$250‐$499
Henry M. Justi
Gregory S. Thomas
Gifts up to $249
H. Jeffrey Brahin
David A. Fitzsimons
Laurie E. Gottlieb
J. Adam Matlawski
Hon. Jeffrey L. Mensch
Hon. Terrence R. Nealon
Susan M. Noonan
1985
Class Participation 6%
$1,000‐$2,499
Heidi F. Eakin
$500‐$999
Caroline H. West
Gifts up to $249
Brian K. Estep
Debra S. Hannon
Dwight C. Harvey
Andrea I. Konow
Theresa Scardino
Christine E. Waring
James A. Zarrella
1986
Class Participation 8%
$250‐$499
James M. Gould
Stephen R. Lazun
Joanne Marino McGreevy
Conrad J. Miller III
Gifts up to $249
Mary L. Buckman,
Francis Chmielewski
Andrew E. Faust
Nathaniel C. Hunter
Mark W. Podvia
Linda J. Ramsey
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Ann Russavage-Faust
Stephen H. Sherman
Silvio M. Silvi
1987
Class Participation 10%
$1,000‐$2,499
John N. Ellison
James I. Tarman Jr.
$500‐$999
Robert A. Badman Jr.
$250‐$499
Douglas Coleman
Gifts up to $249
Jane A. Allen
Patricia G. Cramer
Dawn M. Dale
Elizabeth A. Erickson-
Kameen
George B. Faller Jr.
Hon. John R. Gordner
Mitchell B. Klein
David M. Laucks
Eugene P. Pruchnik
W. Alan Shaw
Mark A. Singer
Amelia Damiani Taylor
Melissa R. Vance
Lawrence J. Valeriano Jr.
1988
Class Participation 5%
$1,000‐$2,499
Richard T. Kupersmith
$250‐$499
Denise Carroll Chaplin
Frederick L. Cottrell III
Craig A. Diehl
Randall S. McHugh
Gifts up to $249
W. Scott Armington
Hon. Gregory H. Chelak
Linda Rovder Fleming
Patricia J. Kennedy
Gail N. Sanger
David E. Schwager
1989
Class Participation 6%
$1,000‐$2,499
William M. Lafferty
Peter L. Tracey
$500‐$999
Stanley D. Ference III
Suzanne H. Gross
Gifts up to $249
Stacey Beecher Chelak
Joseph S. D'Amico Jr.
Larry D. Gasteiger
F. Clifford Gibbons
David L. Masenheimer
John J. Miravich
Peter A. Pentz
C. Ann Sheehan
1990
Class Participation 8%
$1,000‐$2,499
Paul C. Troy
$250‐$499
Brian W. Bolash
Jim H. Fields Jr.
Gifts up to $249
Zsuzsanna E. Benedek
Brian W. Bisignani
Matthew W. Brann
Robin A. Brenner
Thomas N. Boland
Maj. Bradford B. Byrnes
Vincent J. Coughlin Jr.
Bruce L. Coyer
Ronald L. Daugherty
Sally Garber Daugherty
Susan N. Duke
Stephen H. Price
Kimberlee K. Rozman
Peter F. Weiss
Scott E. Yaw
1991
Class Participation 3%
Gifts up to $249
Michael F. Corriere
Julie C. Hoskins
Eric K. Schultheis
Jonathan S. Stavin
1992
Class Participation 6%
$500‐$999
Jeffrey S. Gross
$250‐$499
Robert M. Slutsky
Gifts up to $249
Liane S. Churney
Martin A. Fritz
Amy E. Mays Jackson
Brian F. Jackson
Matthew C. Samley
Robert L. Shuster
Michael J. Sternberg
Phyllis L. Stockton
Maryann E. Zoll
1993
Class Participation 8%
$2,500‐$4,999
Rochelle D. Quiggle
$250‐$499
Douglas J. Davison
James W. Shelson
Gifts up to $249
Jason A. Blavatt
Bruce E. Covahey
Daniel E. Cummins
Clark DeVere
Cecily A. Giardina
Gail A. Partin
Peter F. Schuchman Jr.
Kevin M. Scott
Carl R. Shultz
Jason M. Weinstock
1994
Class Participation 3%
$2,500‐$4,999
Curtis B. Toll
$1,000‐$2,499
Elizabeth J. Vastine
$500‐$999
Carol M. Kosik
Gifts up to $249
David M. Baker
Joan P. Dailey
1995
Class Participation 7%
Gifts up to $249
Pamela R. Bowles
Vincent J. Candelora,
Heather J. DiMasi
Steven F. Fairlie
Daniel M. Fellin
Wallace John Knox III
Carolyn A. Morgan
Mary-Jo T. Mullen
Ross H. Pifer
Christine C. Shipley
Sharon L. Taraska
1996
Class Participation 5%
$500‐$999
Rita M. Patel
$250‐$499
Megan A. Lawless
Gifts up to $249
Robert J. Bein
Matthew S. DeCamp
Shannon Waite Fellin
Jeffrey E. Havran
Angela Rosenberry Krom
Michael T. Shiring
Maj. Colleen Coyne Sweeney
1997
Class Participation 4%
$250‐$499
Stephanie Nolan Deviney
Denise R. Foster
Gifts up to $249
Julia M. Glencer
Alan R. Mege
Oliver C. Overlander III
John P. Rodgers
Victor E. Scomillio
James M. Strong VI
1998
Class Participation 5%
Gifts up to $249
Scott A. Edwards
Christopher W. Harmoning
John M. Hartzell
Ryan James
Angela M. Kerwin
Zachary T. H. Manzella
Alicia S. Miller
Charis Mincavage
1999
Class Participation 2%
Gifts up to $249
Joshua A. Daub
Tara Eyer Daub
Kelly Herten Decker
Alan W. Flenner
Jason R. Jones
2000
Class Participation 3%
Gifts up to $249
Brian P. Abbey
Andrew J. Cordes
Denise M. Cordes
Lola R. Perkins
Paul T. Rushton
$250‐$499
Matthew B. McGuire
2001
Class Participation 1%
$250‐$499
Benjamin C. Abrams
Gifts up to $249
Scott W. Brady
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2002
Class Participation 4%
$250‐$499
Drew A. Morris
Gifts up to $249
Robert J. Donaghy III
Cindy Lou Franke
Lee Ann Hollinger
Eric L. Johnson
Laura J. Kerstetter
Elisabeth L. Rowley
Jennifer L. Traxler
Matthew H. Watters
2003
Class Participation 2%
Gifts up to $249
Christopher R. Kimler
Jarrett J. Ferentino
America Nieves-Febres
2004
Class Participation 3%
$2,500‐$4,999
Andrew D. Cordo
$250‐$499
Stephanie Buscaglia
Gifts up to $249
Brian J. Ford
Jocelyn A. Hill
Joshua D. Hill
Crystal J. Stryker
2005
Class Participation 4%
$2,500‐$4,999
Annie C. Cordo
2006
Class Participation 4%
Gifts up to $249
Ali M. Audi
Robert G. Byram
Dorothy W. Deng
Amy M. Fernandez
Rene M. Gornall
Jason E. Ruff
Marcy L. McGovern
Sarah M. Markwood
2007
Class Participation 1%
Gifts up to $249
Charece Z. Collins
2008
Class Participation 1%
Gifts up to $249
Caroline E. Hay
Andrew C. Herrold
James M. Pontius
2009
Class Participation 1%
Gifts up to $249
Ronald J. Ferraro
Amber Sizemore
2010
Class Participation 2%
Gifts up to $249
Edward W. Chase
Jason R. Mau
Sarah H. Stec
Matthew Vodzak
Gifts up to $249
Christopher B. Connard
Jennifer A. Gabler
William B. Gabler
Anthony R. Holtzman
John S. Payne
Sarah S. Rider
Michael P. Reynold
Keri A. Schantz
48 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law ‐ Annual Report • law.psu.edu

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, LAW FIRMS,
TRUSTS, AND ORGANIZATIONS
Gifts from corporations, foundations, law firms, trusts, and other organizations enable The
Dickinson School of Law to provide a legal education as practical, creative, and excellent as
any in the United States. The following list includes organizations that made a direct gift to
the Law School or matched contributions from alumni supporters. The Dickinson School of
Law is grateful for these invaluable partnerships.
$200,000 and up
PA Interest on Lawyers Trust Acct.
$50,000
Levine Family Foundation, Inc.
$5,000‐$9,999
Alston & Bird, LLP
Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP
Georgeson
Myron & Anita Pinkus Charitable
Foundation
$2,500‐$4,999
Abernathy Macgregor Group
Ernst & Young, LLP
Fenwick & West, LLP
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin
Jones Day
Latham & Watkins, LLP
Okapi Partners, LLC
$1,000‐$2,499
Benjamin & Belle Cogan Foundation
Inc.
Pittsburgh Foundation
Potter, Anderson, & Corroon, LLP
Richards Layton & Finger
$500‐$999
Mary T. Sachs Trust
United Way of The Capital Region
$250‐$499
Law Office of Bruce K. Anders, LLC
Snell & Wilmer, LLP
Gifts up to $249
Anzalone Law Offices
Brady & Grabowski, PC
Brann, Williams, Caldwell & Sheetz
CET Engineering Services
Chariton & Schwager
Falvello Law Firm
Fine, Wyatt & Carey, PC
Friend & Friend, Esqs.
Hedger & Hedger
Kelly Law Office
Law Office of Foley, Cognetti,
Comerfod, Cimini & Cummins
Law Offices of Galasso, Kimler &
Muir, PC
Law Offices of William J. Hall
Michael J. Hudacek, Atty. at Law
NOLSW Local 2320 UAW
Pennsylvania Council of Mediators
Raymond Perri Co., Inc.
Scartelli, Distasio & Kowalski, PC
University of Southern Mississippi
Psychology Dept.
Penn State University Dickinson School of Law ‐ Annual Report • Summer 2012 49

FRIENDS, FACULTY, AND STAFF
The Dickinson School of Law gratefully acknowledges the generous support of friends,
faculty, and staff who have a close bond to the Law School and who make a crucial
difference in the quality of its programs.
$200,000 and up
Bernice Heffner Cremer*
$10,000‐$14,999
Linda Montague
$5,000‐$9,999
Family of Thomas M.
Golden
Karen Steele
Dorcas Taylor
$2,500‐$4,999
Friends of Robert Oberly
Prof. Katherine C. Pearson
Kathryn Ressler
$1,000‐$2,499
Adele Rosenberg Blumberg
Hon. Earl H. Carroll
Prof. Louis F. Del Duca
Cassandra J. Fetzner
Barbara Kline
Lois Kosik
Prof. Leslie M. and Linda
MacRae
Mary Mills
Relda Evans Newlin
Paul Y. Okamoto
Joseph A. Yohe
Mary Zimmerman
$500‐$999
Shelley Chirsan Adler
Prof. Thomas E. Carbonneau
Karen S. Cramer
Jane E. Heller
Hon. Renee Cohn Jubelirer
Marlene Love Lauver
Dean Philip J.
McConnaughay and
Janet Murphy
Jane E. Smigel
Joann M. Smith
Robert and Joan R. Yohe
$250‐$499
Friends of Nicole Berman
Nancy A. Bialkowski
Caroline A. Churchill
James B. Deviney
Mary Elizabeth Eckman
Elizabeth H. Eshelman
Prof. Michael L. and
Ellen Foreman
William M. Hinkson III
Cynthia D. Hummer
Tina L. Joseph
Debra E. Landy
Donna I. Nurick
M. Stephen Pallagut
Jennifer Riseon
Deborah C. Ryerson
Stephen L. and Paula
Wagner Schlichter
Elizabeth G. Simcox
John M. Van Horn
Kathryn B. Woolslare
Gifts up to $249
Deborah L. Abbey
Michael Adelman
Peter Amadure
Sanfa S. Anstine
Sheryl C. Armington
Jason R. Bent
Joe Blackburn
Julia A. Conover
Julie M. D’Amico
Dr. Linda D’Andrea
Brian M. DiMasi
Chad J. Decker
Cheryl DeVere
Elizabeth L. Donohue
John R. Evans
Leevan Garvey Farina
Jeri Ann Fitzsimons
Glenn M. Flegal
Robert and Shirley Fortinsky
Steven W. Franke
Elva Frey
Assistant Dean Amy C.
and Julien F. Gaudion
Steven L. Giardina
Gloria Z. Greevy
Drew S. Hoffman
Frances C. Hoopes
Sylvia Hudacek
Gary Huggens
Suzanne O. Keller
Larence M. Kelly
Laura S. Kent
Mildred L. Kerchner
Margaret E. Knecht
Donore James Lantz
Duncan T. Mackenzie
Kate M. Mackenzie
John A. Maher
Andrea Yuhas Marusak
Fiona and Col. Mark A.
McCormick
Christopher Milligan
Kimberli Morris
Daudie Mowery
Geraldine Nanovic
Sylvia Nedurian
Robert M. Nunemacher
Vance Packard Jr.
Richard O. Paone
Daniel R. Partin
Sue Pentz
Christine Petraglia
Anita E. Pinkus
Noel Poole
Jane A. Price
Melissa L. Reynold
Kelly and Jared Rimmer
Nancy Rodriguez
Celena Romero
Andrew W. Rossetti
Roslyn H. Rudin
Dr. Harald M. Sandstrom
Michael F. Sardone
Martha Weaver Saylor
Robert W. and Sarah M.
Scharadin
Sandra L. Schneider
Scott D. Shirey
Chrisine Cava Shiring
Robert M. Shope
Kelly H. Shuster
Lucille K. Smith
Geoffrey N. Stryker
Marilyn A. Thomas
Harold A. Thomason Jr.
Janice Yelen
Michael A. Yohe
Susan Zullinger
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For the Future Campaign
The Dickinson School of Law is currently pursuing a $35 million
fundraising goal as part of the University’s $2 billion capital campaign,
For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students. To date,
alumni and friends have contributed just over $28 million in gifts and
pledges, but we need your continued support in order to achieve our ambitious
objective by the close of the campaign in June 2014. We are appreciative
of the leadership and support of the Law School’s Board of
Counselors, Alumni Society, and For the Future campaign chair,
James W. Durham ’65.
By reaching our goal, we will provide the Law School with critical
resources and enhance the quality of a Dickinson School of Law education
by expanding interdisciplinary programs, building faculty strength and
capacity, and fostering collaborations throughout the University. Through
increased scholarship support — a priority of the campaign — we will
maintain our competitive edge in recruiting the best and brightest students
and ensure access to students with limited means but unlimited
ability and ambition.
In partnership with alumni, The Dickinson School of Law will continue
to excel and provide students with a rigorous and rich academic
experience now and For the Future.
For the Future Campaign Objectives
Campaign Objectives
Dickinson School of Law Goals
Ensuring Student Opportunity—
Students with the ability and ambition to attend
the Law School will have this opportunity
through scholarship support.
Enriching the Student Experience—
Students will thrive in a stimulating atmosphere that
fosters global involvement, community service,
creative expression, and personal growth.
Building Faculty Strength and Capacity—
Students will study with exceptional
professors and scholars.
Fostering Discovery and Creativity—
Students and faculty members will come together
within and across disciplines to pursue
interdisciplinary research.
Sustaining a Tradition of Quality—
Students will continue to work and study with
faculty whose scholarship is enhanced by
continuing philanthropic support.
$4,500,000
$1,000,000
$5,000,000
$1,250,000
$23,250,000
TOTAL WORKING GOAL $35,000,000
Penn State University Dickinson School of Law ‐ Annual Report • Summer 2012 51

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT PURSUES
A SUMMER OF SERVICE
Holly Moncavage ’13 learned about community values as a
child. Her grandparents owned a pharmacy in Elysburg, Pennsylvania,
where she dusted shelves and performed other small jobs. There, she
was inspired by her grandparents’ example of taking care of people.
“My grandparents gave everyone their medication, even when they
could not afford to pay,” she said. “When they died, we found so many
IOUs.”
Moncavage has carried this lesson with her and hopes to use her
legal training to help others, particularly those who are marginalized in
society. She is able to pursue her dreams of a career in public interest
law with assistance from The Dickinson School of Law Scholarship
Fund, which is supported by donations from alumni and friends
who have earmarked their gifts for student scholarship support.
This summer Moncavage is getting a head start on her public interest
career through a Peggy Browning Fellowship at the Workplace
Project in New York, New York. The Workplace Project focuses on
uniting immigrant workers and their families to push for better living
and working conditions. “People are unaware of how egregious abuse
of migrant workers can be,” said Moncavage, who first learned about
issues facing migrant workers as an undergraduate Spanish major at
Susquehanna University.
In addition to her work as a Peggy Browning Fellow, Moncavage
serves as vice president of the Law School’s Animal Legal Defense
Fund and president of the Penn State Vegetarian Club. She fosters
homeless cats as a PAWS volunteer and is an ombudsman for the Centre
County Area Agency on Aging.
“The scholarship aid
I receive makes it
feasible for me to get
a law degree from Penn
State and I am looking
forward to a career in
public interest law.”
— Holly Moncavage ’13
52 Penn State University Dickinson School of Law ‐ Annual Report • law.psu.edu

THE LAW SCHOOL ENDOWMENT
As of March 2012, the fair market value of The Dickinson
School of Law’s endowment was just over $42 million. This
total is attributed to individual endowments established by
our alumni and friends for student scholarships, faculty
support, loan repayment assistance, awards, fellowships,
and academic programs.
Endowments provide the Law School with dependable
support in perpetuity. The initial gift is invested, and a portion
of the fund’s market value (typically about 4.5 to 5%) is
awarded annually for the purpose designated by the benefactor.
This giving opportunity allows benefactors to support
their areas of interest now and into the future.
The University’s Board of Trustees has established minimum
support levels for various types of endowments to
guarantee that income will be adequate to achieve the benefactor's
intent — now and in perpetuity. These endowments
may be named in recognition of the generosity and vision of
the donors or in honor or memory of persons of the donors'
choice.
The Dickinson School of Law currently has need for
support in the endowment categories to the right (figures
reflect current minimum gift levels for each category).
More information on endowments and giving opportunities
can be found at http://law.psu.edu/alumni/support_
the_law_school.
ENDOWMENT OPPORTUNITIES
CATEGORY
MINIMUM GIFT
FACULTY SUPPORT
Dean’s Chair........................................... $5,000,000
Faculty Chair .......................................... $2,000,000
Professorship ......................................... $1,000,000
Faculty Scholar Award ................................ $50,000
GRADUATE STUDENT AID
Student Scholarship .................................. $50,000
OTHER ENDOWMENTS
Academic Departments ......................... $1,000,000
Academic Centers & Institutes..................... Various
Lectureship ............................................... $100,000
Program Support ........................................ $25,000
Program Award........................................... $20,000
ENDOWMENTS BY ALUMNI, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS
FACULTY SUPPORT
Maureen B. Cavanaugh Research
Professor Award Endowment
Chris Plum
Honorable W. Richard and Mary M.
Eshelman Faculty Scholar Award
The Honorable W. Richard Eshelman
’47* and Mrs. Mary M. Eshelman
Donald J. Farage Professor of Law
Estate of Donald J. Farage
* Deceased
+Scholarships, prizes & awards endowed by Alumni, Family &
Friends, pending or not yet activated
Harvey A. Feldman Distinguished
Faculty Scholar Award
Dickinson School of Law Alumni and
friends of Professor Harvey A.
Feldman ’69
John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation
Distinguished Professorship in Law
John Edward Fowler Memorial
Foundation
Gieg Faculty Support Endowment
Fred B. Gieg ’40*
Dean Peter G. Glenn Faculty
Development Fund+
Friends of Dean Peter G. Glenn
Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar
Award
Joseph H. Goldstein 1909*
Governor Arthur H. James Scholarship
Frank A. Sinon ’36* and Dorothy
James Sinon*
McQuaide Blasko Research Professor
Award
McQuaide Blasko
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H. Laddie Montague Chair
H. Laddie Montague Jr. ’63 and
Linda P. Montague
Honorable G. Thomas and Anne G.
Miller Chair in Advocacy
Leslie Anne Miller ’77 and Richard
Worley
A. Robert Noll Professorship
Marie Noll*
Elsie de R. and Samuel P. Orlando
Distinguished Professorship in Law
Samuel P. Orlando ’24*
Nancy A. Patterson Research Professor
Award
Nancy A. Patterson, Esq. ’69*
Arthur L. and Sandra S. Piccone Faculty
Scholar Award
Arthur L. Piccone ’58 and Sandra S.
Piccone
Polisher Family Faculty Scholar Award
Samuel G. Weiss Jr. ’71
Edward N. Polisher Research Professor
Award
Edward N. Polisher ’22*
Paul and Marjorie Price Family Faculty
Scholar Award
Marjorie Morgan Price and Paul H.
Price ’51
William Trickett Faculty Scholar Award
The Dickinson School of Law
Lewis H. Vovakis Distinguished Faculty
Scholar Award
Lewis H. Vovakis ’63*
Arthur Weiss Research Professor
Award
Edward N. Polisher ’22*
Fannie Weiss Research Professor Award
Edward N. Polisher ’22*
Samuel Weiss Research Professor
Award
Edward N. Polisher ’22*
Weiss Family Research Professor Award
Edward N. Polisher ’22*
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT
Alumni Scholarship Endowment Fund
Alumni of The Dickinson School of
Law
Arnelle‐Nurick‐McIntosh‐Marshall
Scholarship
H. Jesse Arnelle ’62
Zygmunt R. and Gertrude A. Bialkowski
Memorial Scholarship
Gertrude A. Bialkowski*
John W. Blasko Scholarship at
The Dickinson School of Law
McQuaide, Blasko, Schwartz,
Fleming and Faulkner, Inc.
George I. Bloom Scholarship Fund
Estate of George I. Bloom (Hon. ’80)
Adele and Leonard Blumberg
Scholarship Program
Leonard Blumberg ’38* and Adele
Blumberg
Patricia A. Butler Scholarship
Barry J. Epstein ’78 and
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips Butler
Carlisle Tire and Wheel Company
Scholarship
Carlisle Tire and Wheel Company
William R. Caroselli Scholarship
William R. Caroselli ’66
Class of 1947 Scholarship
Members of the Class of 1947
Class of 1964 Scholarship
Members of the Class of 1964
Class of 1967 Scholarship
Members of the Class of 1967
Honorable Mitchell H. Cohen Memorial
Public Interest Scholarship Fund
Friends and Colleagues of the late
Mitchell H. Cohen ’28
J. Peter and Florence S. Davidow
Scholarship
Florence S. Davidow
Honorable Fred W. Davis Scholarship
Friends of the late Hon. Fred W.
Davis ’22
Louis F. Del Duca Scholarship
Professor Louis F. Del Duca
Alexander and Syble G. Denbo
Scholarship
The Honorable Alexander Denbo ’32*
and Syble G. Denbo*
Lisa A. Dinicola Scholarship
Friends and family of the late Lisa A.
Dinicola ’85
Professor William H. and Mary A. Dodd
Scholarship
Stephen M. Dodd ’74 and the Dodd
Family
George F. Douglas Jr. Memorial
Endowment Fund
Friends and Family of the late
George F. Douglas Jr. ’50
Rulison Evans Memorial Scholarship
Estate of Rulison Evans
Anthony C. and Marie C. Falvello
Scholarship
Conrad A. Falvello ’74
Conrad A. and Rocco C. Falvello
Scholarship and Memorial Award Fund
Families of the late Conrad A.
Falvello ’23 and Rocco C. Falvello ’30
Fine Family Memorial Scholarship
Roselle Fine
Robert M. and Elva F. Frey Scholarship
Robert M. Frey ’53
James G. and Joanna B. Glessner
Scholarship
Hazel Glessner*
M. Fletcher Gornall and Elsie O. Gornall
Scholarship
M. Fletcher Gornall ’50 and Elsie O.
Gornall*
Christian and Mary Graf Scholarship
Estate of Mary D. Graf
Hayward Scholarship Fund
Friends and family of Marianne
Hayward
Honorable R. Merle Heffner, Class of
1939, Scholarship
Bernice Heffner Cremer*
Walter Harrison Hitchler Scholarship
Alumni of The Dickinson School of Law
Walter Harrison Hitchler Trust
Scholarship
Estate of Walter Harrison Hitchler
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THE NEED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AT
THE DICKINSON SCHOOL OF LAW
• 95% of students receive some form of financial aid
• 61% of students currently receive scholarship support
• Average size of scholarship awards: $10,000
• Average loan debt for graduating students: $114,203
Arthur B. Myers and Marion V. Myers
Scholarship Fund
Estate of Arthur B. Myers ’43 and
Marion V. Myers
John E. Myers and Thomas I. Myers
Memorial Scholarship
Eunice Ingham Myers
Joseph and Ann Nadel Scholarship
Joseph Nadel ’57 and Ann Honig
Nadel*
David C. Haynes Memorial Scholarship
Charlotte Haynes and the Estate of
David C. Haynes ’26
Shirley A. Hodge Memorial Scholarship
Friends and Family of Shirley A.
Hodge
William Dewsbury Horn Scholarship
Family, Classmates, and Friends of
the late William Dewsbury Horn ’81
Harry E. Kalodner Memorial Fund
Jacob Kossman*
Lewis Katz Scholarship
Lewis Katz ’66
John D. Keith Memorial Scholarship
Friends of The Dickinson School of Law
Honorable John W. Keller Scholarship
The Honorable John W. Keller ’51*
Leona B. and Sidney D. Kline Scholarship
Sidney D. Kline Sr. ’26*
Sidney D. Kline Scholarship Program
Shareholders of the Law Firm
Stevens & Lee
Barbara J. and Sidney D. Kline Jr.
Scholarship+
Barbara J. and Sidney D. Kline Jr. ’56
Sidney D. Kline Jr. Scholarship+
Joseph M. Harenza Jr.
Arthur W. Koffenberger Jr. Scholarship
Friends and Colleagues of the late
Arthur W. Koffenberger ’51
Kollas Family Scholarship
William C. Kollas ’59
Bernard L. Lemisch Memorial Scholarship
Adeline Lemisch*
Jacob Levinson Scholarship
Friends and Family of the late
Dr. Jacob Levinson ’28
Attorney Irving and Ann Yanover
Lottman and John A.D. McCune
Scholarship
Ann Yanover Lottman and Elizabeth
N. Spaeder
Cecelia Macri Scholarship
Friends and Family of Cecelia Macri ’82
John A. Maher Scholarship
Friends of John A. Maher (Hon. ’98)
Jack G. Mancuso Family Scholarship
Jack G. Mancuso ’65
The Markowitz Fund
Clarisse H. Markowitz*
Gary Dennis Martz ’81 Memorial
Scholarship+
Joanna Martz
The Honorable James McHale
Scholarship
Alumni, Family, and Friends of
James McHale
John A. and Josephine A. Miernicki
Memorial Scholarship Fund
John A. Miernicki ’29* and
Josephine A. Miernicki*; Anthony J.
Miernicki ’67 and Nancy Miernicki
Robert A. Mills Scholarship
Robert A. Mills ’59
Jack M. Mumford Memorial Health
Law Scholarship
Friends and family of Jack M.
Mumford ’80
Thomas Holt Murray Scholarship
Amy E. Reno
James K. Nevling Scholarship
J. Kelley Nevling Jr.
Samuel P. Orlando Memorial Scholarship
Estate of Samuel P. Orlando ’24
Rockwell O’Sheill Scholarship+
Rockwell O’Sheill ’62 and Susan M.
O'Sheill*
James and Kathleen Patton Scholarship
James L. Patton Jr. ’83 and Kathleen
L. Patton
Penn State Alumni Association
Scholarship for Penn State Alumni
at The Dickinson School of Law
The Pennsylvania State University
Alumni Association
The Honorable Albert W. Pettit III
Memorial Scholarship+
Joann Elizabeth Pettit
Myron A. Pinkus Scholarship
Myron & Anita Pinkus Charitable
Foundation
Edward N. Polisher Endowed Scholarship
and Award
Edward N. Polisher ’22*
Edward n. Polisher/Helen L. Weiss
Endowed Scholarship
Estate of Edward N. Polisher ’22
The Honorable Gwilym A. Price Jr.
Memorial Scholarship
Nancy S. Price, Gilbert J. Golding’75
and Theresa M. Golding
Dick and Marti Ruben Scholarship
Richard C. Ruben ’78
Walter W. and Doris S. Shearer
Scholarship+
Walter W. Shearer ’50* and Doris S.
Shearer
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The Honorable Dale F. and Mary Ann
Shughart Class of 1938 Scholarship
Alumni, Family, and Friends
Fred B. Sieber Scholarship Fund
Fred B. Sieber ’51*, Deborah L.
Nicklaus ’77, and H. Gregg
Nicklaus ’81
Frank A. and Dorothy J. Sinon
Scholarship for Excellence in the
Study of Tax Law
Frank A. Sinon ’36* and Dorothy
James Sinon*
Dr. M. Paul Smith Memorial Scholarship+
James J. Heffernen ’63
Steele Family Scholarship
J. Rodman Steele Jr. ’66 and Karen
Steele
Benjamin S. Sternthal Scholarship
Madeline S. Sternthal
Paul L. Stevens Memorial Fund
Paul L. Stevens ’75* and Cathy Stevens
Donald C. and Dorcas Taylor Scholarship
Donald C. Taylor ’54* and Dorcas
Taylor
William F. Taylor, Esq. Scholarship
Young, Conaway Stargatt & Taylor;
Family, Friends, and Colleagues of
the late William F. Taylor ’54
Monroe E. Trout Scholarship and
Award Fund
Monroe E. Trout ’64
Ruby R. Vale Memorial Scholarship
The Vale Family and The Ruby R.
Vale Foundation
Max H. Walls, Class of 1928, Scholarship
Estate of Max H. Walls ’28
Judge Donald E. Wieand Scholarship
Donald E. Wieand Jr. ’76
Judge Arlington W. Williams Scholarship
Fund
Friends of the late Hon. Arlington W.
Williams ’27
Judge Roy Wilkinson Jr. Scholarship
Hon. Roy Wilkinson Jr.*
Honorable Robert J. Woodside
Memorial Scholarship
Robert J. Woodside ’61*
Yelen Family Scholarship
Sandor Yelen ’56
Honorable LeRoy S. Zimmerman Public
Service Scholarship
LeRoy S. Zimmerman ’59
PROGRAM SUPPORT AND AWARDS
Patricia Amadure Memorial Award
(Staff Award)
Family and Friends
Thomas A. Beckley Prize for Legal Writing
Thomas A. Beckley ’60
Degenstein Foundation Fellowship
Program for Public Interest Law
Charles B. Degenstein Foundation
M. Vashti Burr Memorial Award
William V. Whittington
Carter Prize Award
Professor John Carroll
Dickinson School of Law General
Alumni Association Endowment
General Alumni Association
James W. Durham Endowment in
Support of the Center for Dispute
Resolution
James W. Durham ’65
Gail and Hank Faulkner Excellence Fund
at The Dickinson School of Law+
Henry Faulkner III ’71* and Gail
Faulkner
The Honorable John B. Hannum
Federal Practice Award
Richard P.S. Hannum ’74
Laura Davis Jones Award for Excellence
in Bankruptcy Law
Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor
Joseph Leyburn Kramer Award
Estate of Joseph Leyburn Kramer ’35
and gifts from his family
Peter N. Kutulakis Endowment for
Support of Student Programs
Estate of Margaret A. Nielson
Robert J. and Mary Ellen Landy Award
R. Joseph Landy ’79, Debra Landy,
Eileen Landy Lundquist ’82, R.
Mark Lundquist ’80, Thomas and
Maria Landy, Hubert X. Gilroy ’79,
and Mary Gilroy
Jacob Levinson Advocacy Center
Endowment
Friends and family of the late
Dr. Jacob Levinson ’28
Nancy Liu Memorial Fund
Alumni, Family and Friends
D. Arthur Magaziner Human Services
Award
Family of D. Arthur Magaziner
Joseph Parker McKeehan Award
Corpus Juris Society
Montgomery and MacRae Award for
Nontraditional Students
James R. Montgomery ’93 and
Professor and Mrs. Leslie MacRae
I. Emanuel Meyers Fund
Friends of the late I. Emmanuel
Meyers ’40
The Honorable Gwilym A. Price Jr.
Memorial Prize
Aimee Toth ’77
Sheely‐Lee Law Library Endowment
Alcoa, Polly Ehrgood, Abraham and
Sarah Kadis Foundation
Irving Yaverbaum Accounting Prize
Yaverbaum, Goldring and Gerber
(Beard and Company)
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THE JOHN REED SOCIETY
The John Reed Society is The Dickinson School of Law’s most prestigious donor
recognition program, recognizing lifetime giving—including pledges, matching
gifts, and planned gifts—of our most generous alumni and friends. Named in
honor of Judge John Reed, founder of the Law School, the Society’s members
share a commitment to ensuring academic excellence and the continued success
of the Law School and to supporting present and future generations of students,
faculty, and alumni.
THE 2ND CENTURY CIRCLE
Recognizing lifetime giving of
$100,000 and above
H. Jesse Arnelle ’62
Hon. Bernard Balick ’66
and Hon. Helen Balick ’66
Howard C. Bare ’48*
Dr. George I. Bloom ’80*
Dr. Leonard R. Blumberg ’38*
and Adele Rosenberg
Blumberg
Marjory Boyd*
William R. Caroselli ’66
and Dusty Elias Kirk ’79
Eugene S. Cavallucci ’72
and Rebecca R. Cavallucci
Sarah Miller Coulson
Bernice Heffner Cremer*
Hon. Fred W. Davis ’22*
Charles B. Degenstein
Foundation (Sidney Apfelbaum,
Jeffrey Apfelbaum ’77,
Michael Apfelbaum’85)
Hon. Alexander Denbo ’32*
and Syble G. Denbo*
D. Dallas Ditty ’28*
James W. Durham ’65
James R. English ’48*
and Shirley English
Donald J. Farage*
Edward C. First Jr. ’38*
Thomas H. Ford*
Robert M. Frey ’53
Fred B. Gieg Sr. ’40*
Frederick J. Giorgi ’55 *
Hazel G. Glessner*
Joseph H. Goldstein 1909*
Edna C. Goldstein*
M. Fletcher Gornall, Jr. ’50
and Elsie O. Gornall*
Mary D. Graf*
Hon. John B. Hannum ’41*
Joseph M. Harenza Jr. ’71
David C. Haynes ’26*
* Deceased
James J. Heffernen ’63
and Fay Heffernen
Hon. H. Joseph Hepford ’48*
Walter Harrison Hitchler*
Sarah M. Jones ’27*
Harry A. Kalish ’28*
Lewis Katz ’66
Edwin L. Klett ’62
Dr. Sidney D. Kline Sr. ’26*
Sidney D. Kline Jr. ’56
and Barbara Kline
William C. Kollas ’59
Sidney L. Krawitz ’36*
Martin G. Lane Jr.
Robert P. Leiby Jr. ’54 *
Jacob Levinson ’28 *
Richard J. Levinson
Andrew L. Lewis Jr.
Jack G. Mancuso ’65
Howell C. Mette ’51
Leslie Anne Miller ’77
and Richard B. Worley
H. Laddie Montague Jr. ’63
Tom P. Monteverde ’51
Joseph Nadel ’57
and Ann Honig Nadel*
Thomas D. Nary ’28*
Marie Underhill Noll*
Rockwell O'Sheill ’62
Elsie Orlando ’19*
Nancy A. Patterson ’69*
James L. Patton Jr. ’83
and Kathleen Long Patton
Arthur L. Piccone ’58
and Sandra S. Piccone
Edward N. Polisher ’22*
William A. Reiter ’27*
Peter J. Ressler ’61
and Kathryn Ressler
Hon. Thomas J. Ridge ’72
and Michele Ridge
Mr. Francis F. Seidel II*
Walter W. Shearer ’50*
and Doris Shearer
Fred B. Sieber ’51*
Frank A. Sinon ’36*
and Dorothy James Sinon*
William U. Smith ’57*
J. Rodman Steele Jr. ’66
and Karen Steele
Benjamin S. Sternthal ’23*
Gregory L. Sutliff ’59 and
Susan Sutliff
Donald C. Taylor ’54*
and Dorcas Taylor
Glenn E. Thomson ’35*
Lewis H. Vovakis ’63*
Dr. John G. Williams ’52*
Sandor Yelen ’56
Hon. LeRoy S. Zimmerman ’59
THE HERITAGE CIRCLE
Recognizing lifetime giving of
$50,000 to $99,999
Thomas A. Beckley ’60
Zygmunt R. Bialkowski Jr. ’74
Phillips J. Butler
and Jeanne E. Butler*
Ray T. Charley ’76
Frances H. Del Duca ’66
and Louis F. Del Duca
Barry J. Epstein ’78
Hon. W. Richard Eshelman ’47*
and Mary Eshelman*
Anthony C. Falvello ’53
and Marie C. Falvello
Conrad A. Falvello ’74
and Christine Falvello
Dennis J. Gounley ’74
and Martha Zatezalo ’74
Derek C. Hathaway
Ann King*
Elwood F. Kirkman*
Lee A. Levine ’63
Anthony J. Miernicki ’67
and Nancy Miernicki
Hon. G. Thomas Miller ’48
Rocco A. Ortenzio
and Nancy A. Ortenzio
Nathan W. Potamkin ’27*
Paul H. Price ’51
and Marjorie Dyer Price
Joseph A. Quinn Jr. ’66
Hon. Sylvia H. Rambo ’62
Richard C. Ruben ’78
Donald F. Smith Jr. ’78
Harry W. Speidel ’47
Paul L. Stevens ’75*
and Cathy D. Stevens
Max H. Walls ’28*
Hon. Robert J. Woodside ’61*
THE FOUNDERS CIRCLE
Recognizing lifetime giving of
$25,000 to $49,999
Peter J. Anderson ’75
Ralph Anglin
William S. Beckley ’50*
Carl A. Belin Jr. ’61
Ward A. Bower ’75
Hon. Earl H. Carroll
and Louise R. Carroll
Abe Cramer ’27*
H. Kay Dailey ’78
Donald G. Deibert ’68
Louise Deller
Stephen M. Dodd ’74
Louis M. Drazin*
Hon. Thomas A. Ehrgood ’51*
Girard N. Evashavik ’61
Henry Faulkner III ’74*
Harvey A. Feldman ’69
Roselle Fine
James L. Fritz ’87
Peter G. Glenn
John B. Hannum Jr. ’73
Richard P. S. Hannum ’74
Charles F. Harenza ’84
Myrtle Harvey*
Harry A. Horwitz ’79
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Hon. Jan R. Jurden ’88
Hon. John W. Keller ’51*
Howard L. Kitzmiller ’54
Carol M. Kosik ’94
A. E. Kountz ’13*
Adam B. Krafczek ’55
Joseph E. Lewis ’65*
Joan Dawley Maher ’80
and Dr. John A. Maher
John P. Manbeck ’74
William E. Master ’78
John H. McKnight ’51*
R. Burke McLemore Jr. ’77 and
Barbara R. McLemore ’78
Dr. James R. Montgomery ’93
Arthur A. Murphy*
Arthur B. Myers ’43*
Roger N. Nanovic ’54
Kenneth E. Nicely ’74*
Judith L. Nocito ’77
John W. Pelino ’59*
Nancy S. Price*
Carl Rice ’28*
Jane Rigler
Robert C. Royce ’67
Irwin Schneider ’55
Samuel Schreckengaust Jr. ’38*
Albert A. Schwartz
Hon. Dale F. Shughart ’38*
Dale F. Shughart Jr. ’74*
Donald C. Smaltz ’61
Harry E. Smith ’51
and Anne P. Smith
Gary S. Spagnola ’69
and Susan S. Spagnola ’69
Hon. Morris M. Terrizzi ’39*
David E. Thomas ’30*
James F. Toohey ’62
Thomas E. Weaver Sr. ’28*
Dean A. Weidner ’69
Irwin Weinberg
Hon. Gerald Weinstein ’56
Ira H. Weinstock ’65
Kurt E. Williams ’95 and
Kathryn Reese Williams
Hon. Robert E. Woodside ’28*
Charles B. Zwally ’63
THE 1834 CIRCLE
As of December 31, 2002, the
minimum membership level
for the John Reed Society was
raised from $10,000 to $25,000
(Founders Circle). Any donors
who qualified for the 1834 Circle
prior to the change in minimum
membership levels
continue to be recognized as
Society members.
Edwin A. Abrahamsen ’76
and Mary Ann Abrahamsen ’76
Theodore A. Adler ’72
Hon. Jane M. Alexander ’54
William F. Anzalone ’77
Sidney Balick ’56
Joseph A. Barlock ’50*
Daniel E. P. Bausher ’79
J. Edward Beck Jr. ’72
G. Thompson Bell III ’80
Marcia A. Binder ’82
Harry L. Bricker Jr. ’57
Franklin C. Brown ’49
Michael R. Bucci Jr. ’80
Mary L. Buckman ’86
Jeffrey D. Bukowski ’95
Brig. Gen. Christopher F.
Burne ’83
Hon. William W. Caldwell ’51
Robert W. Chilton
Carl F. Chronister ’38 *
Terrence E. Connor ’54
William R. Cooper II ’48
Henry F. Coyne ’66
W. Marshall Dawsey ’61
and Polly Moore Dawsey
Alfred A. Delduco ’51*
Arthur DiNicola
William H. Dodd ’38*
John M. Eakin ’51
David R. Eshelman ’74
Edward A. Fedok ’70
Hon. Richard E. Fehling ’79
Bertha P. Feldman*
Michael A. Fetzner ’72
Richard G. Fine ’68
Nicholas J. Fiore ’78
Benjamin Folkman ’82
Bruce D. Frankel ’77
Michael W. Gang ’77
Michael H. Garrety ’75
and Paula F. Garrety ’75
Gary S. Gildin and Terri Gildin
Hubert X. Gilroy ’79
Hon. Thomas M. Golden ’72*
Howard M. Goldsmith ’68
and Molly H. Goldsmith ’70
Martin Goodman ’28*
Walter T. Grabowski ’78
and Mary R. Grabowski ’78
Laurel F. Grass ’86
and Roger Grass
LuAnn Haley ’81
Mark A. Hayward
Harvey H. Heilman Jr. ’48*
John C. Herrold ’73
William F. Higie ’52
James L. Hollinger ’60
Hon. Herbert Horn ’32
Daniel B. Huyett ’75
Arthur Inden ’65
Hon. Robert L. Jacobs ’35*
Gerald Vincent John ’69
Morgan R. Jones ’65*
Leslie L. Kasten Jr. ’77
Hon. Edwin M. Kosik ’51
Jon LaFaver
Mildred Rickard Landis*
R. Joseph Landy ’79
J. Richard Lauver ’63
Stephen R. Leibowitz ’77
G. Griffith Lindsay III ’79
Jesse P. Long ’35*
R. Mark Lundquist ’80 and
Eileen Landy Lundquist ’82
Francis J. Lutz
Elizabeth Dougherty
Maguschak ’83 and Mark
J. Maguschak
George M. Manderbach ’48
Judith Margolis
Donald L. Masten ’55
Helene L. Master
Philip J. McConnaughay
and Janet Murphy
Mollie A. McCurdy ’79
and Kevin J. McKeon ’79
William E. McDonald ’77
G. Steven McKonly ’76
Mario G. de Mendoza III ’72
Robert A. Mills ’66
Hon. Carmen D. Minora ’77
John J. Miravich ’89
C. Edward Mitchell ’70
Gerald K. Morrison ’68
Hon. John C. Mott ’80
and Brenda K. Mott
Daryl F. Moyer ’79
Barry J. Nace ’69
James A. Naddeo ’67
J. Kelley Nevling Jr.
Hon. Clarence C.
Newcomer ’48*
Edward S. Newlin ’70
and Relda Evans Newlin
Jan P. Paden ’72
James G. Park ’54*
D. Grant Peacock ’66
Meyer P. Potamkin ’33*
Leonard Rapoport ’51
Harvey B. Reeder ’73
Mr. Bissett J. Roberts ’38*
Lee M. Rosenbluth ’82
Hon. Max Rosenn*
Charles W. Rubendall II ’76
G. Philip Rutledge ’78
William J. Schaaf ’71
Sarah M. Scharadin
and Robert Scharadin
Charles E. Schmidt Jr. ’74
Michael A. Setley ’85
Charles E. Shields III ’83
Peter F. Smith ’81
Brig. Gen. John C. Steele*
Henry J. Steiner ’55
Morris L. Stoltz II ’73
Margaret A. Suender ’87
and John A. Suender ’88
Chang-Kewn Suh ’85
Herbert Summerfield ’65
Lee C. Swartz ’61
Robert P. Trinkle ’76
and Kathy L. Pape ’78
Hon. David J. Tulowitzki ’76
Thomas L. VanKirk ’70
Joseph J. Velitsky ’70
Jeffrey P. Waldron ’82
and Gillian S. Waldron ’82
Martha B. Walker ’72
Nathan H. Waters Jr. ’72
Robert L. Weldon Jr. ’73 and
Donna Stehman Weldon ’77
Hon. Richard B.
Wickersham ’53*
Donald E. Wieand Jr. ’76
Wallace C. Worth Jr. ’53
Blandin J. Wright ’72
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UNIVERSITY-WIDE GIVING SOCIETIES
In addition to the Law School’s John Reed Giving Society, Law School donors are
eligible for recognition in Penn State’s University-wide giving societies. Penn State
recognizes its most generous supporters by inviting them to become members of
giving societies that include the Mount Nittany Society, the Atherton Society, and
the President’s Club.
MOUNT NITTANY SOCIETY
The Mount Nittany Society recognizes those individuals
whose cumulative lifetime giving to The Dickinson
School of Law and/or other Penn State units has reached
or exceeded $250,000 in irrevocable commitments.
Membership in the Laurel Circle honors donors whose
cumulative gifts exceed $1 million. Membership in the
Elm Circle honors donors with cumulative giving of $5
million or more.
All new members of Mount Nittany Society, Laurel
Circle, and Elm Circle are inducted at an annual awards
ceremony, where they are presented to the University
President and the other members of the society.
THE ATHERTON SOCIETY
Membership in the Atherton Society is offered to
all individuals who have made an estate provision for
The Dickinson School of Law or other Penn State unit,
or a planned or deferred gift commitment, regardless
of the amount. These gift commitments include:
• A bequest in a will or living trust
• Designating Penn State the beneficiary of a
retirement plan
• A charitable remainder trust
• A charitable gift annuity
• A gift of a life insurance policy
• A remainder interest gift of a home or farm
The Dickinson School of Law
Mount Nittany Society Members
H. Jesse Arnelle ’62
and Dr. Carolyn Block Arnelle
Irwin W. Aronson ’82
and Nancy Cramer Aronson
Hon. Bernard Balick ’66
and Hon. Helen S. Balick ’66
John W. Blasko ’62
Leonard R. Blumberg ’38*
and Adele Rosenberg Blumberg
William R. Caroselli ’66
and Dusty Elias Kirk ’79
Ray T. Charley ’76
and Catherine Hart Charley
Wendell V. Courtney ’80
and Linette K. Courtney
Hon. Alexander Denbo ’32*
and Syble G. Denbo*
James W. Durham ’65
Anthony C. Falvello ’53
and Marie C. Falvello
Henry Faulkner III ’71*
and Gail Faulkner
Robert M. Frey ’53
Charles E. Fryer ’77
and Irene G. Fryer
Frederick E. Giorgi ’55*
M. Fletcher Gornall Jr. ’50
and Elsie O. Gornall*
Joseph M. Harenza Jr. ’71
Dallas W. Hartman ’84
Hon. H. Joseph Hepford ’48*
Michael J. Hudacek Sr. ’54
and Sylvia Hudacek
Jeffrey L. Hyde ’80
and Sharon D. Hyde ’82
Lewis Katz ’66
Edwin L. Klett ’62
and Janis Klett
Sidney D. Kline Jr. ’56
and Barbara Kline
William C. Kollas ’59
and Dianne L. Kollas
Robert P. Leiby Jr. ’54*
John P. Manbeck ’74
and Mary Ann Regan
Reed McCormick ’64
and Susan V. McCormick
Howell C. Mette ’51
Leslie Ann Miller ’77
and Richard B. Worley
John Randall Miller Jr. ’48*
H. Laddie Montague Jr. ’63
and Linda Montague
Tom P. Monteverde ’51
and Beverly M. Monteverde
Gerald K. Morrison ’68
Joseph Nadel ’57
and Ann Honig Nadel*
Rockwell O’Sheill ’62
Robert A. Ortenzio ’82
and Angela D. Ortenzio
Arthur L. Piccone ’58
and Sandra S. Piccone
Edward N. Polisher ’22*
Paul H. Price ’51
and Marjorie Dyer Price
Peter J. Ressler ’61
and Kathryn Ressler
Carl Rice ’28*
Walter W. Shearer ’50*
and Doris Shearer
Frank A. Sinon ’36*
and Dorothy James Sinon*
William U. Smith ’57*
Harry W. Speidel ’47
and Edwina J. Speidel
J. Rodman Steele Jr. ’66
and Karen Steele
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Gregory L. Sutliff ’59
and Susan Sutliff
Donald C. Taylor ’54*
and Dorcas Taylor
Glenn E. Thomson ’35*
Michael J. Toretti ’82
Joseph J. Velitsky ’70
John G. Williams ’57*
Sandor Yelen ’56
and Janice Yelen
Hon. LeRoy S. Zimmerman ’59
The Dickinson School of Law
Laurel Circle Members
James W. Durham ’65
Lewis Katz ’66
Leslie Ann Miller ’77
and Richard B. Worley
H. Laddie Montague Jr. ’63
and Linda Montague
Gregory L. Sutliff ’59
and Susan Sutliff
The Dickinson School of Law
Elm Circle Members
Lewis Katz ’66
H. Laddie Montague Jr. ’63
and Linda Montague
The Dickinson School of Law
Atherton Society Members
H. Jesse Arnelle ’62
and Dr. Carolyn Block Arnelle
Zygmunt R. Bialkowski ’74
and Nancy A. Bialkowski
Mary L. Buckman ’86
Keith A. Clark ’70
Wendell V. Courtney ’80
and Linette K. Courtney
Frances H. Del Duca ’66
and Prof. Louis F. Del Duca
James W. Durham ’65
Barry J. Epstein ’78
Hon. Ronald W. Folino ’81
and Lois Folino
M. Fletcher Gornall, Jr. ’50
and Elsie O. Gornall*
Dennis J. Gounley ’74
and Martha A. Zatezalo ’74
Hon. Glen R. Grell ’81
Valerie A. Gunn ’82
and G. Greg Gunn
Hon. Christopher G. Hauser ’79
James J. Heffernen ‘63
and Fay Heffernen
Lewis Katz ’66
Sidney D. Kline Jr. ’56
and Barbara Kline
Reed McCormick ’64
and Susan V. McCormick
R. Burke McLemore Jr. ’77
Howell C. Mette ’51
Robert A. Mills ’59
H. Laddie Montague Jr. ’63
Tom P. Monteverde ’51
and Beverly M. Monteverde
Forest N. Myers ’73
Joseph Nadel ’57
Rockwell O’Sheill ’62
Hon. Sylvia H. Rambo ’62
Thomas E. Schwartz ’72
and Carolyn E. Schwartz
Walter W. Shearer ’50*
and Doris Shearer
Dr. James J. Staudenmeier Sr. ’58
and Dorothy V. Staudenmeier
J. Rodman Steele Jr. ’66
and Karen Steele
Donald C. Taylor ’54*
and Dorcas Taylor
H. Weston Tomlinson ’60
Joseph J. Velitsky ’70
Wallace C. Worth Jr. ’53*
and Eileen Worth
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