New York Law School 1975 Commencement Program

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL

83rd COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1975 2:00P.M.

HUNTER COLLEGE AUDITORIUM 695 Park Avenue New York, New York

ORDER OF EXERCISE

Dr. John V. Thornton, Presiding Chairman of the Board

PROCESSIONAL "Marche Triompbale" by Berlioz

INVOCATION Rabbi Mordecai Waxman Temple Israel, Great Neck, New York

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

Francis Scott Key Bernard Greenberg

.GREETINGS Dr. Sylvester C. Smith, Jr. President Former President, American Bar Association

COMMENCEMENTADDRESS Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr.

AWARDING OF PRIZES Dean E. Donald Shapiro

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF JURIS DOCTOR

SEPTEMBER 1st, 1974 John Joseph D 'Ernie B.A. Fordham University

Brian Michael Meyer B.A. St. John's University

Michael Peter Saitta B.A. Fordham University

Joseph Thomas Schnurr B.A. Manhattan College

Barry S. Selip B.A. Queens College

Richard A. Siracusa B.S. Villanova University

FEBRUARY 1st, 1975 Robert Emmet Cook B.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University

Joseph Horn B.A. Brooklyn College

JUNE 8th, 1975 John Louis Abbamonte B.A. Seton Hall University

Stephen Allen Agus B.A. New York University

Andrew A. Alberti B.A. Baldwin-Wallace College

Michael Alpart B.A. Bradley University

Howard Neal Aronson B.S. in B.E. Drexel Institute of Tech.

Franklin Jay Barr A.B. Boston University

Salvatore John Bate B.A. Iona College

Rodd M. Baxter B.S. Syracuse University

John Becker A.B. Columbia University

Shlomo Aaron Beilis B.B.A.

The City College of New York

Susan Lee Berger B.A. State University at Stony Brook

Bert Berkow A.A. Los Angeles City College

Lonn Edward Berney B.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University

Edward Doan Beslow B.A. Washington & Jefferson College

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF JURIS DOCTOR

SEPTEMBER 1st, 1974 John Joseph D 'Ernie B.A. Fordham University

Brian Michael Meyer B.A. St. John's University

Michael Peter Saitta B.A. Fordham University

Joseph Thomas Schnurr B.A. Manhattan College

Barry S. Selip B.A. Queens College

Richard A. Siracusa B.S. Villanova University

FEBRUARY 1st, 1975 Robert Emmet Cook B.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University

Joseph Horn B.A. Brooklyn College

JUNE 8th, 1975 John Louis Abbamonte B.A. Seton Hall University

Stephen Allen Agus B.A. New York University

Andrew A. Alberti B.A. Baldwin-Wallace College

Michael Alpart B.A. Bradley University

Howard Neal Aronson B.S. in B.E. Drexel Institute of Tech.

Franklin Jay Barr A.B. Boston University

Salvatore John Bate B.A. Iona College

Rodd M. Baxter B.S. Syracuse University

John Becker A.B. Columbia University

Shlomo Aaron Beilis B.B.A.

The City College of New York

Susan Lee Berger B.A. State University at Stony Brook

Bert Berkow A.A. Los Angeles City College

Lonn Edward Berney B.A. Fairleigh Dickinson University

Edward Doan Beslow B.A. Washington & Jefferson College

Vincent Joseph Biancamano B.A. St. Peter's College

James Thomas Bishop B.A. Dowling College

Peter John Blessinger B.A. John Jay College

Gloria Adele Bletter B.A. The City College of New York

James Bowes B.A.

St. Francis College

Stephanie C. Brand A.B. Brandeis University

Charles Harry Brower A.B. Rutgers College

Andrew Paul Brucker B.A. New York University

Philip Harvey Buda A.B. Syracuse University

Norman Michael Carniol B.A. City College of New York M.B.A. Northwestern University

Philip Castellano, Jr. B.A. St. John's University

Steven Alan Cayne B.A. State University at New Paltz

Angelo A. Cifelli, Jr. B.A. Fordham University

Herbert Forrester Clark B.A. University of Minnesota M.A. in P.A. University of Minnesota

Martin Edmund Patrick Coffey B.A. University of Notre Dame

Edward J. Cohen B.S.

Boston University

Evelyn F. Cohn B.A. The City College of New York

Patrick Thomas Colligan A.B. Temple University

Lawrence Robert Cooper B.A. New York University M.A. The City College of New York

Michael V. Coppola A.B. Rutgers University

Ceasar Joseph D 'Al bis B.A. Brooklyn College

John Paul Davidson B.A.

Brown University

Benjamin Robert Decosta B.A. Queens College

Lorenzo A. De Luca A.B. Rutgers College

Maxine Sue Derkatch B.A.

Brooklyn College

Thomas Gerard DiGiovanni B.A. Brooklyn College

John Nicholas DiStassio B.A. Fairfield University M.A. Fairfield University

James Michael Docherty B.A. Fordham University

Patricia Anne Donlevy A.B. Vassar College

Barry Leslie Doyno B.A. University of Wisconsin

William Skaggs Dugan B.A. Yale University

Matthew Finis Dyer B.S. University of Bridgeport

David Peter Dylis B.A. Utica College

Marc Zane Edell B.S. in B.A. Boston University

Alan Ehrlich B.S. Fairleigh Dickinson University

Lloyd Perry Eisen A.B. Rutgers College

Mark J. Elder B.A. Hofstra University

Marshall A. Elkins B.A. University of Wisconsin

Jonathan Paul Ellman B.A. Clark University

Gregory Francis Fater B.A. Villanova University

SUMMA CUM LAUDE Neal Richard Silverman MAGNA CUM LAUDE Nancy Brooke Ledy Mitchell Rachlin Leonard Reed Rosenblatt Frances Brown Salten CUM LAUDE Shlomo Aaron Beilis James Bowes Herbert Forrester Clark Martin Edmund Patrick Coffey Patricia Anne Donlevy William Skaggs Dugan David Peter Dylis Marc Zane Edell Marc J. Elder Arthur D. Friedman David Friedman Jacob I. Friedman

Sholem Friedman John Richard Greene Larry Kenneth Hutcher Mark Edward Kressner Sandra Feder Krevitsky Alan Leonard Langus Douglas Edwin McKean Iii 111 J' N '!II Alan L. Page Martin B. Pavane Randall Lawrence Pease Gerald D. Reilly John Michael Romanow Alan M. Rubin Janice Volkman Walter E. Volkomer Clifford R)?Y Wasserman

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Jack A. Kaplowitz B.S.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Gary Seth Karban B.B.A.

Hofstra University

Gary A. Kay B.A. Rutgers University M.B.A. Rutgers University

Daniel Kaye A.B. Rutgers University

Eugene Joseph Kelly B.A. Fordham University

Jeffrey David Knowles A.B. Columbia College

Paul Korman B.A. Brooklyn College

Mark Edward Kressner A.B. Herbert H. Lehman College

Sandra Feder Krevitsky B.A. Brooklyn College

Richard E. LaMotta B.A. Brooklyn College

Alan Leonard Langus B.A. Queens College

Nancy Brooke Ledy A.B. Sarah Lawrence College

Sol H. Lesser B.A. Brooklyn College

Stephen Gerald Levy B.S.

Long Island University

Edward Geer Lewis A.B. Colgate University

Joan Elizabeth Lisante B.A. LeMoyne College

Marc Michael Livanos B.S. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Daniel Gerard McDermott B.A. LeMoyne College

John Kevin McElligott B.A. University of Notre Dame

Douglas Edwin McKean A.B. Hunter College

Paulette Owens McMillan B.A. Pacific University

Jane Marie Maguire B.A.

Newton College of the Sacred Heart

Frederick Mehl B.A. Yeshiva University

Joseph James Messina B.A. St. Francis College

Robert Albert Milanese B.S. in B.A. Villanova University

Louis Milkowski B.S. Boston College

Bruce Mark Mitchell B.A. New York University

John Joseph Mullaney B.S.

University of San Francisco

Ellen Leslie Nadler.

B.A. Queens College

Drew Mason Netter A.B.

Washington University

Basil Frank O'Connor A.B. Rutgers College

Terrence 0 'Connor B.S. in B.A. Seton Hall University

Edward George O'Loughlin B.S.

St. Peter's College

Clara Wurman Orenstein A.B. Hunter College

James Paul Pagano B.A. Fordham University

Alan L. Page B.A. Brooklyn College

Jeffrey Franklin Pam B.S. Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn M.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Larry Pantirer A.B. Cornell University

Donald S. Pashayan B.B.A.

George Washington University

Martin B. Pavane B.E. Cooper Union

Randall Lawrence Pease A.B.

Rutgers College

Alan Perlman B.A. George Washington University

Jeffrey Steven Pomerantz B.B.A.

Pace College

Wayne Jeffrey Price B.A. Queens College

Thomas Fitzgerald Purcell B.A. Fairfield University

Alan Sanders Rachlin B.A. City College of New York M.P.A. The City College of New York

Mitchell Rachlin B.A. Queens College

Gerald D. Reilly B.S. St. Louis University

Jeffrey Alan Resnick B.A. State University at Stony Brook

Richard Louis Rodman B.A. Adelphi College M.B.A. C. W. Post College

John Michael Romanow

Wayne A. Schultz B.A.

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Fairleigh Dickinson University

Anne M. Schuman B.A.

The City College of New York

Gary L. Schwartz B.A. Queens College

Neal Richard Silverman B .A. Yale College M.A. University of Pennsylvania

Edward Simon B.A. Pennsylvania State University

Glenn J. Sobel

B.A. George Washington University

Martin Michael Solomon B.A. State University at Albany

Peter E. Steinman B.E.(M.E.) The City College of New York

Richard Mark Strauss B.A. American University

Francis Morgan Taylor.

B.A. New York University

Mark Steven Tepper

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B.A. Fairleigh Dickinson Universtiy

B.S. Cornell University

Mark Steven Rosen B.A.. American University

Leonard Reed Rosenblatt B.B.A.

Bernard M. Baruch College

Goldie Rotenberg B.A. State University at Binghamton

Karen Dee ¡Rothaus B.A. Hofstra University

Alan M. Rubin B.A. Queens College

James Joseph Ruddy, Jr. B.S.

Fordham University

Frances Brown Salten B.A. New York University M.S. Columbia University

Sandra Meredith Salter B.A. Brooklyn College

James Stewart Scherling B.S. University of Houston

Catherine J. F. Thomas B.A. San Francisco College of Women M.A. Columbia University

Susan Vicki Tipograph B.A. American University

Edward Vincent Titano B.A. St. John's University

James Paul Toschi B.A. Alfred University

Morris Tuchman B.A. Queens College

John William Vasko B.B.A. 'Pace College

Janice C. Volkman A.B. Brandeis University

Walter E. Volkomer B.A. Rutgers University Ph.D. Rutgers University

Laurence Edward Voss A.B. Hunter College

Jacob S. Wachstock B.B.A. The City College of New York

Richard Joseph Wall IV B.S. Fordham University

Lance Stephan Walsky B.S.

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Clifford Roy Wasserman B.S. Fairleigh Dickinson University

Paul M. Weiner B.S. State University at Buffalo

Joel Henry Weinstein B.A. New York University M.A. New York University

Michael Ira Weisberg A.B. Herbert H. Lehman College

William D. Whalen B.B.A. The City College of New York

Leonard Joel Witman A.B .• Rutgers College

Joseph Francis Wundrok B.A. Los Angeles State College

Victor Demetrios Xistris B.A. Lehigh University

Joseph M. Young B.S.

U.S. Naval Academy

Robert Asher Zeide B.S.

Boston University

S tavroula Zervas B.A. Brooklyn College

Daniel Richard Zirker B.S. University of Notre Dame

PRIZES TO BE AWARDED THE TRUSTEES' PRIZE

For the Highest Average Neal R. Silverman (Day Division) Jacob I. Friedman (Evening Division) NATHANIEL L. GOLDSTEIN AWARDS

For Proficiency in Constitutional Law Neal R. Silverman (Day Division) John Michael Romanow (Evening Division) MURRAY STOCKMAN MEMORIAL AWARDS

For the highest average in the Law of Evidence Neal R. Silverman (Day Division) Peter Blessinger (Evening Division) ELSBERG PRIZE

For Proficiency in the Law of Contracts in the Evening Division John Michael Romanow D. GEORGE LEVINE MEMORIAL AWARDS

For the Highest Grade in the Law of Real Property Neal R. Silverman (Day Division) David Friedman (Evening Division) NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL AWARD

For Outstanding journalistic Contribution Arthur P. Fisch DEANE. DONALD SHAPIRO AWARD

For Student Leadership Frances Brown Salten Arthur P. Fisch FACULTY AWARD

To Editor-In-Chief, New York Law Forum Neal R. Silverman NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS Presented by Prof. Bernard Erber

DR. MAX REICH AWARD

For Excellence in Practice and Procedure Randall L. Pease

PROFESSOR

VINCENT

LO LORDO

AWARD

For Excellence in Practice and Procedure Jacob Friedman PROFESSOR IVAN SOUBBOTITCH AWARD

For Excellence in Comparative Law Jack A. Kaplowitz NEW YORK LAW FORUM AWARDS

For Outstanding Editorial Contribution Martin E. Coffey Arthur D. Friedman John R. Greene CERTIFICATES OF MERIT

To Members of Law Forum Editorial Board Presented by Prof. ] oel Lee NATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM AWARDS

For Serving With Distinction Basil F. O'Connor, Chairman

Ronald C. Goldfarb

Alan L. Page

Sandra M. Salter

CERTIFICATES OF MERIT

To Members of the Moot Court Board Presented by Prof. Andrew Simak, Advisor CERTIFICATES OF MERIT

To Members of the Equitas Staff Presented by Prof. Joseph H. Koffler, Advisor CERTIFICATES OF MERIT

To Members of the Women's Caucus Presented by Prof. Suzanne Gottlieb STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION AWARDS

For outstanding contribution to the Student Body Benjamin DeCosta Basil F. O'Connor Ronald C. Goldfarb Joel Weinstein Presented by Prof. Milton A. Silverman, Advisor PHI DELTA PHI LEGAL FRATERNITY DWIGHT INN AWARD

In recogniation of notable services to the Law School Community Life Benjamin Decosta Ronald C. Goldfarb Basil F. O'Connor Presented by Prof. Franklyn C. Setaro, Moderator

PETER W. RODINO JR. Peter W. Rodino Jr., was born in Newark, New Jersey. He attended Rutgers Law School and received his LL.B. in 1937. That same year he was admitted to the New Jersey Bar. He practiced in Newark until 1941 when he volunteered for service in the United States Army.

He was commissioned overseas and served for five years with the 1st Armored Division and with the Military Mission, Italian Army. He was the recipient of the Bronze Star, and was decorated in 1945 by King Umberto of Italy.

In 1948 he was elected Representative to Congress from New Jersey's 10th District, a position he has held since. He has served in many leadership positions in the Congress, among them: Member of the Democratic Steering (Policy) Committee, House of Representatives, 1965-1972; Assistant to Majority Whip of the House, 1965-1972; Congressional Observer, Disarmament Conference in Geneva, 1968; Delegate to the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) dealing with refugee problems, 1962-1972; and Chairman 1971-72; Delegate to the North Atlantic Assembly (parliamentary arm of NATO); Chairman of its Scientific and Technical Committee in 1972, and of the Working Group on the Control of Narcotics; Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 197 3 to present; Chairman of the Monopolies and Commercial Law Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee; former Chairman of the Immigration, Citizenship and International Law Subcommittee.

Congressman Rodino has been an active legislator, authoring the majority report on Civil Rights in 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968 and floor manager of the 1966 Civil Rights Bill. He co-sponsored the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act which established the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. He initiated an amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1971 which cut -off aid to nations which did not cooperate with the United States in curbing the flow of illicit narcotics into this country.

Mr. Rodino was also responsible for legislation which eliminated national origins quotas as the basis of the United States' immigration policy.

Peter Rodino, as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, directed the first Presidential Impeachment Inquiry in over 100 years. That committee under his leadership also conducted the investigation and hearings with respect to the nomination of Gerald Ford to be Vice President, which was the first such nomination submitted pursuant to the 25th amendment. .

The honors accorded Peter Rodino have been legion, and it would be impossible to list. them all. However, among those who have honored him are: The Republic of Italy which presented him their highest decoration the "Cavaliere di Gran Croce"; The Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy; The Veterans of Foreign Wars who awarded him the VFW s.11.ver Star; The American Justinian Society which presented him the Special Recognmon Award for Congressional Leadership. He has received an Honorary Doctor of .Hu~ane Letters from LeMoyne College and a Doctor of Civil Laws from St. John's University. He was the Rutgers Law School's outstanding Alumnus in 1974, and was awarded the Federal Bar Association's Medal of Excellence for Distinguished Service.

Peter W .. Rodioo Jr., Lawyer, War Hero, Distinguished Legislator, in recognitwn of your outstanding contributions, the Board of Trustees of New York Law. School is proud to confer upon you the Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa with all the rights, privileges and honors thereunto appertaining. '

ROBERT F. WAGNER The career of Robert F. Wagner is deeply interwoven in the fabric of the City of New York. Born in Yorkville, the son of the late Senator Robert F. Wagner, a distinguished public official and an honored graduate of New York Law School, Robert F. Wagner gravitated naturally to a career in politics, government, and public service.

After graduating from Yale College and Yale Law School, Robert F. Wagner was elected in 19 37 to the State Assembly. As a member of the Assembly, he revealed his compassion and concern for the Jess affluent in our society. He was the first member of the State Legislature to propose legislation on State and local public housing projects. He sponsored legislation to bring decent medical services to all our people, irrespective of ability to pay.

Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he resigned his Assembly seat to accept a Commission in the United States Air Force and was honorably discharged with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

In 1946, he began a career of twenty consecutive years of municipal service .. a member of the City Tax Commission, Commissioner of the Department of City Planning, President of the Borough of Manhattan, and three terms as Mayor of the City of New York, a record of tenure in that office matched only by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia.

The Wagner years were characterized by reform at the political level, restructuring at the governmental level, and by the establishment of higher standards of integrity and performance by elected officials and public employees. He spearheaded vast programs of construction of housing, schools, hospitals and health centers, libraries, parks and playgrounds, and other facilities vital to the City.

Following his years as Mayor, he continued to devote his talents to public needs. He served as the United States Ambassador to Spain, by appointment of President Lyndon Johnson. He was elected a Delegate to the State Constitutional Convention of 1967. He served as Chairman of the Temporary State Commission on the Powers of Local Government by appointment of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.

He is President of United Neighborhood Houses, a Director of St. Luke's Hospital and of Phoenix House and is identified with many other civic and community organizations.

Mayor Wagner, in the light of your distinguished achievements and in view of the compassion, sensitivity, and creativeness which you brought to your public responsibilities, and by authority of the Board of Trustees, New York Law School is proud to confer upon you the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa, with all the rights, privileges and honors thereunto appertaining.

WILLIAM

J. CURRAN

Scholar, teacher and internationally recognized expert in the field of legal medicine, William J. Curran is a graduate of Boston College and Boston College Law School, class of 1950. He received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1951 and completed his studies with a Master of Science in Hygiene in 1958.

Professor Curran has taught at the University of Santa Clara School of Law and was Assistant Professor of Public Law and Government while Assistant Director of the University of North Carolina Institute of Government. From 1955 to 1957 he was Associate Professor of Law at his alma mater, Boston College of Law. In 1958 William J. Curran was named Edward R. Utley Professor of Legal Medicine and Director of Boston University Law-Medicine Research Institute. Professor Curran is the former Dean of Metropolitan College of Boston University.

Since 1968 Professor Curran has been the Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Legal ÂĽedicine at Harvard University . He teaches at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, and at the Harvard Law School. Professor Curran is also the Administrative Director of the Interfaculty Program in Medical Ethics of Harvard University.

Professor Curran's publications and professional activities have led the legal and medical professions in the area of the legal implications for modern medical practices. His pioneering work in the definition of "brain death" and the drafting of legislation allowing individuals to donate organs while alive have had a profound effect in every state and, indeed, have saved many lives.

A leading writer and scholar in the field of legal medicine, Professor Curran is the author of seven books. His scholarly activities have included drafting health laws for the State of Massachusetts which have led other legislatures in adopting similar progressive legislation.

In recognition of these outstanding achievements as a legal scholar and his influence upon the laws throughout the country, the Trustees of New York Law School are pleased to confer upon William J. Curran the Degree of Doctor of Laws bonoris causa, with all of the rights, privileges and honors thereunto appertaining.

JOHN EINAR MURRAY Major General John Einar Murray was born in Clifton, New Jersey in 1918 and is a graduate of George Washington University with a Master's Degree in International Affairs.

He graduated from New York Law School in 1950, and graduated from the U.S. Army War College in 1961.

Major General Murray, who entered the U.S. Army as a private in 1941, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1943. During World War II Major General Murray served as a Warrant Officer in the Judge Advocate General Corps, and as a company grade officer in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. From 19 51 to 19 5 3, he was Assistant G-1 and later Secretary of the General Staff, Headquarters, Second Logistics Command, in Korea. He then served in the Office of the Chief of Transportation in Washington, D.C. Major General Murray served two tours in Europe, in both staff and command positions.

He has served two tours in the office of the Secretary of Defense and a tour with the Pacific Command. Major General Murray has served previously in command positions in Vietnam, also as Director of Logistics, and his last military assignment was as U.S. Defense Attache in Vietnam.

Major General Murray has received numerous awards and decorations, including the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Bronze Star Medal. His foreign awards include the Order of the Crown of Italy, the Italian War Cross, the Korean Ulchi with Gold Star, and six Vietnamese decorations.

Major General Murray resides in Washington where since October of 1974 he has been Vice-President - Assistant to the President, Association of American Railroads.

In recognition of the high achievements of this distinguished alumnus of New York Law School, the Board of Trustees is honored to confer upon him the Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa, with all the rights and privileges thereunto appertaining.

WILLIAM

JOSEPH

WEARY

Near the turn of this century, William Joseph Weary, son of Frederick and Elizabeth, first saw the light of day in Oil City, in northwestern Pennsylvania, situated _on a bend of the Allegheny River at the mouth of Oil Creek. Once the site of a Seneca Indian Village, Oil City was founded in 1860, following the drilling of the world's first oil well nearby. For many years the City's oil exchange set the world's price of oil.

In these somewhat unusual surroundings, William received his early education, culminating in his graduation from the City's High School. Lack of resources prevented his continuing a much desired college education at the time, and he moved to Bradford, Pennsylvania, where he secured a position as b ookkeepter , In 1917, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving in World War I on destroyers and battleships, returning to his old position at the conclusion of the War. In 1924, he served with the United States Coast Guard in Philadelphia and later in the Brooklyn Navy Yards.

In 1927, when St. John's University opened its College of Business Administration, Bill Weary entered its evening division, and after three years was appointed its Registrar.

In 19 31, he received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree, cum laude. In less than three years he became Acting Dean and, in 19 35, Dean of the College, which then had some 1000 students, increasing by 1960 to 3200, with a faculty of some 60 professors, and two campuses, in Brooklyn and Jamaica.

After 25 years service as Dean, he came to New York Law School as Registrar. In accepting his resignation, the President of St.Joh n's University wrote: "This is one of the most difficult letters which I have ever written. I shall take this occasion to tell you that not only my administration but others which you served have always held you in admiration, and have regarded you for your devotion, loyalty and fidelity to St. John's.********* To say that we shall miss you would be telling a minimal degree of the whole truth."

He was then awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Commercial Science, and was named Dean Emeritus of the College of Business Administration.

Since 1962, he has served New York Law School with the utmost loyalty, competence and fidelity. Much of the school's success in the intervening years may be attributed to his abiding faithfulness and devotion. He literally gave us these precious years of his life, never counting the hours, and in his sensitive post conducting the affairs of the school with limitless dedication.

He has also shared his life in fraternal circles, including the Knights of Columbus and the _Order of Elks, and has been steadfast in the faith of his acceptance. In 1972, the Vincentian Community of St. John's University conferred upon Dean Weary affiliate membership, a rather unusual honor.

Dr. Weary, for your devotion to every task assigned you, particularly in the field of education, for your loyalty to country in time of war, for your dedication to youth over these many years, for your unquestioned integrity, and your outstanding service to New York Law School dunng difficult periods, for your faith in God and in your neighbor, New York Law School is proud to confer upon you the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws bonoris causa, with all the privileges thereunto appertaining.

SUMMA CUM LAUDE Neal Richard Silverman MAGNA CUM LAUDE Nancy Brooke Ledy Mitchell Rachlin Leonard Reed Rosenblatt Frances Brown Salten CUM LAUDE Shlomo Aaron Beilis James Bowes Herbert Forrester Clark Martin Edmund Patrick Coffey Patricia Anne Donlevy William Skaggs Dugan David Peter Dylis Marc Zane Edell Marc J. Elder Arthur D. Friedman David Friedman Jacob I. Friedman

Sholem Friedman John Richard Greene Larry Kenneth Hutcher Mark Edward Kressner Sandra Feder Krevitsky Alan Leonard Langus Douglas Edwin McKean Iii 111 J' N '!II Alan L. Page Martin B. Pavane Randall Lawrence Pease Gerald D. Reilly John Michael Romanow Alan M. Rubin Janice Volkman Walter E. Volkomer Clifford R)?Y Wasserman

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