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PRIDE OF OLYMPIC PROPORTIONSJOHN ISBISTER '77

Like millions of people around the world, many Americanswatched the 2002 Winter Olympics. We took great pride inthe tremendous and surprising success of athletes from the

United States. Few Americans participate in winter sports-par-ticularly some of the wilder and crazier events-and fewer still

knew anyone who competedat the games. Yet it was natu-ral to feel good about the suc-cess of those with whom weshare the bond and affiliationof nationality. Similarly,though we are separated byyears and distance from theUniversity of MarylandSchool of Law, all of theSchool's alumni have celebrat-ed its recent accomplish-ments.

In particular, we felt greatpride when Us. News 6- WorldReport ranked the School ofLaw as one of the top lawschools in the country. (Mostof us were proud of the lawschool before it achieved thatranking-bur it was nice to

John Isbister, a partner at Tydings &Rosenberg, Up, serves as chair of

the Alumni Association's communi-cations committee.

see that those keeping score also recognize the excellent legaledu-cation that the School provides.) This ranking considers theSchool's current reputation, and the LSAT scores, GPAs and barpassagerates of current students.

Although they may never have the opportunity to visit it,alumni around the country also are excited about the newSchool of Law building that is almost completed. While I(hopefully) will not have to take classesin the new facility,I can-not wait to see the state-of-the-art classrooms and ample com-mon areas in use. Legal educators around the country will talkabout the law school with envy, and many will want to teachhere because of the facility. Scholarship and learning will thrivein the new building, and top-notch students will be drawn toour School to study here. All alumni will be pleased to knowthat their School is housed in a building designed to provide thebest legal education in the 21st century.

I have no doubt that the value of every alumnis' degree hasincreased in value as the reputation of the law school has grownand spread. I invite all alumni to do more than just bask in thereflected gloty of what is going on at the School of Law. Somealumni simply recommend that a good student apply to the lawschool. Others teach at the School, participate on panels aboutthe legal profession, mentor individual students, host studentevents, and contribute to the Building Campaign or the AnnualFund. There are many other ways that alumni can support theactivities of the School and its students.

Please contact the Alumni Association office and ask how youcan support the law school. It may not be as exhilarating as skiingdown an icy hill at 70 miles per hour, you may not earn anymedals, and you probably won't be on television. However, youwill be part of making the University of Maryland School of Lawone of the finest law schools in the country. You can contact theAlumni Association office at www.law.umaryland.edu or 410-706-2070. •

2001-02 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jonathan I. Ahn '92Mary Pat Baxter '79Wesley D. Blakeslee '76The Hon. Toni E. Clarke '86Tracey H. Cohen '98David]. Cushing '76The Hon. Bonita]. Dancy '81

PresidentThe Hon. Andre M. Davis '78

Immediate Past PresidentDeborah E. Hunt Devan '75

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Emerson L. Dorsey Jr. '79Rebecca L. Dubin '99Gene M. Garner II '86Helmut E. Gerlach '97Rajiv K. Goel '98Daniel E. Goldman '95Carmen D. Hernandez '82John B. Isbister '77Paula M. Junghans '76Trent M. Kittleman '91

Secretary/Treasurer

Teresa K. LaMaster '95Gregory D. Mack '90The Hon. Robert H. Mason '69The Hon. Charles J. Muskin '83

President-ElectP.Michael Nagle '79The Hon. Mary Louise Preis '83The Hon. Lawrence F. Rodowsky '56Craig A. Thompson '95Daniel M. Twomey '74The Hon. Thurman W Zollicoffer '88

195051955LEONARD A. ORMAN is certified by theNational Board of Trial Advocacy.

196051963THE HON. J. FREDERICK SHARERwas elevated to the Maryland Court ofSpecial Appeals. Previously, he served onthe Allegany County Circuit Court.

1964THE HON. EDWARD A. DEWATERSretired from the Baltimore CountyCircuit Court after nearly 30 years.

1965RICHARD B. TALKIN was named chair-man of the Board of Trustees for TheMaryland Academy of Sciences, theMaryland Science Center's governingbody.

1968THE HON. JOHN P. CORDER MAN wasselected governor-elect for the RotaryClub's District 7350, which includes cen-tral Pennsylvania, western Maryland andthe eastern panhandle of West Virginia.

1969THE HON. ROBERT H. MASONreceived the Anselm Sodaro CivilityAward in recognition of the dignified andrespectful manner with which he con-ducted his professional career.

197051971WALLACE KLEID joined the firm ofHassan, Hassan, & Tuchman, PA, inBaltimore. His practice includes workers'compensation, personal injury, DWI/DUIand mediation. MAROON WALKER is alearning community mentor at BaltimoreCity Community College, where sheteaches success strategies to underpre-pared and at-risk students from the city'spublic schools.

1972THE HON. SUZANNE S. FOX is execu-tive director of the State EthicsCommission. She previously worked atthe Office of Administrative Hearings.

1973THE HON. CLIFTON J. GORDY JR., a17-year veteran of the Baltimore CityCircuit Court, was reappointed to anoth-er term in office, pending re-election inNovember.

1974REAR ADM. MICHAEL LOHR waspromoted to deputy judge advocategeneral for the U.S. Navy. STEVENVANGRACK is the chairman of theMaryland Real Estate Commission.

1975ALAN C. KESSLER, a partner at thePhiladelphia office of Wolf, Block, Schorr& Solis-Cohen, LLP, is a member of thetransition team for New Jersey Gov.-electJames E. McGreevey. RICHARD E.LEVINE, a tax and real estate attorney,joined Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe,LLP, in the Baltimore office. MERLE A.SIEGELMAN retired in September 2000,after serving the City of Baltimore for 24years as assistant, chief and associate citysolicitor. She is CEO of Knit Knacks, asole proprietorship for instruction in theneedle arts. She can be contacted atmaknitknacks@yahoo.com.

1976JOANNE K. GLASSER, former vicepresident for institutional advancementat Towson University, is president ofEastern Kentucky University InRichmond, Ky. THE HON. CLAYTONGREENE JR. was appointed to theMaryland Court of Special Appeals byGov. Parris N. Glendening. Previously, heserved on the Anne Arundel CountyCircuit Court bench. After serving asgeneral counsel for the District ofColumbia Housing Authority, JO ANNBRADLEY JONES was appointed assis-tant general counsel for Drexel and MCPHahnemann Universities in Philadelphia.

GEORGE P. STAMAS has joined theWashington office of Kirkland & Ellis asa senior partner in the corporate practicegroup. Prior to that, he was vice chairmanof Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown.

1977STEVEN KARLTON KOP is chief legalofficer and general counsel of AegisMedical Systems Inc., one of the nation'slargest systems of drug abuse rehabilita-tion clinics. He is also chairman andCEO of LexMatrix Corp., a start-upWeb-based legal publishing company.

1979EMERSON L. DORSEY JR. is a principalin the general business group of Semmes,Bowen & Semmes and continues to prac-tice in the area of general real estate.

198051980THE HON. GARY GILBERT hasauthored the book CompensatoryDamages and Other Remedies in FederalSector Employment Discrimination Cases,published by Dewey Publications.

1982MARK P. ALBRIGHT has joined theAllentown, Pa., office of White &Williams, LLP, as a senior associate in thelitigation department. He focuses hispractice in the areas of casualty, labor andemployment, Orphan's Court, real estateand commercial litigation. LOIS A.FENNER MCBRIDE received the secondannual Cultural Diversity Award, givenby the Baltimore County Office of FairPractices and Community Affairs and theBaltimore County African AmericanCultural Festival.

1983KAREN STAKEM HORNIG has joinedthe firm of Brown, Diffenderffer &Kearney. Her practice concentrates oneducation and employment issues as wellas general litigation. BONNIE A.KIRKLAND received a 2001 KathleenKennedy Townsend Award of Excellence

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to Outstanding Women in GovernmentServices (WIGS) sponsored by MarylandWomen for Responsive Government. Sheserves as the special secretary for theGovernor's Office of Children and Youth.

1984MARY ELLEN BARBERA was appoint-ed to the Maryland Court of SpecialAppeals by Gov. Parris N. Glendening.Previously, she was a deputy chief of thecriminal appeals division of the AttorneyGeneral's Office. NANCY COHEN wasappointed to Baltimore County DistrictCourt. Cohen was formerly with theOffice of the Public Defender inAnnapolis. H. RICHARD DUDEN III hasjoined the Annapolis firm of Hyatt, Peters& Weber, LLP, as an associate. His areasof practice include insurance defense,juvenile and administrative law, and gen-eral civil and criminal litigation.

1987SUSAN D. BONFIELD, a corporateattorney for Fox Rothschild O'Brien &Frankel, LLP, is a member of the NewJersey Pain Management Policy AdvisoryCouncil. VIDETTA BROWN received a2001 Kathleen Kennedy TownsendAward of Excellence to OutstandingWomen in Government Services (WIGS)sponsored by Maryland Women forResponsive Government. Brown worksfor the Office of the Baltimore CityState's Attorney.

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1988KATHRYN W. BRADLEY teachesresearch and writing as an associate pro-fessor at the University of Virginia Schoolof Law. LYNN K. STEWART wasappointed to the Baltimore City CircuitCourt bench. Pending wins in both theprimary and general elections, she willserve a IS-year term. RACHEL A.WOHL, executive director of Maryland'sMediation and Conflict ResolutionOffice, was presented with the 2001Mary Parker Follette Award for outstand-ing contributions in the field of conflictresolution.

1989TIMOTHY J. BLOH, a shareholder forthe firm Marshall, Dennehey, Warner,Coleman & Goggin in Philadelphia, wasa speaker at the Pennsylvania BarInstitute's CLE seminar "Handling theFailure to Disclose Case" in December2001.

199051990DOROTHY WILSON was appointed ajudge in the Baltimore County DistrictCourt. Prior to the appointment, Wilsonserved as an assistant attorney general anddeputy counsel/chief of litigation for theMaryland Insurance Administration.

1991PATRICIA GILLIS COUSINS joinedAmtrak as associate general counsel, whereshe continues to practice labor andemployment law. SARAH MORTENSONDUCKHAM practices immigration law inWashington, D.C. JOHN F. HOPKINSJR. and his wife, Lisa, have three children:Kate (10), Sarah (7) and Echo (6). Heenjoys an in-house career that allows himto assist indigent immigrants with politi-cal asylum and other INS applications.

1992MARTIN H. SCHREIBER II is a partnerat Brown Goldstein Levy, LLP, inBaltimore. His practice includes diversecivil and criminal litigation, includingERISA, First Amendment, insurance andcivil rights cases.

1994TIMOTHY K. DOLE and his wife havereturned to Baltimore after six years inSeattle, where he practiced with Browne& Ressler and served a yearlong clerkshipfor the Supreme Court of Washington.He is an associate at Schulman, Treem.ANDREW V. JEZIC is an assistant state'sattorney in Montgomery County (Md.).DAVID E. RALPH joined the Baltimoreoffice of Saul Ewing, LLP, as special coun-sel in the litigation and labor and employ-ment departments.

1995JAMES M. CONNOLLY is a partner inthe firm of Kramer & Connolly inOwings Mills, Md.

1996DOUGLAS A. LEVY ran his thirdmarathon in less than 11/, years. He hascompleted marathons in Portland, Ore.,London and Honolulu as fund-raisers forthe Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Hecan be reached at douglevy.com.

1999CAPT. ROBERT G. BRACKNELL is onactive duty in the U. S. Marine Corps andserves as a special assistant U.S. attorneyfor Camp Pendleton in California. CAPT.YOSEFI SELTZER married MichelleAppelrourh, of Atlanta, on April 22,2001. He is an active duty captain in theU.S. Army and the special assistant U.S.attorney for Fort Stewart and HunterArmy Airfield in Georgia. JASONSTOOGENKE is a news reporter for theNBC-affiliate WRCB- TV III

Chattanooga, Tenn.