C U M U L A T I V E A C T I V I T Y R E P O R T T H R O U G H 2 0 1 4

Celebrating over 40 years of partnership

with the University of Illinois

at Urbana-Champaign

Alvin H. Baum Family Fund

About the University of Illinois 4

About the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund 5

Environmental Change Institute 6

Institute For Sustainability, Energy, and Environment 8

College of Law 12

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Founded almost 150 years ago, the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

is responsible for enhancing the lives of

people in Illinois, across the nation, and

around the world through leadership in

learning, discovery, engagement, and

economic development.

Illinois is a truly comprehensive public

research university and is uniquely suited

to address this responsibility in ways that

others cannot. As a result, Illinois has set

forth the goal of being the pre-eminent

public research university with a land-grant

mission and global impact. In our 148-year

history, we have established an identity

and personality rooted in achievement and

driven by excellence in all we do. Framed

by our track record of innovation and

creativity, Illinois is widely recognized as a

leader, visible to the nation and to the world

as a place where transformational learning

and groundbreaking scholarship lead to

addressing the world’s most complex and

critical challenges.

Illinois embraces strategic partnerships

with like-minded organizations such as

the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund to achieve

shared goals. For over 40 years, Illinois

and the Baum Family Fund have addressed

issues related to law, the environment, and

agriculture. Now, this special partnership

is positioned to contribute solutions to the

grand societal challenges threatening the

quality of life for citizens around the world.

UNIVERSITY OF

I LL INOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

1+2+7+8+30+52$3.8 Million

$1.15 Million College of Law*

$299,000 ACES*

$320,000 College of Business*

$46,000Department of Intercollegiate

Athletics

BAUM FUNDING THROUGH 2014

* A portion of the funding shown for these respective Colleges was

earmarked for the Environmental Change Institute

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ALVIN H. BAUM FAMILY FUNDAlvin and Ann Baum led an understated

lifestyle in Highland Park, IL. Despite

vastly different upbringings and an age

gap of over 20 years, Mr. and Mrs. Baum

shared a deeply held common bond: to be

champions of the underprivileged.

Committed to the causes of health, human

services, education, housing, environmental

issues and the arts, the Alvin H. Baum

Family Fund is focused on positively

impacting lives and changing the world for

the better.

Together, the University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign and the Alvin H. Baum

Family Fund have changed the lives of

thousands.

With foresight and shared vision, this

partnership is uniquely suited to address

future challenges and solve some our

world’s most pressing concerns.

1+2+7+8+30+52$3.8 Million

The University of Illinois was a natural fit with the shared goals of the

Alvin H. Baum Fund and its mission to impact environmental sustainability

through world-leading research.

E D U C A T I O N

H U M A N

S E R V I C E SA R T S

H O U S I N GH E A LT H

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$2 Million

Vice Chancellor for Public

Engagement

$6,000

University of Illinois Library

IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES

WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE KEY

AREAS THE BAUM FAMILY

FUND HAS SUPPORTED.

BAUM FUNDING THROUGH 2014

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ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE INSTITUTE

In 2007, Joel Friedman, Trustee of The

Alvin H. Baum Family Fund, came together

with three colleges at the University of

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to develop a

multidisciplinary institute around the theme

of environmental change with the vision of

synchronizing the best environmental science,

the most enlightened policy and front line

entrepreneurship to benefit the greater good.

Friedman sought to “negate the adverse

effects of environmental change by fueling

the interplay of big ideas and best practices.”

Through a generous three-year financial

commitment of $900,000 from the Alvin

H. Baum Family Fund and matching funds

totaling $390,000 from the College of

Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental

Sciences (ACES) ($300,000 contribution); the

College of Business ($60,000 contribution);

and the College of Law ($30,000 contribution),

the founders established the Environmental

Change Institute (ECI). Chartered in February

2008 and operating from July 2008

through 2012, the Environmental Change

Institute (ECI) laid the foundation for what

is now the University of Illinois’ Institute for

Sustainability, Energy and the Environment

(iSEE), engendering interdisciplinary thinking,

strategy, and action not otherwise occurring

between traditional academic structures.

The founders sought to spur new thinking

across the disciplines, shaping people’s

understanding of the issues and parlaying

that understanding into real-world actions to

mitigate the adverse effects of humankind on

the environment. The Institute’s constituencies

were business leaders, scientists, policy

makers, faculty, students, and, ultimately, any

citizens interested in joining the effort to curb

the forces of climate change.

The cross-campus partners cooperated and

co-leveraged resources in unprecedented

ways to generate insights into the causes and

consequences of environmental change, and

influence constructive responses more quickly

than would otherwise be likely to occur.

The three colleges created new “hybrid”

academic courses and provided matching

funds for research and seed grants. For the

first time, there was a formal platform at Illinois

addressing questions such as: What is the role

of local public policy in building green? How is

climate change impacting Midwest agriculture

and water resources?

The ECI conducted direct outreach efforts

through research grants, courses, programs

and fellows. Illinois students were engaged

beyond the classrooms, through efforts

such as student-led energy-use audits and

campus-wide water and energy management

activities. New insights and programs were

shared with the public through the University

of Illinois Extension, which reaches 2.5+

million residents in all 107 Illinois counties. ECI

delivered on its mission by funding four main

categories of study: (1) Research, (2) Courses,

(3) Fellows and (4) Programs.

As a direct result of the work of the ECI and

the support of the Alvin H. Baum Family

Fund, in December 2013, the University

of Illinois launched the Institute for

Sustainability, Energy, and Environment

(iSEE) on the Urbana-Champaign

campus—a multi-disciplinary campus-wide

initiative that conducts actionable research

for real-world solutions.

The overarching challenge to realizing our mission is gleaning insight into human motivations, then

shaping policy and courses of action that people will embrace and deploy for the greatest common good”

P R O F E S S O R W E S L E Y M . J A R R E L L

F O U N D I N G D I R E C T O R F O R E C I

6 E N V I R O N M E N T A L C H A N G E I N S T I T U T E

VisionThe Environmental Change Institute will illuminate the

causes and consequences of global environmental change

and develop constructive responses through public policies,

technologies, and lifestyles.

MissionThe ECI advances our understanding of global environmental

change and offers solutions to avoid, mitigate, or adapt to

its effects through support of scholarly research, innovative

teaching, and public outreach.

ECI shapes energy dashboardWhen the University initiated an energy

dashboard for the campus, ECI played a

critical role. Establishment of the energy

dashboard was a multi-part project that

included implementation of a website,

connection of existing real-time energy

meters, and installation of additional

real-time energy meters throughout

campus. ECI staff designed the site and

created reference content. The website

went live in early 2012, and existing

real-time meters were connected.

Users can access the dashboard at

www.illinienergy.illinois.edu.

The Student Sustainability Committee

funded the purchase of the website mod-

ule for the campus’ energy data historian

program, as well as $100,000 for real

time meters. Additional funding for meters

came from other campus sources. Cam-

pus policy now states that all new meters

must be real-time.

Most recently this dashboard and

real-time metering has allowed for the

University of Illinois to compete in the

ECO-OLYMPICS, an energy competition

between residence halls on campus.

Eco-Olympics is part of a nationwide

program called Campus Conservation

Nationals, as well as a mini Big Ten com-

petition. This competition creates a great-

er awareness of energy use amongst the

students in the residence halls.

Dr. Suski and Aaron ShultzECI support provided to Dr. Cory Suski

funded two projects including student

Aaron Schultz’ doctoral research focused

on the impacts of climate change on

nearshore marine ecosystems in the

Bahamas. Aaron Shultz is nearing

completion of his Ph.D. The project

resulted in four planned publications, one

peer reviewed manuscript, five invited

presentations, and interest by others to

provide funding to continue work in this area.

The ECI Funding of the Suski/Schultz

project promoted excellence in research

that has been recognized at the highest

levels on campus. Shultz was recognized

with the 2011 University of Illinois

International Graduate Achievement

Award (awarded to only one student on the

campus each year) and the Department

of Natural Resources and Environmental

Sciences with the Graduate Award for

Excellence in Research. While a graduate

student, Schultz oversees the operation of

the Cape Eleuthera research institute in the

Bahamas (ceibahamas.org). Associated

with CEI is “the island school” a unique,

sustainability oriented high school.

In addition to supporting Shultz’s

graduate work, the ECI investment

created opportunities for 16 interns

working on the project to be trained in

field/lab techniques, data collection and

data management.

Student Impact - Jennifer Nelson When Jennifer Nelson entered the

environmental sciences program at the

University of Illinois, her background

varied from much of her cohort. She

had just spent three years practicing

law as a public defender working with

juveniles. Support via ECI allowed her

to compliment her graduate studies

and research with her professional

experience.

Nelson coupled her training and

experience in legal research and

writing with her studies in environmental

sciences. Her specific focus was the

social, economic and environmental

factors involved in water quality

management in the Tualatin River

watershed of Oregon. It was the ECI

funding that made this critical, multi-

disciplinary work possible.

At the time, few organizations were

providing support to students conducting

broad research and analytical skills

to tackle difficult policy questions. ECI

funding enabled Nelson to produce a

thesis that now serves as a white paper

on water quality management and

response to climate change referenced in

current management work in that region.

Today, Nelson is an Outreach, Volunteer

and Education Program Manager for the

Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation

District. The opportunity to better

understand the management system

in the Tualatin area is invaluable to her

in this current role. In her professional

position, she hopes to expand the

public’s knowledge of and participation

in resource conservation in this basin.

Further, she hopes they will continue to

build on the existing watershed model for

water quality management.

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INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT

I N S T I T U T E F O R S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y, E N E R G Y, A N D E N V I R O N M E N T8

In December 2013, the University of Illinois

launched the Institute for Sustainability,

Energy, and Environment (iSEE) on the

Urbana-Champaign campus. The Institute,

one of the major initiatives championed

by Chancellor Phyllis Wise as a result of her

“Visioning Excellence” exercise to identify

grand challenges for this campus to address,

was established with the help of a generous

founding gift from the Alvin H. Baum Family

Fund under the administrative leadership of

Joel Friedman.

iSEE was created to lead an interdisciplinary

approach to researching solutions for the

world’s pressing sustainability, energy and

environmental needs today and tomorrow.

The Institute is also tasked with helping

the Illinois campus become a model

of sustainability, energy efficiency and

environmental friendliness — and to prepare

students to be leaders in these fields and/or

leaders by example as good Earth citizens

when they leave campus.

iSEE was officially established Dec. 16,

2013, just one year after the Academic

Senate approved establishment of its

predecessor, the Center for a Sustainable

Environment (CSE). CSE was a merger of

the Environmental Change Institute (ECI)

and the Office of Sustainability (OS), both of

which did outstanding work in environment

and sustainability for our campus. The Baum

Fund previously supported CSE and ECI.

Since its inception, iSEE has developed

interdisciplinary research themes, in which

the Institute will seed fund and shepherd

faculty teams dedicated to “actionable

research” — scientific progress toward

real-world solutions. The five themes:

Climate Solutions; Energy Transitions;

Sustainable Infrastructure; Water and Land

Stewardship; and Secure and Sustainable

Agriculture.

With the world’s population now

crossing the 7 billion mark, the

biggest challenges we face as a

society in the next 20-50 years will

revolve around meeting society’s

needs safely while preserving the

environment. I am proud that the

University of Illinois considers it

our responsibility to tackle these

challenges and our partnership

with the Baum Family Fund is

critical to our success in meeting

these goals. By forming the

Institute for Sustainability, Energy,

and Environment (iSEE), we will

use an inter-disciplinary approach

to conduct ‘actionable’ research

aimed at solving real world issues

both now and in the future. The

Baum Family Fund, administered

by Joel Freidman, has challenged

us to think ambitiously and

become an international leader

in sustainability, energy, and the

environment. As the inaugural

Baum Family Director for iSEE, I

embrace this challenge and look

forward to bigger, better things in

the days ahead.

Evan DeLucia

Baum Family Director for Institute

for Sustainability, Energy and

Environment

A message from the Baum Family Director for iSEE

STORED SOLAR STOVE

RESEARCH TEAM

From left, Matthew Alonso,

graduate student in

Agricultural and Biological

Engineering; Ndu Egekeze,

Corporate Liaison at

IEFX-Illinois Engineering

First-Year Student Experience;

Tami Bond, Professor of

Civil and Environmental

Engineering; project leader

Bruce Litchfield, Professor of

Agricultural and Biological

Engineering; Madhu

Viswanathan, Professor of

Business; and Joe Bradley,

Teaching Associate at IEFX-

Illinois Engineering First-Year

Student Experience.

Managing human-caused climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, and weaning society from its dependence on fossil fuel for energy is a critical step in

meeting this challenge.”

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In June 2014, iSEE awarded funding (more

than $940,000 total) for three projects:

> Under the Water and Land Stewardship

theme, the Smart Water Disinfection

Project, to develop an understanding

of water-borne pathogens, a portable

system to detect the pathogens, a

method for disinfection, and a business

model for distributing purification kits.

> Under the Secure and Sustainable

Agriculture theme, the Woody

Polyculture Project, to develop

alternative options for Midwest

agriculture, comparing a variety of

systems — mixtures of trees, shrubs, and

forage or hay — that yield multiple food

and fuel sources.

> Under the Energy Transitions theme, the

Stored Solar Stove Project, to develop a

way to successfully store solar energy for

cooking, as well as a cookstove that can

be used at any time — thus eliminating

the need for acquiring solid fuels to burn

(and limiting black carbon emissions).

In June 2015, iSEE will award seed funding for

three more projects.

> iSEE has taken an administrative role

in coalescing thematic researchers at

Illinois. A newly formed Water Scholars

group will lead to collaborations across

the many strengths this campus has

in water specialties: major areas of

research excellence; large funded

centers and institutes; laboratories; and

individual scholars.

> iSEE has begun a similar process with

Energy Scholars.

The Institute is taking a leading role in

campus sustainability efforts. Illinois earned

several awards, for which iSEE submitted

information, in 2014:

> A place on the Princeton Review’s

Green Honor Roll, one of 24 institutions

of higher learning (and the only in the Big

Ten) to earn a perfect score of 99. More

than 800 colleges and universities were

evaluated for this honor.

> The No. 1 Big Ten green school and 28th

overall out of 162 four-year institutions

that applied to the Sierra Club’s Cool

Schools list.

> A Gold Level designation by the Illinois

Campus Sustainability Compact.

> STARS Gold Level honors in the

Sustainability Tracking, Assessment

& Rating System, the highest honor

achieved to date in the STARS ratings.

iSEE Progress Update

OCTOBER 2014 ISEE

CONGRESS

Pictured is Colorado

State University Professor

Raj Khosla, an expert in

precision agriculture.

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> iSEE instituted a procedure for

formulating and evaluating campus

sustainability policies and initiatives

(see chart)— including evaluation of the

2010 Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP)

and writing a new 2015 iCAP. In June,

Chancellor Wise approved the three-level

procedure that involves: Sustainability

Working Advisory Teams (SWATeams of

two faculty members, two staff members

and two students, who develop policies

and initiatives); the iCAP Working Group;

and the Sustainability Council.

> In May 2014, iSEE orchestrated the

Urbana-Champaign campus sale of

150,000 metric tons of certified carbon

credits to Chevrolet. With the sale —

and a match from campus leadership

— more than $1 million will go to the

campus general fund, earmarked

for further greenhouse gas emission

reductions on campus.

> The Institute created a Certified Green

Office Program to encourage behavior

changes across campus toward

conserving energy and resources. The

program has engaged 30 campus units,

departments and offices covering more

than 1,200 faculty and staff. Participants

will be honored during Earth Week.

> iSEE convened a Student Sustainability

Leadership Council (SSLC), bringing

together leaders from numerous

sustainability-related student organizations

in the hopes of coalescing their efforts.

> On the education front, iSEE is developing

a campuswide undergraduate minor

named the Sustainability, Energy, and

Environment (SEE) Fellows Program to

promote systems-level thinking about

issues of sustainability. The minor, with five

academic units at its core, will replace the

existing Environmental Fellows Program

and provide a broader opportunity for

interdisciplinary education, internships,

and capstone research projects in

sustainability. An October 2014 roundtable

discussion convened by iSEE included

leading corporate, government agency

and NGO employers to identify the skills

and training that students need to make

a professional contribution to developing

a sustainable future for our planet. The

minor is on track to be offered for the first

time in Fall 2015.

> iSEE created the Clean Energy Education

Fellows Program, which oversees nine

graduate students researching topics

related to clean energy. After securing

a $20,000 Public Engagement Grant

Award, iSEE is helping students develop

educational materials on clean energy for

classrooms ranging from middle school to

junior college.

> On the outreach front, the Institute’s major

event was iSEE Congress 2014. Titled

“Feeding 9 Billion: A Path to Sustainable

Agriculture,” the event brought together

leading scholars on climate change,

ecosystem science, hydrology, food

security, technology-enabled agriculture,

and socio-economic dimensions of food

production. iSEE, which secured $20,000

from the Olga G. Nalbandov Lecture Funds

to help finance the Congress, convened

the event to advance understanding of the

state of science on the great challenges

for agriculture in the coming decades:

providing a secure and safe supply of

food, feed and fuel to an ever-increasing

human population using agricultural

practices that are ecologically sustainable

and adaptable to climate change.

> Planning for iSEE Congress 2015: “Water

Planet: Water Crises?” is underway.

The event, set for mid-September 2015,

will address the vulnerability of water

resources to climate change; innovative

research and industrial solutions to

water safety, conservation and supply;

the water-land-energy nexus; water and

human health; water and ecosystem

services; and policy and governance.

> The Institute partnered with student

groups to sponsor Earth Week and

Sustainability Day events, promoting

awareness about sustainability, energy,

and environment.

> iSEE co-sponsors the annual fall

Heartland Environmental & Resource

Economics, and committed co-

sponsorship funding for the May 2015

Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research

and Understanding through the Social

Sciences (ICARUS) global meeting.

> The Institute partners with the

Champaign County Sustainability

Network (CCNet) to promote

sustainability discussions.

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Established in 1897, the University of Illinois College of Law is

one of the oldest and best-known law schools in the nation.

It was one of the small number of charter members and

founders of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS)

and was on the first national list of law schools approved by

the American Bar Association (ABA). Illinois is the home of the founding

chapter of the law honor society now known as the Order of the Coif,

has been the home to many of the nation’s great law textbook and

treatise writers, and is the birthplace of the interdisciplinary movements

such as law and economics and law and psychology.

Our ongoing commitment to the highest standards of academic

excellence assures College of Law graduates of their education’s

value in the greater legal community, across the country, and

around the globe. With the significant resources of a major research

university, the expertise of world-renowned faculty members, and a

variety of special program opportunities, academics at the University

of Illinois College of Law are first-rate.

Our mission is to serve as a preeminent site for the study of law, legal

institution, and legal culture; to educate our students effectively and

comprehensively in legal principles and skills; and to advance justice

and the public good.

As an institution, we are committed to:

> advancing knowledge through research about law, legal institutions,

and legal culture, bringing to bear insights from non-legal disciplines

and reaching across national and cultural borders in recognition

of rising global interdependence and the increasing need for

cooperative responses to transnational problems and opportunities;

> developing in students the substantive legal knowledge,

analytic methodologies, practical skills, moral commitments,

and temperament necessary to achieve excellence in their

professional and civic endeavors;

> working diligently for beneficial change in the law, legal

institutions, and society;

> finding ways to keep legal education affordable and accessible,

so that students have an expansive opportunity to pursue

professional studies in law and so that graduates are not unduly

constrained by debt in their public service and career options; and

> assisting students and graduates in developing their full

professional potential, in light of changing opportunities and

societal needs.

UNIVERSITY OF ILL INOIS COLLEGE OF LAW

Professor David C. Baum was an inspiration to his students and colleagues, not only because of the excellence of his

teaching, scholarship, and public service, but because of his remarkable human qualities.

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A testament to the College of Law’s

reputation as a top legal institution, the

Baum lecture funds have been utilized to

bring in renowned speakers from across

the country. Since its establishment in 1973,

the David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights has provided

Illinois the opportunity to host presentations

by government officials, law deans and

other legal experts on a range of thought-

provoking subjects.

Speakers have included Dr. Philip B. Kurland

of the University of Chicago, who served

as a consultant to the Senate Judiciary

Committee at the time of the Watergate

investigation; former U.S. Representative

Abner J. Mikva, who also presided as chief

judge of the United States Court of Appeals

for the D.C. circuit, and White House counsel

for President Bill Clinton; Charles J. Ogletree,

Jr., Professor and Founding Director of the

Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race

and Justice at Harvard University; and,

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who has served

on the Supreme Court of the United States

since 1993.

Over a span of forty years, esteemed Baum

lecturers have covered such topics as

freedom of the press, freedom of speech,

child welfare, gender equality, racial

equality, and international human rights. In

keeping with Mrs. Baum’s passion for helping

others, especially the elderly, the Ann F.

Baum Memorial Lecture on Elder Law was

established in 2006. This lecture strives to

bring to light the financial, legal, and ethical

issues older Americans face each day.

Lecturers from NYU, Yale, USC and others

have delivered timely and compelling talks

on retirement, social security, elder abuse,

and housing.

Through its faculty and nationally-ranked

Elder Law Journal, the College of Law has

long been a leader on the topic of Elder Law.

The support of the Baum Foundation lecture

further enhances the reputation of Illinois

Law in this subject area.

David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and Ann F. Baum Memorial Lecture on Elder Law

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For nearly a decade, the Baum Family

Foundation has supported deserving and

promising Illinois Law students through the

David C. Baum Memorial Scholarship Fund

and the Alvin and Ann Baum Public Interest

Scholarship in Law Fund.

As state funding for higher education

has dwindled, the College of Law has

increasingly relied on private support to

attract and retain the brightest students,

especially those with financial need. The

Baum Scholarships have aided nearly

40 students in achieving their dreams of

entering the legal profession.

Baum Scholars have gone on to traditional

law firm positions as well as careers in

government and public interest. They work

at such leading law firms as Winston and

Strawn and Dykema Gossett. They have

launched their legal careers as Court

Appointed Special Advocates and with the

Illinois House of Representatives.

And, because of the support they received

as students, many have chosen to give

back to the College through mentoring and

annual donations.

Since 2005, Illinois Law students have

expressed their appreciation for their Baum

Scholarships:

“The financial support [from the Baum

Scholarship] has allowed me to focus

solely on my studies and College of Law

activities without feeling pressure to do

part-time work to defray the costs of loans.”

– Nicole Abramowitz-Weber, Class of 2008,

Staff Attorney with Sacramento Child

Advocates, Sacramento, CA

“The Baum Memorial Scholarship has

opened many opportunities for me and I

hope to be able to return the gift both to the

legacy of Mr. Baum and the University of

Illinois through these opportunities.”

– Robine Morrison, Class of 2011, Litigation

Associate with Winston & Strawn LLP,

Chicago, IL

“The financial support provided by the Baum

Public Interest Scholarship has allowed me to

excel in my studies at Illinois and realize my

dream of working in the public interest sector.”

– Hannah Weinberger-Divack, Class of

2013, Skadden Fellow at Justice in Aging,

Washington, DC

“The support of the Alvin and Ann Baum

Foundation is essential for me, and students

like me, who pursue government externships

that offer no payment. The Foundation’s

assistance has helped me with school and

living expenses as I study and gain experience

before entering public service full-time.”

– Kaitlin Dohse, Class of 2014, Assistant

Counsel to the Speaker at Illinois House of

Representatives, Springfield, IL

Through the establishment of the Baum

Memorial and Public Interest Scholarship

Funds, the Baum Family Foundation has

shown a great interest in the formation of

tomorrow’s leaders and legal experts. We are

so grateful for these gifts that will continue to

benefit Illinois Law students in perpetuity.

David C. Baum Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Alvin and Ann Baum Public Interest Scholarship in Law Fund

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In 2012, The Alvin H. Baum Family Fund

provided a generous three-year, $180,000

grant to the University of Illinois College of

Law to start the Elder Financial Justice Clinic,

the first law school clinic in the nation to

focus on the important issue of elder financial

exploitation. Professor Matthew Andres

directs the clinic, which serves the dual

purposes of providing direct representation

civil legal services to victims of elder financial

abuse throughout Illinois and teaching

College of Law students the skills necessary

to be outstanding legal advocates for seniors

and other vulnerable adults.

In just its fourth semester of operation, the

Elder Financial Justice Clinic has already

provided significant legal services to 31

clients residing in 12 Illinois counties, and

it has helped to provide 28 law students

with the skills and experience necessary

to prepare them to practice immediately

upon graduation. Though financial abuse

cases are often complex and protracted, the

students in the clinic have already achieved a

number of successful outcomes for clients.

The Elder Financial Justice Clinic has also

gained a positive reputation statewide

and nationally for its innovative approach

to combating elder financial exploitation.

Professor Andres and clinic students have

been asked to present about the Elder

Financial Justice Clinic and elder financial

exploitation to senior services providers

and community groups throughout Illinois.

Professor Andres has served on statewide

committees advocating for legislative

assistance and improved services for financial

abuse victims, and he was enlisted to draft

proposed legislation to broaden mandatory

reporting of elder abuse.

Elder Financial Justice Clinic

Through the David C. Baum Professorship

and Research Funds, the Baum family

name has become synonymous with legal

academic excellence.

Heidi Hurd, the David C. Baum Professor of

Law since 2002, also serves as the co-director

of the Program in Law and Philosophy. In

addition to the many courses she has taught

at Illinois, from Criminal Law and Advanced

Torts to Global Justice and Ethics, she has

also been a visiting lecturer at dozens of

universities across the globe. Hurd was also

Dean of the College of Law from 2002-2007.

Hurd’s numerous articles in the areas of

criminal law, torts, legal philosophy, and

political theory have appeared in the

nation’s top law and philosophy journals,

including the Yale Law Journal, Stanford Law

Review, Michigan Law Review, Stanford Law

Review, Legal Theory, Law and Philosophy,

Chicago Law Forum, Notre Dame Law

Review, Journal of Contemporary Legal

Issues, Boston University Law Review,

Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, and

Southern California Law Review. She has

testified before Congress, and is a member

of a group of criminal law scholars who are

collaborating on the creation of a novel new

theoretical casebook in criminal law.

In addition to Hurd, two of the College’s most

revered faculty members, Wayne LaFave

and John Nowak, hold positions at the

school as David C. Baum Professors Emeriti.

Wayne LaFave joined the faculty at Illinois

in 1961. In 1978 he was honored as the first

named professor at the College through

the David C. Baum Professor of Law Fund, a

position he held until his retirement in 1993.

His research on criminal procedure has

earned him the designation by many of his

peers as the greatest scholar on the Fourth

Amendment in American history.

LaFave is among the most cited law professors

in the country. His books and articles have

been quoted or referenced by the U.S.

Supreme Court in over 145 cases and in well

over 14,000 reported appellate opinions in all.

His work has also been discussed or adverted

to in over 7,000 law review articles to date.

The David C. Baum Professor from 1993-

2002, John Nowak recently returned to

Illinois Law with emeritus status. Nowak, a

1971 graduate of the College of Law, taught

courses on Constitutional Law for more than

30 years and has lectured extensively on

constitutional law topics. In addition, he has

written numerous articles and co-authored

both single and multi-volumes reference

books on the subject.

Nowak has been honored by his students

on multiple occasions with the distinction of

“outstanding professor of the year.”

In 37 years, only three faculty members

have held the title of David C. Baum

Professor of Law – all scholars at the top

of their fields. In their varied areas of study,

teaching and research, Professors Hurd,

LaFave and Nowak have celebrated many

accomplishments while carrying the Baum

family legacy with them.

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