Philip S. Habermann ('47)received the 1997 Goldberg Awardfrom the State Bar of Wisconsin. TheAward recognizes lifetime contribu-tions to the legal profession and pub-lic in this state. Habermann also wonthe 1994 UW Law SchoolDistinguished Service Award.

David Beckwith ('52), seniorpartner with Foley & Lardner, hasbeen honored by the WisconsinAlumni Association with its 1997Distinguished Alumni Award for con-tributions to the legal profession andto the university.

A. Glenn Epps ('56) has beenhonored by the Flint, Michigan,Common Council for his efforts toadvance civil rights. Epps is a retiredadministrative law judge who nowmaintains a private practice.

Warren L. Kreunen ('61), apartner in the Milwaukee firm of vonBriesen, Purtell & Roper, hasreceived the George Tippler Awardfor distinguished service in school lawfrom the Wisconsin School AttorneysAssociation.

Chief Justice Shirley S.Abrahamson (SJD, '62), of theWisconsin Supreme Court, deliveredthe 1997 Louis Caplan DistinguishedLecture in Law at the University ofPittsburgh School of Law.

Bernard R. Fredrickson ('63)has joined the Menomonie,Wisconsin, firm of Schofield &Higley.

James Roethe (,66) has beenappointed General Counsel ofBankAmerica Corp. He had beenserving as interim general counsel.Roethe is also the chair of the LawSchool's Board of Visitors.

Joel Hirschhorn ('67), practic-ing in Coral Gables, Florida, has beenelected to the Board of Trustees ofthe Freedom to Read Foundation.Hirschhorn is a member of the LawSchool's Board of Visitors.

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Todd J. Mitchell ('68), a partnerin the Milwaukee based firm ofMeissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols,has opened a branch office for thefirm in Hartland, Wisconsin.

Paul J. Cherner ('68), a seniorpartner with Michael, Best andFriedrich's Chicago office, has beenelected Chairman of the SchwabRehabilitation Hospital and CareNetwork's Board of Directors.

Paul Eggert ('68) has beenappointed Regional Director for theNational Labor Relations Boardoffice in Seattle, Washington. Hemoves from the NLRB office inOaldand, California, and has beenwith the agency since graduation.

Steve Cohen ('69) is a SeniorInternational Tax Parmer at Deloitte& Touche in San Francisco. Headvises multinational corporationsaround the world.

Ellen M. Kozak ('69) hasauthored the second edition of"Every Writer's Guide to CopyrightLaw." Kozak is the author of severalfiction and non-fiction books.

William J. Keppel ('70), retiredpartner at Dorsey & Whitney inMinneapolis, has been appointedDistinguished Practitioner inResidence at Hamline UniversitySchool of Law. He also recentlyreceive the Lifetime DistinguishedService Award from the MinnesotaJustice Foundation for his careercommitment to pro bono work.

John W. Rowe ('70) has beenselected a Chairman and ChiefExecutive of Commonwealth EdisonCo., Chicago. Rowe comes from asimilar position with New EnglandElectric System.

Margaret Dadd ('70), formerlypracticing law in Attica, New York,has been appointed to the three-member Civil Service Commission inNew York state.

Christopher Hexter ('72) hasbeen elected chair of the AmericanBar Association's Developing LaborLaw Commission. Hexter practices inSt. Louis.

Bradford Dewan ('72) hasjoined the San Francisco office of[effer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro,where he will concentrate in estateplanning. Dewan previously practicedin Oaldand, California.

Bruce Kerr ('72) has beennamed Contracts Manager-Technology Licensing & CommercialTransactions for Sun MicrosystemsComputer Company in MountainView, California.

Francis L. Kenney III ('73), analderman in the St. Louis suburb ofClayton, is a candidate for mayor ofthat city.

David Ullrich (,73) has beenappointed acting RegionalAdministrator for Region 5 of theEnvironmental Protection Agency.Ullrich has been with the EPA sincegraduation.

Kay Oberly ('73) was recentlyfeatured in the National Law Journalas the vice-chair and General Counselof Ernst & Young in New York andas one of the most important femaleattorneys in the United States for1998.

Donald Leo Bach ('74) has beenappointed chair of the Bench and Barcommittee of the State Bar ofWisconsin. The mission of the com-mittee is to review, evaluate and rec-ommend changes to the state justicesystem.

Donald J. Barry ('74) has beenappointed Assistant Secretary forFish, Wildlife and Parks at the U.S.Department of the Interior. He hasspent his career in the Department ofthe Interior after beginning with theOffice of the Solicitor.

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David Beckwith Joel Hirschhorn James Koebl Jane Clark

Michael Hermes

Peter M. Weill ('74) is serving aterm as chair of the Los AngelesPlanning Commission. Weil practicesreal estate law in Los Angeles.

Paul J. Papak ('75) has beenappointed Federal Public Defender inIowa. A senior litigator with thatoffice since 1994, Pepak will head astaff of seven expected to handlemore than 500 cases each year.

Jerome E. Barnett ('75) hasbeen made a vice-president ofMarubeni American Corporation inNew York. Marubeni is a majorJapanese trading company. Barnettcontinues to serve as Senior Counseland Corporate Secretary.

Michael Simpson ('75), a share-holder with the Milwaukee firm ofReinhart Boerner Van Deuren Norris& Rieselbach, has been appointed tothe Wisconsin Small BusinessEnvironmental Council by Gov.Tommy Thompson ('66).

Kristine Euclide ('76), a mem-ber of the Law School's Board ofVisitors, has taken a leave of absencefrom her firm, Stafford RosenbaumRieser & Hanson. She is working inthe Office of the County Executivefor Dane County.

Daniel J. Mulvanny ('76) is afounding partner of Hogan, Marren& McCahill, a Chicago health carefirm. Mulvanny formerly practicedwith Katten Muchin & Zavis.

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Kathleen Falk ('77) was electedlast fall as Dane County Executive.She replaces Rick Phelps ('71).

Thomas Pieper ('77), a formerprosecutor and public defender, hasbeen selected as a Waukesha CountyCourt Commissioner.

G. Stephen Long ('77), formerlypresident and managing director ofCoghill & Goodspeed, announces theformation of Long, Steese, DeGarlais& Beier, a new litigation practice inDenver.

James A. Koebl ('77), formerlyassistant vice president and generalcounsel for National Guardian LifeInsurance Company in Madison, hasjoined Northwestern Mutual LifeInsurance Company in Milwaukee asassistant general counsel.

Thomas E. Bush ('77), practic-ing in Milwaukee, is the president ofthe National Organization of SocialSecurity Claimant's Representatives.NOSSCR's 3,600 members practiceSocial Security law in all 50 states.Bush has been on the Board ofNOSSCR for a number of years.

Seward M. Cooper ('78) haspublished an article on doing busi-ness in Africa in theJanuary/February issue of BusinessLaw Today, an ABA publication.

James J. Hoecker ('78) has beenappointed chairman of the FederalEnergy Regulatory Commission. Amember ofFERC since 1993,Hoecker was previously a partnerwith Jones, Day, Kreavis & Pogue.

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Mark E. Sostarich ('78) hasjoined the Milwaukee firm of Petrie& Stocking.

Susan Steingass ('78) has beenelected President of the State Bar ofWisconsin. Steingass will take officein July 1998.

Michael Fox ('79) has received aMFA degree in Drama from theUniversity of California- Irvine and isnow a Professor of Theater at LongBeach City College.

Brian L. Anderson ('80) hasjoined the Madison firm of DeWittRoss & Stevens where he will practiceemployee benefits law.

C. Scott Pryor (,80) has joinedthe Orlando firm of Zimmerman,Shuffield, Kiser & Sutcliffe. He willpractice in the secured transactionsand finance law areas.

Paul G. Kent ('81) is thePresident of the DaneCounty Bar Association.Kent is a shareholder atDeWitt Ross & Stevens.

Susan Bauman ('81)was elected Mayor ofMadison, Wisconsin.Bauman replaces PaulSoglin ('72).

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Robert L. Gegios ('81), a share-holder in the Milwaukee firm of vonBriesen, Purtell & Roper, has beenappointed to a fourth term as Chairof the Civil RICO Subcommittee ofthe American Bar Association and asvice-chair of the Class ActionsSubcommittee of the ABA Section ofBusiness Law. Gegios also serves asEditor-in-chief of "Private AntitrustLitigation News", a publication ofthe Section on Antitrust Law.

Thomas H. Taylor ('82), for-merly Deputy Secretary of theWisconsin Department ofCommerce, has joined the Madisonfirm of DeWitt Ross & Stevens wherehe will practice business and employ-ment law and litigation.

Maureen McGinnity ('82), apartner at Foley & Lardner inMilwaukee, has received the 1997Community Involvement Awardfrom the Wisconsin Association forWomen Lawyers.

Barbara Cox ('82) has beennamed Associate Dean of AcademicAffairs at California Western Schoolof Law in San Diego. Cox has beenon the faculty there since 1987. Shewill focus on faculty, student and cur-ricular topics.

Paul S. Berg ('82) has received aSuperior Honor Award fromSecretary of State MadeleineAlbright. Berg is a career member ofthe Foreign Service, most recentlystationed at the Embassy in MexicoCity. He will soon begin a newassignment as Political Officer in theEmbassy at Hanoi.

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Narciso L. Aleman (' 83) hasjoined the Milwaukee firm of Mallery& Zimmerman where he will engagein civil, criminal and immigrationpractice.

Cynthia Van Bogaert ('83) hasjoined Boardman, Suhr, Curry &Field in Madison where she will doERISA and employee benefits law.

Richard L. Bolton ('84) hasbecome a partner at Boardman, Suhr,Curry & Field in Madison where hewill do business, employment andpatent litigation.

James F. Koeper ('85), formerlya Wall Street lawyer, has recentlypublished his first novel, Exposed, anadventure thriller. Koeper now livesand writes in Shorewood, Wisconsin.

Gregory P. Crinion ('85), for-merly a partner with Jackson &Walker in Houston, announces theformation of Citti & Crinion whichwill focus on litigation.

Regina Millner ('85), founder ofthe real estate consulting firm ofRMM Enterprises in Madison, hasbeen named a director of theWisconsin Alumni Association for athree-year term.

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Leny K. Wallen-Friedman, for-merly with Furth & Anthony inMinneapolis, has opened his ownfirm there. He will concentrate oncivil litigation with emphasis on com-mercial, securities and employmentlitigation.

Michael L. Hermsen ('86) hasjoined the Chicago office of Mayer,Brown & Platt, where he will do cor-porate law. Hermsen had been withthe Securities and ExchangeCommission.

Ann Novacheck ('86) hasbecome a partner in me Minneapolisfirm of Lindquist & Vennum.Novacheck concentrates her practicein tax law.

Eric W. Hoaglund ('87) hasbeen elected a shareholder in thehealth care practice group of vonBriesen, Purtell & Roper inMilwaukee.

Teresa J. Welch ('87), a partnerin the Madison firm of Stroud,Stroud, Willink, Thompson &Howard, has been elected the firstwoman president of the WisconsinIntellectual Property LawAssociation.

George W. Perez ('87) hasbecome a Judge in the MinnesotaTax Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Michelle A. Behnke ('88)announces the opening of her lawoffice in Madison. Behnke, a memberof the Law School's Board ofVisitors, will do general business, cor-porate, real estate, estate planningand immigration law.

Hiram E. Puig-Lugo ('88), for-merly with the Public DefenderService of the District of Colum bia,has joined the U.S. Department ofJustice, Civil Rights Division. He willhandle hate crimes and police brutali-ty cases.

John M. Chmura ('88) has beenelected to a four-year term as DistrictCourt Judge for Warren and CenterLine Counties in Michigan.

James F. Killian ('88) hasbecome a partner at the Minneapolisfirm of Maslon Edelman Borman &Brand. Killian concentrates on con-struction law.

Tomislav Z. Kuzmanovic ('88)has been awarded the Order of theCroation Crest from the Republic ofCroatia. The awarded is the highestcivilian honor and is given for out-standing individual contributions toCroatia's independence. Kuzmanovicis a partner in the Milwaukee officeof Hinshaw & Culbertson.

Todd A. Rowden ('89) has beenelected to partnership in the Chicagofirm of Wilson & McIlvaine. Rowdenpractices in the areas of commerciallitigation and business disputes.

Charles Hoslet ('89), formerexecutive assistant in the WisconsinDepartment of Veterans Affairs andchief legal counsel to GovernorTommy Thompson, has been namedspecial assistant to the Chancellor forState Relations at the University ofWisconsin-Madison.

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Joan L. Eads ('89) and RobertaF. Howell ('89) have been elected topartnership in the Madison office ofFoley & Lardner. Eads practices intel-lectual property litigation. Howelldoes general business litigation with afocus on distribution-related matters.

Dorothy Bain ('89) has beenappointed as a Circuit Judge forMarathon County, Wisconsin. Bainhad practiced with Ruder, Ware &Michler in Wausau, Wisconsin.

David M. Simon ('89) has beenelected to partnership in the Chicagofirm of Wildman, Harrold, Allen &Dixon. He practices in the areas ofcommercial and environmentallitigation.

Laura M. Brown ('90) andScott J. Geboy ('90) have beenelected shareholders with vonBriesen, Purtell & Roper inMilwaukee. They will practice in thehealth care practice group. LauraBrown has also receive the 1997Mentor Award from the Associationof Women Lawyers.

Elizabeth A. McMeen ('90) hasbeen elected chair of the Chicago BarAssociation's Young Lawyer Section.The Section includes 12,000 younglawyers, more than half of the totallawyers in the Chicago BarAssociation.

Adam Levitsky ('90) has joinedCox, Hodgman & Giarmarco inTroy, Michigan. He practices in thefirm's litigation group.

Nicholas P. Wahl ('90) has beenelected a shareholder in Godfrey &Kahn, Milwaukee. Wahl does realestate and corporate law.

Kathryn A. Finn ('91) has beennamed a partner at Bell, Boyd &Lloyd, Chicago. She works in the realestate department.

Joseph Patrick Shea ('91) hasbegun his own practice in Chicago.He continues as a litigator.

Cristen L. Kogl ('91) has beenselected as Senior Counsel forSpyglass, Inc., which provides soft-ware and services to make deviceswork with the World Wide Web. Koglhad been a counsel for AndersenWorldwide. She will concentrate onintellectual property practice.

Michael L. Hermes ('92) hasjoined the Green Bay firm of Metzler& Hager. A native of Green Bay,Hermes will practice in the areas ofbusiness, commercial and other civillitigation as well as general corporateand business law.

Robert J. Diaz ('93) has joinedthe Milwaukee office of Mallery &Zimmerman, where he will work inthe commercial bankruptcy area.

Paula Gani ('94) has joinedBronson, Bronson & McKinnon inCalifornia. She specializes in laborand employment law.

Michael Gratz ('94) has joinedWhyte Hirschboeck Dudek inMilwaukee. He is concentrating hispractice in the area of intellectualproperty law. Gratz has also beenappointed co-chair of the MilwaukeeBar Association's IntellectualProperty Law Section.

Gregory P. Kult ('94) has joinedthe Milwaukee firm of von Briesen,Purtell & Roper. He will practice inthe labor and employment law section.

Marcus Falk ('95) has joined thestaff of The Phoenix Clinic inWauwatosa, Wisconsin. He specializesin divorce, child custody mediationand budget counseling.

Luis Torres ('94) has joined thestaff of the National Voting RightsInstitute in Boston after three yearsas a trial attorney with the US JusticeDepartment's Civil Rights Division.

L. Stuart Rosenberg ('95) hasbeen appointed to the Board ofDirectors of the State Bar ofWisconsin's Environmental LawSection. He also serves on the SmallBusiness Environmental Council ofthe Wisconsin Department ofCommerce and on the Board ofDirectors of the AIDS Network.Rosenberg practices in Madison.

Tamara Louzecky McNulty('95) is now associated with thenewly merged firm of Becker, Hicks,Irving & Hadeed in Springfield,Virginia.

Jane Dragisic Clark ('95) hasjoined the Madison firm of Balisle &Roberson where she will practicefamily law, estate planning, probateand appellate litigation.

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Betty J. Ulmer ('95) has joinedthe Milwaukee office of von Briesen,Purtell & Roper.

Susan L. Campbell ('96) hasjoined Axley Brynelson in Madison.She is practicing worker's compensa-tion, insurance defense and real estatelaw.

Matthew L. Goska ('96) hasjoined the Michigan firm of VanDyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart.

Mario D. Mendoza ('96) hasjoined Boardman, Suhr, Curry &Field in Madison.

Nancy K. Lynch ('96) is nowAssociated University Legal Counselin the University of Wisconsin'sOffice of Administrative LegalServices. She will concentrate onemployment law, student affairs, pub-lic records and open meetings issues.

IN MEMORIAM

Anne M. Skilton ('96) hasjoined the Lansing, Michigan, firm ofFoster, Swift, Collins & Smith. Shehas joined the firm's government &commerce and labor & employmentlaw departments.

Ronald C. Gorsche ('97) is nowassociated with Banner &Witcoff,where he will practice intellectualproperty law.

Christopher W. Williamson('97) has joined the Milwaukee officeof Mallery & Zimmerman.

Bryan C. Esch ('97), Amy C.Heckmann ('97), and M. ElizabethWinters ('97) have all joined DeWittRoss & Stevens in Madison.

Beatrice Lampert ('24), Madison, Wisconsin,and Flordia

Bernard F. Mathiowetz ('28), Milwaukee, WisconsinEarle Munger ('35), Wooster,OhioFred W. Rusch ('38), Rumford, Rhode IslandByron J. Villwock ('37), Winter Park, FlordiaBernard J. Hankin ('37), Milwaukee) WisconsinJ. R. Dickerson ('39), Manitowish Waters, WisconsinMorris Slavney ('39), Madison, WisconsinEmmett W. Terwilliger, Sr. ('41), Lancaster, WisconsinRichard W. Bardwell, Jr. ('46), Madison, WisconsinWilliam D. Krebs ('47), Potsdam, New York,

and Asheville, North CarolinaFrancis V. Hoffman ('48), Madison, WisconsinHarold K Geyer ('48), Platteville, WisconsinTrayton 1. Lathrop ('48), Madison, WisconsinRobert D. Marth ('49), West Bend, Wisconsin

John T. Loughlin ('49), Park Ridge, IllinoisErnst John Watts ('50), Reno) Neved«Bruce P. Reid ('54), Naples, FlordiaRussell G. Cleary ('57), La Crosse, WisconsinDavid M. Quale ('59), Milwaukee, WisconsinC. James Heft ('59), Racine, WisconsinJohn E. Thomas ('62), Milwaukee, WisconsinJames Schwalbach ('68), West Bend, WisconsinPaul S. Gratch ('72), Madison, WisconsinGeorge A. orthrup ('73), Madison, WisconsinThomas E. Martin ('75), Milwaukee, WisconsinKatherine M. Frank ('76),]anesville) WisconsinEvan Jay Cutting ('76), Bellevue) WashingtonCindra Car on ('80), Eau Claire) WisconsinGuy Courchaine ('91), Green Bay, WisconsinMark H. Holte ('93), Madison) Wisconsin

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