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44SUNY BUFFALO LAW PHILANTHROPYAnnual GivingCounting people,matching dollarsThey’ve been writing tuitionchecks for nearly three years.Now the Law School’s Classof 2012 – mere monthsfrom their graduation day – is workingto make one more contribution to theschool’s economic health.In a tradition that’s as much aboutbuilding the habit of philanthropy as itis about the dollars raised,members ofthe current third-year class are diggingdeep to collaborate on a farewell gift toSUNY Buffalo Law School.“We’re trying to get at least 50 percentof our class to participate,”saysRobert Grimaldi,who chairs the sevenmemberClass of 2012 Class Gift Committee.Hesaid past third-year gift campaignshave recorded from 33 to 46 percentparticipation by class members,but “we’re looking to exceed prior levelsof participation and,in doing so,makean initial contact with future alumniand build on that.”The committee is planning a kickoffsocial event and repeated opportunitiesfor students to pitch in for the gift.Grimaldi,who has worked in theLaw School’s Development Office,acknowledgesthat these are difficult timeseconomically for many young peoplebeginning their careers,including notoriouslycash-poor graduate students.(Though SUNY Buffalo Law graduatesleave with much less debt than those ofmany other law schools.) But,he says“we’re making an appeal to our fellow3Ls,stressing that we’ve all received anexceptional education here at UB,andat the close of these three years,we cancome together and give back,leaving alasting impression on the Law School.”Robert Grimaldi, chair of the Class of 2012 Class Gift Committee, withMichael Mohun ’80, rightThe goal,he says,is to raise at least$2,500 – or about $20.12 from at leasthalf of the class’s approximately 220students.That total figure is important because,forthe first time,an alumnus hasoffered to match the class’s gift up tothat amount.Michael Mohun ’80,acriminal defense attorney in practice inCowlesville,N.Y.,and a longtime financialsupporter of the Law School,saidhe offered to make this challenge giftbecause “the Law School has been goodto me and I thought it was appropriate.The Law School needs private supportas the state’s support for the school diminishes.It’snecessary for the privatesector to step up to the plate and helpthe school so that others will have theopportunity for a public-school legaleducation like we did.”“It’s necessary for the privatesector to step up to the plateand help the school so thatothers will have theopportunity for a publicschoollegal educationlike we did.”– Michael Mohun ’80
Alumni DonorsWINTER 201145Dean’s leadershipdonor receptionHon. H. Kenneth Schroeder ’61and Carol White Gibson ’74Members of the Jaeckle,O’Brian and Hymangiving societies enjoy themselves at theJune 14 reception, hosted by DeanMutua at the Mansion in Buffalo.Thomas Doran,AssociateDean Karen Kaczmarski ’89and Julia DoranFrank Longo ’97 and Katherine Gorham ’97Professor Michael Halberstamand Kate BrownAllan Lewis’69 andDana LewisFrank J. Clark’67 and ArthurA. Russ Jr. ’67Carol Greiner andHon.Ann T. Mikoll ’54Dean Makau Mutuaand Robert P. Fine ’68PeterMarlette,RoganMorton ’97and JosephCardinalKay Brick and DanielE. Brick ’69Dennis R. McCoy ’77 andProfessor Athena Mutua
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