Dennis E. Benner, Giving Back - Thomas M. Cooley Law School

school newsGraduationHIGHLIGHTSStarr ClassCommencement ceremonies for theStarr Class were held September24, 2005.The invocation was given by AssistantProfessor Cindy Faulkner. SeniorRinzer Williams III, was chosen byhis fellow graduates to deliver thevaledictory remarks.Commencement speaker was the Hon.Jane E. Markey (Dethmers Class,1981), Michigan Court of Appeals.Peter Christian Schaub, summa cumlaude, was the recipient of both theJames E. Burns Memorial Awardand the President’s AchievementAward. The Burns Award is given tothe student who graduates with thehighest grade point average in theclass, while the President’s AchievementAward goes to the student who hadthe highest percentage increasebetween incoming index andgraduating G.P.A.Professor Phil Prygoski won theBeattie Award for Excellence inTeaching, an award voted on bymembers of the graduating class.Illia McClain singsthe NationalAnthem.ProfessorPhil Prygoski, left,accepts the BeattieAward from CooleyPresident DonLeDuc.The Hon.Jane E.Markey, left,served as thecommencementspeaker.Peter C. Schaub,left, summa cumlaude, won boththe James E.Burns MemorialAward and thePresident’sAchievementAward.Rinzer WilliamsIII, right,served as thevaledictoryspeaker.