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

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alumni matters30 Michaelmas Term 2005alumninewsGrand Rapids Area Alums, Staff, andStudents Socialize in OctoberCooley’s western Michigan alumni and current studentsgathered on Oct. 27 in the new Law Center located at 111Commerce Avenue, SW, in downtown Grand Rapids,Michigan. Twenty-seven alumni, students, faculty, staff andfriends of the law school joined the hosts at the AlumniReception and Student Mixer.Associate Dean of the Grand Rapids campus MarionHilligan (Johnson Class, 1989) and Alumni RelationsDirector Darryl Parsell (Wiest Class, 1979) welcomed theguests to the campus. Alumni co-hosts, Grand Rapids Headof Public Services Aletha Honsowitz (Witherell Class, 1990)and Lisa Pohl (Kuhn Class, 1995) were a great help as theymet and registered all of the guests.Additional Cooley faculty and staff attending the receptionand mixer included Professor Curt Benson (Mundy Class,1986), Professor Alan Blakley, Professor Lynn Branham, GRCampus Career Services Coordinator Danielle Hall (BlairClass, 2001), GR Campus Director C J Kruska, GR AssistantDean Nelson Miller, Professor Mike Molitor, Professor DonPetersen, Director of Auxiliary Services Fred Puffenberger,and GR Deputy Campus Director Joan Rosema-David (JayClass, 2000).In addition to the staff and distinguished guests alreadymentioned, alumni attending included Maureen Burns VanHoven (Grant Class, 1987), Charles Clapp (Long Class,1981), Michael DeYoung (Boyles Class, 2005), MyraDutton-Johnson (Kuhn Class, 1995), Stacy Flanery(McAllister Class, 2005), Gordon Haan (Swainson Class,2003), Janet Haynes (Kavanagh Class, 1981), ColleenKlesmith (Whipple Class, 1985), Judy Kruger (NeedhamClass, 2004), Steve Savickas (Witherell Class, 1990), andBradford Winkler (Stone Class, 1996).Current students enjoyed the opportunity to network with thegraduates. Students at the mixer included PatriciaGelderloos, Mykisha Jordan, Paul Konggaard, MichaelLichterman, Don Stauffer, and Robin Wohlberg.Cooley Law School Hosts November AlumniReception at Oakland UniversityCooley Law School hosted an alumni reception and studentmixer at OU’s Oakland Center on Nov. 3. Twenty-eightguests, including grads from the southeastern Michigan areaalumni club joined Legal Counsel and Associate Dean ofDevelopment Jim Robb and Alumni Relations Director DarrylParsell (Wiest Class, 1979) for the evening in Rochester Hills.Southeast Michigan alumni leaders Michelle Esperance(Weadock Class, 1999) and Mark Lyon (Cooley Class,1976) co-hosted the event with Mr. Parsell and Mr. Robb.Current student Diea Krowik staffed a table with informationon the Cooley Law Review and explained how graduatesare invited to submit articles for publication in that journal.The Cooley contingent included Professor Karen Chadwick,Reference Librarian Marlene Coir, Professor Mark Cooney(Montgomery Class, 1992), Professor Dan Matthews,Professor Martha Moore, Director of the Tax LL.M ProgramGina Torielli, and Assistant Cooley/OU Dean and ProfessorJoan Vestrand.The alumni guests included Demetrius Ford (Wilson Class,2001), Amer Hakim (Chase Class, 2002), Carol Hogan(Manning Class, 1984), Hadeel Jarbo (Montgomery Class,1992), Donald Pelland (Cross Class, 2004), Tom Rombach(Morse Class, 1987), Renee Schattler-Houk (Toy Class,2003), and Greg Thatcher (Swainson Class, 2003).Current Cooley students also attended the event, includingBarry Malone, Kelly Parfitt, Marcia Spivey, Jaron Thompson,Alice Tremont, and Dan Wagnitz. The students particularlyenjoyed the stories that graduates told of their days attendinglaw school, as it was a very different experience in theearly years. Also, the graduates inspired the students withtheir present day success and their encouragement to perseverein their studies.NC Area Alums Join Prof. Tombers forOctober Charlotte ReceptionCooley’s North Carolina alumni gathered in downtownCharlotte on Oct. 19 for an alumni reception at the SonomaBistro, with co-hosts Professor Evelyn Tombers (LawrenceClass, 1991) and Tia Hartley (Flannigan Class, 1999). Fouralumni and a current student joined the hosts at the reception.Prof. Tombers brought the group the latest news fromCooley. Professor Tombers noted that the alumni wereextremely interested in forming a regional alumni association.The seasoned alumni were committed to help the neweralumni learn about the Charlotte legal community andopportunities within that area.Ms. Hartley said “I know everyone was excited about findingout that there already was an alumni association, andthat now, hopefully with renewed interest and resources, itcould be a great organization for us all.”She added that “I have a very strong interest in making surethat alums from my alma mater do well and that was a sentimentthat all of the alumni present felt, because it builds upour school's positive reputation in different parts of thecountry. The great thing about Cooley is that we have awonderful network of alumni all over the country, and weneed to tap into that.”In addition to the hosts, the guests included Hal Berger(Voelker Class, 1997), Eric Galuszka (Paterson Class,2002), Lisa Marie Johnson (Boyles Class, 2005), JosephLatour (Starr Class, 2005) and student Cianti Stewart-Reid.BENCHMARK
alumni matters31alumninewsAlumni Enjoy Reception During the MichiganBar Association’s Annual MeetingThe 70th annual meeting of the State Bar of Michigan tookplace Sept. 22-23 at the Kellogg Hotel and ConferenceCenter in East Lansing. One hundred and fifteen graduates,faculty, staff, students, and friends gathered for Thomas M.Cooley Law School’s alumni reception in the lobby of theCooley Center Sept. 22.James Robb, Cooley’s Associate Dean of Development andGeneral Counsel, greeted the guests and served as masterof ceremonies. He related the news from the law school,highlighting the success of Cooley’s Center for Ethics andResponsibility under the leadership of Professor WilliamWagner.Robb also noted that the State Bar of Michigan gave theJohn W. Cummiskey Pro Bono Award to Nelson P. Miller,Assistant Dean and Associate Professor at Cooley’s GrandRapids campus this year. Finally, Robb noted that the CooleyAlumni Association has been reorganized and encouragedthe guests, to join the new group.This year’s guests socialized with Cooley faculty and staffmembers Dean and President Don LeDuc, Cooley BoardMembers Lawrence Nolan (Cooley Class, 1976) andCharles R. Toy, who is also the Alumni Association President(Kavanagh Class, 1981), Cooley founding board memberJohn Coté, Coordinator of Student Services & DiversityGoldie Adele (Paterson Class, 2002), Director of EnrollmentPrograms & Student Services William Arnold, AlumniRelations Student Assistant Ebonee Avery, Professor RonBretz, Alumni Relations Student Assistant Timisha Brooks,Professor Paul Carrier, Professor Terry Cavanaugh,Professor/Alumni Secretary Julie Clement (McDonald Class,1998), Professor and Dean Emeritus Michael Cox, ProfessorCynthia Dennis, Professor Cindy Faulkner (Durand Class,1993), Professor Norm Fell, Professor Gerald Fisher,Professor Judith Frank (Mundy Class, 1986), DevelopmentDirector Tom Garikes, Career Services Coordinator DanielleHall (Blair, Jr. Class, 2001), Development Director PamelaHeos, Associate Dean of Grand Rapids Campus MarionHilligan (Johnson Class, 1989), Professor Eileen Kavanagh,Professor Mabel Martin-Scott, Associate Dean of CommunityRelations Helen Pratt Mickens (Bushnell Class, 1980),Associate Dean of Information and Technology CharlesMickens, Professor Lawrence Morgan, Assistant CareerServices Director Julie Mullens, Coordinator of ClinicalPrograms Alecia Ruswinckel (Swainson Class, 2003),Associate Dean of Oakland Campus John Nussbaumer,Director of Alumni Relations Darryl Parsell (Wiest Class,1979), Professor Ernest Phillips, Trial Workshop InstructorPeggy Rostorfer, Professor Marjorie Russell (Chandler Class,1983), Professor Otto Stockmeyer, Alumni RelationsExecutive Assistant Amy Swope, Professor John Taylor,Professor Gina Torielli, Director for the Center of Ethics andResponsibility and Professor William Wagner, AssociateDean of International and Graduate Programs WilliamWeiner, Professor Ann Wing (Felch Class, 1977), ProfessorNancy Wonch (Kelly Class, 1978), and Associate Dean forEnrollment and Student Services Paul Zelenski.The alumni and student guests included Rhonda Allen(Needham Class, 2004), current student Antonio Alonso,Laura Baird (Wiest Class, 1979), Richard Baron (LongClass, 1981), Alumni Committee Chair George Betts (MooreClass, 1993), Alumni Committee Chair Larry Betz (ClarkClass 1979), Brian Bridson (Smith Class, 1985), AlumniPresident-elect Diane Britt (Chandler Class, 1983), RonBrittain (Steere Class, 1995), Donna Budnick (Bacon Class,1990), Alumni Committee Chair Christine Campbell (PotterClass, 1980), William Carmody (Chandler Class, 1983),current student Vickie Cole, Robert Ellis (Morse Class,1987), Katy Conklin (Moody, Jr. Class, 1996), LawrenceFilberto (Boyles Class, 2005), Myron Freeman (MontgomeryClass, 1992), Norm Gaffney (Campbell Class, 1976),Robert Gardella (Durand Class, 1992), Stephen Gobbo(Bird Class, 1995), Ronald Grim (Flannigan Class, 1999),Alumni Committee Chair Catherine Groll (MontgomeryClass, 1992), Alumni Past President Jeff Haarer (CopelandClass, 1989), Cynthia Harrison (Brooke Class, 1982),Steven Heisler (Iredell Class, 2001), Steve Howard (Blair, Jr.Class, 2001), Molly Jason (Steere Class, 1995), JohnJuroszek (Carr Class, 1984), Charles Kleinbrook (GrantClass, 1987), Dan Klemptner (Boyles Class, 2005), MelindaKnowles (Boyles Class, 2005), Jeffrey Kortes (SwainsonClass, 2003), Kristen Krol (McDonald Class, 1998), DawnLaCasse (Carpenter Class, 1993), current student ShaneLavigne, Alumni Treasurer Henry Legere, Jr. (CarpenterClass, 1993), Davis Lerew (Swift Class, 2004), SuzanneLowe (Long Class, 1981), Kieran Marion (Johnson Class,2002), James Mauro (Champlin Class, 1987), current studentla’Rufus Mitchell, Mark Nawrocki (Boyles Class, 2005),Adekunle Oshiyoye (Voelker Class, 1997), W. StevenPearson (Manning Class, 1984), Kevin Peterson (BoylesClass, 2005), Karen Poole (Witherell Class, 1990), KarynReid (Boyles Class, 2005), Kathryn Root (Felch Class, 1997),Brendan Sanger (Kuhn Class, 1995), Charlotte Shoup(Moore Class, 1993), Jennifer Slatten (Boyles Class, 2005),Diane Smith (North Class, 1980), Neal Smith (Boyles Class,2005), current student Victoria Starks, current student DanielStauffer, Lisa Sullivan (Williams Class, 1994), Jack Wein(Morell Class, 1985), current student Donna Weisner, GlennWhite (Steere Class, 1995), Dean Winnie (Wiest Class,1979), Pamela Wynn-Quada (Stone Class, 1996), andGeorge Zulakis (Marston Class, 1978).BENCHMARK
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