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In Memoriam

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Nicholas Chiarkas, Temple 1978, Wisconsin State Public Defender, has been elected to serve on the Alumni Executive Council at Harvard University's JFK School of Government. The 20-member advisory group provides strategic counsel to the Kennedy School of Government on carrying out its mission around the world using its alumni. Chiarkas will serve a four-year term.
    Chiarkas' election was based on the innovations and efficiencies he has implemented in the SPD Office. The agency was recognized last year with a Wisconsin Forward Award for its organizational excellence. Chiarkas also was named Administrator of the Year in 2000 by the American Society for Public Administration's Wisconsin Capital Chapter.

Mel Flanagan, U.W. 1984, was elected vice president of the National Association of Women Judges at the association's annual conference in New York.

John P. Savage, Marquette 1967, was elected president of the Building Owners and Managers Association/Apartment Owners and Managers Association of Milwaukee Inc., at its annual meeting. He has been involved in real estate since 1969.

Michael J. Gratz, U.W. 1994, a shareholder at Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz S.C., was unanimously elected vice president and president-elect of the State Bar's Intellectual Property Section. Gratz, a registered patent attorney, practices intellectual property law.

Hirschhorn

Joel Hirschhorn, U.W. 1967, was named president-elect of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers at its annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Patrick B. McDonnell, Marquette 1972, a special deputy in the Milwaukee City Attorney's office, has been elected chair of the State Bar's Administrative & Local Government Law Section.

T. Michael Schober, Marquette 1969, of Schober Schober & Mitchell S.C., New Berlin, has been elected to the board of directors of the Waukesha County Community Foundation. The foundation was established in 1999 as a pool of permanent, endowed philanthropic funds contributed by Waukesha County residents to be invested and distributed to benefit charitable causes and organizations primarily within the county.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed the following to the Preliminary Review Committee of the lawyer regulation system: James D. Friedman, Notre Dame 1972, Milwaukee; Joan Greendeer-Lee, Tomah; Bernard T. McCartan, Marquette 1976, Madison; and Frank D. Remington, U.W. 1984, Madison.
    The court also has appointed Dennis R. Cimpl, Marquette 1975, and Claire A. Fowler to their first full three-year terms on the Board of Administrative Oversight, commencing Oct. 1, 2001, and expiring Sept. 30, 2004, or until further ordered by the court.

Authors, Speakers

Ronald R. Hofer, Marquette 1981, delivered the Charles Alan Wright Memorial Lecture to the Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin, Texas. The lecture series, honoring the late Prof. Wright of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, is a joint undertaking of the courts and the law school.

Judith A. Langer, Marquette 1985, spoke recently at the 2001 annual convention of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals in Reno, Nev., on "The HIPAA Privacy Rules: Impact on the Subrogation Industry." In New York City, she presented "Navigating HIPAA Privacy" to the American Conference Institute's Second National Legal Forum for Healthcare Attorneys and Corporate Counsel in Managed Care Organizations. She is with Cobalt Corporation, Milwaukee.

Awards, Degrees, Honors

Charles Barnhill, Michigan 1968, a partner in Miner, Barnhill & Galland P.C., Madison, has become a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The college identifies and recognizes outstanding trial lawyers, and improves the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice, and the ethics of the profession.

John A. Fiorenza, Marquette 1956, and Joseph G. Alioto, U.W. 1981, were honored by the Justinian Society of Lawyers, Wisconsin Chapter, an affiliate of the National Italian American Bar Association, as the Society's 2001 Citizens of the Year.

Kathleen S. Bray, Minnesota 1991, and Cheryl Prince, U.W. 1988, of Hanft Fride Law Firm, Duluth, Minn., have been named "rising stars" in Minnesota Law and Politics Magazine. The publication's panel of attorneys - statistically the top 5 percent of the state's lawyers - selected Bray and Prince based on their accomplishments as young attorneys.
Bray is a shareholder experienced in worker's compensation defense, employment and labor law, and general civil litigation. Prince focuses primarily on family law, including divorce, adoption, paternity, and prenuptial agreements.

Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, Michigan 1968, has been named to the American Bar Association's new Task Force on Terrorism and the Law. Parker is general counsel of the U.W. System and former general counsel of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Donald K. Schott, Harvard 1980, has been inducted as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The college identifies and recognizes outstanding trial lawyers and improves the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice, and the ethics of the profession.
Schott represents clients in trial and appellate proceedings in state and federal courts in Wisconsin and other jurisdictions.

Charles J. Stansberry Jr., Marquette 2001, an associate with Schober Schober & Mitchell S.C., Hartland, has passed the Illinois Bar Exam. He advises clients on estate planning, general corporate law, real estate, and probate matters.

Pro Bono, Public Service

Habush Habush & Rottier Charitable Foundation, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, and Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District joined to create a tribute to the 5,000 Miller Park construction workers and to the three workers who lost their lives. Two permanent monuments were donated, one titled "Teamwork," a three-figured 12-foot-high bronze statue created with a gift from the Habush Habush & Rottier Charitable Foundation. The other, titled "Worker's Wall," includes bronze plates listing the workers who contributed to the park's construction.

In Memoriam

Methodius J. Anzich, Marquette 1945, Naples, Fla., Oct. 5, 1915 - Aug. 2001.

Richard J. Ash, Marquette 1956, Wauwatosa, June 11, 1931 - Aug. 16, 2001.

Stephen A. Boeder, U.W. 1938, Oconomowoc, Sept. 12, 1913 - Aug. 29, 2001.

Gerald Dennenberg, U.W. 1956, St. Thomas, V.I., Oct. 5, 1931 - Feb. 6, 2001.

Rodney J. Edwards, U.W. 1948, Duluth, Minn., June 30, 1921 - Dec. 11, 2000.

Terry W. Frazier, U.W. 1981, Madison, Aug. 5, 1955 - Sept. 6, 2001.

Gilbert N. Geraghty, Marquette 1954, Mauston, Jan. 26, 1930 - Oct. 21, 2001.

Charles N. Goerdt, Iowa 1947, La Crosse, Sept. 17, 1917 - Sept. 5, 2001.

Robert L. Grindell, U.W. 1938, Frederic, May 19, 1914 - Nov. 28, 2000.

Harry F. Gundersen, U.W. 1954, Grantsburg, Nov. 30, 1924 - Sept. 19, 2001.

Sandra J. Janssen, U.W. 1986, Milwaukee, Dec. 8, 1955 - June 6, 2001.

James H. McDermott, Marquette 1948, Madison, Aug. 19, 1918 - Sept. 2001.

Patrick T. McMahon, Marquette 1963, Elm Grove, Dec. 5, 1937 - Sept. 26, 2001.

Alan D. Moeller, U.W. 1980, Black River Falls, Aug. 24, 1952 - May 18, 2001.

Herbert J. Mueller, U.W. 1933, Milwaukee, Feb. 14, 1910 - Sept. 9, 2001.

Robert B.L. Murphy, U.W. 1932, Madison, Dec. 5, 1905 - Sept. 11, 2001.

Andrew J. Nilles, Hamline 1985, Racine, Nov. 22, 1960 - Aug. 17, 2001.

Raymond E. Porter, U.W. 1960, Sheboygan, May 3, 1924 - July 27, 2001.

Edwin C. Rachow, Georgetown 1956, Elm Grove, Oct. 12, 1930 - Oct. 17, 2001.

Steven L. Ross, George Washington 1967, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 18, 1942 - Aug. 1, 2001.

David J. Schmechel, U.W. 1949, Milwaukee, April 14, 1921 - Aug. 13, 2001.

William J. Schmitz, Notre Dame 1956, Monroe, July 20, 1932 - Oct. 1, 2001.

Grant C. Schwartz, Marquette 1941, North Prairie, Dec. 10, 1916 - Aug. 21, 2001.

Clifford H. Thoma, Marquette 1951, Wauwatosa, May 22, 1918 - Aug. 31, 2001.