Class Notes Display

1950 - 1959

1959:

Bruce McIntosh
was selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer in general litigation for the 3rd year and inducted into the National Academy of Arbitrators at the Academy meeting in Miami Florida in September, 2007. (10.24.07)

Joseph Stone
was awarded the Clinical Professorship of Business Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. (3.17.08)

Joseph Stone
is being honored at the upcoming ISBA Academy of Illinois Lawyers luncheon in April. (3.16.09)

James R. Thompson
announced he will step down as chairman of Winston & Strawn, but will remain partner. (9.5.06)

1958:

Howard Chapman
attended the Super Bowl in Miami. Almost drowned; wept for the Bears and cheered for the Colts. (5.18.07)

Jerry Gilson
received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Managing Intellectual Property Magazine. (5.08.07)

Jerome Gilson
was recognized as a leading lawyer in his field. (7.30.08)

Jerome Gilson
a Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione shareholder, and co-author Anne Gilson LaLonde, received the 2006 Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Achievement in the law firm category for their article, Cinnamon Buns, Marching Ducks and Cherry-Scented Racecar Exhaust: Protecting Nontraditional Trademarks. (6.21.06)

Jerome Gilson
was named an “Illinois Super Lawyer” for 2008. (1.24.08)

Richard Wiley
will receive a First Amendment Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation for his contributions to the field of communications and the role he played in the development of high definition television in the United States. (1.24.08)

Richard Wiley
will deliver the keynote address at the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) annual meeting and 25th anniversary celebration. (5.07.08)

Richard Wiley
Managing partner with Washington, D.C. firm Wiley Rein LLP, was profiled as one of the capitol’s top ten communications attorneys in Legal Times. (7.24.07)

1957:

Miles Cortez
was promoted to chief administrative officer at Apartment Investment and Management Company in Denver. (1.23.08)

1955:

Justice Earl Johnson, Jr.
who recently retired from the California Court of Appeal has been named Scholar in Residence at The Western Center on Law & Poverty. (12.05.07)

1954:

Lowell B. Komie
has another book debut: "A Lawyer's Notes" (11.6.09)

1953:

Dr. Leila Foster
will have her historical novel, “Search for the Cross,” published by Capstone Fiction on May 1st. (4.3.07)

Earl Pollock
recently had his book, The Supreme Court and American Democracy, published. (3.06.09)

1952:

Maurice Corburn
was elected chairman of the board of Allied Energy Group Inc. (7.25.07)

Dawn Clark Netsch
was quoted and used as an example in Crain's Chicago Business about the success women have had in shattering the glass ceiling in state politics and public policy. (10.08.08)

1951:

William Welch
recently retired to Scottsdale, Arizona. (4.3.07)

1950:

John Damisch
just completed 12 years as a board member of the Illinois Bar Foundation. He is now farming corn and beans in Kane and Lee Counties. (10.24.07)

John W. Damisch
has been named one of nine Class of 2009 Laureates by the Regents of the Illinois Bar Association (4-2-09).

Newton N. Minow
named chair of the board of cirectors of the World Health Imaging, Telemedicine & Informatics Alliance (7-23-09).

Newton N. Minow
was honored at the 4th Annual First Amendment Freedom Award Dinner presented by the Anti-Defamation League (9.17.09).

Daniel Walker
former governor of Illinois, was profiled in the Chicago Tribune in connection to his new book, “The Maverick and the Machine: Governor Dan Walker Tells His Story.” (5.18.07)