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  Harry Lee Gonso

  Harry Lee Gonso was born in Findlay, Ohio, where he graduated from Findlay High School in 1966. Gonso attended Indiana University as an undergraduate (1966-1970). He was the quarterback and captain of IU’s 1967 Rose Bowl football team, as well as being an academic All-Big Ten and All-American. Gonso received his B.A. in Accounting in 1970.

  After receiving his undergraduate degree, Gonso enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law. While in law school he spent his summers working at the Hayes & Hayes law firm in Fort Wayne, Arthur Young & Company in Chicago, and Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company in New York City. After receiving his JD in 1971, Gonso` settled in Indianapolis, practicing with the firm of Bingham, Summers, Welsh & Spilman for several years. Since 1980, Gonso has been affiliated with the Indianapolis firm of Ice Miller. He briefly retired in 2005 to serve as Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ senior counsel and chief of staff, before returning to the firm in 2007.

  Gonso has served as a member of the Indiana University Board of Trustees twice, 1976 to 1994 and 2017 to the present. He is active in numerous civic, cultural and educational organizations and has actively been involved in the development of life sciences entrepreneurial efforts in Indianapolis. He has been awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash by three different Indiana governors, received the Indiana University Distinguished Alumni Award (1995), received the Z.G. Clevenger Award (1994), and was inducted into the Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame (1982). Additionally, Gonso served on the law school's Board of Visitors from1998 to 2005.

  Gonso was inducted into the law school's Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2022.

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  John William Purcell

  John William Purcell was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. Purcell graduated from Crown Point (Indiana) High School in 1966 and then enrolled at Indiana Statue University, in the city of his birth. After serving as a White House intern during the summer of 1969, Purcell graduated from ISU with a B.S. in political science in 1970. After graduation, he worked in ISU’s Development Office for three years, before enrolling at the Indiana University School of Law. Purcell graduated with his JD from the law school, Summa Cum Laude, in 1976.

  Purcell practiced law in Indianapolis for the next forty years, primarily with the firm Baker & Daniels. He often represented employers and fiduciaries regarding counseling, plan design, regulatory compliance and litigation with respect to employee benefits plans, including pension and profit sharing plans, Employee Stock Ownership plans, health and welfare plans, executive compensation programs, and other benefits practices.

  Purcell is a past director of the Labor Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association, as well as a past president of the Labor & Employment Section of the Indiana State Bar Association. He is a recipient of the Edna B. Lacy Community Service Award, and received the Indiana University School of Law Distinguished Service Award in 1998.

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  Kathleen Ann Buck

  Kathleen Ann Buck was born in South Bend, Indiana, on November 14, 1948. Upon graduation from High School, she remained in her hometown to attend Saint Mary’s College. She received her B.A. in Political Science in 1970. In the fall of 1970, she began classes at the Indiana University School of Law. While in law school, she gained her first legal work experience working for the Bloomington City Attorney’s office, Fort Wayne Legal Services, and the Monroe County Probation Department. She received her J.D. degree in 1973.

  After law school, Buck became a legal-aid attorney in Florida, before moving to Washington D.C. to work for Swift & Company. In 1981, she began her career with the Defense Department as an Assistant General Counsel, before serving as General Counsel of the Air Force. In 1987 Buck was appointed General Counsel of the Defense Department. Buck’s Washington Post obituary noted, “As the Defense Department’s chief legal officer, Ms. Buck advised the secretary of Defense on major legal issues, including contracts, fraud, environmental matters and civil and criminal cases involving the department. In addition, she was responsible for making all major legal policy decisions and coordinating Pentagon positions on legislation and executive orders.” Buck left government service in 1988 when she joined the Washington office of Kirkland & Ellis.

  Over her career, Buck received many awards, including the Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal, the Distinguished Public Service Medal from the Defense Department (twice), and the Most Distinguished Member Award of the Women in Government Relations. Buck was a member of the Indiana University School of Law Board of Visitors (1998-2001) and was inducted into the School’s Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 1997. Kathleen Ann Buck died in 2001 at the age of 52.

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  Martha Blood Wentworth

  Martha Blood Wentworth has lived in Indiana most of her adult life. A native of Grosse Point, Michigan, she graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington with a bachelor’s degree in 1971, a master’s degree in 1977, and her law degree cum laude in 1990. She was also inducted into the honorary Order of Barristers. After receiving her law degree, she clerked for Judge Thomas Fisher, who was her predecessor on the Indiana Tax Court. She then practiced law with Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, and then she was a Director at Deloitte Tax LLP. When Judge Thomas Fisher retired as the Indiana Tax Court Judge on January 16, 2011, Governor Mitch Daniels appoint Wentworth to the position.

  Judge Wentworth is the author of numerous articles on tax, and she has taught state and local taxation at the Kelley School of Business, the McKinney School of Law, and the Maurer School of Law. She is a Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation and she is the Chair of the Indiana Pro Bono Commission.

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  Ronald Stanley Reinstein

  Ronald Stanley Reinstein was born in Camden, New Jersey. Raised in Munster, Indiana, Reinstein graduated from Hammond High in 1966. He started his college career at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, but transferred to Indiana University in 1968. Reinstein received his A.B. degree in Political Science from Indiana in 1970. He then enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law. While in law school, he served as an Instructor in the IU Business Law Department, clerked in the Lake County Criminal Court, and clerked with the Hammond law firm of Hand & Muenich. Upon receiving his J.D. degree in 1973, Reinstein headed west and settled in Arizona.

  From 1974 until 1985, Reinstein served as Deputy Maricopa County Attorney, serving as a supervisor of the Criminal Trial Unit and as head of the Sex Crimes Unit. He was appointed to the bench in Maricopa County in 1985, and served as Presiding Criminal Judge from 1990 to 1998. He then served as Associate Presiding Judge on the Court from 1998 to 2000, and later was a Family Court Judge. Reinstein retired from the bench in 2007, bur remains active serving on the boards of several legal associations/organizations.

  Reinstein was honored with numerous awards during his professional career, including the State Bar of Arizona Outstanding Judge, Arizona Supreme Court Distinguished Service Award for Improving Public Trust and Confidence, the United States Attorney General National Crime Victims Service Award, the State Bar Judicial Award of Excellence, the United States Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for DNA Commission, the Arizona Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for Policy and Leadership, the Arizona Attorney General’s Award as the Outstanding Sexual Assault Judicial Professional, the Outstanding Judge Award from the Maricopa County Bar Association, the Society of Professional Journalists Sunshine Award, the “Empty Shoes” Award from Parents of Murdered Children, and the Chief Justice’s Outstanding Contributions to the Arizona Courts Award.

  Judge Ronald S. Reinstein was inducted into the Maricopa County Bar Association Hall of Fame in 2015, as well as the Indiana University School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2002.

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  Charles Daniel Yates

  Charles Daniel Yates was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. A 1965 graduate of that city’s Pike High School, Yates went on to received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University in 1969 (B.A. Government). Yates then enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law. A year later, he enrolled at the IU School of Business. Yates received both his JD from the law school and his MBA from the business school in 1973.

  Today, Yates is a partner in the Estate and Wealth Transfer Planning Group of the Indianapolis firm Bose McKinney & Evans. A fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Yates counsels families, business owners, corporate executives and other individuals and business to formulate and achieve financial objectives.

  Yates is an enthusiastic volunteer, serving multiple civic and cultural organizations, particularly those in the arts and healthcare fields. A proud supporter of Indiana University he has served on the Board of Visitors of the Center on Philanthropy, the School of Medicine Planned Giving Advisory Board, and the College of Arts and Sciences Graduate School Alumni Association. Among the awards he has received for his service are the 2002 Central Indiana Community Foundation’s Partner in Philanthropy Award, the 2010 Distinguished Barrister Award from Indiana Lawyer magazine, and the 2016 IUPUI Spirit of Philanthropy Award. Additionally, C. Daniel Yates received the Indiana University School of Law Distinguished Service Award in 2006.

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  Dorothy Jane Frapwell

  Dorothy “Dottie” Jane Frapwell was born in New York City. She was raised in Montclair, New Jersey, where she graduated from Montclair High School (1965). She then attended Penn State University, receiving her B.S. in Science in 1969. After college, she worked as a computer programmer for General Motors before deciding to apply to law school. In the fall of 1970, she enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law, ultimately receiving her J.D. degree in 1973.

  Frapwell’s first two years out of law school were spent working as Chief Deputy Prosecutor for Monroe County. In 1975, she joined the Indiana University legal staff as Associate University Counsel. She would remain at the University for her entire legal career, serving in a number of positions of increasing responsibility. From 1978 to 1990, she served as the Associate University Counsel and Medical Center Attorney, advising doctors and administrators on matters of patient care, ethics, hospital law, and medical education. In 1990, Frapwell was named Head of the Office of University Counsel, supervising six associate counsels in Bloomington and Indianapolis. Frapwell also served as Special Assistant to President. In 2006, Frapwell was named Vice President and General Counsel of the University, a position she would hold until her retirement in 2012.

  Frapwell served on the Law School’s Board of Visitors for 16 years and as a member of the Law Alumni Board, culminating in a term as President in 1993. Frapwell received the university’s Thomas Hart Benton Mural Medallion in 1994 and the President’s Medal for Excellence in 2012. Dorothy J. Frapwell was inducted into the Law School’s Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2012.

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  James A. "Jim" Hill

  Jim Hill was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1969 with a degree in economics. He then attended Indiana University, Bloomington, receiving his MBA in 1971, and his J.D. in 1974. After earning his degrees from Indiana University, he moved to Oregon. He entered politics in 1980, running for the Oregon House of Representatives. He was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives for the 31^st district in 1982. In 1986, he ran and was elected to the Oregon State Senate for the 16^th district. In 1992, he was elected Oregon State Treasurer, the first African-American elected to a statewide office in Oregon. He served two terms as the State Treasurer from 1993 to 2001. He ran for Governor of Oregon in 2002 and 2006 but lost both times in the Democratic primary.

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  Janis Lee Johnston

  Born in Iowa, but raised in Northern Indiana, Janis Lee Johnston graduated from Mishawaka High School in 1966. She then attended Purdue University, where she received her B.A. in European History (1972). In January 1973, she enrolled as an undeclared graduate student at Indiana University South Bend, working at the school’s library as she attended classes. In June of 1975 Johnston enrolled in the graduate library science program at the University of Illinois. While at Illinois, she had the opportunity to take a legal reference class taught by legendary law librarian Bob Berring. She graduated in 1976 and became a cataloger at the Marian County Public Library (1976-77), before taking her first job in a law library as the librarian for the Marion County Law Library (1977-79).

  After spending a year in India (1980-81), where she worked as the Rural Development Coordinator for the Indian Institute of Cultural Affairs, she accepted a position as the Serials Librarian at the Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington. Three years later she became the law library's Assistant Head of Technical Services. While working in the library, Johnston was also a part-time law student, receiving her JD in 1987 (Cum Laude). Upon graduation, Johnston accepted a position at the University of Notre Dame Law School’s Kresge Library (1987-1999) and rose to the position Associate Director. In 1999 she became the Director of the Jenner Memorial Law Library and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Illinois, a position she held until her retirement in 2013.

  Long active in the American Association of Law Libraries, Johnston served as the association’s president in 2003-04. In 2014 she was inducted into the AALL Hall of Fame, the same year she was presented the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award. Johnston authored numerous publications in the field of law librarianship, including 1998’s Law Library Journal article of the year “Managing the Boss” (89 Law Library Journal 21). Additionally, Johnston was co-founder and co-chair of the Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries (2006-2012).

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  Jeffrey Scott Davidson

  Jeffrey Scott Davidson was born in East Chicago, Indiana. A 1965 graduate of Hammond (Indiana) High School, Davidson enrolled at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Davidson participated in a combine engineering program operated by Wabash and Columbia University in New York. As a result, he spent three years at Wabash and two years at Columbia, receiving a B.A. in physics from Wabash and a B.S. in industrial engineering from Columbia (1970). In addition, he spent seven summers working in the steel industry in northern Indiana. In 1970, Davidson enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law. While in law school, he served as the Executive Editor of the Indiana Law Journal (v.48) and received the Wendell Wilkie Award for scholastic achievement. Davidson received his JD from the law school in 1973.

  Davidson spent his entire legal career in Los Angeles, California, with the firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP. As a successful trial lawyer specializing in commercial litigation, Davidson became a partner in 1978, served as a member of the firm’s Firm Management Committee for more than 15 years, and became Of Counsel in 2013. He was the Board President of the Western Center on Law and Poverty from 2003 to 2007, served as a faculty member of the ALI-ABA National Securities Litigation Seminar for many years, and was awarded the 2005 President’s Award for Pro Bono Service from the California State Bar Association. Davidson received the Maurer School of Law’s Distinguished Service Award in 2011.

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  Julia Catherine Lamber

  Julia Catherine Lamber was born in La Porte, Indiana. A 1965 graduate of La Porte High School, she enrolled at DePauw University in the fall of 1965. Lamber received her A.B. in Political Science from DePauw in 1969 and then enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law. While in law school she served on the Editorial Board of the Indiana Law Journal (v.46-47) and was a Notes Editor for v.47. Lamber published her own Note (“Equal Rights for Women: The Need for a National Policy” in 46 ILJ 373. She graduated with a JD degree in 1972, cum laude and Order of The Coif.

  Lamber’s legal career began when she joined the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Washington, D.C. (1972-75). She then joined the faculty of the University of Nebraska College of Law (1977-1979) before joining the IU School of Law faculty in 1979. Over her career at the law school, Lamber pioneered courses in Employment Discrimination, Women and the Law, and Civil Rights Statutes. Additionally, Lamber served in countless administrative positions at the law school and the larger University. Among the position titles she held outside the law school were, Affirmative Action Director for the Bloomington campus, Dean of Women’s Affairs, Interim Director of the University Office of Affirmative Action. Within the law school, she was the first Associate Dean for Clinical Education, the first Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Society, and at the time of her retirement in 2013, the school’s Interim Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

  Julia Catherine Lamber was inducted into the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2017.

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  Laura Joan Cooper

  Laura Joan Cooper was born in Pittsburgh, California. and graduated from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California. While attending High School she also attended classes at the University of Southern California, ultimately receiving her B.A.in 1967. After college, she and her husband moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where he attended graduate school at Yale. During this period, Cooper worked as a secretary, the director of a college dormitory, and finally as a legal assistant for a New Haven public interest law firm. When her husband accepted a teaching position at Indiana University, Cooper enrolled at the University’s law school. As a law student, Cooper served as a Junior Writer (1972/73) for the Indiana Law Journal and as Executive Editor for v.49, 1973/74. She also served as an Associate Instructor for the first year law school course on Civil Procedure (1972/73), as well as for an undergraduate honors course (Fall 1973). Laura J. Cooper received her J.D. degree from Indiana University in 1974.

  Upon graduating from law school, Cooper clerked for John S. Hastings at the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. In 1975, she joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School, where she has spent her entire teaching career. She teaches in the areas of Civil Procedure, Conflicts, Labor Law, and Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Workplace. She has published articles on welfare law, conflicts, labor law, and arbitration and is the co-author of three books on workplace dispute resolution. Cooper was the first woman to receive tenure at the University of Minnesota Law School.

  Laura J. Cooper was inducted into the Indiana University School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2002. Since 2003, Cooper has held the title of J. Stewart and Mario Thomas McClendon Professor in Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution at the University of Minnesota Law School.

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  Stephen Howard Paul

  Stephen Howard Paul was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he graduated from North Central High School (1965), Paul received his B.A. in Government from Indiana University in 1969. Paul enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law immediately after receiving his undergraduate degree. While in law school, he served as a Teaching Associate in Civil Procedure, was a recipient of the Bernard Gavit Memorial Fellowship, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Indiana Law Journal (v.47).

  After graduating, Order of the Coif and magna cum laude, from law school (1972), Paul joined the Indianapolis firm of Baker & Daniels. He would become a partner and remain with the firm for the next 40 years, where he was recognized nationally as a leading expert on property tax law and locally as a civic leader. Paul has served as President of the American Property Tax Counsel (2012), the preeminent property law lawyers association, as well as serving more than 15 years on the law school’s Board of Visitors and chairing the group in 2016/17. Paul has been an adjunct professor at the law school for many years, teaching courses in state and local tax law. Stephen Howard Paul was inducted into the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2012.

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  Ann McGovern DeLaney

  Ann McGovern DeLaney was born in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated (1963) from Berner High School in Massapequa (Long Island), New York, and then attended Harpur College (Binghamton University) where she received her B.A. in 1967. That same year she married another Harpur graduate, Ed DeLaney and soon the couple had a growing family. By 1970, the DeLaneys were in the Boston area where Ed was attending Harvard Law School and Ann worked as an office manager for the school’s Prison Legal Assistance Project. Over the next few years, she also worked as a secretary for the Assistant Dean of Clinical Programs, as well as a law librarian for a Boston law firm. In 1973, the family moved to Indiana, when Ed DeLaney accepted a job with the firm of Barnes & Thornburg.

  Ann DeLaney applied and was accepted to the Indian University School of Law in 1974. She received her J. D. degree in 1977 and began her law career in the Marion County prosecutor’s office as a Deputy Prosecutor. She supervised the Felony Sex Offense and Child Abuse Unit from 1977 to 1982. In 1984, DeLaney became the first woman in Indiana to run for the position of Lieutenant Governor. Although she and her running mate lost the race, her name was touted as a rising political star. In 1988, Governor Evan Bayh tapped her to be his Executive Assistant for Legislative Affairs and later his reelection campaign manager. In 1993 DeLaney became the first woman in Indiana to lead a political party when she became the Chair of the Indiana Democratic Party. From 1996 until 2011 she was the Executive Director of the Julian Center, a not-for-profit organization serving victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in Indianapolis. In 2001, President Bill Clinton appointed DeLaney to serve as a Standing Trustee for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana. In 2002 she and her daughter, also a graduate of Maurer Law (1995) founded the firm of DeLaney & DeLaney. In addition to all this, DeLaney has been a long running regular guest on the Indianapolis public affairs television show, Indiana Week in Review.

  DeLaney has served on the Indiana University Maurer School of Law’s Board of Visitors (1998- ), as well as the school’s Capital Campaign committee. Ann McGovern DeLaney was inducted into the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2001.

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  Darell E. (Gene) Zink

  Darell E. (Gene) Zink was born in Houston, Texas and graduated from Bedford High School in Bedford, Indiana. Prior to enrolling in law school, he obtained a BA in Political Science from Vanderbilt University, a master of business administration degree from the University of Hawaii and served as a captain in the Air Force. He received his JD from Indiana University in 1976.

  Zink started his career in Indianapolis at Bose McKinney & Evans. In 1982 he co-founded Duke Realty Corporation and served there as vice chairman and chief financial officer. He wemt on to found a second realty company, Strategic Capital Partners, LLC, where he is currently the executive chairman.

  He serves today on the boards of directors of the Ivy Tech Foundation and the Goodwill Industries of Central and Southern Indiana. Together with his wife, Gene founded the Gene and Mary Ann Zink Poverty Institute at the University of Indianapolis.

  He is a 2020 inductee into the Academy of Law Alumni Fellows.

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  Linda Lucille Chezem

  Linda Lucille Chezem was born in Brazil, Indiana (1946) and attended Brazil Senior High School. After attending Indiana Central College, Monterey Peninsula College (1965) and the University of Maryland (1966), she graduated with a B.S. in English from Indiana State University in 1968. In 1969, she enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law and graduated with her J.D. degree in 1971. From law school, Chezem began her legal career in private practice in the small southern Indiana town of Paoli.

  In 1975, Governor Otis Bowen appointed Chezem to be a Judge in the Lawrence County Court, the first woman to serve as a county judge in the state. In 1982, she became the first female circuit court judge in the state, when she joined the Lawrence Circuit Court. In 1988, she was appointed to the Indiana Court of Appeals, a position she would hold for 10 years. In 1998, Chezem began a second career in education when she became a Professor at Purdue University’s Youth Development and Agriculture Education department. In addition, she holds an adjunct appointment at the Indiana University School of Medicine. For the first six years of her career in education, she continued to assist the Indiana courts by serving as a special judge in over 300 cases serving 25 different counties.

  Chezem’s list of awards is astonishing. A few highlights include the Juvenile Judges Symposium’s Robert J. Kinsey Award for Outstanding Judicial Service and Support to the Children and Youth of Indiana (1988), Indiana State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award (2000), Indiana Lawyer magazine’s Distinguished Barrister award (2008), and three separate Sagamore of the Wabash awards (1988, 1997, and 1998) from three separate Indiana governors. Linda Lucille Chezem was inducted into the Indiana University School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2007.

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  Martha Smeltzer West

  Martha Smeltzer West was born in Pomona, California. West received her A.B. degree from Brandeis University in 1967. She received her J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law, summa cum laude, in 1974. While at the Law School, she served on the editorial board of the Indiana Law Journal (v. 49) and organized the Women’s Law Caucus. After graduating, West clerked for Judge Jesse Eschbach and then joined the Indianapolis law firm Ice Miller, practicing labor and employment law from 1974 until 1978. From 1979 to 1982, she represented members of the United Auto Workers in personal legal matters with the UAW Legal Services.

  In the fall of 1982, West returned to her native California when she joined the faculty of the University of California Davis School of Law. West spent the next twenty-five years at UCD teaching labor law, employment discrimination, and sex based discrimination. She served as Associate Dean from 1988 to 1992 and as Clinical Director from 1993 to 1997. In 1998, she founded the school’s Family Protection Clinic, designed to provide family law representation for battered women and their children. She also supervised the school’s externship program for her entire tenure at the school and was a member of the Davis School Board for eight years, three as president.

  West retired from full-time teaching in 2007, but remained active as the General Counsel for the American Association of University Professors from 2008 to 2010. Among her many awards are UCDSL Distinguished Teaching Award (1997), the Frances Newell Carr Award from the Women Lawyers of Sacramento (2000), and the California NOW Award for outstanding women in education (2002). In 2011, West was inducted into the Indiana University School of Law’s Academy of Law Alumni Fellows. West continues to consult and lecture on wide range of legal issues relevant to women in education.

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  Robert Bruce McLean

  Born in New York City, Robert Bruce McLean graduated from Garden City High School (1964) in Garden City, New York. He then enrolled at Indiana University, where he received his B.S in Business Economics and Public Policy in 1968. McLean then enrolled at the IU School of Law and received his JD degree, Order of the Coif, in 1971.

  McLean’s legal career began as lawyer with the Appellate Court Branch of the National Labor Relations Board. While at the Board (1971-73), he argued more than thirty cases in the federal circuit courts and was responsible for several landmark cases involving the availability of injunctive relief from government action. In 1973, McLean joined the staff at Akin Gump Hauer & Feld as a litigation counsel. He spent more than twenty years with Akin Gump, becoming a managing partner in 1979, In 1982 he became chair of the firm’s Washington litigation practice division. During his leadership the practice grew from eight to more than sixty full-time litigators and 170 lawyers in Washington. By the time he retired in 2016 as the firm’s chairman, the firm had grown to be one of the largest in the country employing more than 800 attorneys across the country.

  Over his career, McLean has handled some of the largest cases ever litigated between American business and the federal government. He was lead counsel for one of the world’s largest petroleum companies in an action that overturned the $100 million conclusion of the Crude Oil Entitlements Program. He also served as lead counsel and negotiator for the United States refining industry in In Re Department of Energy Stripper Well Litigation, which concluded with a multibillion dollar settlement among the US government, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and seven classes of petroleum product users.

  Upon retiring, McLean became a Consultant for the Zeughauser Group and remains active in community and professional service initiatives. He has been a member of the law school’s Board of Visitors for more than 20 years, has served on the executive committee of the Federal City Council, and serves on the Corporate Board of the Kennedy Center. R. Bruce McLean was inducted into the Indiana University School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2013.

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  Stephen O. Kinnard

  Stephen O. Kinnard, J.D. 1972, was the chief mediator for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a prominent activist on behalf of death row inmates. In addition to his service as the court’s chief mediator for nine years, Kinnard established the court’s mediation program in 1992. Upon his death, in 2001, the court renamed the program the Kinnard Mediation Center, noting “his extraordinary service in making mediation a fundamental component of the Eleventh Circuit’s appeals process.”

  Prior to joining the court, Kinnard practiced law in Atlanta at the firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. He also served as an adjunct law professor at Emory University School of Law for ten years, as well as spending a year as a visiting law professor at Wayne State University. He worked as the chairman of the Georgia Bar Association committee that established the Georgia Appellate Practice & Educational Resource Center, which rewarded him with the Bill of Rights Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia in 1987. In the same year, he received the American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award. Outside of law, Kinnard was active in the Boy Scouts of America as an Eagle Scout and a member of the Order of the Arrow. The BSA awarded him the Silver Beaver Award for his service.

  He was a veteran of the Indiana National Guard. Originally from Zionsville, Indiana, Kinnard received his undergraduate degree from William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri. He was a tireless supporter of the School of Law who has served on both the Alumni Board and the Board of Visitors. In 2004 he was inducted into the Law School’s Academy of Alumni Fellows.