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First Annual
Commencement Exercises
Sunday, June Tenth, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine
at Eleven in the Morning • Danciger Campus, Main Center •
Amsterdam Avenue and 185th Street • New York
B~~1r1NN . ozo SCHOOLOF LAW
YESHWA UNIVERSrrY
This program contains a listing of candidates for degrees during the period July
1978-lune 1979; it is not an official roster of graduates.
In case of rain, the exercises are held in the Nathan Lamport Auditorium, Joseph
and Faye Tanenbaum Hall, 2540 Amsterdam Avenue.
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
ABNER H. GROFF, M.H.L., Herald
Dean of Admissions
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BLANCHE D. BLANK, Ph.D., Chief Marshal
Vice President for Academic Affairs
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PRESIDING
NORMAN LAMM, Ph.D.
President
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ISRAEL MILLER, M.A., D.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs
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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
CANTOR PAUL s. GLASSER, M.A .
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INVOCATION
RABBI SEYMOUR FENICHEL, J.D .
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GREETINGS
MORRIS B. ABRAM, J.D.
Chairman, Board, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
IN COURSE AND HONORS
MoNRAD G. PAULSEN, J.D., Dean Doctor of Law (J.D.)
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CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE
DOCTOR OF LAWS
MONRAD G. PAULSEN, J.D.
Vice President for�Legal Education, Yeshiva University
Dean, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
MARVIN E. FRANKEL, LL.B.
Former U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York
Partner, Proskauer Rose Goetz and Mendelsohn Member of the Board, Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law
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BENEDICTION
RABBI FENICHEL
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HATIKVAH
CANTOR GLASSER
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RECESSIONAL
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Guests are requested to rise for the Benediction and the singing of the Hatikvah,
and to resume their seats until the Procession has completed its withdrawal.
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
BENJAMIN
·SCHOOL
N. CARDOZO
OF LAW
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
as of January 31, 1979
BARBARA JEAN BERWITZ
B.A. (1964) City College of New York
M.A. (1966) Syracuse University
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
as of June 10, 1979
RONALD M. AAL
B.A. (1976) Hunter College
JAMES PUTNAM ABBOTT
B.A. ( 1965) Carleton College
M.S. (1969) City College of New York
CAROL MARIE ADAMS
B.A. (1972) Connecticut College
SAMUEL R. ADELMAN
B.A. (1976) Connecticut College
BARBARA LAZEAR ASCHER
B.A. ( 1968) Bennington College
LARRY SAUL BACHNER
B.A. (1976) Rutgers University
GIDEON J. BARI
B.A. (1976) Queens College
FREDERICK DAVID BARSTEIN
B.A. (1976) Boston College
EUNICE BECKER
B.A. (1972) Herbert H. Lehman College
JONATHAN HART BELLO
B.A. ( 1971) Hobart and William Smith College
M.P.A. (1975) New York University
THOMAS DANIEL BENIGNO
B.A. (1976) Hofstra University
LEONARD ALAN BENOWICH
B.A. ( 1976) George Washington University
DAVID ISRAEL BEREN
B.A. (1976) Yeshiva University
SARAI ANNAH BERENSTEIN
B.A. (1969) Boston University
M.S.W. (1972) Yeshiva University
SORAYA ZOLAIKHAIN BERG
B.A. (1975) Hunter College
LoRI-ANN SCHWARTZ BERNATH
B.A. (1976) Brooklyn College
CAROL A. BERNSTEIN
B.A. (1970) Barnard College
CHARLA RUTH BIKMAN
B.A. ( 1966) Washington University
M.A. (1975) Hunter College
BRADLEE GOLD BILLER
B.A. (1976) Brooklyn College
MITCHELL E. BLUM,
B.A. ( 1967) Columbia University
STEPHEN J. BLUMERT
B.A. (1976) Syracuse University
DAVID ALAN BOLSON
B.S. (1976) University of Pennsylvania
ROBERT STUART BOOKMAN
B.A. (1976) State University at Cortland
ETZION BRAND
B.A. (1976) Yeshiva University
BARBARA J. BRANDES
B.A. (1976) Brooklyn College
BRUCE ALAN BRASKY
B.A. (1975) Brooklyn College
BRIAN BRESSMAN
B.A. (1975) Hofstra University
STEVEN I. BRIZEL
B.A. (1976) Yeshiva University
LYNN JOAN BRUSTEIN
B.S. (1963) New York University
DALE JOAN CAHAN
B.A. (1975) New York University
MURIEL Aux CAPLAN
B.A. (1976) State University at Buffalo
GEOFFREY ELIOT CHANIN
B.A. ( 1974) Alfred University
MARTHA ELLEN COHEN
B.A. (1974) New York University
MICHEL STEVEN COLE
B.A. (1976) Queens College
RICHARD SCOTT CORENTHAL
B.A. (1975) Columbia University
ESTHER G. DAVIDWITZ
B.A. (1972) Yeshiva University
REYNALDO DEL VALLE
B.A. (1972) State University at Binghamton
BARBARA J. DETKIN
B.A. (1975) George Washington University
BARBARA R. DIETZ
B.A. (1966) Stanford University
ROBERT K. DRINAN
B.A. (1973). University of Massachusetts
M.A. (1976) New School for Social Research
BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO
SCHOOL OF LAW
LARRY DUB B.A. (1975) Columbia University B.H.L. (1975), M.A. (1976) Jewish Theological Seminary of America
HOWARD FRED DUBS B.S. ( 197 5) State University at Stony Brook
DEBBIE N. EIS B.A. (1976) Barnard College
MAXINE EISENBERG B.A. ( 1971) Skidmore College
CLIFTON S. ELGARTEN
B.A. (1975) City College of New York JOYCE RACHEL ELLMAN
B.A. (1976) Barnard College
JOE ERLICHSTER B.A. (1969) California State College,
Dominguez Hills
VICTORS. FALECK B.A. (1976) Yeshiva University
SCOTT MICHAEL FEIGELSTEIN B.A. (1975) State University at Buffalo
RICKI ANN FELDMAN
B.A. (1976) State University at New Paltz SUSAN FELDMAN-GORDON
B.S. ( 1969) University of Connecticut
M.S.N. ( 1971) Yale UniversityDEBORAH ANN FENICHEL
B.A. (1975) Yeshiva University M.L.S. (1976) Queens College
SANDRA JEANNE FEUERSTEIN B.S. (1966) University of Vermont
How ARD J. FINKELSTEIN B.A. (1970) Yeshiva University M.A. (1972) New York University
JANIS LYLE FLEISHMAN B.A. (1976) Fairleigh Dickinson University
MINDY FORREST B.A. (1976) Bryn Mawr College
DANIEL PAUL FOSTER B.S. (1976) Cornell University
HARRY FREIFELD B.S. ( 1976) Brooklyn College
JOEL MARK FRIEDBERG B.B.A. (1975) Adelphi University
ROBERT H. FUCHS B.A. (1976) Yeshiva University
ELLEN LESLIE GALFUND B.A. (1975) Bard College
NANCY ELLEN GARBER
B.A. (1975) Yeshiva University
LINDA J. GARGIULO
B.A. (1976) Seton Hall University BLANCHE L. GELBER
B.A. (1956) Brandeis University
EDWARD BARRY GELLER B.A. (1976) Fordham University
DENISE GERMAIN B.A. ( 1969) Smith College M.S. (1972) Columbia University
GERARD EDWARD GIANNATTASIO
B.A. (1968) Brown University M.A. (1975) Hofstra University
M.L.S. (1976) Case Western Reserve University
MORRIS GINDI B.A. (197 4) Brooklyn College
LORRAINE SHARON GLASER B.A. (197 5) State University at Stony Brook
JEANNE A. GLASSER
B.A. (1976) University of Texas
JOSEPH MENACHEM GLATSTEIN B.A. (1976) Brooklyn College
FAITH JULIE GLAZIER B.A. (1976) Mount Holyoke College
Al AN E. GOLDBERG B.A. (1975) New York University
ALAN M. GOLDBERG B.A. (1975) State University at Buffalo
JANIS DEBORAH GOLDBERG B.A. ( 1968) Elmira College M.A. (1969), Ph.D. (1974) New York University
JANE W. GOLDBLUM B.S. (1971) Boston University
CAROLYN S. GOLDFARB B.S. (1972) Boston University M.S. (1976) Northeastern University
JERRY H. GOLDFEDER B.A. (1968) Brooklyn College
CINDY FAYE GOLDSTEIN B.A. (1976) Queens College
ROBERT CYRIL GOLDSTEIN B.A. (1976) University of Rochester
DIANE LINDA GOODMAN B.A. (1976) State University at New Paltz
ALAN MARC GOTTLIEB B.A. (1976) Herbert H. Lehman College
DAVID E. GRASHIN B.A. (1976) Yeshiva University
JON WARREN GREEN B.A. (1976) Claremont Men's College
SUSAN CAROL GREEN B.S. (19.76) Cornell University
WAYNE M. GREENWALD B.A. ( 1973) State.University at New Paltz
MITCHELL FLOYD Guss B.A. ( 1974) State University at New Paltz
ARYEH GUTTENBERG B.A. (1976) Yeshiva University
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BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO
SCHOOL OF LAW
SUSAN J. GWERTZMAN
B.A. ( 1967) University of Michigan
M.S.W. (1971) Hunter College
SANDRA R. HALBERSTAM
B.A. (1964) Brooklyn College
WAYNE ROBERT HALPER B.A. (1974) State University at Albany
ELI HALPERN
B.S. (1975) Wayne State University
ROCHELLE FEDER HANSEN
B.A. (1966), M.S. (1976) Brooklyn College
ALICE SARDELL HARARY
B.A. (1976) Brooklyn College
MARC BENNETT HELLER
B.A. (1975) Syracuse University
IRV HEPNER
B.A. (1973) Yale Unh·ersity
RONALD S. HEYMANN
B.A. (1976) West Virginia University
AUDREY RUTH HIRSCHFELD
B.A. (1976) New York University
HENRIETTE D. HOFFMAN
B.A. (19 51) Barnard College
MICHAEL BRIAN HOPKINS
B.A. (1970) New York University
M.A. (1972) City College of New York
NORMA FABIAN JACOBSON
B.A. (1950) Mount Holyoke College
SARAH JANE }ELIN
B.A. (1975) Colorado College
HOWARD H. JOFFE
B.A. (1976) Rutgers University
ALAN LLOYD JOSEPH
B.S. ( 1974) Wilmington College
ABBE L. KADISH
B.S. (1975) Ithaca College
ROBERT GARY KALIK
B.A. (1975) Syracuse University
JONATHAN KALLMAN
B.A. (1976) Brandeis University
RONNI LYNN KANOFF
B.M. (1974) Juilliard School
JEFFREY KAPLAN
B.A. (1976) Yeshiva University
JUDITH ELEANOR KAPLAN
B.S. (1972) Cornell University
FAY KASMER
B.A. (1975) New York University
STEPHEN MARK KASNETT
B.A. ( 1967) Dartmouth College
ILENE KASS
B.A. (1976) Queens College SUSAN MELANIE KASSAPIAN
B.A. ( 1976) State University at Stony Brook
SHEILA JOSEFSBERG KASTEN
B.A. (1957) Skidmore College MOSHE KATLOWITZ
B.S. (1976) Brooklyn College BONNIE KAYATTA-STEINGART
B.A. (1970) State University at Stony Brook
DAVID M. KAYE
B.A. (1976) George Washington University
LEONARD B. KAYE
B.S. (1974) Boston University
GARY MICHAEL KEVIN
B.A. (1970) Long Island University
JAY KIMMEL
B.A. (1967) Yeshiva University
TAMAR SARA KLEIN
B.A. (1973) Yeshiva University
M.L.S. ( 1974) Columbia University
SHEILAH. KLEMPNER
B.A. (1961) Wheaton College, Mass. ELLEN R. KON
B.A. (1976) Case Western Reserve University
ERIC R. KOPPEL
B.A. (197 4) Brooklyn College LAURIE JUNE FRIEDMAN KORNGOLD
B.A. ( 1973) Boston University
DAVID BRUCE KoROBKIN
B.A. (1976) Connecticut College
DA YID SETH KoRZENICK
B.A. ( 1972) Harvard University
THEODORE MARTIN KRAVITZ
B.A. (1976) Pennsylvania State University
HENRY ERIC KRUMAN
B.A. (1976) State University at Oswego
SHARON R. KUHFELDT
B.A. (1976) State University at Albany
KAREN FREEDMAN KUPERSMITH
B.A. ( 1968) Barnard College PAUL STEVEN LABINER
B.A. (1976) University of Maryland
CAROL CAROSELLI LAMSON
B.A. ( 1962) Brown University
ANNE M. S. LANDAU
B.A. (1968), M.A. (1970) New York University
DAVID LANGER
B.A. ( 1973) University of Massachusetts
ERIC J. LAPTOOK
B.A. (1976) Skidmore College
ELAINE SUSAN LAURENCE
B.A. ( 1973) Herbert H. Lehman College
FERRIS DAVID LEBOUS
B.A. (1976) State University at Binghamton
BRUCE NEIL LEDERMAN
B.A. (1975) Colgate University
FAY LEOUSSIS-SHIMEL
B.A. (1972) State University at Buffalo
BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO
SCHOOL OF LAW
HALLIE RATZKIN LEVIE
B.A. (1960) Barnard College
M.A. ( 1964) Hunter College
Ph.D. (1971) Cornell University
BATYA SCHAEFER LEVIN
B.A. (1961) Barnard College
GARY MARK LEVINE
B.A. (1976) Ithaca College
JAY LEWIN
B.F.A. (1975), M.A.(1976) New York University
JOEL MARC LIEBER
B.A. (1976) Boston University
STEVEN A. LOEWY
B.A. ( 1974) Washington University
HERBERT LOWENSTEIN
B.A. (1976) City College of New York
RICHARD MARC MALTZ
B.A. (1976) State University at Stony Brook
STEVEN J. MANDEL
B.A. (1976) Adelphi University
MICHAEL BRIAN MARCOVITCH
B.A. (1976) Yeshiva University
MARTHA LEWIS MARCUS
B.A. ( 1973) State University at Buffalo
ELISA HOPE MARKE
B.A. (1976) New York University
CARYN DIANE MARKIN
B.A. (1972), M.S. (1975) Herbert H.
Lehman College
THOMAS PHILIP MARKOVITS
B.A. (1976) Brooklyn College
JOHN GARRETT MARKS
B.S. ( 1974) John Jay College of Criminal Justice
M.P.S. (1976) Long Island University
RICHARD STUART MARTEN
B.A. ( 1974) Vassar College
NOEMI E. MASLIAH
B.A. (1972) Queens College
ELLEN MIRIAM MASSEY
B.A. (1970) Brooklyn College
KENNETH LEWIS MATTHEWS
B.A. ( 1968) Syracuse University
ELLEN W. McBRIDE
B.A. ( 1962) Chatham College
STEPHEN B. MEISTER
B.S. (1975) State University at Stony Brook
ROBERT SETH MICHAELS
B.A. (1976) State University at Stony Brook
SALLY PHYLLIS MICHAELS
B.A. (1971) Barnard College
GERALDS. MIGDOL
B.A. (1976) Queens College
CHARLES MITCHELL MIROTZNIK
B.A. ( 197 5) Dickinson College
MARIAN B. MORRIS
B.A. (1976) Brooklyn College
MARK ELLIOTT MOSKOVITZ
B.A. (1973) Brooklyn College
M.A. (1976) John Jay College of Criminal Justice
MELODY MOSKOWITZ
B.S. (1976) Cornell University
EDWIN TIMOTHY MULHERN
B.A. (1974) Boston College
ROBERT RICHARD MULLERY
B.A. (1974) Herbert H. Lehman College
BARBARA J. NAGEL
B.A. ( 1972) State University at Cortland
BRUCE EDWARD NASSBERG
B.A. (1975) George Washington University
ELEANOR RICHTER OLARSCH
B.A. (1957) Brooklyn College
M.S. (1966) Hunter College
KAREN ST ARE ORTENZIO
B.A. (1965) City College of New York
HOLLY A. PAIGE
B.A. (1975) University of Pennsylvania
ISAAC PALMER
B.A. (1974) Columbia University
MARK IRWIN PARTNOW
B.A. (1975) Brooklyn College
ELLIOT BRUCE PASIK
B.A. (1975) Clark University
MARIA H. PERIDES
B.A. (1976) State University at Stony Brook
IRA SCOTT PERS
B.A. (1976) Herbert H. Lehman College
LAUREN GRACE PETE
B.A. (1971), M.A. (1976) City College
of New York
DEBRA WINTER PETROVER
B.A. (1958) Brooklyn College
EDMUND DOMINIC PITARO
B.A. (1974) Fordham University
STEPHEN POL TO,RZYCKI
B.A. (1976) Wesleyan University
JUDITH POST
B.A. (1975) Hunter College
RACHEL PoTASZNIK
B.A. ( 1973) Rutgers University
SUSAN SHAPIRO RAND
B.A. (1976) University of Rochester
MARLO LAWRENCE RATNER
B.A. (1976) University of Pennsylvania
JULIUS S. REICH
B.S. (197 5) Brooklyn College
JEAN RIGG
B.A. (1960) Rollins College
MICHAEL J. ROBERTS
B.A. (1969) Columbia University
t '
BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO
SCHOOL OF LAW
MARK DAVID ROLNIK
B.A. (1976) State University at Buffalo EUGENE ANTHONY ROMANO
B.A. (1975) Brooklyn College AMY BETH Roon
B.A. (1976) Brandeis University LUCIA A. ROSATO
B.A. ( 1973) Hunter College KATHERINE NATHAN ROSE
B.A. ( 1967) University of Michigan KENNETH ALAN ROSEN
B.S. (1975) Cornell University SIDNEY ROSEN
B.S. (1975) City College of New York JOSEPH ROSENBERG
B.A. (1975) Connecticut College MEIRA ROSENBERG
B .A. (-197 6) Indiana University DANIEL FRED ROSENFELD
B.A. ( 1972) State University at Buffalo LISBETH LAWSON ROSENFELD
B.A. (1975) Colby College MATTHEW ROTHBEIND
B.A. ( 1976) Alfred University HARRIET WEILL ROTHFELD
B.A. ( 1966) Wheaton College, Mass. ALAN MARC RUBIN
B.A. (1976) Brooklyn College BABETTE TERRI RUBIN
B.A. (1970) Vassar College M.S. (1972) Columbia University
Toon M. RUBINSTEIN
B.A. (1974) State University at Binghamton LYDIA J. RUFFOLO
B.A. ( 1973) Kirkland College M.A. (1975) New School for Social Research
SHIRA RUSKAY
B.A. (1966) University of Michigan M.A. (1970) Columbia University
MARY LOUISE RYAN
B.A. ( 1973) Cleveland State University JOSEPH M. SABOUNGHI
B.A. ( 1976) St. John's University MICHAEL LEWIS SAEWITZ
B.A. (1975) Villanova University JESSE ARNOLD SAFER
B.A. (1976) Queens College SUSAN ADELE SATLER
B.A. (1976) State University at Stony Brook IRA SCHARAGA
B.A. (1975) Yeshiva University GLENN SCOTT SCHATTNER
B.S. (1976) Boston University SANORA RUTH SCHIFF
B.A. ( 1973) State University at Binghamton
DAVID MITCHELL SCHLITZ
B.A. (1974) University of Virginia DODY SCHORR
B.A. (1976) Brooklyn College
MICHAEL Toon SCHRODER
B.A. ( 1973) Hofstra University CLAUDIA SUE SCHULTZ
B.A. (1974) University of Wisconsin ELIOT MATTHEW SCHUMAN
B.S. (1975) Cornell University
SUSAN KOLODNY SCHWARCZ
B.A. (1975) Barnard College CONSTANCE SCHWARTZ
B.A. ( 1969) Tufts University
M.A. (1971) New York UniversityM.L.S. (1971) Columbia University
MARCY KATE SCHWARTZ
B.A. (1976) Brandeis University LEON S. SEGEN
B.A. (1970), M.A. (1972) New York University MARK STEVEN SEIDENFELD
B.A. (1976) Sarah Lawrence College
CATHIE PERSELAY SEIDMAN
B.A. (1976) Wheaton College, Mass. GARY P. SHAFFER
B.A. (1975) Harvard University ADELE SACHS SHAPIRO
B.A. (1976) Queens College
LAURIE ANNE SHAPIRO
B.A. (1975) New York University MITCHELL GEORGE SHAPIRO
B.A. (1976) Vassar College STEPHANIE THEA SHATKIN
B.A. (1976) Queens College
COBBY Joy SHEREFF
B.A. (1976) Hobart and William Smith College TERRI A. SHERMAN
B.A. (1976) University of Pennsylvania
TOMAS ALLEN SHPALL
B.S. (1976) University of Colorado EDWARD DANIEL SIEGEL
B.A. (1976) University of Rochester
LINDA MICHELLE SIROTA B.A. (1975) State University at Stony Brook
STEVEN SMEDRESMAN
B.A. (1976) New York University HILLARY BETH SMITH
B.A. (1976) Sarah Lawrence College MICHAEL DAVID SOLOMON
B.A. (1976) Franklin and Marshall College MIRIAM BETH SOLON
B.A. (1968) State University at Stony Brook
SAMUEL A. SPIEGEL
B.A. (1970) Yeshiva University
BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO
SCHOOL
MITCHELL HARVEY SPINAC
B.A. (1975), M.B.A. (1976) University
of Rochester
STEVEN S. SPIRA
B.A. (1976) City College of New York
ELIZABETH ANN STARK
B.A. (1975) Cornell University
MARILYN MARTHA STEINBERG
B.F.A. (1969) Pratt Institute
M.B.A. (1977) Bernard M. Baruch College
JEFFREY MARC STRASHUN
B.A. (1976) Yeshiva University
SUSAN DEBRA STUART
B.A. (1972) State University at Buffalo
HARRIS IAN SUFIAN
B .A. ( 197 5) Brooklyn College
MIRIAM SZAPIRO
B.A. (1972) New York University
THOMAS E. TARANTINO
B.A. (1976) Fordham University
SETH T. TAUBE
B.A. (1976) Queens College
JAQUELINE N. TAUBES
B.A. (197 5) University of Pennsylvania
CHRISTIAN CHARLES THOMPSON
B.A. (1976) Sarah Lawrence College
ARTHUR NEIL TOLCISS
B.A. (1971) Lake Forest College
M.S. ( 1973) University of Massachusetts
ROBINANNE J. TURIEL
B.A. ( 197 6) Vassar College
MARSHALL SCOTT VA YER
B.A. (1975) Amherst College
JOAN WAGNER
B.A. (1959) Connecticut College
LAURENCE STUART WARSHAW
B .A. ( 197 6) Lehigh University
MARTHA MERRILL WATERS
B.A. (1962) Wellesley College
CYNTHIA SARAH WAYNE
B.A. (1974) Hofstra University
OF LAW
RICHARD JOEL WECHTER
B.A. (1975) State University at Albany
LEOPOLD WEINBERGER
B.A. (1975) New York University
SHERRY LYNN WEINDORF
B.A. (1975) Syracuse University
JEROME WEINSTOCK
B.A. ( 1972) Brooklyn College
STEVEN A. WEISBERGER
B.B.A. (1976) Hofstra University
ELLEN S. WEISBURD
B.A. (1973) Rutgers University
MIRIAM BELLE LINDA WEISS
B.A. ( 1973) Brooklyn College
PAMELA ANNE WAHRSAGER WEISS
B.A. (1975) Barnard College
REID B. WISSNER
B.A. (1976) State University at New Paltz
MICHAEL LEE WITTMAN
B.A. (1976) St. John's University
MARK STUART Y AGERMAN
B.A. (1976) Brooklyn College
ALICE L. MEYER YAKER
B.A. (1962) Brooklyn College
ROBIN SUE YONIS
B.A. (1976) State University at Oneonta
AMY YOURMAN
B.A. (1976) University of Pennsylvania
STEVE TERRY ZELSON
B.A. (1976) University of Delaware
AMY ZIMMER
B.A. (1974) Simon Fraser University
ELLIOT MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN
B.B.A. (1976) Bernard M. Baruch College
LINDA A. ZUBRIN
B.S. ( 1971) Boston University
M.S. ( 1974) Emerson College
DAVID ZWIEBEL
B.S. (1975) Brooklyn College
AW ARDS AND HONORS
FOR SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT
Jacob Burns Medals
Best first-year student, 1976-77 Clifton S. Elgarten
Best first-year student, 1977-78 Abraham Gutwein
Editor-in-chief, Law Review, 1978-79 David Zwiebel
Best Moot Court Board person, 1977-78 Michael Brian Hopkins
Best Moot Court Board person, 1978-79 Best oral argument: Amy B. Targan
Best written brief: Ruth M. Gursky
Dr. Samuel Belkin Scholars
Mitchell E. Blum
Stephen J. Blumert
Marianne Bretton-Granatoor
Rosemary Byrne
Irv Hepner
Carole Slater Hirschen
Judith Eleanor Kaplan
Robert Karr
Isaac Lyumkis
Debra Winter Petrover
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Julius S. Reich
Philip Roberts
Wendy Rosen
Michael Lewis Saewitz
Naomi Sinnreich
Steven S. Spira
Harris Ian Sufian
Marshall Scott Vayer
Craig Weaver
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
COMMITTEE ON CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS
Executive Committee
SAM HARTSTEIN, B.A., Chairman
JACOB BLAZER, B.A. JANET KNIGHT, B.A.
JOSEPH ELLENBERG, M.A. ROBERT MARMORSTEIN, B.A.
ABNER H. GROFF, M.H.L. VIVIAN OWGANG
MORRIS SILVERMAN' M.A .
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Faculty Marshals
GEORGE w. DENT, JR., J.D.
MALVINA H. GUGGENHEIM, M.I.A.
ARTHUR J. JACOBSON, Ph.D.
ROBERT A. KREISS, Ph.D.
PETER LUSHING, LL.B.
STEWART E. STERK, J.D.
RICHARD H. WEISBERG, Ph.D.
ELLIOTT J. WEISS, LL.B.
Student Graduation Committee
ROBERT STUART BOOKMAN
MEIRA ROSENBERG
CATHIE PERSELAY SEIDMAN
HILLARY BETH SMITH
HARRIS IAN SUFIAN
AMY ZIMMER
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HON. HERBERT TENZER, Chairman
MAX STERN, Honorary Chairman
STANLEY E. STERN, Vice Chairman
MAX J. ETRA, Chairman Emeritus
MORRIS B. ABRAM
JOSEPH A. ADES
ROBERT ARNOW
DAVID ARONOW
ARTHUR B. BELFER
CHARLES H. BENDHEIM
SAMSON BITENSKY
LUDWIG BRA VMANN
EUGENE FERKAUF
GERALD FURST
Lours J. GLICKMAN
DR. JACOB E. GOLDMAN
BENJAMIN GOTTESMAN
DR. LEO JUNG
LUDWIG JESSELSON, Treasurer
ELIE WIESEL
�EMANUEL M. GRUSS
JOSEPH S. GRUSS
ABRAHAM S. GUTERMAN
GEDALE B. HOROWITZ
DR. NORMAN LAMM
. JOSEPH M. MAZER
HERMANN MERKIN
JAKOB MICHAEL
ELI L. Rousso
JOSEPH SEGAL
CHARLES H. SIL VER
RONALD P. STANTON
JACK D. WEILER
Honorary Trustees
DR. JOSEPH H. LoOKSTEIN
HON. SAMUEL MEL LITZ
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
BOARD, BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW
MORRIS B. ABRAM, Chairman
JOSEPH APPLEMAN
HoN. GERTRUDE BACON
JACOB BURNS
MARCY CHANIN
BARRY DILLER
BLANCHE G. ETRA
MAX J. ETRA
DR. LEON FILL
HON. MARVIN E. FRANKEL
PROF. PAUL A. FREUND
HON. STANLEY H. FULD
GERALD FURST
HAROLD s. GELB
ABRAHAM S. GUTERMAN
WILLIAM s. HACK
PROF. MILTON HANDLER
PROF. LOUIS HENKIN
MORTON J. HOLLANDER
CHARLES BALLON, Vice Chairman
PHILI� ZIMET
FREDRIC A. KLEINBERG
DR. NORMAN LAMM
IRWIN S. MELTZER
HERMANN MERKIN
EDGAR J. NATHAN, 3rd
HAROLD RESNIK
LA WREN CE RUBEN.
STEPHEN L. SCHWARTZ
WILLIAM A. SHEA
MAX L. SHULMAN
MAX STERN
-STANLEY E. STERN
HON. HERBERT TENZER
JOHN TRUBIN
PHILIP F. VINEBERG
ALAN G. WEILER
HON. JACK B. WEINSTEIN
SIGGI B. WILZIG
THE FIRST COMMENCEMENT
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law was chartered by the New York State Board of Regents in 197 4 and opened in September 197 6. It was named to honor the memory of the late distinguished jurist who, as Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals and then as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, established a tradition of excellence in the law. The purpose of the Cardozo School is to achieve the great goals of legal education articulated by Justice Cardozo in 1935: "We are trying to teach law and to study it scientifically, and yet imaginatively too-feeling our way to a new sense of its significance, of the forces that have brought it into being, of the processes that are keeping it alive, and of the ends that it must serve to foster if its high potencies are not to fall."
The School is committed to making a unique contribution to legal education and the welfare of the general community. Its course of study-leading to the Doctor of Law (J.D.) degree-prepares its students for both traditional and emerging forms of professional legal practice as well as for positions in business, public service, and other areas where a legal education has relevance.
Yeshiva University's commitment to quality together with its renowned scholarship in the Judaic heritage are a strong foundation for a law school shaped by tradition yet able to blend the past with the complex requirements of modern society. A new program at the Law School is Mishpat lvri (Jewish law studies). The Cardozo School further enriches many of the University's undergraduate and graduate level programs. With the establishment of this School, the University is continuing its tradition as a pioneer of unique educational programs.
The School's location at the Brookdale Center affords stimulating association with the University's Ferkauf Graduate School and Wurzweiler School of Social Work. The space devoted to the Cardozo School has been redesigned to accommodate the needs of a modern law school.
In recognition of the vital role of the library in the education of the law student, the Cardozo School, aided by the generosity of the Levitt Foundation, is developing a facility to rank among the nation's outstanding legal libraries. The 45,000 square-foot Levitt Library, housing some 155,000 volumes, will eventually hold 250,000, including collections of statutes, reports, digests, and periodicals.
To further enhance its usefulness as a research center, the design of the Levitt
Library incorporates advanced systems technology. A large and well-equipped
microprinter and photocopy area increases the accessibility of all materials.
Students also may utilize the six other libraries of the Yeshiva University
Library System, housing some 800,000 volumes, periodicals, and special collec
tions in all branches of the arts, sciences, and humanities.
Honoring by name those whose benefactions have contributed substantially to
the founding and development of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law are the
Brookdale Foundation; the Levitt Library, the Joe and Celia Weinstein Reading
Area, the Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Drexler Reading Area, the Sidney Weisner
Lecture Hall, the Gerald and Melvin J. Furst Faculty Lounge, the Jacob Burns
Moot Court, and the growing number of Cardozo Fellows.
The Dr. Samuel Belkin Professorial Chair in Law and Society memorializes the
late president of Yeshiva University, deceased in April 1976, distinguished
educator and the founder of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, whose final
act of more than 35 years of service was the establishment of the Law School
and the appointment of Monrad G. Paulsen as its first dean.
The Nathaniel L. Goldstein Annual Lecture, initiated this year, is a series to
be presented annually by a leading member of the legal profession.
Another major component of the growing school is its broad spectrum of
student activities, including the Cardozo Law Review, the voluntary competitions
of the Jacob Burns Moot Court, the Law Student Association, Cardozo Law
Women, the Eleanor Roosevelt Society of International Law, and the Society
for the Study of Law and the Aging.