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SUMMER The 2007 DICKINSON LAWYER Special Philanthropy Edition H. Laddie Montague, Jr. ’63 Lewis Katz ’66 A LETTER FROM THE DEAN his special issue of The Dickinson Lawyer focuses on the importance of philan- MANAGING EDITOR Kelly R. Jones thropy and features many of our most generous donors, including Lewis Katz ’66, Twhose pledge of $15 million to the Law School and efforts on behalf of the Law EDITOR School have enabled our $110 million investment in new facilities, and Laddie Montague Pam Knowlton ’63, who has supplemented his extraordinary history of giving and service to the Law School with a $4 million pledge to our building campaign. CONTRIBUTORS Ed Savage Your gifts are just as critical to the Law School’s success. For example, your giving has Dyanna Stupar helped to provide scholarship support that is a vital factor to our efforts to recruit and keep the best and brightest students, as evidenced in our admissions success over the past PHOTOS few years. Applications for admission to the Law School Ian Bradshaw Photography have increased by more than 100 percent, and we've seen a Karen Hamburg Photography Pam Knowlton very significant simultaneous increase in student body diver- Cliff Mautner sity and academic credentials. Our bottom quarter academic Cathy Meals Photography credentials today are higher than our top quarter credentials Annemarie Mountz of just a few years ago, and the diversity of our student body Dyanna Stupar has more than tripled during the same period of time. Getty Images, Your contributions also have created the endowed faculty Image Source Pink, page 3 awards and professorships necessary to recruit and retain as Jim Frazier, page 8 faculty the intellectual leaders of major fields of legal study, Jupiter Images, page 19 such as William E. Butler, our John Edward Fowler Distin- guished Professor of Law; Thomas E. Carbonneau, our ILLUSTRATIONS (COVER) Dennis Balough Samuel P. Orlando Distinguished Professor of Law; Gary Gildin, our Hon. G. Thomas and Anne G. Miller Chair in Advocacy; John E. Lopatka, TECHNICAL SUPPORT our A. Robert Noll Distinguished Professor of Law; and Tiyanjana Maluwa, our H. Lad- Dian Franko die Montague, Jr. Chair in Law. Recently, we were also able to recognize the outstanding scholarly achievements of faculty members with the following distinguished scholar The Dickinson Lawyer is published for alumni, awards: Carlos A. Ball, Weiss Family Distinguished Faculty Scholar; Kit Kinports, Polish- students, staff, and friends of The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State Uni- er Family Distinguished Faculty Scholar; Francis J. Mootz III, Samuel Weiss Distin- versity. Correspondence may be addressed to guished Faculty Scholar; and Victor Romero, Maureen B. Cavanaugh Distinguished Fac- the editor. Portions of this magazine may be reprinted if credit is given to The Dickinson ulty Scholar. School of Law, The Dickinson Lawyer, and the Your gifts also are helping to renovate and construct new signature buildings for the author. Law School in Carlisle and University Park, each of which promises to give elegant new This publication is available in alternative expression to the dignity and prominence of The Dickinson School of Law. Construction media on request. of our new Lewis Katz Building in University Park is now under way, and we anticipate The Pennsylvania State University is com- occupancy in the spring of 2009. Plans for Carlisle are also in full swing. We anticipate mitted to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to programs, facilities, occupancy in Carlisle in the spring of 2010, when we will enjoy a completely renovated admission, and employment without regard Trickett Hall, which will serve as the Carlisle home of our new H. Laddie Montague, Jr. to personal characteristics not related to ability, performance, or qualifications as Law Library, and a completely new Lewis Katz Hall, which will include a new auditori- determined by University policy or by state um and classrooms and other important public features of the Law School. Designs of all or federal authorities. It is the policy of the University to maintain an academic and of our new and renovated facilities, as well as live University Park construction video, are work environment free of discrimination, available on the Law School’s Web site at www.dsl.psu.edu. including harassment. The Pennsylvania State University prohibits discrimination Significantly, the occupancy schedule for our new facilities will enable us to hold the and harassment against any person Law School’s 2009 unified commencement ceremony in University Park and the Law because of age, ancestry, color, disability or handicap, national origin, race, religious School’s 2010 unified commencement ceremony in Carlisle, events that coincidentally creed, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran will open and close the 175th anniversary of our great Law School. status. Discrimination or harassment against faculty, staff, or students will not So, thank you again for your ongoing support of the Law School. Your gifts make a be tolerated at The Pennsylvania State Uni- lasting difference in enabling our students to experience the educational excellence that versity. Direct all inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policy to Gwen Marchek, always has been characteristic of The Dickinson School of Law. Human Resources Officer, Penn State Dickinson School of Law, Beam Building, University Park, PA 16802-1910; tel 814-865- 4232 U.Ed. DSL 7-57 SPRING 2006/2007 The DICKINSON LAWYER FEATURES Lewis Katz Giving2 in Gratitude H. Laddie Montague, Jr. Leading the Way7 to the Future of DSL DSL Alumni Give Back The financial generosity of our alumni is crucial to the ongoing13 success of the Law School 2005-0625 Annual Report MORE STORIES Faculty Improve Global Pennsylvania Blackstone— Understanding and Citizenship . 10 A Gift to our Donors . 21 Grant Enhances Clinics’ Foundation Gift Technological Capabilities . 21 Honors Gildin and Ressler . 12 Support Opportunities/ Ways to Give . 22 Overcoming the Hurdle Endowed Faculty Position to Honor Professor of Law School Debt . 19 Harvey Feldman’s Retirement . 24 Hip Hop and Swing Dance Carlisle Building Plans . 40 Alive and Well at DSL . 20 IN APPRECIATION OF LEWIS KATZ’S $15 MILLION GIFT TO THE DICKINSON SCHOOL OF LAW, PENN STATE UNIVERSITY’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON JANUARY 19, 2007, TO NAME THE SIGNATURE ADDITION TO THE LAW SCHOOL’S CARLISLE FACILITY LEWIS KATZ HALL AND THE LAW SCHOOL’S NEW FACILITY IN UNIVERSITY PARK THE LEWIS KATZ BUILDING. lewis katz Giving in Gratitude By Kelly Jones ing to me is try- ing to help others Charming. Sincere. Business-savvy. Pas- the way you were sionate. Witty. Intelligent. Giving. Stead- helped as a child,” fast. A presence – and it’s not just his Katz said of his desire towering height. Lewis Katz is an amal- to give back. gam of these traits and more. But what “So if you can give schol- strikes me the most is his undeniably arships to needy children, if you reached humble demeanor. can create a safe environment for 11,000 in In spite of the millions he’s made – and children at risk, if you can help create Cherry Hill and the millions he’s donated – Katz has a opportunities for higher education for 2,500 in Margate. According knack for downplaying his successes and young people to improve their skills, to Katz, the centers give people in the contributions and deflecting attention thereby enabling them to have a better community a place where they can center from himself to those who have helped life, all of that mixes well with the notion their cultural and physical lives and help him along the way. It seems as though no of why we’re here, what our purpose is,” foster understanding between people of one has ever told him just how remark- Katz explained. different faiths. able he is; if they have, he certainly doesn’t Katz took one step further in the pur- Katz has also been instrumental in let on. For some, that may be hard to suit of happiness earlier on the day of our establishing the Boys and Girls Club in believe. But spend five minutes with this interview, when he signed documents for Camden. As a native of the city, he is par- man, and you’ll know he’s the real deal. a Jewish Community Center he’s helping ticularly motivated to support an organi- to build in Princeton, New Jersey. It will zation dedicated to helping its children to A Life of Philanthropy be the third center to carry the name of flourish. The way Katz sees it, he’s been lucky his parents, Betty and Milton Katz; the “In April, we will open our second enough to obtain wealth, and it’s his duty first was built in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Boys and Girls Club in Camden. They to share it with others who are less fortu- and the second in Margate, New Jersey. serve the poorest children in one of the nate. This conviction has led him to put Membership at the facilities, which cater poorest, if not the poorest, cities in as much – if not more – of his heart into to children and adults of all ages, has America – Camden, where I grew up,” giving his time and resources Katz said. “There are 80,000 people in to others as he has into his the city, 20,000 under the age of business interests. For Katz, “I think that if you can help 18. For three years, [Camden] had the highest per capita murder rate. philanthropy is more than an someone have a better life, act of kindness; it’s where he’s “[The clubs are] a safe environ- found his purpose.

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