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DigitalCommons@NYLS Commencement Programs NYLS Publications 6-16-1955 1955 Commencement Program New York Law School Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/commencement_progs NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARCHIBALD R. WATSON President of the Board of Trustees WILLIAM F. BLEAKLEY Formerly Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York DENIS O'L. COHALAN Official Referee of the Supreme Court of the State of New York ALBERT COHN Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department JOSEPH A. Cox Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York CHARLES W. FROESSEL Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals NATHANIEL L. GOLDSTEIN Formerly Attorney General of the State of New York THEODORE GRANIK Member of the New York Bar CHARLES H. GRIFFITHS Formerly Surrogate of Westchester County JAMES T. HALLINAN Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York EDWARD J. NEARY Formerly District Attorney of Nassau County FERDINAND PECORA Formerly Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York CARROLL G. WALTER Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York EDWIN L. WEISL Member of the New York Bar NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1955 THE WALDORF-ASTORIA GRAND BALLROOM ORDER OF EXERCISES .PROCESSIONAL .... GEORGE SEUFFERT at the organ THE NATIONAL ANTHEM .... FRANCIS SCOTT KEY GLEE CLUB [in which the audience is asked to join] INVOCATION REVEREND GEORGE B. FORD Pastor, Corpus Christi Church, New York WELCOMING ADDRESS HONORABLE ALBERT COHN VOCAL SELECTIONS "America, the Beautiful" SAMUEL A. WARD JOHN O'BEIRNE, Baritone Soloist "This Is My Country" AL JACOBS & DON RAYE QUEENS BOROUGH LODGE OF ELKS GLEE CLUB GEORGE SEUFFERT, Director GEORGE REYNOLDS, Accompanist COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS HONORABLE ALBERT CONWAY Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York PRAYER FOR OUR ARMED FORCES REVEREND CORNELIUS GREENWAY Pastor, All Souls Universalist Church, Brooklyn CONFERRING OF DEGREES Presentation of Candidates by DEAN ALISON REPPY AW ARD ING OF PRIZES HONORABLE DENIS O'L. COHALAN VOCAL SELECTIONS "You'll Never Walk Alone" RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN "Battle Hymn of the Republic" JULIA WARD HOWE EDWARD P. BABOR, Baritone Soloist GLEE CLUB CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES HONORABLE JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States PRESENTED BY HONORABLE NATHANIEL L. GOLDSTEIN HONORABLE CHARLES WILLIAM FROESSEL Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals PRESENTED BY HONORABLE CHARLES H. GRIFFITHS HONORABLE ARCHIBALD ROBINSON WATSON President of New York Law School PRESENTED BY HONORABLE JOSEPH A. COX RESPONSE HONORABLE JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN REMARKS HONORABLE E. SMYTHE GAMBRELL President-Elect of the American Bar Association GOD BLESS AMERICA. IRVING BERLIN GLEE CLUB [in which the audience is asked to join] BENEDICTION REVEREND MANUEL SALTZMAN Rabbi, Temple Ansche Chesed, New York RECESSIONAL HONORABLE ALBERT COHN Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, First Department PRESIDING CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS JUNE 16, 1955 JULIUS CHRISTIAAN BIERVLIET JOHN JOSEPH MILLETT RICHARD WHITE BLANCHARD NICHOLAS GEORGE PETRAS CAROLINE BLUTSTEIN STUART MORTON POLLER LIONEL EMERY BOLIN JAMES A. RICHARDS, JR. BERNARD BERTRAM BRASSER JOHN FRANCIS RITCHIE SALVATORE COLETTI RICHARD LORING ROACH ROBERT ARTHUR FREEDMAN RoBERT R. Ross MORTON DAVID GARFIEL HERMANN SCHAIER JOHN GEORGE HEAGNEY IRWIN SEIDMAN JAMES ARTHUR HILLARY SIDNEY SILVERBERG JoHN HERBERT HULTMAN JOHN SINGER PIERCE MICHAEL KAVANAGH STUART W ADLER WILLIAM PAUL KENNEDY JAY MYRON LANDA IVAN WARNER ANDREW CHARLES LEDDY RICHARD HARRY WEISINGER BRUCE COLEMAN LEDERER S. JOSHUA WEISS, cum laude JoHN STEHLIN Mcfivov SIDNEY J. ZIMMERMAN CANDIDATE FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF LAWS JUNE 16, 1955 MARIANNE ELIZABETH RENNER GRADUATES WHO RECEIVED THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS FEBRUARY 17, 1955 LEO JHEL AUBEL WILLIAM J. McCLEARY, JR. CLIFFORD RALSTON BEACH, JR. JAMES MECHTA LEO BEGLER GEORGE FRANCIS NEAL FRANK JOSEPH CITRANO, JR. GREGORY PECK HERBERT BYRON DERMAN ANDREW JORN RADKO CARL FELDHAMER PAMFIL A. RIPOSANU EDWARD J. HAND GEORGE Lours Scnocco JOSEPH HARRISON GLORIA JOAN SILVERMAN FLOYD KLAPPER S. ZACHARY SWIDLER GEORGE PETER LEWNES DOMINICK A. VALENTI DONAL EDWARD McCARTHY MORRIS A. WANDLER OCTOBER 13, 1954 CHARLES FRANCIS ALBRIGHT JAMES J. McDONALD Lours ANTHONY BARONE GEORGE WILLIAM MASTERTON, JR., cum laude SELMA BERNS, cum laude SANFORD EARL MQORE THOMAS PATRICK BIONDINO MARIO PAUL PERILLO NICHOLAS JOI:IN CASSON ARTHUR V. PRAETE ARTHUR G. COHEN EDWIN WAL TON ROWLAND MIL TON COHEN ARTHUR ISAAC SOYBEL IRVING DOYNOW MELVIN STEPMAN MARTIN GARRETH DUMONT Lours SWEET ALFRED MORRIS EHRENCLOU ARTHUR P. SWERDLOVE LA WRENCE ELLIOT JOSEPHSON OTTO L. WALTER WARREN JOHN KLOORFAIN ANTON WANEK GRACE OLANDER LABERTEAU BEVERLY ANN WECKER ANTHONY CHARLES LEONE ROBERT ANTHONY WILCOX ARTHUR LINDAN SAM WINOGRAD FRANCIS foSEPH MCCAFFREY JAMES ELVIN WINSTON PRIZES TO BE AWARDED (Classes of October, 1954, February, 1955, and June, 1955) NATHANIEL L. GOLDSTEIN AW ARD A MEDAL For proficiency in Constitutional Law GEORGE WILLIAM MASTERTON, JR. ELSBERG PRIZE A MEDAL AND THE SUM OF FIFTY DOLLARS For proficiency in the Law of Contracts in the Evening Division ANDREW CHARLES LEDDY THE TRUSTEES' PRIZES PRIZES OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS For the highest average in the final year s. JosHUA WEISS (Day) GEORGE WILLIAM MASTERTON, JR. (Evening) PILATSKY PRIZE CORBIN ON CONTRACTS (8-volume edition) For the highest average for the entire course s. JOSHUA WEISS PROCEDURE PRIZE For the highest average in Procedure McKINNEY'S FORMS To NEW YoRK CONSOLIDATEDLAWS ( 13-volume edition) s. JosHUA WEISS (Day) SANFORD EARL MOORE (Evening) CANDIDATES FOR THE HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS HONORABLE JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States HONORABLE CHARLES WILLIAM FROESSEL Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals HONORABLE ARCHIBALD ROBINSON WATSON President of New York Law School .