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Commencement Programs NYLS Publications
6-16-1955
1955 Commencement Program
New York Law School
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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