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Copyright c 1985 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/commencement THE MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW

EXERCISES for the PRESENTATION of DIPLOMAS

THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY IN VIRGINIA

Williamsburg, Virginia Memorial Hall

May 12,1985 5 o'clock p.m. THE MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW

Administrators

William B. Spong, Jr. Dean of the School of Law Fredric I. Lederer Associate Dean of Administration Richard A. Williamson Associate Dean of Admissions Michael R. Schoenenberger Associate Dean of Placement Edmund P. Edmonds Law Librarian James W. Zirkle Deputy Director. Institute of Bill of Rights Law Connie Galloway Assistant DeanlRegistrar Faye F. Shealy Assistant Dean of Admissions

Members of the Faculty

Douglas J. Besharov Robert D. Kamenshine Lynda L. Butler Charles H. Koch. Jr. Tom A. Collins Paul A. LeBel John B. Corr John W. Lee Glenn Ellis Coven, Jr. John M. Levy John E. Donaldson William P. Marshall Walter S. Felton. Jr. Robert C. Palmer Emeric Fischer Doug Rendleman B. Glenn George Ronald H. Rosenberg I. Trotter Hardy, Jr. Elmer J. Schaefer Ingrid M. Hillinger Timothy J. Sullivan Michael G. Hillinger Walter L. WiJliams. Jr.

Lecturers

James N. Christman John A. Scanelli Raymond A. Jackson Elizabeth M. Schmidt Ingo Keili tz Greggory K. Spence John M. Peterson John B. Tieder. Jr. Virginia W. Powell Theophlise Twitty D. Alan Rudlin J. R. Zepkin John M. Ryan Emeritus Faculty

Charles Harper Anderson Richard E. Walck Arthur W. Phelps Arthur 8. White Bolling R. Powell, Jr. James P. Whyte

Library Administration

Martha W. Rush Leslie A. Loar Sue W. Welch JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE CANDIDA TFS THIRD YEAR STUDENTS GRADUATES - 1985

Abdella. Stephen Martin Giorgi, Deborah L. Allison, Clifford Kent Godschall, Melanie Ann Andresen, Annette Laurel Bunker Griffi~ Martin Kevin Anstine, Timothy Mark Hall, Channing Moore, ID Arneson, Scott Edward Haney, William Charles Asimos, George, Jr. Hanley, Thomas lloyd Aydlett, Valerie Anne Hawthorne, Mary Kelley Baader, NUchaelJoseph Herbst, Carl Albert Bell, Edward Janes, III Holt, Amy Tredway Benson, Robert Do.nald, Jr. Hoye, Daniel Brent Bosworth, Deborah Ann ·Humes, Kimberly Hall Branscom, Joel Robert Jarosak, John James. Jr. Brenner, Matthew Gary Jenkins, Timothy West Broas, Matthew Joseph Kalaris, Peter Evan Brocki, Mark Christopher Keililz, Susan Lee Brogan, Patrick Michael ·Kelsey, Denham Arthur "Brooks, Arthur Eugene ·Kline, Hilary Ellis Buckley, Colin Hugh Kroll, Samuel NUchael ·Burke, Ann Wyatt Kubitz. Walter Eduard Burt, David Henderson Litten, Jonathan Jay Christner, Wallace Ernest Long. James Simesler Clancy, Timothy G. Long. Margaret Comes "Clemo, George John Arundel Lowndes, Nancy Lang Coleman, Jeffrey Peters Lutz, Cecilia M Cook, Tina Marie Madison, Benjamin V., ID Cornett, Dana Jean Manardo, Susan Andrea Cress, Debora Lynn Manhard, Virginia Rose Croni~ Laurence Vincent Marks, Bryant Mayes, Jr. Crotty, Kathleen Elizabeth Marshall, Lawrence Eugene, D Culver, Alana S. Maxa. Andrea Marie Curcio, James • Maxa, Bradley Alan Dahnk, Jeannie Patricia Mazure, Kathleen Louise Daugherty, Silas Clark, V McCulla, Paul Scholz De Si.mone, James Michael McCready, Andrew William Dier, Cary Langhorne ·McDaniel. Dana Duane DiPippa, Kathy Lynn O'Brien McGinty. NUchael Edward Donohue, Melanie Ann McGorrin, Denise Marie Dougherty, NUchael Paul Miller, James Dewey Dunbar, Thomas William Miller. Laura Beth Durrette, Barbara Jean Mirkhani, Mary-Shirin Ebner, Elizabeth Moloney, Joann Mary Edge, Kathleen Marie Morgan. Barbara Gayle Edwards, S. Beth Jennings Moser. Donald Keats Edwards, Steven Wayne Munsey. NUchael Reid Eimer, Ronald William Murphy. Mary Stewart Winters Ewing, Elizabeth Ellen Myers. Eric Tipton Fletcher, James Christopher Nelson. Steven Conrad Franklin. Gregory William Nemith, Brenda Lee Gould Freedman, Jon Bruce Nissly. Nedric Lee Fulto~ Junius Phillip, III O'Brien. John Joseph ·Gallo, Adam Andrew ·O·Grady, John Brad Gideo~ Megan Elizabeth Parker, David Pearl. David Russell Spielberger. Joan Ellen Phelan, Patricia Lynn ·Sterling. Michael Laurence Phillips. Dawn Gritton Stern, Suzanne Paulette Phillips, Michael Edward Stout. Lida Anne Pierson. Frances Laura Thomas. Craig Nicholas Planas, Rita Maria Tondrowsld, Theodore Nonnan lrvin8 Powell, James Spaulding Towery, Mark Andrew Rauen, James Andrew Trice, Ashton Pleasants Redweik, Anita Meta Jo Valentine, Cathleen Marie Reed, Kathleen Mary Van Wagner, David Paul Regan, Michael James *Vaughan, Patricia Page Reid, carter Burwell Vitelli. George Carl Robida, James Randolph Waltzer. Edwin Stuart Robinson, Charles Arthur. II Walsh, Michael John Rodgers, Catherine Ann Warner. Valerie Amelia Rooney, Joseph Lawrence, Jr. ·Waterland. Laura Jones Rublee. Laura Chandler Wein. Nancy Jane Sandler. Kenneth Alan ·Wesley. John William Sattler. David Alan Wilson. Thomas Henry Sausser, Mark Charles Windle, Lisa Anne Schiff, Gordon Joseph Woodring. Steven Keith Schooner. Steven Lawrence Wootten. Thomas Mitchell Shapiro, James Anthony Wright. William Howell, Jr. Shelly, Timothy Scott Wrightson, Jane Blackwell ·Shewmake. William Henry Yenkowski, Gary Francis Slott. Kenneth Andrew ZeIl, Wayne Martin ·Smith-George. Jonathan Andrew

MASTER OF LAW AND TAXATION DEGREE CANDIDATES 1985

Buckingham. Hazel Elizabeth Mohr,SamuelArnold de Leeuw, Michael John Schilling, Thomas James Edwards. Raymond Wesley Scifres, C. Grigsby Howard-Smith. Richard Hugh Simmons, John Wesley Hudgins. Richard Scott Warthen. George A.. II Joynes. Louis N.. II White. James Hope Macrae. Howard Taft. Jr.

·Order of the Coif EXERCISES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS

Processional

Invocation ...... Professor Emeric Fischer

Welcome ...... Michael John Walsh Outgoing Student Bar Association President

Presentation of Awards ...... Dean William B. Spong, Jr.

Address to the Graduates ...... Dean Spong

Presentation of Diplomas...... Dean Spong Dean Richard A. Williamson Dean Fredric 1. Lederer

Closing Remarks ...... Dean Spong

Benediction ...... Professor Fischer

Recessional

You are cordially invited to allend a reception given in honor of tlte grouuutes. 'heir families and friends on the Lawn in front of tlte Hull immediately following the ceremony. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DEAN WILLIAM B. SPONG JR.

Dean William B. Spong Jr .. a native of Virginia, attended Hampden-Sydney Col­ lege, the University of Virginia. where he earned an L.L.B., and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha, . Phi Alpha Delta, Order of the Coif, and Phi Beta Kappa. Among Dean Spong's numerous awards are the Raven Award, University of Virginia; the Jefferson Award, the Col­ lege of William and Mary; and the Distinguished Service Award, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Dean Spong has been President of the Virginia Bar Association, Chainnan of the Virginia Commission on Public Education and a Guest Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, the Smithsonian Institution. He served with distinction in the Virginia House of Delegates. State Senate and in the United States Senate. His contributions to the field of law are highlighted by his service as Dean of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary. He has led the Marshall-Wythe School of Law into the ranks of the nation's most distinguished law schools. Dean Spong will retire as Dean of the School of Law this year and will return to private life.

ORDER OF THE COIF

The Order of the Coif is an unincorporated national scholastic in law. Its purpose. according to the Preamble of its Constitution, is "To foster a spirit of careful study and to mark in a fitting manner those who have attained a high grade of scholarship" in the study of law. The English Order of the Coif was the most ancient and one of the most honored institutions of the common law. Its origins possibly antedated the Norman Conquest and it continued in existence until near the end of the nineteenth century. For a long period of time. it was from Serjeants of the Coif alone that the English Judges were named. The American Order of the Coif originated with two law schools within the State of 1I1inois. Theta Kappa Nu was founded in 1902 at the University of Illinois and slowly grew to six chapters by 1910. Meantime a society having the same object of promoting scholarship among law students was organized at Northwestern University School of Law. Dean Wigmore is said to have suggested adoption of the designation. The Order of the Coif. In 1911. this society was merged into Theta Kappa Nu buu with the name of the society altered to that that had been adopted at Northwestern. The year 1912 marked the start of the new organization under a national Constitution. On April 24. 1981. the Marshall-Wythe School of Law was granted a Charter in the Order of the Coif. Membership in the Order of the Coif is the highest academic honor a law student may achieve. It is equivalent to membership in Phi Beta Kappa for undergraduates. recognizing the scholastic achievement of students selected from the upper ten percent of their class.