The One Hundred and Fiftieth Commencement of Drake University Law School Friday Evening at Seven O’clock May Fourteenth, Two Thousand Twenty-One THE KNAPP CENTER — DES MOINES, IOWA Dwight D. Opperman Hall Dwight D. Opperman Hall and Law Library and Law Library 2 2 THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH COMMENCEMENT OF DRAKE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL Program may fourteenth, two thousand twenty-one, seven o’clock in the evening academic processional .................. Drake Brass Quintet welcome ............................. Jerry L. Anderson Dean, Drake Law School national anthem ....................... Amanda Connell, 3l remarks ............................. Marty Martin President, Drake University Clarissa Davison President, Student Bar Association 2020–2021 commencement address .................. Lieutenant General Russell C. Davis presentation of candidates ............... Dean Anderson conferral of degrees and academic hoods .................... President Martin Sue J. Mattison, Provost Dean Anderson Andrew W. Jurs, Associate Dean Anthony J. Gaughan, Kern Family Chair in Law and Professor of Law alumni welcome ....................... Greg Wilcox, LW ’82 President, Law School Board of Counselors concluding remarks .................... Dean Anderson drake alma mater ...................... Amanda Connell, 3l academic recessional ................... Drake Brass Quintet 2 3 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Lieutenant General Russell C. Davis, LW ‘69 Russell Davis was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1938. He began his military career in the U.S. Air Force in 1958 as an aviation cadet. Following pilot training, he was assigned at Lincoln Air Force Base and graduated from the University of Nebraska - Omaha in 1963 with a B.A. in general education. After serving as a bomber pilot, he was released from active duty in 1965 and joined the Iowa Air National Guard as an interceptor pilot. He served in numerous command and staff positions from squadron pilot to Director of Operations and advanced through the ranks to Colonel. After earning his J.D. at Drake University Law School in 1969, he worked part-time in private practice while serving in the military and U.S. civil service. He also worked in corporate practice with a conglomerate insurance company from 1969-1977, starting out as a staff attorney and advancing to positions of vice president and general counsel. He graduated from the Air Command and Staff College in 1973 and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1979. He returned to active duty with the Air National Guard in 1979 and was appointed Chief of Manpower and Personnel at the Air National Guard Support Center, Andrews Air Force Base, in Maryland. From 1980 to 1982, he served as Executive Officer to the Director of the Air National Guard. From 1982 to 1990, he commanded the 113th Tactical Fighter Wing and was promoted to Brigadier General in 1982. Davis was the first African American to become a general officer in the Air National Guard. In 1989, Davis graduated from the National and International Security Management Course at Harvard University. He was the Assistant for National Guard Matters for the commander of the Tactical Air Command and was promoted to Major General in 1990. In 1991, Davis was appointed commander of the District of Columbia National Guard. He served in this position through 1995, at which time he was appointed Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau. He held this post until 1998 when he was named Chief of the National Guard Bureau and promoted to Lieutenant General. Davis was the first African American to serve as National Guard Bureau Chief, and he held the position until retiring in 2002. In recognition of his many accomplishments, Lieutenant General Davis will be receiving an honorary degree from Drake University this weekend. MARSHALS OF THE UNIVERSITY Anthony J. Gaughan Kern Family Chair in Law and Professor of Law 2021 Leland Stanford Forrest Outstanding Professor Award Recipient Derrick L. Wade Vice President, Student Bar Association 2021–2022 4 drake university law school Candidates Presented by Dean Jerry L. Anderson juris doctor Allison Courtney Ray Ackerman David A. Ernst B.A., Augustana College, 2018 B.A., Texas Tech University, 2017 Bradley J. Adams Erica A. Feldhake B.A., Iowa State University, 2015 B.A., University of Illinois - Springfield, 2017 Andrew Eric Anderson Michael J. Fitzpatrick B.A., Simpson College, 2017 B.A., Marycrest International University, 1992 Zana Bajric M.J., Drake University, 2019 B.A., Drake University, 2016 Cole Michael Foster Ryan N. Benn B.A., Central College, 2018 B.S., American Institute of Business, 2015 Jordan Holland Fox Austin Michael Blom B.A., Central College, 2017 B.A., Central College, 2014 Ethan G. Freedman Rebecca Lynn Boyer B.A., Colorado State University, 2014 B.A., Simpson College, 2018 Katelyn Anne Gatzke Ebony Monique Breaux B.A., Central College, 2017 B.A., California State University, 2015 John David Gilbertson Travis Mikel Brenner B.A., Berklee College of Music, 2017 B.S.B.A., Drake University, 2017 Alex James Gilmore M.B.A., Drake University, 2021 B.A., Wartburg College, 2015 Adam Edward Brewster Jacques-Christophe Kanze Goavec B.S., Southern Nazarene University, 2011 B.A., Drake University, 2016 LL.M., Drake University, 2021 Patrick Michael Gray Logan Spencer Brundage B.A., Minnesota State University - Moorhead, 2018 B.A., Duke University, 2016 Emma Christine Grotting Rachel Marie Bruns B.S., Iowa State University, 2018 B.A., University of Northern Iowa, 2017 Megan Marie Hall Haley N. Bryan B.S., Mount Mercy University, 2016 B.A., University of South Dakota, 2018 Katherine Digman Hamilton Alysun Marie Bulver B.B.A., Mount Mercy University, 2017 B.A., Iowa State University, 2017 Frederic Charles Hayer B.S., Iowa State University, 2017 B.B.A., University of Iowa, 2016 Clark J. Butler Timothy G. Higdon B.A., Dakota Wesleyan University, 2018 B.A., Graceland University, 2012 Amanda M. Connell Andrea Margaret Hoyt B.A., McPherson College, 2018 Pharm.D., Drake University, 2019 Cameo L. Cott M.P.A., Drake University, 2021 B.A., Drake University, 2005 Shang-en Brian Huang Timothy M. Cullen B.B.A., University of Houston, 2013 B.A., Lawrence University, 2008 Joshua David Hughes Clarissa R. Davison B.A., Drake University, 2019 B.A., Drake University, 2017 Blake E. Huser M.S., Drake University, 2021 B.S.B.A., Drake University, 2016 Austin Robert Decker Sierra Paige Iversen B.A., Lehigh University, 2016 B.S., Chaminade University of Honolulu, 2016 M.B.A., Drake University, 2021 Nathaniel Clay Jackson Isaac Jeremiah DeFord B.A., Bradley University, 2018 B.A., Iowa State University, 2017 Dominique Lucianne Johnson Natalie Anne deRegnier B.A., Bennett College, 2015 B.A., Grand View University, 2010 Mariah Marie Kauder Joshua Len Dewald B.A., Drake University, 2016 B.A., Iowa State University, 2018 Adam L. Kiel Alex Scott Dornacker B.S.B.A., Drake University, 2016 B.A., University of Iowa, 2018 Chelsey Mary Knapp Johnathan Brett DuBois B.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2016 B.A., University of Iowa, 2018 Erik Clark Kolsrud Kara Jo Eischen B.A., University of Arizona, 2018 B.A., Simpson College, 2017 4 5 Joshua J. Krank Rachel Marie Reinke B.S., North Dakota State University, 2017 B.S., Iowa State University, 2018 Tristan Michael Kretsch Baylee Lyann Reinstein B.S., University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2018 B.S., Colorado State University, 2018 Quinn Gertrude Arlene Le Frois Alma Griselda Reyes Ramirez B.S., University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2016 B.A., Iowa State University, 2018 Sierra Lynn Leeds Eric Christopher Richetti B.S., Iowa State University, 2018 B.S., Boise State University, 2016 Kathryn Anne Leidahl Noah H. Ridgway B.A., Iowa State University, 2017 B.A., Bethel University, 2018 M.B.A., Drake University, 2021 Kristin E. Rouse Katherine A. Luzier B.A., University of Iowa, 2016 B.S., Iowa State University, 2017 Colton Paul Schnepf Esther Cecilia Lwakabamba B.A., Drake University, 2018 B.A., William Penn University, 2016 Ryan Douglas Smith Ashley R. Madsen B.A., Iowa State University, 1995 B.A., University of Northern Iowa, 2018 M.B.A., Globe University - Minneapolis, 2009 Shawna Marie Massow Julie Solis-Alvarado B.A., University of Northern Iowa, 2013 B.A., Drake University, 2011 Samuel Allen McMichael Margaret Louise Standish-Bruce B.A., Wartburg College, 2018 B.A., Iowa State University, 2017 Andrew Jonathan Cassel Meyer Elaina Joy Steenson B.A., Iowa State University, 2017 B.M., Drake University, 2017 Dana Renee’ Minteer Tyler Robert Stepp B.A., Drake University, 2019 B.A., Mount Mercy University, 2016 Alexander Todd Mitchell Brayden Harley Sternklar B.A., Flagler College, 2017 B.S., Bradley University, 2018 Ahsan Mujeeb Stella Maris Strohman B.A., University of Iowa, 2016 B.S., Iowa State University, 2018 Michael James Mulert Caitlin Harte Suttie B.B.A., University of Dubuque, 2014 B.S., United States Air Force Academy, 2010 Adam J. Naset John H. Syverud B.A., Grand View University, 2016 B.B.A., University of Iowa, 2017 Anna Mary Olsen Charles Ralph William Turner B.S., Iowa State University, 2016 B.A., Drake University, 2018 Meghan Colleen O’Meara Jansen J. Van Daalwyk B.S., Iowa State University, 2017 B.A., Saint Olaf College, 2018 Grant Robert Ostby Nicole Renee Votroubek B.A., Michigan State University, 2018 B.A., Coe College, 2018 Jill M. Osterhaus Catrina J. Waite B.A., Drake University, 2015 B.A., Columbia College, 2018 Sharayah Danielle Owens Sophia Margaret Berkley Wanek B.A., Coe College, 2017 B.A., DePaul University, 2017 Adam James