Indiana University Robert H. Mckinney School of Law Online Graduate Recognition Celebration
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Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Class of 2020 Online Graduate Recognition Celebration 342649-Program.indd 1 5/29/20 11:10 AM ONLINE GRADUATE RECOGNITION CELEBRATION Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law 342649-Program.indd 1 5/29/20 11:10 AM 342649-Program.indd 2 5/29/20 11:10 AM ROBERT H. MCKINNEY Throughout his career — as a legal, business and civic leader — Robert H. McKinney has served his community, his state, and his nation with integrity and passion. McKinney was born November 7, 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, and the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a B.S. in engineering. In WWII, he served in the Pacific theater for three years (including a period on General Douglas MacArthur’s staff) before returning to law school in Indianapolis in 1949. Recalled to the Navy after receiving his law degree from Indiana University, he served in the Korean War for two years. Until his retirement in 2005, McKinney was chairman and CEO of First Indiana Corporation, parent company of First Indiana Bank (now BMO Harris Bank). He was chairman and CEO of The Somerset Group, Inc., and also a founding partner of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, an Indianapolis law firm. McKinney’s commitment to community-based banking prompted President Jimmy Carter to appoint him as chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation in 1977. McKinney served on the Indiana University Board of Trustees from 1989 to 1998 and was president from 1993 to 1994. He was chairman of the Board of Advisors of IUPUI and advising director to the IU School of Public & Environmental Affairs. He also is a member of the Board of Visitors of the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis. McKinney is or has been a director of many organizations, among them the Presidential Advisory Board for Cuba, Hudson Institute, Indianapolis Economics Club, Indianapolis and Indiana Chambers of Commerce, Chief Executives Organization, Inc.; World President’s Organization, Inc.; the American, Indiana, and Indianapolis Bar Associations; the United States Naval Academy Foundation, Indiana University Foundation, Conservation Law Center, Board of Trustees of Marian University (former chair), the Carter Center at Emory University, and the Sierra Club Foundation (former chair). His past work in the community also includes serving as the Indiana Chairman for the presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy, Edmund Muskie, and Jimmy Carter. McKinney served as legal counsel to Indiana Governor Roger D. Branigin and as Chairman of Governor Evan Bayh’s Government Reorganization Committee. He has received Honorary Doctorates of Law from Marian University in 1976 and Butler University in 1981. McKinney is the 1994 recipient of the Junior Achievement Central Indiana Business Hall of Fame Award, a 1995 recipient of the Hoosier Heritage Award, a 1999 recipient of the IU Academy of Law Alumni Fellows Award, the 2000 recipient of the Indianapolis Archdiocese Spirit of Service Award, and a 2014 recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s “Man of Achievement” Award. In 2017, he was a recipient of an IUPUI Spirit of Philanthropy Award and the Indiana University and IU Foundation Herman B Wells Visionary Award. He received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Indiana University in 2018. McKinney shared a long marriage with his late wife Arlene, and is now married to Shelley Barr McKinney. He and his five children actively manage the McKinney Family Foundation, with its emphasis on solving Indiana’s environmental issues. 342649-Program.indd 3 5/29/20 11:10 AM Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Online Graduate Recognition Celebration Welcoming Remarks: ................................................. Dean Andrew R. Klein Remarks from Student Speakers: ............................... Dario Jesus Pardo Salazar Master of Laws Keva Rop Master of Jurisprudence Riley Parr Doctor of Jurisprudence, Part-time Division Aleksandar Djuricic Doctor of Jurisprudence, Full-time Division Announcement of Faculty Prize Recipient: ................ Vice Dean Karen Bravo Roll of Graduates Closing Remarks: ...................................................... Dean Klein Congratulatory Remarks from Faculty, Staff, and Alumni 342649-Program.indd 5 5/29/20 11:10 AM Student Speakers DARIO JESUS PARDO SALAZAR Dario Jesus Pardo Salazar is an attorney from Colombia, where he worked primarily as a commercial and corporate attorney in a variety of industry sectors, including oil and gas, chemicals, textiles, international commerce, e-commerce, and consumer law. He elected to pursue the International and Comparative Law track for his Master of Laws degree at IU McKinney in order to apply his newly acquired skills to his work at home in Colombia. His goal is to become knowledgeable in international trade law and transactions in order to help companies make better deals in the public and private sectors. KEVA ROP Keva G. Rop, MBA, serves as the Assistant Director of Finance in the Department of Medicine for Indiana University School of Medicine. She has carried on her family’s legacy of commitment to non-profit work, focusing on business management in the higher education and not-for-profit sectors. Her international travels include South America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe, including a study abroad experience at Oxford University in Oxford, England. She has taught on the topic of finance and human resources in various IUPUI departments, along with local and national events. She was a member of the inaugural cohort of Next Generation 2.0 in 2015-16 and serves as a member of the advisory board. 342649-Program.indd 6 5/29/20 11:10 AM Student Speakers RILEY PARR A central Indiana native, Riley graduated from IU-Bloomington in 2015 and spent a year as a Governor’s Fellow before enrolling in McKinney’s evening program. During his time as a student, Riley worked for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, clerked for two local solo practitioners, externed for Boone Superior Court I Judge Matt Kincaid, and worked for McKinney as a Writing Assistant for Professor Jim Dimitri and a Research Assistant to former Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard. Riley also served in several leadership positions within the school, including as Executive Notes Editor of Volume 52 of the Indiana Law Review, Assistant Chief Justice of Problem Writing and CLE of the Staton Moot Court Competition, a DTS LCA tutor, and as Chair of both the Indianapolis Bar Association Law Student Division and the Federalist Society. In addition, he participated in the Appellate Clinic, prevailing in a Court of Appeals decision involving a juvenile accused of reckless homicide, as well as conducting the Clinic’s first ever appeal of a murder conviction. Riley also received several awards during his time at McKinney: The Hon. Robert H. Staton Best LCA Appellate Brief Award; Staton Intramural Moot Court—Order of the Barristers; the Dean’s Tutorial Society Fellowship Award for Best LCA Tutor; the Papke Prize for best Indiana Law Review student Note; along with fellow McKinney grad Rachel Ehlermann, won the 2019 ISBA Moot Court Competition, where Riley also received the best oral advocate award; and received the 2019 Hon. Brent E. Dickson Sagamore Inn of Court Fellowship. ALEKSANDAR DJURICIC Aleksandar (Aleks) Djuricic represents the full-time J.D. graduating class of 2020 at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. A Serbian American from Croatia, Aleks immigrated with his parents to the Chicagoland area as a young child, where he was raised alongside his younger brother. Aleks earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in professional writing from DePaul University and a post-baccalaureate certificate in paralegal studies from Roosevelt University. In 2017, Aleks and his wife, Aleksandra, moved from Chicago to Indianapolis to pursue their professional degrees. Aleks earned his J.D. from IU McKinney with a Graduate Certificate in Health Law. At IU McKinney, Aleks served as an Associate Editor and Student Note Candidate for the Indiana Law Review, a mentor-advocate in the REACH program, Vice-Magister of the Phi Delta Phi Willkie Inn international legal honor society, Treasurer of SCRAP, Board Member for the IndyBar Law Student Division, and IU McKinney Student Ambassador. During his 3L year, Aleks founded and is the current president of a non-profit organization, the Serbian American Leadership Conference, that aims to inspire future generations of Serbian Americans to become civically engaged. After successful admission to the Indiana Bar, Aleks will be practicing as an attorney and litigator in Indianapolis with Lewis Wagner, LLP, in the transportation and civil defense litigation practice groups. 342649-Program.indd 7 5/29/20 11:10 AM Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY Administration ANDREW R. KLEIN, Dean and Paul E. Beam Professor of Law. B.A., University of Wisconsin; J.D., Emory University School of Law. KAREN E. BRAVO, Vice Dean and Professor of Law, Director, Master of Jurisprudence Program. B.A., The University of the West Indies; J.D., Columbia University School of Law; LL.M., New York University School of Law. MICHAEL J. PITTS, Vice Dean and Professor of Law. B.S.J., Northwestern University; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center. MIRIAM A. MURPHY, Director & Senior Lecturer in Law, Ruth Lilly Law Library. B.A., Purdue University; M.L.S., Indiana University; J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law. TERESA ]. CUELLAR, Assistant Dean of Technology Services. B.S., St. Bonaventure University. NAN EDGERTON, Assistant Dean for Development. B.S., University of Utah; M.A., University of Massachusetts. PATRICIA KINNEY, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion. B.S., Purdue University; J.D., Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. JONNA KANE MACDOUGALL, Assistant Dean for External Affairs and Alumni Relations.