PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW COMMENCEMENT Saturday, May Twenty-Second, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three Malibu, California PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW COMMENCEMENT Odell McConnell Law Center Malibu, California 2:30 P.M. Saturday, May Twenty-Second, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three Processional Pomp and Circumstance, Elgar Invocation THOMAS J. TRIMBLE Senior Vice President/General Counsel, Southwest Gas Corporation Secretary, Pepperdine University Board of Regents Pledge of Allegiance JAMES ALLAN GASH Valedictorian National Anthem LISAKANOVSKY Senior Law Student Presentation of Candidates THE HONORABLE CONSUELO B. MARSHALL for Doctor of Laws Degree Judge, United States District Court, (Honoris Causa) Central District of California Member, School of Law Board of Visitors RONALD R. KRIST Partner, Krist, Gunn, Wetter, Neumann & Morrison Member, School of Law Board of Visitors LINDA CHAVEZ JOHN M. OLIN FELLOW, MANHATTAN INSTITUTE THE HONORABLE THOMAS M. REAVLEY U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, FIFTH CIRCUIT Conferring of Honorary Degrees DAVID DAVENPORT President and Professor of Law Investiture of Candidates CHARLES B. RUNNELS for the Doctor of Laws Degree Chancellor (Honoris Causa) Commencement Address THE HONORABLE THOMAS M. REAVLEY U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Member, School of Law Board of Visitors Introduction of Student Speaker RICHARD R. LYNN Associate Professor of Law Senior Student Address WILLIAM R. GIER Senior Law Student Presentation of Candidates for the RONALD F. PHILLIPS Degree of Juris Doctor Dean and Professor of Law Conferring of Degrees DAVID DAVENPORT Presentation of Distinguished Alumnus Award RONALD F. PHILLIPS THE HONORABLE EILEEN C. MOORE Judge, Orange County Superior Court Benediction W. HAROLD BIGHAM Professor of Law (The audience is requested to rise for the benediction and be seated during the recessional.) Recessional Trumpet Voluntary, Purcell Marshal—CHARLES I. NELSON Professor of Law Organist—GARY COBB Chairperson, Fine Arts Division, Seaver College LINDA CHAVEZ Linda Chavez was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She received a B.A. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. Chavez is the author of Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation, which chronicles the largely untold story of Hispanic progress and achievement and addresses the implications of bilingual education, voting rights, immigration policy, and affirmative action. Chavez currently heads the Center for the New American Community, which grew out of her work on multiculturalism as a John M. Olin Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. The Center seeks to foster a renewed commit- ment to a common American civic culture and shared identity among the many diverse people who built this nation and live in it today. It sponsors conferences, speakers, and a quarterly newsletter. Many know Chavez from her regular appearances on PBS's weekly public affairs program "To the Contrary," CNN's weekday morning show "Crier & Co.," and as a 1992 election commentator for the "The McNeil- Lehrer Newshour." She has been a regular contributor to national Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on national politics, for- eign affairs, and domestic policy and has appeared on various network programs. She writes frequently for a variety of publications, including USA Today, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal. From 1977 to 1983, Chavez served as editor of the national award-win- ning quarterly journal of the American Federation of Teachers, American Educator. From 1983 to 1985, she served as staff director and chief executive offi- cer of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She directed studies on dis- crimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, age, and handicap. In 1986, Chavez won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Maryland, but lost in the general election. The following year, she became president and chief executive officer of U.S. English, a 350,000 member public interest group. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988, Chavez served as the chairman of the National Commission on Migrant Education until 1992. Currently, she serves as the only U.S. expert on the United Nations Human Rights Subcommission, a 26-member international body, elected by members of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Chavez and her husband, Christopher Gerten, reside in Bethesda, Maryland. They have three children. THOMAS M. REAVLEY Thomas M. Reavley is a graduate of the University of Texas and earned a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School. He served as Secretary of State for the State of Texas from 1955-1957 and was a District Judge, 167th District, Travis County, from 1964-1968. From 1968-1977, he served as a Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Reavley served as counsel in the law firm of Scott and Douglass in Austin, Texas from 1977-1979 and became a Judge for the United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit in 1979. In 1985, he joined U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and California Supreme Court Chief Justice Malcolm M. Lucas on the final round bench of the llth annual Vincent S. Dalsimer Moot Court Competition. In 1987, he again sat on the final round bench and also spoke at the Annual Law School Dinner. He was on the final round bench for the third time in 1988. Judge Reavley has maintained an active interest in education over the years. He is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Texas and a lecturer at Baylor Law School. Reavley served as the Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Pepperdine University's School of Law in the fall of 1990. His memberships include past President of the Texas Judicial Council (1971-1976), the American Law Institute, and two committees of the Judicial Conference of the United States. In addition, Reavley has served as chairman of the Judicial Conference Ad Hoc Committee on Asbestos Litigation. He is a member of the Board of Visitors at the School of Law. He and his wife, Florence, reside in Texas. They have four children and three grandchildren. EILEEN MOORE Prior to pursuing a law career, Eileen Moore graduated from the Women's Medical College School of Nursing in Philadelphia, Penn. She then practiced as a registered nurse for seven years. In 1966, she served as a second lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps as a combat nurse in South Vietnam. Thereafter, she was stationed for two years at the Army Hospital in Germany. After graduating cum laude in 1975 from the University of California at Irvine, Moore received the American Jurisprudence Prize for Excellence in Civil Procedure as a law student at Pepperdine. She worked at the Orange County and San Diego County District Attorneys offices as a law student. Upon graduating from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1978, Moore served as a civil litigator for ten years with the Law Offices of Herbert Hafif in Newport Beach, Calif. In 1989, Moore was appointed to the Orange County Superior Court bench by Governor George Deukmejian. She was initially assigned to civil law and motion for one and a half years, and then to complex litigation. This year Moore became a member of the Appellate Department for the Superior Court. Over the past ten years, she has served as a lecturer at the University of California at Irvine, for the Orange County Woman Lawyers, CEB, The Rutter Group, and local high schools. Moore has served as chair of the Civil Law and Procedure Committee for the California Judges Association, and as a faculty member for the Center for Judicial Education and Research. She serves on the Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council for Certification of Interpreters for the Deaf. Moore was awarded the 1992 Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of California at Irvine. IN MEMORY OF ODELL SEAY McCONNELL Born January 29,1897, Helena, Montana Died May 7,1992, Los Angeles, California My Philosophy To live as nobly as I can And be in all respects, a man. To take my share of good or ill, Rely on hope and honor still. To keep ambition's fires aflame; Strive for perfection, not for fame. To share a life of happiness With those good friends in whom I'm blest. To be the same when no one's near, As when I am with friends most dear. To be courageous, undismayed, By all mistakes that I have made. To cling to honesty always With peace of mind to close my days. To take from life the very best and live life with the keenest zest. To keep my self-esteem intact In what I think and how I act. To be concerned wholeheartedly For those in need of charity. To do for others willingly, What I would have them do for me. To give to others some love each day; Love is not love till given away. To keep my faith in God and truth As I have kept it since my youth. To leave some monument behind, My having lived to keep in mind. To do the best that I can do And let that stand my record true. These resolutions made by me Shall be my life's philosophy. - Odell S. McConnell Founder, Odell S. McConnell Law Center JURIS DOCTOR JAMES ALLAN GASH, summa cum laude JEFFREY FREDERICK ANDREW, cum laude Law Review, B.A., Abilene Christian B.S., M.B.A., Lehigh University University DOUGLAS ALAN BARKER, cum laude LIZA ILONA KARSAI, summa cum laude B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute Law Review, Moot Court Board, B.A., M.B.A., The Citadel University of California, Los Angeles MARC STEVEN BARSON, cum laude LINDA CATHERINE GIBB, summa cum B.S., University of Hartford laude RICHARD JOHN BERGSTROM III, cum Law Review, B.S., Union College laude Law Review, B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona BARRY EDWARD BOROWITZ, magna cum MARIETTA ELIZABETH BROWN, cum laude laude B.A., Colorado State University Law Review, B.S., California State University, Northridge CHRISTOPHER V.CARLYLE, cum laude Law Review, B.A., San Diego State University PENNY LOUISE CIGOY, magna cum laude Law Review, B.S., Arizona State University SHANNON MCLIN CARLYLE, cum laude Law Review, B.A., University of Central MARCO A.