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Husband
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The Nominating Committee also has been hard at work, and recently designated Jack Laufenberg to run for the Secretary/Treasurer position on the Executive Committee. Jack has contributed immensely to our Association through his work on the Docket and Sacramento Lawyer and more recently with the pictorial directory. The committee also nominated four individuals to represent the membership-at-large: Heather Cline Hoganson, Marty Opich, Chris Krueger and Bruce Timm. For their tireless efforts the Association is indebted to Nominating Committee Chair Bruce Cline and committee members Jennifer Brown Shaw, Nicole DeSantis, Deborah Patterson and Levin. As many of you may already know, the Sacramento County Courthouse has been renamed to honor the former Dean of McGeorge and Presiding Judge of the Sacramento Superior Court, the late Gordon Schaber. The ceremony on September 6 commemorating the event was marked by speeches by the Justice Anthony Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court and Chief Justice Ron George of the California Supreme Court. Justice Kennedy highlighted Dean Schaber's pioneering efforts to encourage minorities to attend McGeorge. Justice Kennedy referred positively to Clarence Brown, and recounted how Dean Schaber sent Gary Ransom, now a superior court judge, on a recruiting mission to the South. Judge Ransom reported back that a potential applicant was interested in attending law school, but that it was not McGeorge. Judge Ransom asked: "What should I do?" Dean Schaber replied: "Do what's best for the country." Chief Justice George, like Justice Kennedy, noted the significance of Dean Schaber's minority outreach. He, too, commended Clarence Brown and Gary Ransom. The Chief Justice, like myself, never met Dean Schaber, but his general thoughts captured the essence of the man: "I did not know Dean Schaber personally, and there are many here who knew him very well. Simply reviewing his curriculum vitae left me regretting that I did not have the pleasure of meeting him and drawing on his experience. The breadth of his interests and achievements is impressive. He served in innumerable positions in which he promoted the legal profession, public and community interests, and legal education. In reviewing his accomplishments, it became clear to me that he considered legal education not as an enterprise carried on in an ivory tower, isolated from the concerns of the community surrounding it, but rather as a vibrant process that was enriched by continuing interaction with the 'real' world." In short, Dean Schaber set an a standard of legal excellence to which we all may aspire. I encourage those who were unable to attend to review the Chief Justice remarks, which may be found at http://www.mcgeorge.edu/community_services/schaber_courthouse_dedication_remarks.htm. |
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The
Bar Council recently named
the husband and wife team of Roger Dreyer and Carol
Wieckowski as winners of the SCBA Distinguished Attorney
Award 2002. Both attorneys have excelled in their respective
fields and served as officers of important bar organizations.
Their list of charitable works is equally impressive, and includes
the Sacramento Theatre Company, St. Michael's, and the Child
Abuse Prevention Council. The nominees were recommended to the
Bar Council by a blue-ribbon Awards Committee chaired by Justice
Dan Kolkey. Judge James Long, Nancy Sheehan, Joe Genshlea,
and Ed Clifford served on the committee. On behalf of
the Association, I congratulate the winners and thank the committee.
(Editor's Note: The November/December issue of this magazine
will feature an article about our award winners.)