Denis Binder, LLM ’71, SJD ’73, made an additional $150,000 gift to the Joseph L. Sax Graduate Student Fund. He is a law professor at Chapman University’s Dale E. Fowler School of Law in Orange County, California, where he teaches Torts, Environmental Law, and Toxic Torts.
Barbara Jane Irwin, ’80, of Winnetka, Illinois, made an additional $50,000 gift to the Barbara Jane Irwin Family Scholarship Fund. She is retired from the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc., where she served as senior vice president of administration until 2011. She serves on the boards of S&C Electric Company, the Chicago Botanic Garden, and the American Writers Museum. She also is a member of the Law School’s Development and Alumni Relations Committee.
Barrie Lawson Loeks, ’79, and her husband, James, documented a $1 million bequest to support scholarships at the Law School and U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Daniel Murray, ’83, AB ’80, and his wife, Lynn, of Wilmette, Illinois, documented a bequest of $150,000 to establish the expendable Daniel A. and Lynn H. Murray Dean’s Discretionary Fund in the Law School, where their daughter, Amelia, currently is a 3L.
Kevyn Orr, ’83, and his wife, Donna Neale-Orr, made a gift of $200,000 to establish the Kevyn Duane Orr II and Alexandra Jacqueline Orr Scholarship Fund in honor of their children. He is partner-in-charge of the Washington, D.C., office of Jones Day. Their gift will be matched at 50 percent through the University’s Third Century Matching Initiative for Student Support.
Sanford Perl, ’90, and his wife, Jody, made a $150,000 gift to establish the Sanford E. and Jody S. Perl Scholarship Fund. He is a partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and is a member of the Law School’s Development and Alumni Relations Committee. His gift will be matched at 50 percent through the University’s Bicentennial Opportunity Matching Initiative for Student Support.
Stephen Tomlinson, ’84, made a $150,000 gift to establish the Stephen G. Tomlinson Scholarship Fund. His gift will be matched at 50 percent through the University’s Bicentennial Opportunity Matching Initiative for Student Support.
Myint Zan, LLM ’82, made a $500,000 bequest and an additional $50,000 gift to establish the Myint Zan LLM Fund, which will support a fellowship for LLM students, mainly those from Southeast Asia, in honor of his 35th Reunion. The fund also awards the Myint Zan LLM Prize to a high-achieving LLM student who has taken at least one course in international law, human rights law, comparative law, Southeast Asian law, legal philosophy, or related courses.
Veterans Clinic Receives Additional Funding
The Bob Woodruff Foundation has increased its support of Michigan Law’s Veterans Legal Clinic with its recent contribution of a $100,000 grant, which supplements a previous gift that helped to launch the clinic in 2015 and inspired support from alumni and law firms. The grant will enable the clinic to expand its services to veterans in southeast Michigan and provide more enriching educational opportunities for students, according to Matthew Andres, ’02, clinic director.
