Section: Impact
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![Michelle Gluck, ’83: Opening Doors for Future Leaders A portrait of Michelle Gluck, ’83.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/michellegluck-web-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=T-CvAGfQ)
![Michelle Gluck, ’83: Opening Doors for Future Leaders A portrait of Michelle Gluck, ’83.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-05/michellegluck-web-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=88j7uw4v)
Impact Summer 2024
Michelle Gluck, ’83: Opening Doors for Future Leaders
For Michelle Gluck, ’83, choosing which academic path she’d follow was better left in the hands of fate. Torn between medicine and law, she decided to let test results determine her next steps.
![Ernest Newborn, ’83: Inspired by the Past, Looking to the Future A portrait of Ernest Newborn, ’83.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/ernest-newborn-1-web-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=mYhRFt-b)
![Ernest Newborn, ’83: Inspired by the Past, Looking to the Future A portrait of Ernest Newborn, ’83.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-05/ernest-newborn-1-web-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=IxqVQLs7)
Impact Summer 2024
Ernest Newborn, ’83: Inspired by the Past, Looking to the Future
Ernest Newborn, ’83, has spent his career building on the legacy of his grandfather, who, against the odds as a Black man, rose from mail clerk to chief legal officer at a steel company in the mid-1900s.
![Nat Pernick, ’86: Forging a Path in Computers and Medicine A portrait of Nat Pernick, ’86.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-06/nat-pernick-2-web-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=eEJda7Io)
![Nat Pernick, ’86: Forging a Path in Computers and Medicine A portrait of Nat Pernick, ’86.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-06/nat-pernick-2-web-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=om-W0R78)
Impact Summer 2024
Nat Pernick, ’86: Forging a Path in Computers and Medicine
From a young age, Pernick has had a propensity for mathematics and science, which would pave the way for his future in computers and medicine. He recently set up a scholarship to support students interested in the intersection of law and medicine.
![Bill, ’71, and Cindy Rainey: Opening Doors for the Next Generation Bill, ’71, and Cindy Rainey at a Michigan football game.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-06/raineys-2-gigapixel-web-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=j9bih9tf)
![Bill, ’71, and Cindy Rainey: Opening Doors for the Next Generation Bill, ’71, and Cindy Rainey at a Michigan football game.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-06/raineys-2-gigapixel-web-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=O0OL7BLQ)
Impact Summer 2024
Bill, ’71, and Cindy Rainey: Opening Doors for the Next Generation
Bill Rainey dreamed of being a lawyer as early as junior high, which led him to become the first person in his family to graduate from college and the first person in his high school to attend an Ivy League institution.
![Mattie Peterson Compton, ’75: Access to Education, a Value Shared Among Generations A portrait of Mattie Peterson Compton, ’75.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-06/mattie-peterson-compton-june-5-2021-web-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=jGTBGODQ)
![Mattie Peterson Compton, ’75: Access to Education, a Value Shared Among Generations A portrait of Mattie Peterson Compton, ’75.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2024-06/mattie-peterson-compton-june-5-2021-web-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=6cSMa205)
Impact Summer 2024
Mattie Peterson Compton, ’75: Access to Education, a Value Shared Among Generations
Mattie Peterson Compton, ’75, grew up in a family that strongly believed in the value of education, and she never questioned whether she would attend college—it was expected of her.
![Fall 2023 Impact John Hoyns, ’79 Thumb A portrait of John Hoyns, ’79.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/fall2023-impact-hoyns-john-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=YmoHJh54)
![Fall 2023 Impact John Hoyns, ’79 Thumb A portrait of John Hoyns, ’79.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-11/fall2023-impact-hoyns-john-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=E6Dzfy6b)
Impact Fall 2023
John Hoyns, ’79: Helping Airlines Survive COVID
After decades of serving aviation clients, John Hoyns thought he had seen the worst of the airline industry’s ups and downs. That was until the coronavirus pandemic upended the industry and presented a slew of unexpected challenges.
![Fall 2023 Impact Eric R. Lamison, ’95 A portrait of Eric R. Lamison, ’95.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/fall2023-impact-lamison-eric-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=nsXXED-5)
![Fall 2023 Impact Eric R. Lamison, ’95 A portrait of Eric R. Lamison, ’95.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-11/fall2023-impact-lamison-eric-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=1Gcb1imq)
Impact Fall 2023
Eric R. Lamison, ’95: Alumnus Establishes Fund for Law Quad Preservation
Eric Lamison describes his experience at Michigan Law as nothing short of an awakening. “Being in the Law Quad, the classrooms, Hutchins Hall, the Lawyers Club, the Reading Room, and the library below truly impacted me,” he says. “I always felt grateful to be there.”
![Fall 2023 Impact Peter H. DeHaas, ’63 Thumb A portrait of Peter H. DeHaas, ’63.](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2023-11/fall2023-impact-dehaas-peter-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=v0T5PQP4)
![Fall 2023 Impact Peter H. DeHaas, ’63 Thumb A portrait of Peter H. DeHaas, ’63.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2023-11/fall2023-impact-dehaas-peter-thumb.jpg.webp?itok=xOaELQTY)
Impact Fall 2023
Peter H. DeHaas, ’63: Boosting Financial Independence for Future Generations
Peter DeHaas spent his career working toward financial freedom—an aspirational goal that he was able to achieve with a little help along the way. With gratitude for the financial aid he received as a student, DeHaas recently established a $12 million trust to help the next generation of Michigan Law students achieve their career and financial goals.