Section: Impact
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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.
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.”
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.
Impact Fall 2023
John Bulgozdy, ’84: From Poetry Class to the Courtroom
On the surface, litigation and poetry don’t have much in common. But John Bulgozdy says that the analytical skills he used throughout his legal career can be traced to an undergraduate poetry class at the University of Michigan.
Impact Fall 2023
Hon. William “Bill” A. Clark, ’52: A Michigan Man in Ohio
The Hon. William “Bill” A. Clark, ’52, was a double Wolverine whose maize-and-blue pride stood firm throughout his 54-year legal career in Dayton, Ohio. His wife of 69 years, Cathy C. Clark, BA ’52, recently established a scholarship fund at Michigan Law in honor of her late husband.
Impact Spring/Summer 2023
Like Father, Like Daughter: U-M Family Funds New Scholarship
One of the proudest moments for Ray Kepner, ’77, was watching his daughter Sarah Kepner Hamilton graduate from Michigan Law in 2005. In honor of this family legacy, Kepner and Hamilton have jointly established a new scholarship fund to benefit future generations at the Law School.
Impact Spring/Summer 2023
Fundraising Effort Connects Michigan Law’s Past and Future
For Paul and Sylvia Bateman, Michigan Law’s Black Alumni Reunion is a chance to gather with their classmates and meet other alumni—and an opportunity to support the next generation of Black students in the Quad.
Impact Spring/Summer 2023
At Michigan Law, Good Times Never Seemed So Good
Even before their first 1L class, Lynda and Joe Zengerle were an anomaly among their classmates: they were married to each other. Now more than 50 years removed from those halcyon days in Ann Arbor, Lynda and Joe remain as steadfast a team as ever—and steadfast supporters of the institution they love.
Impact Spring/Summer 2023
Alumna Establishes International Scholarship for LLM Students
Elaine Johnston, LLM ’87, credits Michigan Law with helping to forge her career path—and intends to pay it forward through a new scholarship that will benefit international students.