Issue: Winter 2022
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In Memoriam Winter 2022
The Hon. Avern Cohn, ’49
The Hon. Avern Cohn, ’49, who served for 40 years on the bench of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, died on February 4, 2022. He was 97.
In Memoriam Winter 2022
Professor Douglas A. Kahn
Douglas A. Kahn, the Paul G. Kauper Professor Emeritus of Law, died on October 22, 2021, at his home in Tallahassee, Florida, at the age of 86. He was the longest teaching faculty member in Michigan Law history and a devoted instructor and champion of generations of students.
In Memoriam Winter 2022
Professor Yale Kamisar
Yale Kamisar, a towering, beloved figure in the Law Quad and a nationally renowned scholar of constitutional law, died on January 30, 2022, in Ann Arbor. He was 92.
In Memoriam Winter 2022
Dean Terrance Sandalow
Terrance “Terry” Sandalow, who served as dean of Michigan Law from 1978 to 1987 and was a member of the faculty for 34 years, died at his Washington, D.C., home on January 29, 2022. He was 87.
Class Note Winter 2022
Larry R. Seegull has been recognized in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He is a principal in the Baltimore office of Jackson Lewis PC, where he represents both private and public sector employers in all areas of labor and employment law.
Class Note Winter 2022
Elizabeth Yntema, ’84: The Disruptor Using Data to Shake Up the Dance World
Elizabeth Yntema, ’84, did not originally intend to start a nonprofit organization, but when the lifelong dance enthusiast realized how rare it is for women to assume positions of power in ballet, there was no stopping her from trying to shift the imbalance.
Class Note Winter 2022
Kenneth Salazar was confirmed as the latest U.S. ambassador to Mexico. He previously served as the Secretary of the Interior from 2009 to 2013.
Class Note Winter 2022
Pamela Grewal was promoted to special trial attorney in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel’s National Strategic Litigation Program. She has 15 years of experience in federal tax controversy matters with the Department of Justice and the IRS Office of Chief Counsel.
Class Note Winter 2022
Jerry Gidner, who has Tourette syndrome, was elected to the board of directors of the Tourette Association of America, the only national nonprofit in the United States assisting those with Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. He is the director of the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration at the Department of the Interior, which manages and invests funds generated from lands held in trust from Native American tribes.