MELVIN G. LEVY ED’43, L’50 was named to the Board of the American Cancer Society, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Region. Levy is a former judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, PA, where he served for almost 15 years. He has taught at both Widener University Law School and the Penn State University, and has spent recent years as counsel to Blank, Rome, Comisky and McCauley.

ROBERT FREEDMAN L’54, of counsel to Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, joined the ranks of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s “50 Year Club.” A former real estate law lecturer at The Wharton School and for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Freedman concentrates his practice in all aspects of commercial real estate law.

FRANCIS J. HARTMAN L’55 was recently recognized by his peers as one of “The Ten Leaders of Criminal Defense Law in Southern & Central New Jersey 2004-2005.” Hartman, who has been listed in “Best Lawyers of America” for more than 20 years, has been a criminal law instructor at The Wharton School, Temple Law School and Widener College. In addition, he has held prestigious positions in many organizations, including: various capacities with both the state and national chapters of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; national secretary and treasurer for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL); president of NACDL’s New Jersey Chapter; former president and board member of the Southern New Jersey Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates; and former president of The Brehon Law Society.