Milton (“Mickey”) Becket L’51
Makes a Gift in Support of Corporate Law

Milton (“Mickey”) Becket L’51 has made a gift of $100,000 to endow the Becket Research Fund in Corporate Law at Penn Law School in honor of his 50 th Reunion. The fund will support research in corporate law with a special focus on the evolving practice of bankruptcy law. Becket is a Partner at Becket & Lee (formerly Becket & Watkins) located in Malvern, PA in suburban Philadelphia. The firm represents creditors’ and debt purchasers’ rights in consumer and commercial bankruptcy cases. Becket was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Infantry from 1943 to 1945, then entered Pennsylvania State University where he earned a B.A. degree in 1948. He began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia in 1954.

Murray Kushner C’73, L’76
Commemorates 25th Reunion with a Gift to Law Annual Giving

In commemoration of his 25 th Reunion, Murray Kushner C’73, L’76 has made a generous gift to the Law Annual Giving fund in honor of Dean Michael A. Fitts. Mr. Kushner is President of Schenkman & Kushner, a prominent real estate development firm in Northern New Jersey. He graduated summa cum laude with distinction in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He and his wife Lee have four children: Aryeh ENG ‘98/W’98, Jonathan, a 1999 graduate of NYU, Marc C’99, and Melissa C’02. The Kushners have been recognized for their generous philanthropy to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), the Rabbinical College of America, the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, the Jewish Educational Center, MetroWest Federation/United Jewish Appeal, and the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, founded by his late father.