Philadelphia Foundation Makes Grant to Establish Fund in Memory of Harry Shapiro L’11

The Philadelphia Foundation has made a grant of $100,000 to fund The Shapiro Family Faculty Research Fund in Law and Mental Health at Penn Law School. Family members have directed that the grant would be used to establish a fund in memory of Harry Shapiro L’11. The Shapiro legacy at the University of Pennsylvania includes four generations of alumni - David V. Shapiro W’35, L’44, and Charles S. Shapiro W’41, L’48 and their children, respectively, Paul E. Shapiro C’64, L’67, and Elizabeth, Charles, Jr. C’79, and Susan Shapiro Quatresols CGS ’84. The fourth generation includes Paul’s son Steven C’92, W’97. Additional Penn graduates in the extended Shapiro family include Carolyn Goffman Shapiro CW’64, Harry S. Shapiro GED’72, GCP’73, and Joseph Margolin EE’43.

Morris M. Shuster W’51, L’54
Funds Public Interest Scholarships

With an initial gift of $300,000 Morris M. Shuster W’51, L’54, Of Counsel to Chimicles & Tikellis LLP in Haverford, PA, has created a fund to support the Public Interest Scholars at Penn Law School. His philanthropy over the years has supported the construction of the Shuster Moot Trial Court Room, and the hugely successful campaign to establish The Colin S. Diver Distinguished Chair in Leadership in honor of former Dean Colin S. Diver’s tenure at the helm of the Law School. Shuster has involved himself in the alumni life of the Law School by serving as a member of the Law Alumni Society’s Board of Managers, and by co-chairing his 45th Reunion celebration in 1999. He has served on the Law School’s Public Service Advisory Committee since its inception. He has been a frequent adjunct lecturer at the Law School since 1981and was appointed Thomas A. O’Boyle Adjunct Professor of Law for 1995. In 1994, he received the Alumni Award of Merit. An expert in class action litigation and consumer and insurance law, Shuster has also served the legal communities of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania in various elected, appointed, and volunteer positions.