Mark A. Kadzielski L’76, a partner in the Los Angeles office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, was elected to the national board and to the position of Treasurer of Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit Honor Society. John B. Kearney L’76, a partner in the Cherry Hill, NJ law firm of Kenney & Kearney LLP, has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Kearney specializes in commercial, environmental and employment law. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society recently honored Ronald Avon White L’76 for his outstanding contributions to the business, civic, and cultural betterment of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. White is the Founder and Senior Partner of Ronald A.White P.C.
Brian P. Flaherty L’78 of the Philadelphia law firm Wolf, Block Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, has been selected as co-chair of the firm’s Health and Law Practice Group.
Jill C. Duson L’79 was elected chairwoman of the Portland (Maine) School Committee. Duson had been serving as the District 5 representative since May 1999. Duson is also an attorney who works as manager of community and government relations for the Northern Utilities Gas Company. Niki T. Ingram L’79 was appointed co-chair of the Worker’s Compensation Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association. She is a shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, a regional defense litigation firm.
Alfredo Toro Hardy GL’79 was appointed the Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States, starting April 1999. Hardy was the Ambassador of Venezuela in Chile from 1997-1999, and in Brazil from 1994-1997. He has written numerous books on the subject of international relations, and also held different positions in academia in the United States and in South America. |
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Pamela
F. Craven L’77 has been named the Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary of Avaya Inc., a spin-off of Lucent Technologies. Craven
was formerly the Vice President - Law, and Secretary of Lucent Technologies
Inc.
Anita
DeFrantz L’77, president of the Amateur Athletics Foundation based
in Los Angeles, and a vice president of the International Olympic Committee,
declared her intention to campaign for the presidency of the IOC. She
is the only U.S. member of the organization’s Executive Board. DeFrantz
won a bronze medal in rowing at the 1976 Montreal Games. She currently
serves on the Board of Managers for the Law Alumni Society of Penn Law
School. 
Albert
S. Dandridge III GL’79, of the Philadelphia law firm Schnader Harrison
Segal & Lewis LLP, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board
of Governors of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. A specialist in securities
law, he is also an adjunct professor of law at Boston University School
of Law’s Morin Center for Banking and Financial Law Studies.
Donald
M. Millinger L’79 has been appointed to the newly created position
of Special Counsel to the Guggenheim Foundation. His responsibilities
will include development of new initiatives around the world, most immediately
one involving a major collaboration between the Guggenheim Museum in New
York with the Hermitage Museum in Russia.