In Tribute GUSTAVE G. AMSTERDAM C’30, L’33 
Gustave G. Amsterdam C’30, L33, trustee emeritus of the University of
Pennsylvania and overseer emeritus of the University Museum and the Graduate
School of Fine Arts, passed away in February 2001. Mr. Amsterdam was the
retired chairman and CEO of Bankers Securities Corporation in Philadelphia,
and was renowned for his broad involvement in civic activities in Philadelphia.
As a student, Mr. Amsterdam was a member of the Law Review. As an alumnus
he was a member of the Law Alumni Society, served as the Decade Chairman
for Law Annual Giving in the 1980s, and was a spirited member of the Class
of 1933. In 1991 he was awarded the University of Pennsylvania’s Alumni
Award of Merit. His wife, Valla, and their son Anthony (Tony) Amsterdam,
a graduate of the Class of 1966 and a former faculty member of Penn Law,
survive him. Raymond J. Broderick, a judge for three decades on the U.S. District Court, Eastern Pennsylvania, died in August 2000. As a student at Penn Law School, Judge Broderick edited the Law Review. He joined the Navy during World War II and rose to the rank of lieutenant commander, seeing combat as a boat group commander in the South Pacific. He served as lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 1966 to 1970. President Nixon appointed him to the bench soon after. Judge Broderick leaves a lasting legacy through two judicial rulings he made that were landmarks. In 1977, in Halderman v. Pennhurst, Judge Broderick ruled that residents of Pennhurst State School and Hospital, a state institution for the disabled and mentally challenged, had a constitutional right to receive an adequate education, training, and ongoing care in the “least restrictive setting.” The genesis of the case involved accusations that the residents were abused and neglected. He ordered the institution closed. This ruling laid the groundwork for the deinstitutionalization movement in the years that followed. In 1990 Judge Broderick ruled that employers could be held liable under Pennsylvania law for firing a worker who was infected with the AIDS virus, the first legal case in the country involving the employment rights of AIDS patients. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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