Class of 1975
(Notes posted in the order they were received, with the newest posts on top.)
Rosemary Beverly Brown died on May 4, 2009, at age 58. A Nashville native, Rosemary earned her B.A. from the University of Arizona. After earning her law degree at Vanderbilt, she practiced as a securities attorney in Nashville and Dallas. Later she worked as a real estate agent in Boulder, Colorado, and served as a chaplain for the Boulder Community Hospital Pastoral Service. Rosemary spent much of her adult life battling an aggressive cancer. Though it changed her plans, ending career paths prematurely, it never defined her dreams. She spoke three languages, and liked conversations and correspondence. She is survived by her husband of 19 years, Bill Briggs of Boulder, Colorado. Posted 6-17-08
Richard Aldrich has joined Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom as a partner and head of the firms Sao Paulo office. Richard was previously a partner at Shearman & Sterling, and founded that firm's Sao Paulo office in 2004. He is fluent in Portuguese and has been called "the dean of the U.S. legal community in Brazil" by Chamber Latin America 2009. He was ranked in the top tier for corproate and finance law in Latin American and for capital markets in Brazil by Chambers Global 2008. Active in Brazil since 1987, Mr. Aldrich represented the Bank Advisory Committee for Brazil in the country's foreign debt restructuring from 1987 to 1994. In addition he has been involved in many notable Brazilian transactions, including IPOs for Aracruz (the first SEC-registered, NYSE-listed offering by a Brazilian company), Embraer, VCP, Usiminas and Natura; in Brazil's 1999 U.S. $3 billion debt exchange and bond offering; Votorantim's acquisition of cement facilities in the United States; and debt restructurings of Net Servicos and AES Sul. Posted 2-10-09
Eve Biskind Klothen, assistant dean for pro bono and public interest programs at the Rutgers School of Law—Camden, received the 2009 Father Robert Drinan Award, a highly prestigious award presented by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to pro bono and public service by law schools and legal educators. In naming Eve as the 2009 winner of the Drinan Award, the AALS noted that her work at the Rutgers–Camden law school “has both dramatically expanded opportunities for students to engage in an array of pro bono activities, and has been instrumental in building a broad law school culture that values and rewards public service and makes it possible for more students to pursue careers in public service. Eve received the award during a meeting of the AALS’s Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities in San Diego on January 8. She has worked since 2002 to advance and expand the portfolio of pro bono and public interest programs at Rutgers —Camden. Prior to joining the law school staff at the Camden Campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Eve served as executive director of the Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program, a nationally recognized initiative offered by the Philadelphia Bar Association. She also served as a federal agency litigator, and as a legal services attorney. She serves on the boards of City Year Greater Philadelphia and MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, where she is the immediate past president. She is a member of the Federal Judicial Nominating Commission and the Civil Justice Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Kenneth Selvig died suddenly on November 13, 2006, while hiking in Montana, the place he loved best. Born and raised in Outlook, MT, Kenneth graduated from Rocky Mountain College and Vanderbilt Law School and also attended Vanderbilt Divinity School. A gifted musician and athlete, he was an all-state high school basketball champion and was also invited to play football with the Cowboys after college. He maintained a lifelong love of learning and intellectual pursuits, recently earning an M.A. from Florida Atlantic University in history. He also enjoyed fishing and golf. He was a career prosecutor in Florida, recruited to serve under David Bludworth by Daniel T.K. Hurley and serving as chief assistant state attorney and executive assistant state attorney under Barry Krischer. He was widely respected in the legal community for his principled pursuit of justice and high ethical standards. He leaves to mourn a wife, Tanja Ostapoff; children, Sonja Romano (Ryan), Karl, and Kirsten; parents, Agnes and Roald Selvig; and seven brothers and sisters.
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