THE ALI REPORTER
Winter 2005

The President's Letter

ALI-ABA Executive Director Richard E. Carter to Retire in 2005; Special Committee Seeks Successor

Institute Launches New Projects on Aggregate Litigation, Software Contracts, and Economic Torts

Council Approves Additional Restatement Projects for Submission to Annual Meeting

Jane Stapleton Is First Foreign National Elected to Council

Membership Notes

2005 Annual Meeting Schedule

In Memoriam

Larry Stewart Tells Council "Trial Lawyers Care"

Institute Adds 39 Elected Members

Contracts Reporter Allan Farnsworth Is Dead at 76

Special Contributions

Handbook for Institute Reporters to Be Available in March

Calendar of Forthcoming Meetings

Institute Adds 39 Elected Members

On December 10, the Council elected the following 39 persons as the newest members of the Institute:

Harold S. Barron, Chicago, IL Brian P. Brooks, Washington, DC Richard R. Clifton, Honolulu, HI Anne E. Cohen, New York, NY Danielle M. Conway-Jones, Honolulu, HI Roberto L. Corrada, Denver, CO Vivian Grosswald Curran, Pittsburgh, PA Montie R. Deer, Okmulgee, OK Vincent M. Del Buono, Abuja, Nigeria Bryan K. Fair, Tuscaloosa, AL Louis G. Ferrand, Jr., Alexandria, VA Anne Lancaster Gardner, Fort Worth, TX Andrew C. Greenberg, Tampa, FL Burt W. Griffin, Shaker Heights, OH N. William Hines, Iowa City, IA C. Stephen Hsu, Beijing, China Gary T. Johnson, Chicago, IL Cally Jordan, Gainesville, FL Kenneth H. Kato, Spokane, WA Hugh Rice Kelly, Houston, TX Judith L. Kreeger, Miami, FL Kurt W. Melchior, San Francisco, CA David D. Meyer, Champaign, IL Aviva A. Orenstein, Bloomington, IN Stephanie E. Parker, Atlanta, GA Lori Ploeger, Palo Alto, CA Eric Rakowski, Berkeley, CA Douglas R. Richmond, Chicago, IL Barbara J. Rothstein, Washington, DC Diane W. Savage, Palo Alto, CA Alan Schulman, San Diego, CA Jeffrey M. Senger, Washington, DC Chadwick Smith, Tahlequah, OK David P. Stewart, Alexandria, VA Audrey C. Talley, Philadelphia, PA Elizabeth G. Taylor, Washington, DC Janet Walker, Toronto, Canada Rhonda Wasserman, Pittsburgh, PA W. Reid Wittliff, Austin, TX

The elected membership currently stands at 2723.