1991 Life Member Class Gift
The 1991 Class Gift was presented to the Institute at the Life Member Luncheon on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, by Class Gift Co-Chairs John J. “Mike” McKetta, III, Linda Sheryl Greene, Michael Alexander Kahn and Henrietta Wright. Sixty-five percent of the Class of 1991 participated in exceeding the goal of $150,000 by raising $162,130 to fund important aspects of the Institute's mission, including travel expense programs, the Young Scholars Medal and symposium, and the Institute's influential law reform projects. Video of the Class Gift presentation can be viewed here.
The American Law Institute is grateful to everyone who contributed to the 1991 Life Member Class Gift campaign. We appreciate your generosity.
1991 Life Member Class Committee:
Donald B. Ayer
Jones Day
Linda Sheryl Greene
University of Wisconsin Law School
Michael Alexander Kahn
Crowell & Moring LLP
John J. “Mike” McKetta, III
Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, PC
Henrietta Wright
Goldberg, Godles, Wiener & Wright LLP
Giving Circle Donors
- Learned Hand Circle($15,000 – $24,999)
- Michael Alexander Kahn, San Francisco, CA
(Three-year pledge)In memory of Bennett Boskey
- Charles Alan Wright Circle($10,000 – $14,999)
- Jerald David August, New York, NY
(Five-year pledge) - Donald B. Ayer, Washington, DC
(Five-year pledge) - David F. Levi, Durham, NC
(Five-year pledge)In memory of Daniel J. Meltzer - John J. McKetta, III, Austin, TX
In memory of Charles Alan Wright - Roberta Cooper Ramo and Barry Ramo, Albuquerque, NM
- Richard L. Revesz, New York, NY
(Five-year pledge)
- Herbert Wechsler Circle($5,000 – $9,999)
- Roger J. Dennis, Philadelphia, PA
(Five-year pledge)In honor of Amelia H. Boss and Roger S. Clark - Bryant G. Garth, Irvine, CA
Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Foundation - Richard E. V. Harris, Piedmont, CA
In honor of Deborah A. DeMott; Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.; Thomas D. Morgan;
Roswell B. Perkins; Charles W. Wolfram; and in memory of Charles Alan Wright - Richard S. Kinyon, San Francisco, CA
- Larry Kramer, Menlo Park, CA
- Peter Linzer, Houston, TX
(Five-year pledge) - David G. Owen, Columbia, SC
The Owen Foundation - Steven S. Rosenthal, Washington, DC
- Soia Mentschikoff Circle($2,000 – $4,999)
- R Gordon Appleman, Fort Worth, TX
(Four-year pledge) - Bruce H. Bokor, Clearwater, FL
- Patricia A. Cain, Santa Clara, CA
(Five-year pledge) - Wayne Dale Collins, New York, NY
- Linda Sheryl Greene, Madison, WI
(Five-year pledge) - Myles V. Lynk, Tempe, AZ
(Five-year pledge) - John F. Olson, Washington, DC
- Burnele Venable Powell, Columbia, SC
(Five-year pledge) - Charles W. Schwartz, Houston, TX
- Stephen E. Shay and Wendy A. Weiss, Cambridge, MA
- Theodore S. Sims, Boston, MA
- Sarah S. Vance and Robert Patrick Vance, New Orleans, LA
- Vaughn R. Walker, San Francisco, CA
- Henny Wright and Ed Stead, Dallas, TX
In memory of Charles Alan Wright
Donors
- Sustaining Life-Plus Donors($500 – $1,999)
- Jayne W. Barnard, Williamsburg, VA
- Louis F. Bonacorsi, St. Louis, MO
- Richard A. Booth, Villanova, PA
(Five-year pledge) - Stephen S. Dunham, University Park, PA
- Gail Erickson, Brooklyn, NY
- Arthur Norman Field, New York, NY
- Martin L. Fried, Sarasota, FL
(Four-year pledge) - Jerome A. Geis, St. Paul, MN
- Richard W. Hulbert, New York, NY
- Kenneth N. Klee, Los Angeles, CA
- John J. McGregor, Fresno, CA
- Barry R. Ostrager, New York, NY
- Peter M. Panken, New York, NY
- Keith E. Rounsaville, Belle Isle, FL
- Harold F. See, Hendersonville, TN
- Karla W. Simon, Washington, DC
(Five-year pledge) - Manning Gilbert Warren III, Louisville, KY
In memory of William Douglas Arant
- Sustaining Life Donors($125 – $250)
- David L. Callies, Honolulu, HI
- Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, New York, NY
- Wendy J. Gordon, Boston, MA
- Sheila Slocum Hollis, Washington, DC
- Joan K. Irion, San Diego, CA
- William F. Kroener, III, Washington, DC
- Don G. Lents, St. Louis, MO
- James A. Medford, Greensboro, NC
- Katherine Shaw Spaht, Baton Rouge, LA
- John C. Unkovic, Pittsburgh, PA
- William M. Wiecek, Syracuse, NY
In memory of Paul A. Freund
- Friends of ALI
- Barry N. Breen, Washington, DC
- Peter B Kutner, Norman, OK
- William C. Lance, Sudbury, MA
- Catherine Tift Porter, Washington, DC
In memory of Gray Thoron - Roberta Casper Watson, Tampa, FL
Giving Circle Donors, Sustaining Life-Plus Donors, and Sustaining Life Donors are Sustaining Life Members for the 2016–2017 fiscal year.
The ALI Development Office has made every attempt to publish an accurate list of donors for the 1991 Life Member Class Gift campaign. In the event of an error or omission, please contact Kyle Jakob at (215) 243-1660 or kjakob@ali.org.
This report is produced exclusively for the ALI community. The Institute prohibits the distribution of this list to other commercial or philanthropic organizations.
LIFE MEMBER GIVING OPPORTUNITIES
Sustaining Life Membership
Life Members of the American Law Institute are not obligated to pay dues or participate in projects or meetings, but are invited and encouraged to do so to the extent possible. A Life Member who contributes an amount equal to the current dues that apply to his or her member category ($125 or $250) is considered a Sustaining Life Member for that year.
Member Giving Circles
Giving Circles are opportunities for ALI members to contribute at a higher level. All 1990 Class Gift Circle donors will be Sustaining Life Members for the 2016-2017 fiscal year, and Founders Circle donors and Benjamin N. Cardozo Circle donors will be Sustaining Life Members for life. Giving Circle pledges can be paid in installments.
Founders Circle—$50,000 and up
The American Law Institute was founded in 1923 on the initiative
of William Draper Lewis, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, following a study by a group of prominent American judges, lawyers, and teachers who sought to address the uncertain and complex nature of early 20th century American law. The Committee's recommendation that a lawyers' organization be formed to improve the law and its administration led to the creation of the Institute. ALI’s incorporators included Chief Justice and former President William Howard Taft, future Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, and former Secretary of State Elihu Root. The founders’ mission of clarifying and improving the law still guides the Institute today as it approaches a second century of law reform.
Benjamin N. Cardozo Circle—$25,000 - $49,999
Remembered for his significant influence on the development of 20th-century American law, Justice Cardozo crafted many landmark decisions during his 18 years on the New York Court of Appeals and later as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. An early leader of The American Law Institute, he served on its Council for 24 years and was its first Vice President, serving from 1923 until his elevation to the Supreme Court in 1932.
Learned Hand Circle—$15,000 - $24,999
A renowned jurist on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and later the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Learned Hand has been quoted more often than any other lower-court judge by legal scholars and by the United States Supreme Court. An early leader of The American Law Institute, Judge Hand served as a 38-year member of its Council and as its Vice President from 1935 to 1947. He also guided the Institute as an Adviser or committee member on numerous projects and helped shape the ALI's future course as Chair of the 1946-1947 Committee on the Future of the Institute.
Charles Alan Wright Circle—$10,000 - $14,999
Widely considered the foremost authority in the United States on constitutional law and federal procedure, Professor Wright, a member of the faculty of the University of Texas Law School for
45 years, was the author or coauthor of major treatises on the
federal courts and on federal practice and procedure. President of The American Law Institute from 1993 until his death in 2000, he was elected a member of the Institute at the age of 30 and served on its Council for 31 years.
Herbert Wechsler Circle—$5,000 - $9,999
A preeminent scholar in constitutional law, criminal law, and
federal courts at Columbia University School of Law, Professor Wechsler served as Director of The American Law Institute from 1963 to 1984, bringing many Institute projects to completion during his 21-year tenure. He is widely known for his work as the Chief Reporter for the ALI's highly influential Model Penal Code.
Soia Mentschikoff Circle—$2,000 - $4,999
Best known for her work in the development and drafting of the Uniform Commercial Code, Dean Mentschikoff was the first
woman to be made a partner at a major Wall Street firm, the first woman to teach at Harvard Law School and at the University
of Chicago School of Law, the first female president of the
American Association of Law Schools, and the first woman to serve as dean at the University of Miami School of Law. When she was appointed Associate Chief Reporter for the Uniform Commercial Code, she became the first woman to serve as a project Reporter for the American Law Institute.