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Gabriel Rosenfeld, AB '49, JD '51 has been awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour, the highest decoration in France,... Read Full Note

Gabriel Rosenfeld, AB '49, JD '51 has been awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour, the highest decoration in France, established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. The presentation was made by former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on Memorial Day in Chappaqua, NY. The award was made for Gabby's service in combat in France as a colonel with the 94th Infantry Division during WWII. Gabby, married to Louise (Passelman) '50 and living Chappaqua, tells us that since the article (and his photograph) appeared in the New York Times, he has received more than 200 communications from old friends and acquaintances.

Added 09/07/2012

Francis P. Sutton, LLB '51, passed away January 8th, 2012, at the age of 86. Sutton was a WW II veteran, serving in Europe as... Read Full Note

Francis P. Sutton, LLB '51, passed away January 8th, 2012, at the age of 86. Sutton was a WW II veteran, serving in Europe as sergeant in the Army's 82 Airborne Division. Sutton went on to practice private law in Clinton for more than 50 years, and was the longest-practicing attorney in Hunterdon County. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Leon Jr. and Edward; and a sister, Mary Azhderian. He is survived by wife Delores, brother George, sister Amelia Koford, and several nieces and nephews.

Added 05/11/2012

Stanley B. Frenze, AB '48, LLB '51, 85, died of complications from heart surgery on March 28, 2011. Frenze served as an electronic... Read Full Note

Stanley B. Frenze, AB '48, LLB '51, 85, died of complications from heart surgery on March 28, 2011. Frenze served as an electronic technician on the USS Nevada during WWII, and he resumed his studies at the Law School in 1946. After graduating in 1951, he married and began a 30 year career as a corporate lawyer for the General Electric Co. Following his retirement in 1984, Frenze travelled extensively with his surviving wife, Nancy. Included in his surviving family are three sons, Christopher, Gerard, and David; daughter Jenifer; and eleven grandchildren.

Added 08/01/2011

Nathanial S. Thayer, LLB '51, died February 6th, 2012 at the age of 87. Thayer was a WWII Navy veteran, who went on to practice law... Read Full Note

Nathanial S. Thayer, LLB '51, died February 6th, 2012 at the age of 87. Thayer was a WWII Navy veteran, who went on to practice law for over 60 years. Beginning his career at the law firm of Tillinghast, Collins & Tanner in Providence, Thayer became partner of the Pawtucket law firm of Blais, Cunningham, Thayer, Gagnon & Ross, now called Blais Cunningham & Crowe Chester. Preceded in death by siblings Doris Anderson and William Thayer, he is survived by sister, Suvia Siekamn; sister-in-law Marion Thayer; foster brother George Hast; and many nieces and nephews.

Added 05/11/2011

Dorothy R. Gregory, AB '49, JD '51, renewed an acquaintance made 60 years ago at Cornell Law School when she met Royce Rowe,... Read Full Note

Dorothy R. Gregory, AB '49, JD '51, renewed an acquaintance made 60 years ago at Cornell Law School when she met Royce Rowe, JD '52, on an Elderhostel cruise along the Columbia and Snake Rivers in November 2010. The two had not seen each other since June 1951.

Added 04/01/2011

George H. Spencer, JD '52 and Michael Blackwell, stepson of Richard A. Schwarz, AB '49, JD '51, have written to the... Read Full Note

George H. Spencer, JD '52 and Michael Blackwell, stepson of Richard A. Schwarz, AB '49, JD '51, have written to the Alumni Office to report Mr. Schwarz's death on September 27, 2010, at the age of 84. Mr. Schwarz served in the U.S. Army during World War II and as a government attorney, the latter for 32 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Jan S. Schwarz, and is survived by his stepsons, Richard DeStaffany and Michael Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell notes that his stepfather ''was very fond of his days at Cornell and spoke highly of the University.''

Added 01/01/2011

The Kalamazoo Gazette reported that Gerard Thomas, LLB '51 had died on November 19, 2010. Mr. Thomas was born September 13,... Read Full Note

The Kalamazoo Gazette reported that Gerard Thomas, LLB '51 had died on November 19, 2010. Mr. Thomas was born September 13, 1925, in Utica, NY. His parents were schoolteachers and also ran a dairy farm. Mr. Thomas won scholarships to Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard College, respectively, although his studies at the latter were suspended when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II. Wounded at the Battle of the Bulge, he was awarded the Purple Heart. He completed his Bachelor's degree at Harvard after the War and, following graduation from Cornell Law School, began his legal career in New York. He eventually became general counsel of The Upjohn Corporation and won a Supreme Court case involving attorney-client privilege related to his work on a matter involving Upjohn employees, to whom he promised confidentiality. In recapitulating the signal achievements of Mr. Thomas's career, columnist Julie Mack noted that he also played an important role in the integration of the Kalamazoo Public Schools in 1971. As president of the school board, Mr. Thomas presided over the passage of a busing plan that would implement integration. Mr. Thomas is survived by Margery, his wife of 54 years; his children, Monie, Danforth, and Anne; and eight grandchildren.

Added 01/01/2011

Albert H. Kritzer, JD '51, of Darien, CT, died on June 1, 2010, at the age of 82, in Egypt. At the time of his death, Mr. Kritzer... Read Full Note

Albert H. Kritzer, JD '51, of Darien, CT, died on June 1, 2010, at the age of 82, in Egypt. At the time of his death, Mr. Kritzer was en route to the fourth annual Arab Conference for Commercial and Maritime Law, where he was to receive a Career Achievement Award. He was recognized internationally as an expert on global commercial law, and as an authority on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). At Pace Law School, which he joined in 1991, Mr. Kritzer founded the Pace Institute of International Commercial Law and became its executive secretary, as well as a member of the adjunct law faculty. His multi-volume International Contract Manual was published in the early 1990s, and his online database of CISG-interpretations includes ''more than 2500 international contract court decisions and arbitration rulings.'' Mr. Kritzer was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1928, the child of immigrants. Jacqueline, his wife of 46 years, and their daughter, Annette, predeceased him. His sisters, Marilyn and Ruth; three daughters, Germaine, Lise, and Rachelle, and their respective husbands; and seven grandchildren are among Mr. Kritzer's survivors.

Added 10/01/2010

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