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34 A.L.I. Rep. 1 (2011-2012)

handle is hein.ali/alireporter0034 and id is 1 raw text is: e A Reorter VOLUME 34 - NUMBER 1 FALL 2011I DEDICATED TO CLARIFYING AND IMPROVING THE LAW 1 The President's Letter A Few Words about Leadership of The American Law Institute Because we meet just once a year as a body, and because even then not all our members are able to attend, I thought it might be good to close out this year with a few words about the AlI Council. Each and every one of them participates in ALI's work in just the way you would rightly expect. Their careful and thoughtful review of our proj- ect drafts gives practical insight that allows the Restatements, Principles, model codes, and studies we produce to earn their justly deserved accolades. That accomplishment would be extraor- dinary enough if they were just the busy lawyers, judges, and scholars that you know them to be. The fact that they are sought out as leaders by so many entities, in so many places, makes us especially appreci- ate their devotion to the work of the ALI. In just the last few months, several of our Council members have been entrusted with serious new responsibilities that I would like to highlight for you. In fact, I could go through the entire Council (and maybe sometime I will, in story and song-well, not so much the song part), praising their amazing records and current undertakings, but that would take more space than our quarterly newsletter allows. So I thought just highlighting a baker's dozen of our Council members, in no particular order, would give you the flavor of our extraordi- nary Council. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, formerly on the Alameda County Superior Court bench in California, is now federal Judge Gonzalez Rogers, the most recent addition to the trial bench of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She is the first Latina judge in that dis- trict. In her spare time she now chairs our Membership Committee. Ken Frazier has been the CEO of Merck since January 2011, but he has just been asked by the Board of Trustees of Penn State University to chair the special committee that will investigate the terrible allegations of child abuse at that university. The board's trust in his integrity, his swift thought- ful actions in moving quickly to start the investigation, and the concern conveyed in his statements are not surprising to anyone who knows Ken. In addition to his corpo- rate duties and other civic responsibilities, Ken has been an active Council member and serves on the Nominating Committee, which, as you know, has been very active in the last few years because of our governance changes. Marty Lipton is the chair of our Investment Committee. We read very often about his continued on pag e 3 Inside... Justice Liu Addresses Members page 2 New Member Spotlight: Robert Cusumano page 4 Remarks on Henry Friendly page 6 New PEB Report Released page 10 Final Volume of Property Restatement Is Published page 10 Sandra Day O'Connor Receives Henry J. Friendly Medal at ALI Council Dinner ALl President Roberta Cooper Ramo presents the Friendly Medal to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. At a dinner on Thursday, October 20, during the ALl Council's meeting in New York City, retired U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor accepted The American Law Institute's Henry J. Friendly Medal for outstanding contributions to the law in the spirit of the Institute and the late Judge Friendly. The award recognizes her lifelong com- mitment to improving the administra- tion of justice, focusing especially on her activities since retiring from the Supreme Court. ALI President Roberta Cooper Ramo presented the medal to Justice O'Connor, lauding her as a source of continued on page 2

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