4/17/01

Students, faculty, and staff packed the Law School atrium on Tuesday, April 17, to honor one another with the SBA's newly created Team Leadership Awards. The awards honor those at the Law School who have gone above and beyond to create a supportive and cooperative learning environment that fosters mutual respect for differing ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds.

The student body voted to name some of the awards in honor of particular faculty members. SBA President Isaac Robinson began the ceremony by presenting plaques to Professor Joyce A Hughes (left), Professor Thomas F. Geraghty, and Professor Robert W. Bennett.

Each academic year the Hughes Leadership Award will be presented to two LLMs; the Geraghty Leadership Award will be presented to two first-year students; and the Bennett Group Leadership awards will be presented to two student organizations and their advisers. Several other student leadership awards and faculty and staff appreciation awards were also presented. Awards and recipients are listed below.

Joyce A. Hughes Leadership Award

2000-2001
Yueh-hsun Tsai
Joel M. Cullin

Thomas F. Geraghty Leadership Award

1999-2000
Richard Hayes
Roxanne Torabian-Bashardoust

2000-2001
Marc Pachon
Blair Jamal Shaw

Robert W. Bennett Outstanding
Student Organization Award

1999-2000
Small Business Opportunity Center
Adviser: Thomas Morsch

Student Board:
Marybelle Ang
Christopher Cedillo
Andrew Christensen
Kerry Connell
Drew Edwards
Marc Effron
David Gaffin
Sarah Harris
Leslie Hauser
Michelle Hayden
Tesha McCord
Karen Roter

2000-2001
Asian Pacific American Law
Students Association
Adviser: Stefan Griffin

Student Board:
Linus Chan
Janice Cho
Brian Chun
Paul Jin
Andrew Kang
Jina Kim
Christine Lee
Joseph Lee
Justin Ma
Jyoti Nanda
David Ono
Isaac Robinson
Terry Ryan

Diversity Coalition
Adviser: Theresa Cropper

Student Board:
Roman Hoyos
Jennifer Hubbard
Katie O'Halleran
Jyoti Nanda
Faiza Shirazi
Rowena Villanueva
Dawn Yuster

International Law Society
Adviser: Carole Silver

Student Board:
Anjali Aggarwal
Jennifer Heil
Matthew Huff
Greta Jacobs
Amanda Kastello
Kelly Koeppl
Christopher Lalan
Priya Marwah
Marc Pachon
Sarah Prepas
Nadia Sarkis

Harold Washington Leadership Award
1999-2000 Holly Travis Rowena Villanueva		2000-2001 Joseph Lee Roxanne Torabian-Bashardoust
George McClellan Leadership Award
1999-2000 Brian Weinthal		2000-2001 Bernadette Cruz Asra Kamal
Graduate Program in Law and Business Leadership Award
2000-2001 Maria Claudia Castro Albert Vincent Yu Chang
Amy Sherman Team Leadership Award
1999-2000 Scott Colwell Kathryn Doi Daphne Frydman Mike Mandel Jyoti Nanda Moe Pataky Rachel Pernic Lisa Schultz Rowena Villanueva		2000-2001 Paul Chadha Joseph S. Lee Tiana Lee Kathryn Holahan Matthew R. Huff Jeff Pietsch Isaac Robinson Stephen Schmidt Seth Schwartz
Website of the Year Award
2000-2001 OUTlaw Mark Hamill
SBA Faculty Appreciation Award
1999-2000 Len Rubinowitz Victor Rosenblum		2000-2001 Christopher Bracey Lawrence C. Marshall

SBA Staff Appreciation Award
1998-1999 Bard R. Ferrall Kathleen Franzoni	1999-2000 Sandra Moffett Ernesto Perez	2000-2001 Tim Brennan Ping Ng