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Law School Fulfills $200K Baruch Challenge Enabling it to Establish The Professor Emeritus John E. Sullivan ProfessorshipDecember 1, 2008
“I am very happy to announce that we have successfully met Tom Baruch’s challenge and in the process have secured a total of $525,500 in gifts and commitments for the Sullivan Professorship,” said Dean Jack A. Guttenberg. In announcing the successful completion of the Baruch Challenge, Dean Guttenberg extended his sincere gratitude and appreciation to the following alumni for stepping up to the challenge:
Together, these 11 alumni and Mr. Baruch have generously committed $485,000!
In creating this challenge Mr. Baruch said, “John Sullivan is a national treasure. We now have a great opportunity to honor a man who truly values teaching and his students. This is an opportunity for more alumni to support their law school and the goals of its strategic plan.” In 1953, John Sullivan joined the law faculty of Franklin University Law School. He was an energetic, determined, and steady force who greatly impacted the growth of the Law School. He twice served as acting dean. He taught criminal law, torts and consumer law. Deeply respected by his students, he was selected by the student body three times as Professor of the Year. In 1973-74, he took a sabbatical to serve as an assistant county prosecutor for Franklin County. For his many contributions, the annual John E. Sullivan Lecture was created in 1978 and named in honor of his 25 years of service to the Law School, his tireless commitment to teaching and legal education, and his deep personal interest in his students. In 1987 the Law School awarded Professor Sullivan with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. At the time he assumed professor emeritus status in 1988, Professor Sullivan had taught nearly 90 percent of all living graduates of the Franklin University and Capital University Law Schools. The 30th Annual John E. Sullivan Lecture is scheduled for Friday, April 3, 2009. This academic year’s lecture will be given by Professor Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. That evening, the Law School will host a celebration dinner to thank the donors who have made the Sullivan Professorship a reality, to honor Professor Sullivan and his wife Mary, and to formally announce the first faculty member to be named the Professor Emeritus John E. Sullivan Professor of Law. Mr. Baruch, a registered patent attorney, is founder and managing director of the San Francisco-based CMEA Ventures, a venture capital firm with a focus on life sciences, high technology and energy and materials investments. Baruch holds an engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he serves as a member of the Board of Trustees. He honed his “early-stage” investment skills at Battelle Development Corporation, while he earned his law degree in the evening program at Capital. Guttenberg said, “At this time of year, it gives me great pleasure to reflect on all that the Law School community has so to be thankful for.” He highlighted:
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