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Five Outstanding Alumni Honored at Annual Alumni Luncheon
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From left to right: Dean Jack Guttenberg, Emmett Kelly, L'99, LeeAnn Massucci, L'02, Kendra Carpenter, L'01, Jonathan Marshall, L'70, and David Meyer, L'95, T'96 |
This year’s honorees included: Thomas R. Baruch, L’67, founder and managing director of CMEA Capital (Josiah H. Blackmore II Dean’s Award); Jonathan W. Marshall, L’70, secretary to the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline of the Supreme Court of Ohio (Distinguished Alumnus of the Year); Emmett M. Kelly, L’99, partner at Bricker and Eckler LLP (Alumni Outstanding Service Award); Kendra L. Carpenter, L’01, director of litigation at Campbell, Hornbeck, Chilcoat & Veatch, LLC. (Young Alumna of the Year); and LeeAnn M. Massucci, L'02, founder of Massucci & Kline (Graduate of the Last Decade Award). (Read more about this year’s honorees.)
In a surprise announcement, David Meyer, L’95, T’96, chair of the Law School Alumni Association Board, and Gary Hammond, L’80, chair of the Board of Counselors, presented Dean Jack Guttenberg with a check for more than $17,000 in honor and recognition of Guttenberg’s five years of service as dean of Capital University Law School to support the Loan Repayment Assistance Fund.
From left to right: Gary Hammond, L'80, Dean Jack Guttenberg and David Meyer, L'95, T'96 |
“So many exciting things have happened for the Law School under Dean Guttenberg’s leadership and we thought it would be wonderful to mark his fifth anniversary in some meaningful way,” said Meyer. “As a former public defender himself, we know that the dean has a passion for providing financial assistance to students who go into public service. In fact, the dean and his wife, Stephanie, created a fund to support alumni in the public sector by helping pay back their student loans. So Gary and I reached out to the members of our boards and asked them to make a contribution, meaningful to them, to the Dean Jack A. Guttenberg/Stephanie Cartwright Loan Repayment Assistance Fund, so that more alumni may benefit from the dean’s fund.”
“The amount we raised far surpassed our goal and is strong acknowledgment by alumni for the outstanding job Dean Guttenberg is doing and how proud we are of our Law School,” Meyer and Hammond said.
Thank you to the following firms, individuals and organizations for sponsoring tables at the luncheon:
In addition to the awards lunch, other alumni day events included a CLE on Wills, Estate Planning and Probate, which attracted 50 registrants; an all alumni and bar success reception; and a 25th and 50th Class Reunion dinner.
