CBA Record November 2018

CBA RECOGNIZES 83 MEMBERS FOR REACHING 50-YEAR MILESTONE The CBA Celebrates the Class of 1968

A warm congratulations and thank you to the members recognized for their 50-year relationship with the Chicago Bar Association. This wonderful group was honored at a Standard Club luncheon hosted by CBA President Steven Elrod, who thanked them for their steadfast commitment and dedication to the legal profession and the CBA. 50-Yearmemberswho attended the luncheon included (Row1, L-R): Michael D. Leroy, Chester Przybylo, Alan H. Hammerman, John R. Garofalo, (Row 2, L-R): R. Thomas Howell Jr., Stanley J. Adelman, George M. Covington, L. Edward Bryant Jr., Stephen N. Engberg, Arthur M. Martin, (Row 3, L-R): Stewart H. Diamond, Judge Sophia H. Hall, Terrell J. Isselhard, Jeffrey W. Horwitz, Richard Rappaport, Robert A. Creamer, Judge Roger G Fein, (Row 4, L-R): Judge Allen S. Goldberg, Theodore A. Sinars, David B. Schappi, Jerry Sparks, Barry L. Gordon, Mitchell F. Asher, Edmund P. Boland, Patrick T. Driscoll Jr., John J. George, (Row 5, L-R): Joel A. Haber, Ronald Futterman, KennethY. Geman, Morris G. Dyner, Robert I. Briskman, Judge James H. Williams, Edward A. Williams, Emery J. Homor, (Row 6, L-R): CBA President Steven M. Elrod, CBA 2nd Vice President Maryam Ahmad, CBA Executive Director Terrence M. Murphy, and CBA Assistant Executive Director Beth McMeen. Photo by Bill Richert.

By Daniel A. Cotter CBA Record Editorial Board I n 1968, the President of the United States was Lyndon B. Johnson, his Vice President was Hubert Humphrey, and the United States population was just over 200 million. The average cost of a new home was $14,950, a gallon of gas cost $.34, and a dozen eggs cost $.53. The year was also a turbulent one, with the assassina- tions of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, and the Democratic National Convention in Chicago saw violence. That same year, 83 men and women joined The Chicago Bar Association and renewed their memberships over the next 50 years. The

that 50 years sounds like a long time, a half century, and that every day she has an increased appreciation. She wanted to be a lawyer since she was a 10-year-old and has enjoyed the opportunity to serve and for leadership. She noted that the group has done much and set many precedents, including when she became the first female presiding judge in the early 1990s for the juvenile court. Howell jokingly opened by noting that Murphy asked him to speak a few words at a “luncheon for old people.” When Howell, a young lawyer, went inhouse to

CBA recently held a luncheon to honor the 50 year-milestone of this amazing class, one of the largest 50 th anniversary classes that The CBA has seen to date. After welcoming comments from CBA President Steve Elrod and a preview of the 2018 Bar Show by several cast members, who sang the show favorites “I Remember It Well” and “The Junior Partner,” attend- ees heard from two of the members of the Class of 1968–Judge Sophia H. Hall and R. Thomas Howell, Jr. Howell is a past YLS Chair and past President of The Chicago Bar Foundation. Judge Hall remarked

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