Haskins
Award Dinner
Honors Theodore Olson
On May 1, NYU Stern
celebrated the commitment and dedication of its Haskins Partners at a
dinner at the Ritz Carlton, Battery Park, during which Dean Thomas F.
Cooley presented Theodore Olson, U.S. Solicitor General, with the 2003
Haskins Award.
Dean Cooley welcomed the 250 alumni and guests to the dinner and expressed his appreciation for their ongoing commitment to the School's continued progress. Dean Cooley spoke about the School's remarkable trajectory, noting that the profile of admitted students is stronger than ever before, and that the School has succeeded in recruiting a number of star scholars to the faculty in the past year. Dean Cooley also recognized the effects of increased alumni involvement in the life of the School.
"The Stern School today is a place where cutting edge scholarship meets cutting edge business practice," said Dean Cooley. "Critical to creating that interaction has been the willingness of many successful alumni to give so generously of their time to be part of the educational enterprise of the School."
William R. Berkley, BS '66 and Chair of the NYU Stern Board of Overseers, spoke about the importance of staying involved in the life of the School and also stressed that alumni engagement will be key in helping Stern reach its goals.
Dean Cooley and Mr. Berkley then presented Theodore Olson, U.S. Solicitor General, with the 2003 Charles Waldo Haskins Award. Upon accepting the award, Mr. Olson used the 200th anniversary of the landmark 1803 Supreme Court decision of Marbury v. Madison to discuss the continuing relevance of judicial review in American society today. He also reflected upon how this decision has shaped the nation in which we live.
Named in honor of
the true spirit of Stern's founding Dean, Charles Waldo Haskins, the Haskins
Award was established to recognize outstanding individuals whose careers
have been characterized by the highest level of achievement in business
and public service. Previous recipients of the Haskins Award have included
Robert Rubin, James R. Schlesinger, Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan and Robert
S. McNamara.
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