THE ALI REPORTER
Winter 2005

The President's Letter

ALI-ABA Executive Director Richard E. Carter to Retire in 2005; Special Committee Seeks Successor

Institute Launches New Projects on Aggregate Litigation, Software Contracts, and Economic Torts

Council Approves Additional Restatement Projects for Submission to Annual Meeting

Jane Stapleton Is First Foreign National Elected to Council

Membership Notes

2005 Annual Meeting Schedule

In Memoriam

Larry Stewart Tells Council "Trial Lawyers Care"

Institute Adds 39 Elected Members

Contracts Reporter Allan Farnsworth Is Dead at 76

Special Contributions

Handbook for Institute Reporters to Be Available in March

Calendar of Forthcoming Meetings

Special Contributions

The Institute acknowledges with appreciation the following special contributions:

The American Law Institute

Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands

Simon K. Barsky, Encino, CA

In Memory of John P. Frank

José A. Cárdenas, Phoenix, AZ

In Memory of John P. Frank

Michael Marks Cohen, New York, NY

In Memory of Standish Forde Medina, Jr.

Estate of Milton H. Cohen, Haverford, PA

Hector De Leon, Austin, TX

In Honor of Roy M. Mersky

Richard D. Freer, Atlanta, GA

In Memory of Charles Alan Wright

D. Brock Hornby, Portland, ME

In Memory of John Minor Wisdom

Richard Julien, Belvedere, CA

In Honor of Edward C. Halbach, Jr.

Diana C. Liu, Philadelphia, PA

In Honor of Michael L. Temin

John J. McKetta, III, Austin, TX

In Memory of Charles Alan Wright

Daniel R. Murray, Chicago, IL

In Memory of William B. Davenport

John E. Osborn, Wilmington, DE

Guy Miller Struve, New York, NY

Ben F. Vaughan, III, Austin, TX

Karen Hastie Williams and Wesley S. Williams, Jr.,
Washington, DC

Erwin Nathaniel Griswold Fund to Facilitate International Aspects of the Institute’s Work

Susan Frelich Appleton, St. Louis, MO (additional gift)

Bennett Boskey, Washington, DC (additional gift)

Edward H. Cooper, Ann Arbor, MI (additional gift)

Norris Darrell, Jr., New York, NY (additional gift)

Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Philadelphia, PA (additional gift)

Mary Kay Kane, San Francisco, CA (additional gift)

Lance Liebman, New York, NY (additional gift)

Martin Lipton, New York, NY (additional gift)

Vincent L. McKusick, Portland, ME (additional gift)

Thomas Butler Merritt, Littleton, NH (additional gift)

John H. Morrison, Evanston, IL (additional gift)

Roswell B. Perkins, New York, NY (additional gift)

Michael Traynor, San Francisco, CA (additional gift)

In Memory of Richard Sheppard Arnold

Peter D. Trooboff, Washington, DC (additional gift)

Malcolm Richard Wilkey, Santiago, Chile (additional gift)

Principles of the Law of Software Contracts

Pamela Samuelson and Robert J. Glushko, San Francisco, CA

Contributions commemorating or honoring Institute members may be sent to the attention of Helene Cohen at the offices of the Institute, 4025 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3099.