THE ALI REPORTER
Winter 2006

The President’s Letter

Council Approves Property Draft for Submission to Annual Meeting; New Project Launched on Transnational Insolvency Principles of Cooperation

ALI to Cosponsor Economic Torts Conference in Tucson on March 3 and 4

Georgia Bar to Hold 24th Annual ALI Breakfast

STAFF SPOTLIGHT: Helene Cohen

PEB Issues Report Concerning UCC § 9-705

Cambridge Press Publishes ALI/UNIDROIT Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure

Annual Meeting Agenda Set

Memorial Minute

Membership Notes

In Memoriam

Special Contributions

Institute Adds 30 Elected Members

Special Contributions

The Institute acknowledges with appreciation the following special contributions:

The American Law Institute

Joan E. Baker, Cleveland, OH

In Memory of Herbert Wechsler

Simon K. Barsky, Encino, CA

In Memory of John P. Frank

Sheila L. Birnbaum, New York, NY

Lorence L. Bravenec, College Station, TX

In Memory of Charles Alan Wright

Michael Marks Cohen, New York, NY

In Memory of Standish Forde Medina, Jr.

J. Hornor Davis, IV, Charleston, WV

In Memory of James Hornor Davis, III

Hector DeLeon, Austin, TX

Michael B. Elefante, Boston, MA

D. Brock Hornby, Portland, ME

In Memory of John Minor Wisdom

Samuel Issacharoff, New York, NY

Mary Kay Kane, San Francisco, CA

Ronald C. Lewis, Houston, TX

In Honor of Earl and Hazelyn Lewis, San Antonio, TX

Lance Liebman, New York, NY

Diana C. Liu, Philadelphia, PA

In Honor of Charisse R. Lillie, Philadelphia, PA

Robert MacCrate, New York, NY

John J. "Mike" McKetta, III, Austin, TX

Ricardo A. Mestres, Jr., New York, NY

Phil C. Neal, Chicago, IL

John Kranz Notz, Jr., Chicago, IL

In Memory of James A. Velde

Roberta Cooper Ramo and Barry Ramo, Albuquerque, NM

Donald J. Rapson, Deal, NJ

In Memory of Homer Kripke

Larry S. Stewart, Miami, FL

Guy Miller Struve, New York, NY

Michael Traynor, San Francisco, CA

In Memory of Hale McCown

Ben F. Vaughan, III, Austin, TX

Doris Wechsler, New York, NY

George and Ann Whittenburg, Amarillo, TX

Charles W. Wolfram, Berkeley, CA


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

Dorothy Toth Beasley, Atlanta, GA

In Memory of Charles Alan Wright

Phillip I. Blumberg, Hartford, CT

Bennett Boskey, Washington, DC

Edward H. Cooper, Ann Arbor, MI

Norris Darrell, Jr., New York, NY

John P. Davis, Jr., Pittsburgh, PA

Thomas E. Fairchild, Madison, WI

Fred N. Fishman, New York, NY

Conrad K. Harper, New York, NY

Donald M. Maclay, Springfield, PA

Thomas Butler Merritt, Littleton, NH

John H. Morrison, Evanston, IL

In Honor of Richard E. Carter, Philadelphia, PA

Roswell B. Perkins, New York, NY

Michael Traynor, San Francisco, CA

In Memory of Lloyd N. Cutler

James Patrick White, Indianapolis, IN

Malcolm Richard Wilkey, Santiago, Chile

Model Penal Code: Sentencing

Susan Frelich Appleton, St. Louis, MO

Margaret Ellen Curran, Providence, RI

Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation

Robert H. Klonoff, Kansas City, MO

Restatement Third, Trusts

Richard Julien, Belvedere, CA

Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue

Martin Lipton, New York, NY

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.