Gifts of Impact

Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Courtroom

The Kimball R. Anderson and Karen Gatsis Anderson Courtroom is named in honor of Kimball '77 and Karen Anderson '77 for their very generous commitment to funding a complete redesign of the College's courtroom. Their gift allows our students the competitive advantage of training in a state-of-the-art courtroom with a refurbished ADA compliant bench, witness box, and jury box, along with a new evidence presentation system.

James C. Wood '48

James C. Wood '48 recently established the James C. Wood Distinguished Lecturer in Intellectual Property, which marks the College's first endowed distinguished lecturer position. James, a retired attorney who spent 42 years practicing patent law with a Chicago law firm now known as Wood Phillips, established this fund so as to assist the College in hiring lecturers with practical experience who will teach seminars or courses on important issues in the field of Intellectual Property Law.

Jon David '67 and Elizabeth Epstein

A few years ago, Jon David '67 and Elizabeth Epstein became the first donors to endow a scholarly program at the College of Law. Their combined seven-figure outright and estate gift provided the critical support needed to launch the nationally-recognized Epstein Health Law & Policy Program. Thanks to their generous support, the program promotes cutting-edge research, policy analysis, and public engagement on critical issues in health care, promotes collaboration between scholars focused on health law and policy, and hosts two annual lectures on a variety of health law topics. Through the establishment of this program, the College was able to recruit Professor David Hyman to serve as Director of the Epstein Health Care Law and Policy Program. Professor Hyman is widely recognized as one of the country's top health law scholars.

Alvin H. Baum Family Fund

Since the 1980s, the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund has generously supported the College of Law in the form of gifts to professorships and lecture series in honor of much beloved faculty member, the late David C. Baum. More recently the Baum Family Fund has collaborated with the law school to focus on the cornerstones of our capital campaign — people and programs. Two significant six figure gifts in the past few years have established the Ann F. Baum Memorial Lecture on Elder Law and the David C. Baum Memorial Scholarship Fund. Endowing the Lecture on Elder Law has provided ongoing funding for Professor Richard Kaplan to enhance this lecture series, which seeks to promote the relevant and timely discussion of a broad range of issues relating to the intersection of public policy, the law, and the elderly. The new Baum Scholarship Fund is significant in that it was at a level which qualified it for matching funds through the Provost's Matching Fellowship Program.

Jackie A. Goff '73

The College's Loan Repayment Assistance Program was able to be successfully launched in 2005 due to a six-figure combined outright and estate gift from alumna Jackie A. Goff '73. Jackie is retired having spent 30 years working in various federal and state governmental roles including legal, fiscal, regulatory, audit, management, internal controls/risk mitigation, and providing policy advice. With Jackie's lead gift and the ongoing support of many other alumni, the Loan Repayment Assistance Program will be providing College of Law graduates an opportunity to enter careers in public service without the burden of insurmountable student debt-loads.