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ALuMNI AND FRIENDS
Class of 1949
Donald Booxbaum
June 29, 2015
Class of 1949
William Taplitz
November 1, 2015 Class of 1950
Joel Arnold
May 6, 2015
Class of 1951
Alvin Bronstein
October 24, 2015 Class of 1951
George Nicholson
February 26, 2015
Class of 1952
Harold Berel
February 22, 2015 Class of 1953
George Moore
November 21, 2015
Class of 1954
Theodore Eppinger
October 10, 2015
Class of 1956
Peter Patsalos
September 19, 2015
Class of 1958
Sylvan Rosenbaum
February 23, 2015 Class of 1961
Lawrence Lally
May 3, 2015
Class of 1962
Ralph Mancini
October 26, 2015
Class of 1964
James Congdon
January 28, 2015
Class of 1964
Donald Hetchka
November 16, 2015
Class of 1965
Richard Hartman
August 13, 2015
Class of 1967
Louis Corbo
May 16, 2015
Class of 1971
Thomas Phelan
February 12, 2015
Class of 1976
Dennis Barlow
January 31, 2015 Class of 1976
John Mercun
March 12, 2015
Class of 1983
Paul Rosenberg
March 19, 2015
Class of 1984
Anita Zigman
October 28, 2015
Class of 1988
Robert Lane
August 16, 2015
Class of 2006
Megan Gleeson
November 29, 2015
NYLS FACuLTY Peter Canelias
November 2, 2015
Park McGinty
April 10, 2015
Dr. Zuhayr Moghrabi ’67
December 7, 2015
Rudolph J.R. Peritz
August 5, 2015
NYLS STAFF
Mary Rose Mercieca
November 16, 2015
Dr. Zuhayr Moghrabi ’67 passed away on December 7, 2015. A member of the NYLS community for more than 50 years, Dr. Moghrabi graduated in 1967, and went on to become a member of the NYLS faculty from 1974 to 1979. He then served for many years as a member of the Law School’s adjunct faculty. He was a pioneer during his time teaching at NYLS, introducing International Business Transactions, Islamic Law, and Energy Law courses to the school. Dr. Moghrabi was also a very dedicated and engaged member of NYLS’s alumni community, serving on the Alumni Association Board from
1996 until 2014, when he became Honorary Director. From Dean Anthony W. Crowell, “When I began my time here as Dean, I had the opportunity to sit with Dr. Moghrabi several times to discuss ways to more broadly engage our adjunct professors and alumni. He was passionate about the work of the school and our wonderful students and he will be greatly missed by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him.”
Professor Rudolph J.R. Peritz passed away on August 5, 2015. A member of the NYLS community for nearly 30 years, Professor Peritz was a cherished faculty member whose scholarship in antitrust, computer law, and intellectual property contributed significantly to the prestige of the Law School. From Professor Edward A. Purcell Jr., “Rudy Peritz was a warm, generous, and congenial colleague whom I admired greatly as a teacher, a scholar, and a friend. Rudy was one of the first people who came to welcome me when I arrived at New York Law School many years ago. He
immediately offered his assistance in helping me make the transition to law teaching, and he made me feel at home and that I could call on him for anything. Over the years our friendship grew as I enjoyed his companionship and good humor and increasingly appreciated his deep social concerns and his ever-probing intellect. Often we talked about his ideas on economics and competition policy, and he taught me far more than I had ever known about both as he worked to complete the original and revised editions of his complex and profound study of American antitrust law, Competition Policy in America [1888–1992]: History, Rhetoric, Law. His scholarship, like his mind and his conversation, was invariably incisive, enlightening, and stimulating. He will be acutely missed.” From Professor William R. Mills, “I was for many years the Library’s liaison to Professor Peritz. I will always remember him as one of my favorite faculty members to work with. I appreciated his warmth and keen sense of humor. A consummate scholar, he was demanding, yet patient in his demands. I felt a strong sense of accomplishment every time I was able to satisfy his challenging research requests. His loss will be felt deeply in the New York Law School community.”
Mary Rose Mercieca passed away on November 16, 2015. Mary Rose worked in the Human Resources Department at NYLS for 15 years, serving for the past six years as the front desk receptionist in the Law School’s flagship academic building at 185 West Broadway. She was the quintessential champion for the NYLS community. A friend and advocate for all, her warmth and charm radiated from the moment you saw her bright smile as she greeted you. Before joining the reception desk, Mary Rose provided support in many areas of the school, including to faculty members, the Registrar’s
Office, the Office of Institutional Research and Accountability, the Office of Institutional Advancement, and the Office of Student Engagement, among others. Mary Rose grew up in Malta and went to St. Mary’s High School in the town of Victoria, Gozo, and received a Bachelor’s Degree from Pace University in New York City. She loved Malta, always beamed when she spoke of it, and traveled back there annually. She is survived by her two sons: Christopher, who is currently a member of the Armed Forces, and Victor, who resides in New York with his family. She had three grandchildren.
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