Gregg Hagopian, U.W. 1987, received the 2001 Norman N. Gill Award for Individual Excellence in Government. The award is bestowed by the Public Policy Forum upon a nonelected government official, who, through leadership and innovation, demonstrates that "government works" for its citizens and taxpayers.

Stuart C. Herro, U.W. 1975, DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., Madison, has been awarded the William L. Thompson "Service Above Self" Award by Madison South Rotary for outstanding community service to the people of South Madison. The award is in memory of Bill Thompson, a longtime Madison South Rotarian, who died in 1994 in El Salvador while on a Rotary goodwill mission.
Much of Herro's volunteer work has been with Centro Guadalupe, Madison, an outreach agency for the Office of Hispanic Ministry for the Diocese of Madison, which provides job and housing assistance, a clothes closet, and a food pantry to immigrants. Herro serves as a member of Centro Guadalupe's Advisory Board and an English as a Second Language tutor. Madison South Rotary will donate $1,000 in Herro's name to Centro Guadalupe.
Herro recently became president of the Madison West Towne-Middleton Rotary Club.

Schroeder

Stuart R. Schroeder, Oklahoma City University 1977, shareholder and founder of the Schroeder Group S.C. Attorneys at Law, Waukesha, was honored recently as the 2001 Outstanding Law Review Alumnus at the Oklahoma City University Law Review Awards.

Robert (Rock) Theine Pledl, John Marshall 1980, was awarded the Legislation/Public Policy Award at the Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin Annual Conference for his work in fair housing litigation involving group homes for persons with disabilities. He is with Schott, Bublitz & Engel S.C., Brookfield, practicing disability law.

George P. Stephan, U.W. 1958, received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY. Stephan retired in 1999 as managing director of the Stonington Group, Hartford, Conn. He was with the Kollmorgen Corp., Hartford, for 21 years and served on the Hartwick College Board of Trustees for 18 years. He was instrumental in establishing the Hartwick Humanities in Management Institute and serves on its board of advisors.

Rodney J. Uphoff, U.W. 1976, has been named the Elwood Thomas Endowed Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he's teaching this fall. He will continue to serve as co-counsel for Terry Nichols in the Oklahoma City bombing case.

Appointments, Elections

Brian L. Anderson, U.W. 1980, has been appointed to a two-year term on the Tax Exempt/Government Entities Advisory Committee, an organized public forum for the IRS and repre-sentatives who work with employee plans, exempt organizations, tax-exempt bonds, and federal, state, local, and tribal governments.
Anderson is a CPA and shareholder in DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., Madison.

Levy

Johnathan T. Levy, U.W. 1995, has been elected to the board of directors of Seagull Industries for the Disabled, West Palm Beach, Fla. Levy, an associate with Rosenthal & Weissman P.A., West Palm Beach, represents plaintiffs in personal injury cases.

John A. Busch, Duke 1976, has been elected to the State Bar Board of Governors; Jorge A. Gomez, U.W. 1986, has been elected to the State Bar Judicial Council; and Teresa J. Welch, U.W. 1987, has been elected chair of the State Bar's Intellectual Property Law Section. All are partners with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee. Busch is on the management committee; Gomez represents businesses in complex litigation including construction, systems integration, health care, and white collar matters; and Welch practices intellectual property, including all aspects of patent, copyright, and trademark law.

Paul A. Sturgul, U.W. 1973, has been elected president of the National Elder Law Foundation, Tucson, Ariz. The foundation oversees the board certification process for elder law attorneys and has been approved by the American Bar Association's standing committee on specialization.

Paul R. Van Grunsven, Marquette 1986, has been appointed chair of the Special Preliminary Review Panel for the Office of Lawyer Regulation. The panel was created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to address misconduct and malfeasance allegations against lawyer regulation system participants. Van Grunsven is a member of Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik S.C., Milwaukee, and chairs the firm's health law section.

Authors, Speakers

Sylvan Sobel, U.W. 1983, has published The U.S. Constitution and You, the third in his series of children's books. A second edition of Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts will be released later this year. Sobel is director of communications for the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C.