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The Wickersham Award Dinner

Date: October 30, 2008
Location: Willard Hotel, Washington, DC
Contact: Leon Scioscia, lsci@loc.gov

George Wickersham (1858-1936), along with other noted jurists, attorneys and scholars, founded the Friends group in 1932 as a way to help build a great national law library. Wickersham’s distinguished career included leading a thriving law practice, serving as president of the New York City Bar in 1914-1917, participating in the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919, establishing the American Law Institute and serving as its first president from 1923 to 1936, and being appointed by President Hoover to chair the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement in 1929.

The Friends of the Law Library founded the Wickersham Award in 1996 to pay tribute to Wickersham’s legacy by recognizing an individual who exemplifies "exceptional public service and dedication to the legal profession."

Previous recipients of the Wickersham Award include:

2003: Patricia Wald, Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for D.C. and former Judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
2002: James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury (Reagan) and Secretary of State (George H.W. Bush)
2001: Talbot D'Alemberte, President of Florida State University
2000: Charles F.C. Ruff, Counsel to the President (Clinton)
1999: George Mitchell, Senator from Maine and Majority Leader
1998: Jamie Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General of the United States (Clinton)
1997: William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of Transportation (Ford)
1996: Lloyd Cutler, Counsel to the President (Carter and Clinton)

To receive an invitation, please contact Leon Scioscia, lsci@loc.gov.

Last Updated: 08/14/2008