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Among the 50Year Members that celebrated on October 27 were (front row, left to right):Wayne B. Giampietro, Donald G. Mulack, Thomas R. Challos
Jr, Sidney Ezra, Col. Bartlett J Carroll Jr., Arthur L. Berman, CBA President JudgeThomas R. Mulroy, Sherwin H. Leff, Lawrence S. Goodman, andWarren
W. Mark. (Middle row, left to right): RalphMuentzer, SheldonM. Sorosky, JudgeMichael P.Toomin, Sheldon Reitman, Alan J. Gertenrich, JudgeMichael
C. Zissman, Sylvia O. Decker, Judy Davis Thornber, James R. Pasquinelli, Thaddeus J. Gruchot, Thomas P. Durkin, Marvin Brustin, and Thomas J. Burke
Jr. (Back row, left to right): Medard M. Narko, Michael R. Kuzel, William J. Holloway, JudgeWallace B. Dunn, Daniel B. Hales, Joseph L. Rand, John D.
Purdy Jr, Patrick J. Agnew, Julius J. Zschau, EdwardW. Bergmann, Jean Grommes Feehan, Errol Zavett, and Thomas C. Shields. Photo by Bill Richert.
CBA Celebrates 50 Year Members
By Daniel A. Cotter
CBA Record Editorial Board
I
n 1967 (I turned one in October that
year), the President of the United
States was Lyndon B. Johnson, his
Vice President was Hubert Humphrey,
and the United States population was just
under 200 million but would cross that
threshold early in 1968. The average cost
of a new home was $26,400, a gallon of
gas cost $.33, and a dozen eggs cost less
than $.60. That same year, 96 men and 3
women joined The Chicago Bar Associa-
tion and renewed their memberships over
the next fifty years. The CBA recently held
a luncheon to honor the 50-year milestone
of this amazing class.
After welcoming comments from CBA
President JudgeThomas Mulroy and a pre-
view of the 2017 Bar Show by several cast
members, who sang the show favorites “I
Remember It Well” and “The Junior Part-
ner,” attendees heard fromArthur Berman,
a member of the class. Berman reminisced
about his career and the way the practice
has changed in the last fifty years.
The 2017 50
th
anniversary class includes
many of the leaders of our legal community
over the last half century. Some other notables
besides the three keynote speakers are:
• Col. Bartlett J. Carroll Jr.–Served in
U.S. Army for 30 years, and 14 yeas
as a guardian ad litem in the Public
Defender Office.
• Judge Wallace B. Dunn–Served 26.5
years as an Associate Judge of the 19
th
Judicial Circuit, Lake County.
• Judge Thomas P. Durkin–Served for 22
years as a Judge in the Circuit Court.
• Wayne B. Giampietro–successfully
argued in the supreme court,
Gertz v.
Robert Welch, Inc.
• Judge Michael P. Toomin–Served as a
judge since 1980; currently Presiding
Judge of the Juvenile Justice Division.
Helped form the CBA's Juvenile Men-
toring Program.
President Mulroy closed the day by
toasting the members of the Class of 1967,
noting that the profession has changed in
many ways, with less camaraderie and less
of a profession, but that members such as
this group continue to make bar member-
ship and The CBA in particular a thriving
organization. The Chicago Bar Association
congratulates this latest 50-year anniversary
class on reaching this amazing milestone
and pays honor to their contributions to
the law and their personal achievements
over the last five decades. Members of the
CBA such as those in this class have made
the Chicago legal community one of the
strongest in the nation, and we thank them
for setting a fine example of what belonging
to The CBA and contributing to the legal
community mean.
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