Wayne State University

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Treasure of Detroit

Since its inception in 1998, the Treasure of Detroit has been Wayne Law's premiere event for honoring those who have made a lasting contribution to the practice of law, as well as to the growth and success of the Law School. The annual event brings together some of the legal community's brightest minds and scholars. This year's gala will feature a reception, silent auction, dinner and awards program. (Honorees have yet to be announced.)

Sponsorship opportunities for this event are available, and the Law School encourages its friends to participate.

For information regarding sponsorship opportunities or giving to Wayne Law in general, please contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at (313) 577-9238 or lawalumni@wayne.edu.

Information regarding honorees and tickets for the event be announced soon.


Past Treasure of Detroit Honorees include:

2012 recipients

Professor and Associate Dean Frederica K. Lombard (1939-2011), Hon. Claudia House Morcom, ’56, George Peck, ’80, Ed Zelenak, ’77

2011 recipients

James K. Robinson, ’68 (honored posthumously), David M. Hempstead, ’75, and A. Alfred Taubman

2010 recipients

Dean A. Robb, '49, Joan Mahoney, '75, and Lawrence C. Mann, '80

2009 recipients

George J. Bedrosian, ’59, Carl Ziemba, ’48 (honored posthumously), and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly, ’71

2008 recipients

John Collins Jr, '76, Hon. Jessica Cooper, '73, Cornelius Pitts, '64, and Georgia Clark

2007 recipients

Elizabeth Phelps Hardy, '84, Hon. Damon J. Keith, LL.M., '56, and Steven I. Victor, '50

2006 recipients

Eric Ersher, '94, David J. Galbenski, '93, LaRissa D. Hollingsworth, '03, Stephanie K. Hoos, '99, and Hon. Adam Shakoor, '76

2005 recipients

Nancy J. Diehl, '78, Sherrie L. Farrell, Cynthia Faulhaber, '82, Prof. Janet Findlater, Aretha L. Glover, '97, Justice Marilyn Kelly, '71, and Eleanor “Coco” Siewert

2004 recipients

Candyce Ewing Abbatt, '83, Hon. Nancy G. Edmunds, '76, Earle I. Erman, '74, Kevin I. Green, '84, Kathryn J. Humphrey, '80, Thomas G. Kienbaum, '68, William A. Sankbeil, '71, and I.W. Winsten, '79

2003 recipients

Mathew T. Englebert, '97, Harvey S. Gettleson, '77, and James R. Lites, '78

2002 recipients

Hon. Avern Cohn, Elliott S. Hall, '65, and Prof. Frederica K. Lombard

2001 recipient

Eugene Driker, '61

2000 recipient

Hon. Damon J. Keith, LL.M., '56

1999 recipient

Dennis Archer

1998 recipients

Hon. Patricia J. Boyle, '63, Christopher C. Nern, '72, and Hon. Dorothy Comstock Riley, '49