Officers
Marc A. Levinson
Chair
Mark D. Bloom
President
James L. Baillie
Vice-President
Hon. Joan N. Feeney
Vice-President
Grant T. Stein
Vice-President
Melissa Kibler
Treasurer
Taft A. McKinstry
Secretary
Board of Directors
Marc Abrams
Agustin Berdeja-Prieto
Daniel C. Cohn
Dennis Connolly
Jeffrey H. Davidson
Karen A. Giannelli
Jan M. Hayden
James R. Kelley
James T. Markus
Hon. Neil P. Olack
Norman L. Pernick
Catherine Steege
Richard Stern
Robert J. van Galen
David A. Warfield
Richard L. Wasserman
Ex Officio Directors
G. Christopher Meyer
Paul E. Harner, Chair, ACB Foundation
Board of Regents
Stephen D. Lerner
Chair, Board of Regents
Michael J. Goldberg (1st Cir.)
James L. Bromley (2nd Cir.)
David B. Stratton (3rd Cir.)
Douglas M. Foley (4th Cir.)
Elizabeth J. Futrell (5th Cir.)
Michael P. Coury (6th Cir.)
James H.M. Sprayregen (7th Cir.)
Michael R. Stewart (8th Cir.)
Thomas E. Patterson (9th Cir.)
Kenneth L. Cannon, II (10th Cir.)
Patricia A. Redmond (11th Cir.)
Prof. Ingrid Michelsen Hillinger
At Large
Hon. Jeffery P. Hopkins
At Large
Cynthia Nelson
At Large
Scholar-in-Residence
Prof. Susan Block-Lieb
Counsel
R. Patrick Vance
Executive Director
Shari A. Bedker
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College Columns Dec 2019 Issue
Editors
Steven N. Berger
Deborah Langehennig
Layout
Carole L. McNamara
responded to the poll – a very high response rate. Almost 40% said that they would be extremely interested in exploring a non-DC location, and 37% said that they were interested in the College doing so. Only 15% voted against moving from DC.
With that in mind, leadership asked Shari Bedker and her team to explore alternatives to DC, keeping in mind the same criteria we used prior to selecting San Diego several years ago, namely: (1) an iconic location for the Induction Ceremony; (2) space for the education session, for the College and Foundation board meetings and for all of the various committee meetings; (3) cost and quality of the hotel rooms; and (4) a nearby airport to which there are nonstop flights from across the country and hopefully, the world.
The search team carefully explored several options, but the search came down to two – Denver and Phoenix. At its meeting on October 30, the board selected Denver, and Shari is in the process of making the bookings. The conference hotel will be the historic Brown Palace. Here’s a quote from the hotel’s website:
Built in 1892, the [Brown Palace] … has been a four-star and Four Diamond hotel since 1977. At the heart of the boutique hotel is the atrium lobby, soaring eight stories above the ground floor and crowned by a beautifully detailed stained-glass skylight. Dramatic Florentine arches surround the atrium, and intricate wrought iron panels decorate six stories of balconies. Timeless elegance and modern amenities best describe our luxury hotel in Denver. Each of our guest rooms includes a 42-inch HDTV, Wi-Fi, and Keurig® coffee maker. The bathrooms feature Carrera marble countertops, sophisticated silver fixtures and rain shower heads that tap water from an artesian well.
The College held its first twenty-nine Annual Meetings/Induction Ceremonies in Washington, DC., which also will be the site of the 2020 and 2021 events. Last March, Class 30 was inducted at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. Shortly thereafter, we circulated a poll that asked, among other things, how interested Fellows would be in having the College explore an alternative to DC for the 2022 events. Over 250 Fellows
From the Chair
Headed to Denver for the 2022 Annual Meeting
Marc A. Levinson, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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