Pictured: Cathy Kaplan accepting the Harlan Fiske Stone Society Award at the May possibly occasion.
Calling her “a leader amid alumni a distinguished practitioner a resourceful, resourceful, and generous member of our alumni community,” Gillian Lester, Dean and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Legislation, honored Cathy Kaplan ’77 with the Harlan Fiske Stone Culture Award on Might 10 at the society’s once-a-year reception. Alumni customers of the Harlan Fiske Stone Society, along with loved ones and close friends, gathered at the New-York Historic Society to figure out Kaplan’s contributions to the Regulation College as an alumni volunteer.
“This award is bestowed on an specific who embodies what it usually means to be a loyal supporter of the Legislation School—leadership in yearly offering, volunteerism, civic engagement, and contributions to and achievements inside the lawful profession,” said Dean Lester in her introduction. “I can consider of handful of other individuals who exemplify a lot more of these characteristics than tonight’s honoree.”
Kaplan is a second-era Columbian. She proven a scholarship in honor of her mom, Ann A. Kaplan ’46, last year.
As a legislation university student, Kaplan labored with then-Professor Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’59 on the groundbreaking Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union. After graduation, she joined Brown & Wooden, the place she grew to become one of the firm’s initial feminine partners.
In 2001, Brown & Wooden merged with Sidley Austin, and Kaplan became co-head of the New York world wide finance apply and served on the firm’s government committee. She also represented collectors, artists, museums, and other people in a broad assortment of arts-similar transactions—and continues to do so in retirement. In 2022, she was honored by the New York Legislation Journal with its Life time Achievement Award. She serves on the board of numerous arts-associated businesses, such as the Aperture Basis, Yale University Artwork Gallery, and the Bronx Council on the Arts, as well as on the Pictures Committee of the Whitney Museum.
At the Legislation Faculty, Kaplan serves as chair of the Board of People and member of the Dean’s Council. Moreover, co-chaired her 30th, 35th, and 45th reunion committees and is a lecturer in regulation. Programs she has taught incorporate Law and Finance of the Art Market Law and Finance in Theory and Exercise with Katharina Pistor, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Regulation and Colloquium in World Business enterprise Legislation with David Schizer, Harvey R. Miller Professor of Legislation and Economics and Dean Emeritus.
“From the pretty begin of my deanship, I noticed in Cathy a leader among alumni,” mentioned Dean Lester, who identified Kaplan as a “mentor to our learners by way of her educating, and to me individually: a intelligent counselor and, in time, valued good friend.”
