PROGRAM:
Rtn. Bob Downer introduced Kevin K. Washburn, Dean, College of Law, Kevin Washburn joined Iowa Law as its 18th dean on June 15, 2018. Most recently he was a Regents Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law and had served as its dean from June 2009 to October 2012, when he was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate to be the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs as the U.S. Department of the Interior. He served in that role until January of 2016.
Washburn is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. He earned a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma and a J.D. from the Yale Law School. Prior to entering academia, he clerked for a judge on the Ninth Circuit, worked as a trial attorney and then a prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, and served as the general counsel of the National Indian Gaming Commission. As an academic, he has held faculty positions at Minnesota and Arizona, and taught for a year as a visitor at Harvard.
Washburn's teaching experience includes criminal law, contracts, property, constitutional law, federal jurisdiction, and administrative law. He has taught and published casebooks in specialty subjects, primarily the law of gaming and gambling and federal Indian law.
Kevin described a powerful mentor, his mother, who is very proud of his accomplishments, one of the greatest though, is speaking at Rotary today!
Kevin has been in Iowa City for 3 months. There are 145 students enrolled in the college of law. 10,500 alumni. 50% of those enrolled are from state of Iowa. 3 are eagle scouts, 1 professional opera singer, there are marathon runners, a zoo keeper, barista, several 1st generation law school students and some 5th generation students.
Kevin believes this new semester has a wonderful class of law students and is off and running.
After audience questions President Steve Quigley thanked Dean Washburn for his presentation.
The meeting ended at 1:00 pm as President Steve led the assembly in reciting The Four Way Test.
MEETING:
Singing: America the Beautiful by Rtn. Bob Crane with Rtn. Devin vanHolsteijn on piano.
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Our Greeter, Brenda LaMarche announced no visiting Rotarians.
Guests of Rotarians; Carol Tippe (Eric Weiler); Mihaela Bojin (Usha Balakrishnan); Sanjana Raghavan (Eric Weiler); Jameson Reineke (Shawn Reineke); Dale Crider (Cyndy Crider); Patty McCarthy (Susan Craig); Andrea Rhoades (Dave Bright); Rod Schultz (Devin Van Holstjeijn)
Program: Tom Cilek; Attendance: Nancy Droll
