Invitation to the Convocation and Dinner Celebrating the Inauguration of Dr. Norman Lamm as President of Yeshiva University (1977)

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Celebration Dinner in Tribute to R. Norman Lamm (2001)

In celebrating a major milestone in the life of one of the nation’s most admired and revered Jewish leaders, the Board of Trustees of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and the Yeshiva University High Schools Steering Committee cordially invite you to a dinner in tribute to Rabbi Norman Lamm, in honor of his 25th anniversary as Rosh HaYeshiva and President of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and President of Yeshiva University. The event will take place on Monday evening, June 11, 2001, at the Grand Hyatt, New York City – 6:00 p.m. reception, 7:00 p.m. dinner. Ludwig Bravmann, Dinner Chairman. David Eshaghian, Dr. Felix L. Glaubach, Jay Schottenstein, Herbert Smilowitz, Moshael J. Straus, Dinner Co-Chairmen. Robert M. Beren, Julius Berman, Judah Feinerman, Erica Jesselson, Burton P. Resnick, Irwin Shapiro, Honorary Chairmen. Eliot Gibber, Journal Chairman. Hyman Arbesfeld, Rabbi Solomon Trau, Journal Co-Chairmen. For reservations or to subscribe to the commemorative journal in honor of Rabbi Lamm, please call 212–960–0852. Journal ad deadline: May 30.

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Convocation Celebrating the Inauguration of Dr. Norman Lamm as Third President of Yeshiva University (1977)

Convocation celebrating the inauguration of Dr. Norman Lamm as third president of Yeshiva University – Hon. Joel Sussman, Right Hon. Bora Laskin, Hon. Warren E. Burger – Sunday, May 1, 1977 – The New York Hilton, 53rd Street and Avenue of the Americas, New York City. Order of exercises – Processional: Abner H. Groff, M.H.L., herald, dean of admissions; David Mirsky, M.A., chief marshal, acting vice president for academic affairs. Presiding: Israel Miller, M.A., D.D., vice president for student affairs. National anthem: Cantor Paul Glasser, M.A., associate director of admissions. Invocation: Leo Jung, Ph.D., L.H.D., D.D., honorary trustee, Yeshiva University. Conferring of honorary degrees: Norman Lamm, Ph.D., president. Doctor of laws – Joel Sussman, LL.B., J.D., president, Supreme Court of Israel – presentation by Chaim Herzog, LL.B., L.H.D. (YU ’76), permanent representative of Israel to the United Nations. Bora Laskin, LL.M., LL.D., D.C.L., Ph.D., chief justice, Supreme Court of Canada – presentation by Louis Henkin, LL.D., L.H.D. (YU ’63), Hamilton Fish professor of international law and diplomacy, Columbia University. Warren E. Burger, LL.B., chief justice of the United States – presentation by Paul Abraham Freund, S.J.D., Litt.D., L.H.D. (YU ’75), Carl M. Loeb university professor, Harvard University. Benediction: Rabbi Arthur D. Kahn, B.A., Congregation B’nai Emunah, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hatikvah: Cantor Glasser. Recessional: Guests are requested to remain at their seats until the participants in the recessional have completed their withdrawal. Board of trustees – Max J. Etra, chairman – Morris B. Abram, Joseph A. Ades, David Aronow, Arthur B. Belter, Robert Belsky, Charles H. Bendheim, Hyman Bessin, Eugene Ferkauf, Gerald Furst, Louis J. Glickman, Dr. Jacob E. Goldman, Benjamin Gottesman, Joseph S. Gruss. Honorary trustees: Dr. Leo Jung. Committee on ceremonial occasions – Herbert C. Dobrinsky, M.S.; Joseph Ellenberg, M.A.; Sam Hartstein, B.A.; Janet Knight, B…

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Proclamation in Honor of Dr. Norman Lamm on his 25th Year as President of Yeshiva University (2001)

Whereas you were appointed president of Yeshiva University in 1976, the first American born president of the university and one of its most prominent alumni, Whereas you have brought honor to your alma mater as a distinguished professor, revered rabbi, award-winning scholar, and superb president of the university for 25 years,

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