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IU School of Law inducts four into Academy of Alumni Fellows
Sept. 8, 1999
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University School of Law will induct four of its distinguished graduates into its Academy of Law Alumni Fellows on Sept. 17 at its 23rd Annual Alumni Weekend.
The Academy of Law Alumni Fellows recognizes IU School of Law-Bloomington graduates who have earned renown and respect among their peers by virtue of dedication, talent and allegiance to the highest standards of the legal profession. Honorees inducted into the Academy are selected by an anonymous committee of IU Law School graduates, from nominations submitted by members of the school's alumni association.
Those inducted this year are the Honorable Michael S. Kanne, Rensselaer, Ind.; Robert H. McKinney, Indianapolis; Clarine Nardi Riddle, Washington, D.C.; and William R. Stewart, Washington, D.C. They will be honored at a dinner ceremony on Sept. 17 on the Bloomington campus.
Michael S. Kanne
Kanne received his B.S. degree in 1962 and his J.D. degree in 1968 from IU and served on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1962-65. He was appointed by President Reagan in 1987 to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago. Judge Kanne was first appointed to the federal bench by President Reagan in 1982 and served five years as a U.S. District Judge in Indiana until his elevation to the appeals court. He was an Indiana state trial court judge for nearly 10 years prior to his first federal appointment.
He currently serves on the national committee that oversees the operation of the federal defender system of the United States. He assisted the American Institute of Architects in establishing the first in a series of international conferences on court design. He has been involved as a lecturer, panelist and moderator in an extensive number of judicial programs for news media groups, law-related organizations, judges and architects throughout the United States and abroad.
He is the author of articles on court design appearing in the British publications The Lawyer and the New Law Journal. More recently, he was a lecturer at a London program on court design sponsored by the Royal Institute of British Architects and the University of London, which culminated with a BBC interview. In late 1998, he was in Moscow as a presenter for Russian judges regarding litigation of trademark and copyright claims.
Kanne serves on the Board of Visitors for both the IU School of Law-Bloomington and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He is past president of the Law School's Alumni Association. He served as an officer and was president-elect of the Indiana State Judges Association and chaired the Judicial Reform Committee.
Robert H. McKinney
McKinney received his J.D. degree in 1952 from the IU School of Law-Bloomington. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, serving in the Pacific Theater during WWII and again in 1951 during the Korean War.
McKinney is chairman and chief executive officer of the First Indiana Corp., a publicly traded bank holding company which operates First Indiana Bank, and chairman of the Somerset Group Inc., a diversified financial service company. He is a founding partner of Bose McKinney & Evans, one of the largest law firms in Indianapolis, and was instrumental in its growth until he retired from the firm in 1991.
Active in national politics for many years, McKinney chaired the Indiana Kennedy for President Committee, as well as the Indiana campaigns of presidential candidates Muskie, Carter and Mondale. He has been a member of the Indiana delegation to the National Democratic Convention since 1972.
During the Carter administration, McKinney served as chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp. and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. Following this tenure, he served as a presidentially-appointed director of the Federal National Mortgage Association.
McKinney is a director of Lynx Capital Corp. and a trustee of the Hudson Institute, a research organization with offices in the United States as well as Montreal, Canada, and Brussels, Belgium. He is director of many civic not-for-profit organizations including the Clarian Health Partners Inc., the Indianapolis and Indiana chambers of commerce, Indiana Presidents Organization Inc., and Chief Executives Organization Inc.
McKinney served on the IU Board of Trustees from 1989-98 and is a past president of this board. He is a current member of the IU Foundation Board of Directors and U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, and chairman of the IUPUI Board of Advisors.
Claire Nardi Riddle
Riddle graduated from IU in 1971 with honors in mathematics and was awarded the Herman B Wells Award for Outstanding Math Major. Active in social issues, Riddle enrolled in law school and received her J.D. degree from IU in 1974. She remained active with the School of Law, serving on the Board of Visitors from 1974-92.
Upon graduation, she was a staff attorney with the Indiana Legislative Service Agency from 1974-78. She began her Connecticut law career in 1979, when she was hired as assistant counsel to senate majority of the Connecticut General Assembly. From 1980-83, she was deputy corporate counsel for the city of New Haven.
Known for her fairness and straightforward approach, in 1983 Riddle became the staff counsel to the Connecticut attorney general. She was appointed acting attorney general for the state of Connecticut, 1988-89, and became attorney general in 1989, after her predecessor was elected to the U.S. Senate. She was the youngest person and first woman to hold the attorney general position in the state of Connecticut.
During her tenure as attorney general, she argued and won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving bankruptcy and constitutional law. She was a tireless advocate for the rights of children, consumer protection and environmental clean-up. Upon completing her term as attorney general, Riddle was appointed as a superior court judge for the state of Connecticut 1991-93. As chairwoman of the Connecticut Bar Association's Committee on Gender Bias in the Legal Profession, Riddle brought to the forefront lawyers' awareness of sexual harassment and other gender issues in the profession.
Currently, Riddle is the senior vice president of government affairs and general counsel of National Multi Housing Council in Washington, D.C.
William R. Stewart
William R. Stewart has had a long and highly distinguished career with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). After 34 years of service, Stewart retired in 1997 as chief counsel to NLRB Board Chairman William B. Gould IV.
Stewart received his B.A. degree from IU in 1954, when he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate majoring in government, and a law degree from IU in 1959. While working on his undergraduate degree, Stewart was the houseman for two years to then-IU President Herman B Wells.
He enrolled in law school on a full scholarship but was called to active duty with the U.S. Army in 1955, where he served with the 3rd Armored Division in Germany. Stewart was selected to be the courts and boards officer and assistant adjutant of the combat command of more than 5,000 men. In less than two years, he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. Upon returning to the IU School of Law, he joined the Indiana Law Journal Editorial Board as note editor.
Stewart began his NLRB career in 1963 as a legal assistant on the staff of former Chairman Frank W. McCulloch, after having been employed for four years as an attorney at the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1967 and again in 1970, he was selected to be president of the NLRB Professional Association.
Throughout the years, Stewart received several promotions and was ultimately appointed to the position of chief counsel to the chairman in 1994. In 1997, he was presented with the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service by President Clinton. He was cited for his exceptional abilities as a legal scholar, litigation expert and manager. This award is the highest honor the federal government can grant to a career civilian employee.
(Linda G. Sievers, 812-855-7977, Isievers@indiana.edu)