William S. Boyd School of Law building dedication program

Dedication Ceremony William S. Boyd Hall and James E. Rogers Center for Administration and Justice Program of Events FORMAL CEREMONY 3:00 p.m. Richard J. Morgan, Dean,William S. Boyd School of Law Carol C. Harter, President, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Kenny C. Guinn, Governor, State of Nevada Douglas Seastrand, Chairman, UCCSN Board of Regents William S. Boyd James E. Rogers KEYNOTE SPEAKER The Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Refreshments and tours of the buildings Welcome from UNLV President On behalf of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus community, I welcome you to today's celebration of the dedication of the William S. Boyd Hall and the James E. Rogers Center for Administration and Justice. This is indeed a special day for UNLV, the legal community, and the entire state of Nevada. To all of our donors, I offer our heartfelt thanks for your support of our efforts to make Nevada's first law school a reality. Dean Richard Morgan has not only assembled an outstanding faculty and support staff, but more importantly, our law school is educating and graduating students who are going on to become ethical and effective lawyers and leaders serving our state and community through the legal profession. Our state's legal community has truly embraced the Boyd School of Law and has been instrumental in its success. We are pleased to have so many representatives from not only our local community and state, but from across the country as well. Your presence here today means a great deal to our students, faculty, and staff. To William S. Boyd, James E. Rogers, and all of the other contributors to UNLV's Law School, I salute you for your foresight and commitment to help UNLV create a premier law school. Carol C. Harter President Welcome from the Dean Five short years ago, the state of Nevada created the William S. Boyd School of Law. Under the leadership of President Carol Harter, UNLV set out to establish a great law school for Nevada. Since then, the Boyd School of Law has made great progress, clearly positioning itself as a first-rate law school and a model for legal education in the twenty-first century. With today's dedication of William S. Boyd Hall and the James E. Rogers Center for Administration and Justice, this law school will have facilities to match the excellence of its people and its programs. It seems fitting that these facilities are located in the center of the UNLV campus and that they are named in honor of two of our community's most respected leaders-for the Boyd School of Law aspires to play a central role in the life of UNLV and in the life of the larger community. Just as community service is a major mission of the Boyd School of Law, so too is it a big part of the life of our honored guest, the Honorable Anthony Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court. Through his service to the bar, to the Court, to law schools, and to law-related education. Justice Kennedy has distinguished himself as a community servant and leader. As a law school that aspires to educate future community servants of his type, the Boyd School of Law welcomes and thanks Justice Kennedy for his presence and participation in today's momentous events. Thanks also are due to the state of Nevada, to the Board of Regents, to the central administration and faculty of UNLV, the Nevada legal profession, to the many donors and benefactors who have supported our law school, and to the many friends who are gathered here today. This is your law school, and we hope that it will be a source of pride and service to our state for generations to come. This law school has been built by a splendid group of faculty, staff, and students. Working out of temporary and lackluster facilities, those people accomplished a great deal in a few short years. Now that we are blessed with Boyd Hall and the Rogers Center, we hope to increase the productivity and the upward trajectory of this fine institution. Thank you for helping us in our quest to build a great law school for Nevada. Enjoy the celebration! Richard J. Morgan Dean IS The Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Anthony M. Kennedy received his B.A. from Stanford University and the London School of Economics, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He was in private practice in San Francisco, California from 1961 -63, as well as in Sacramento, California from 1963-75. From 1965-88, he was a Professor of Constitutional Law at the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. He has served in numerous positions during his career, including a member of the California Army National Guard in 1961, the board of the Federal Judicial Center from 1987-88, and two committees of the Judicial Conference of the United States: The Advisory Panel on Financial Disclosure Reports and Judicial Activities, subsequently renamed the Advisory Committee on Codes of Conduct, from 1979-87, and the Committee on Pacific Territories from 1979-90, which he chaired from 1982-90. Justice Kennedy was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1975. President Regan nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat February 18, 1988. Highlights Wiiliam S. Boyd School of Law With the dedication of the William S. Boyd Hall and the James E. Rogers Center for Administration and Justice, the William S. Boyd School of Law will have achieved another milestone in its quest to build a great law school for Nevada. With these excellent facilities now complete, the law school is well positioned to secure full accreditation from the American Bar Association, perhaps as early as February 2003, and membership in the Association of American Law Schools, probably in January 2004. Thus, in a few short years since its legislative creation in June 1997, and the opening of its doors to students in August 1998, the Boyd School of Law has established itself as an excellent law school, one that is a model for modern legal education. Just a few years ago, Nevada was one of only two states that lacked a law school. Although the creation of a law school had been discussed from time to time since the early '70s, no action was taken to implement those discussions until 1995. By that time, the state was growing dramatically, leaving Las Vegas as one of the very few-perhaps the only-metropolitan area of its size in the country without the services of a law school. Recognizing this need, in 1995, Chairman Morse Arberry, Jr. of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee led the legislative effort that resulted in an appropriation to study the feasibility of, and to plan for, a new state law school. At about the same time. Dr. Carol Harter became the President of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), immediately making the establishment of a law school one of the top priorities of her new administration. With the support of the UCCSN Board of Regents and the Chancellor, President Harter set out to develop community support for a new and excellent law school at UNLV After creating an advisory board of community leaders, she and community leaders William S. Boyd and Kenny Guinn (currently Governor of Nevada) led a fund raising effort that garnered $7 million in commitments for the new law school, including a $5 million pledge from Mr. Boyd and a $ I million pledge from Mr. James E. Rogers, this country's leading philanthropist to legal education. In 1998, Mr. Rogers increased that pledge to $28.5 million, the largest in Nevada history. At its 1997 legislative session, the legislature considered the feasibility study, prepared by Dr. Keith Schwer of UNLV, the Law School Plan, prepared by UNLV's consultant, thenPresident Anthony Santoro of Roger Williams University, and the recommendation of the Board of Regents that a law school be established. After hearing testimony from community leaders, including President Harter, the legislature voted to create a law school at UNLV, a law school that would proudly bear the name of William S. Boyd. After Governor Miller signed the legislation creating the law school in June, 1997, Richard Morgan was hired by President Harter to be the founding dean of the William S. Boyd School of Law. Starting in September, 1997, with a staff of two and in borrowed space on the UNLV campus, the law school spent the 1997-98 academic year hiring staff and faculty, planning the renovation of a temporary facility, developing a curriculum and a law library, and preparing to meet the first class of students who would matriculate eleven months later, in August 1998. Just in the nick of time-in August 1998-the renovation of the temporary facility was completed and the law school moved across the street from the UNLV campus, to the old Paradise Elementary School, where it would operate for four years. Those years were good, though the temporary facility was not. During those years the Boyd School of Law developed a first-rate faculty of experienced legal educators, most of them recruited from other high-quality law schools; recruited and educated excellent and diverse students, two classes of which have already graduated and moved into the legal profession in our state; developed a very good law library to serve the state, a library which proudly bears the names of community leaders Jim Rogers and the late Louis Wiener, Jr; planned and executed the renovation of the permanent home of the law school, William S. Boyd Hall and the James E. Rogers Center for Administration and Justice, which we dedicate today; developed a curriculum which combines traditional legal education with skills training and an emphasis on community service, professionalism, dispute avoidance and dispute resolution; and created, with significant help from the legislature and from Joyce Mack and the E. Parry Thomas family, the Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic. In recognition of these accomplishments, the Boyd School of Law received provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association in July, 2000, which is record time for the garnering of such an approval. In our work over these last few years, we have been assisted greatly by support from the community, and it is for that reason that we are so happy today to celebrate with our friends from the community as we dedicate these excellent new facilities. The Wall of Honor and other plaques in the buildings recognize major donors to our law school, and elsewhere in this program is a complete listing of our donors. Thanks to the generosity of these people, to the support of the state of Nevada, to the leadership of President Harter, and to the hard work of our faculty, staff and students, the Boyd School of Law is well on its way to building a great law school for our state and community. Donor Recognition William S. Boyd William S. Boyd has lived in Las Vegas since 1941, a time when the population of the small desert town amounted to only 10,000 residents. After serving in the Korean War, Mr. Boyd graduated with his law degree from the University of Utah in 1957. He practiced law in Las Vegas for over IS years. In 1973, he and his father, Sam A. Boyd, co-founded the Boyd Gaming Corporation. They opened their first property, the California Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas in 1975. At that time, Mr. Boyd left the practice of law and began his full-time career in the gaming industry. Today, Mr. Boyd is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Boyd Gaming Corporation. Boyd Gaming currently owns and operates seven hotel and casino entertainment properties in the Las Vegas area and five others in Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, and Illinois. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas recognized Mr. Boyd as a Distinguished Nevadan in 1985, and he was bestowed with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1986. He also serves as a member of the UNLV Foundation Board of Trustees. Mr. Boyd has given UNLV substantial contributions to support a wide variety of programs. James E. Rogers James E. Rogers is the owner. Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Sunbelt Communications Company, whose principal office is located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sunbelt's subsidiaries own and/or operate fifteen television stations located in Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Rogers has degrees in accounting (B.S.) and law (LL.B) from the University of Arizona, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Southern California. Rogers has received honorary degrees from the University of Arizona (LLM.), Carroll College (D.H.L.), University of Nevada, Las Vegas (LL.D.), Kentucky Wesleyan (LL.D.),and Idaho State University (D.H.L). Rogers practiced law until 1988, when he chose to devote all of his time to the acquisition and development of television and radio stations. Rogers and his wife, Beverly, are active supporters of education. He and his wife have made substantial financial contributions to various colleges and universities located in cities where Sunbelt has television stations. Mr. Rogers is an active member of the UNLV Foundation Board ofTrustees. Rogers is also active in banking, having served on bank boards since 1981. At present, he is the Chairman of the Board of Nevada First Bank. Honor Roll of Donors Palladium $1,000,000 and Above William S. Boyd Joyce Mack Jim and Beverly Rogers Michael A. and Sonja Saltman The Thomas Family Gold $500,000 -999,999 The Boyd Foundation Theodore B. and Doris S. Lee Nevada Community Foundation Silver $250,000 - 499,999 Leontyna Babcock Anthony Marnell Boyd Gaming Corporation Lionel Sawyer & Collins Noel and Ivy Gage Emilie N.Wanderer Bronze $100,000 - 249,999 Friends of Ralph and Sarah Denton Gordon and Silver, Ltd. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Fink Warren Nelson John D. Gaughan Florence T. Ortiz Michael Gaughan Alberta Stern Honor Roll of Donors Benefactors $50,000 -99,999 Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation Alverson.Taylor, Mortensen, Nelson & Sanders Beckley Singleton Harrah's Entertainment International Game Technology Jones Vargas Mainor & Harris Peppermill Casino Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation E. L.Wiegand Foundation Raymond and Kristen Avansino Stewart Bell Edward M. Bernstein & Associates George T. Bochanis Christina G. Bortolin Broening, Oberg, Woods, Wilson & Cass Barbara E. Buckley Steve M. Burris Dickerson, Dickerson, Consul & Pocker Keith and Linda Galliher *AI Garbian Leo Gibrich Trust Goldsmith & Guymon Haney,Woloson and Mullins Patrons $10,000 - 49,999 Hardy and Hardy Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation J. K. and Nancy Houssels Bruce and Nora James Jolley, Urga,Wirth & Woodbury Kummer Kaempfer Bonner & Renshaw Lewis and Roca Marquis and Aurbach McDonald, Carano, Wilson, McCune, Bergin, Frankovich & Hicks MGM MIRAGE Morris, Pickering & Sanner Nevada Law Foundation Nevada State Bank O'Reilly and Ferrario Pearson, Patton, Shea, Foley & Kurtz Quirk and Tratos Rawlings, Olson, Cannon, Gormley & Desruisseaux Las Vegas Review Journal Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys Southern Research Group State Bar of Nevada/Gaming Law Section Charles E.Thompson University of Phoenix Whittemore Family Foundation Honor Roll of Donors Contributing Donors under $10,000 Tony Abbatangelo B. Mahlon Brown III Norma Cox Edwards, Hale, Sturman, Atkin & Gushing Fae T. Ahlstrom Samuel G. Broyles,Jr. Crockett & Myers Atkin & Gushing Patrice J. Eichman Allf & Associates Jeffrey L. Burr & Associates Curran & Parry Patrice J. Eichman John A. Ellerton Peter Alpert Kelly Burton Eric A. Daly John A. Ellerton Tina L. Amodeo Deborah Engel Bert and Beverly Buy Dan's Plant World Deborah Engel Anderson Dairy Kathleen Jane England Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dart Kathleen Jane England Corby D. Arnold Anthony N. Cabot Robert T. Faiss Corby D. Arnold Anthony N. Cabot Robert and Sandra David J. Arsenault Dr. and Mrs. Daugherty Rene Ellen Feinstein David J. Arsenault H. Treat Cafferata Daugherty Association of Tobe G. Daum Maxine A. Feldman Association of Patricia D. Cafferata Maxine A. Feldman Administrative Law Judges Mr. and Mrs. Drake Delanoy Mr. and Mrs. Pete O. Findlay Mr. and Mrs. Dorothy Cannon Mr. and Mrs. Pete O. Findlay Mr. and Mrs. Dorothy Cannon Frankie Sue Del Papa Barbara K. Finley Fred Lee Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Sue Del Papa Barbara K. Finley Marc P. Cardinalli L. Steven Demaree Foley & Jones Lynn A. Atkison Foley & Jones Beth A. Au David M. Carver Dennis A. Kist & Associates Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Foley Beth A. Au Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Foley James Cashman,Jr. Alice Denton Neil Galatz Richard A. Avila James Cashman,Jr. Anne Cathcart Ralph L. Denton Mr. and Mrs. Leonard 1. Gang Susan M. Battista Mr. and Mrs. Leonard 1. Gang Beesley & Peck Mr. and Mrs. Raj Chanderra] Mr. and Mrs. Garcia Mendoza & Snavely Beesley & Peck Mr. and Mrs. Raj Chanderra] George Deverell Garcia Mendoza & Snavely Linda Marie Bell Chanos Escobar Chanos Jon Eric Garde Linda Marie Bell Dieico Crane Service Jon Eric Garde Benson Bertoldo & Baker Christensen & Boggess Mr. and Mrs. Benson Bertoldo & Baker Christensen & Boggess Eric A. Dobberstein Harry L. Gastley Mary E. Berkheiser Shawn Christopher Harry L. Gastley Mary E. Berkheiser Shawn Christopher Douglas J. Gardner Mr. and Mrs. 1. Scott Bogatz Peggy Cladouhos Dominic P. Gentile James F. Germain Debra L. Boyd Cobeaga Tomlinson Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Draney Gifford, Vernon, Beasey & Barker Judith T. Boyer William B. Cossitt Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Draney James Carl Giudici Elizabeth Brickfield John H. Cotton & Associates Amy A. Dreifus Andrea Glenn and Donna Brinker Mr. and Mrs. Ecker & Standish Michael Hollingshead William F. Cottrell Mr. and Mrs.W Terry Edwards Ruth Goldfarb Honor Roll of Donors Contributing Donors under $10,000 Alyce Gottfredson Michael S. Green Greenman, Goldberg, Raby & Martinez Gugino & Schwartz Clark J. Guild, Jr. Jean Haden 1985 Living Trust Elisa Hahl-Harwick Cynthia F. Hale Hale, Lane, Peek, Dennison, Howard, Anderson & Pearl John D. Hanover Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Hanson A. Andrew Hauk Tonya C. Heers Jennifer L. Henry Herbert L. Michel, Jr. John S. Hill Procter Hug, Jr. Bertrand F. Hull Hunterton & Associates Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Jacobson James, Driggs,Walch, Santoro & Thompson Mr. and Mrs.William D. Jansen !*Deceased - Ann S.Jarrell Jimmerson Hansen Joel F Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johns Steve R.Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M.Jones Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Terry Jones Kalb Industries of Nevada Kamer & Zucker Johanna Lisa Kaye James P. Kemp Craig P. Kenny & Associates Kern & Rosenauer Walter R. Keyes Kay R Kindred Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Kiraly Keith E. Kizer Kirt Kleinman Luceyle F. Klinkhammer Kathryn Landreth LaPorta-Clark-Leavitt Insurance Agency, Inc. Robert L. Le Goy John Peter Lee Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lehman *Leo Lewis Lexis-Nexis Gary H. Lieberman Marvin Longabaugh Kim Irene Mandelbaum Lorraine J. Mansfield Bruce Markell and Ava Schleder Jim Marsh Ann M. Martinet Toni M. Massaro Daniel J. Mcauliffe *Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. McCrea, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F McDonald Robert L. McDonald Daniel R. McNutt Mr. and Mrs. Albert Merkin Mesquite Club Michaelson & Associates Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Miles Kathryn Miles Mr. and Mrs. Corrid P. Miller Setsuo Miyazawa Pamela Mohr John J. Momot Monsey & Andrews Earl Monsey Monte Carlo Hotel & Casino Elaine Moore Mr. and Mrs. Craig Murphy Rhonda L. Mushkin Louis Naiditch Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Neumann Nevada Attorneys for Criminal Justice Nevada First Bank Nevada Trial Lawyers Association Ninth Circuit District Judges Association Wayne R. Nippe Mr. and Mrs.W. Owen Nitz John Novak John C. Ohrenschall William M. O'Mara Oram, Ingram & Zurawshi James E Ordowski Paradise Development Honor Roll of Donors Contributing Donors under $10,000 Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Katia B. Spataro Vaughan & Hull Richard E. Parker Edward C. Reed, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Niklau Voegeli Park Place Entertainment Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Sponer Corporation Leonard E. Rhodes Dennis M. Sponer Corporation Ed & Mary Von Tobel St. Rose Dominican Hospital Foundation Cary Colt Payne Ricciardi Law Group Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wadhams & Akridge Peacetalk Conflict Mr. and Mrs. Stankovic Resolutions Service Franklin P. Ross Rittenhouse State of Nevada/ Walter S. Moeller Sharon K. Peal Howard R. Roitman Gaming Law Section Mr. and Mrs. Section Herbert A. Ward, Jr. Wanda Lamb Peccole Barbara Jo Ronemus Stephenson & Dickinson Herbert A. Ward, Jr. Stephenson & Dickinson Jim and Karlene Webster Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Pitts Ian R. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Felix F. Stumpf Jim and Karlene Webster Terrill Pollman Mr. and Mrs. Felix F. Stumpf Ree Wengert Terrill Pollman Larry Ruvo, Southern Wine Gloria J. Sturman and Spirits William B.Werner Eric Alexander Posin and Spirits Shirley F. Swanson Paul S. Pratt Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Sage Shirley F. Swanson *Juanita Greer White Paul S. Pratt Mr. and Mrs. Larry G. Sage John O. Swendseid Preferred Equities Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sanders Carol B.Whitmoyer Preferred Equities Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sanders Cheryl Tadin Carol B.Whitmoyer Corporation *Bette N. Sawyer Valerie Wiener Elizabeth W.Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Gail Sawyer Philip Wilkins Jerome F. Prewoznik Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Sbarra William Bernard Terry Bruce L.Woodbury Wayne L. Prim Foundation William Bernard Terry Wayne L. Prim Foundation J. Michael Schaefer Whitney Thier and Wright Judd &Winckler Professional Office Mark Gillespie Management Systems Gene Segerblom Mark Gillespie Richard and Patricia Wright Tom Thomas Public Interest Law Richard Segerblom Tom Thomas Edythe KatzYarchever Association Mr. and Mrs. Thorndal, Armstrong, Delk, Balkenbush & Eisinger Mr. and Mrs. James L. Purcell Barry G. Silverman Thorndal, Armstrong, Delk, Balkenbush & Eisinger Gilbert B.Yarchever Christine L. Smith William C.Thornton Pyatt & Silvestri Christine L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. David Zenoff William C.Thornton Mr. and Mrs. David Zenoff Carl W.Tobias Bill Raggio Thomas F. Smock Carl W.Tobias Bill Raggio Yvette Zmaila Lillian Sondgeroth Carolyn Trelease Marjorie Rappaport Lillian Sondgeroth Carolyn Trelease Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Sowden Patricia Trent-Morrissey Arlene C.Troup Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ravenholt Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Sowden Patricia Trent-Morrissey Arlene C.Troup Founding State-wide Advisory Board The Honorable Brent Adams I. Scott Bogatz William S. Boyd Robert Crowell Robert R Dickerson Booker T. Evans, Jr. Franny Forsman Dominic P. Gentile Gary R. Goodheart Salvatore C Gugino The Honorable David W. Hagen Larry R. Hicks William C.Jeanney Dennis L. Kennedy Kathryn Landreth The Honorable Jack Lehman John F. Mendoza Richard W Myers Dean R. Patti The Honorable Philip M. Pro James T. Richardson Michael Saltman Thomas R. Sheets Bobby L. Siller Susan Southwick Larry Strate Richard M.Trachok, Terry Wright Consultants Anthony Santoro Felix Stumpf William S. Boyd School of Law Richard J. Morgan, Dean Faculty Raquel Aldana-Pindell Jennifer Anderson Annette R.Appell Peter B. Bayer Mary E. Berkheiser Bret C. Birdsong Christopher L. Blakesley Richard L. Brown Christopher Bryant Jay S. Bybee Shannon Bybee Kelly Christianson Robert I. Correales Terry Cullen Martin Geer Douglas L. Grant Jennifer Gross Lynne Henderson Joan W Howarth Steve R. Johnson Leah A. Kane Kay P. Kindred Katherine R. Kruse Mary LaFrance Robert Lawless Bruce A. Markell Thomas B. McAffee Ann C. McGinley Pamela A. Mohr Ngai L. Pindell Terrill Pollman Keith A. Rowley Sean Saxon Kory Staheli Jeffrey W Stempel Michael W Strong Roberta Studwell David Tanenhaus David B.Thronson Carl W Tobias Jean M.Whitney Matthew Wright Adjunct Faculty Staff Mark Blaskey Paloma Belmarez Beverly Rollins Rebecca Blaskey Patricia Bighem Mike Sanchez Anthony Cabot Donald Castle Debbie Sandage Michael Dentico Rebecca Colbert Genny Schloss Robert Dickerson Ina Dorman Denise Scribner Robert Faiss Nancy Downing Stacy Shiroma Franny Forsman Frank D. Durand Christine Smith Dominic Gentile Dianne Fouret Deena Trueblood Richard Harris Angeline Garbett Kim Van Geel Eric Johnson Tracy Guinn Pam Walker Dennis Kennedy Martha Hard Elisa Watts Michael J. McCue Poppy Johnston Arleta Young Maria Nutile Gayle LeDell Kris Pickering Xin Mai Thomas Pitaro Cliff Marcek Gene Porter Kerry Martinez Kathryn Stryker-Wirth Priscilla Munoz Anne Thomas Susan Niehoff MarkTratos Joy Nishie Anne Traum Jimmy Perry University of Nevada, Las Vegas Historical Perspective Located in the dynamic city of Las Vegas, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a premier metropolitan university that embraces the traditional values of higher education adapted for the global community of the 21st century. The university concentrates its resources on programs and research that are student centered, demonstrably excellent, and responsive to the needs of the local, regional, and national communities. UNLV provides high quality academic programs for an increasingly diverse student body and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to instruction and scholarship. Successfully blending high quality teaching and research, UNLV is also deeply committed to service to its many publics. In its brief history, UNLV has evolved from a small regional division of the University of Nevada, Reno, with forty-one students, three faculty, and one building, to Nevada's largest institution with 24,000 students, 800 faculty, and over 70 buildings. During this time, UNLV has grown and evolved into a National Doctoral University, a first-class institution serving students from every state in the United States and from over 100 countries around the world. The first college-level classes in southern Nevada started on an extension basis in 1951 in a spare room at Las Vegas High School. In the summer of 1957, the university opened its first classroom and administration building - Maude Frazier Hall - on its present campus site. Twenty-nine students accepted degrees at the university's first commencement ceremonies in 1964. The following year, the Nevada Legislature named the school Nevada Southern University, and the Board of Regents hired the campus' first president. The Board of Regents approved the institution's present name in January 1969. The William S. Boyd Hall and the James E. Rogers Center for Administration and Justice are being dedicated today in the buildings that formerly carried the name of James R. Dickinson Library in memory of Dickinson for his contributions to the scholarly and cultural growth of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he served as the first Campus Administrator. The plaza in front of the Lied Library now carries his name. Since the very beginning, UNLV has been committed to developing a synergy between professional and liberal studies, between undergraduate education and graduate programs, and between superior teaching and meaningful research. UNLV continues to be a dynamic resource for, and partner with, the community that it serves. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 702-895-3011 www.unlv.edu University of Nevada, Las Vegas Officers Carol C. Harter, President Raymond W. Alden III, Provost Fred Albrecht.Vice President for University and Community Relations Juanlta Fain, Vice President for Administration Anthony Flores,Vlce President for Finance John F. Gallagher, Vice President for Development Rebecca Mills,Vice President for Student Life University and Community College System of Nevada Board of Regents Douglas R. Seastrand, Chairman Thalia M. Dondero,Vlce Chair Mark Alden Jill T.Derby Dorothy S. Gallagher Douglas Roman Hill Laura Lopez Hobbs Linda C. Howard Thomas KIrkpatrIck Howard Rosenberg Steve Sisolak Jane A. Nichols, Chancellor Special Thanks to Architect Welles - Pugsley Architects General Contractor Martin-Harris Construction State Public Works Board UNLV Planning and Construction Dedication Sponsors Las Vegas Review Journal Larry Ruvo/Southern Wine and Spirits William S. Boyd School of Law UNLV President Carol C. Harter UNLV Foundation