Treasure of Detroit honors Wayne Law alumni, faculty

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Photo 1: Wayne State University Law School recently hosted its 17th Treasure of Detroit reception in the Prentis Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Among those speaking at the event were Gary S. Pollard (left) of the WSU Board of Governors and WSU President M. Roy Wilson (right). They are pictured with Wilson’s wife, Jacqueline Wilson.

PHOTO BY JOHN MEIU

Photo 2: Wayne Law Dean Jocelyn Benson (center) was pleased to honor six WSU alumni and a faculty member at the 17th Treasure of Detroit, including (left to right) Bruce A. Miller, Elizabeth Dot Miller, Ann Lydia Miller, E. Powell Miller, Assistant Professor Kirsten Matoy Carlson and Rukia Lumumba, who accepted an award in memory of her father, Chokwe Lumumba.  Also honored posthumously was Edna P. Miller.

PHOTO COURTESY OF WAYNE LAW
 

Nearly 300 alumni, students, faculty, staff, supporters and community leaders recently helped to recognize seven honorees at Wayne State University Law School’s 17th Treasure of Detroit in April.

The event, hosted in the Prentis Court at the Detroit Institute of Arts, honored some of the brightest lights in the legal profession and celebrated the growth and success of the Law School.

The 2015 honorees were:

—Chokwe Lumumba, Wayne Law Class of 1975, honored posthumously as a longtime civil rights activist who was mayor of Jackson, Miss., at the time of his death in 2014.

—The Miller family: Bruce A. Miller, Wayne Law Class of 1954, general counsel for the Metro AFL-CIO in Detroit, founder of Miller Cohen PLC in Detroit;  E. Powell Miller, Wayne Law Class of 1986, CEO of The Miller Law Firm PC in Rochester;  Ann Lydia Miller, Wayne Law Class of 1989, partner in The Miller Law Firm; Elizabeth Dot Miller, Wayne State College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts Class of 1986, bachelor of fine arts, bookkeeper at Miller Cohen PLC;  Edna P. Miller, Class of 1958, master of social work, Wayne State School of Social Work, (posthumously). At the time of her death in 2006, Edna was an associate professor emeritus in the School of Social Work.

Also at the Treasure of Detroit event, Wayne Law Assistant Professor Kirsten Matoy Carlson received the 2014 Donald H. Gordon Award for Excellence in Teaching. 

Speaking at the event were Wayne Law Dean Jocelyn Benson, Wayne Law Board of Visitors Chair Kathryn J. Humphrey, WSU Board of Governors Chair Gary S. Pollard and WSU President M. Roy Wilson.

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