FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 4, 2006
Contact
Judith Berrett
Director of Member and Community Relations
206-727-8212; judithb@wsba.org
Washington State Bar Association Honors 50-Year Members
Seattle, Washington, October 4, 2006 — At a celebratory luncheon held September 29 at the Seattle Hilton, a record crowd turned out to pay tribute to the 65 members of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) who this year are celebrating 50 years of membership. In appreciation of their service to the WSBA and the public, WSBA President Ellen Conedera Dial and members of the WSBA Board of Governors presented 50-year certificates and lapel pins to the members who joined the Bar in 1956. That was the year President Eisenhower defeated Adlai Stevenson, Alabama bus-segregation laws were declared illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court, Around the World in 80 Days received the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture, and Elvis Presley made his television debut!
The honorees — some of whom had not seen each other since law school and were eager to reunite — and their families enjoyed good food and a delightful afternoon. Fifty-year members present at the luncheon are pictured below.
Highlights of the afternoon were an address by the chief justice of the Washington State Supreme Court, the Honorable Gerry L. Alexander, and a retrospective look at the class of 1956 by Senior Circuit Judge
for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit the Honorable Betty B. Fletcher. Judge Fletcher was introduced by fellow senior circuit judge for the Ninth Circuit and class member the Honorable Robert R. Beezer. WSBA President Ellen Conedera Dial took attendees back to 1956 when she delivered a talk titled "1956: A Moment in Time."
In addition to 30-plus members of the class of 1956, dignitaries in attendance included two former chief justices of the Washington State Supreme Court — the Honorable James A. Andersen and the Honorable Vernon R. Pearson. Several former WSBA presidents and state and federal judges were also present. Two members of the class of 1956 traveled from afar to attend the luncheon —
Max D. Crittenden from Bosnia/Herzegowina, and Philip H. DeTurk from North Carolina.
After the presentation of certificates and lapel pins by members of the WSBA Board of Governors, the chair of the WSBA Senior Lawyers Section, Jerome Jager, gave a brief address. The luncheon concluded with closing remarks by President Dial.
List of 50-year WSBA members
The following individuals have been members of the Washington State Bar Association since 1956:
Edwin Charles Anderson Jr., Santa Rosa, CA
The Honorable Robert R. Beezer, Seattle
Charles Douglas Bohlke, Olympia
Richard David Bonesteel, Seattle
Fred R. Butterworth, Seattle
William D. Cameron, Seattle
Craig P. Campbell, Seattle
Francis Herbert Chapin Jr., Tacoma
John J. Costello, Seattle
Eugene J. Craig, Sammamish
Max Duane Crittenden, Zenica, Bosnia/Herzegowina
Spirro Damis, Lakewood
Edward A. Dawson, Spokane
Philip H. DeTurk, Pinehurst, NC
The Honorable Robert Edwin Dixon, Redmond
Frank William Draper, Seattle
Dominick V. Driano, Seattle
The Honorable Betty B. Fletcher, Seattle
Wallis W. Friel, Pullman
Floyd Frost Fulle, Clinton
The Honorable Robert E. Graham, Wenatchee
Peter Van Dyke Gulick, Newcastle
Robert John Hall, Seattle
Alan R. Hallowell, Longview
Douglas R. Hartwich, Lake Forest Park
Robert Francis Hauth, Olympia
Douglas R. Hendel, Issaquah
Edward T. Hilpert Jr., Seattle
David Frederick Hiscock, Seattle
Ardith M. Horne, Alexandria, Virginia
Charles Eugene Huppin, Spokane
Evan Eugene Inslee, Sumner
Richard James Jensen, Fircrest
Walter Roger Johnson, Tacoma
Arlis W. Johnson, Hoquiam
The Honorable John Graham Kamb, Mount Vernon
John F. Kovarik, Clyde Hill
John Frederick Kruger, Clyde Hill
John Gerald Layman, Spokane
Gust A. Ledakis, La Tour De Treme, Switzerland
Jeremiah M. Long, Bellevue
Richard Ray Loucks, Pullman
Edmund Eugene Lozier, Tacoma
William Quinn Marshall, Kenmore
Steven Arthur Memovich, Vancouver
Constance Stanton Milliman, Seattle
Charles Norman Mullavey, Seattle
James Arthur Murphy, Edmonds
Nicholas Brown O'Connell Jr., Clyde Hill
Dudley Bradford Panchot, Seattle
William J. Powell, Spokane
Louis Emilio Prediletto, Yakima
Robin Preston, Seattle
Clarence James Rabideau, Pasco
Ross Roland Rakow, Goldendale
John M. Reese, Walla Walla
Ramon Perry Reid, Toppenish
The Honorable Richard John Richard, Spokane
J. Carroll Schueler, Bermuda Dunes, CA
David Edgar Schweinler, Vashon
Jerome Shulkin, Seattle
Richard S. Sprague, Bellevue
Shannon E. Stafford, Seattle
William G. Viert, Spanaway
Maxwell James Vincent, Yakima
About the Washington State Bar Association
The WSBA is part of the judicial branch, exercising a governmental function authorized by the Washington State Supreme Court to license the state's 29,900 lawyers. The WSBA both regulates
lawyers under the authority of the Court and serves its members as a professional association — all without public funding. As a regulatory agency, the WSBA administers the bar admission process,
including the bar exam; provides record-keeping and licensing functions; and administers the lawyer-discipline system. As a professional association, the WSBA provides continuing legal education for attorneys, in addition to numerous other educational and member-service activities.
The governance of the WSBA is vested in its 14-person Board of Governors. There are three governors
from the seventh congressional district; one from each of the other eight districts; and three at-large
members, one of whom represents the Young Lawyers Division. The 2006-2007 president is Ellen Conedera Dial, of Seattle. The 2006-2007 president-elect is Stanley A. Bastian, of Wenatchee, and the immediate past-president is S. Brooke Taylor, of Port Angeles. The Board meets regularly (every six weeks) at various locations around the state, and its meetings are open to the public. Much of the work of the Bar is carried out through 23 standing committees; 26 sections; and a Young Lawyers Division, with its many committees.
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