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Sculptors of Modern America in Law, Industry, and Finance

Moderator

Andrew Tisch (Cornell BS, Class of 1971) is Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Loews Corporation.

Participants

• Stephen Arbogast (Cornell BA, Class of 1970) is Director of the Kenan-Flager Energy Center and Professor of Practice of Finance at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he has taught since 2014.
• Alison Dreizen (Cornell BA, Class of 1974) is counsel at Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, where she focuses on cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures.
• LizAnn Rogovoy Eisen (Cornell BA Class of 1994) is an Acting Professor of the Practice at Cornell Law School/Cornell Tech, and a Senior Regulatory and Strategic Partner at Braven, an early-stage investment firm. 
• David Maisel (Cornell Class of 1968) spent his career in the financial industry, where he specialized in municipal bonds.
• Eduardo M. Peñalver (Cornell BA, Class of 1995) is President of Seattle University.
• Peter Schuck (Cornell BA, Class of 1962) is the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law Emeritus at Yale University, where he taught for thirty years, serving briefly as deputy dean of the law school.
• C. Evan Stewart (Cornell BA, Class of 1974, JD Class of 1977) is a senior partner at Cohen and Gresser LLP in Manhattan, where he specializes in securities litigation.
• David Zalaznick (Cornell BA, Class of 1976) Co-founding partner of The Jordan Company, and Jordan/Zalaznick Advisers Inc., two private equity firms; he currently serves as Chairman of Jordan/Zalaznick Advisers Inc. Mr. Zalaznick served as Vice Chairman of Cornell’s Board of Trustees; he is a Trustee Emeritus.

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Among the thousands of students whom Walter LaFeber taught during his forty-six years at Cornell, some became history professors, some became foreign policymakers, but most went on to successful careers in business, government service, the law, and higher education. These “Sculptors of Modern America” left their marks on Fortune 500 corporations and elite law firms, they fought the good fight in Congress and Federal agencies, and they provided administrative leadership to colleges and universities. All of the contributors to this roundtable confirm that their favorite professor also left his mark on them.