[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1475-E1476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  A TRIBUTE TO LEWIS H. VAN DUSEN, JR.

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                            HON. JON D. FOX

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 22, 1997

  Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to tell you that 
Lewis Harlow Van Dusen, Jr., of Pennsylvania is this year's winner of 
the American Bar Association's Michael Franck Professional 
Responsibility Award. This important award is given annually by the 
American Bar Association to a lawyer for outstanding contribution to 
the field of professional responsibility. The award is to be formally 
presented to Mr. Van Dusen by N. Lee Cooper, the president of the ABA, 
on Friday, August 1 in San Francisco, CA, in connection with the 
American Bar Association's annual meeting.
  Mr. Van Dusen received his undergraduate degree from Princeton 
University and his bachelor of civil law from Oxford University in 
England. He served with distinction on the American Bar Association's 
Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility longer 
than any lawyer in the history of the ABA except his own partner, Henry 
S. Drinker--from 1953 to 1956 and then again from 1962 to 1974, 
chairing the committee for the last 3 years. During his tenure the ABA 
adopted the model code of professional responsibility which is still 
the current ethics code in a dozen jurisdictions. The committee, under 
Van

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Dusen's leadership, tackled some of the most difficult ethics issues 
confronting the modern bar and his entire career has been dedicated to 
maintaining and improving the ethics of his chosen profession.
  Mr. Van Dusen led the esteemed firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath for 35 
years, beginning his law career at Drinker in 1935. He is currently 
counsel to the firm. His areas of concentration have included 
litigation, labor, transportation, estate planning, environmental and 
international law.
  Mr. Van Dusen was chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association in 
1968 and president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1974 and 
1975. In addition, Mr. Van Dusen is also a member of the International 
Bar Association.
  Mr. Van Dusen served with distinction in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 
1945 ultimately as lieutenant colonel. Mr. Van Dusen was honored for 
his service when awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Decorated Purple Heart, 
Legion of Merit of the United States, and Legion of Honor, Croix de 
Guerre of France.
  Mr. Van Dusen was one of the founders of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization [NATO]. In addition, he has been active in the American 
Philosophical Society, the American Judicature Society, the American 
Law Institute, the American Bar Foundation and the American College of 
Trial Lawyers. He also serves as a permanent member of the Judicial 
Conference for the Third Circuit and from 1980 to 1982, he served on 
the Committee to Study Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System.
  Mr. Van Dusen is the consummate Philadelphia lawyer. I am proud to 
bring this well deserved honor to the attention of my colleagues in the 
House of Representatives.

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