Honorary Graduate
The Honorary Graduate Award is given to an individual who, though not a graduate of the Law School, exemplifies support for and commitment to Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College and whose friendship, generosity and leadership profoundly help strengthen the Law School both today and beyond.
Ed Sullivan is an adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark Law School and Ed was the 2024 Honorary Graduate. Ed will be entering his thirty-eighth year teaching land use planning at Lewis & Clark Law School and has taught this subject for twenty years. He holds seven degrees, including three law degrees and practiced law for forty-five years in the public sphere. Ed retired from law practice in 2014, after being acknowledged as one of the “Best Lawyers in America.”
Nominate an individual for this award by Friday, February 14th at 11:59pm.
Past Honorary Graduate Award Recipients
1982: Stephen Kanter
1983: Fred D. Fagg III
Alice Gantenbein Kerbel
Elizabeth J. Lasselle
Thomas E. Tongue
1984: William Swindells, Sr.
Dorothy L. Cornelius
1985: Richardson W. Nahstoll
Edmund O. Belsheim
1986: Robert S. Miller
1987: Hon. Owen M. Panner
1988: Hon. Clifford B. Olsen
1989: Sidney I. Lezak
1990: Hon. Richard L. Unis
1991: George D. Rives
1992: Ronald K. Ragen
1993: B. Ann Kendrick
1994: Hon. Edwin Peterson
1995: Norman J. Wiener
1996: Clifford N. Carlsen, Jr.
1997: Barnes H. Ellis
1998: M. Carr Ferguson
1999: Monte Bricker
2000: Edwin A. Harnden
2001: Dr. Stephen Dow Beckham
Dennis J. Whittlesey
2002: Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum
2003: Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr.
2004: U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
2005: Hon. Alex O. Bryner
David S. Case
Russell L. Winner
2006: Paul E. Bragdon
2007: Paul Casey
2008: John and Susan Bates
2009: Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain
2010: Kay Kitagawa
Andrew Johnson-Laird
2011: Hon. Adrienne C. Nelson
2013: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
2014: Hon. Michael Simon
2015: Hon. Darleen Ortega
2017: Marilyn Cover
2018: Prof. Doug Newell
2020: Prof. Susan Mandiberg
2022: Dean Emeritus, James Huffman
2023: Professors Amy Bushaw and Henry Drummonds
2024: Edward J. Sullivan