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AROUND THE QUADS

In Memoriam

James Milligan, Law School admissions dean for the J.D. program and a 25-year member of the Law School administration, died on January 7. Milligan, who previously served as admissions director, received his undergraduate degree from Holy Cross in 1970 and his Ed.D. from Teachers College in 1982.

During his time at the Law School, Milligan witnessed a dramatic rise in the number of applications. In the academic year 2003–04, for example, the school received more than 8,350 applications for 375 places. Milligan read a sizeable portion of the application files and all of the admitted students’ files.

He was active in the national Law School Admission Council and served on its Board of Trustees. From its founding in 1988 until 2000, Milligan was on the Board of Directors at Columbia University Community Impact. From 1991–99, he served on the Lawyer’s Disciplinary Committee of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Judicial Department. And from 1993 until his death, Milligan acted on behalf of the Advisory Committee of the Klingenstein Center, which works to enhance the quality of independent school education domestically and abroad. Milligan previously served on the regional selection panel of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

He is survived by his wife, Karen Blank, dean of studies at Barnard, and his son, Ned ’04.

Transitions

Paul Staller has joined the Alumni Office as an assistant director of the Columbia College Fund. A graduate of Cornell, Staller most recently was a desktop publishing operator at Berlitz GlobalNet.

Florence Grant, known to many as “Flo in Low,” has retired after 44 years at Columbia. She has been a member of the public safety department since 1978 and previously worked in several other offices, including those of the controller, the general counsel and the v.p for finance.

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