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THE PRESS & DAKOTAN WEATHER CENTER PAGE 2A: THE REGION PRESS & DAKOTAN FRIDAY, JULY 25 2014 ON THIS DATE Major U.S. stock indexes ended roughly where they began Thurs- day, despite investors having to work through a busy day of corpo- rate earnings and two economic re- ports. ON THURSDAY: The Dow Jones industrial aver- age lost 2.83 points, or 0.02 per- cent, to close at 17,083.80. The Standard & Poorʼs 500 index rose 0.97 of a point, or 0.05 percent, to 1,987.98. The Nasdaq composite fell 1.59 points, or 0.04 percent, to 4,472.11. FOR THE WEEK: The Dow is down 16.38 points, or 0.1 percent. The S&P 500 is up 9.76 points, or 0.5 percent. The Nasdaq is up 39.96 points, or 0.9 percent. FOR THE YEAR: The Dow is up 507.14 points, or 3.1 percent. The S&P 500 index is up 139.62 points, or 7.6 percent. The Nasdaq is up 295.52 points, or 7.1 percent. LOTTERES BOARD OF TRADE WALL ST. RECAP DAILY RECORD 75 YEARS AGO Tuesday, July 25, 1939 -The Yankton Civic Music club filed a protest with the board of city commissioners, at its regular meet- ing last night, against the proposed elimination of the municipal band as included in a report by a special “economy” commttee recently adopted by the city board. -Discussion covering a variety of subjects marked last nightʼs meeting of the Monday Evening Club held at the city hall, attended by only about a dozen persons, and the only definite action taken was to designate the swimming pool ques- tion as the topic for discussion at the next meeting in August with E.D. Karr as chairman on that oc- casion. 50 YEARS AGO Saturday, July 25, 1964 -A burglary at the DX service station at 19th and Broadway sometime during the night was being investigated by city police this morning. Chief of Police George Ryan said entrance was gained through an unlocked rear window in the station. A number of used credit cards was taken, along with $95 in cash. -A pair of teachers from New Hampshire are the first “arrest ʻem and guest ʻem” tourists being hon- ored in Yankton this season under the sponsorship of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in cooper- ation with local businessman. 25 YEARS AGO Tuesday, July 25, 1989 -The Yankton City Commission approved an application for a Com- munity Development Black Grant for funding a water main to the city landfill. -A meeting called by the state for the next week may help decide whether legal action is taken against the state regarding a Human Services Center patient charged in connection with two murders. CHICAGO (AP) — Grain fu- tures were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept delivery was 2 cents lower at $5.2875 a bushel; Sept corn was 1 cent lower at 3.6150 a bushel; Dec oats were 1.75 cents higher at $3.26 a bushel; while Nov soybeans were 8.25 cents higher at $10.8475 a bushel. Beef was higher and pork was lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. August live cattle rose .50 cent to $1.5655 a pound; August feeder cattle was .07 cent higher at $2.1732 a pound; while August lean hogs lost 1.37 cents to $1.2320 a pound. 2 BY 2; Red Balls: 4-8, White Balls: 5-11 MYDAY; Month: 7, Day: 22, Year: 31 PICK 3: 1-2-2 PICK 5;07-20-25-29-34 POUND COUNT Several animals are available at the Yankton Animal Shelter. For more information, call the Yankton Police Departmentʼs animal control officer from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday- Friday at 661-9494, or 668-5210. DAILY RECORD POLICY The Press & Dakotan pub- lishes police and sheriff reports as a public service to its readers. It is important to remember that an ar- rest should not imply guilt and that every person is presumed innocent until proven otherwise. When juve- niles are released from jail, it is into the care of a parent or guardian. It is the policy of the Press & Dakotan to publish all names made available in the police and court re- ports. There are no exceptions. ARRESTS • Anjanette Lopez, 43, Sioux Falls, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant. • David Little, 57, Yankton, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant. • Nathaniel Oorlog, 31, Yank- ton, was arrested Wednesday for a protection order violation. • Abel Martinez Hernandez, 22, Fordyce, Neb., was arrested Wednesday for possession of a substance with moderate potential for abuse and unauthorized inges- tion of a controlled drug or sub- stance. • Adam Uken, 41, Yankton, was arrested Thursday on a probation hold, possession of marijuana (2 oz. or less) and possession of drug paraphernalia. INCIDENTS • A report was received at 1:08 p.m. Wednesday of a burglary in the 500 block of Picotte St. A laptop and coin collection were reported stolen. • A report was received at 2 p.m. of a hay bale fire along SW Jim River Road. • A report was received at 2:11 p.m. Wednesday of an internal theft at a business on the 2100 block of Broadway Ave. • A report was received at 2:27 p.m. Wednesday of a possible sex crime that may have occurred in Yankton. • A report was received at 3:13 p.m. Wednesday of a domestic dis- turbance in the 800 block of east 13th St. • A report was received at 3:42 p.m. Wednesday of a domestic dis- turbance in the 800 block of east 13th St. • A report was received at 4:25 p.m. Wednesday of the theft of a voice recorder in the 2500 block of Fox Run Pkwy. The recorder is an Olympus valued at $500. • A report was received at 8:54 p.m. Wednesday of a gas can on fire in the 700 block of west 15th St. The fire was put out by an officer with a fire extinguisher. • A report was received at 12:14 a.m. Thursday of two juveniles throwing rocks at a light pole in the 1000 block of Willow Lane. The in- dividuals were spoken to along with their parents and it was discovered that they were throwing knives. The juveniles were turned over to their parents. • A sheriffʼs office report was re- ceived at 8:27 a.m. Wednesday of a family dispute on Dakota Lane, Yankton. CRIME STOPPERS Anyone wishing to report anonymous information on unlawful activity in the City of Yankton or in Yankton County is encouraged to contact the Crime Stoppers tip line at 665-4440. long history of litigation against Johnson, contacted the museum, arguing that Johnson agreed to sell the guitar to him before it was donated. Johnson and Moss, both of whom live in Mem- phis, Tenn., are each listed as defendants in the mu- seum’s complaint. The museum in court fil- ings argues that even if Moss was the owner of the Elvis guitar before Johnson do- nated it to the facility, his ownership ended when the museum acquired it. The complaint states that if Moss feels he was wronged, he should sue Johnson for dam- ages. “There are significant is- sues with his claim including the fact that this guitar was apparently on display for an extended period of time in his hometown and he made no effort to go get the gui- tar,” the museum’s attorney, Mitchell Peterson, said Thursday. Johnson, who played with singer Isaac Hayes and the band John Entwistle’s Ox in the 1970s, donated the Elvis guitar and other items to the museum in April 2013, and in exchange received $250,000 for his 1967 Gibson Explorer Korina wood guitar. That in- strument was formerly owned by Entwistle, who is best known as a member of The Who. Moss’s attorney, Randall Fishman, moved this week to transfer the case from state court to federal court. Moss did not return phone mes- sages left at his businesses, and Fishman declined to comment about the specifics of the suit. Records for a libel and defamation lawsuit filed by Johnson against Moss in state court in Tennessee in January 2014 shed light on the collector’s dispute over the guitar. The lawsuit’s exhibits in- clude a payment agreement signed by both collectors in 2008, in which Moss agreed to pay Johnson $120,000 for various guitars including the one now on display at the museum. Those records also include an email Moss sent to the museum in December 2013 claiming ownership. “Johnson did not have the right to transfer ownership of that guitar in any way, via sale, via donation, via trade, via loan, or any other method,” the email stated. “(I) will not yet claim that the guitar is stolen, but I paid him for that guitar 5 years ago, and have been trying to get possession ever since.” In an affidavit filed in the federal lawsuit in South Dakota, Moss claims that the value of the Elvis guitar is “well in excess of $75,000.” Federal court records show Johnson has not re- sponded to the lawsuit. An attorney for Johnson has not being named in court filings and phone numbers listed for him and his business, Mint-Man, LLC, have been disconnected. Johnson’s donation to the museum also included a Chet Atkins hollow body guitar given to country pianist Floyd Cramer and later played by Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley, a 1966 custom Grammer guitar made for Johnny Cash, a 1961 Kay Value Leader guitar signed by blues legend Muddy Waters and one of Bob Dylan’s Hohner Marine Band harmonicas. Elvis From Page 1A OUR CLASSIFIEDS WORK FOR YOU! CALL THE P&D AT (605) 665-7811 Career Opportunities Highlight Summer Accounting Institute VERMILLION — Thirty high school students from four Midwestern states were recent guests of the University of South Dakota for the 2014 Summer Ac- counting Institute. Open to high school sophomores and juniors interested in pursuing careers in accounting or majoring in business, stu- dents earned one college credit with the successful completion of the Summer Accounting Institute. Students complet- ing the five-day institute were: Ashlyn O’Daniel and Zoe Cosato of Redfield; Lauren Schmidt of Deshler, Nebraska; Megan Erickson of Montrose; Bobbie-Jo O’Neil of Balaton, Minnesota; Shelby Riggs and Noah Thompson of Mitchell; Mark Ahlers and Christopher Jansen of Sheldon, Iowa; Kyran Medicine Eagle of Chamberlain; Lydia Homandberg of Slay- ton, Minnesota; Teddy Beth McMahon of Wisner, Nebraska; Raina David of Mount Vernon, Iowa; Melissa Gunnink, Gavin Sa- lonen, Lucas Hoffman and Cole Harder of Sioux Falls; Hannah Person of Polk, Ne- braska; Viola Ishmael of Gayville; Matt Leiferman of White; Katie Storm of Archer, Iowa; Brook Benes of Lincoln, Ne- braska; Dominika Jedinak of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Wade Weber of Emery; Ryan Styles and Allison Odens of Vermillion; Farruzah Hutchison and Fatmata Coomber of Grand Forks, North Dakota; Maria Schwader of Winfred and Leah Rogness of Astoria This year’s institute, which was July 13-17, included field trips to a nationally- recognized public accounting firm and various regional businesses, as well as seminars and lectures featuring some of the area’s top accountants. Participants also explored career opportunities in ac- counting and finance, listened to faculty presentations and participated in fun events, including a pizza party at Prentis Park in Vermillion, an afternoon and evening at Wild Water West in Sioux Falls, and bowling and movies through- out the week. Team and individual awards were also presented to camp participants, and four students received scholarships to attend USD to study ac- counting. Sponsors of the Summer Accounting Institute included Deloitte; Eide Bailly; KPMG; McGladrey & Pullen Certified Public Accountants; The South Dakota CPA Society; Ernst & Young; Daniel, Meyer, Casey, Peterson & Associates, Ltd.; Jones, Kramer & Haber, LLP; Dak- tronics; South Dakota Investment Coun- cil; USD Beacom Opportunity Fund; Ketel Thorstenson, LLP; Brandt, Solomon and Anderson LLP; Steven Sikorski; and Williams and Company, PC. USD Law School Names Associate Dean Of Academic Affairs VERMILLION — The Uni- versity of South Dakota School of Law has announced the ad- dition of Tiffany C. Graham as the new associate dean of aca- demics affairs. Graham’s hir- ing is the result of a national search to fill the open position that resulted following the re- tirement of Tom Sorensen in December. Graham was previously the associate dean of academic af- fairs and a professor of law at the University of La Verne Col- lege of Law, and an assistant professor of law at Villanova University School of Law. She has taught in the areas of con- stitutional law, race and the law, criminal procedure, law and sexuality, and torts. Prior to entering the acad- emy, Graham clerked for U.S. District Judge Richard W. Roberts of the District of Co- lumbia, and spent several years working as a commer- cial litigator for a Los Angeles firm. Graham’s scholarly works have focused on mar- riage equality and its relation- ship to developments in equal protection and fundamental rights jurisprudence, and her work has appeared in various publications, including sec- ondary journals at the Univer- sity of Virginia School of Law and UCLA School of Law. Her most recent article appeared in the Rutgers Law Review. She is also a former board member of AIDS Law Pennsyl- vania, and was previously ap- pointed to the Magistrate Judge Selection Panel for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She received her A.B. from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. “Dean Graham fills an im- portant position within the law school,” said Tom Geu, dean of the School of Law. “The associate dean for aca- demic affairs is responsible for the academic program within the law school. She will play a key role in leading the school of law’s academic programs and planning. We are pleased and honored she chose to come to USD.”

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T H E P R E S S & D A K O T A N W E A T H E R C E N T E R

PAGE 2A: THE REGION PRESS & DAKOTAN ■ FRIDAY, JULY 25 2014

O N T H I S DAT E

Major U.S. stock indexes endedroughly where they began Thurs-day, despite investors having towork through a busy day of corpo-rate earnings and two economic re-ports.

ON THURSDAY:The Dow Jones industrial aver-

age lost 2.83 points, or 0.02 per-cent, to close at 17,083.80.

The Standard & Poorʼs 500index rose 0.97 of a point, or 0.05percent, to 1,987.98.

The Nasdaq composite fell 1.59points, or 0.04 percent, to 4,472.11.

FOR THE WEEK:The Dow is down 16.38 points,

or 0.1 percent.The S&P 500 is up 9.76 points,

or 0.5 percent.The Nasdaq is up 39.96 points,

or 0.9 percent.

FOR THE YEAR:The Dow is up 507.14 points, or

3.1 percent.The S&P 500 index is up

139.62 points, or 7.6 percent.The Nasdaq is up 295.52

points, or 7.1 percent.

L OT T E R E S

B OA R D O F T R A D E

WA L L S T. R E C A P DA I LY R E C O R D

75 YEARS AGOTuesday, July 25, 1939

-The Yankton Civic Music clubfiled a protest with the board of citycommissioners, at its regular meet-ing last night, against the proposedelimination of the municipal band asincluded in a report by a special“economy” commttee recentlyadopted by the city board.

-Discussion covering a varietyof subjects marked last nightʼsmeeting of the Monday EveningClub held at the city hall, attendedby only about a dozen persons, andthe only definite action taken was todesignate the swimming pool ques-tion as the topic for discussion atthe next meeting in August withE.D. Karr as chairman on that oc-casion.

50 YEARS AGOSaturday, July 25, 1964

-A burglary at the DX servicestation at 19th and Broadwaysometime during the night wasbeing investigated by city police this

morning. Chief of Police GeorgeRyan said entrance was gainedthrough an unlocked rear window inthe station. A number of used creditcards was taken, along with $95 incash.

-A pair of teachers from NewHampshire are the first “arrest ʻemand guest ʻem” tourists being hon-ored in Yankton this season underthe sponsorship of the JuniorChamber of Commerce in cooper-ation with local businessman.

25 YEARS AGOTuesday, July 25, 1989

-The Yankton City Commissionapproved an application for a Com-munity Development Black Grantfor funding a water main to the citylandfill.

-A meeting called by the statefor the next week may help decidewhether legal action is takenagainst the state regarding aHuman Services Center patientcharged in connection with twomurders.

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain fu-tures were mixed Thursday on theChicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for Sept delivery was 2cents lower at $5.2875 a bushel;Sept corn was 1 cent lower at3.6150 a bushel; Dec oats were1.75 cents higher at $3.26 a bushel;while Nov soybeans were 8.25cents higher at $10.8475 a bushel.

Beef was higher and pork waslower on the Chicago MercantileExchange.

August live cattle rose .50 centto $1.5655 a pound; August feedercattle was .07 cent higher at$2.1732 a pound; while August leanhogs lost 1.37 cents to $1.2320 apound.

2 BY 2; Red Balls: 4-8, WhiteBalls: 5-11

MYDAY; Month: 7, Day: 22,Year: 31

PICK 3: 1-2-2PICK 5;07-20-25-29-34

POUND COUNTSeveral animals are available at

the Yankton Animal Shelter. Formore information, call the YanktonPolice Departmentʼs animal controlofficer from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday at 661-9494, or 668-5210.

DAILY RECORD POLICYThe Press & Dakotan pub-

lishes police and sheriff reports asa public service to its readers. It isimportant to remember that an ar-rest should not imply guilt and thatevery person is presumed innocentuntil proven otherwise. When juve-niles are released from jail, it is intothe care of a parent or guardian.

It is the policy of the Press &Dakotan to publish all names madeavailable in the police and court re-ports. There are no exceptions.

ARRESTS• Anjanette Lopez, 43, Sioux

Falls, was arrested Wednesday ona warrant.

• David Little, 57, Yankton, wasarrested Wednesday on a warrant.

• Nathaniel Oorlog, 31, Yank-ton, was arrested Wednesday for aprotection order violation.

• Abel Martinez Hernandez, 22,Fordyce, Neb., was arrestedWednesday for possession of asubstance with moderate potentialfor abuse and unauthorized inges-tion of a controlled drug or sub-stance.

• Adam Uken, 41, Yankton, wasarrested Thursday on a probationhold, possession of marijuana (2oz. or less) and possession of drugparaphernalia.

INCIDENTS• A report was received at 1:08

p.m. Wednesday of a burglary inthe 500 block of Picotte St. A laptop

and coin collection were reportedstolen.

• A report was received at 2p.m. of a hay bale fire along SWJim River Road.

• A report was received at 2:11p.m. Wednesday of an internal theftat a business on the 2100 block ofBroadway Ave.

• A report was received at 2:27p.m. Wednesday of a possible sexcrime that may have occurred inYankton.

• A report was received at 3:13p.m. Wednesday of a domestic dis-turbance in the 800 block of east13th St.

• A report was received at 3:42p.m. Wednesday of a domestic dis-turbance in the 800 block of east13th St.

• A report was received at 4:25p.m. Wednesday of the theft of avoice recorder in the 2500 block ofFox Run Pkwy. The recorder is anOlympus valued at $500.

• A report was received at 8:54p.m. Wednesday of a gas can onfire in the 700 block of west 15th St.The fire was put out by an officerwith a fire extinguisher.

• A report was received at 12:14a.m. Thursday of two juvenilesthrowing rocks at a light pole in the1000 block of Willow Lane. The in-dividuals were spoken to along withtheir parents and it was discoveredthat they were throwing knives. Thejuveniles were turned over to theirparents.

• A sheriffʼs office report was re-ceived at 8:27 a.m. Wednesday ofa family dispute on Dakota Lane,Yankton.

CRIME STOPPERSAnyone wishing to report

anonymous information on unlawfulactivity in the City of Yankton or inYankton County is encouraged tocontact the Crime Stoppers tip lineat 665-4440.

long history of litigationagainst Johnson, contactedthe museum, arguing thatJohnson agreed to sell theguitar to him before it wasdonated. Johnson and Moss,both of whom live in Mem-phis, Tenn., are each listedas defendants in the mu-seum’s complaint.

The museum in court fil-ings argues that even if Mosswas the owner of the Elvisguitar before Johnson do-nated it to the facility, hisownership ended when themuseum acquired it. Thecomplaint states that if Mossfeels he was wronged, heshould sue Johnson for dam-ages.

“There are significant is-sues with his claim includingthe fact that this guitar wasapparently on display for anextended period of time inhis hometown and he madeno effort to go get the gui-tar,” the museum’s attorney,Mitchell Peterson, saidThursday.

Johnson, who played withsinger Isaac Hayes and theband John Entwistle’s Ox inthe 1970s, donated the Elvisguitar and other items to themuseum in April 2013, and inexchange received $250,000for his 1967 Gibson ExplorerKorina wood guitar. That in-strument was formerlyowned by Entwistle, who isbest known as a member ofThe Who.

Moss’s attorney, RandallFishman, moved this week totransfer the case from statecourt to federal court. Mossdid not return phone mes-sages left at his businesses,and Fishman declined tocomment about the specificsof the suit.

Records for a libel anddefamation lawsuit filed byJohnson against Moss instate court in Tennessee inJanuary 2014 shed light onthe collector’s dispute overthe guitar.

The lawsuit’s exhibits in-clude a payment agreementsigned by both collectors in2008, in which Moss agreedto pay Johnson $120,000 forvarious guitars including theone now on display at themuseum. Those records alsoinclude an email Moss sentto the museum in December2013 claiming ownership.

“Johnson did not have theright to transfer ownershipof that guitar in any way, viasale, via donation, via trade,via loan, or any othermethod,” the email stated.“(I) will not yet claim that theguitar is stolen, but I paidhim for that guitar 5 yearsago, and have been trying toget possession ever since.”

In an affidavit filed in thefederal lawsuit in SouthDakota, Moss claims that thevalue of the Elvis guitar is“well in excess of $75,000.”

Federal court recordsshow Johnson has not re-sponded to the lawsuit. Anattorney for Johnson has notbeing named in court filingsand phone numbers listedfor him and his business,Mint-Man, LLC, have beendisconnected.

Johnson’s donation to themuseum also included a ChetAtkins hollow body guitargiven to country pianistFloyd Cramer and laterplayed by Jerry Lee Lewisand Mickey Gilley, a 1966custom Grammer guitarmade for Johnny Cash, a1961 Kay Value Leader guitarsigned by blues legendMuddy Waters and one ofBob Dylan’s Hohner MarineBand harmonicas.

ElvisFrom Page 1A

OUR CLASSIFIEDS WORK FOR YOU!CALL THE P&D AT (605) 665-7811

Career Opportunities HighlightSummer Accounting Institute

VERMILLION — Thirty high schoolstudents from four Midwestern stateswere recent guests of the University ofSouth Dakota for the 2014 Summer Ac-counting Institute.

Open to high school sophomores andjuniors interested in pursuing careers inaccounting or majoring in business, stu-dents earned one college credit with thesuccessful completion of the SummerAccounting Institute. Students complet-ing the five-day institute were: AshlynO’Daniel and Zoe Cosato of Redfield;Lauren Schmidt of Deshler, Nebraska;Megan Erickson of Montrose; Bobbie-JoO’Neil of Balaton, Minnesota; ShelbyRiggs and Noah Thompson of Mitchell;Mark Ahlers and Christopher Jansen ofSheldon, Iowa; Kyran Medicine Eagle ofChamberlain; Lydia Homandberg of Slay-ton, Minnesota; Teddy Beth McMahon ofWisner, Nebraska; Raina David of Mount

Vernon, Iowa; Melissa Gunnink, Gavin Sa-lonen, Lucas Hoffman and Cole Harder ofSioux Falls; Hannah Person of Polk, Ne-braska; Viola Ishmael of Gayville; MattLeiferman of White; Katie Storm ofArcher, Iowa; Brook Benes of Lincoln, Ne-braska; Dominika Jedinak of CouncilBluffs, Iowa; Wade Weber of Emery; RyanStyles and Allison Odens of Vermillion;Farruzah Hutchison and FatmataCoomber of Grand Forks, North Dakota;Maria Schwader of Winfred and LeahRogness of Astoria

This year’s institute, which was July13-17, included field trips to a nationally-recognized public accounting firm andvarious regional businesses, as well asseminars and lectures featuring some ofthe area’s top accountants. Participantsalso explored career opportunities in ac-counting and finance, listened to facultypresentations and participated in fun

events, including a pizza party at PrentisPark in Vermillion, an afternoon andevening at Wild Water West in SiouxFalls, and bowling and movies through-out the week. Team and individualawards were also presented to campparticipants, and four students receivedscholarships to attend USD to study ac-counting.

Sponsors of the Summer AccountingInstitute included Deloitte; Eide Bailly;KPMG; McGladrey & Pullen CertifiedPublic Accountants; The South DakotaCPA Society; Ernst & Young; Daniel,Meyer, Casey, Peterson & Associates,Ltd.; Jones, Kramer & Haber, LLP; Dak-tronics; South Dakota Investment Coun-cil; USD Beacom Opportunity Fund; KetelThorstenson, LLP; Brandt, Solomon andAnderson LLP; Steven Sikorski; andWilliams and Company, PC.

USD Law School Names Associate Dean Of Academic AffairsVERMILLION — The Uni-

versity of South Dakota Schoolof Law has announced the ad-dition of Tiffany C. Graham asthe new associate dean of aca-demics affairs. Graham’s hir-ing is the result of a nationalsearch to fill the open positionthat resulted following the re-tirement of Tom Sorensen inDecember.

Graham was previously theassociate dean of academic af-fairs and a professor of law atthe University of La Verne Col-lege of Law, and an assistantprofessor of law at Villanova

University School of Law. Shehas taught in the areas of con-stitutional law, race and thelaw, criminal procedure, lawand sexuality, and torts.

Prior to entering the acad-emy, Graham clerked for U.S.District Judge Richard W.Roberts of the District of Co-lumbia, and spent severalyears working as a commer-cial litigator for a Los Angelesfirm. Graham’s scholarlyworks have focused on mar-riage equality and its relation-ship to developments in equalprotection and fundamental

rights jurisprudence, and herwork has appeared in variouspublications, including sec-ondary journals at the Univer-sity of Virginia School of Lawand UCLA School of Law. Hermost recent article appearedin the Rutgers Law Review.She is also a former boardmember of AIDS Law Pennsyl-vania, and was previously ap-pointed to the MagistrateJudge Selection Panel for theUnited States District Courtfor the Eastern District ofPennsylvania. She receivedher A.B. from Harvard and

Radcliffe Colleges and her J.D.from the University of VirginiaSchool of Law.

“Dean Graham fills an im-portant position within thelaw school,” said Tom Geu,dean of the School of Law.“The associate dean for aca-demic affairs is responsible forthe academic program withinthe law school. She will play akey role in leading the schoolof law’s academic programsand planning. We are pleasedand honored she chose tocome to USD.”