HLS News October 2000

• Bebchuk in American Academy of Arts and Sciences

  Harvard Law School Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences during a ceremony at the Academy's Cambridge, Mass. headquarters on Friday, October 14.

• Shavell Named Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law

  Harvard Law School Professor Steven Shavell has been named the Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law. The professorship honors Samuel R. Rosenthal, Class of 1924, an estate and probate attorney, philanthropist and rare-book collector. Rosenthal died in 1994 at the age of 95.

• Armini Named Director of Communications

  Michael Armini has been appointed Director of Communications at Harvard Law School, a newly created position. Armini served most recently as Director of Public Affairs at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Prior to his experience at Harvard, Armini worked primarily in the political arena as a press secretary for a Member of Congress and for a gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts.