Nov 21, 2008 -- David Rudenstine, author of the acclaimed book "The Day the Presses Stopped: A History of the Pentagon Papers Case" and dean of Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, was honored at the 2008 Alumni Association Dinner held at New York City’s Gotham Hall Nov. 10. Cardozo Alumni Association Chair Marc A. Lieberstein ’92C presented Dean Rudenstine, who is also the Sheldon H. Solow Professor of Law and vice president for legal education, with an award recognizing the tremendous growth the law school has seen under his leadership. Click here for a photo gallery of the event. The program featured speeches from prominent alumni including David Samson ’93C, president of the Florida Marlins; NY State Supreme Court Justice Dianne T. Renwick ’86C, Appellate Division, First Department; Randi Weingarten ’83C, president of the United Federation of Teachers; and Bonnie Steingart ’79C, partner of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, who also serves as a vice chair for the Cardozo Board of Directors. “I feel greatly honored by this award and am deeply touched by the feelings and affection it represents. Serving as Cardozo’s dean has been a special privilege and it has been profoundly gratifying. I am grateful to our alumni, faculty, administrators, and friends and supporters for their trust and support over the years,” Dean Rudenstine said. David Rudenstine was selected by the Alumni Association’s 50-member Executive Committee as this year’s honoree. During his tenure, Cardozo has undergone a dramatic physical renovation and has experienced remarkable growth in admissions, career services, academic programs and centers, faculty, student morale, parent involvement and alumni participation. “No dean has done more to bring alumni back to Cardozo and to make them an integral part of the law’s school’s daily life than Dean Rudenstine,” Lieberstein said. “His untiring dedication and commitment to Cardozo has left an indelible mark on all members of the community.” Dean Rudenstine, who was named dean in 2001, is the first appointed from the ranks of the Cardozo faculty, which he joined in 1979 before the first class graduated. He is completing work on "Trophies for the Empire: The Tale of the Parthenon Marbles," a history of the famous dispute between Greece and Britain. In 2000-01, he was an inaugural fellow in Princeton University's Program in Law and Public Affairs. Prior to joining the Cardozo faculty, he was a project director, associate director, and acting executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union; counsel to the National News Council; a staff attorney in the New York City Legal Services Program; and director of the Citizen's Inquiry on Parole and Criminal Justice, Inc., a not-for-profit research corporation. He is the primary author of "Prison Without Walls: Report on New York Parole" and author of "Rights of Ex-Offenders." He was a fellow in the New York University Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program and spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda. He received a B.A. and M.A.T. from Yale University and a J.D. from New York University. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws from St. Francis College in 2002, and in 2004, New York University School of Law bestowed upon him the Law Alumni Association Legal Teaching Award.