The Irving and Selma Harris Distinguished Visitors series was established in 2000 to bring outstanding models of professional excellence to the College to engage students in conversations about professionalism, leadership, and civic responsibility.
Harris Distinguished Visitors
2012
Irene C. Keyse-Walker
Partner, Tucker Ellis
Alexandra Schimmer
Solicitor General of Ohio
2011
Judge Denise Cote
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
Justice Dana Fabe
Alaska Supreme Court
2010
Barbara J. Howard ‘79
President, Ohio State Bar Association
Principal, Barbara J. Howard, Co., L.P.A.
2009
Eric H. Kearney ‘89
Ohio State Senator, 9th District
2008
William J. Seitz III ‘75
Ohio State Senator, 8th District
Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Kathleen Brinkman ‘75
Porter Wright Morris and Arthur
Assistant U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Ohio (retired)
2007
Hon. William A. McClain
Judge, Hamilton County Municipal Court (retired)
William J. Keating, Sr. ‘50
Congressman, Ohio 1st Congressional District
Chairman, CEO & Publisher, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Chairman of the Board, Associated Press (retired)
2006
Mary Asbury
Executive Director, Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Stanley M. Chesley ‘60
Senior Partner, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley
Prior to 2006
Major General John D. Altenburg, Jr. ‘73
Assistant Judge Advocate General, Dept. of the Army
Bernard J. Bonn III ‘69
Of Counsel, Dechert, Price & Rhoads
Erwin Chemerinsky
Professor, University of Southern California
Del Stiltner Dameron ‘77
VP and General Counsel
General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems
Irving A. Harris ‘51
Owner, Harris Interests
Hon. Norman A. Murdock ‘68
Judge, Hamilton County Common Pleas Corut (retired)
Ohio State Representative
Gary Orfield
Professor of Education and Social Policy, Harvard University
Founding Co-Director, Harvard Civil Rights Project
Andrew F. Reardon’74
President & CEO, TTX Company (retired)
John M. Rosenberg
Director Emeritus, Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky
Milton J. Schloss, Sr. ‘37
President & CEO, Hilshire Farms (retired)
James L. Seal
Partner, Berkes Crane Robinson & Seal LLP
Pamela Shifman
Project Officer on Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in Humanitarian Crises for UNICEF
Ned B. Stiles ‘58
Partner, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton (retired)
David Stimson ‘77
Chief Trademark Counsel, Eastman Kodak
Daniel J. Westerback, Jr. ‘72
General Counsel, Santa Fe Railroad (retired)
John Yoo
Professor, University of California at Berkley School of Law