News Release
October 2003
(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) – Two distinguished
Moravian College alumnae who are returning to campus to accept Alumni
Association Awards
on Friday, October 24, will present special lectures to the campus
community on Thursday, October 23. Both lectures are open to the public
and admission is free.
Judith Share Yaphe, Ph.D. ’66 will speak on “Iraq and
the Politics of Intelligence: How does an Intelligence Expert Do His
or Her Job and What Happens When Politics Intrudes,” at 4:00
p.m., in the UBC Room, Haupert Union Building.
April Major Esq. ’93 will present, “The Practice of Law
in the Digital Age: How do the Internet and other types of information
technology affect the rules that govern the practice of law?,” at
7:00 p.m., in the UBC Room. Her talk will focus on two areas of professional
responsibility: client confidentiality and the formation of the attorney-client
relationships, and the unauthorized practice of law.
Dr. Yaphe is a distinguished research professor at the Institute for
National Strategic Studies (INSS), the National Defense University,
Washington D.C., Yaphe is a specialist in Middle Eastern political
analysis, with a focus on Iraq, Persian Gulf, Arab, Islamic and regional
issues. Prior to joining the INSS in 1995, Yaphe served with the Directorate
of Intelligence, Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis at
the Central Intelligence Agency. Considered to be one of the most respected
authorities on Iraq in the U.S., Yaphe received the Intelligence Medal
of Commendation for her work on the 1990-1991 Iraq/Persian Gulf war.
Dr. Yaphe will receive the Moravian College Alumni
Association’s
Comenius Award at its 4th Annual Awards Ceremony on Friday, October
24, 7:30 p.m., Peter Hall, Moravian College. The Comenius award is
given in recognition of outstanding achievement or service in an alumna's
or alumnus' field of work. This is the Alumni Association's lifetime
achievement award and is the Association’s most prestigious award.
April Major is the assistant dean for academic
computing at Villanova Law School. After receiving her law degree
from Villanova in 1996,
she became director of operations at Villanova’s Center for Information
Law and Policy, a think tank dedicated to exploring the intersection
of law and technology and its global implications for modernizing legal
systems. From 1996 to 2000, Major served as manager and faculty director
of Project Bosnia, a project established to use modern information
technology to help rebuild the rule of law and civil society in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
She also helped promote the Global Democracy Project, which extended
the use of technology to help rebuild a system of law in nations such
as Russia and Croatia.
At the 4th Annual Awards Ceremony on Friday, Major will be granted
the Young Alumni Achievement Award which is given to an alumna or alumnus
who has achieved exceptional success in his or her profession and who
has graduated within the past two to ten years.
