By The Chronicle
The School of Law celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, and after forty-one years The School has now been given a name. In honor of Hofstra graduate and Board of Trustees chair emeritus Maurice A. Deane, the school will now be known as The Maurice A. Deane School of Law.
After years of dedication to The University, Deane is contributing $20 million to the school that now bears his name.
Maurice A. Deane worked 26 years at the pharmaceutical company Endo Laboratories, and after its purchase by DuPont he served as President of Endo Laboratories for eight years. After his retirement, Deane went on to study at Hofstra and later became valedictorian at The School of Law. The Maurice A. Deane Award is now presented to the law school valedictorian at graduation.
Deane served as a Board of Trustees member 1982-2007 and as the chair 1989-1991, and in 2008 was named Chair Emeritus.
