Widener Law alumni and their guests joined me for a delicious brunch at XIX, followed by an afternoon at the opera to see Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, PA on Sunday, October 11th. Following the performance we were treated to a personal backstage tour and a peek at wardrobe. We also had the opportunity to meet cast member, Roger Honeywell who played Pinkerton, and the conductor, Maestro Corrado Rovaris.
Today, Thursday, May 7th, a group of us (Vice Dean Patrick Kelly, and Professors Wesley Oliver, James May, John Culhane, Jean Eggen, Susan King, and Robert Hayman) attended the Delaware Historical Society’s 2009 History Makers Award Luncheon, where Vice President and former Widener Law adjunct Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was honored as the third recipient of the History Makers Award.
The event took place at the Chase Riverfront Center, and the Vice President took time to chat with guests in the lobby before the luncheon. Valerie Biden Owens spoke, giving her brother a wonderful introduction before Anne Canby, the president of the board of the Delaware Historical Society, presented the award.
The Vice President gave a riveting speech on how privileged he is to serve in this capacity and how he is more optimistic now then he was when he started more than thirty years ago.
There were hundreds in attendance and I had the opportunity to spend some time with a number of important Delawareans, including former Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner.
WDEL has a short video of the event.
