2009 Alumni Awards Honorees
Lifetime Achievement Award, George C. Chapman, ‘62
This award honors an alumnus who has had a distinguished legal career and who has brought honor to The University of Texas School of Law through his or her service to the legal profession and to society. With this award, the Law Alumni Association recognizes that alumnus who epitomizes the highest goals and traditions of the profession: diligence, discernment, integrity, and a commitment to the betterment of our civic life.
George C. Chapman is a Senior Partner in the Litigation Department of Thompson & Knight, P.C. in Dallas. He has served three separate three-year terms on his firm’s Management Committee. He received a B.B.A. from The University of Texas in 1959 and an L.L.B. from The University of Texas School of Law in 1962. Mr. Chapman is a former member of the University of Texas Law School Foundation Board of Trustees.
Outstanding Alumnus Award, Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth, ‘67
The Outstanding Alumnus Award honors a graduate who has made outstanding contributions not only to the legal profession, but to society as a whole.
Judge Lamberth was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in November 1987 by President Ronald Reagan. He was appointed Presiding Judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in May 1995 by Chief Justice Rehnquist. Judge Lamberth graduated from the University of Texas and from the University of Texas School of Law, receiving an LL.B. in 1967. He served as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps of the United States Army from 1968 to 1974, including one year in Vietnam. After that, he became an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. In 1978, Judge Lamberth became Chief of the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office, a position he held until his appointment to the federal bench.
Distinguished Alumnus Award for Community Service, Cathy Lamboley, ‘79
Established by the Alumni Association in 1988, this award honors a graduate who brings conspicuous credit to the legal profession by exemplary service. The award recognizes superior educators, outstanding lawyers in government service, or those who have had a significant role as a community volunteer.
Cathy Lamboley is the retired Sr. Vice President and General Counsel of Shell Oil Company. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a secondary education degree and from the University of Texas School of Law where she graduated Order of the Coif. Ms. Lamboley joined Shell in 1979, and, with the exception of three years as Vice President of Commercial Marketing in Shell’s Oil Products business, she has spent her career in the Shell Legal organization. She currently serves on the University of Texas Law School Foundation Board of Trustees and is a founder for the Law School’s Center for Women in Law.
Honorary Order of the Coif, Max Sherman, ‘60
This award is chosen and presented by the Dean, acknowledging an alumnus of exceptional merit and extraordinary achievement in his or her career.
Max Sherman served as Dean of the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs from July 1983 until September 1997. Prior to his appointment at the LBJ School, he was Special Counsel to the Governor of Texas. From 1971 to 1977 he served in the Texas Senate, leaving in 1977 to become President of West Texas State University. He has a J.D. degree from The University of Texas and a B.A. in history from Baylor University. He currently holds the Chair Emeritus in State and Local Government at the LBJ School.