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Steven Volk '57 Honored

DLA honored Steven R. Volk '57, Chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, at a November 5 luncheon at the Yale Club in New York. Funds raised by the luncheon support legal studies programs at Dartmouth.

Steven R. Volk, '57
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After Dartmouth and Harvard Law School, Mr. Volk joined Shearman and Sterling where he counseled clients in domestic and international business transactions. In the mid-seventies, Mr. Volk formed S and S's mergers and acquisitions group, which has grown from a few lawyers to over 200 today. Mr. Volk was S and S's Deputy Senior Partner from 1988 to 1991, when he became Senior Partner. In 2001, he joined CSFB, where he now serves as Chairman.

Mr. Volk's experience includes representation of: SmithKline Beecham in its US$76 billion merger with Glaxo Wellcome, creating the world's largest drug company; Viacom, Inc in its US$46 billion purchase of CBS Corp., the largest broadcast deal in history and Phelps Dodge Corp., the U.S.'s largest copper producer, in its unsolicited exchange offers for Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. and Asarco Inc.

Mr. Volk is a member of the Board of Directors of Trizec Properties, Inc. and a Director of Consolidated Edison, Inc. and ContiGroup Companies Inc. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the Dean's Advisory Board of Harvard Law School and is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

The Yale Club set a fine table for those attending to honor Mr. Volk.

Among those attending were:

Dale Christensen '69, Hal Rabner '64 and Sam Braverman '88.

Al Moncure '69 and Nels Armstrong '71.

John Meyer '69, John Mathias '69, Russell Granik '69 and Doug McKenna '69 .

Bill Kennedy '71 and Gary Brooks '70 .

Thanks go to Gary Brooks for the photos of this event.

Doug Simpson '70
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