b'pleasureasIhadchairingtheConservancysgovernance. In addition to his active legal practice, Mill-board for almost 10 years. Nobody was upsetstein is a Lecturer in Law and co-chair of The Millstein when asked for a donation, whether big or small.Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership And because of it, the grass grew, the trees andat Columbia Law School. He was formerly the Senior flowers blossomed, and the kids and their par- AssociateDeanforCorporateGovernanceandthe ents rejoiced in the newly restored playgrounds.Theodore Nierenberg Adjunct Professor of Corporate You could see, hear, touch, and smell the workGovernanceattheYaleSchoolofManagement.A you did, and where the donations went. graduate of Columbia Law School, Millstein is a Life Trustee and former Chairman of the Board of the Cen-If 100 years from now I were to walk throughtral Park Conservancy, Chairman Emeritus and mem-the park and it was just as pretty as it is today ber of the Board of Overseers of the Albert Einstein as pretty as it is in Janets paintingsI would say,College of Medicine, Chairman Emeritus of the Board Thats great. We really did something, some- of Trustees of the American Red Cross of Greater New thing special, and something that endures andYork, and Emeritus Director for New Yorkers for Parks. brings as much joy to the millions of that futureMillstein serves on the Advisory Council of Transpar-generation as it does for us, and for me, today. ency International. He is a dedicated member of the Board of Directors of the National September 11 Me-I congratulate Janet on her beautiful work, butmorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. Most evenmoreso,admireherloveofthepark,recently, he has played a key role in the reform of New which shines through her art. York States numerous public authorities, serving at the request of governors Pataki, Paterson, and Cuomo, as Ira M. Millstein is a senior partner at the internationalchairman of various task forces charged with overseeing law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where hesuccessful implementation of the new public authorities practices in the areas of government regulation and an- laws. Millstein is also currently a co-chair of Governor titrust law, and counsels boards on issues of corporateCuomos NYS Ready Commission.'