Zolie and Doris Gilgus will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 6. They were married at the Gatesworth Hotel in St. Louis, Mo., with Rabbi Jacobs officiating. They have four children, Stephanie and Richard Gatewood, Susan and Tim Peavler, Steve and Jill Gilgus and Sherry and David Worth, and nine grandchildren.
Steve and Debbie Graham, Leawood, announce the engagement of their son, Jonathan David Graham, to Jori Dara Fox, daughter of John and Lisa Fox, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late William and Ilsa West and the late Frank and Marjorie Kiefer Fox. She attended the University of Illinois, earning a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. She is currently employed as a middle school teacher in Skokie, Ill.
The future groom is the grandson of the late Martie and Helen Graham and Elizabeth Glick Sugar and the late Joshua Glick. He attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in economics. He is currently employed in commercial real estate in Chicago.
A Nov. 19 wedding at the Hyatt Regency in Cincinnati is planned.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Gershon of Overland Park announce the engagement of their son, Joseph Bradley Gershon, to Allison Gould Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown of Mission Hills.
The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bloch and Mrs. Milton Brown of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and the late Mr. Brown. She attended the University of Kansas and was a Jewel Ball debutante in 2003.
The future groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gershon and Harriet Siess and the late Mr. Alvin Siess. He attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City, earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He is currently employed at Arrow Fabricare Services, Kansas City, Mo.
An Oct. 1 wedding on Aspen Mountain is planned.
Russ and Sarah Mondry of Leawood announce the birth July 20 of a son, Louis Mark Mondry. They are also the parents of Max, Jacob, Ben, Sally and Mia. Grandparents are Don and Harriet Boresow of Overland Park, Florence Mondry of New York and Sam Mondry of Costa Rica. Great-grandmother is Lola Mondry of Miami Beach, Fla.
Robert Reicher Rosenthal, St. Joseph, Mo., was born on July 25, 1936, and will soon celebrate his 75th birthday with a family dinner in Kansas City. His family includes his wife, Cathie Rosenthal; daughters, Maggie Ross and Dana (Brian) Campbell; and grandchildren, Brad Staples, Zachary Ross, Joshua Campbell and Samantha Campbell. His daughter Dana says her father’s 75 years have been filled with “close family, good friends, cars, hats, traditions, cars, grandchildren, cats and cars.”
Jeremy Borowick is the recipient of one of 52 $10,000 merit-based scholarships sponsored by the Public Accounting Oversight Board. The PCAOB was established by Congress primarily to oversee the audits of public companies to ensure accurate, independent audit reports. The scholarship fund encourages outstanding students to pursue a career in auditing.
Additionally, this year Borowick was awarded the Financial Executive International Academic Award by the Kansas City Chapter for Scholastic Attainments, interest in activities and promise of future success in the field of accounting/finance, and the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants LEAP Scholarship for outstanding achievement in academics and leadership.
Borowick is a graduate student at the University of Missouri and will be graduating in May 2012 with his master’s degree in accountancy. He is an accounting teaching assistant for the academic school year 2011-2012 and is the son of Jerry and Karen Borowick.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon partner Harvey Kaplan has been named for the fourth consecutive year as “Who’s Who Legal’s” Global Product Liability Lawyer of the Year.
In announcing this award in the 2011 edition of “Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers,” Editor-in-Chief Callum Campbell said, “Winning the Who’s Who Legal Product Liability Lawyer of the Year Award for a fourth time is an outstanding achievement. Harvey Kaplan received universally positive feedback from our sources across the globe, and we are delighted to once again declare him the leading lawyer in the world for product liability defense.”
Kaplan, who serves as chair of SHB’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation Division, represents many multinational companies in significant litigation. Kaplan’s clients include some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as companies in other industries.
“Who’s Who Legal” is among a group of prestigious national and international publications that have consistently recognized Kaplan as among the very best in his field.
In the 2011 edition of “Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,” Kaplan was listed in Band One as one of only seven leading individuals in its Nationwide Product Liability and Mass Torts section; and he was also included among the “Chambers” publication’s elite group of pharmaceutical product liability litigation “Stars.” Chambers called Kaplan “a highly knowledgeable and effective product liability defense lawyer.”
In its recent guide, “The Legal 500 US” (2011) ranked Kaplan among the very best in the nation, saying he is “a prominent veteran” who is “praised highly for his outstanding trial and litigation skills.”
In 2011, Kaplan was again included in “Lawdragon 500: Leading Lawyers in America.” This guide, the only publication to exclusively recognize the top 500 lawyers in the United States, pointed out that “the accolades keep coming for Kaplan, who remains the nation’s top defense-side choice for bet-the-company litigation related to pharmaceutical and medical devices.”
Legal Media Group, publisher of the “Guide to the World’s Leading Product Liability Lawyers,” named Kaplan one of its National Litigation Stars, as well as its World’s Leading Product Liability Lawyer of the Year in 2010.
In recent months, “Law360” recognized Kaplan as one of the nation’s “Most Admired Product Liability Attorneys,” singling him out for his “vital role in securing defense verdicts for some of the leading players in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry during the past 40 years.” (September 2010) “Kaplan has proven his ability to win favorable results for his clients in complex cases,” “Law360” continued.
These recognitions are capped with additional honors in the 2011 editions of “The Best Lawyers in America” and “Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers,” both of which have for many years recognized Kaplan for his advocacy skills.
Dr. Steven and Sandy Rosenak announce the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Spencer Cohen Rosenak, on Saturday, May 21, at Temple B’Nai Sholem, St. Joseph, Mo. Spencer is the grandson of Sidney and Beverly Burnstein Cohen, St. Joseph, and the nephew of Karen and Scott Bronston, Lenexa. Rabbi Scott White officiated.
Bob and Beverly Friedman will celebrate their 68th wedding anniversary on July 18. A family reunion is planned with their children, Dr. Allan and Nancy Reichman, Overland Park, and Steve and Donna Hess, Irvington, N.Y., and grandchildren, Michael Reichman, Boston, Mara and Mark Lambert, Overland Park, Warren Hess, New York, and Leah Hess, Boston.
Jerome C. Duggan of Kansas City and Jane Pollock Duggan of Prairie Village announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Neiman Duggan, to Dr. Amir Chaim Marouni, son of Herzl and Linda Marouni of Houston.
The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Jerry and Dorothy Duggan of Kansas City and the late Dr. Leo and Adele Pollock of Mission Hills. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in healthcare quality and patient safety from Northwestern University in Chicago. She is currently employed as the patient safety leader in Quality Strategies at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
The future groom is the grandson of Molouk and the late Yadollah Marouni of Tel Aviv, Israel, and the late Jerry and Ruth Broth of Houston. He earned bachelor’s degrees in economics and molecular biology and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Amir is currently a pulmonary and critical care fellow at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
A spring wedding is planned.
