Oppenheimer Chair launched on United Nations Day
On United Nations Day (Oct. 24), Provost Anthony Masi and VP (Development & Alumni Relations) Ann Dowsett Johnston joined Dean Nicholas Kasirer in the Nahum Gelber Law Library to announce the establishment of the Hans and Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law.
The Chair, for which an has been announced, has been endowed through a generous gift from Dr Tamar Oppenheimer, OC, BA'46 (McGill), MA'53 (public international law, Columbia University), LLD'94 (McGill), who was the first Canadian woman to have been appointed Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Secretariat.
An exhibit highlighting McGill's distinguished and lasting contributions to international law and diplomacy was held in the library to coincide with the announcement of the Oppenheimer Chair and to mark UN Day at McGill.
Friends of the Faculty, students and professors were on hand to celebrate Dr Oppenheimer's vision and commitment to international law.
The Faculty of Law, which draws its undergraduate and graduate students from across the country and around the world, is an ideal setting for the study of public international law, given its comparative and international orientation. The Faculty has long been instrumental in shaping international law and in inspiring future diplomats and international public servants.
The Oppenheimer Chair will be part of a rich tradition in teaching and research in this field dating back to the first international law courses taught at McGill in the 1850s.