| February
15, 2007
Norman – Elizabeth Garrett, Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Law at the University of Southern California, has been named a 2007 College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumna. She represents the social sciences in the college.
Garrett graduated Phi Beta Kappa from OU with special distinction in 1985 with a bachelor of arts in history. While at OU, she also was active in student government, PE-ET, Omicron Delta Kappa and Chi Omega Sorority. She attended the University of Virginia School of Law and clerked for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and for Judge Stephen Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Garrett also worked as legislative director and tax and budget counsel for David L. Boren while he served as a U.S. senator.
She was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005 to serve on the President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. She co-authored Cases of Materials on Legislation: Statutes and the Creation of Public Policy, a leading casebook on legislation and statutory interpretation. Prior to joining the faculty at University of Southern California, Garrett was a professor of law at the University of Chicago and visiting professor at Harvard Law School, the University of Virginia Law School, Central European University in Budapest and the Interdisciplinary Center Law School in Israel. She is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the editorial board of the Election Law Journal.
Garrett currently serves as vice president for academic planning and budget at USC. She also holds the Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, Political Science, and Policy, Planning and Development there.
In addition to being recognized as a distinguished alumnae of the college, Garrett will present a free, public lecture “The Politics of Advice: Substance, Structure and Sunshine,” at 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, in the Heritage Room of Oklahoma Memorial Union, 900 Asp Ave.
Four OU College of Arts and Sciences alumni will be honored for their contributions at the local, national and international levels Friday, Feb. 23, during the college’s annual Kaleidoscope Evening. Other recipients of the 2007 College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award are John W. Saunders Jr., representing the natural sciences; Dick M. Lowry, representing the humanities; and Barbara Lynn “Lindy” Gans Ritz, representing the professional schools. GEICO will be recognized for exceptional service to the college by receiving the Distinguished Service Award.
For more information on the evening, ticket purchases or accommodations on the basis of disability, contact Darci Tucker at (405) 325-2347 or dtucker@ou.edu. |
