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Jeffrey J. Conn Receives Maurice Cleveland Waltersdorf Award for Innovative Leadership

Managing Partner Jeffrey J. Conn has been selected to receive the Maurice Cleveland Waltersdorf Award for Innovative Leadership from his alma mater, Washington & Jefferson College. In recognition of his rise to Managing Partner at Thorp Reed and his overall leadership position within the legal community of Pittsburgh, Jeff will be honored at a luncheon to be held on November 5, 2009.

The Waltersdorf Award recognizes outstanding alumni and students who attain a high level of achievement and exemplify the spirit and leadership qualities manifested by the late Dr. Maurice Cleveland Waltersdorf, who served as a professor and chairman of the Department of Economics at the College for 32 years. As a part of the Waltersdorf Award, one alumnus is honored each year for his or her innovative leadership in business, industry, education, government, or other professions where innovation is valued.