Acknowledgments

• Author: Timothy M. Ravich
• Profession: Lawyer
• Pages: 13-13

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Acknowledgments

Gratitude is owed, f‌irst, to my students and colleagues at the University of Central Flor-

ida, particularly Michael Frumkin, Dean of the College of Health and Public Af‌fairs,

and Alisa Smith and James A. Beckman, current and former Chair of the Department of

Legal Studies, re spectively, for their friendship and enthusiastic support of my scholarship

and teaching.

anks a lso to Steve Dedmon, Professor and Associate Chai r, Department of Aeronau-

tical Science at Embry-R iddle Aeronautical University, for his example in the aviat ion law

bar, his friendship over the last two decades, and his constructive comments.

I am especially tha nkful for my family for their excitement and support of this project.