CATHERINE (KATE) THERESA DWYER, October 23, 1951-May 12, 2016
October 23, 1951: born to Mary Albe Dwyer and James Joseph Dwyer of Milltown, N.J.
Summer 1966: National Science Foundation projectTexas A&M University
Summer 1967: National Science Foundation project, Staten Island, NY
Summer 1968: Au Pair, Waterloo, Belgium
June 1969: Graduation from East Brunswick High School
August 1969-May 1973: Barnard College, BA, major in Economics, Minor in Drama; Senior Thesis on Wage and Price Guidelines under the Eisenhower Administration
November 1972: Kate and Terence Blackburn meet in Washington DC
October 1973: Kate and Terence are engaged and announce to her parents in November and Terence's parents in December
September 7, 1974: Marriage of Kate and Terence
August 1973-May 1976: J.D., Boston University School of Law (second year of law school at Ohio State University to be with Terence)
November 1976: passed the NY State Bar Examination (taken July 1976)
December 1976: Columbia University Graduate School of Business, M.B.A. Finance
January 1977: Admitted to the Bar of the State of New York
January 1977 – 1980: Associate Attorney, Mudge Rose Guthrie & Alexander, New York City
June 1978: moved to Montclair, NJ
September 22, 1978: daughter Allegra Anne Blackburn-Dwyer born
1980 – 1983: Staff Attorney, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., New Jersey
1980- 1987: Adjunct Professor School of Law, Seton Hall University, Newark, New Jersey (co-taught with Terence in all years except 1980)
July 2, 1983: Brandon Bartlett Blackburn-Dwyer born
1983 – 1985: Group Counsel of Financial Services Group, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., New York City
1985 – 1988: Vice President of Corporate Development, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., New Jersey
1989-1990: General Counsel, Genigraphics Corporation, Connecticut
1989 – 1996: Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, The BISYS Group, Inc., New Jersey
1994, 1995: Adjunct Professor School of Law, Seton Hall University, Newark, New Jersey
1996: Woman of the Year, New Jersey Executive Women Association
1996 – 1997: Visiting Professor, Institute of International Economics, Odessa State University, Ukraine
1996 – 1997: Consultant -- Curriculum and Program Development for School of Business Management, Odessa State University, Odessa, Ukraine
1996- 1997: Volunteer Consultant – Friends of the Odessa Symphony, Odessa, Ukraine
Spring 1997: Consultant – Reform of Licensing Requirements for Small Business Enterprises, Office of the Mayor, Odessa, Ukraine
Spring 1996: Volunteer/Specialist – ABA/CEELI Specialist Project in Support of Sophia Stock Exchange, Bulgaria
1997 – 1999: Director of Planning and Special Projects, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
Spring 1998: Consultant, Ministry of Finance, Moldova
Fall 1998: Visiting Professor, China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China
Fall 1998: Visiting Professor, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
Fall 1998: Consultant, Foreign Ministry of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing, China
Fall 1998: Consultant, China Securities Regulatory Commission, Beijing, China
1999-2000: LL.M. European Business Law with Honors, Pallas Consortium, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Thesis: Bulls and Bears in Brussels: Regulation’s Role in the Creation of a Single Securities Market in the European Union [Thesis Honors]
August 2000 - June 2002: Assisted in planning and design, and took full responsibility for furnishing and decoration of Grasshopper Grange, Mason Michigan
June 2001: Moved to East Lansing, Michigan
June 2002: Moved into Grasshopper Grange, Mason Michigan
2001 – 2007: Professor in Residence, Michigan State University College of Law, Co-Director, Foreign LL.M. Program (2003 – 2006)
2001 – 2004: Professor in Residence (Joint Appointment with Law College), Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business
2002- 2007: Faculty Fellow, MSU Center for European and Russian/Eurasian Studies, Advisory Board for Western European Studies (2005- 2007)
January - July 2003: Resident Legal Education Specialist, American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Summer 2004: Visiting Professor, Vytautus Magnus University School of Law, Kaunas, Lithuania
Summer 2004: Consultant – Adilet Law School/Indiana University Project under USAID Funding, Almaty, Kazakhstan
January Term 2005: Visiting Professor, University of Ottawa Common Law Faculty, Ottawa, Canada
Summer 2005: Consultant, ABA/Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative, Tblisi, Georgia: Needs Evaluation and Report on Legal Education in the Republic of Georgia,
January-July 2006: Fulbright Professorship and Legal Education Reform Projects, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
April 2007: Consultant - American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, Amman, Jordan
2008-2009: Visiting Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Chicago, Illinois)
2009 – 2012: Regional Country Director Central Asia, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, responsible for offices in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan and activities in Uzbekistan
2011-12: Professor of Law, KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
August 4, 2012: Wedding of Allegra Blackburn-Dwyer and John O’Neill
2013-14: Country Director, Tunisia, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, Tunis, Tunisia
September 13, 2013: birth of grandson Bennett Blackburn O’Neill
July 2, 2015: birth of granddaughter Sage Dwyer O’Neill
August-December 2015: Professor of Law, American University of North Africa
During her teaching career, Kate taught Law or Business in 8 countries: United States, Ukraine, China, Lithuania, Canada, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tunisia
where she taught at least 20 different courses
Business Enterprises; Agency and Partnership; Comparative Company Law; Corporate Finance; Corporate Counsel Seminar; Legal drafting Seminar; Negotiation and Drafting for the Entrepreneurial Company; Securities Regulation; Regulation of the Securities Market (for Business students); European Union Law; European Business Law; European Union Competition Law; International Trade Law; International Finance; American Constitutional Law; Introduction to the American Legal System; Rule of Law and Development; International Commercial Law; Business Ethics (for business students); Business Law (for Business students)
In addition to the countries in which she taught, she worked professionally in Hong Kong (before unification with China), Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, and Lebanon, spoke at conferences in Mexico, Italy, Jordan and the Czech Republic, worked as an au pair in Belgium and studied law in the Netherlands.
