The award, the highest honor presented by the UB School of Law and the UB Law Alumni Association, will be presented to Lippes following the morning-long 20th annual Alumni Convocation, "Elder Care Counseling for Today's Practitioner."

Named for UB alumnus Edwin F. Jaeckle, the award is given annually to an individual who has distinguished himself or herself and has made significant contributions to the law school and the legal profession.

It will be presented to Lippes by UB President William R. Greiner.

Lippes, a distinguished attorney who represents businesses such as Mark IV Industries, a Fortune 500 company of which he is corporate secretary, graduated from the UB School of Law in 1964.

He also serves on the board of directors of Gibralter Steel Corp., National Health Care Affiliates, Niagara Envelope and Upgrade Corporation of America.

Lippes heads the university's Regional Advisory Board, as well as the law school's Dean's Advisory Council. He is a member of the President's Board of Visitors at UB and a trustee of the University at Buffalo Foundation.

Well-known for his tireless and enthusiastic efforts for his alma mater, he is equally active in civic, cultural and community-development organizations.

The focus of the Alumni Convocation on elder care counseling is particularly relevant since 17 percent of Erie County residents are at least 65 years old, rivaling the percentage of elderly living in Florida.

Topics to be discussed include accessing services, paying for care, application and appeals processes and advising elderly clients.

Speakers on the program include David Dunkelman, president of The Weinberg Campus, Amherst; Mark E. Hamister, president and CEO of National Health Care Affiliates Inc.; the Hon. Barbara Howe, New York State Supreme Court Justice, Eighth Judicial District; UB law professors Kenneth F. Joyce and Anthony H. Szczygiel; Karen L. Nicolson, Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled or Disadvantaged of Western New York Inc. and David R. Pfalzgraf, Esq., of the law firm of Renda, Pares & Pfalzgraf.

Corporate underwriters of the convocation are Marine Midland Bank and National Health Care Affiliates, benefactors; Harold C. Brown & Co. Investment Services, patron; Independent Health, sponsor; Ticor Title Guarantee, donor. The Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co. also contributed.

For more information about the program call the UB Law Alumni Association office, 645-2107.