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Title: Bust of David Marshall to grace SMU court named after him
Source: Straits Times
Author: Leonard Lim
THE family of the late David Marshall has donated a bust of the country's first chief minister to the Singapore Management University (SMU).
The 1956 sculpture by London-based Hungarian sculptor-writer Peter Lambda will take pride of place in the university's law faculty moot court.
Mr Marshall's wife Jean said the university was a natural choice in the family's search for a long-term home for the bust, when they learnt that the moot court was to be named after him.
The 85-year-old, speaking after attending a private ceremony at SMU yesterday, added: 'We hope that present and future students in this campus will celebrate and be inspired by the qualities of passion, hard work, courage and integrity which marked David's life-time achievements and legal career.'
Mr Marshall, who had four children, was a top criminal lawyer known for his great oratory. The founder of the Workers' Party in 1957 was also one of the country's strongest advocates of self-government.
He was also Singapore's ambassador to France, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland for 15 years before retiring from the diplomatic service in 1993. He died in 1995 after a long battle with lung cancer.
A David Marshall Moot Court Endowment Fund will be established to support SMU's initiatives to groom legal talent, the school said yesterday.
Ms Jill Ann Koh, 22, a fourth-year SMU law student who has taken part in two mooting competitions, said: 'We've only been participating in mooting competitions for two years.
'It's a great honour to have such a distinguished name now associated with us, and it will lend a bigger name to our mooting culture.'
Professor Michael Furmston, dean of SMU's four-year-old School of Law, called Mr Marshall one of Singapore's most famous sons and a legal legend.
'The bronze sculpture will serve to remind us of the late Mr Marshall and the legacy he leaves behind,' he said.
Title: Bust of David Marshall to grace SMU court named after him
Source: Straits Times
Author: Leonard Lim
THE family of the late David Marshall has donated a bust of the country's first chief minister to the Singapore Management University (SMU).
The 1956 sculpture by London-based Hungarian sculptor-writer Peter Lambda will take pride of place in the university's law faculty moot court.
Mr Marshall's wife Jean said the university was a natural choice in the family's search for a long-term home for the bust, when they learnt that the moot court was to be named after him.
The 85-year-old, speaking after attending a private ceremony at SMU yesterday, added: 'We hope that present and future students in this campus will celebrate and be inspired by the qualities of passion, hard work, courage and integrity which marked David's life-time achievements and legal career.'
Mr Marshall, who had four children, was a top criminal lawyer known for his great oratory. The founder of the Workers' Party in 1957 was also one of the country's strongest advocates of self-government.
He was also Singapore's ambassador to France, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland for 15 years before retiring from the diplomatic service in 1993. He died in 1995 after a long battle with lung cancer.
A David Marshall Moot Court Endowment Fund will be established to support SMU's initiatives to groom legal talent, the school said yesterday.
Ms Jill Ann Koh, 22, a fourth-year SMU law student who has taken part in two mooting competitions, said: 'We've only been participating in mooting competitions for two years.
'It's a great honour to have such a distinguished name now associated with us, and it will lend a bigger name to our mooting culture.'
Professor Michael Furmston, dean of SMU's four-year-old School of Law, called Mr Marshall one of Singapore's most famous sons and a legal legend.
'The bronze sculpture will serve to remind us of the late Mr Marshall and the legacy he leaves behind,' he said.
