Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is among the DePaul University College of Law graduates to be honored at DePaul's Annual Law Alumni Service Awards luncheon on May 13 at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel. Daley will be recognized for outstanding public service.

Also being recognized are Judge David Cerda of the Illinois Appellate Court, for outstanding service to the judiciary; John Martin Jr., general counsel for Ford Motor Co., for outstanding service to the business world and Edward Grossman, executive director of the Chicago Legal Clinic, for outstanding service to the field of public interest law.

"We are honored to have such a distinguished group of alumni this year to invite back and receive our awards, said Acting Dean Mark Weber. "It's a special pleasure to be able to welcome the mayor back to DePaul."

Daley is a 1968 graduate of DePaul's College of Law.

Cerda graduated from DePaul in 1955. Born in Mexico, he was appointed the first Latino judge in Illinois in 1965, was the first Latino elected a judge in 1966 in the state and the first Latino appellate court justice in Illinois in 1989.

He was a co-founder and former president of the Lulac Scholarship Committee, which has awarded hundreds of college scholarships to Latino students; was co-founder and first president of the Mexican American Lawyers Association and a charter member of the Mexican American Scholarship Fund, Inc.

Martin graduated from DePaul College of Law in 1961.

Currently he is vice president and general counsel of Ford Motor Co., joining Ford in 1970 as a senior attorney. He became assistant general counsel for antitrust and product litigation in 1976 and was named associate general counsel in 1977. Prior to joining Ford, he was associated with the New York firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine for eight years.

Grossman, who received his law degree from DePaul in 1981, co-founded the Chicago Legal Clinic that same year and has served as its executive director since 1985. When it opened its doors it was a storefront operation. This year it is estimated that the clinic will provide low-cost legal services to more than 8,000 clients.

In addition, Grossman was the co-author of the Illinois Senior Citizens Bill of Rights, adopted by the Illinois Legislature in 1993. This is the first such bill of its kind in the United States. He is also co-producer of the video "Aging: Some Legal Aspects," and is a member of the task force studying the elderly in the Cook County court system.

There will be a 11:30 a.m. reception, and a noon luncheon. Tickets are $35 per person, or $350 per table of 10.

Those wishing to attend should respond by May 5 to DePaul's Alumni Relations office at 312/362-8584.