Mr. Thomas M. Hampson

THOMAS M. HAMPSON: RECIPIENT HAROLD HACKER LIBRARY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
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Thomas M. Hampson has received the Harold Hacker Library Lifetime Achievement Award for his forty-six year commitment to the Rochester Public Library and the Monroe County Library System. The award was presented at Rundel Library Foundation's annual Publisher's Circle Thank You Dinner on Nov. 15.

Mr. Hampson began his service to local libraries in 1965 as a trustee of the Friends of the Rochester Public Library and has been a tireless advocate and supporter of libraries ever since. He has served on the Rochester Public Library Board of Trustees from 1977 to 1997, was one of the six founding members of Rundel Library Foundation where he continues to serve as Vice-President. Monroe County Library System Board appointed him to a five-year term in 1992.

Mr. Hampson is a retired partner of Harris Beach, PLLC. During his 50+ year legal career he wrote the lease for the first Xerox copier, served for 40 years as general counsel to what is now Birds Eye Foods, defended a local bookstore owner's right to sell Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer and played a key role in the formation of the Genesee Valley Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. For 14 years, he chaired the Monroe County Fair Campaign Practices Committee.

For many years, Tom has hosted a weekly jazz program on WXXI Radio and plays drums with a local jazz group. Highly respected in the birding community, he has served on the Board of Directors of the Laboratory of Ornithology at his alma mater, Cornell University.
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Mr. Hampson is only the fourth recipient of this award, the first being Harold Hacker with the establishment of the award in 2002.

Thomas M. Hampson

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Thomas M. Hampson

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E-mail : thampson@harrisbeach.com

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Mr. Hampson, a member of the Business Transactions Practice Group at Harris Beach & Wilcox, has served as general counsel to a nationwide marketing cooperative of growers and to its wholly-owned subsidiary, a large food processing and distribution company.As general counsel, he has been involved in general business operations, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, environmental issues, contract negotiations, antitrust, and securities matters.He has also been involved in the establishment and operation of other agricultural cooperatives.Mr. Hampson also provides legal counsel on general corporate matters to a variety of businesses.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES :

Mr. Hampson is a member of the American, New York State and Monroe County Bar Associations.He served as chairman of the Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the New York State Bar Association from 1978 to 1981.He has also been active in the American Civil Liberties Union at the national and state level and helped found the Genesee Valley Chapter in 1963.In 1986, the local ACLU chapter awarded Mr. Hampson its Bill of Rights Award.

Mr. Hampson is a member of the Rochester Civil Service Commission.One of only five members on the commission, Mr. Hampson helps oversee personnel matters for the police and fire departments as well as for all other city employees.In addition, he served as the chairman of the Monroe County Fair Campaign Practices Committee for 12 years.

Mr. Hampson is an active member of the Philosopher's Club of Rochester, which he has served as president and secretary.He was a trustee of the public library system of Rochester and Monroe County for over twenty years.As a devoted ornithologist, Mr. Hampson has served as a director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association.He also hosts a radio show, Mostly Jazz, every Saturday and Sunday evening on Rochester's public radio station, WXXI.

Harris Beach partner Tom Hampson, who worked with Linowitz on Xerox matters, says Linowitz was "significant in shaping the development of Xerox, not technically, but in terms of marketing and public relations."
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"Xerox had the reputation of being the most squeakily clean, socially responsible company ever," says Hampson.

The films will be introduced by WXXI radio (1370 AM) jazz DJ Tom Hampson, who marks his 50th year on the air this June.

Carlsen Center also will import the fabulous baritone Thomas Hampson (Nov. 12).