Professor Curran Receives Austrian Commendation

University of Pittsburgh Professor of Law Vivian Curran was awarded the Grand Decoration of Merit in Gold for Services Rendered to the Republic of Austria by The Honorable Eva Nowotny, Austrian Ambassador to the United States.

In a special May 2 decoration ceremony hosted by Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, Ambassador Nowotny presented Professor Curran with this high honor, which was granted by the Austrian Federal President, in recognition of her work as a member of the Austrian General Settlement Fund Committee. Appointed by the U.S. State Department to this post, Professor Curran helped adjudicate claims filed by victims of the Austrian Holocaust seeking compensation for losses suffered at the hands of the Nazis.