Kenneth F. Kahn, founder of LRP Publications and publisher of Human Resource Executive magazine, has been awarded the 1997 Judge William B. Groat Alumni Award by Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
Kahn will be honored April 15 at a luncheon at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.
The Groat Award, named for the New York State Supreme Court justice who was instrumental in the founding of the ILR School and in drafting its charter, is presented annually to an ILR graduate who has demonstrated exceptional professional accomplishment in the field of industrial and labor relations and outstanding service to the school.
"Ken's professional accomplishments in the field of industrial and labor relations and his commitment to the ILR School, exemplified by his leadership on key committees, are most worthy of honor," said Edward J. Lawler, dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. "His dedicated volunteer service to the school, especially as chair of the ILR Building Campaign, has played a key role in making the new ILR building a reality."
Kahn founded LRP Publications in 1977 after a career as a practicing attorney specializing in employment law. LRP Publications is a $30 million publisher of newsletters, loose-leaf services, professional books, trade magazines, videos, directories, on-line services and conferences. Its flagship publications are Human Resource Executive and Risk & Insurance.
Recently LRP Publications and Human Resource Executive have entered into a joint venture with the ILR School to be the primary Web site index to all other human resource sites. The site can be found at http://www.workindex.com . In addition, LRP maintains a Web site on education administrators at http://www.lrp.com./ed and a new science and technology bookstore at http://www.scitech-source.com .
LRP Publications has more than 300 products and more than 350 employees located in offices in Horsham, Pa.; Alexandria, Va.; and West Palm Beach, Fla.
Kahn has been steadfast in his support of the ILR School. He currently chairs the ILR Building Campaign, which has raised more than $2.5 million toward the construction of ILR's new complex, to open January 1998. Kahn also chairs the Catherwood Library Advisory Council. He is a founding member of both the ILR Founders Fund (1976) and ILR Presidents (1986) and was a member of the ILR Alumni Association Board of Directors. He earned a bachelor's degree from the ILR School in 1969 and a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1972.