Our guests on Wednesday are Col. (ret.) Charles C. Lucas, MD., Mr. James R. Grayshaw, and Mr. Norman Liss. Our subject is the Magna Carta, its current exhibit at historic Fraunces Tavern Museum, and how that pioneering human rights document became the forbearer of our present freedoms. Col. Charles C. Lucas, Jr, lives in Connecticut and is a practicing family physician with offices in Greenwich, Connecticut. He earned his BA and MD degrees from University of North Carolina. Besides currently serving as president of The Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York and Fraunces Tavern Museum, he is a member of many historic, military, fraternal, civic and social organizations, including the Baronial Order of the Magna Charta (pr: "Carta"), the Jamestowne Society, the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, the New England Society, the Pilgrims of the United States, the Military Order of World Wars, the Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York and others too numerous to mention.  He was elected president of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York in February of 2009 and since that time has launched an aggressive campaign to restore the nationally landmarked Fraunces Tavern building while overseeing the Museum's most ambitious exhibit yet: "Magna Carta and the Foundations of Freedom."

James R. Grayshaw, is a practicing attorney, who lives in Bayside, New York. He earned his BA from Long Island University and his JD from Brooklyn Law School. He has had a long career that first started from his days as a legal assistant. He was a Law Assistant to the Civil Court of the City of New York before becoming a Senior Law Assistant to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. He served for twenty four years as a Judge in the housing division of the Civil Court of the City of New York. He is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at Baruch College in the Management department and maintains a general legal practice in New York. He serves as the 1st Vice-President of the New York Sons of the Revolution. He also served and received an honorable discharge from the United States Army.  

Norman Liss is a practicing attorney who lives and works in New York City. He earned a BS and JD from New York University. He served with distinction in the JAG Division of the New York State Guard and is a retired Lt. Colonel. He has been a political and social activist for many years. Amongst the many campaigns he has participated in, he was involved early on in the Robert F. Kennedy for US Senate race and the successful reform challenge for Congress of Jonathan Bingham. Today he continues to represent victims of personal injury, medical malpractice and product liability. He has represented clients in the sports, theatrical, and commercial worlds.  He was instrumental in having the 3rd floor library at Ellis Island named after Bob Hope by an Act of Congress that was signed into law on almost one year ago, on November 24, 2008.

His international clients have included; the countries of Norway and Turkey, and he has represented American interests in Portugal and Israel. He has been a member and has served on numerous boards and commissions, which include the following: Honorary Chair of The Magna Carta Exhibition, the Bicentennial of the US Constitution, Chairperson of Historical Documents for Operation Sail, the Friar’s Club, AIPAC, NYC Advisory Board for the Handicapped, the Host Committee for the 1980 Democratic Presidential Convention, the United States Supreme Court Historical Society, among many, many others. He a member of numerous Bar Associations and has also been in various leadership positions with lawyer’s groups and has been deeply involved in all aspects of the American Jewish community. He listed in the Who’s Who of America, the World, and American law. Fraunces Tavern and Museum site can be found at: http://frauncestavernmuseum.org/magna-carta.html

 

Charles Lucas, James Grayshaw, Richard J. Garfunkel

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