In memoriam: John Bernard Marshall
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — John Bernard Marshall, age 97, peacefully passed away on September 25, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. Born August 2, 1927, in Omaha, Nebraska, John was the son of Reverend Benjamin H. Marshall and Bessie May Hatch Marshall and the brother of Marian Marshall Schumacher.
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PACE UNIVERSITY — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that the 2024 Ottinger Award for Faculty Achievement has been awarded to Professor Vanessa Merton posthumously.
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INDIANA PUBLIC MEDIA — Robert H. McKinney died Sept. 29. The 98-year-old was the namesake of the IU Indianapolis law school. He died at home in Walloon Lake, Mich., with family beside him. Law dean Karen Bravo said in a press release that the IU graduate changed the school.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO — Willis (Bill) Ellis, esteemed Professor Emeritus of the School of Law, passed away on August 20, 2024, at the age of 96. In 1945, Professor Emeritus Ellis enlisted in the Navy and served as a Hospital Corpsman. After his military service, he pursued higher education at Wabash College, where…
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NYU LAW — Donald Sturm LLM ’60, a Graduate Tax Program alumnus who went on to achieve remarkable success in the construction, energy, banking, and real estate sectors, died on August 17 at age 92. The founder of ANB Bank, Sturm led numerous corporate acquisitions, first as an officer and director of Peter Kiewet Sons’ (PKS) and…
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LAW.COM — Leonard Packel, of Philadelphia and Wynnewood, died peacefully on Monday at the age of 89, according to an obituary by the family. He was born in Philadelphia on April 7, 1935, to Benjamin and Frances Packel. Packel graduated from West Philadelphia High School where he won a medal for best student-athlete of his…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Emeritus Earl C. Dudley Jr. ’67, who spent 22 years as a litigator before adding 26 more teaching at the University of Virginia School of Law, died Saturday. He was 83. A star student when he graduated from the Law School, Dudley clerked at the U.S. Supreme…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Frederick Schauer, a world-renowned legal philosopher and scholar of freedom of speech, constitutional theory, evidence and jurisprudence at the University of Virginia School of Law, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 78.
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UCONN TODAY — UConn Law Professor Emeritus Nicholas Wolfson, an expert in economics and the First Amendment, died on August 14, 2024. He was 92. Wolfson taught courses on freedom of speech, securities regulation and corporate law at the UConn School of Law for 27 years, from 1972 to 1999, and retired as the George…
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — George Latimer, who served as dean of Hamline University School of Law after stepping down as the longest-serving mayor in St. Paul history, died in the early morning on Sunday, Aug. 18, at age 89.
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