In Memoriam: Robert Sayler
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Robert N. Sayler, a renowned litigator who turned to teaching insurance and oral advocacy courses at the University of Virginia School of Law later in his career, died Wednesday. He was 82. Sayler joined the faculty in 1995 as the John A. Ewald, Jr., Distinguished Visiting Professor of…
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PENN CAREY LAW — Michael L. Wachter, William B. and Mary Barb Johnson Professor of Law and Economics, Emeritus, passed away on September 3. Wachter was a prodigious, award-winning scholar, an influential teacher who nurtured numerous high-profile careers, and a visionary builder of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s renowned Institute for Law & Economics…
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WBAL — Retired University of Baltimore School of Law professor Emeritus Byron Warken died on Monday at the age of 76. The law school said Warnken had been suffering from a neurological disorder. Warnken taught at the law school for more than 40 years before he retired in 2018. The Moot Court at the university…
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CORNELL CHRONICLE — Sherry F. Colb, the C.S. Wong Professor of Law, a pioneering scholar and prolific writer on constitutional criminal procedure, animal rights and sexual equality, died Aug. 25 at her home in Ithaca. She was 56. Colb – a beloved teacher, mentor and colleague, had an outsized influence on Cornell Law School and…
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO — The UNM School of Law mourns the loss of alumna Barbara Brown Simmons (’74). She was a woman of many firsts. Not only was she the first Black woman to graduate from the UNM School of Law, but she was also the first Black woman to become a member…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — David H. Ibbeken ’71, who led the Law School Foundation for 28 years and continued to work there as president emeritus, died Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 80. Ibbeken retired as president and CEO in 2007, but in all spent more than 40 years working…
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNEOSTA — Bruce Burton, a lawyer, law professor, and former Dean of William Mitchell College of Law, passed away on June 11 at the age of 83. Hailing from Fairmont, Minnesota, Burton graduated from Mankato State University in 1961, then taught high school English in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, and Long Beach, California, before…
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FIU NEWS — If Carlos B. Castillo ’88 ever doubted the impact his friend and mentor Dean John F. Stack Jr. had on his students, he realized it fully when he arrived at the 2011 Beef O’Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg with Stack at his side. As they approached the FIU alumni tent at Tropicana…
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NC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY — A celebration of life ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at St. Joseph AME Church, 2521 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC, 27707. The viewing will begin at 11 a.m., followed by her funeral service at 1 p.m.
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SAMFORD UNIVERSITY CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW — I am sad to report that Frank Donaldson, a legendary professor and dear friend of Cumberland School of Law, passed away last week. He would have been 101 years old this September. Joining the faculty in approximately 1962, Professor Donaldson taught at Cumberland a total of 43 years.
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