In Memoriam: Jeffrey G. Sherman
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW — The Chicago-Kent College of Law community mourns the death of Professor of Law Emeritus Jeffrey G. Sherman, a one-of-a-kind professor who served as an institutional conscience to the law school for 32 years. He passed away recently at the age of 72. Sherman joined the Chicago-Kent faculty as an associate professor in fall…
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NWI.COM — Professor David A. Myers, 67 of Valparaiso, IN passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2019 accompanied by family, listening to The Rascals. Dave was born on Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Illinois on November 11, 1951 to Robert and Jane (Gustafson) Myers. Dave grew up in Clinton, IL and resided most of his life…
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CORNELL LAW SCHOOL — Renowned scholar, teacher, and mentor James A. Henderson Jr., the Frank B. Ingersoll Professor of Law Emeritus, died July 2 at the age of 81. A Cornell Law faculty member for 29 years, Henderson was considered a giant in tort law and products liability.
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CORNELL CHRONICLE–Robert S. Summers, a Cornell faculty member for 42 years, was best known as the co-author of “The Uniform Commercial Code” (West Publishing Co.), written with James J. White in 1972 and now in its sixth edition. Summers, Cornell’s William G. McRoberts Research Professor Emeritus in Administration of the Law, was 85.
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BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — Professor Emeritus Joseph Crea ’47, who taught at Brooklyn Law School for more than 60 years and was a passionate champion of students, faculty, and excellence in legal education, died Aug. 2, 2019, at the age of 104.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON — David Schuman, professor of practice at the University of Oregon School of Law, a former justice on the Oregon Court of Appeals and a deputy attorney general of Oregon, died Oct. 8. He was 75. A committed public servant, practitioner and professor of the law, Schuman began his 35-year legal career immediately…
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CLEVELAND.COM — Professor Emeritus Joel J. Finer passed away on November 2, 2018 at the Hospice of the Western Reserve in Westlake, Ohio, after a long illness and a short stay. He was a graduate of City College of New York and Yale Law School, where he was one of only six students to be…
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UC DAVIS LAW — Professor Floyd F. Feeney, a founding UC Davis School of Law faculty member and a beloved teacher to generations of King Hall students, died on January 8, 2019 after a short illness. He was 85. The Homer G. and Ann Berryhill Angelo Professor of Law at UC Davis, Feeney specialized in criminal…
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CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — The Chapman community mourns the passing of Lisa Litwiller, professor in the Fowler School of Law. Professor Litwiller taught Civil Procedure, California Civil Procedure, and several other law subjects to hundreds of Chapman law students over the years.
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TALLAHASEE DEMOCRAT — A gentlemanly giant of Florida politics and education, Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, former President of Florida State University and lion of the legal community, passed away Monday at age 85.
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