Memorial Notices
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In Memoriam: Harvey Goldschmid
Harvey J. Goldschmid, the Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia University, passed away today. He joined the Columbia Law faculty in 1970 and was an expert in securities and antitrust law and corporate governance. His career included a stint as a commissioner of the SEC. He was 74.
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In Memoriam: Henry G. Manne (1928-2015)
Professor Henry Butler at George Mason kindly shared this obituary: Henry Girard Manne died on January 17, 2015 at the age of 86. A towering figure in legal education, Manne was one of the founders of the Law and Economics movement, the 20th century’s most important and influential legal academic discipline. Manne is survived by…
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In Memoriam: Jeremy Blumenthal
Professor Jeremy Blumenthal of Syracuse University School of Law passed away last week. He was young and still early in a very productive career.
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In Memoriam: Warren Schwartz (1931-2014)
An early pioneer in law and economics, Professor Schwartz taught at the University of Texas and the University of Virginia, before joining the faculty at Georgetown University in 1979, where he spent the remainder of his career and where he was Professor Emeritus. I will add links to memorial notices as they appear. (Thanks to…
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In Memoriam: Jean Braucher (1950-2014)
Henderson Professor of Law at the University of Arizona, Professor Braucher was a leading scholar in the areas of contracts, bankruptcy and commercial law. There is a memorial notice here. (Thanks to Keith Rowley for the pointer.)
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In Memoriam: David Siegel
Emeritus Professor David Siegel of Albany Law School passed away last week. He was 82. Siegel joined the Albany faculty in 1972 and retired in 2007.
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In Memoriam: William Quirk
Professor William Quirk, a senior member of the University of South Carolina Law faculty, died last week. He was 80. Quirk joined the USC Law faculty in 1970 and was the law school's most senior active faculty member.
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In Memoriam: Sanford Kadish (1921-2014)
A giant in the field of criminal law, Professor Kadish spent most of his career on the law faculty at the University of California, Berkeley. I will post links to memorial notices when they appear. UPDATE: Berkeley's memorial notice.
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In Memoriam: Cheryl Hanna (1966-2014)
A scholar of legal issues related to gender, she was professor at Vermont Law School, well-known in Vermont and elsewhere for her public commentary on legal issues. There is an informative news item about her career here.
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More on the murder of Dan Markel
An unusually informative piece from a Miami newspaper, with new (to me) details about the murder and his acrimonious divorce. This bit, however, was rather surprising: But Markel also had critics, including some conservative bloggers and law-school skeptics who complained PrawfsBlawg failed to challenge the legal establishment. In 2012, Markel was the subject of an anonymous comment…
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In Memoriam: Dan Markel (1972-2014)
I am very sorry to report the horrible news that Professor Markel, a well-known criminal law scholar and theorist at Florida State, has died, apparently murdered during an attempted robbery of his home in Tallahassee on Friday. (The details are unclear at this point, I will post more as soon as I know more.) UPDATE: …
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In Memoriam: Gary Becker (1930-2014)
The distinguished economist had a profound impact as well on legal scholarship, including the work of many of my colleagues (he also, in recent years, held an appointment in the Law School). The Chicago memorial notice is here.
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In Memoriam: Peter Tiersma (1952-2014)
A pioneer in research at the intersection of linguistics and the law, Professor Tiersma taught for a quarter-century at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. The LLS memorial is here.
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In Memoriam: Alan Bromberg (1928-2014)
A leading corporate and securities law scholar, Professor Bromberg was a member of the SMU law faculty for more than a half-century. The SMU memorial notice is here.
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In Memoriam: Eddie Ohlbaum
Temple University Law Professor Edward Ohlbaum passed away last week. He had been on the Temple faculty since 1985. He was 64.
I only just learned of Barry’s passing, and I’m enormously saddened at the news. I wrote my PhD on his…