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In Memoriam

Carper W. Buckley, JD '37
Oct. 15, 1994

Alfred Dumas, JD '38
Dec. 25, 2010
Alexandria, Va.

Marion Edward Gardner, JD '38
Dec. 14, 2010
Salyersville, Ky.

George J. Moran, JD '38
July 31, 2008
Glen Carbon, Ill.

Donald Nyrop, JD '39
Nov. 16, 2010
Edina, Minn.

Frank Neuhauser, JD '40
March 1, 2011
Silver Spring, Md.

Dudley Skinker, JD '40
Jan. 1, 2011
Gaithersburg, Md.

George H. Fela, JD '42
April 24, 2010

Ernest U. Sandoval, JD '42
April 11, 1991
Walsenburg, Colo.

Jack A. Hillman, JD '50
Jan. 18, 2009

Michael T. Nershi, JD '50
Jan. 28, 2011
Jefferson, N.Y.

Walter Francis O'Connor, MA '49, JD '50
Feb. 16, 2011
Penascola, Fla.

Richard A. Trammell, JD '50
April 7, 2010
Washington, D.C.

Paul Dembling, JD '51
May 16, 2011
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Lucy B. Henson, JD '53
Jan. 17, 2011
Timonium, Md.

Donald Fraser, JD '54
Dec. 28, 2010
Fort Myers, Fla.

Donald M. Seltzer, JD '54
March 13, 2011
Pineville, N.C.

Roger S. Reist, JD '56
Lancaster. Pa.
Dec. 9, 2010

John TeSelle, LLM '57
Nov. 21, 2010
Norman, Okla.

Donald D. Bosben, JD '58
Dec. 28, 2008
Fairfax, Va.

Robert Frederick Ziems, JD '58
Oct. 1, 2009

Leo Malossi, JD '59
Jan. 3, 2011
Glenville, N.Y

Fred A. Keire, JD '61
Jan. 12, 2011
Greenwich, Conn.

Dan S. Hollon, JD '62
Aug. 23, 2010
Vienna, Va.

Thomas W. Flynn, JD '63
Feb. 3, 2011
Cincinnati, Ohio

Melvin A. Klein, JD '64
Oct. 7, 2009

Marion A. Falwell, JD '69
Aug. 5, 2009

Charles H. Barr, JD '71
Nov. 14, 2010

Dan Stewart Murrell, JD '71
Dec. 5, 2010
Memphis, Tenn.

John M. Kern, JD '73
Feb. 28, 2011
San Francisco, Calif.

Phillip Michael Keating, JD '84
Jan. 18, 2011
Arlington, Va.

Robert "Bob" Jacobs, JD '86
Feb. 14, 2011
Cleveland, Ohio

Richard Ciacci, JD '94
Nov. 6, 2010
New Rochelle, N.Y.

Laura Eberts, JD '07
March 21, 2011

Rita Tewari, BA '97, JD '02
May 11, 2011
Alexandria, Va.

Faculty

James H. Falk Jr.
Professorial Lecturer in Law
Nov. 7, 2010
Great Falls, Va.

Donald P. Rothschild

The GW Law community remembers with gratitude the life of Donald P. Rothschild, who served as a professor at the Law School for 23 years and retired emeritus with a distinguished research chair named in his honor. Professor Rothschild, a renowned labor arbitrator who taught labor, employment, and disability law, was among the pioneers of clinical legal education in the U.S. He passed away Feb. 28 in Fort Myers, Fla.

Professor Rothschild played a key role in establishing the Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics at GW in the 1970s, and founded Consumer H-E-L-P, an organization engaged in litigation, advocacy, research, and publishing activities on behalf of consumers. He wrote several books on labor and consumer law, as well as memoirs and a novel. After leaving GW Law, he taught at New York Law School, was a partner at Tillinghast, Collins & Graham, and was general counsel for the Groden Network.