Paul R. Huard, CFO of the National Association of Manufacturers, died on November 29. He was 60. According to the Washington Post obituary, Mr. Huard received his J.D. (1969) and tax LL.M. (1974) from Georgetown:

He began his career as a claims examiner with the Social Security Administration before joining the enforcement division of the SEC in 1969. In 1972, he became a lawyer in the office of general counsel at the National Association of Manufacturers. Mr. Huard rose to associate general counsel at the association, and in 1977, he left to run a tax law firm as a sole practitioner. Rejoining the association as vice president for taxation and fiscal policy in 1981, Mr. Huard was promoted to senior vice president of policy and programming in 1993, and to executive vice president in 1999. He was chief financial officer at the time of his death. Mr. Huard was a member of a Friday night poker group of like-minded tax experts for 30 years.