I am sorry to bring you news that Richard V. Wellman, Robert Cotten Alston Chair in Corporate Law Emeritus at the University of Georgia School of Law, died Friday at the age of 82.  A long-time teacher of Trusts & Estates, Dick is best known as the Chief Reporter for the 1969 Uniform Probate Code.  Until his death, Dick continued to serve the Uniform Law Conference in many capacities, as Executive Director of the Joint Editorial Board for Uniform Trust and Estate Acts, and as chair of numerous drafting committees.

The family has requested that anyone wishing to make a contribution in his honor should send it to the Uniform Law Foundation, 211 E. Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611.