Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law
Obituaries
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Obituary of Edwin S. Cohen
Last Friday, we brought you the news of the death of Edwin S. Cohen, Undersecretary of the Treasury in the Nixon Administration and longtime tax professor at Virginia, at age 91. His obituary appears in yesterday’s Washington Post and today’s New York Times.
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Death of Edwin S. Cohen
I am sorry to bring you the news of the death of Edwin S. Cohen, Undersecretary of the Treasury in the Nixon Administration and longtime tax professor at Virginia, at age 91. I will share further details as they become available. In the meantime, here is a biography of Eddie from the Virginia web site:…
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Death of David Westfall
I am sorry to bring you news of the death of David Westfall, holder of the Carl F. Schipper, Jr. and John L. Gray Professorships at Harvard Law School, at age 78. From the Harvard press release: Westfall possessed wide-ranging expertise in labor law, family law, and estate planning. He was the author, co-author, or…
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Death of Kingsbury Browne
I am sorry to bring you news of the death of Kingsbury Browne at age 82. He was a prominent Boston tax lawyer at the former Hill & Barlow law firm, an influential conservationist who inspired the founding of the Land Trust Alliance, and an adjunct faculty member at Boston University, Northeastern, and Suffolk law…
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Death of Fred Peel
I am sorry to bring you the news that Fred Peel, Jr., Tax Prof emeritus at Arkansas-Little Rock, died on November 10. His long-time friend and colleague, Philip D. Oliver, wants to share his thoughts with the broader tax community: Fred was 87 and had been in poor health for the past three years. He…
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Shaviro on Remarks on David Bradford
Daniel N. Shaviro (NYU) has published Remarks on David Bradford, 58 National Tax Journal 371-72 (Sept. 2005). Here is the abstract: In tax reform circles, David Bradford is best known as a leading, or really the leading, consumption tax advocate. But he was an unusual sort of advocate. In law, we think of an advocate…
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Death of Meade Whitaker
I am sorry to bring you the news of the death on October 5 of Meade Whitaker, who served as a Judge on the U.S. Tax Court from 1981-1995. After practicing with Cabaniss, Johnston & Gardner in Birmingham, AL for 25 years (1948-73), with a brief stint as Tax Legislation Counsel in the Treasury Department…
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Tax Notes Tribute to Boris Bittker
Tax Notes has reprinted our Tax Prof Memorial Tribute: Boris Bittker as Tax Profs Remember Boris Bittker, 109 Tax Notes 119 (Oct. 3, 2005), also available on the Tax Analysts web site as Doc 2005-19746, 2005 TNT 191-41.
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Tax Prof Memorial Tribute: Boris Bittker
Last week, we brought you the news of the death of Boris Bittker (Yale), one of the true tax giants of the 20th century. Boris’s life and work influenced generations of tax professors, many of whom offer their rembrances below: Joseph Bankman (Stanford) Martin Begleiter (Drake) John A. Bogdanski (Lewis & Clark) Paul L. Caron…
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Death of Boris Bittker
I am sorry to bring you the news of the death last Thursday of Boris Bittker (Yale). As most readers of this blog know, Professor Bittker was one of the tax giants of the 20th century. His classic treatises, Federal Taxation of Income, Estates and Gifts (with Lawrence Lokken) and Federal Income Taxation of Corporations…
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Death of Dick Wellman
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. …
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Remembering David Bradford
Daniel Shaviro (NYU) has posted on his blog two tributes to David Bradford (Princeton): Dan’s tribute at Thursday’s National Tax Association meeting focuses on David’s tax policy work. The piece echoes his March 1 Wall Street Journal tribute. Dan’s tribute at a memorial service at Princeton on Friday is a more personal reflection on David’s…
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Remembering Maureen Cavanaugh (1955-2005)
Following up on our prior posts on the untimely death of our friend and colleague Maureen Cavanaugh (here and here), Penn State-Dickinson has asked us to pass along this information to the tax community: There will be a memorial service for Maureen on Friday, April 15 in Room 145 at Penn State-Dickinson in Carlisle, Pennsylvania…
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Remembering Maureen Cavanaugh (1955-2005)
As we noted here with great sadness on Tuesday, our friend and colleague Maureen Cavanaugh has passed away at the too-young age of 50. Maureen’s husband, Chris Plum, has graciously allowed me to share the following information with the tax community: Please feel free to send Chris a note to express your condolences and share…
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Death of Maureen Cavanaugh
It is with great sadness that I bring you the news of the death of our friend and colleague Maureen Cavanaugh at the too-young age of 50. Her Penn State colleague Bill Barker told me the news this morning and asked me to share it with Maureen’s many friends and admirers in the tax community.…
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NY Times Obituary of David Bradford
See David Bradford’s New York Times obituary. We all share Martin Feldstein’s view: "David’s creative ideas have profoundly shaped tax reform," said Martin Feldstein, the Harvard economics professor and president of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Death of David Bradford
I am sorry to report that David Bradford (Princeton) died today at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia from extensive injuries sustained in a fire in his home two weeks ago (previously reported here). From the Princeton web site: "All members of the University community are immensely saddened at the loss of our beloved colleague and…
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Death of Jerry Kasner
Jerry Kasner, a faculty member at Santa Clara for 38 years and a nationally-recognized estate planning authority, died at the age of 71. From the Santa Clara press release: Jerry Allan Kasner, a renowned law school faculty member, passed away on October 21, 2004 in Grass Valley, California at the age of 71. He was…
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In Memoriam: John S. Pennell
Senior Tax Court Judge Lapsley W. Hamblen, Jr. published a memorial tribute for John S. Pennell, who died on March 27, 2004, in 57 Tax Law. 855 (2004). Here is the concluding paragraph of Judge Hamblen’s moving tribute: We who have been fortunate to know and work with John Pennell are enriched and made better…
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Death of Paul Huard
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…
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Death of Georgia Tax Prof Larry Blount
Tuesday, May 4, 2004 Georgia tax professor Larry Blount died Sunday. He was only 53 years old. Professor Blount earned his B.A. from Michigan (1972), his J.D. from Cincinnati (1975), and his LL.M. from Columbia (1980). He joined the Georgia law faculty in 1976 and taught federal income tax, partnership tax, corporate tax, tax policy,…