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In Memoriam: Summer 2021

ALI regularly reports on the passing of members in its quarterly newsletter, The ALI Reporter. Below is the In Memoriam section from the summer 2021 edition.

Elected Members
D. Michael Lynn – Fort Worth, TX
Herbert S. Wander – Highland Park, IL

Life Members
David R. Baker – Birmingham, AL
Martin ...

In Memoriam: Drew S. Days III

Drew Saunders Days III passed away in November 2020. He was 79. An ALI member since 1986, his impressive career included his nomination as the first African American Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice under former President Jimmy Carter ...

In Memoriam: Jack Weinstein

Jack B. Weinstein passed away on June 15 at his home in Great Neck, NY, at age 99. 

He was an ALI member for 50 years, elected in 1971. In 2006, ALI awarded Weinstein the John Minor Wisdom Award. The Wisdom Award is given from time to time ...

In Memoriam: Mary Kay Kane

Mary Kay Kane passed away yesterday at age 74. She was elected to the Institute in 1978 and to the ALI Council in 1998, taking emeritus status in 2018.

"She approached every project, meeting, and decision with keen intellect and grace," said ALI President David F. Levi. "I ...

In Memoriam: Eugene B. Strassburger III

Eugene B. Strassburger III passed away on May 17 at age 78. Elected to ALI in 1978, he was as an Adviser to Principles of the Law, Family Dissolution.  

Strassburger served on the Pennsylvania Superior Court for the last 10 years. Prior to that he was a judge ...