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In Memoriam: Edwin J. Dryer

May 08, 2019

Edwin J. Dryer died on April 28, at the age of 102.

Mr. Dryer was a dedicated member of the Institute for over 70 years. He regularly attended the ALI Annual Meeting, including last year’s 95th Annual Meeting at the age of 101. He was a member of the National Press Club, the Army and Navy Club of Washington, DC, and the Society for the Preservation of Old Mills. In addition to military service and his career in the law, he also operated a cattle farm in Browntown, Virginia, where he was recognized for his innovative water conservation projects.

Mr. Dryer graduated from Yale College in 1937 and Yale Law School in 1940. He became a partner in the Washington law firm Meyers & Batzell (1955-1965), then Meyers & Dryer (1965-1968), in the practice of energy and natural resources, as well as anti-trust law. From 1965 to 1983 he served as general counsel of the Independent Refiners Association of America. He was a partner in Foley & Lardner from 1980 until his death.

Mr. Dryer will is survived by his wife, daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren, and he will be remembered for his service, legal career, and dedicated conservation efforts.

Read The Washington Post obit here.

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In Memoriam: Allen D. Black

Allen D. Black, longtime ALI Council member and distinguished Philadelphia lawyer, passed away at the age of 82. ALI members will surely remember Allen as the presenter of the Boskey motion at Annual Meetings for nearly a decade. We will all remember him for his tireless service to the Institute and its mission, and for his brilliance, principled dedication to the rule of law and law reform, and collegiality.

Allen was elected to the ALI in February 1976 and to the Council in May 1994. He also served as ALI First Vice President. In his nearly 50 years of service to the Institute, he sat on numerous committees, served as an Adviser on the Restatements of Liability Insurance and Agency (Third), and was a member of the Members Consultative Groups for the Restatements of Corporate Governance, Unfair Competition, and The Law Governing Lawyers.

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