In Memoriam: Lovida H. Coleman, Jr.

Lovida H. Coleman Jr. passed away on January 5. She was 68.

Ms. Coleman received her bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1972 and her law degree in 1975 from Yale University. In Washington, D.C., she had been a partner at the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan. More recently, she was the director of RiskMetrics Group, a leading provider of risk management and corporate governance products. Ms. Coleman also had served as an international election monitor in Pakistan, Haiti, Chile and Paraguay.

An ALI member since 1990, she was a participant in several ALI projects, including Restatement of the Law, Employment Law, Model Penal Code: Sentencing, and Restatement of the Law Third, The Law Governing Lawyers. 

She served on RAND's board of trustees from 1997 to 2008. “Lovida Coleman was a passionate supporter of RAND's brand of objective research,” said Michael D. Rich, president and chief executive officer of RAND.“She constantly reminded us that integrity in everything we did was essential, not just in our research and analysis. She was a valuable and trusted adviser, an incisive critic and a very good friend.”

Read RAND's full tribute to Ms. Coleman.