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In Memoriam: Robert M. O’Neil

October 03, 2018
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Robert M. O’Neil, former president of the University of Virginia and the University of Wisconsin System, died at his home in Washington, DC on Sunday, Sept. 30. He was 83.

An ALI member since, 1998, Mr. O’Neil earned an undergraduate degree and a Master’s Degree in American History from Harvard University and an LLB from the Harvard Law School, going on to serve as Law Clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., of the United States Supreme Court in the 1962 Term. He served as President of the University of Wisconsin System from 1980-1985 and President of the University of Virginia from 1985-1990. 

UVA President Jim Ryan said of Mr. O’Neil’s passing, “He leaves a remarkable legacy. As a law professor, he combined deep expertise in the First Amendment with a love of the classroom, teaching a course almost every semester for 50 years. And as president, he helped make it clear that students from every background and walk of life have a place at UVA.”

Throughout his administrative duties, Mr. O’Neil continued to teach at least one course in constitutional law every semester. Over his 50 years of teaching law, he mentored hundreds of students and authored dozens of articles on academic freedom, affirmative action, free speech and religious liberty.

After his retirement from university administration, Mr. O’Neil became the Founding Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center, a non-profit, non-partisan research and policy center based in Charlottesville, VA, and served in that role from 1990-2010. 

A full obituary from UVA can be found here.

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In Memoriam: William H. Webster

Former FBI and CIA Director William H. Webster passed away on August 8. He was 101.

A retired partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in Washington, DC, and chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council from 2005 to 2020, Judge Webster was the only person to serve as director of both the CIA and the FBI. He was an active member of The American Law Institute for more than five decades and served on its Council for 31 years.

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In Memoriam: Victor Schwartz

ALI life member Victor E. Schwartz passed away this week. A long-time and incredibly engaged member of the Institute. Victor was currently serving as an Adviser on Restatement Third of Torts: Remedies, as well as on the Members Consultative Group for our projects on Conflict of Laws, Corporate Governance, Property, and Torts: Defamation and Privacy. Schwartz served in these roles on numerous completed projects as an elected and life member.

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