1952

Michael Daniels

December 17, 2023

Daniels was a graduate of the College and served in the US Army during the Korean War, after which he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Japan. He practiced in the field of international trade regulation, founding the firm of Daniels, Houlihan & Palmeter in Washington, DC, and later becoming a senior partner in several international law firms. He was also founder and president of the International Business and Economic Research Corporation. He loved music and served on a number of arts-related boards.

Randolph Warden

December 18, 2023

Warden served in the US Merchant Marine during World War II and earned a bachelor’s degree at Ursinus College. He was a prosecutor and assistant district attorney in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and worked in corporate law before going into private practice. Later, he was a justice in Tompkins County, New York. An avid hiker, photographer, astronomer, and chess player, Warden was also active in Republican politics.

1954

Louis Cohn

October 5, 2023

A graduate of the University of Illinois, Cohn was a founder of Cohn, Lambert, Ryan & Schneider and practiced for more than fifty years at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. In retirement, he was an adoption counselor at the no-kill animal shelter PAWS Chicago, where he helped more than 900 dogs find homes.

1955

John Dahle

November 1, 2023

A combat rifleman in the US Marine Corps, Dahle took part in the initial landing on Iwo Jima in 1945. He earned a bachelor’s degree at Dartmouth College and a master’s degree at University College, Oxford. Dahle practiced law first in northern Minnesota and later in Colorado, where he was a civil trial lawyer at the firm of Grant, Shafroth, Toll & McHendrie. He loved skiing and other outdoor activities and was active in the Denver chapter of the Sons of Norway.

John Grimes

October 29, 2023

Grimes earned bachelor’s and MBA degrees at the University. He served in the US Army in Japan, working on war crimes trials, before returning to Chicago and joining the Corporate Trust Department of the First National Bank of Chicago. He was a patron of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1956

Bruce Collard

February 10, 2024

Collard was also a graduate of the College.

1958

Edward Berman

December 22, 2023

Berman held a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. He was primarily a sole practitioner specializing in trial and appellate work, and also served as an Illinois assistant attorney general and an attorney for the Illinois Department of Registration and Education. He loved traveling, sailing, classical music, and reading. Berman lived in Glencoe, Illinois.

Sanford Katz

February 10, 2024

Katz was a graduate of Boston University and served in the US Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He taught at Catholic University Law School and the University of Florida before joining the faculty of Boston College Law School, where he taught for forty-seven years. He edited the Family Law Quarterly, chaired the American Bar Association’s Family Law Section, and was a founder of the International Society of Family Law. Katz lived in Newton, Massachusetts.

1960

Perry Goldberg

June 28, 2023

Goldberg earned a bachelor’s degree and an MBA at the University of Chicago. He practiced securities and antitrust law at Specks & Goldberg, a Chicago firm he cofounded.

James Teborek

April 18, 2024

A graduate of Carleton College, Teborek served in the US Navy during the Korean War and retired as a captain in the Naval Reserve. He worked in private practice and at the Federal Trade Commission, and also taught business law classes. A voracious reader who spoke five languages, Teborek lived in Naples, Florida.

1961

James Malkus

February 24, 2024

Malkus was a graduate of the College. After earning his JD, he joined the US Navy and served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He was a partner in a San Diego, California, law firm before being appointed to the San Diego Superior Court, where he served for more than twenty years. He played tennis and golf, was a world traveler, and was active in his synagogue.

David Soukup

December 16, 2023

Soukup was a graduate of Iowa State University and a US Army veteran. While serving as a judge in the King County (Washington) Superior Court, he launched a program recruiting volunteers to serve as court-appointed special advocates for children who had experienced abuse or neglect. The effort grew into the nationwide organization CASA, now operating in forty-nine states and Washington, DC, with more than 100,000 volunteer advocates. Soukup later practiced arbitration and mediation law; he remained active on the CASA board and also served as a volunteer advocate.

1962

William Lee

January 20, 2024

Lee was a graduate of Yale University. After spending time in private practice and as a county prosecutor, he was named US Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana. He was appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan, serving as chief judge of the US District Court for the Northern District, and was the court’s sitting senior judge at the time of his death. He served on the Fort Wayne school board and multiple nonprofit boards and was active in his church.

1965

Frank Cicero Jr.

February 25, 2024

Cicero earned a bachelor’s degree at Wheaton College and a master of public administration degree at Princeton University. He was a litigator, partner, and finally senior partner at Kirkland & Ellis. An avid historian, he took part in the Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention and wrote Creating the Land of Lincoln: The History and Constitutions of Illinois 1778–1870, among other books. He was a trustee of the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and the Nature Conservancy of Colorado and served on the board of Chicago’s Newberry Library.

Bruce Feldacker

February 15, 2024

Feldacker was a graduate of Washington University and earned an LLM at Georgetown University. He served in the US Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps before starting a career in labor and employment law. He also served as a mediator, authored five editions of the Labor Guide to Labor Law, and taught courses on employment law, collective bargaining, and mediation at St. Louis University Law School, the George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Indiana University, and Cornell University. He was an avid art collector and a docent at the St. Louis Art Museum.

Kenneth Norwick

October 30, 2023

Norwick was a graduate of Syracuse University. A specialist in intellectual property, communications, and First Amendment law, he served as special counsel and consultant to the American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union and as general counsel to the Association of American Literary Agents. He was the author of several books, including The Legal Guide for Writers, Artists and Other Creative People.

1966

Duncan Footman

April 8, 2024

Footman earned his undergraduate degree at Yale University. After serving in the Peace Corps in Venezuela, he worked as a Legal Aid lawyer in Illinois and California before going into private practice and later joining the firm of Coombs & Dunlap in Napa, California. He was an avid bicyclist, reader, and music fan.

John Wyman

January 9, 2024

A graduate of Amherst College, Wyman served in the US Army. He clerked for Federal District Court Judge W. Arthur Garrity in Boston before entering private practice at the firm of Herrick & Smith. Later, he worked at Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo, specializing in litigation involving defense of product liability cases. He was chair of the Chestnut Hill Historic District in Boston, a classic car enthusiast, and a world traveler.

1967

Boardman Lloyd

May 17, 2024

Lloyd was a Yale University graduate. During his career, he worked at the firms of Casey, Lane & Mittendorf; Choate Hall & Stewart; and Harris and Lloyd. He was a gifted athlete who enjoyed sailing, skiing, ice hockey, and rowing crew.

1968

Douglas Fuson

March 16, 2024

Fuson was a graduate of Oberlin College. He was a partner at the Chicago firm of Sidley Austin, where he practiced as a litigator and was active in the firm’s pro bono program. His many hobbies included raising sheep, woodturning, playing racquetball, and indoor climbing. He was a resident of Middleton, Wisconsin.

1969

Wendell Adair

April 21, 2024

Adair was a graduate of Emory University. He practiced corporate law in Chicago and New York City before retiring to Sawyer, Michigan. He loved traveling in the US and abroad.

Steven Schatzow

April 1, 2023

Schatzow was a graduate of Yale University and earned an LLM at George Washington University. He practiced environmental law in Washington, DC, and was a skilled bridge player.

1970

Thomas Hanson

April 3, 2024

Hanson earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa. He practiced in Chicago for several years before moving to Des Moines, Iowa, and joining the firm that became Hanson, Bjork and Russell. He later joined the firm now known as Dickinson, Bradshaw, Fowler & Hagen. He served as president of the Iowa Defense Counsel Association and was a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He owned and operated a 160-acre farm near Rippey, Iowa, that included a wildlife habitat.

1972

Samuel Baker

December 21, 2022

Baker was a resident of Columbus, Ohio.

1977

Pamela Liddell

February 25, 2024

Liddell was a graduate of the University of Rochester. She was a tax attorney at Steptoe & Johnson in Washington, DC, and at Barley Snyder in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She founded a Montessori school in Lancaster and bred and trained dressage horses. As a rider, she earned bronze and silver medals awarded by the United States Dressage Federation. Liddell lived in Conestoga, Pennsylvania.

1981

Bryan Krakauer

May 16, 2024

Krakauer was a Duke University alumnus. He spent his legal career at Sidley Austin, where he became a partner, specializing in financial restructuring and corporate reorganizations. He loved to read, especially in the areas of history, physics, and mathematics, and was an enthusiastic traveler, skier, golfer, and boater.