Category Archives: Deaths

From the University of Oregon, here: Barbara Bader Aldave passed on May 23, 2023, at the age of 84, in Eugene, Oregon. Born December 28, 1938, Aldave earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Stanford University before earning her law … Continue reading →

From the NCCU Chancellor, here: Dear NCCU Community:  A celebration of life ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at St. Joseph AME Church, 2521 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC, 27707. The viewing will begin at 11 a.m., followed by … Continue reading →

Browne Lewis, the Dean of NCCU Law, died suddenly while attending a conference on June 2, 2022. Here is the announcement from the NCCU Chancellor: It is with profound sadness that I announce the sudden passing of Atty. Browne C. … Continue reading →

Rest in peace and power, Professor Guinier. You will be missed. The New York Times obituary is here. Harvard’s notice is here.  

Stanford Law School has posted a wonderful tribute here. An excerpt follows: “Deborah was a pioneering woman on the Stanford faculty when she joined the law school in 1979. A beloved teacher and mentor to many, she will be missed by … Continue reading →

  Via colleagues at Stanford and elsewhere, we have received sad news of the passing of Professor Deborah Rhode.  Professor Rhode was a friend and mentor to so many feminist law professors and others. Here is information from her faculty … Continue reading →

From colleagues at Wisconsin, I just learned of the death of Feminist Law Prof Margo Melli (Wisconsin) earlier this year.  Here is an excerpt from her obituary: Marygold “Margo” Shire Melli, age 91, a Voss-Bascom Professor of Law Emerita at … Continue reading →

Feminist Law Prof Pamela Bridgewater has died after a long illness.  Al Brophy has some details here, and there is a lovely remembrance here. May her memory be a blessing. -Bridget Crawford

Jo Ann Harris, the first woman to head the DOJ’s criminal division, died yesterday of lung cancer.  Ms. Harris was a visiting scholar at Pace Law School and the architect of our school’s Federal Judicial Honors Program.  Ms. Harris also … Continue reading →

Vermont Law School’s website is hosting a memorial page/on-line “Remembrance Journal” here for Cheryl Hanna: Professor Cheryl Hanna was a beloved teacher and role model to many within and beyond the Vermont Law School community. Her untimely death is a … Continue reading →

Professor Cheryl Hanna (Vermont) has died. Vermont Dean Marc Mihaly sent an email to the Vermont Law School community earlier today.  It stated in part: It is with the most profound sorrow that we announce the untimely death of our … Continue reading →

Karyn Washington, founder of the “For Brown Girls” website, has died at age 22.  For those who aren’t familiar with it, the purpose of the website is “to celebrate the beauty of dark skin while combating colorism and promoting self … Continue reading →

Villanova Law Professor Penelope (Penny) Pether died on September 10, 2013. Penelope Pether, 55, of Haverford, a law professor at Villanova University, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, of cancer at Pennsylvania Hospital. Dr. Pether was a widely published legal scholar, specializing … Continue reading →

My Pace Law School colleague Gary Munneke died unexpectedly over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Here is an excerpt from the Law School’s announcement: Professor Munneke was a prolific speaker and writer, authoring law review and journal articles as well as chapters … Continue reading →

Feminist writer Shulamith Firestone, author of The Dialectic of Sex, died this month.  Here is an excerpt from her obituary published in the New York Times: Shulamith Firestone…was found dead on Tuesday in her apartment in the East Village neighborhood … Continue reading →

Aaronette White (Psychology, UC Santa Cruz) died last week.  She was the author of Dr.  African Americans Doing Feminism: Putting Theory Into Everyday Practice (State University of New York Press, 2010) and Ain’t I a Feminist? African American Men Speak … Continue reading →

From the University of Denver College of Law: University of Denver professor Ann C. Scales died June 24 in Denver Hospice, the result of a brain injury sustained following a fall in her home. She was 60. Scales came to … Continue reading →

Professor Ann Scales died on Sunday, June 24, 2012 after injuries sustained in an accident. May her memory be a blessing. At this time, plans for a memorial service are tentative.  I will post any information I receive. -Bridget Crawford

Adrienne Rich died this afternoon.  Here is her preliminary obituary from the LA Times: Adrienne Rich, a pioneering feminist poet and essayist who challenged what she considered to be the myths of the American dream, has died. She was 82. … Continue reading →

Professor Jane Larson died December 24, 2011, at her home in Madison, Wisconsin. She was a noted feminist legal historian on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Colleagues around the country are expressing their shock and sorrow … Continue reading →

The NYT obituary is here. May his memory be a blessing.  May he rest in peace. -Bridget Crawford

Professor Sara Ruddick (Philosophy, New School) died last month.  Here is a portion of her obituary from the New York Times. Sara Ruddick, whose 1989 book, “Maternal Thinking: Toward a Politics of Peace,” laid the groundwork for a feminist approach … Continue reading →

The NYT has the story here. Ms. Ferraro was the first woman nominated by a major party as a Vice Presidential candidate.  She was Walter Mondale’s running mate in 1984. However flawed that campaign and candidacy, as a young teenager, I … Continue reading →

We have received the sad news of the passing of Professor Irene Merker Rosenberg, Royce R. Till Professor Emerita of Law at the University of Houston Law Center, on November 17, 2010. She was born in the Bronx, New York … Continue reading →

Professor Margaret A. Berger (Brooklyn) died last week.  A member of the Brooklyn Law School faculty since 1973, Professor Berger  was an evidence law expert.  Her specialty was scientific evidence, especially DNA.  Margaret Berger attended Columbia Law School and had … Continue reading →

Harry E. White, Jr., a former tax partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, died on July 23, 2010.  He was a friend and mentor.  Harry was one of the few people I have ever met who really, really … Continue reading →