Herbert l packer biography youtube

Herbert L. Professor Packer died on December 6, More recently, he coauthored a study of the future of legal education for the Carnegie Commission with Dean Thomas Ehrlich. As vice provost for academic planning and programs, he played a central role in the development of the Faculty Senate and in the creation of the University Fellows program.

In he received the Lloyd W. Professor Packer is survived by his wife, Nancy, and their children, Annie and George. A memorial fund has been established at the Law School. On January 26, a memorial service was held at Stanford Memorial Church. Following are excerpts of the talks made in tribute to Professor Packer. Complete transcripts of the remarks in booklet form are available on request at the Law School.

He was a rational analyst, and an emotional hipshooter; a long-range campaigner for educational reform, and an academic infighter. He came to Stanford with an ability to squeeze out of those whom he taught-whether students or colleagues-all that was within them, and then some. Herb came with that gift, and he developed it to a fine art. True he was a remarkable mixture of brilliance, intellectual equipment, and philosophic clarity.

Professor Packer died on December

But it was that certainty of principles and that total commitment to their protection that was unique. He was combative, contentious, and stubborn. This sometimes made him hard to live with.