Allis, Wis., for 26 years. He was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Reinhard W. Fischer ’71 (’69A),
of Phoenix, Ariz., died on Feb. 21. He was born in Odenwald in post-World War II Germany, and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1952. He served in the JAG Corps at White Sands Missile Range and moved to Phoenix to practice law, first at Southwest Forest Industries, then with the firm of Norling, Rolle, Oeser and Williams. For the past 15 years, he had been a solo practitioner. He belonged to Delta Tau Delta. Robert L. Bland ’69,
of Lambertville, N.J., died on Dec. 9, 2006. He earned a degree in library science from Syracuse University and was a founding member of the New Jersey Law Librarians Association. He taught legal bibliography and research at Rutgers School of Communication, Information and Library Studies and was
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the state library government information director. Michael J. Sachen ’69,
of Weems, Va., died on April 4. He graduated from Marquette Law School and served four years in the United States Marine Corps. as a captain in the Judge Advocate Corps. He served as city attorney for West
Beverly H. Wood ’74,
of Durham, N.C., died on April 16. He was an active member of the Virginia Student Aid Foundation. He worked for Wachovia, where he served as a senior vice president and a managing director for the benefits group. Paula I. Mell ’77,
of Howardsville, Va., died on Sept. 10, 2003.
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David Abrami ’01,
of Orlando, Fla., died Aug. 21. He was active with the First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, the Republican Party and the Florida Bar. Prior to returning to Florida, he was an associate with Powell Goldstein in Atlanta. Andrew E. Carpenter ’02,
of Tuscumbia, Ala., died on July 3, 2007. He was an avid horseback rider and loved the outdoors and practicing law. Sarah E. Eckhoff ’07,
of Edina, Minn., died on April 24. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2004. She loved music, photography, graphic arts and animals. She was a second-degree black belt in tae kwon do.
Friends Ted Smedley,
W&L law professor in the ’40s and ’50s, June 15. He taught agency, equity and bankruptcy.
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