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PROFESSOR 1955 to 1970
Greg Adamian taught business law at Bentley while maintaining his own busy practice in Harvard Square. “We used to tell students: After we teach you everything about money, we teach you money isn’t everything.”
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In Business Law, if you raised your hand, you’d better know the whole answer. Greg had the ability to listen to what you had to say, but if you weren’t on point, he would tear you up one side and down the other … in a constructive way. He loved teaching, just loved it. We all had the same stories. You’d raise your hand once and from then on you’d wait for him to call on you. I don’t know if Greg had total recall, but he had close to it. He could bring back a story — whether about a board meeting or a discussion with Harry Bentley — and you’d think it took place the day before. He was a walking encyclopedia of the institution. John T. Collins ’69 Trustee Emeritus, Former Chairman of the Board and Chairman, The Collins Group
I make a point of telling current students about Greg. Often it’s in discussing dram shop laws. It was his case — Adamian v. Three Sons Inc. — that changed the law in Massachusetts, so bars can be held liable for serving alcohol to customers who are already intoxicated. It’s important for students to know that Adamian is not just a name on a building. He’s a major reason that Bentley is here today. Stephen Lichtenstein Professor of Law, Taxation and Financial Planning There were agreements and disagreements that permeated the institution during its fastest growing years of the 1970s and 1980s. We all had strong feelings about the direction and future of Bentley. There were many battles and Greg participated in them all. I guess we all wanted to make Bentley the “Harvard Business School of Waltham.” Alexander Zampieron Professor Emeritus of Law
In the Beginning . . . Bentley at 921 Boylston Street in the early 1960s; the ever-dapper professor of law as pictured in the 1962 yearbook and teaching a class in 1964.
Professor Adamian often referenced a perpetual sad-sack character in law examples. I would repeat the stories to my small “crew” at the time …I found [them] so clever/funny. You don’t typically get that with Biz Law. Great guy; pencil-thin mustache. — ANDREW B. HILL ’72, MSCIS ’90
IN TRIBUTE TO BENTLEY’S ‘SECOND FOUNDER’ Members of the Bentley community from near and far will gather on campus this spring to remember the man and honor his legacy.
Memorial Service for Dr. Gregory H. Adamian Friday, June 3, 2016, at 3:30 p.m.
Wilder Pavilion, Adamian Academic Center Details to follow.
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