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01 Mar 2004

Warren Law Remembered

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baeaf807ff44b783a02acf3d1d6a1e8a Warren A. Law, the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, died at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, in December. He was 79 years old.

“Warren Law was an extraordinary person and teacher whose research was close to practice in the best tradition of the School and whose kindness, caring, and wit made him very special in the hearts of students and colleagues alike,” said HBS Dean Kim B. Clark.

During a teaching career that began at HBS in 1958 and spanned more than thirty years, Law taught in all of the School’s academic programs and played a key role in developing its international outreach, doing field research on multinational corporations and teaching top international managers in Executive Education programs both at HBS and in more than twenty countries. Law received numerous honors during his career, including Harvard Business School’s 1996 Distinguished Service Award.

Samuel L. Hayes, III, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Emeritus, and a former student and colleague of Law’s, described Law as “one of the most gifted teachers” he had ever known. Said Hayes, “Although Warren excelled at teaching by the case method, he was also an excellent speaker in all kinds of forums. He was famous for a sense of humor and wry delivery that reminded people of Will Rogers at his best.”

Warren Aubrey Law was born in Dallas on April 16, 1924. He attended Southern Methodist University and served for three years in the Pacific as one of the youngest officers in the U.S. Navy before graduating from HBS in 1948 and earning his Ph.D. in economics in 1953 from Harvard University.

Law is survived by his wife of 53 years, Betty Lewis Law of Belmont, and two daughters. A memorial service was held at Harvard Business School in December. Donations in Professor Law’s memory may be made to The First Church in Belmont, Unitarian Universalist Building Fund, 404 Concord Ave., Belmont, Massachusetts 02478.

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