In Memoriam
We pay tribute and hold dear the memories of our classmates who have passed away. Although they are no longer with us, their enduring presence will forever hold a cherished place in our hearts and within the Harvard Law School community.
Records of the Class
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Class Remembrances
Jordan Barrett Ellis
William Cullen Fay remembers:
Barrett was a great classmate, and my heart goes out to his surviving daughter, Alex. I am twenty years removed from law school, but in every memory I have of Barrett, he was smiling. On reflection, I do not know how that was possible in law school—especially during 1L year, when it seemed like we were studying all the time—but he did it, and I am confident he managed to find and bring that kind of joy to others throughout life.
Gwendolyn Jamilah Gordon
Kelly Gardner Womack remembers:
Gwen and I developed a close friendship in high school that continued while we were roommates at HLS and into our adult lives. Gwen was a brilliant thinker with an adventurous spirit. She was never afraid to chart her own path, which took her all over the world and allowed her to merge her interest in the law with her love of anthropology. I count her friendship among my biggest blessings and continue to draw on the many lessons she taught through the life she lived—lessons about the beauty in dreaming, the joy in adventure, the value of vision, and the importance of having the faith and courage to pursue it all.
James E. Maschoff
Ramsi Woodcock remembers:
I miss James’s brilliant conversation. Writing in a year in which we have so far attacked Iran, Syria, Yemen, and Venezuela, I recall in particular a conversation in the cafeteria during our invasion of Iraq about whether war is ever justified. If we ruled it out categorically, we would find nonlethal technologies to achieve the same result of immobilizing the enemy, I argued. James thought otherwise. I cared so much about the question that I could not have carried on a conversation for long with any other opposed interlocutor. But it was impossible to become angry with James. He was too obviously thoughtful. He never argued in bad faith. It was clear that if you could make a convincing argument, he would be convinced. You felt yourself to be in the presence of a great and indeed good mind. How many times in recent years have I thought of this conversation as I have come to call for international military intervention to liberate Palestine?
S. Christopher Szczerban
Erin H. Abrams remembers:
Chris was such a smart and kind classmate. I remember many fun times with him and Shane Fleenor from law school and early associate-in-NYC days. He is very much missed by his friends and classmates. Thinking of his wife and children and sending them warm thoughts and great memories.
William Cullen Fay remembers:
I remember having thought I did pretty well in Chancellor Leo Strine’s M&A class, but then I learned that he had hired Chris, who was also in the class, to serve as his clerk out of law school. Having been an adjunct professor myself in recent years, I know you only do that kind of thing with your most exceptional students. It seemed unfair to me that Chris was so academically talented *and* so funny, but what is more unfair is that he was taken from his family when he surely had a lot more humor and insight to share. I am sure that his daughters, Isabel and Juliet, will carry on that legacy.
Blake Christopher Roberts remembers:
Chris was one of the best people I’ve known. I was blessed to live with him throughout law school. Chris knew who he was and what mattered to him, and he had the confidence to filter everything else out. He was the guy you wanted to play Madden or get a beer with. He was also the guy who would argue for the winning Ames team, clerk for the country’s leading voice on corporate law, and work for the most prestigious firm in the country—all without a whiff of pretension. He was devoted to his family, his then-girlfriend (later, wife) Sarah, and their two daughters. If for everything there is a season, Chris always knew what the moment called for and embraced it. He left us far too soon. Sarah has established an endowed scholarship in his honor for students on the Boston University mock trial team, where Chris and Sarah first met and fell in love.