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ABE LASER REMEMBERS KURT LYLE MARMAR

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

A few weeks ago there was a passing comment on the blog about a lawyer named Kurt Marmar. Mr. Marmar passed away in the 1980's. Mr. Abe Laeser responded with a comment about a Moot Court  award at the U of M Law School given in Mr. Marmar's name. We asked him to write a few words about Kurt Marmar and he responded with this:Kurt Lyle Marmar Rare is the person who does not fade from memory after their death. Kurt Marmar, who died in his mid-30?s in 1985, remains as a beacon ? an example ? of qualities seldom seen; therefore easily remembered. Kurt graduated from law school in 1974, and unfortunately died a mere decade later. He loved the law in the way that the most histrionic law professor might want every pupil to love it. Short, stocky, muscular ? not someone you might see as an intellectual; but it was the ability to do battle for a cause drove him...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on July 24, 2008 (boomark / email).