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A public memorial service to honor the life of Dean Emeritus and Carl M. Gray Professor of Law Emeritus William F. Harvey will take place on Saturday, April 8. Dean Harvey passed away on November 17, 2016.

"I started teaching at our law school, in the Maennerchor Building, which was at the corner of Illinois and Michigan streets, during August, 1962 and Bill Harvey began teaching there in September, 1968," said Professor Lawrence A. Jegen, III. "I was a liberal on many issues and Bill was a conservative on many issues. However, we immediately became very close friends and we stayed that way for almost 50 years. Our opinions never differed on any significant issue which involved the law and/or the law school. Bill was one of the greatest teachers of law in any law school at any time. He also was an individual who devoted much of his life to help other less fortunate individuals. I treasured our friendship for all of those years and I will continue to do so for the years which I have left."

Dean Harvey joined the faculty of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 1968, and served as dean from 1973 to 1979. Following his deanship, he returned to full-time teaching, retiring in 1996.

“Dean Harvey was widely recognized as a leader in our legal community and a devoted mentor to his students,” said IU McKinney Law Dean Andrew R. Klein. “I know that he had a great love for our law school, which he served for so many years. A five-time recipient of the law school’s Black Cane Award for Outstanding Teaching, he was held in high esteem by generations of McKinney Law students. I know that he will be greatly missed by his former colleagues and students alike.”

The memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. at Second Presbyterian Church, 7700 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis.