Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1996
Abstract
Walter Gellhorn had been a primary figure in administrative law and at Columbia for thirty-five years when I arrived here twenty-five years ago, hoping to establish a scholarly career. Yet it is impossible to recall any expectations I might have had about my relationship with him at the time. He was the unseen father of a camp and college friend whose warmth and wit I had cherished, more than he was a dominant member of Columbia's remarkable faculty. He quickly became my mentor and guide. I seem to have spent all the time since that day learning at his feet the inadequacies of a time like this to celebrate extraordinary contributions and an extraordinary life.
Disciplines
Law | Public Law and Legal Theory | Rule of Law
Recommended Citation
Peter L. Strauss,
Walter Gellhorn,
96
Colum. L. Rev.
600
(1996).
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https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/211