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38 J.L. & Com. 1 (2019-2020)

handle is hein.journals/jlac38 and id is 1 raw text is: TRIBUTES HARRY FLECHTNER: TEACHER, SCHOLAR AND FRIEND Mark A. Nordenberg* Harry Flechtner once said that my signature was on all of the most important documents from his professional life-and that may be almost true. I chaired the faculty recruitment committee when Harry was hired. I was Interim Dean of the School of Law when his first contract was renewed. I was Dean when he was tenured and Interim Provost when he was promoted to full Professor. I also was Chancellor when he received the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award-though I had nothing to do with the selection process. And that is just the professional side of our relationship. For many years, our homes were just a block apart, so I would catch an early morning bus into campus and then ride home with Harry, which let us end most work-days in conversation with each other. Our wives walked together for exercise each day. Our youngest child, a son, and the Flechtner's older child, a daughter, went from pre-school through high school together. When she married, our son was her man of honor. Years later, when Harry and Joan decided to renew their own wedding vows before retiring and moving to Maine, they had this same son officiate at an otherwise family- only ceremony-where, I understand, many tears of joy were shed. So what do I know about Harry, based on our long, multi-dimensional, relationship? First, from the very start, Harry had a truly exceptional touch as a scholar. The external reviews that we received of his first articles almost boiled down to this: I wish I had written that! Harry has built on that early * Chancellor Emeritus of the University, Dean Emeritus of the School of Law, Distinguished Service Professor of Law, Chair of the Institute of Politics, Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh Vol. 38 (2019-2020) ISSN: 2164-7984 (online) ISSN 0733-2491 (print) DOI 10.5195/jlc.2020.192 lhtipl3//.law.pittedu 1

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