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73 Tul. L. Rev. 1025 (1998-1999)
Tribute to Professor Athanassios N. Yiannopoulos

handle is hein.journals/tulr73 and id is 1051 raw text is: A Tribute to Professor Athanassios N. Yiannopoulos Justice Hany T. Lemmon Professor Athanassios N. Yiannopoulos is one of the outstanding legal scholars in Louisiana history and a fitting subject for this tribute by the Tulane Law Review. He is widely recognized for the quality and breadth of his scholarly writings, which consistently exhibit a thoroughness, clarity, and historical perspective rarely achieved by legal writers. Anyone familiar with Louisiana law must be aware of what is perhaps his greatest contribution to its development-his work, through the Louisiana State Law Institute, revising the Louisiana Civil Code. Indeed, Professor Yiannopoulos has virtually single-handedly revised and rewritten many areas of the Civil Code. I have been privileged to know Thanassi personally and professionally and have found that he is, in person, as exceptional as his reputation suggests. I first met Professor Yiannopoulos in 1974, while I was serving on the court of appeal. I had agreed to present an educational program for the Civil Law Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association, and I called up Professor Yiannopoulos to ask if he would make a presentation. He agreed, and, with my anchorman lined up, I also got John R. Martzell, Jr., and Paul B. Deal, two top young lawyers at the time, also participated. The subject of the program was strict liability under Civil Code art. 667, then a hot legal issue. Jack, Paul, and I prepared our presentations separately, but it turned out we all had relied heavily on Professor Yiannopoulos's authoritative writings. The program was a great success, but even better, it was the beginning of a wonderful professional and personal relationship between Professor Yiannopoulos, me, and my wife, Mary Ann. A few years later, Mary Ann and I got to know Professor Yiannopoulos a little better when I was invited to teach in the six-week summer sessions at Louisiana State University in 1978 and 1979. We moved the family, including our six children, to Baton Rouge for the sessions, but any inconvenience was more than offset by the royal welcome we received from the Louisiana State University faculty and Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court. 1025

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