In Memoriam

Philip Heymann, 1932–2021

Philip Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard Law School, passed away on November 30, 2021, at age eighty-nine. Heymann, who became a Weatherhead Center Faculty Associate in 2004, was a legal scholar who served in senior positions during the Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, and Clinton administrations, and was a former associate prosecutor and consultant to the Watergate Special Force. He had long taught at Harvard Law School, during the periods when he was not engaged in government service at the United States Justice or State departments. Read his obituary in the Washington Post or New York Times to learn more about his remarkable career.