I have the sad duty of reporting another recent passing of a beloved professor. University of Florida law professor Mike Seigel passed away yesterday. He was a 1994 graduate of Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the law review. Following a clerkship on the third circuit and several years with the Department of Justice, he joined the University. He taught at the University of Florida from 1990 until this year when illness prevented him from continuing. His scholarship included several books, a mystery novel, and numerous articles on criminal law and other topics. Cribbing now from an announcement at the University last fall:
Mike was the moving force in the creation of the Criminal Justice Center and the faculty has recognized his long-standing service to and relationship with the College by the creation of the Michael L. Seigel Criminal Justice Fellowship Fund. The income from this endowed fellowship fund will provide stipends to assist law students in meeting living expenses while they gain unpaid field experience with federal criminal justice agencies, including both prosecution and defense offices as well as law enforcement agencies.
Here is an obituary from the Tampa Bay Times.h/t Danny Sokol
Mike was a wonderful colleague - smart, warm, funny and someone who had good instincts on faculty matters. He often talked about his family and how much he loved them. From what I heard from the students, he was a fantastic teacher. You got a sense of this interacting with Mike and in watching him interact with the students. Mike was a real mensch and I miss him.
Posted by: D. Daniel Sokol | January 03, 2015 at 07:18 AM
I was a college classmate at Princeton of Mike's, and I want to say that I feel very privileged to have known him. Though Mike died too young, his life was well lived. I spoke to him not very long before his death, and he told me that looking back on his life, he had a beautiful and loving family and great career and that he wouldn't have done anything differently. What a wonderful way to feel, and I know how much he meant it. I too will miss him.
Posted by: Andrew Strauss | January 05, 2015 at 10:02 PM