Rennard Strickland (1940-2021)

Rennard Strickland "a legal historian of Osage and Cherokee heritage, died January 5, 2021, in Norman at the age of 80, where he was the Senior Scholar in Residence at the University of Oklahoma Law Center. Strickland, a native of Muskogee, was considered a pioneer in introducing Indian Law into the University's legal curriculum.  ... Strickland spent much of his career in Legal Education as a Dean of various law schools, served as the Dean at four law schools including the University of Tulsa, Southern Illinois University, Oklahoma City University, and the University of Oregon. He was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in 1980, at Florida University Law School in 1983, and at Syracuse University Law School in 2001."

Norman Transcript January 2021.