Remembering Dean Richard A. Merrill

Family, friends and the UVA Law community memorialize Richard Austin Merrill, seventh dean of the Law School, who died Oct. 26, 2017. A mentor to generations of students and professors and an innovator in legal education, Merrill served as dean from 1980 to 1988 and was a member of the faculty for 38 years until his retirement in 2007. He was a nationally recognized expert on administrative, environmental, and food and drug law. Speakers at the service include former Dean John C. Jeffries, Jr. '73; Stanford Law School Dean and former UVA Law Vice Dean Liz Magill '95; and Merrill's children, Patty Merrill '92 and John M. Merrill.