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John Dean in his White House office in 1972.
In 2013, from left, Dean Margaret Raymond, Kastenmeier Speaker John

Dean, Rep. Bob Kastenmeier, Prof. Frank Tuerkheimer

The UW Law School community is mourning the death of Robert Kastenmeier, a 1952 graduate who represented Dane County in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1958 to 1990. He passed away at his home in Virginia on March 20.

The Law School's annual Kastenmeier Lecture Series celebrates the congressman's contributions to the improvement of the judiciary and to the field of intellectual property law. He drafted the rules for the House Committee on the Judiciary that were used for the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon, as well as the articles of impeachment against Judge Harry Claiborne. 

Around the country, news agencies are remembering the life of the distinguished congressman:

Submitted by Law School News on March 26, 2015

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