Volume 1 Religion and the Law: Foreword
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Kelderman, Eric D.
Issue Date
2002
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35
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|When asked to contribute to the 35th anniversary edition with a "short commemorative piece," I wondered what I could possibly say that would be remotely insightful or meaningful. But then I reflected on the many pieces I had written appearing in this review and concluded that having nothing meaningful or insightful to say had never stopped me from writing for this review before. So why should year thirty-five of the law review be any different?|Perhaps I did write something meaningful ten years ago when, in a "short commemorative piece," I wrote of the late Professor William A. Donaher, first faculty advisor to the law review. I referred to him as the "midwife" at the founding of the review. He was much, much more than that. When I lost my mother to cancer during my senior year of law school, he was there for me as I dealt with personal tragedy and the looming specter of the draft at the cusp of the Vietnam War. So, at least for me, the opportunity to remember Bill Donaher was meaningful for his brief tenure at Creighton Law School came at a critical point in my life and in the history of the review...
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35 Creighton L. Rev. 995 (2001-2002)
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Creighton University School of Law