MADISON – Jack Richard DeWitt, sometimes called ?Dick,? passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. He was born Dec. 15, 1918, in Muskego, Okla. The family relocated to Wisconsin at age 13 or 14. He graduated from Lancaster High School and from the UW-Madison with a B.A. in Economics and an L.L.B. (law). He practiced law and then became a faculty member of the UW School of Law. He was an author of the original ?Wisconsin Practice Methods? book and was instrumental in establishing the Legal Practice course. He received the Distinguished Service Award of the UW Law Alumni Association.
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