Geneticist Seymour Abrahamson, justice’s husband, dies

Not only was Seymour Abrahamson an internationally known geneticist, he also had amazing people skills, said friends and colleagues Sunday, the day after Abrahamson died from cancer. He was 88. The UW-Madison professor was also the husband of Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson, the longest serving justice on the bench and a former chief justice. The couple would have been married 63 years in August, Shirley Abrahamson said in an email.