States Army stationed in the Philippines. Following the
War, Charles completed his education at Georgetown
University, where he continued on to obtain his law degree
- but not before marrying his wife of sixty-seven
years, Jean Marie Kelleher of Richmond. In 1972, he
was appointed by Governor Linwood Holton to sit as
a judge on the Arlington Circuit Court. In 1985, he
was appointed by Governor Charles Robb to be one
of the original ten judges of the newly-created Virginia
Court of Appeals. Judge Duff continued to hear and
decide appellate court cases until his retirement in 2000.
Judge Duff was predeceased by his wife and a son and
survived by three children, five grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Maurice R. Dunie, ’80, who practiced in Rockville,
Maryland, died December 4, 2018 at age ninety, survived
by his wife of sixty years, three children and six
grandchildren. We can’t verify it, but he graduated from
Georgetown in 1950 and from American University
College of Law in 1958, so we believe it is fair to speculate
that he served in the Korean War during that gap.
W. Gus Elliott, ’75, died on August 1, 2020 at the age
of eighty-nine, survived by his wife of sixty-four years,
Walton Elliott, and their four children. Gus received his
undergraduate degree from Emory University and went
on to earn a J.D. from the University of Georgia School
of Law. He was a former Superior Court Judge for the
Southern Judicial Circuit.
Jerome P. Facher, ’81, was ninety-three when he passed
on September 19, 2019. Jerry graduated from Pennsylvania
State College, where he majored in journalism,
and in 1946 enlisted in the Army, serving a tour of duty
in Korea. Following his military service, Jerry was accepted
to Harvard Law School where he was an editor
of the Law Review and graduated magna cum laude in
1951. After graduation, Jerry chose public service with
the Department of the Army as part of a small cadre
of civilian lawyers recruited to
form the Office of Department
Counselor. In 1953, he joined
the U.S. Delegation to NATO in
Paris, dealing with the important
issues of U.S. participation in
the planning, construction and
financing of military projects being
built in various NATO countries, including airfields,
naval bases, and secret war headquarters. He returned to
Boston in 1955 for private practice, where he remained
until his retirement in 2013. Jerry was appointed by
President Carter as chairman of the First Circuit Judicial
Nominating Commission. The Supreme Judicial Court
twice appointed him as special counsel to the Judicial
Conduct Commission to investigate instances of judicial
misconduct. Jerry taught a section of Trial Practice at
Harvard Law for twenty-nine years, was an instructor
in Trial Advocacy Workshop and in 1999 was a Distinguished
Alumni Speaker Series lecturer. Jerry successfully
represented Beatrice Foods in the Woburn case in an
eighty-six day trial, chronicled by Jonathan Harr in his
best-selling book A Civil Action. Jerry was a lifelong Red
Sox supporter and an ardent theatre fan.
Henry A. Fischer, ’75, was eighty-seven when he died
on January 2, 2011. Henry was an Army Air Corps
veteran of World War II. A graduate with honors from
Cornell Law School, Henry practiced law, twenty years
as district attorney, in Malone, New York. Henry was
survived by his wife, Nancy, three children, ten grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
James Tomlinson Fort, ’86, age ninety-two, passed
away on December 31, 2020, predeceased by his wife
of fifty years, Judith. James attended Allegheny College,
majoring in economics, and Yale Law School. He was a
board member of the Pittsburgh Dance Council, Pittsburgh
Ballet, Pittsburgh Opera, Carnegie Mellon University,
Allegheny College and the Dreyfus Corporation.
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