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David H. Burrow, ’96, was eighty-six at his passing on March 10, 2023. David received his BS magna cum laude from McMurry University in Abilene, Texas in 1958. He received an LLB from the University of Texas School of Law in 1961 and an LLM from Georgetown University in 1965, which he earned while serving as a U.S.ArmyJudgeAdvocateGeneral(JAG)atFortMeade. Growing up on a ranch in West Texas, he maintained his “inner cowboy,” always wearing cowboy boots and belts in courtrooms across Texas, where he handled over 250 trials to verdict in cases ranging from personal in- jury, aviation, Jones Act, products liability, railroad law, and plant explosions. David was an avid outdoorsman, always planning his next adventure of hunting, fishing, or skiing with family and friends. In his later years, he was able to use his cowboy roots at his ranch in Gonzales with his mule, Daisy Mae, preserving the cowboy way of life through his membership in Tejas Vaqueros and tend- ing to his impressive herd of buffalo. David is survived by his four children and nine grandchildren. John Thomas Carpenter, ’88, was eighty-five at his death on July 14, 2022, survived by his wife of sixty-one years, Mary, three children and six grandchildren. Jack graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1958 and Fordham School of Law in 1963. He served as a Company Commander with the 9th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, from 1958 to 1960. Mary was a native of Omaha and they settled there for Jack’s practice as a plaintiff’s lawyer. Jack enjoyed a fifty-year history with the Knights of Co- lumbus, serving as Grand Knight and state officer. Jack loved his family and Notre Dame, and he enjoyed golf, travel, good company, wine, bringing roses to Mary every Saturday, and fly-fishing worldwide. Western Montana was his second home. J. Bruce Carr-Harris, LSM, ’00, passed on March 19, 2023 at the age of seventy-six. Bruce was one of the founding forces in the creation of the Canadian Foun- dation of the College and served as its first President, in addition to serving on numerous other general commit- tees of the College. Bruce graduated from Carleton Uni- versity with a B.A. in political science and then went on to study law at the University of Ottawa, from which he graduated magna cum laude. Until his retirement in 2015, Bruce’s diverse practice included Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Defamation, Insurance Law, Profes- sion Liability, Employment Law, Administrative Law, Judicial Review and Domestic and International Arbitrations. Bruce was a Board member of the Advocates’ Society of On- tario for nine years and served as President in 2001-02. Bruce was a mentor and a teacher, formally at the University of Ottawa and informally through his practice. Bruce had an enchantment with the sea that began as a boy and took hold when, as a teenager, he and his family sailed from Kingston to the Caribbean. Bruce continued to sail in the Caribbean and South Pacific, spent a lifetime of fishing on Buck Lake and other waterways and oceans, built his own ship, and became a licensed scuba diver. Bruce was a founding member of both the Buck Lake Fishing Derby and Sailing Regatta, a founding member and the self-appointed President of the Bad to the Bone Motorcycle Club, a stylish skier, a Broadway enthusiast, an always willing dance partner, a cigar and scotch afi- cionado, and an engaging conversationalist. Bruce is sur- vived by his wife Janey (Jane Bachynski), two children and four grandchildren. Guy Palmer Clark, ’96, was eighty-two at his death on January 23, 2023, survived by his wife of fifty-nine years, Lynda Davis Clark, his two children and two granddaughters. Guy was raised at his family’s Dia- mond C Ranch in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, where he developed his love of ranching and horses. He graduated with a degree in Economics from Oklahoma State University in 1962 and a law degree from Univer- sity of Oklahoma Law School in 1965. Guy served his country in the United States Marine Corps as a Judge Advocate. Guy specialized in business, commercial, and construction litigation and probate law. Guy managed to strike a balance between work, play and love of fami- ly. He enjoyed lifetime hobbies of golf, fly fishing, quail hunting, calf roping, ranch sorting, snow skiing, water skiing, and was an avid reader. James M. Conboy, ’80, passed away on March 1, 2023 at the age of ninety-four. Jim played tackle on the varsity football team at St. Michael’s College and graduated in 1952, after which he served in the US Army in Korea. He thought about a career coaching baseball, but his father 95 JOURNAL