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Louis E. Gerber, Jr., ’76, died peacefully at age ninety-four on February 17, 2024. Lou served in the Army from 1948- 1950 and remained in the Reserves until retiring as a Major
in 1968. Lou attended Kent State University and The Ohio State University College of Law, receiving his law degree in 1957. He clerked for the Hon. Lester Cecil in Dayton before beginning practice in Columbus. Lou is survived by his wife of forty years, Sherry, eight children and ten grand- children.
Richard Godosky, ’00, passed
away at his home on April 19,
2023 at age eighty-nine, three
months before he would have
celebrated sixty-five years of
marriage with his wife, Marcia.
Richard was born in Philadelphia
but grew up in the Bronx. His
parents were immigrants from
Russia and English was not spoken in their home. Richard went on to become the first person in his family to graduate from college and then went to Brooklyn Law School. Rich- ard taught trial advocacy for decades and lectured for many legal organizations. Richard represented hundreds of judges and attorneys in various disciplinary proceedings. Richard was known in Bronx County for placing a still smoldering cigar above the door frame to the courtroom before he en- tered. He loved the Giants – he was a season ticket holder from 1960 and briefly was Sam Huff’s lawyer. Richard is survived by Marcia, two sons and four grandchildren.
George Robert Goltzer, ’12, died at his home in Man- hattan on December 26, 2023 at the age of seventy-eight. George graduated from Syracuse University in 1966 and received his JD from St. John’s University School of Law in 1972, interrupting his formal education to serve in the Peace Corps as a public health-community development volunteer in Truk Lagoon, Micronesia. George specialized in death penalty cases and other serious criminal matters and served as a former President of the New York State As- sociation of Criminal Defense Lawyers and as a member of the CJA Capital Panel. George is survived by his wife, Barbara, two children and two grandchildren.
Douglas W. Goudie, ’85, passed away at age ninety-three on October 7, 2022. He is recalled as one of the top ap- pellate lawyers in Ontario, who regularly appeared before Ontario’s Court of Appeal and argued several cases before the Supreme Court of Canada.
Thomas Dean Hanson, ‘99, of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away at age seventy-nine after a recent cancer diagnosis. Tom earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa in 1967, where he served as student body president; he went on to a law degree from the University of Chica- go in 1970. While his first love was law, Tom took great pleasure from caring for his farm near Rippey, Iowa that included 160 acres set aside as a habitat for wildlife and pol- linators bordered by the Raccoon River. Tom could recall historical facts faster than Google. He was a gifted speak- er with a wicked sense of humor and a savage wit, though friends forgave him for any offense due to that twinkle in his eye. Tom is survived by his partner, Patricia Kehoe.
Russell Holiday Hart Jr., ‘72, was ninety-four when he passed away on July 14, 2022 in Lafayette, Indiana, where he had made his lifelong home. Russ was born in Chicago and graduated from DePauw University in 1950. Following service in the U.S. Army he enrolled at the Indiana Univer- sity School of Law, graduating Order of the Coif in 1956. Russ served as President of the Tippecanoe County Bar As- sociation (1974-1975), President of the Indiana State Bar Association (1987-1988), President of the Indiana Defense Lawyers Association, and President of the National Associ- ation of Railroad Trial Counsel (1995-1996). Russ was pre- deceased by his wife of fifty years, Mary Gehres Hart, and survived by his three children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Richard Anthony Hibey, ’84, whose clients included oust- ed Philippines autocrat Ferdinand Marcos and Jonathan Pollard, the Navy intelligence analyst who leaked secrets to Israel, died on February 19, 2024 at the age of eighty-two. Richard described himself as a legal gunslinger. “I figure if I do my end well, then justice will be served. I think that is a moral position and it allows me to be able to represent people who are considered by others to be among the sleaze bags of the 20th century.” Not all were sleaze bags. Among Richard’s other clients was CBS producer Mary Mapes, the subject of an independent investigation involving a 60 Min- utes Wednesday report into whether President George W.
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