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Russell Hill Roberts, ’85, was eighty-five at his death on August 29, 2023, predeceased by his wife of fifty-six years, Martha Young Roberts, and is survived by his second wife, Rosalyn Stephens, two daughters and multiple grandchil- dren and great-grandchildren. Russ received undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia and prac- ticed law in the Fredericksburg area from 1963 until his retirement in 2013. Russ was an outdoorsman who greatly enjoyed fly fishing and upland bird hunting.
Hon. Lawrence Francis Rodowsky, ’75, retired from the Court of Appeals of Maryland, died October 1, 2022 at the age of ninety-two, survived by six children, fifteen grand- children and two great-grandchildren. His wife of sixty-six years, Colby F. Rodowsky, died in 2020. Judge Rodowsky served twenty years on the Court of Appeals following his appointment in 1980. He was known as the court’s expert on commercial law and is remembered for his integrity and common sense. Judge Rodowsky was the first Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Select Committee on Gender Equality, which helped call attention to and address gender bias in Maryland courts. Born in Baltimore, Judge Rodowsky earned his law degree in 1956, graduating first in his class and serving as co-editor of the Maryland Law Review. Judge Rodowsky served as an adjunct professor at his alma mater for more than a dozen years, specializing in Maryland Procedure, a subject “about which it is safe to say he has no equal,” wrote a colleague.
Hon. James Patrick Salmon, ’85, passed away on Janu- ary 17, 2024 at the age of eighty-three. Jim attended St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and the Univer-
sity of Maryland School of Law, from which he graduated magna cum laude in 1965. Three years after his induction as a Fellow, Jim was appointed as a Judge on the Circuit Court of Prince Georges County, Maryland. In 1994, he was appointed to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. After the mandatory retirement age of seventy, Judge Salm- on continued to serve on that Court as a Senior Judge until his death. Jim was an avid reader. He loved history, kept up with current events, and remembered pretty much ev- erything he ever read, making him a remarkable conversa- tionalist. An exercise enthusiast, Jim enjoyed bicycle riding, walking, and working out. Jim is survived by his wife of thirty-eight years, Sharon Witte Salmon, and her son.
Marshall Manne Schulman, ’82, passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2022 in San Francisco at the age of ninety-four. Marshall was an indifferent student in high school, but a stint in the army turned his life around, and he decided to become a lawyer after his discharge. He attended Los Angeles City College, then UCLA and then Loyola Law School, helped by the GI Bill. Marshall languished for several years until he joined the Los Angeles District At- torneys’ office and found his calling in criminal law. He distinguished himself as a brilliant prosecutor, and pros- ecuted the famous Onion Field case, among many others. He opened a private practice in criminal defense in Orange County, and later, after moving to San Francisco in his mid-seventies, continued to practice law there until he was almost 90. Marshall and his wife Maxine met on a blind date and, after a very short courtship, married at the Fair- mont Hotel in San Francis-
co on December 22, 1956. Marshall loved to golf, carouse, recite long pas- sages of Shakespeare’s plays from memory and tell dirty jokes. He became a Giants fan after moving to San Francisco, but always had a special place in his heart for the Angels, with whom, presumably, he is now.
Phyllis A. Smith, KC. ’94, former Alberta Province Chair, passed at the age of seventy-six on March 15, 2024. Phyllis’ practice was focused primarily on civil litigation and ad- ministrative law. Phyllis acted as an arbitrator and media- tor for more than twenty years and conducted a significant number of commercial and labour arbitrations. Phyllis was the first woman to serve as President of the Law Society of Alberta. She was a director of the Federation of Law Societ- ies from 1991-1996 and served as President in 1995. Phyl- lis was a sessional instructor at the University of Alberta for many years, teaching local government law, professional responsibility and advocacy.
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