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James Richard Moore, ’83, died peacefully at home on November 9, 2023. He was eighty-nine. Dick joined the Army out of high school in 1954; he served in Okina- wa, Japan and played Army baseball. After his discharge, Dick attended the University of Florida, where he grad- uated with a law degree in 1960. A die-hard fan of the Florida Gators, long-time member of the Seminole Club of Jacksonville, avid reader and history buff, Dick is re- membered by his friends and family for his quick wit, good humor and extensive memory of historical events. Dick is survived by his wife of sixty-two years, Margaret, their three sons and seven grandchildren.
Hon. J. Frederick Motz, ’85, a
senior judge in the United States
District Court for the District
of Maryland, passed away at
the age of eighty on October 23,
2023. Until he took senior status
in 2010, and when his children
were a bit younger, Judge Motz
often played golf before work and coached youth base- ball on weekends. Earning the nickname “Fundamen- tally Fair Fred” among lawyers due to his reputation for impartiality, Judge Motz was known for his humanity in individual rulings as well as his inclusive approach to reforming administrative processes within the U.S. District Court for Maryland while serving as the court’s chief judge. Judge Motz received his bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in 1964, where he was the starting goalie on a championship lacrosse team. He went on to get a law degree at University of Virginia School of Law and, more importantly, met and mar- ried a classmate, Diana Gribbon, who went on to be appointed in 1994 to the Fourth Circuit Court of Ap- peals; she took senior status in 2022. Judge Motz prac- ticed in Baltimore from 1967 through his appointment to the bench in 1985 in both public and private prac- tice with a two-year time-out for military service. He became U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland in
1981. He was inducted as a Fellow shortly before his installation as a judge. Judge Motz was the “heart, soul and conscience” of his court, setting “the gold standard” for administrative practices within the judiciary, said his colleague Judge Richard D. Bennett. Judge Bennett witnessed Judge Motz receive the “highest compliment” a judge can get — before a verdict in a high profile, high intensity fraud trial of a public official, the defendant publicly proclaimed that Judge Motz had given him a
fair trial. “That is the ultimate compliment for a judge,” Judge Bennett said, “You can get all the plaques, all the letters from prominent people, but that doesn’t happen often.” Judge Motz coached his son’s youth baseball team; the two later coached together and were inducted into the Roland Park Baseball Leagues’ Hall of Fame in 2023. In addition to his wife and son, Judge Motz is survived by a daughter and three grandsons.
Stanley Lamont Myers, Sr., ’22, died unexpectedly at the way, way-too-young age of forty-seven on Sep- tember 27, 2023. Stanley was a four-year starting quar- terback for the Citadel, where he started forty-three of his forty-four games and was the only player in Cita- del history to ever throw for 3,000-plus yards and to rush for 2,000-plus yards. Stanley served in Afghanistan with the 218th Infantry Brigade and was a judge advo- cate general in the S.C. National Guard, becoming the first African American to serve as a military judge in South Carolina. Stanley stayed close to his small-town roots and founded a mento-
ring program in his Swansea hometown (population 726), where he also operated a BBQ restaurant in his spare time from law practice and National Guard duty. Stanley is survived by his wife Tashia and their two young children.
Claude Marius Victor Pensa, KC, ’95, died on Sep- tember 13th, 2023 at the age of ninety-three, preced- ed in death by his wife of forty-six years, Elaine, but survived by his four children, nine grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Son of Italian immigrants, Claude was born in London, Ontario, where he graduated from the University of Western Ontario and then received his law degree at Osgoode Hall. Returning to London, he began practising law in 1956 and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1976. Claude served on the Cana- dian Human Rights Panel, then Tribunal, from 1995 to 2001. Claude served on the Boards of Biotech Lon- don Council, the Heart Fund, the C.N.I.B. and Regina Mundi College. He fundraised for many organizations, including the Grand Theatre, The Boys and Girls Club and the United Way of London and Middlesex and was an active campaign organizer for the Liberal party for various candidates for public office. Claude enjoyed traveling, reading (everything), the theatre, music, and golf (into his 90’s).
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