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In Memoriam September 2026

 

Michigan Bar Journal

In Memoriam

STEPHEN F. ADAMINI, P10031, of Marquette, died April 29, 2026. He was born in 1945, graduated from University of Michigan Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1970.

NANCY L. BAGGOTT, P31598, of Murphysboro, Ill., died June 7, 2026. She was born in 1944 and was admitted to the Bar in 1980.

HON. ARCHIE C. BROWN, P30360, of Ann Arbor, died June 25, 2026. He was born in 1951, graduated from University of Detroit School of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1979.

DANIEL S. COOPER, P12201, of Bonita Springs, Fla., died July 9, 2026. He was born in 1930, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1957.

ALAN G. DAVIS, P27830, of Canton, died May 27, 2026. He was born in 1951, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1977.

JEFFREY P. DECOSTER, P53535, of Bloomfield Hills, died June 11, 2026. He was born in 1968, graduated from Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University, and was admitted to the Bar in 1995.

THOMAS G. HARDY, P14638, of Birmingham, died April 5, 2025. He was born in 1937, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1964.

ARVEY I. HAUER, P14749, of Bloomfield Hills, died May 27, 2026. He was born in 1940, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1967.

KEVIN J. KRAUSHAAR, P33248, of Ocala, Fla., died May 10, 2026. He was born in 1955, graduated from University of Detroit School of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1981.

MARTIN BLASE MEAD, P38746, of Grand Rapids, died July 3, 2026. He was born in 1960, graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1986.

ROBERT H. PATTERSON, P43277, of Coleman, Wis., died April 19, 2026. He was born in 1954, graduated from University of Wisconsin Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1990.

ALAN B. POSNER, P27981, of Santa Barbara, Calif., died April 29, 2026. He was born in 1951, graduated from UCLA School of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1977.

FREDERICK J. PROST, P19117, of Rochester Hills, died June 19, 2026. He was born in 1936, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1962.

HON. DIANE M. RAPPLEYE, P48973, of Jackson, died May 18, 2026. She was born in 1960, graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1993.

PAUL R. RENTENBACH, P19366, of Grosse Pointe Shores, died January 11, 2026. He was born in 1945, graduated from Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1972.

JOHN P. ROONEY, P25152, of East Lansing, died November 8, 2022. He was born in 1932 and graduated from Harvard Law School.

THOMAS A. STOTZ, P33290, of Mount Clemens, died June 18, 2026. He was born in 1956, graduated from Wayne State University Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1981.

DONALD D. UNWIN, P21680, of West Bloomfield, died May 23, 2026. He was born in 1935, graduated from Detroit College of Law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1963.

JOHN M. WRIGHT, P22571, of Swartz Creek, died May 5, 2017. He was born in 1923, graduated from University of Michigan Law School, and was admitted to the Bar in 1948.


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