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Boston College Law SchoolDigital Commons @ Boston College Law SchoolBoston College Law School Faculty PapersOctober 1993In Memoriam: Doris Jonas FreedSanford N. KatzBoston College Law School, katzs@bc.eduFollow this and additional works at: https://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/lsfpPart of the Contracts Commons, Family Law Commons, and the Juvenile Law CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in BostonCollege Law School Faculty Papers by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For more information, pleasecontact nick.szydlowski@bc.edu.Recommended CitationSanford N. Katz. "In Memoriam: Doris Jonas Freed." Family Law Quarterly (1993): vii-viii.IN MEMORIAM: DoRis JONAS FREEDWhen Doris Jonas Freed died on July 23, 1993, at the age of ninety,she had only recently given up writing about family law. She was quiteliterally a legend in her own time. In many ways, she was a pioneer:a woman lawyer with an earned Doctorate in Jurisprudential Sciencesfrom New York University School of Law, an active practice, and abusy writing schedule.I first met Doris about twenty-three years ago when Father RobertF. Drinan, then Dean of Boston College Law School and a formerChair of the American Bar Association Section of Family Law, en-couraged me to become active in the Section and later prevailed uponme to assume the Editor-in-Chief position of this journal. From thevery beginning of my editorship, Doris Jonas Freed was just a phonecall away. She assisted me in soliciting and reviewing manuscripts.Many times she and her co-author, Professor Henry Foster, a formerChair of the Section, wrote an occasional piece to round out an issue.Doris and Henry, the famous family law duo, developed the annualsurvey of "Family Law in the Fifty States," which has become apopular classic.Doris thought of the ABA Section of Family Law as an important,but not exclusive, part of her professional life. She did not use participa-tion in Section committee work as a stepping-stone for greater opportu-nities in the profession or for economic gain. She accepted the officeof Secretary of the Section reluctantly and refused to be considered forany higher office. She would rather work in the vineyards than managethem. And for her untiring work, she received countless ABA awards.When I was honored to be elected Chair of the Section, I turned toDoris for guidance, especially in choosing my Financial Officer. Sherecommended Richard Wels, a successful New York lawyer and theauthor of an excellent article on New York divorce reform. On Doris'recommendation alone, I chose Dick Wels and he and I became a team.He was a wise man of extraordinary integrity and principle who sharedwith me the idea that the position of Chair of an ABA Section is oneof utmost trust. I have always been grateful to Doris for introducing meto Dick who became a very good friend for the rest of his life.

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