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Robert HAMILTON

Austin, Texas

1931 - 2018

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HAMILTON, Robert Woodruff "Bob" Robert Woodruff (Bob) Hamilton, a longtime and widely-respected law professor, lawyer, and legal education writer, died at the age of 86 on January 13, 2018. Bob Hamilton joined the School of Law at the University of Texas at Austin in 1964. For the next forty...

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I was deeply saddened when my brother passed away two weeks ago. Along with my sister Leslie, we three shared a rich and fascinating childhood with our parents Walton (Hammy) and Irene. I really appreciated the fact that Bob twice came to visit our remote homestead on Lasqueti Island in British Columbia Canada. When I visited his home on Cushings I realized we both shared a love for island living. He had wonderful and full life and will be missed by all who knew him.
---Doug Hamilton

Bob was my Corporations Prof and Corp Finance too, both courses I pretty well hated EXCEPT he taught them! I went to his office every afternoon to get reading assignments to read to a blind student. He was always lying on his couch and asking me all kinds of philosophical questions, while he was figuring out the reading assignment. It was one of the highlights of my law school days, standing there and having those talks---I loved him. He as such an engaging person and quite brilliant.

I am sorry for your loss.Mr. Hamilton influenced many lives and will surely be missed. May God give you the strength and comfort to endure. Matthew 5:4

To a life well lived...

I am sorry to learn of the passing of your dad & loved one. It was a pleasure to read his obituary and learn of his amazing life as I knew him only in his last years at Belmont Village Westlake. I always enjoyed my interactions with him and especially how delighted he was to see and pet my dog every time I took her there to visit my mother who also resides at Belmont. Until last May, I conducted a church service at Belmont Village every Sunday morning for two years. He was usually in...