HEATHCOTE "Pete" WALES

WALES HEATHCOTE WOOLSEY WALES "Pete" (Age 74) Longtime Georgetown University Law Center Professor, Heathcote Woolsey Wales, known to all as "Pete", died on Friday, October 6, 2017, at his home in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This ended his 6½-year struggle with ALS, a disease that robbed him of his mobility, but never laid a hand on his spirit, sense of humor, intellect, curiosity, or love of life, family, and friends. With him at the time of his death were his wife, Jeanie Anderson; sons, Sam, Zach and Dan Wales (by a previous marriage); and sister, Jane Wales. He is also survived by his daughter-in-law, Tori Wales; and grandchildren, Luke and Aliya Wales. Raised in New York, New England and the Virgin Islands, Pete was educated at the Groton School; the University of North Carolina, where he was a Morehead Scholar, active in student politics, and editorial page editor of the Daily Tar Heel; and the University of Chicago Law School, where he was on the editorial board of the Chicago Law Review. Pete began his teaching career in 1968. Committed to civil rights, he leapt at the opportunity to teach at the University of Mississippi Law School, where he was also on the board of Northern Mississippi Rural Legal Services. That experience sparked a lifelong commitment to teaching. After a year at the University of Texas Law School, Pete joined the Georgetown law faculty in 1971. At Georgetown, he taught countless students, and became a mentor to many. He taught constitutional law, criminal law, law and psychiatry, and law and social science, always focused on how the law interacts with practical realities. In 2012, he received Georgetown Law's Frank L. Flegal Excellence in Teaching Award. His scholarly work focused on juries, and on the intersection of mental illness and the criminal justice system. Outside of the classroom, he was probably best known as a frequent and enthusiastic performer in productions of the Georgetown Gilbert & Sullivan Society (GG&SS), and as a decades-long faculty mentor to GG&SS. He also shot hoops at Home Court, the annual charity basketball game between the Georgetown faculty and staff and members of Congress to raise money for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, and he was frequently seen auctioneering for the Equal Justice Foundation fundraiser. Pete was an avid sailor, hiker, cyclist, and skier (who took up sit-skiing when he could no longer ski); a passionate traveler; a lover of theater, dance, and music; a gentle, wise, and witty friend to many; and a believer in rational discourse and social justice. A celebration of Pete's life will be held in the next few months. For more photos of Pete, go to www.valleymortuaryjackson.com. Donations may be made in his memory to either the Gilbert & Sullivan Society or the Equal Justice Foundation at Georgetown: click on www.law.georgetown.edu/makeagift and enter "Gilbert & Sullivan Society" in "Other Designation" or select "Equal Justice Foundation" from the options provided; or to the City Kids Wilderness Project, (http://citykidsdc.org).For more photos of Pete, go to www.valleymortuaryjackson.com. Donations may be made in his memory to either the Gilbert & Sullivan Society or the Equal Justice Foundation at Georgetown: click on www.law.georgetown.edu/makeagift and enter "Gilbert & Sullivan Society" in "Other Designation" or select "Equal Justice Foundation" from the options provided; or to the City Kids Wilderness Project, (http://citykidsdc.org).