MAXIMILIAN W. KEMPNER

KEMPNER, Maximilian W. Died at home in Lexington, Massachusetts on February 23, 2021, four days shy of his 92nd birthday. Lawyer, law school dean, humanist, lover of chamber music, painting and poetry, he relished life as husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. A native Berliner, he fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938, first to England and then to New York. He was proud of his US citizenship and felt responsible for strengthening the rule of law and the spirit of liberty. He graduated from Milton Academy, Harvard College, where he concentrated in art history, and Harvard Law School. He studied law and economics at Columbia Law School, where he earned an LL.M. His education never ceased, thanks to a series of close mentors, beginning with his father. He served in the US Army in Germany, where he taught at the Intelligence School in Oberammergau. He practiced law in New York as a partner with Webster & Sheffield, concentrating on the representation of universities, foundations and public benefit organizations. He was known throughout the legal community as a man of decency and unwavering integrity. Later in life, he moved to Vermont, where he became the Dean of Vermont Law School. His life companion, partner, adviser, and spiritual guide was his wife of 68 years, Paige Mooney Kempner, who predeceased him in December 2020. Paige was a sculptor, writer and mother of their three children, Paul, Daphne and Emily, who survive him. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Lexington 781-862-1800

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