QUINTIN JOHNSTONE

JOHNSTONE, QUINTIN Quintin Johnstone passed away at home in Hamden, Connecticut on June 27, 2014. He was 99 years old. Born at home in Chicago, Illinois, in 1915, Johnstone grew up in the Hyde Park area of Chicago, and attended the University of Chicago from kindergarten (at the Lab school) through Law School. He spent the WWII years as an Enforcement Attorney in the U.S. Office of Price Administration, supervising a large team of “secret shoppers” to ensure that businesses were adhering to war time laws, and prosecuting those that were not. He began his law teaching career in 1947 at Willamette University Law School, moved on to the University of Kansas Law School, finally arriving at Yale Law School as a visiting professor in 1955. The following year he began his full-time career at Yale where he remained for the rest of his life. From 1985 to 2000, he also was a professor at New York Law School and became professor emeritus in 2000. His academic influence reached across the globe to Ethiopia where for two years he was Dean at the Haile Selassie I University Law School (now Addis Ababa University School of Law). He was also very active in recruiting foreign students to apply to Yale, and visited law schools around the world encouraging exchange and cooperation. Johnstone served on the editorial board of Connecticut Law Tribune’s editorial board for many years, and was an active long-time member of both the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) and the Connecticut Bar Foundation (CBF), winning awards for his leadership and contributions. An academic remembrance can be found on the Yale Law School Web site at: http://www.law.yale.edu/news/18560.htm A life-long athlete, he was captain of both high school and college teams, and kept active throughout his life. Johnstone was predeceased by his wife, Nancy. He is survived by two children, Robert Dale Johnstone and Katherine Mary Johnstone. A graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 10th at Grove Street Cemetery, 227 Grove St, New Haven, CT 06511 (across the street from Yale Law School). In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to the Quintin Johnstone Scholarship Fund and mailed to: Yale Law School Fund, P.O. Box 208341, New Haven, CT 06520-8341. To sign the online guestbook please visit hawleylincolnmemorial.com.