{"id":9254,"date":"2020-12-29T22:51:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T03:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/?p=9254"},"modified":"2020-12-29T22:51:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T03:51:50","slug":"gerald-neumans-tribute-to-professor-william-p-alford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/2020\/12\/gerald-neumans-tribute-to-professor-william-p-alford\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerald Neuman’s Tribute to Professor William P. Alford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gerald Neuman<\/strong>
\nJ. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law, Harvard Law School\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No tribute, short or long, could adequately recount William Alford\u2019s virtues and contributions. As his international law colleague and graduate committee member since I joined this faculty, I will emphasize here a few of the aspects I have often witnessed and admired: Bill\u2019s intellectual rigor, his compassion, his generosity, and his graciousness. These are not separable elements of his personality and conduct, but intertwined in his integrity.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our most frequent occasions of interaction have involved the graduate program to which Bill has given inspiring leadership over all this time. Bill has made the annual meeting on doctoral program admissions one of the intellectual highlights of the academic year, with deeply substantive and highly collegial deliberations encompassing the diversity of methodologies represented on the faculty. The quality of our admissions has been strongly facilitated by Bill\u2019s committed and tireless fundraising efforts on behalf of our graduate students. His shepherding of the program also draws on his diplomatic skills in dealing with some less virtuous HLS colleagues. Bill\u2019s clear-sighted judgment of politics, on both the small and large scales, has been invaluable.<\/span><\/p>\n

The erudition and insight that elevate Bill\u2019s academic writing and\u00a0 teaching, as well as his leadership on disability issues, also greatly enrich the life of the faculty.\u00a0 He carefully critiques the writings of colleagues and he engages in generous, but demanding discussion with a range of visiting scholars.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately for us, as Bill decreases his administrative role, he is continuing to share his wisdom.\u00a0 As we can see, the world continues to need it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gerald Neuman J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law, Harvard Law School\u00a0 No tribute, short or long, 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