A Sad Day — The Passing of Dick Wellman

The following is from an e-mail message I received from Prof. Larry Waggoner:

I’m sad to report that Dick Wellman passed away Friday, June 3, at age 82.  Dick is known to most of us as the Chief Reporter for the 1969 Uniform Probate Code, the source of the statutory law that most of us teach.  Until his death, Dick continued to serve the Uniform Law Conference in many capacities, as Executive Director of the Joint Editorial Board for Uniform Trust and Estate Acts and as chair of numerous drafting committees.  The widely enacted Uniform TOD Security Registration Act was his invention.

Those of us who were fortunate enough to have known Dick personally remember him as smart, charming, gracious, friendly, witty, and above all else, humble. 

The family has told me that anyone wishing to make a contribution in his honor should send it to the Uniform Law Foundation, 211 E. Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611.

Dick will be greatly missed but his legacy will live forever.