Tribute to Henry King.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 22 March 2010
• Author: Snyder, Barbara R.

I am honored to be hem with all of you this afternoon to remember one of our university' s greatest faculty members.

In Henry King, our students, staff and faculty have had the privilege of walking side by side with a man who lived, and shaped, an unforgettable part of history.

During his work at the Nuremberg Trials, this 26-year-old attorney looked directly into the faces of evil. He did not flinch.

Instead, Henry King took the lessons of his experiences and forged them into a philosophy that would guide the rest of his life.

Henry King returned to the United States passionately committed to helping create a world where such atrocities never happened again.

He believed that the law, and lawyers, had a critical role to play in improving the lives of others . . . in assuring justice.., in...