My mentor Mike Dooley served for many years on the ABA Corporate Law Committee. In response to Mike's recent passing, the Committee adopted a lovely and moving tribute to him:
WHEREAS, the Corporate Laws Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (the “Committee”) has been informed of the passing of Professor Michael P. Dooley on February 18, 2014, and therefore wishes to acknowledge and memorialize Professor Dooley’s enormous contributions to the work of the Committee, to the Business Law Section, and to the field of business law,
IT IS RESOLVED, that on behalf of its current and former members, advisors, consultants and liaisons, the Committee expresses its sincere condolences to Mrs. Jean H. Dooley and her family on the passing of her husband and dear friend of the Committee;
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Committee expresses its gratitude to Professor Dooley’s wife Mrs. Jean H. Dooley and to his children, Michael Sean Dooley and Anne Dooley (Aaron Ferster), granddaughters Hannah and Ruthie Ferster, sisters-in-law Susan Harman and Ann Aylward, nieces Ellen Corsiglia and Jane Clemmons, nephews Pat Dooley, Terry Dooley, Michael Dooley, and Jim Dooley, for generously sharing Professor’s Dooley’s time and attention with the Committee;
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Committee expresses its deep appreciation for Professor Dooley’s work for the Committee, first as an elected member of the Committee from 1983 to 1989, and as the Committee’s Reporter from 1996 through 2012;
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Committee notes Professor Dooley’s extensive influence as a mentor to the members of the Committee and as a rich source of institutional memory and insight about the content, evolution, and societal purpose of the Model Business Corporation Act and of corporate and securities law generally;
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Committee notes with approval and adopts the sentiments expressed by Professors Paul G. Mahoney and Stephen M. Bainbridge in A Tribute to Michael P. Dooley, 98 Virginia Law Review 1427 (2012), published on the occasion of Professor Dooley’s retirement from the University of Virginia Law School;
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Committee communicate its abiding respect for and gratitude to Professor Dooley for the acute intelligence, level-headed practicality, abundant humor, and keen sense of diplomacy with which he carried out his responsibilities as a member of and Reporter for the Committee; and
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Committee publish this resolution on its web site and present it to Mrs. Jean H. Dooley and her family, and to the University of Virginia Law School.
