"I have only dear memories of Bill Harvey. He was my professor and dean while I was in law school in the mid-70s. He gently encouraged me in so many ways. I remember our lengthy discussions about Solzhenitsyn and his writings. Bill and I shared a concern about the overwhelming power of government, and he once asked me to do some research about the relationship of property ownership and freedom. The research was for me, not for him, but he made me feel that my thoughts mattered. I was pregnant during my last year of law school, and Bill was the professor who made me feel that motherhood would be as important as being an attorney (if not more so). Bill recommended me for positions at the Indiana Judicial Center, for clerk for Judge Staton of the Indiana Court of Appeals, and for clerk for Justice Hunter of the Indiana Supreme Court. I know that he was supporting students and young lawyers behind the scenes everywhere. His demeanor was ever gentle; his speech was measured and articulate. When Bill was asked by President Reagan to chair the Legal Services Board of Directors in Washington, D.C., in 1980, Bill called me. I had just moved to Baltimore with my husband and two young sons. Bill told me that he "needed" me to go to Washington to the LSC headquarters so that I could assist the new board from within the corporation. I told him my younger son (not quite 2) couldn't go to school yet because he wasn't potty-trained. Bill's words: "Well, talk with him about it and let me know." I'll never forget this because Asher immediately went to the drawer with the training pants, pulled off his diaper, and said, "We can do this." Bill's leadership at LSC was powerful, and his passion for helping those who need legal representation was unmatched. However, the hateful liberals (including Hillary Clinton) who wanted to use federal money for left-wing causes targeted Bill in revenge for his good works with LSC. Bill was prevented from becoming a federal judge because of the liberal politics. This was the country's profound loss. Lives being complicated, it was only on Easter Sunday that I learned Bill was spending Easter with Jesus. In many ways, Bill stood in the mentoring and nurturing place of a father. Even if we did not speak often of late, he remained vivid in my heart and mind. I will miss him. Gerry, thank you for sharing him with the world."
In loving memory of
William F. Harvey
October 20, 1932 - November 17, 2016
William F. Harvey of Indianapolis, a retired Dean and Professor at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, died on Thursday, November 17th, 2016.
Professor Harvey was born October 20, 1932. He graduated from the Eldon High School, in Eldon, Missouri. He was president of his senior class and selected as the best all-around student in those four years. He was runner-up for Missouri Governor of Boys State in 1949. He ranked No. 1 in state solo vocal music. He received widely recognized basketball honors. Later, in a 50-team basketball tournament in the U.S. Navy, he was a co-captain of the championship team and selected as the tournament MVP.
He graduated from the University of Missouri. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta social fraternity. After graduation, he entered the U.S. Navy and served in Korea and Indochina.
He was one of the youngest Navy officers in the Pacific fleet to be given combat and task force functional command of an Essex Class aircraft carrier, during which Navy fighters and bombers were launched and recovered.
After leaving active duty in the Navy, he graduated from the Georgetown University School of Law with a J.D. degree. He was a member of the editorial staff of the Georgetown Law Review, in which he also published, President of the Georgetown Law School student body, and President of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity. During part of that time, he was employed by the Antitrust Division of the U. S. Department of Justice as a special assistant to Victor Kramer, the chief of litigation.
Upon graduation he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas D. Quinn, on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. He also worked for Chief Judge Leo A. Rover, on that court. In that time, he returned to the Georgetown University School of Law and received an LL.M degree in law. Afterward, he was the law clerk to the Honorable John A. Danaher on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. During that time he also worked for the Honorable Warren E. Burger, who later became the Chief Justice of the United States.
He was a professor of law at the Washburn University Law School in Topeka, Kansas, the first president of that University's faculty senate, and he was a lecturer at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka. While on the Washburn faculty he collaborated with his law student and friend Dr. M. Martin Halley, a cardiac surgeon, to develop the first widely used legal and medical definition for determining whether a person is legally considered dead. Their work was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and elsewhere.
In 1968, Professor Harvey joined the faculty of Indiana University at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. He formally retired from the Law School faculty in 1997 and from all professorial counseling of law students in 2002.
He was the Law School's Dean from 1973--1979, and its first Titled Professor: the Carl M. Gray Professor of Law. He received twelve student awards as the outstanding faculty professor of the year, during the years when such awards were made. For ten years he was a member of Indiana University's Rhodes and Marshall Scholarship Committee.
Among his many distinguished students were Vice President and Mrs. Dan Quayle, Vice President-elect Governor Mike Pence, Governor Mitch Daniels, United States Senator Dan Coats, Honorable Dan Manion, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Honorable Margaret Robb, Indiana Court of Appeals, Honorable Cale Bradford, Indiana Court of Appeals, United States Congressman Todd Rokita, and United States Attorney Deborah Daniels.
For twenty two years, he served on the Indiana Supreme Court's Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. For twenty-three years, he lectured in the Indiana Bar Review course. He lectured at the Defense Information School of the U. S. Department of Defense, and he extensively lectured in Continuing Legal Educational Programs. He was admitted to practice in Indiana, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Kansas. He was an active member of the Indiana Bar Association and its Trial Lawyers Section.
Professor Harvey wrote twenty-five volumes that were published by West Publishing Company. He also wrote over four hundred other articles and columns for the Indiana Bar Association, for law reviews, and other publications.
He was published by The Wall Street Journal, and in journals of opinion such as National Review, the American Spectator, and Chronicles. He appeared on national television in NBC's Today Program, and as a guest on his friend William F. Buckley's Firing Line. For several years he was a popular, regular guest speaker on the weekday radio show of Greg Garrison, a distinguished former student.
He authored legal-medical articles and comments that were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Modern Medicine, the Kansas Medical Journal, and the New England Journal of Medicine.
Professor Harvey participated in major litigation in state and federal courts in Indiana and in the U. S. Supreme Court. On five occasions, the Indiana Supreme Court requested he defend it in law suits brought against that Court. He was a lead trial attorney for the successful defense of the Carmel-Clay Schools of Carmel, Indiana before Federal District Judge S. Hugh Dillin in the Indianapolis School Desegregation Case in 1973.
In defense of the State of Indiana in 1977, he wrote a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States that was granted without full briefing or oral argument, and reversed the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit which had affirmed Judge Dillin, who had ruled against Indiana and Governor Otis R. Bowen.
Professor Harvey wrote briefs in several major state and federal cases, and he worked extensively on cases with the Pacific Legal Foundation of Sacramento, California, and the Washington Legal Foundation or Washington, D.C.
He was strongly committed to the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society, and was a member of its Board of Directors for more than thirty five years.
President Reagan appointed him to be a member of the Advisory Committee on Accreditation of Colleges and Universities to the U. S. Secretary of Education, and to be Chairman of the Board of Directors of the national Legal Services Corporation.
In 1985, President Reagan selected him for nomination to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, Illinois.
In the 1996, Governor Evan Bayh of Indiana appointed him as Sagamore of the Wabash, one of the highest honors bestowed in the State of Indiana.
He was an insatiable reader with an extraordinary knowledge and understanding of law, history, philosophy, and economics. From 1956 until his death, he was a member of the United States Naval Institute. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Society of Descendents of Washington's Army at Valley Forge.
Professor Harvey was also an outstanding amateur golfer. He was the medalist and then runner-up in the Missouri State Amateur Golf Championship. He won several amateur tournaments. For a time, he held the course record on two courses and his home course in Missouri. He was a member of the Country Club of Indianapolis, and later the Meridian Hills Country Club of Indianapolis.
He is survived by Geralene Lawrence Harvey, his wife of 60 years, their daughter Carolyn Harvey Lundberg of Arlington, Virginia, their son Dr. William L.F. Harvey of Carmel, Indiana, his son-in-law Rolf Th. Lundberg Jr, his daughter-in-law Beth Johnson Harvey, and six grandchildren: Rolf Th. Lundberg III, William Andrew Harvey, Jeannette Helene Lawrence Lundberg, Phoebe Cirrelda Harvey, Claudia Correll Harvey, and Philip Ronald Harvey.
Professor Harvey was preceded in death by his parents, Marion Correll Harvey and Harry H. Harvey, a sister, Jeannette Correll Harvey, and brother, Herbert E. Harvey.
There will be a private family funeral. A public memorial service will be held at Second Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis, Indiana, at a date to be announced in 2017. Later in 2017, a family and friends Interment ceremony will be at the Eldon Cemetery, in Eldon, Missouri.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the Indianapolis Legal Aid Society.
Tributes
"Professor Harvey was my civil procedure professor in 1991. He challenged and motivated me in a way that has defined my law school experience and my legal career as both a lawyer and a judge. I thank him everyday for his gifts of knowledge, integrity and professionalism. My condolences to his family. His legacy will live on through his students and what they've passed on to their children. With love - Hon. Kelly C. Wall"
"I was a student of Professor Harvey's at Indiana University-Indianapolis in the mid-1990s. In fact, I was in his last class he ever taught in 1997. He was tough yet kind and compassionate. Although he was tough as nails, I had a lot of respect for him. I never practiced law because I knew going into law school that I wanted to be a college professor. In fact, I wasn't as prepared for my first semester and didn't do so well. I thought about exiting early and not returning. But, I thought I should try to go to someone who could convince me. . . Professor Harvey was that person. Although I was nervous to speak with him because of how respected he was, he spoke with me with such care. I was a bit of an outsider (not wanting to practice), but I have to say that Professor Harvey is the reason I stayed and I am eternally grateful. In fact, as a professor now, I took his lead in being tough yet compassionate. I hope I make him proud. And, it has come full circle, I am now in Missouri. . .I had no idea he was from Missouri. I am saddened by this news but am really grateful for my short time with Professor Harvey. His family should be absolutely proud of his great impact on life. Thank you for sharing him with us!"
"Bill will be missed by all who ever met him.As his Dermatologist I will miss our chats about politics and life in general.I am glad he was here to see the results of the presidential race.."
"Bill Harvey was one of the finest men I ever knew and he is the reason I became a lawyer. My mentor, the Honorable Cale J. Holder, knew of my interest in becoming a lawyer. I had applied to the IU McKinney School of Law but was not immediately accepted. I had also applied (and had been accepted) to the IU Kelly School of Business. Judge Holder arranged for me to interview with Dean Harvey. Dean Harvey interviewed me and granted me admission to the Law School shortly thereafter. It was because of his faith in me that I became a lawyer. I owe him my professional life. He will be greatly missed.. "