Donald John Mathison ’71

Don Mathison died Mar. 3, 1996, in Washington, D.C., after a long illness.

He graduated with distinction from the Asheville School in North Carolina. At Princeton he adapted and directed classical plays for Theatre Intime. He graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and was class salutatorian. Awarded a Keasbey Scholarship, he received BA and MA degrees from Oxford U.

He worked in Sen. Strom Thurmond's office while attending Georgetown U. Law Center, from which he graduated cum laude in 1980. For five years he was in private law practice while he taught at the U. of Maryland and Catholic U. of America law schools. He became a fulltime professor in 1985 and held law professorships at Hofstra U. and U. of Detroit-Mercy, where he was employed prior to his death. Don was deputy editor of Tax Management International Forum and published various articles in law journals and tax periodicals. Don taught and studied the classics at U. of Michigan, where he had earned an MA degree and was working on his doctorate.

Don is survived by his two brothers, David Rowe Mathison and Robert V. Mathison Jr., devoted friend James Hambuechen, and eight nieces and nephews.