Hervey Sinclair Johnson ’64

HERVEY'S HEART gave out on Mar. 19, 1992, at Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he was awaiting a transplant.

Raised in Lumberton, N.C., Hervey came to Princeton from Lawrenceville. in college he was an editor of the TIGER literary magazine and a member of Cottage and the 21 Club.

After graduating from Duke Law School in 1967, Hervey taught at the Melbourne School of Law in Australia, and from 1969 to 1976, he worked in the law firm of Davis Polk Wardwell in Manhattan, where he was living at the time of his death. Hervey joined the faculty of Pace Univ. School of Law upon its founding, where he specialized in civil rights, the Constitution, and contracts, The first adviser to the Pace LAW REVIEW, he became chairman of the faculty's curriculum and equal opportunities committees and founder of Society One, a civil liberties organization.

In addition to his professional responsibilities, Hervey was a founder of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, chairman of the Council of New York Law Associates, and a board member for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and for the New York Univ. Institute on Securities Laws and Regulations.

Hervey is survived by his widow, Irene Deaville Johnson, also a law professor at Pace; his eightmonth old daughter Mary; his stepdaughter Jessica Sarin (15); and his two brothers, Gilbert '60 and James. To them the Class offers its heartfelt condolences.

The Class of 1964