Lowell Turrentine ’17

LOWELL TURRENTINE died peacefully Jan. 18, 1992, after several recent illnesses. He was 96. He was an outstanding student at Princeton, who was Phi Beta Kappa in junior year, earned many important language and debating prizes, was salutatorian at graduation, and was voted most scholarly member of 1917.

During WWI Lowell was a second lieutenant in the Force. On returning from the war, he entered Harvard Law School, where he was on the Law Review and graduated with honors in 1922. He then started the practice of law, first in Ohio, then with a leading law firm in N.Y.C. For two years he was assistant to U.S. Special Counsel in the prosecution of the Elk Hills and Teapot Dome cases. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1929 and joined the faculty of Stanford Law School, becoming a full professor in 1931. For two years he served as assistant dean. He wrote many legal articles and a case book on wills and estate administration. He retired from Stanford in 1961. For several years he was a visiting professor at the Univ. of Southern California , Louisiana State Univ., and Tulane Univ. In WWII he was hearing commissioner for the War Production Board. Our Class was extremely proud of Lowell and his many accomplishments, of which the above are only part.

Twice widowed, Lowell is survived by his third wife, the former Gazelle E. Janzen, and six nephews and nieces, to all of whom we send our deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1917