Michael W. Melton ’68

Mike died at his home in Wellesley, Mass., on Aug. 6, 1999, of pancreatic cancer, with which he had been diagnosed in Oct. 1998.

Mike came to Princeton from Evanston Township [Ill.] H.S. After Princeton, he received his law degree in 1973 from the U. of Southern California Law School, graduating as a member of the Order of the Coif.

After a stay in private practice in LA, he served as an adviser for the Office of Tax Policy with the Treasury Dept. until 1981, when he became an associate professor at Boston U. law school. During his 18 years at BU law school, he taught tax, was the director of the graduate tax law program, and was appointed associate dean in 1998.

In Wellesley, he served in various elected and appointed posts. Mike was also a consummate dog lover. He had rescued many Great Danes, retired Greyhounds, and others. He had joined a racing club and delighted driving his Porsche with that group.

He is survived by his parents, Buford H. and Miriam W.; his sister, Ann M. Lopresti, her husband, Jonathon Lopresti; a nephew, James S. Lopresti; and many friends and colleagues, to whom the class extends its profound sympathy.

The Class of 1968