Robert B. Yegge ’56

Robert B. Yegge died Dec. 16, 2006, in Denver.

From 1965 to 1976, he served as dean at the University of Denver Law School, and was dean emeritus since 1977. He established the nationally recognized Law and Society Association and the Law and Society Review. Deeply committed to civil rights, Bob initiated an innovative pilot program in the early 1960s for recruiting Hispanics into law school, funded by the Ford Foundation. The program became a national model.

He served on editorial boards of numerous prestigious professional journals and was a life member of the American Law Institute, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a member of the Henry Luce Foundation Scholars selection committee since 1975. He received many national and international honors and awards.

A respected leader in cultural and civic life, he also was chair of the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities, chair of the Mile High Chapter of the American Red Cross, and trustee of the Colorado Prevention Center. He brought Princeton political scientist William H. Beaney, sociologist Wilbert E. Moore, and James E. Wallace of Princeton Theological Seminary to the University of Denver.

Gifted with intellect, integrity, generosity, courage, and vision, Bob, who never married, had a great sense of humor and zest for life.