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RAYMOND PEARLSTINE W’29, L’32
Theodore O. Rogers C’37, L’40, a retired judge of Commonwealth Court, passed away in October 2000. He was appointed to the court in 1971 and retired in 1986 to return to private practice which he ended in 1994. As a student, Rogers was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He began his legal career in New York with Sullivan & Cromwell, and in 1941 he joined the Navy and was commissioned an officer. He served as solicitor of Chester County; solicitor of the Chester County Board of School Directors; and counsel for Tredyffrin Township. He was involved with the Law School through membership in the Law Alumni Society. | |
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Raymond
Pearlstine W’29, L’32, a prominent Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) attorney
died in January 2001. He was the senior partner in the firm of Wisler,
Pearlstine, Talone, Craig, Garrity and Potash of Blue Bell, PA, and the
firm’s predecessor (1945-1991). He was the former lawyer for the Philadelphia
Eagles football team, for local banks and several Montgomery County civic
institutions. From 1933 to 1943 he maintained an independent practice
in Norristown, PA. Mr. Pearlstine served in the South Pacific during World
War II. In 1977, He was appointed vice president of the disciplinary board
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He served as president of the Montgomery
County Bar Association and served as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar
Association’s Board of Governors. In 1985 the Pearlstines established
The Raymond Pearlstine Fund to Stimulate Education in the Problems of
the Legal Profession and Professional Responsibility at the Law School.
Mr. Pearlstine was also a loyal supporter of the Biddle Law Library. He
is survived by his wife, Gladys, and three children, including Norman
Pearlstine L’67.