Bernard Wolfman

Bernard Wolfman (July 8, 1924 – August 20, 2011) was the dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, as well as its Gemmill Professor of Tax Law and Tax Policy, and the Fessenden Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

Biography

Wolfman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Nathan and Elizabeth (Coff) Wolfman, and was Jewish.

He fought in Germany in December 1944, in World War II.

He earned an A.B. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1946, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1948. In 1976, he became the Fessenden Professor of Law at Harvard Law School in 1976, holding that position until 2007.

He died from heart failure at 87 years of age in West Orange, New Jersey.