Michael O. Sawyer

Michael O. Sawyer (1919–2002

He was a Ford Foundation post-doctoral fellow, and was a scholar-in-residence for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

Sawyer published many articles, conference papers, and several books on public law, American studies. He held visiting lectureships at the University of Colorado, University of Delaware, University of Georgia, University of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame, and University of Oregon. Some of the notable scholars to hold the chaired position are Stephen Macedo, Keith J. Bybee, and Thomas M. Keck. A student award was also named in his honor.

The Maxwell school hosts the Sawyer Law and Politics Program (SLAPP). It also hosts the Michael O. Sawyer Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Law and Politics.

Death Sawyer died at the age of 83 on December 24, 2002, in Liverpool, New York, due to complications from Alzheimer's disease.