Gifford, Daniel J. Daniel J. Gifford, Robins Kaplan Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Minnesota Law School, died on April 8 at his home in Wimauma, Florida. He was 91 years old. He died of complications from a stroke he suffered in January. Professor Gifford was recognized as an expert on antitrust law and administrative law. He published extensively in these areas, authoring more than 60 scholarly articles, a number of legal case books and contributing sections to edited books. He published his last book in 2014, when he was in his 80s: The Atlantic Divide in Antitrust: An Examination of US and EU Competition Policy, written with Robert Kudrle, was praised as "an intellectual tour de force" that "should be on the reading list of all antitrust lawyers." Daniel Gifford was born on January 7, 1932 in Utica, New York, to Lyle and Elizabeth Gifford. His father was the manager of a textile mill. His mother was a homemaker. He was the first person in his family to attend college, earning an A.B. degree from Holy Cross College and going on to receive an LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School, where he was Case Editor of the Harvard Law Review. As a Ford Fellow, he received a J.S.D. degree from Columbia University. After receiving his LL.B. degree, Professor Gifford practiced law with the New York firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. He left private practice behind to pursue legal scholarship, joining the law faculties of Vanderbilt University and the State University of New York at Buffalo before arriving at the University of Minnesota Law School in 1978. There, he was named the 1982-83 Julius E. Davis Professor of Law and subsequently served as the Robins Kaplan Professor of Law until his retirement in 2016. Professor Gifford maintained a lively interest in Christian theology and was an active member of his church, including serving on its Vestry. He greatly enjoyed visiting new places, and traveled extensively for both personal and professional reasons. He taught law at the University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania law schools as well as universities in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and Sweden. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Ann Megathlin Gifford, his daughter Kae Gifford and her husband Rajesh Desai, both of Manhattan, his daughter Christine Kurr and her husband Michael Kurr, both of Dellwood, Minnesota, and seven grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on June 10 at 11:00 a.m. at Saint John's Episcopal Church in Minneapolis.

Published on April 23, 2023