Boris I. Bittker: Colleague and Friend

Abstract

Boris Bittker is not the kind to let University tradition or Connecticut statute dictate the time of his retirement. His eminence as a scholar, teacher, and lawyer is due not only to his extraordinary gifts of mind and personality, but also to his hard work and self-discipline. It is therefore entirely in keeping with his practice of controlling his own timetable that he should have decided to retire last June, while in robust good health, several years ahead of the schedule ordained by others.