Law Librarian Who Established Wisdom Collection at Tulane Has Died
January 09, 2020
January 09, 2020
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 9 -- Tulane University Law School issued the following news release:
Long-time Tulane Law professor and Director of the law library David Combe, who was instrumental in acquiring the heralded John Minor Wisdom collection and growing the law school's rare books collection, died on Christmas day last month.
A civil law scholar, Combe (L'71) was director of the law library when in 1997 Wisdom, the iconic civil rights-era judge, turned . . .
Long-time Tulane Law professor and Director of the law library David Combe, who was instrumental in acquiring the heralded John Minor Wisdom collection and growing the law school's rare books collection, died on Christmas day last month.
A civil law scholar, Combe (L'71) was director of the law library when in 1997 Wisdom, the iconic civil rights-era judge, turned . . .