Henry Ramsey Jr. died March 14, a few days after suffering a stroke at his Berkeley, Calif., home.
A judge, educator, lawyer, politician and Korean War veteran, Ramsey capped a 30-year career in California by serving as Howard’s law dean from 1990 to 1996. His son, Charles Ramsey, recalls his father’s pride in taking the helm of the storied law school following a long line of larger-than-life leaders such as Charles Hamilton Houston and William Henry Hastie.
“For my father, this job was a dream come true,” the younger Ramsey says.
