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Mason Ladd--In Memoriam, Paul F. Rothstein

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I shall always have fond thoughts of my dear friends, Dean and Mrs. Ladd. I got to know them only recently--in the last six or seven years before his death. I was sorry I did not know them sooner. Of course, I always knew of the Dean's enormous contributions to the law of evidence. But I did not know, until I met him, that this was accompanied by an equally remarkable warmth and genuineness, a deep caring, and a charismatic presence (particularly on the podium). Nor did I know of the loving support and charm of Mrs. Ladd, an equal …