<font color="#6600cc"><font size="2"><font face="georgia,serif">Terrible, terrible loss.<br><br><a href="http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/news/news.aspx?id=3264">http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/news/news.aspx?id=3264</a><br><br>From the UC Davis Law School website:<br>
<br></font></font></font>The King Hall community mourns the passing of Professor Keith Aoki,
who died at the age of 55 on April 26 following a prolonged illness. A
brilliant scholar, devoted teacher, and beloved colleague, Professor
Aoki had a lasting, positive impact on faculty and students.<p>"Keith
has touched our community in a special way, and he will be greatly
missed," said Dean Kevin R. Johnson in an announcement to the King Hall
community.</p><p>Professor Aoki earned a B.F.A. degree from Wayne State,
as well as an M.A. in Fine Arts from Hunter College, and worked as an
artist in New York City before applying to and being accepted at Harvard
Law School. In addition to his J.D. from Harvard, he earned an LL.M.
from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He taught for more than a
decade at the University of Oregon School of Law, where he was the
Philip H. Knight Professor of Law, as well as Lewis & Clark,
Columbia, and Boston College law schools before coming to King Hall as a
visiting professor in 2006 and joining the faculty in 2007. Professor
Aoki was an accomplished and respected scholar in civil rights, critical
race theory, intellectual property, and local government law, and a
member of the prestigious American Law Institute. </p><p>Professor
Aoki's scholarly work was published in leading legal journals. A person
of many talents, he was a gifted cartoonist who wrote legal articles
and two books--<em>Bound by Law </em>and <em>Theft: A History of Music</em>,
co-written with James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins--in comic book style.
His legal comics had been the subject of recent articles in the <em>San Francisco Chronicle </em>and <em>Diverse: Issues in Higher Education </em>magazine. Professor Aoki also authored <em>Seed Wars: Cases and Materials on Intellectual Property and Plant Genetic Resources </em>(Carolina Academic Press).</p>
<p>Much
of the King Hall community learned of Professor Aoki's death through an
announcement from Dean Johnson on April 26. Shortly thereafter, a
moment of silence was observed in the King Hall courtyard. The previous
week, students participating in the annual Cardozorama talent show
changed the name of the event to "Aokirama" to honor Professor Aoki. UC
Davis announced that it would fly its flags at half-staff for three
business days in honor of Professor Aoki beginning April 28.</p><p>Professor
Aoki is survived by his loving wife, Mona, and their nine-year-old twin
daughters, Rachel and Sarah. The family is setting up college accounts
for the girls, and an announcement will be forthcoming regarding how
members of the King Hall community may contribute. A memorial service at
King Hall is being planned with details to follow.</p><p><a href="http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/news/news.aspx?id=3263" title="Message from Dean Johnson">A Message from Dean Johnson to the King Hall Community</a></p><br clear="all">
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