{"id":351,"date":"2021-06-21T00:27:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T00:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/?p=351"},"modified":"2023-02-21T21:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T21:59:15","slug":"clinic-mourns-passing-of-ambassador-william-vanden-heuval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/clinic-mourns-passing-of-ambassador-william-vanden-heuval\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinic Mourns Passing of Ambassador William vanden Heuval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On June 21, 2021, Clinic Director Mark Jackson addressed the community on the passing of Ambassador William vanden Heuval:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am writing with the sad news that the clinic\u2019s most generous individual donor, Ambassador William vanden Heuvel, passed away last week. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am including a link to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/15\/obituaries\/william-vanden-heuvel-diplomat-and-a-kennedy-confidant-dies-at-91.html?referringSource=articleShare\">obituary<\/a> from&nbsp;<em>The New York Times<\/em>, and encourage you to read it, because it describes how one Cornell Law School graduate went on to lead a public life of true purpose and import.&nbsp; And what a life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have always felt humbled and honored by his support for, and interest in, the work that we do. &nbsp;In his honor, I plan to feature on our website going forward this line from a piece he wrote for the<em>&nbsp;Columbia Journalism Review<\/em>: &nbsp;\u201cThe right to know in a democracy frequently depends on the demand to know by the media.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s all commit \u2014 no matter what careers we choose to pursue \u2014 to lead a life of honor, commitment, purpose and dignity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My very best,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 21, 2021, Clinic Director Mark Jackson addressed the community on the passing of Ambassador William vanden Heuval: All: I am writing with the sad news that the clinic\u2019s most generous individual donor, Ambassador William vanden Heuvel, passed away last week. &nbsp; I am including a link to his obituary from&nbsp;The New York Times, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376,"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions\/376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornell1a.law.cornell.edu\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}