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Former Vanderbilt Law Professor Dies at 84

Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 3, 2020
News Type: Passages

Bob Covington, former professor at Vanderbilt Law School, passed away on Nov. 29 at 84. Covington received his undergraduate degree from Yale before earning his law degree from Vanderbilt Law School in 1961. He was offered a fellowship to teach and serve as a research fellow at Vanderbilt Law immediately after graduating and accepted an offer to join the law faculty permanently when the fellowship ended. Covington taught labor and employment law for 46 years until his retirement in 2007. Covington received Vanderbilt’s Thomas Jefferson Award in 1992 and when the law school was expanded and renovated in the early 2000s, the Covington Room was named in his honor. A small family memorial service will be livestreamed from St. George’s Episcopal Church on Dec. 11 at 11 a.m. CST. Donations in Professor Covington’s memory can be made to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee “Covington Quality of Life Fund,” which supports the Nashville symphony, opera, ballet and the Frist Art Museum; to Vanderbilt Law School; or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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