Words of Thanks

I came here in 1964 and spent four of the best years of my life in New Haven. The Law School was more than a meeting and networking place; it constituted more than a multitude of challenges; it was also an idea and an ideal of a place of learning and researching. When my Swiss supervising professor saw me in Basel after two years at Yale, he noted in his diary that I had left as an eager student and had turned into a self-confident young man, and he added that it was very impressive how Yale succeeded not only in training academics, but also in shaping personalities. Lest you feel that I was shaped only by Yale Law School, I would add that I spent my first married years in New Haven with my wonderful wife, Simone.