Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 11, 2008|Volume 36, Number 25

Jazz concert celebrates
the life of Stanton Wheeler

A jazz concert will take place on Sunday, April 13, in memory of Stanton Wheeler, who died Dec. 7 at age 77.

The concert, hosted by Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh and Law School faculty, will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Law School’s Levinson Auditorium, 127 Wall St. It will feature performances by the four jazz groups with which Wheeler played: the Clamdiggers, the Reunion Jazz Ensemble, the King Street Stompers and the Yale Jazz Ensemble. A reception will immediately follow the concert in the Law School dining hall.

Wheeler was the Ford Foundation Professor Emeritus of Law and the Social Sciences and Professorial Lecturer in Law at the time of his death. He was one of the first non-lawyers to serve in a tenured position at the Law School. He was noted for his research and teaching on the administration of criminal justice, white-collar crime, the sociology of law, sports and the law, and music and the law.

As the master of Morse College for six years, Wheeler was also known for sharing his love of music, particularly jazz, with the Yale community. He played trumpet, flugelhorn and cornet.

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