Frank Tuerkheimer
Position title: Professor Emeritus of Law
Frank Tuerkheimer, University of Wisconsin Law School emeritus professor who served as an associate special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal, died Sept. 16, 2023, in Madison; he was 84.
Tuerkheimer, who graduated from New York University School of Law, was highly regarded for his wide-reaching experience. He served as a legal assistant to the attorney general of newly independent Swaziland (now known as Eswatini), helping to write the country’s first constitution. He served as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin for the Carter administration. He also co-authored the book Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust, published in 2014; he also taught a course on the subject, important to him because he was born months after his family fled Nazi Germany. In his free time, Tuerkheimer enjoyed biking, travel and especially sailing.
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