In Memoriam: Benno C. Schmidt Jr. ’66, Yale’s 20th President and Renowned Legal Scholar

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Benno C. Schmidt Jr. ’63, ’66 J.D., a constitutional law scholar who served as Yale’s 20th president from 1986 to 1992, leading the university during a challenging period, died July 9 at the age of 81.