William (“Bill”) Lovett of New Orleans, Louisiana, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family on May 17, 2022, at the age of 87. Bill was born on September 2, 1934, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the only child of Kenneth Harrison Lovett (1905-1985) and Mary Frances Anthony (1910-1975). From an early age, Bill exhibited a deep love of learning, which blossomed into a long and fulfilling career as a scholar and teacher. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, a law degree from New York University Law School, and graduate degrees in economics from Harvard University (MA), and Michigan State University (PhD).
Bill met his wife of fifty-nine years, Claire Moses, in 1962. They married in Baltimore, Maryland on August 26, 1963. Bill and Claire enjoyed six happy years in Washington, DC, where Bill served as an attorney in the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice and as an economist at the Federal Trade Commission. Their two children, John Andrew Lovett and Leslie Anne Lovett, were born in Washington.
In 1969, Bill and his family moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he began his career at Tulane Law School. He was quickly promoted to full professor and eventually held the Joseph Merrick Jones Chair at Tulane. During his career at Tulane, he published many articles and books. He taught classes and gave lectures at law schools around the world. He testified on multiple occasions before House and Senate committees in the United States Congress. One of his books, Banking and Financial Institutions Law in a Nutshell, ran through nine editions and was even translated into Chinese. Bill was an exemplary teacher who loved to share his knowledge with students. He never stopped learning and sharing what he learned with others. He retired from full time teaching in 2008 but continued to teach at least one course a year until 2016. On May 13, 2022, Bill was inducted into the Tulane Law School Hall of Fame.
Bill and Claire spent many happy summers in Castine, Maine, where they made many new friends and acquaintances. He maintained his passion for history in Castine by becoming active in the Castine Historical Society.
In the last years of Bill’s life, he was very blessed to have many kind and loving caregivers. Bill’s family would like to extend their gratitude to Lounell Lawson, Debbie Matthews, Yatta Howard, and Monique Walters.
Bill is survived by his wife, Claire Lovett, his children, John Andrew Lovett and Leslie Anne Lovett, his daughter in law and son in law, Maurya Kilroy and Scott Kohn, and his grandchildren, Helene Lovett, Madeleine Kohn, and Daniel Lovett. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the William A. Lovett Scholarship Fund at Tulane Law School.
Bill’s life will be celebrated later this summer in Castine, Maine and in the fall in New Orleans.
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