January 1, 2009

A Record-Breaker Passes

Farewell to Walter Seward, Harvard's longest-lived alumnus

From The January-February 2009 Issue

Walter Seward, LL.B. ’24, who died on September 14, a month shy of his 112th birthday, was the longest-lived Harvard alumnus known to University records. He practiced law into his nineties; for his final visit to the Law School, in 2004, Dean Elena Kagan declared Walter Seward Day in his honor (see “The Oldest Ever?” January-February 2006, page 79, for further details.)

Published in the January-February 2009 print issue in the Alumni section.

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