
{"id":9219,"date":"2010-03-06T06:53:17","date_gmt":"2010-03-06T14:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=9219"},"modified":"2010-03-06T07:04:28","modified_gmt":"2010-03-06T15:04:28","slug":"obituary-daniel-h-pollitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2010\/03\/06\/obituary-daniel-h-pollitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Obituary: Daniel H. Pollitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_9220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9220\" style=\"width: 104px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Pollitt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Pollitt-104x150.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-9220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Pollitt-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Pollitt-78x113.jpg 78w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Pollitt.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 104px) 100vw, 104px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Pollitt<\/figcaption><\/figure> Daniel Hubbard Pollitt, Graham Kenan Professor of Law emeritus of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law died March 5, surrounded by the love of his family.  Dan loved his family, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Holden Beach and Tar Heel Basketball.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Pollitt was  born July 6, 1921, in Washington, D.C. to Mima Riddiford and Basil Hubbard Pollitt. He graduated from Wesleyan University in Connecticut early to join the Marines. He fought in the Pacific, as a Second Lieutenant in World War II, receiving several purple hearts.  After the war, he attended Cornell Law School, where he served on the Law Review.  He clerked for Judge Henry Edgerton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.  Later, he joined the Law Firm of Joseph Rauh, Jr., beginning a lifetime of defending civil rights, civil liberties, and fighting injustices in local, state and national arenas.<\/p>\n<p>In 1951, he married Jean Ann Rutledge (1925 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 2006), daughter of Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge and Annabel Person Rutledge.  He and his wife of 55 years had three children, Daniel, Phoebe and Susan.<\/p>\n<p>In 1957, he moved to Chapel Hill where he joined the faculty at the law school.   A constitutional and labor law professor, he was active in numerous organizations including the NAACP, ACLU, AAUP, Southerners for Economic Justice, and RAFI.  He was president of the faculty for four years.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the honors and awards he received include the Order of the Long-Leaf Pine, the Jefferson Award, The Order of the Golden Fleece, the NC ACLU Frank Porter Graham and Finlator Awards, and the Robert Seymour Award from People of Faith Against the Death Penalty.<\/p>\n<p>He loved teaching, and taught at Georgetown, Wake Forest, Duke, American University, the University of Oregon and the University of Arkansas law schools. Until January 2010, he taught a constitutional law course for Duke\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his loving and devoted wife Eleanor Kinnaird; his three children who cherish his memory:  Daniel R. Pollitt, wife Linda Weisel and son Daniel L. Pollitt; Phoebe Ann Pollitt, husband Bruce Ball, and sons Douglas Paletta and Andrew Paletta; and Susan H. Pollitt, husband Bill Rowe and sons William Pollitt Rowe and Henry Rowe Pollitt; his sister Betty Kenney; his brother-in-law Neal Rutledge and wife Caroline; his sister-in-law and brother-in-law Mary Lou and Ted Needels; his three step children:  Robin Kinnaird, Michael Kinnaird, Paul Kinnaird; and 13 nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>A memorial service will be held at the Community Church of Chapel Hill this spring.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Dan Pollitt Fellowship at the UNC Law School, which supports summer clerkships for law students to work in the area of social justice.  Donations may be sent to the School of Law Annex, 101 E. Weaver St, Ste 245 Carrboro, NC 27510 ATTN: Brandon Wright (919) 962-6718.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Hubbard Pollitt, Graham Kenan Professor of Law emeritus of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law died March 5, surrounded by the love of his family. 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