Scholarship and financial aid programs at the Law School have received a $1.5 million boost with the establishment of the Louis Rudner Scholarships and the Louis Rudner Financial Aid Fund. Bequests from Samuel Rudner, LLB '29, who died on Oct. 4, 1995, and his late brother, Otto, are supporting programs named for their late brother, Louis Rudner, LLB '20, who died in 1944.

"Sam Rudner was one of our most distinguished and among our most loyal graduates," said Dean Clark. "His family's generosity will benefit students today and for years to come."

Rudner came to Harvard after receiving the B.A. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1924. He was a Harvard Law Review editor and, as a second-year student, led his class scholastically.

Following graduation, Rudner practiced in New York with Kohlman & Austrian. In 1945 he was admitted to the New Jersey bar and joined the Lawrenceville office of his brother Louis' firm, Katzenbach Gildea & Rudner. He became counsel to the firm in 1992.

Rudner served as chair of the character committee and member of the ethics committee of the New Jersey Supreme Court.

He served on the executive committee of the Trenton Jewish Federation and was a member of the Har Sinai Temple and Jewish Family of Services.

Rudner was a member of the Mercer County, N.J., and American bar associations.