Very fortunate that he is giving us this lecture. He is a man who these know introduction. There is not an introduction that will be complete in the time allotted. He graduated with highest honors from stanford. He then went as a marshall scholar to oxford where he received firstclass honors with a ba degree in philosophy and economics. He went to harvard law school, where he excelled and was articles editor of the log review. He then clerked for Justice Arthur goldberg. He doesnt knowledge that he conjured it to the first draft that he contributed to the first draft of griswold versus connecticut case. For those of you who are not lawyers was the case and recognized the right of marital privacy. After clerking for justice goldberg, he worked for the department of justice and taught at harvard, both in the law school and the Kennedy School of government. He was chief counsel to the Senate Judicial committee. He was nominated by president carter to the first circuit, 90s after carter lo