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...What really tipped the balance [in Richardson's favor] was his tremendous contribution not only as a lawyer but as a cabinet secretary to presidents, as a Massachusetts and U.S. attorney general and as an ambassador," Brock said...
...Richardson resigned his post as U.S. Attorney General in 1973 after President Richard M. Nixon ordered him to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox '34. After Richardson's deputy also refused Nixon's order and resigned, Nixon convinced Solicitor General Robert Bork to fire Cox, in a series of events later labelled the Saturday Night Massacre...
Brock said this year's significance as the 25th anniversary of the Saturday Night Massacre and Richardson's integrity during those events contributed to the association's choice...
Brock's praises echoed those of the HLS class marshals, who selected Richardson as Class Day speaker earlier this spring. Michael D. Rosenbaum, a third-year law student and the class of 1998's first marshal, was enthusiastic about the HLSA's decision...
...Richardson was chosen as the recipient of the HLSA award by the executive committee of the HLSA in consultation with HLS Dean Robert C. Clark. Any of the organization's 35,000 members may make nominations to the committee...