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Obituaries

Apr. 15, 2015

Gerald T. McLaughlin: 1941-2015

Dean of Loyola Law School from 1991 to 2000, McLaughlin wrote a comprehensive history of the school as well as several historical novels.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Gerald T. McLaughlin, a former dean of Loyola Law School and the author of a history of the school, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 73.


Professor Laurie L. Levenson, who served as an associate dean under McLaughlin for a time, called him "a wonderful man ... who always had the interests of Loyola Law School at the top of his list.


"He had a huge heart. The guy just ...

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