Frank John Remington (February 10, 1922 – February 9, 1996), was a University of Wisconsin

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, who directed major studies reforming criminal law in the United States. He was a member of the

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's Standing Committee on Federal Rules and Procedures for 23 years, directed a 1961 study of

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administration for the

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and headed an

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project to develop standards for the police. He was also a consultant to the President's Commission on Law Enforcement under

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and to the

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on Civil Disorders in 1968.

Career

He attended the

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, interrupting his undergraduate studies for World War II service as

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pilot, for which he received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He attended law school there also, and joined the faculty upon his graduation in 1949. He headed the project rewriting Wisconsin's criminal law system; this project was to become a model for other states and the Federal Government. He then participated in the development of the

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, and was subsequently director of the American Bar Foundation 1961 study on improving the day-to-day administration of the criminal justice system outside the courtroom. Remington was for many years Wisconsin's faculty representative to the

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and the

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, and was a member of the N.C.A.A.'s committee on infractions. He was chairman of that committee when it unanimously imposed the first "death penalty" on an athletic program, the

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football program, guilty of two rounds of major infractions within five years. The committee forced S.M.U. to abandon football altogether for the 1987 season, and revive the sport only under severe restrictions.

Legacy and influence

One of the

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's clinical centers is named after him, the Frank J. Remington Center. The center's clinics specialize in criminal law, and they include the Legal Assistance to Incarcerated People (LAIP) Project, the Oxford Federal Project, and the Wisconsin Innocence Project, among others.

References

Obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Remington, Frank J. 1922 births 1996 deaths University of Wisconsin Law School faculty University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Wisconsin Law School alumni United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II