ARCHIBALD. Thomas Lane Archibald, 86, of Ledyard Road, West Hartford, passed away Thursday (May 1, 1997). Mr. Archibald was born in Pittsfield, MA, April 23, 1911, the son of the Reverend Warren Seymour Archibald and Marie Ernst Archibald. Mr. Archibald moved to Hartford in 1917 when his father became Minister of the South Congregational Church. A graduate of Kingswood School in 1928 and Harvard College in 1932, Mr. Archibald received his Law Degree from Harvard Law School in 1935, after which he became associated with the Law Firm of Robinson, Robinson and Cole in Hartford. During World War II, Mr. Archibald served in Europe as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army and after the War, began his career as a Law Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford. An enthusiastic and capable skier and mountaineer, Mr. Archibald climbed many of the higher peaks in the Canadian and American Rockies, including the Grand Teton and the Maroon Bells. He and his wife, Dorothy Clark Archibald, were benefactors of many charitable organizations in Hartford and elsewhere in New England. In addition to his wife Dorothy, Mr. Archibald leaves a brother, Warren Seymour Archibald, Jr. of Concord, MA; a nephew, John Lyon Gardiner Archibald of Boston, MA; a niece, Mary Archibald Poor of Cambridge, MA as well as his wife’s nephew and niece, Timothy K. Earle of Wilmette, IL, and Eleanor Earle Ferguson of Chapel Hill, NC. Hugh C. Macgill, Dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law, made the following statement regarding Mr. Archibald: “Thomas L. Archibald, who retired in 1971 as a Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law, loved the law and loved teaching it. Even now, more than 25 years after his retirement, many of our graduates still ask me about him and remember him warmly. Tom was one of a small band of dedicated teachers and scholars who, after the Second World War, were responsible for the extraordinary growth of the University of Connecticut School of Law, and we will always be grateful.” A funeral service will be at Hartford’s South Congregational Church, 277 Main Street, (corner of Main and Buckingham Streets) in the Archibald Chapel, on Monday, May 5, 11 a.m. There will be no calling hours. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Instead of flowers, donations may be made to the Office of Development, Harvard University, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138. The James T. Pratt Funeral Service, Wethersfield, is in charge of funeral arrangements.
