Myres McDougal was an eminent legal scholar who taught at Yale Law School for over four decades. McDougal, along with fellow ASIL president Harold Lasswell, developed a political science approach to jurisprudence known as “the New Haven School.” He also lent his expertise to various international legal initiatives. For example, McDougal served on the U.S. delegation to the 1969 UN conference in Vienna that produced the Convention on the Law of Treaties. Among his many devoted students was U.S. President Bill Clinton, who wrote after McDougal’s death that the professor “inspired many of us to dedicate our lives to public service and will continue to guide our efforts.”