Death of Paul E. Treusch

I am sorry to bring you the news of the death at age 95 of Paul E. Treusch, former Associate Chief Counsel of the the IRS and tax professor at Southwestern from 1979-2004. From the Washington Post obituary:

Mr. Treusch was born in Chicago and graduated from the University of Chicago, where he also received a law degree in the mid-1930s. After teaching at Louisiana State University, he came to Washington and joined the IRS. He was the assistant chief counsel for more than 30 years, until he retired about 1970.

During the 1970s, he taught at Howard University School of Law, Boston University School of Law and again at Howard. In 1979, he moved to Los Angeles, where he taught at Southwestern Law School for 25 years.

He developed a specialty in international tax law and published a textbook on tax-exempt organizations. Also, he was a visiting professor in Hong Kong, China and Mexico. Southwestern Law School established an annual lectureship and teaching position to honor Mr. Treusch and his wife. He retired at age 93 after suffering a stroke.

For more, see the Southwestern press release.