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From: Magarik, Molly <Molly.Magarik@mail.house.gov>
Date: Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 9:30 AM
Subject: Obituary and Service Info for Justice Quillen
To: "Magarik, Molly" <Molly.Magarik@mail.house.gov>


Family and friends are invited to a memorial service at New Castle
Presbyterian Church on Saturday, August 27, at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of
flowers, please consider contributions in Bill's memory to either New
Castle Presbyterian Church (23 East Second Street, New Castle DE 19720) or
Wilmington Friends School (101 School Road, Wilmington DE 19803).

*William Tatem Quillen
<http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/delawareonline/obituary.aspx?n=william-tatem-quillen&pid=181142163>*

AGE: 81 • New Castle

William Tatem "Bill" Quillen, age 81, died suddenly and peacefully on
August 19. In addition to his parents, Robert James Quillen, Sr. and Gladys
Tatem Quillen, he was predeceased by his wife of 56 years, Marcia Everhart
Stirling Quillen; his brother, Robert James Quillen, Jr.; and his nephew,
Robert Irvine Quillen. Bill is survived by his daughters, Carol Everhart
Quillen (George McLendon) and Tracey Tatem Quillen (John Carney); his
grandchildren, Caitlin Everhart Lohrenz, Samuel Quillen Carney, and James
Tatem Stirling Carney; his sister-in-law, Barbara Flinn Quillen; his niece
Anne Quillen Donecker and her family; and his Tatem and Quillen cousins.

Bill grew up in New Castle, where his father and uncle, and then his
brother, ran Quillen Brothers Ford from 1926 through 1982. For Bill, New
Castle was essential to his identity, and his father and brother remained
his heroes and role models of "usefulness" throughout his life. He was a
lifelong member of and adulthood leader in the New Castle Presbyterian
Church. Bill graduated from Wilmington Friends School in 1952, and
considered his Quaker education and the friends it brought him another
foundation of his identity. He was legendary for keeping his classmates in
touch with him and with each other, and greatly enjoyed their recent
tradition of annual reunions in Florida. He graduated from his equally
beloved Williams College in 1956, received his LL.B. from Harvard Law
School, and an LL.M. from The University of Virginia School of Law. He was
grateful to Marcia's parents for sharing "The Pink House" in Ocean City,
NJ, so generously with him, and he enjoyed his time there continuing
through this summer.

Bill was a devoted fan and, with his family, longtime season ticket holder
of University of Delaware football. He yelled at the radio and television
through countless Phillies and Eagles games. He was a fan of the original
Blue Rocks and enjoyed enlightening all who might not know about the
greatness of Robin Roberts. Bill was always among the most loyal—and
loudest—Friends School sports fans; as he said, "I fell in love with the
School in seventh grade when someone handed me a football uniform." He also
played basketball and baseball, and received the School's "Spirit Cup," not
for the best athlete but for best representing the spirit of Friends
athletics. He cheered for the Quakers, including his daughters and
grandsons, every season of his life, and made great friends among his
bleacher buddies. He was especially proud to have had a chance to nominate
Coach Bob "T" Tattersall, with whom he rehashed every football game, for
the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame. He also traveled to Texas to see his
granddaughter compete in cross country and track, and was proud to attend
her 2015 graduation from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In recent years, since his daughter, Carol, became President of Davidson
College, he added the Wildcats and then, via Steph Curry, the Warriors, to
his athletic devotions, and was grateful for the welcome to the Davidson
family he and Marcia received from Coach Bob McKillop and his players.

A Roosevelt-Kennedy Democrat, Bill had a passion for politics and history,
and considered staying informed to be both an obligation and a joy of
citizenship. He devoured news, often reading aloud to whoever was in
earshot from the paper and non-fiction books. He was a genuinely
public-minded and -spirited person; it was instinctive to him to weigh the
common good first. He had one political campaign of his own, running for
Governor in 1984, and was involved in many more, including the careers of
Vice President Joe Biden and of his son-in-law, Congressman John Carney.

Bill was more than once accused of not being able to hold a job, with the
recognition that he always had a good one. He started as an officer in the
JAG Corps of the United States Air Force and then served as a law clerk to
Judge Charles Terry, before working briefly but gratefully as an Associate
at Richards, Layton & Finger. He became counsel to then-Governor Terry, who
appointed Bill, at just 31 years old, to the Delaware State Superior Court.
Bill thereafter was known to most Delawareans as "Judge." He served on each
of the State's major courts, including as Chancellor and as a Justice of
the Delaware Supreme Court. He had what he modestly described as an 11-year
"frolic" in the private and political sectors—working in the Trust
Department at Wilmington Trust; serving proudly, and again most gratefully,
as a Partner at Potter, Anderson & Corroon; running for Governor; serving
as General Counsel of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, then the world's
largest charity; and teaching Ethics and Constitutional Law, and one course
for daring undergraduates, at Widener University. He returned to full-time
public service when he was appointed as Delaware's Secretary of State by
then-Governor Tom Carper, who completed the professional circle by
appointing Bill once again as a Judge on Delaware's Superior Court. After
what many thought was his retirement, Bill found new valued colleagues,
formal and informal, at Drinker Biddle & Reath and at the firm then known
as Seitz, Ross, Aronstam & Moritz. At the time of his death, Bill was
working on a biography of Collins J. Seitz with his friend and Judge
Seitz's son, Supreme Court Justice, New Castle resident, and leader in the
New Castle Presbyterian Church, C.J. Seitz.

Along the way, there were numerous influential opinions, incorporations,
overseas trips on behalf of the State; visits to leading academic medical
centers across the country to help chart the future of medical research;
service to the World Affairs Council and the legal community; the planning
and building of a $75 million headquarters for Hughes, the planning of the
Delaware Archives; a book about the Delaware Court of Chancery and many
articles; the preservation and celebration of the history of New Castle;
awards, recognitions, and terms of charitable and corporate board service.
Of special value to Bill were the Order of the First State, the Delaware
Heritage Award, and the Friends School Alumni of the Year Award.

But what Bill was most grateful for were the mentors and colleagues who
gave him opportunities to contribute, and the clerks, students, and young
lawyers to whom he was able to offer guidance; as he said, "anyone younger
than I am is young." Bill's family would like to thank all of you, past and
present. Leaving out many who deserve to be mentioned, we especially thank
Vice President Joe Biden; Governors Terry, Tribbitt, du Pont, Castle, and
Carper, who made Bill's judicial appointments, and the members of the
Senate who supported them; Irv Shapiro, Charlie Crompton, Bruce Stargatt,
Jim Gilliam, Rod Ward, Jack Porter, Fred Pardee, and the rest of the Class
of 1952; the Presidents and Law Deans of Widener University; the partners
of Potter Anderson, Drinker Biddle, and Seitz Ross; Ned Davis, Jim
McGinnis, Darrell Baker, Lin Herndon, Jim Soles, Frank Biondi, Henry Topel,
Vince Bifferato, Frank Balotti, Norman Veasey, Jean Ashe Crompton, and all
of his law clerks and "younger" friends who continued to inspire him as a
lifelong learner and leader.

We are also comforted that Bill and his beloved Marcia are together again,
grateful that he was blessed to live and die as he would have chosen and
for his personal as well as professional legacy,

Family and friends are invited to a memorial service at New Castle
Presbyterian Church on Saturday, August 27, at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of
flowers, please consider contributions in Bill's memory to either New
Castle Presbyterian Church (23 East Second Street, New Castle DE 19720) or
Wilmington Friends School (101 School Road, Wilmington DE 19803).

For online condolences please visit; Gebhartfuneralhomes.com

(302) 328-2312

Published in The News Journal from Aug. 22 to Aug. 26, 2016


Molly K. Magarik

State Director

Office of Rep. John C. Carney, Jr.

molly.magarik@mail.house.gov

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