Professor William Tetley, C.M., Q.C., LL.L., passed away in Montreal, Canada on 1 July, aged 87.

After practicing civil, commercial, and marine law from 1952-1970, he served in municipal and provincial politics in Quebec rising to a cabinet minister in the first Bourassa cabinet from 1970-1976. He then joined the Faculty of Law at McGill University where he served as a professor for over 30 years and was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor of Maritime and Commercial Law at Tulane University, New Orleans in 2007. His extensive publications include over 150 articles and seven monographs. He was named to the Order of Canada in 1995.

WMU was honored to welcome Professor Tetley as a visiting professor. Professor Emeritus, Proshanto K. Mukherjee noted, “Bill was a fellow academic and outstanding scholar in maritime law. At my invitation he had taught in my programmes at IMLI and WMU…He will be missed by all of us in the IMO circle who had the privilege to know him.”

WMU offers heartfelt condolences to his wife of 59 years, Rosslyn Tetley, his four children, nine grandchildren, and extended family.