Background
Kauper, Thomas Eugene was born on September 25, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of Paul Gerhardt and Anna Marie (Nicklas) Kauper.
Kauper, Thomas Eugene was born on September 25, 1935 in Brooklyn. Son of Paul Gerhardt and Anna Marie (Nicklas) Kauper.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1957; Juris Doctor, University of Michigan, 1960.
Law clerk to Justice Potter Stewart, Supreme Court of the United States Court, Washington, 1960-1962. Associate firm Sidley & Austin, Chicago, 1962-1964. Assistant professor University Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, 1964-1967, associate professor, 1967-1969, professor, 1969—2008, Henry M. Butzel Professor Law, professor emeritus, since 2008.
On leave as deputy assistant attorney general Office Legal Counsel, Department Justice, Washington, 1969-1971. Assistant attorney general antitrust division United States Department Justice, 1972-1976. John M. Olin Visiting Professor of Business, Economics, and Law Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2002.
Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, American Law Institute, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Shirley Yvonne Worrell, December 27, 1958. Children— Karen Yvonne, Krista Diane.