William Brisk ’60

William Brisk ’60, of Chestnut Hill, Mass.; May 13. After earning a JD from NYU Law School and a master’s and PhD in Latin American politics from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, he and his wife traveled and taught in Puerto Rico, across Latin America, in New Mexico, and in Washington, D.C. before moving to Massachusetts. He went on to serve as a litigator in two Boston firms, then opened his own practice in Newton, Mass. As a member of the Massachusetts Law Review, he edited an article on Medicaid planning, which led to his coauthoring Massachusetts Elder Law. He published numerous articles on elder law and became a lecturer on elder law at Boston College and was an adjunct professor at Suffolk Law School, where he created a course on end-of-life care.