Lawrence Jegen

Who is Lawrence Jegen?

Lawrence A. Jegen III is the Thomas F. Sheehan Professor of Tax Law and Policy at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He joined the faculty in 1962 as an Assistant Professor and was made full professor in 1964. Among numerous honors, he has twice received the Thomas Hart Benton Mural Medallion from Indiana University, its highest award, in 1993 and 2005, and three times the Sagamore of the Wabash Award for humanity in living, wisdom and counsel, and inspiration and leadership from governors of Indiana, in 1980, 1988 and 1997. In 2006 the Lawrence A. Jegen III Professorship was created and funded at Indiana University Foundation by Michael D. McCormick, which professorship is to be awarded to an active scholar and teacher at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis.