Meyer Kramer, L’44, a former instructor at Penn Law, died on June 24 at a nursing home in Brooklyn, New York after a long battle with dementia. He was 96 years old.

Mr. Kramer was born in Russia and grew up in Centerville, Iowa. He graduated from rabbinical school at Yeshiva University in New York City in 1941, then from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1944.

In addition to practicing law, he was a lecturer in legal writing at Penn’s Law School for three decades.

He also served as a rabbi  in Northeast Philadelphia at Adath Zion from 1951-1967, at Beth Telfilath Israel from 1967-1972 and at Bustleton-Somerton Synagogue from 1972-1975.

Mr. Kramer is survived by his son, Doniel; his daughters, Rena, CW’71, GEd ’73, Tamar and Shira; 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.