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Seymour I. Toll, Law School

Seymour Irving Toll, who had taught at Penn’s Law School, died on June 5. He was 93.

A Philadelphia native, Mr. Toll graduated from Central High School and worked on a dairy farm before serving in the U.S. Army as a combat infantryman. He was injured during the Battle of the Bulge, honorably discharged and awarded a Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman’s Badge. He received his bachelor’s and law degrees from Yale, and went on to work at several firms before co-founding his own firm.

From 1978 to 1986, Mr. Toll taught trial advocacy at Penn’s Law School He published more than 100 editorials and articles, many  in the Inquirer and wrote two books.

Mr. Toll is survived by his daughters, Emily (Stephen Pershing); Elizabeth (Adam Pallant); Martha (Daniel Becker), and Connie; and his siblings/in-laws Lee Toll, Zelda Edelson and Charlotte Thurschwell; and eight grandchildren.

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