Noted Law Professor Shows Flair For The Dramatic

It is 6:30 in the morning as Weld professor of Law Charles R. Nesson '60 takes a set of keys out of his pocket to unlock the gates to the Mount Auburn Cemetery. The key to the gate, he says, was given to him by the cemetery so that he could enjoy his morning walk before the cemetery opens to the public.

"I believe Mt. Auburn was an initiator of the garden cemetery movement. Before that, the places where they kept the dead were horrible. Catacombs, the things of kid's nightmares," he says. "I'm going to be buried here."

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