James Robert Birkhold
From the Yale Daily News:
James ‘Jim’ R. Birkhold of Lakeland, Florida died in a car accident on Sunday, August 16, 2015. Born in Chicago, Mr. Birkhold received his BA from Yale College in 1971 before going on to study law at Boston University. He privately practiced criminal defense and domestic relations law until joining Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals as a senior staff attorney.
A full obituary ran in The Tampa Bay Times on Monday, August 17, 2015.
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I learned of Jim’s death from the alumni magazine, and when I did, I reached out to Don Lindley. Don and Jim became lifelong friends from the moment they hated a triple in Bingham Hall. What Don told me distressed me even more. Jim was killed by being t-boned by a drunk driver, and Don, a passenger in Jim’s car, was seriously injured. Don had a lengthy hospitalization and is only now gaining ground back to a more normal life. I am happy Don is recovering and so saddened by the loss he has experienced.