Cornell Law School mourns the death of Lynn Stout, Distinguished Professor of Corporate and Business Law, who died on April 16 at the age of 60 following a long struggle with cancer. An internationally recognized corporate law scholar, prolific writer, and accomplished speaker, Stout was also known as a passionate teacher and mentor.

Since arriving in 2012, Stout had helped transform the Clarke Business Law Institute into one of the nation’s preeminent business law programs. With expertise in the fields of corporate governance, securities regulation, financial derivatives, law and economics, and moral behavior, Stout was frequently quoted in the news media. Her path-breaking book The Shareholder Value Myth became part of a national conversation about better ways to run corporations.

“Lynn was a force of nature,” said Eduardo Peñalver, the Allan R. Tessler Dean and Professor of Law. “In a relatively short period of time, she touched many lives here in Ithaca, and I will greatly miss her presence in Myron Taylor Hall.”

At the Law School, Stout was actively engaged with students, faculty, and alumni. In order to better prepare students for the real world, Stout created the intensive, but popular “Business Law Boot Camp,” which covered a wide range of business topics over a long weekend.

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Lynn Stout came to the Law School from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. She also taught at Harvard Law School, NYU Law School, Georgetown University Law School, and the George Washington University National Law Center. She received her B.A. and Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton University and her J.D. from the Yale School of Law.