Wesley Liebeler, 71; Taught Antitrust Law at UCLA for 30 Years
Wesley J. Liebeler, 71, a professor-emeritus of law at UCLA and a law professor at George Mason University in Washington, D.C., died Wednesday in the crash of a small plane in New Hampshire.
Born in Langdon, N.D., Liebeler received his bachelor’s degree from Macalester College and his law degree from the University of Chicago.
He practiced law in New York City, and was on the staff of the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of President Kennedy.
Liebeler joined the UCLA law school faculty in 1965, and taught antitrust law there for 30 years.
During 1975-76, he took a leave from UCLA and served as director of the Federal Trade Commission’s office of Policy Planning and Evaluation.
In 1999, he became a professor of law at George Mason University, and taught courses in antitrust and constitutional political economy.
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