About the Collection

Gustin Lewis Reichbach (1946-2012) B.A. ’67 was a proud Brooklynite, University at Buffalo alumnus, law student activist, lawyer, respected New York State Supreme Court Juris and international judge. Reichbach attended UB and studied political science during the tumultuous 1960s. He later studied law at Columbia University where he was active with the Students for a Democratic Society. After establishing a private legal practice, Reichbach was elected to the Civil Court of the City of New York and the Supreme Court of the State of New York. He also served as an International Judge for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. After his premature death from cancer in 2012, his wife, Ellen Meyers, donated Reichbach’s personal and professional papers to the University Archives.