James Devine, a dean at MU School of Law, dies at 62

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | 5:30 p.m. CDT; updated 9:56 a.m. CDT, Thursday, May 13, 2010

COLUMBIA — James Devine, associate dean of academic affairs at MU School of Law, died Wednesday from a heart attack. Devine, 62, collapsed at approximately 11:40 a.m. during a meeting of the Boone County Bar Association at Tiger Hotel. The meeting was immediately canceled and paramedics spent roughly 25 minutes working on Devine in the hotel ballroom before sending him to University Hospital.

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