Robert Allen Jenkins - Oct. 1, 1927-June 8, 2007
Professor at Campbell Law School from 1977 to 1999

It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we tell you of the death of Robert Allen Jenkins. “Bob” Jenkins was a beloved Professor at Campbell Law School from 1977 to 1999.

Many of you had Bob for Trial and Appellate Advocacy, Wills and Trusts, Estate Administration, Law and Medicine, and Admiralty. No matter which class you experienced him in; you probably have some fond memory of Professor Jenkins that you will keep with you for the rest of your career and beyond.

We all know first hand what a great teacher he was both in and out of the classroom. Bob’s legacy will always remain at Campbell Law School in the nationally recognized Trial Advocacy program that he designed and taught in for so many years. More importantly is the legacy that he created with the fine lawyers he trained and mentored that continues to live on through each of you daily. He taught us all some valuable lesson, of law or of life, that we use today. We were all blessed to have known him, and The Lord blessed Campbell Law School by sending him to nurture it in its founding days.

Please take some time to remember Bob, and keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Bob’s son, Thomas A. Jenkins, shared the following information with us regarding his father.

Robert. Jenkins was born on October 1, 1927 in Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI. He died on June 8, 2007, after a month long battle with pneumonia in Botsford Hospital, Farmington, MI.

He was preceded in death by: his parents Alexander Anderson Jenkins; father, Lillian (White) Jenkins; mother, Gertrude (Steffen) Jenkins; stepmother, and his wife Patricia Janelle (Day) Jenkins. Surviving are: Thomas A.; a son, Barbara (Byrne) Jenkins; daughter-in-law, two grandchildren Andrew T. Jenkins and Elizabeth A. Jenkins, a sister-in-law Elizabeth B. Day, a nephew Richard Day and a niece Carolyn B. (Day) Armstrong.

Mr. Jenkins was a 1954 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. He practiced law in Detroit from 1954 to 1977. In 1977 he moved to North Carolina to become a professor of law at Campbell University School of Law. He retired teaching at Campbell in early 1999 but later that year returned to teaching at the Jones School of Law in Montgomery, AL. where he taught until 2005.

Visitation will be Saturday, June 16 from 4p-9p at the Harry J Will Funeral Home, 37000 6 Mile Rd, Livonia, MI. A prayer service will be offered at 7PM.

Mr. Jenkins wishes are to be cremated and interred at the Bay View Memorial Gardens in Bay View, MI. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to: