Gerhard and Regina Casper

Gerhard Casper is President Emeritus of Stanford University. Before joining Stanford University, Professor Casper was a longtime faculty member at the University of Chicago, where he served as the provost of the university, the dean of the law school, and a professor of law. He began his career as a professor of political science at the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Casper has written and taught primarily in the fields of constitutional law, constitutional history, comparative law, and jurisprudence. Born in 1937, Mr. Casper grew up in Hamburg, Germany. Mr. Casper studied law at the Universities of Freiburg and Hamburg. In the fall of 1964, Mr. Casper emigrated to the United States.

Regina Casper, M.D., was a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago conducting research in affective disorders and eating disorders before assuming the appointment as Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science in the School of Medicine at Stanford University. She is now an emerita professor, but remains active.

Interview with Gerhard and Regina Casper. This conversation is part of a series of interviews with families and individuals who collected and preserved the legacy of Carl Heidenreich for the past half-century. On July 12, 2017 Alla Efimova interviewed Gerhard and Regina about their dedication to the painter.

Read the transcript of the interview here.