Elliot Taubman ’66

Elliot Taubman ’66, who spent his legal career fighting for justice, passed away on December 24, 2024, in Connecticut. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Elliot excelled in math at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut, before coming to Dartmouth. He made friends at the college but transferred to the University of Connecticut, where he earned his undergraduate and law degrees. For the next dozen years Elliot worked with Neighborhood Legal Services in Hartford, winning one of the first transgender rights cases, and the legal services program Legacy Inc. in western Connecticut, fighting for rights of tenants and welfare recipients. He went on to the National Consumer Law Center in Boston and in the late 1970s was an assistant attorney general in New Mexico and New York focused on energy and utility matters. In 1982 Elliot left New York for full-time life on Block Island, Rhode Island, where he worked on low-income housing, nature conservation, and alternative energy issues while running a one-person law practice and being deeply involved in various nonprofit groups. He helped establish the congregation Sons and Daughters of Ruth, where he was a cantor, and pursued his interests in art, winemaking, and family ancestry. He would talk about these and other topics with anyone who would listen. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Lee; daughter Rebekka Kai; and five siblings, their spouses, children, and grandchildren.