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Obituary: Drexel D. Gilmore Journey ’50, LLB’52
Drexel D. Gilmore Journey ’50, LLB’52 played an important role in the nation’s regulation of energy as former general counsel of the Federal Power Commission and as a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Schiff Hardin. He died on August 22, 2006, in Washington, D.C. Services were held on October 12, 2006, at Arlington National Cemetery, where military honors were conferred.
Journey graduated from UW-Madison after serving in the Merchant Marine and Coast Guard during World War II. He landed at Iwo Jima on his nineteenth birthday — the same day that the flag was raised on Mount Suribachi. In addition to the two degrees he earned at the UW, he received a master’s degree in law from George Washington University in 1957.
As the last general counsel of the Federal Power Commission (the predecessor to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), Journey served as the government’s chief lawyer in energy regulation matters. Following the Great Blackout of 1965, he also spent much of the next several years creating what is now known as the North American Electric Reliability Council. He retired from federal government service in 1977 after writing much of the bill that created the U.S. Department of Energy.
Journey joined Schiff Hardin in 1977, specializing in federal energy regulatory law and taking the firm’s energy practice from a sideline to a major part of its work. He helped to organize, and served as president of, the Federal Bar Association’s Democracy Development Institute, and was also an avid fundraiser for the university.
Journey graduated from UW-Madison after serving in the Merchant Marine and Coast Guard during World War II. He landed at Iwo Jima on his nineteenth birthday — the same day that the flag was raised on Mount Suribachi. In addition to the two degrees he earned at the UW, he received a master’s degree in law from George Washington University in 1957.
As the last general counsel of the Federal Power Commission (the predecessor to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), Journey served as the government’s chief lawyer in energy regulation matters. Following the Great Blackout of 1965, he also spent much of the next several years creating what is now known as the North American Electric Reliability Council. He retired from federal government service in 1977 after writing much of the bill that created the U.S. Department of Energy.
Journey joined Schiff Hardin in 1977, specializing in federal energy regulatory law and taking the firm’s energy practice from a sideline to a major part of its work. He helped to organize, and served as president of, the Federal Bar Association’s Democracy Development Institute, and was also an avid fundraiser for the university.
