life Dorsen met his future wife, Harriette Koffler, at NYU and the two were wed in 1965. She died in 2011. They had three daughters, Jennifer Dorsen (an educator in Boston, MA), Caroline Dorsen (a professor at NYU) and Annie Dorsen (a writer and director). Dorsen owned a home in Cornwall, Connecticut. Death Dorsen died at his Manhattan home on July 1, 2017, at age 86, of complications from a stroke. See also List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 9) References External links NYU School of Law Faculty Profile 1930 births 2017 deaths American jurists Columbia College (New York) alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard Law School alumni Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Military personnel from New York City New York (state) lawyers New York University School of Law faculty People from Cornwall, Connecticut People from Manhattan Presidents of the American Civil Liberties Union American scholars of constitutional law