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  1. Dwight D. Opperman. Dwight Darwin Opperman (June 26, 1923 [1] – June 13, 2013) [2] was an American businessman and lawyer. He was chairman of Key Investments, a privately held venture capital firm focusing on high-tech ventures.

  2. Jun 14, 2013 · June 14, 2013, 6:57 pm CDT. Dwight Opperman, a Drake University law graduate who rose to the top job at West Publishing after starting work there as an editor and was a key figure in the company ...

  3. Jun 14, 2013 · Opperman died Wednesday at age 89. He will be remembered for his lifelong interest in the law and his career at West Publishing helping legal research be more thorough and efficient. By his family ...

  4. Jun 14, 2013 · Dwight Opperman, former CEO and chairman of the board of West Publishing, has died. He was 89. (Colleen Kelly/Star Tribune) Dwight Opperman never tried a legal case, but he breathed the law ...

  5. Dwight D. Opperman: A Life Lived Largely for the Law. On June 13, 2013, the Society lost its revered Chairman Emeritus, Dwight David Opperman. In many ways, Dwight D. Opperman was the embodiment of the American dream: a man who rose from humble beginnings to build a legal publish-ing empire. Although he graduated from law school, he never tried ...

  6. Jun 14, 2013 · Today we mourn the passing of a giant in the law and publishing, and celebrate a life well-lived. Dwight D. Opperman, former CEO of West Publishing Company, passed away the morning of June 13. He was a brilliant, thoughtful leader who valued the legal profession as his career choice, and also harbored a life-long commitment to supporting the bench and bar, and the rule of law. In 1951 ...

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  8. Jun 13, 2013 · Opperman was CEO of the closely held company in 1996 when it was sold to Thomson Corp. for $3.4 billion. In 2002, Forbes ranked him as the 239th richest person in the United States. In recent years, Opperman served as chairman of Key Investment Inc., a private investment company in Minneapolis run by his son, Vance Opperman, a lawyer and former president of West Publishing.

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