 Chief Justice McKusick had responsibility for managing Maine's entire court system as well as for presiding over its highest appellate court.Over the years, he had been deeply involved in modernizing the rules of procedure for the Maine courts, serving on rules committees appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court and co-authoring two editions of the classic work on Maine Civil Practice.For his public service in the courts, McKusick received the American Judicature Society's Herbert Harley Award in 1982 and the Neal W. Allen Award for Community Leadership of the Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce in 1988.