University of Texas School of Law - Peregrinus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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CHARLES ALAN WRIGHT Charles T. McCormick Professor of Law Upon graduation from Wesleyan (A.B. degree) in 1947,Mr. Wright then went to Yale for his LLB., which he received in 1949 after having been Case Editor of the Yale Law Journal and having received the Order of the Coif. During the next year, he was law clerk for Judge Charles E. Clark of the Second Circuit. For the next five years he taught at the University of Minnesota and in 1955 joined the faculty here as an associate professor. Mr. Wright has taught as a visiting professor at Pennsylvania (1959-60) and at Harvard (1964-65). Between 1961 and 1964, he was a member of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules to the Judicial Conference of the U.S. Since 1963, he has been Associate Reporter, American Law Institute Study of Division of Jurisdiction between State and Federal Courts and is also a member of the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure to the Judicial Conference of the U.S. (since 1964). A member of the Texas, Minnesota, and United States Supreme Court Bars, Mr. Wright is noted as the author of Wright on Federal Courts, and he has edited Cases on Federal Courts (with Professors McCormick and Chadbourn), as well as a casebook on Remedies. He has also co-cditcd a book on procedure (with Professor Reasoner) and is the author of Wright's Minnesota Rules. Mr. Wright is Chairman of the Summer School and AALS Entertainment committees and is on the Budget and Personnel Committee. He is also Law School representative to the Faculty Council, is a member of the Athletic Council, coaches the Legal Eagles, and is the Peregrinus Advisor. His courses include Federal Courts, Consitutional Law, and a seminar on Evidence. HARRY K. WRIGHT Associate Professor of Lata With his B.S. degree from Georgetown (1949). Mr. Wright then came to Texas, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review, was a Chancellor, received the Order of the Coif, and graduated with an LI..B. with Honors in 1952. From 1954 to 1957, he was in private practice in Mexico, with Baker, Botts, Miranda, Santamarina Stcta. He then moved to Houston and was with Baker, Botts, Shepherd Coates until 1962, when he joined the law school faculty as an associate professor. In 1963, Mr. Wright was Texas Reporter to the United States Commission on Civil Rights and between 1965 and 1966 was Consultant to the Office of Equal Educational Opportunities, U.S. Office of Education. The author of a piece on Foreign Enterprise in Mexico, Mr. Wright teaches Civil Law, Conflict of Laws, Agency, and an International Business Transactions seminar. He is Faculty Advisor to the Texas Law Review and is on the International and Corn-parative Law Committee. Mr. Wright is also a member of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. 31

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JERRE S. WILLIAMS Rex G. Baker and Edna Heflin Baker Professor of Constitutional La e Mr. Williams received his A.B. from Denver (1938) and then went to Columbia for his LL.B. (1941). While at Columbia he was an editor of the law review and was a Kent Scholar. Among his later honors is the $3-750 Ross Essay Prize of the American Bar Association (1963). From 1941 to 1942, he taught at Iowa and then spent the next four years as Judge Advocate in the U.S. Air Force. In 1946, he joined the faculty as an associate professor. His present practice is limited to serving as a labor arbitrator. In addition, he has served as Associate Director of Staff, Study of Federal Loyalty-Security Programs, N.Y. City Bar Association (1955-56) and as Chairman, Southwestern Regional Manpower Advisor)1 Committee (under the Secretaries of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare (1964-66). Mr. Williams has written a book on the Supreme Court and has edited a casebook on labor relations and another on constitutional law. As would be expected, he teaches Constitutional Law, Labor Law. Employee’s Rights. Legal Profession, and Law and a Free Society, the latter an undergraduate government course. A member of Phi Delta Phi, he is admitted to the Texas Bar and to the U.S. Supreme Court. JOSEPH PARKER WITHERSPOON Professor of Law Mr. Witherspoon was Comment Editor of the Texas Law Review, a member of the Order of the Coif, a Chancellor, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a winner of the U.S. Law Weekly Prize and of the Vernon Law Book Company Prize, and a recipient of a fellowship at Chicago and of another at Harvard. He received an A.B. from Chicago (1936), an LL.B. from Texas (1948), and an S.J.D. from Harvard (1961). In 1948 he became an assistant professor here, and from 1951 to 1952, he was Chief Counsel of the Apparel and Service Trades Branches of the Office of Price Stabilization. From 1957 to 1962 he was a consultant in antitrust law to Humble Oil. From 1964 to 1966 he was a consultant to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He has been Chairman of the Jurisprudence Round Table Council of A.A.L.S. (1959) and of that organization's Legislation Round Table Council (1961-62). Mr. Witherspoon has published a temporary edition of two casebooks here at the law school, one dealing with antitrust law and the other with jurisprudence. He has also written major articles on administrative, jurisprudential, and civil rights subjects. Mr. Witherspoon teaches Antitrust Law, Legislation, Jurisprudence, a Civil Rights Seminar, and occasionally. Administrative Law and Constitutional Law. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi. MARION KENNETH WOODWARD Professor of Law Graduating with a B.A. (1933) from Texas, Mr. Woodward then went to West Texas State where he received his M.A.( 1940), before he returned to Texas for his LL.B. (1943). While in law school, Mr. Woodward was on the Law Review and was a Chancellor. He has also been honored as a Sterling Fellow at Yale. After a short period as Staff Attorney for Phillips Petroleum Co., Mr. Woodward joined the faculty in 1946 as an associate professor. He has been a summer visiting professor at North Carolina (1955). George Washington (I960), and at U.C.L.A. (1966). In addition, Mr. Woodward was Texas Commissioner to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1956-61) and since 1962 has been on the Legal Committee of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. With Professors Huie and Walker, he is the author of a casebook on Oil and Gas, and besides writing several articles, has authored Texas Casa and Material on Rea! Property Security. Besides teaching courses in Oil and Gas, Fiduciary Administration, Mortgages, and Texas Land Titles, Mr. Woodward also functions as a member of the Faculty Budget and Personnel, Placement, and Student-Faculty Relations committees. He is admitted to the Texas Bar and is a member of Phi Delta Phi. 30

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Lois Grant, Administrative Assistant to the Dean Rita Pringle, Administrative Assistant to Dean Gibson Sarah Shruptine, Administrative Secretary to Dean Ruud Alla Long, Secretary to Dean Fullerton Marion Harris, Administrative Assistant; Office Manager, Main Office Francis Adkins, Administrative Assistant, Law School Foundation V Mettie Brown, Placement Director 32