University of Michigan Law School - Quad Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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1 Ti film , Sv RUSSELL A. SMITH Professor of Law Born in 1906, Mr. Smith received his A.B.degree in 1929 from Grinnell College, and his J .D. in 1934 from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in New York in 1936 and in Michigan in 1946. He practiced in New York City from 1934 to 1937. He was an instructor in mathematics at Doane College from 1929 to 1930, assistant in mathematics at Grinnell College from 1930 to 1931, assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan from 1937 to 1940, associate professor of law from 1940 to 1946, professor of law since 1946, Secretary of the School from 1946 to 1956, and Associate Dean of the Law School, 1956-1962. He teaches Labor Relations Law. He has published Cases and Materials on Labor Law. He was on leave from 1942 to 1945 with Pan American Petroleum Kz Transport Co., Legal Dept., New York City, where he dealt with general labor problems. Mr. Smith is active in labor dispute arbitration. He is a member of the Atomic Energy Labor-Management Re- lations Panel. ' its ROBERT L. KNAUSS Associate Professor of Law Born in 1931, Mr. Knauss received his A.B, degree from Harvard University in 1952 and his J .D. from the University of Michigan in 1957. He was admitted to practice in California in 1959. He was an Instructor at the University of Michigan Law School during the year 1957-58 and has been teaching here since 1960. He also practiced with Pillsbury, Madison, and Sutro in San Francisco 1958-60. He was on leave 1962-63 as a Legal Consultant to the Securities and Exchange Commission. His subjects are Business Associations, Corporations, Investment Securities, Seminar on Regulation of Securities, and Security Markets. i l.,- 49- .. JACK RICHARD PEARCE Professor of Law Born in 1918, Mr. Pearce received his A.B, in 1940 from DePauw University, and his LL.B. in 1947 from Harvard. He was admitted to practice in New York in 1948, and practiced in New York City from 1948 to 1955. He has been at the University of Michigan since 1955. He teaches Contracts and Contract Remedies and Unfair Trade. He was clerk to Judge Augustus N. Hand, U.S.C.A., 2nd Circuit, from 1947 to 1948, an editor of the Harvard Law Review from 1941 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1947. He was with the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. 24 1.

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MARCUS L. PLANT Professor of Law Born in 1911, Mr. Plant received his B.A. in 1932 and M.A. in 1934 from Lawrence College, and J.D. in 1938 from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in Wisconsin in 1939, in New York in 1946, and in Michigan in 1950. He practiced in Milwaukee from 1938 to 1941 and from 1943 to 1944, with the government in Washington, D.C., from 1941 to 1943, and in New York from 1944 to 1946. His practice was in the field of cor- porate finance. He has been a professor of law since 1946. He teaches Torts, Bills and Notes, Medicolegal Problems, and Workman's Compensation. He is the author of Cases of Torts and co-author of The Law of Medical Practice and The Law of Workmen's Com- pensation. Mr. Plant is a member of the Committee on Medical-Legal Problems of the Michigan State Bar and an associate editor of the Michigan State Bar Association Journal. He is the Un faculty representative to the Intercollegiate fBig 105 Conference. H. 'WNW GEORGE E. PALMER Professor of Law Born in 1908, Mr. Palmer received his A.B. degree in 1930 and J.D. in 1932 from the University of Michigan, his LL .M. in 1940 from Columbia University. He was admitted to practice in Indiana in 1932, and practiced in Indianapolis from 1932 to 1939. He taught at the University of Kansas Law School from 1939 to 1942 and 1945 to 1946. He has taught at the University of Michigan since 1946. He teaches Restitution and Trusts and Estates. He is co-editor fwith John P. Dawsonj of Cases on Restitution and co-editor qwith Richard V. Wellmanj of Cases on Trusts and Succes- sion. Professor Palmerlis married andhas a daughter and a son. FRANK ROBERT KENNEDY Professor of Law Mr. Kennedy was born in Stratford, Missouri in 1914. He received his A.B. from Southwest Missouri State Collegeg his LL.B. from Washington University in St. Louis in 19395 and his J .S.D. from Yale in 1953. He was admitted to practice in Miss- ouri in 1939, in Iowa in 1961, andbefore the U.S. Supreme Court in 1953. He taught at the University of Iowa from 1940 to 1961 and has been a professor of law at Michigan since 1961. He teaches Creditors' Rights and Securities. He was Editor-in- chief of the Washington University Law Quarterly in 1938-39. He is co-author of Volume 4, Collier on Bankruptcy 114th ed. 1942, 54, and 597 and a contributor to Secured Transactions under the U.C.C. 119635. Professor Kennedy is married and has four children.

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BEVERLY JOHN POOLEY Assistant Professor of Law Born in 1934, Mr. Pooley received his M.A. degree from Cambridge in 1956 and LL.B. in 1957. He came to the University of Michigan as a graduate student in 1957 and got his LL.M. in 1958. He Worked in the Legislative Research Center with Pro- fessor Pierce writing two monographs on the legal problems of metropolitan areas. He received his S.J.D. in 1960 from the University of Michigan. From 1960 to 1962 he was a lecturer in the department of law at the University of Gahna teaching Torts, Contracts and Constitutional Law. In 1962 he became an Instructor at the University of Michigan and in 1963 he became an Assistant Professor of Law and Assistant to the Director of the Law Library. EDWARD J. KIONKA Instructor in Law Mr. Kionka was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1939 and re- ceived his B.S, 119601 and LL.B. 119623 degrees from the University of Illinois. He was admitted to practice in Illinois in 1962, and practiced with the Chicago law firm of Leibman, Williams, Bennett and Baird from June 1962 to July 1964. He taught the Legal Method Seminar at Columbia University Law School during the Fall Term of the 1962-63 school year. Mr. Kionka is married and has a son and a daughter. ARNOLD W. REITZE, JR. Instructor in Law Mr. Reitze was born in 1938, attended Fairleigh Dickin- son University 1A.B,J and Rutgers University Law School 1LL.B.D. He served as a part-time instructor at Fairleigh Dickinson University 119623, was attorney for the Hartford Insurance Group 119631, and was a teaching Associate at Indiana University Law School 11963-643. 25