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

Austin Honors Former UT Law Dean W. Page Keeton I When students returned to the Univcrsit) ' after their summer break, there was a new change that confused some and left others with a feehng of great satisfaction. The confusion lay in the renaming of the stretch of 26th St. from IH-35 to the Drag. The street was renamed Dean Keeton Street after the former Dean of the School of Law. The mission to rename the street after Dean Keeton was not easy. Keeton ' s cousin, Trooper Keeton, spear- headed the effort during the spring and summer when members of the Austin Cit\ ' Council contemplated renaming the street after the late Barbara Jordan. " It is only right that that stretch be named Texas Railroad Commissioner Carol Keeton-Rylander helps her father, former UT Law Dean, W. Page Keeton, accept the official dedication sign from Austin Mayor Kirk Watson. Dean Keeton served as the Dean of the School of Law from 1949 to 1974. —photos bv Charles Luu Dean Keeton, " said Trooper Keeton. " He served the law school for longer than any other adininistrator had or since. " After soliciting the help of several individ- uals including Darrell K. Royal and Austin City Council Member Eric Mitchell, the change was official on July 12, 1997. - Charles Luu DEAH wm MtA f iJ 18-DcanW, Page Keeton i l^ ^ i.