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

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1 Page 14 EDWARD WELDON BAILEY Professor of Law Mr. Bailey began practice with Calloway and Reed of Dallas, 1928-1930. He became Associate Professor of Law at The University of Texas in 1930, and has been Professor of Law since 1936. He was one of those who helped draft the new Corporation Code, and is a member of the Texas State Bar Committee on Revision of Corporation Law: Subjects: Private Corporations, Trusts, Future Interests, Wills and Adminis- tration Born 1898 ' B.A., University of Texas, 1920 LL.B., University of Texas, 1928 S.1.D., Harvard University, 1942 WILLIAM F. FRITZ Professor of Law Mr. Fritz began his legal career as Assistant Professor of Law at The University of Texas soon after being admitted to practice in Texas in 1946. He became an Associate Professor in 1949, and has been Professor of Law since 1956. He was a Sterling Fellow, Yale Law School, 1949-1950, and served in the United States Army, 1943-1945. ' Subjects: Marital Rights, Real Property, Damages Born 1911 B.A., University of Texas, 1935 M .A., University of Texas, 1938 LL.B., University of Texas, 1946 GUS MACEY HODGES Professor of Law Mr. Hodges was admitted to practice in Texas in 1932 and practiced in Dallas 1932-1940, at which time he became Professor of Law at The University of Texas. He is a Commissioner on Uniform State Laws. Subjects: Judicial Remedies, Trial Procedure and Pleading, Appellate Procedure Born 1908 B.B.A., University of Texas, 1930 LL.B., University of Texas, 1932

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ROBERT WELDON STAYTON GEORGE WILFRED STUMBERC Distinguished Professor of Law Distinguished Professor of Law Mr. Stayton entered the legal profession in San Antonio in 1908, practicing there and later in Corpus Christi until 1923. He has been Professor of Law at The University of Texas since 1925. He was a member of the Board of Legal Examiners, 1921-1923, judge, Commission of Appeals, 1923-1925, President, Texas Bar Association, 1924-1925, Texas Civil Judicial Council, 1930-1946, Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Procedure, since 1940, Committee on Interpretation of Rules, 1942-1944g Managing Secretary of Texas Law Review since 1926. His continuous analytical studies have pro- duced unsurpassed clarification of the methods by which law is administered in Texas. Among the major research projects conducted by Mr. Stayton are: Functional Indications of Reported Opinions ibegun 19311, Pendency of Texas Civil Litigation 1 begun 19381, Court Reorganization fbegun 19481, The Plastic Code Cbegun 19511, and Decisions and Judicial Legislation 1 begun 19511. Author of Method of Practice, 1935, and Casebooks on Texas Procedure, 1952, he has written Texas Form Books since 1915. Subjects: Judicial Administration, Legal Method Born 1886 B.A, University of Texas, 1907 LL.B., University of Texas, 1927 Mr. Stumberg practiced law in Missouri, 1912-1913, and began his teaching career at Louisiana State University Law School, 1919-1925, as Associate Professor and Professor of Law. Since 1925 he has been Professor of Law at The University of Texas. He served with the Board of Economic Warfare as Assistant Counsel in 1942 and, in 1943, as their Special Representative in French West Africa. He then became Adviser on French Economic Affairs in the Foreign Economic Administration through October, 1944. Long recognized as a leading expertin two iields-Criminal Law and Conflict of Laws-Mr. Stumberg is also known for his recent work in Admiralty Law. He is the author of Prin- ciples of Conflict of Laws, Cases on Admiralty, Criminal Law and Its Administration, Texas Cases and M aterialsg Cases on Conflict of Laws, and Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of France. , Subjects: Criminal Law, Conflict of Laws, Admiralty Born 1890 Attended Washington University, 1909-1910 Attended Oxford University, England, 1913-1914 and 1916 B.A,, Louisiana State University, 1909 LL.B., Columbia University, 1912 1.D., Yale University, 1924 Page 13

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WILLIAM O. HUIE Professor of Law After being admitted to the Texas Bar in 1935, Mr. Huie practiced in Austin until 1936, when he became Assistant Professor of Law at The University of Texas. He rose to Associate Professor of Law in 1939 and has been a Professor of Law since 1946. He was Assistant Dean at The University of Texas School of Law, 1946-1948. In 1939-1940 he was a Research Fellow, Harvard Law School. He served in the Office of Price Administration as Senior Attorney, 1942-1943, and in the United States Nav , 1943-1946. His ublished casebooks o y p n Texas law include Administration of Estates, Land Limitations, Public Lands, and Marital Rights. A Subjects: Marital Rights, Oil and Gas, Trusts Born 1 91 1 B.A., Henderson State Teachers College, Arkansas, 1932 LL.B., University of Texas, 1935 S.I.D., Harvard University, 1953 CORWIN WACCONER JOHNSON Professor of Law Mr. johnson was admitted to practice in Iowa in 1941. From 1942 to 1946 he was a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1946 he was ad- mitted to practice in California and became an Instructor in Law at the University of Iowa. In 1941, and again in 1947, he was a Sterling Fellow at Yale University Law School. He joined The University of Texas faculty in 1947 as Assistant Pro- fessor of Law, rose to Associate Professor of Law in 1949, and has been Professor of Law since 1954. He has been an active member of the several Water Law Con- ferences sponsored by The University of Texas School of Law. During the 1958 spring semester he was on leave teaching at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Subjects: Real Property, Personal Property, Water Law, Texas Land Titles Born 1917 A.B., University of Iowa, 1939 1.D., University of Iowa, 1941 LEON LEBOWITZ Professor of Law Mr. Lebowitz entered the United States Army after being admitted to practice in Texas in 1943. He became Assistant Professor and Law Librarian, Baylor Uni- versity, 1946-1948g Associate Professor of Law, 1948-1956, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Texas, Spring 19553 Associate Professor of Law, 1956, and Pro- essor of Law, 1957. He is the author of Legal Bibliography and Research, was I isiting Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Editor of Louisiana Law Review, E955-1956, and a member of Texas State Bar Committee on Revision of Corpora- ion Laws. Subjects: Private Corporations, Civil Procedure, Corporation Finance Born 1921 I A.B., Baylor University, 1950 LL.B., Baylor University, 1943 LL.M., New York University, 1952 i Page 15