Cumberland University - Phoenix Yearbook (Lebanon, TN)

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Law Faculty Nathan Green, LL. D. A. B. Martin, LL. D.

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University Chancellor and Dean of Law School Born at Winchester, Tenn., Feb. 19, 1827, Nathan Green entered Cumberland when sixteen and received his A. B. degree at twenty. Two years later he was a L L . B. from the same institution and in 1873 Center College of Kentucky made him a IvL . D. He began the practice of I aw in I ebanon and continued successfully seven years, laying it aside to accept a Chair in the I aw School in 1856. He still occupies that Chair and is Dean of the L aw School. For twenty-two years he served Cumberland ?as Chancellor, resigning in favor of a younger man. He is now acting President, since the resignation of President Mitchell one year ago. He is a writer of note. Sparks From a Backlog is from his pen. A typical Southern gentleman, he combines simplicity with a sincere love of and admiration for the beautiful. He is a perfect gentleman, an eminent scholar and a rare character. A. B. Martin, LL. D. Law Polished, affable, genial, just, A self-made man, yet without a superior. Born Dec. 9, 1836, at Trousdale ' s Ferry, Smith County, Tenn., without early advantages, Andrew Bennett Martin came to L ebanon when fifteen years of age, where by hard work and consis- tent application he procured a good literary education and the L I . B. degree from Cumberland in 1858. Lfincoln University conferred the L(Lt. D. degree upon him in 1883. He practiced law with eminent suc- cess for twenty years. During the war he served as an Adjutant General on the staff of Gen. Hatton until the latter ' s death, when he served under Dibrell, and later under Gen. Wheeler until the close of the war. He began teaching law in Cumberland in 1878, and has been President of the Board of Trustees since 1862. He was a dele- gate to two National Democratic Conventions. He wrote History of a Lawsuit which is now in its fourth edition and extremely popular. iS

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