Dickinson School of Law - Commentator Yearbook (Carlisle, PA)

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DEDICATION We, the senior class of the Dickinson School of Law, dedicate the Res lpsa Loquitur of 1964 to Professor M. Paul Smith, a distin- guished attorney and an outstanding man who has contributed gen- erously of his time and knowledge to the school. Professor Smith ioined the faculty in 1951. As an adjunct Pro- fessor of Law he teaches courses in Wills and Decedents' Estates, Fiduciary Administration, and Estate Planning. In the classroom his dedication and enthusiasm to the law as a profession is made clear by his untiring efforts to instill in each student those characteristics which will enable him to function more effectively both as a student and ultimately as a lawyer. His expertise is made manifest by his extensive contributions to the profession. Professor Smith is co-editor of Fiduciary Review, a review digest and comments on cases involving trusts and decedents' estates recently decided in Pennsylvaniag Fiduciary Reporter, a publica- tion of selected Pennsylvania cases involving trusts and decedents' estates, Fiduciary Guide, a guidebook for use in the administration of estates by an executor or administrator, Will Drafting in Pennsylvania, an aid to the attorney in the drafting of a will. All of these works are used by his classes and all are used and referred to constantly in the daily practice of the average lawyer. In addition, Professor Smith has edited a Casebook for use in the classroom which presents to the students a great variety of situations they, may eventually face in their practice. Professor Smith, as well as maintaining a private practice in Montgomery County, specializing in cases dealing with wills, de- cedents' estates and related fields, is legal counsel for the trust depart- ment of the Montgomery County Banking and Trust Company. He is a past president of his county bar association, and has lectured through- out the state. Professor Smith was graduated from Lafayette College in 1927 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then enrolled in the law school at the University of Michigan. He left Michigan after completing the second year and returned to Pennsylvania to take the bar examination which he passed. Professor Smith practiced for a year and then decided to return to law school to earn his degree. He was awarded a .I.D. degree and he ioined his brother in becoming the fourth generation of his family to make a career of the legal profession. In view of the many important contributions made by Professor Smith to the legal profession in both teaching and private practice, it is the sincere desire of the class of 1964 that this dedication in some small measure convey the appreciation and admiration we feel for Professor Smith. 2

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P THE CLASS OF 1964 li V 'M presents . . . I .,,, . R E S I P s A 1 rr r , 3 , L 0 Q U IT u R ,4 .fm ,W . ,y,,r 1 4. if , ' Editor Faculty Advisor IVAN MENDELSOHN ARTHUR FRANKSTON 1

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PROFESSOR M. PAUL SMITH 3