National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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Page 28 THE DOCKET 192 5 PEYTON GORDON, LL.M. Professor of Criminal Law Cases H AJOR GORDON is a native of Washington, D. C. He studied law at Columbian University and received the degree of Master of Laws in 1891. Major Gordon has occupied several distinguished positions since he en- tered the legal profession. He is now United States Attorney for the Dis- trict of Columbia and served as Par- don Attorney under President Roose- velt. He has served under several Attorney Generals as Assistant At- torney General, in which capacity he has tried cases for the Government in almost every State in the Union. Major Gordon joined the Faculty of National University in 1923, and at once came into prominence and popu- larity among his associates and in his classes. He is Past President of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. ROFESS OR HAYCRAFT was born in Madelia, Minne- sota, in March, 1893, and graduated from George Washington University Law School in February, 1916, with the degree of LL.B. Professor Haycraft has been a member of the National University Law School faculty since January, 1925, and has been a member of the Board of Review, Federal Trade Commission, since December, 1921. He is a member of the Masonic Fra- ternity and the Petworth Masonic Club.

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192 5 THE DOCKET Page 27 SAMUEL E. FOUTS, LL.M. Professor of Patent Law and Practice ROFESSOR FOUTS is a na- tive of the State of Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University in 1892, and later received the degree of LL.M. from Columbian (now George Washing- ton) University. In 1899 Professor Fouts entered upon the practice of Patent Law in Cleveland, Ohio. A number of years ago he was appointed an examiner in the United States Patent Office, and became Examiner- in-Chief in 1916. Professor Fouts became a member of the Faculty of National University several years ago, as Professor of Patent Law and Practice. The ease with which he expounds this highly technical and exceedingly difficult subject shows Professor Fouts is a man of long years of experience in actual practice, one who is thor- oughly familiar with every phase of his subject. National is fortunate in securing the services of Professor Fouts, and National ' s students are doubly fortunate in having this course made so very interesting and instructive. CHARLES L. FRAILEY, A.B., LL.M. Associate Justice Moot, Court of Appeals B OLONEL FRAILEY was born in Sandwich, Massachu- setts, in July, 1870, the son of Rear Admiral Leonard A. and Helen Freeman Frailey. He has resided in the District of Columbia since 1886, was educated at Colum- bian University of this city, and there earned the degrees of A.B., L ' L.B., and LL.M. Colonel Frailey has prac- ticed law in the District of Columbia for a number of years. In 1918 he was commissioned a Major in the Judge Advocate General’s Depart- ment of the Army and served with the American Expeditionary Forces overseas. Upon his return to Amer- ica he served in the War Department in Washington, was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, and honorably discharged in October, 1920. He joined the Law Faculty of National University in 1923 as Associate Justice of the Moot Court of Appeals.

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1925 THE DOCKET Page 29 DANIEL PERCY HICKLING, M.D. Professor of Medical Jurisprudence R. HICKLING was born in 1863, and graduated from the Georgetown Medical Col- lege in 1884. He is Alienist for the District of Columbia and also engages in the private practice of Neuro-psychiatry. Dr. Hickling is Associate Professor of Mental and Nervous Diseases at Georgetown Uni- versity Medical School. He is a Shriner, a member of the Neurologi- cal Society of the District of Colum- bia, the American Medical Associa- tion, and is Chief Psychiatrist at Gallinger Memorial Hospital. Dr. Hickling joined the Faculty of Na- tional University at the beginning of the fall term, 1924, as instructor of Medical Jurisprudence, and his course is very popular. WOODSON P. HOUGHTON, A.B., LL.M. Professor of the Law of Personal Property ROFESSOR HOUGHTON was born in Washington, in April, 1893. He attended Washington and Lee Univer- sity, from which he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Later he graduated from George- town University Law School with the degree of Master of Laws. Profes- sor Houghton joined the Faculty of National University Law School in 1921, and since that time has taught the subject of Personal Property. During the World War he served as a First Lieutenant in the Judge Ad- vocate General’s Department and as Assistant Post Judge Advocate, Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Vir- ginia. During 1917-1918 he served as Assistant Secretary, Second Pan American Scientific Congress. Professor Houghton is a member of the Bar of the District of Colum- bia, Sigma Chi and Sigma Delta Phi Fraternities, and the Racquet Club of Washington.