National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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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.

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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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Page 30 THE DOCKET 192 5 HENRY C. KEENE, A.B., LL.M., LL.B., D.C.L. ROFESSOR KEENE was born in Mobile, Alabama, in February, 1885. He received his degree of Bachelor of Laws from National University Law School in 1918, and his Master’s de- gree the following year. Subse- quently he continued the study of law at American University, from which he graduated in 1921 with the degree of Doctor of Civil Laws. He attended George Washington Univer- sity and received the degree of Bache- lor of Arts in 1922. Professor Keene, during his several years connection with National University Law School, has taught, at various times, the sub- jects of Carriers, Damages, Quasi Contracts and History of the United States Constitution. For some time he occupied an important position with the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, which he resigned in March, 1924, to enter the private practice of law. Professor Keene is a member of Sigma Nu Phi Legal Fraternity, the National University Masonic Club and the District of Columbia Bat. m HAYDEN JOHNSON, LL.M. Professor of Equity and Judge of the Moot Court of Appeals ROFESSOR JOHNSON is the Executive Secretary of National University and has also been a member of the Faculty for a number of years, serv- ing as Professor of Equ ity Jurispru- dence and Criminal Law, and as As- sociate Justice of the Moot Court of Appeals of the University. Profes- sor Johnson is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia and has a large general practice. He has been identified with some of the most im- portant litigation of this country. His extraordinary faculty for re- membering dates and citations of law cases and statutes, as well as his unsurpassed command of correct English, will long be remembered by the student body of National Uni- versity. He is an instructor of un- usual ability, and his earnest en- deavor to assist the students has made hundreds of friends and ad- mirers, who will always remember him because of these attributes. F ' 7