National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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THE DOCKET HON. OSCAR R. LUHRING LL.D. Professor of Equity Pleading and law of Suretyship and Associate Justice Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Born in Gibson County, Indiana, 1879; LL.B. University of Virginia, 1900; LLD., National University, 1932; Began prac- tice of law at Evansville, Indiana, 1900; member of Indiana House of Represen- tatives, 1903-1904; appointed Associate Justice Supreme Court of D.C., 1930; member of Phi Kappa Sigma and Sigma Nu Phi Fraternities. HON. ERNEST W. GIBSON B.S., A.M., LL.D. Lecturer on Trial Procedure Former Judge Municipal Court, Wind- ham County, Vermont; served in World War overseas as Captain of Infantry; former Colonel of 172nd Infantry N.G., Vermont; Vice-President Norwich Univer- sity; United States Senator from Ver- mont. HON. PEYTON GORDON, LL.D. Associate Justice of the Supreme Courf of the D.C. and Professor of the Law of Bankruptcy Native of Washington, D.C.; LL.B Columbian University — now George Washington University, 1890; LL.M., 1891; Former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; Major, Judge Advocate General ' s Corps, Chau- mont, France. Received LL.D., National University, 1931. fwenty-eiqht

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NINETEEN THIRTY SIX C. SUMNER LOBINGIER J.U.D., D.C.L., PH.D., J.D. Professor of Roman, Civil and Comparative Law Former U.S. Judge in the Philippines and in China. Former Special Assistant to the Attorney General. Author of over 100 contributions to legal ency- clopedias and periodicals; member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Delta Kappa Fraternities. HON. FENTON W. BOOTH LL.D. Professor of Elements of Jurispru- dence and Chief Justice, United States Court of Claims Native of Illinois; educated DePauw University, University of Michigan ; prac - tices law in Marshall, Illinois; member of Fortieth General Assembly of Illinois; Judge of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1905-1928; Chief Justice of The U. S. Court of Claims since 1928. JULIUS I. PEYSER, LL.M., D.C.L. Lecturer of Equity Procedure and Judge of Equity Mott Court Graduate of Georgetown University and George Washington University; en- gaged in the practice of law since 1899; Captain in U.S. Army; formerly member of Board of Education; President of Bar Association of the District of Co- lumbia, 1929, Vice-President of Ameri- can Bar Association for the D.C., 1930; member of Pi Gamma Mu. twenty-seven

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NINETE HON. F. DICKINSON LETTS LL.D. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of D. C. and Professor of the Law of Mortgages Native of Iowa; attended Columbia University Law School and State Uni- versity of Iowa Law School. Member American Bar Association, Congressional Country Club, Masonic Order, Shriners, K.P. and Elks. Trustee Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa. Member of Congress from Iowa for six years. EN THIRTY SIX HON. JAMES M. PROCTOR LL.D. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of District of Columbia and Professor of Criminal Law Cases Native of Washington, D.C.; member of D.C. Bar since 1903; Assistant U.S. Attorney for D.C., 1905-1909 and Chief Assistant, 1909-1913; Associate Justice of D.C. Supreme Court since March 8, 1931; Member of American Bar Associa- tion; President of General Alumni As- sociation of George Washington Uni- versity for two years. W. W. MILLAN, LL.B., LL.M. Associate Justice of the Mooi Court of Appeals Native of Culpeper County, Va., grad- uate National University; Winner Uni- versity Medal (highest honor); engaged in law practice since 1890; member of Bar of Supreme Court of U.S.; served twenty years as Treasurer of D.C. Bar Association; President of D.C. Bar As- sociation 1923; member of American Bar Association. twenty-nine