Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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DEDICATIO DEAN EMERITUS COLLEGE Claude W. Pettit, Captain United States Army, I9I8 ,, .7 i, I t 1? ax, , 'Q X Judge Pettit Claude W. Pettit was born in Lancaster, Ohio, April 1 1, 1891. In 191 1, he received his A.B. degree from Ohio State University. The following two years he taught Latin in his hometown, Logan, Ohio. In 1916, Claude Pettit became a graduate of the Western Reserve University Law School with the L.I...B. degree. The following two years were spent in the service of the United States Army in France. While wait- ing to be returned to the states, Attorney Pettit attended Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He became professor at the Ohio Northern University Law School in 1925 and in 1932 was named Dean of the Law College. Also in that year, Dean Pettit received the L.L.lVI. de- gree from the George Washington University Law School in Wash- ington, D. C. l Dean Pettit was elected Probate and Juvenile Judge of Hardin County in 1954. He took over his duties on February 9, 1955, and is still in ofiice at the present time. In 1955, too,this beloved teacher was presented the title of Dean 'Emeritus of the Ohio Northern Uni- versity Law School. This year is his first year of com- plete retirement from teaching and his time is devoted entirely to the judgeship. In 1932, Claude Pettit became Dean of the College of Law. 6

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CL UDE PETTIT OF LAW The night they gave him a television set... In 1953, a group of devoted law students held a dinner at the Lutheran Church in Ada to honor their dean. During the Course of the evening they presented him with a television set in appreciation ofa man who was more than just a teacher to them. Dr. McIntosh and Dean Emeritus Pettit at the presentation of the 5 ,. portrait of the Dean to the Law College. ii K 7 sta- Dean Pettit and law faculty in the process of making out the class schedule. Under the leadership of a great dean, the Ohio Northern University Law School, has achieved the fame of being one of the best Law Schools in Ohio, and the nation. Therefore, we, the Class of 1957, feel it a great privilege and honor to dedicate this, the forty-seventh edi- tion ofthe NORTHERN, to Claude XV. Pettit, Dean limeritus of the College of Law. His retirement last July as acting Dean marked the end of an outstanding career of producing men well-qualified in their profession. His students considered him a wonderful teacher and counselor. Outside the classroom,his understanding personality gained the confi- dence of all who knew him and made a meaningful influence on their lives. During the war years Dean Pettit kept the Law School going at great personal sacrifice by also taking on a job with the government as Director of price administration for the Lima district. To this man we owe so much. So much we can never repay him in words. And so We dedicate this book in appreciation of one man who has made lives richer and has truly furthered knowledge in the name of Ohio Northern University. .A t - 1 ,i ,X , ., 1 i 12? I