Stanford Law School - Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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Elected in 1965-with considerable door-to-door assistance from his students-to a six-year term on the Palo Alto City Council, Professor Byron Sher has spent much of his time since then tackling the municipal problems facing the city after a period of rapid growth and change. He is particularly interested in helping to preserve Palo Alto as a beautiful and quiet residential community. The Shers-Byron, his wife, Linda, and their three children-live in a large home in Palo Alto, complete with a newly installed swimming pool. They have yet to acquire the tennis court Professor Sher feels his talents warrant. At Stanford he is best known for his vivid portrayal of Santa Claus at the Law Association Christmas party. Born in Missouri in 1928, Professor Sher received a B.S.B.A. in commerce and fi- nance in 1949 from Washington University. He took his LLB. in 1952 from Harvard, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He then practiced law in Boston for two years. He was a teaching fellow at Harvard in 1954-55 and a member of the law faculty at Southern Methodist University from 1955 until 1957, when he came to Stanford. A visiting faculty member at the University of Southern California Law School during the summer of 1956, he was a Fulbright Scholar at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, in 1964. He is the co-author of Law in Society-lntro- duction to Freedom of Contract, his current project is a study of the consumer's right to cancel door-to-door sales, and work on the Consumer Credit Code. BYRON D. SHEB Professor of Law

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GGRDON KENDALL SCOTT Professor of Law Professor Scott is a native of Massachusetts. He attended Harvard College and received an A.B. in government in 1938. Remaining at Har- vard for graduate study in law, he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, receiving an LL.B. in 1941. He practiced law in Washington, D.C. from 1941 until 1942, served in 1942 in the Office of the Coordinator for Inter-American Af- fairs in the Department of State, then embarked upon four years of service with the United States Army. ln 1946 Mr. Scott became a member of the law faculty at Stanford Where he remained until 1948. ln that year he returned to the Boston area to practice law for four years, rejoining the Stan- ford faculty in 1952. He has taught at Stanford since that time, focusing his attention primarily on the areas of corporations, municipal law, and taxation. Professor Scott's reputation as a superlative tennis player is Widespread and, according to firsthand reports, well-deserved. In addition to his skill on the tennis court, Mr. Scott demon- strates considerable talent with the golf club. In relation to this latter point, he expresses regret that the Law Association no longer gives golf balls to the winners of its tournamentg he claims it was his only source of new balls. Mr, Scott also plays bridge, but claims Cperhaps this should be challengedj that there are no really good student players around-although he does check from time to time.

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IGSEPH T. SNEED Pro essor of Law joseph Sneed's roots go deep into Texas soil. He was born in that state in 1920, pursued his education through Southwestern University and the University of Texas Law School, graduating with an LL.B. in 1947, and stayed on as a fac- ulty member until l954. He practiced law in Aus- tin from 1955 until 1957, when he joined the law faculty at Cornell University, In 1958 Professor Sneed received a j.S.D. from I-Iarvard. In 1960 he spent a year as visiting professor at Yale, then, forsaking both Texas and the East, he came to Stanford in 1962. Most students are well aware of Professor Sneed's facility' with the Internal Revenue Code, but do not know that he also possesses the skill to concoct what he describes as a mean banana split'-a talent acquired during his college days when he worked behind a drug store soda foun- tain. In addition, both before and during college, he spent summers riding the Texas range as a full-fledged cowboy. Now he has turned to some- what more scholarly pursuits-although he still goes horseback riding and plays some tennis in the summer. His wife, Madelon, is learning to play tennis, but claims greater proficiency with a paint brush than with a tennis racquet. The Sneeds have three children: Clara is 14 and has a flair for writing, Cara is 12 and enjoys playing the piano, the youngest is joseph T. Sneed, IV, who is so tall for his age that he is affectionately known as the Wilt Chamberlain of the fourth grade. In addition to his manifold responsibilities within that law school, Professor Sneed is pres- ently serving as the President of the Association of American Law Schools. In addition he is a member of the American Law Institute, consult- ing with that group on its Estate and Gift Tax Project, he has just completed a textbook on basic income taxation. In the university at large Pro- fessor Sneed serves as Chairman of the Stanford Interim judicial Body and is a member of the Committee on University Publications.