Stanford Law School - Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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WAYNE G. BARNETT Professor of Law Wayne Barnett joined the Stanford law faculty in 1966 after having spent a number of years in both private practice and government service. After receiving an A.B. in economics in 1950 from Harvard College, he stayed on in Cambridge to study law, serving as articles editor of the Harvard Law Review and receiving an LL.B. in 1953. Professor Barnett was law clerk to Mr. Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme Court in 1955-56, and then he practiced with the Washington fimi of Covington and Burljng for two years. In 1958 he left private practice to become an Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States. In this capacity Mr. Barnett and his eight colleagues in the office had the responsibility for arguing cases before the Supreme Court on behalf of the United States, and also for authorizing appeals in cases lost by the government in a lower court or agency. Mr. Barnett left the Solicitor General's office in 1965 to become the First Assistant in the Office of the Legal Counsel for the Department of Justice. In 1966 he yielded to the temptation to try his hand at teaching and joined the Stanford law faculty. He teaches primarily in the area of contracts and taxation. He is well qualified to lead his students down the Socratic path of case analysisg he argued many of the cases himself before the United States Supreme Court. The Barnetts have five children ranging from age 11 downward to age 5, and they live in a home on the campus.

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Born in Missouri in 1937, Professor Ayer received his A.B. in politics and economics in 1959 and his LL.B. ir1 1962 from Yale University. While in law school he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. The following year he served as law clerk to Judge Charles E. Clark of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In 1963-64 he was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Stockholm and then returned to New York to practice law with the law firm of Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons 8L Gates, where he remained until he came to Stanford. Professor Ayer joined the law faculty at Stanford in 1966. He has taught Legal Process, Civil Procedure, Administrative Law, Labor Law, and Legislation. In addition, he is engaged in a study of condemnation procedure as a part of a comprehensive survey of eminent domain law by the California Law Revision Commission. Professor Ayer's wife, Barbara, has been an active member of the Stanford community, and again this year she is co-sponsor of the Law Wives. The Ayers live in Menlo Park. DOUGLAS R. AYER Associate Professor of Law

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William Baxter is a native of New York City, but must be classified as a Californian by association. He was a Stanford undergraduate and received an A.B. in 1951. When it came to the study of law, he again chose Stanford, earning an LL.B. in 1956 after serving as comments editor of the Stanford Law Review. He stayed on at the law school as an associate professor until 1958 when he took a position with Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C. He remained in the Capitol for two years, returning to Stanford in 1960. In 1964-65 he was a visiting professor of law at Yale. No student who has encountered him need be reminded of Professor Baxter's keen mind and his thorough knowledge of the intricacies of Regulated Industries and Antitrust Law. In addition to these areas of special interest, he teaches with an equal degree of competence in administrative law, federal jurisdiction, and legal process. He acts as a legal consultant to various companies both in California and in other states and to the Federal Aviation Agency - for whom he has been conducting a special study of ways to minimize the social cost of airplane noise. The Baxters have three children - two boys, 15 and ll, and a girl, 13. Mrs. Baxter busies herself with painting and politicsg she also gives considerable time to promotional efforts on behalf of the Stanford Repertory Theater. Professor Baxter admits to only two hobbies: Good bridge and mediocre golf. There are few reports about the latter, but interested observers report that his bridge is very good. WILLIAM F. BAXTER Professor of Law