Stanford Law School - Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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1, 3535 ki 1: gm. it fw . . 1.-,:.., . . i ii. R 1' New to the Stanford Law School faculty this year is John Hays Barton, a native of Chicago, Illinois - class of 1936? After receiving his B.S. in physics and philosophy from Marquette University in 1958, he served in the U.S. Navy for three years C'I can't say much about that! j. He then worked as an operations researcher for Sylvania in Mountain View from 1961 to 1965. His work involved research on disarmament in- spection devices for contracts with the Arms Control Agency, a background which par- ticularly qualifies him to teach his seminar this year in Arms Control. Then in 1965 he left science research for the study of law at Stanford, where he was an editor of the Stanford Law Review in spite of the fact that he continued Working for Sylvania through- out his law school career. After graduation in 1968, Professor Barton joined the Washington, D.C., law firm of Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering. This year at Stanford he is teaching courses in Contracts, Arms Control, and International Business Transactions. He and his wife have five children JOHN HAYS BARTON A ssistan t Professor of Law

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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. 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 firm of Covington and Burling for two years. In 1958 he left 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 re- sponsibility 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 contracts and taxation C'Famous Cases I have Lost j. At least he got to argue in front of the Supreme Court. The Barnetts have five children ranging from age 12 downward to age 6, and they live in a home on the campus.

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WILLIAM F. BAXTER Professor of Law Professor Baxter is a native of New York City, but must be classified as a Californian by association. He took his A.B. at Stanford in 1951. For the study oflaw, he again chose Stanford, receiving his LL.B. in 1956 after serving as comments editor of the Stanford Law Review. He remained at the law school as an associate professor until 1958 when he took a position with Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C. He practiced in the Capitol for two years, returning to Stanford in 1960. During 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 courses in Administrative Law, Federal Jurisdiction, and Legal Process. He has been engaged as consultant by various corporations and government agencies. In 1967-68 he conducted a special study of ways to minimize the social cost of airplane noise for the Federal Aviation Agency. In 1968-69 he was a member of the President's Task Force on Antitrust Policy. The Baxters have three children - two boys, 16 and 12, and a girl, 14. Mrs. Baxter enjoys painting and politics, she also is active in 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.