University of Maine at Portland - Reflection / Umpire Yearbook (Portland, ME)

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rthurCle When the University of Maine decided to reestablish its school of law in 1961, it was exceedingly fortunate in being able to engage the services of Arthur C. Pulling, who was then about to retire from the post of law librarian 0F Villanova University. Dr. Pulling had had a most distinguished career, as law librarian at the University of Minnesota from 1912 m 1942 and director of the Harvard Law Library from 1943 to 1953. In all three libraries that he directed before coming to Maine, Dr. Pulling had left his mark as a great builder. In the volume and quality of his acquisitions, he had become preeminent among law librarians. 0f the many fine qualities that distinguished Dr. Pulling, probably the most remarkable was his absolute devotion to duty. He worked incessantly, empleying all his energy and skill to develop the library of whatever law school was fortunate enough to count him among the members of its faculty. Theugh accustomed to managing great libraries with large staffs of assistants, when he came to Maine he threw himself at once in a highly personal way into the task of building, adapting his own life immediately to the needs of the new library The seventeen thousand volumes he had obtained by gift that had uiready arrived in Portland when he first reported for duty in August, 1982, were a harbinger of What we came to expect from his zeal and skill: during his. fo-duty hours in the spring and summer of 1962 he had arranged for those books - duplicates given by libraries and individuals throughout the United States - to be sent to the new law school. a short six months after Dr. Pulling joined us, 1. a131:1 of the University of Maine School of Law far surpassed mere accreditation requirements. ';ng's magnetism for books was the result, not wide acquaintance among librarians and his clust-ry, but also of a quality of courtly charm I request from him hard to resist. His advanc- -- Seemed to enhance rather than diminish that :him. his optimism and courage in the face of 171871 tPullz'ng April 2, 1887 - September 28, 1963 declining health evoking admiration on the part of all who know him. It is unfortunate that Dr Pulling died before he could share with the rest of us the triumph of the early pro- visional appreval of the School of Law by the American Bar Association on February 17, 1964. He was with us long enough, however, to impress deeply upon us an understanding of the vital importance of a good library to the long-term growth and power at a law school, and we shall continue to go forWard with the immense bene- fit of that understanding. Fer Arthur Pullinng accomplishment in one year in Maine in establishing the law library of the University on a solid foundation, the University - especially the School of Law a and the legal profession in Maine will always be in his debt. ZMEW Dean, School of Law

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In Memoriam John F 1' tzgemld Kennedy May 29, 1917 November 22, 1963 K . . . in recognition of what you are: the President of all the people of this land - the weak and the strong, the white and the colored, the rural and the urban, the rich and the poor, the young and the old. President Lloyd H. Elliott 6 October 20, 1963

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Dean Edward S. Godfrey has de- veloped a graduate School of Law which meets every professional ac- crediting standard. Located at 68 High Street, Portland, the School of Law possesses a carefully chosen professional faculty and a superb library of more than 30,000 vol- umes. Dr. Lloyd Hartman Elliott, who became President of the University of Maine in 1958, has played the leading role in the development of the Portland Campus. Under Dr. Elliotfs presidency Payson Smith Hall has been opened, a four-year curriculum in business administra- tion has been established, the graduate School of Law has be- come a part of the University of Maine, the Continuing Education Division has been organized, the faculty and library facilities have been greatly expanded, and anoth- er new building has been author- ized to meet the needs of the 1,000 fuII-h'me students expected in the Undergraduate Division on the Portland Campus.