University of Michigan Law School - Quad Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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RICHARD VANCE WELLMAN Assistant Professor of Law Born in 1922, Mr. Wellman re- ceived his A.B. in 1947, his JD. in 1949 from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in Ohio in 1949, and practiced in Ohio from 1949 to 1954. He teaches Real Property, and Personal Property. He WHS with the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. NMA J' ' at ' 1 .is X: ' 'Wifi .- ', Zfffflb 4' .. , . s r' I I. x JACK RICHARD PEARCE Assistant Professor of Law Born in 1918, Mr. Pearce re- ceived his A.B. in 1940 from De- Pauw University, and his LL.B. in 1947 from Harvard. He was admitted to practice in New York in 1948, and practiced in New York City from 1948 to 1955. He has been an assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan since 1955. He tecahes Contracts and Contract Remedies. He was clerk to the Hon. Justice Augustus N. Hand, U.S.C.A., 2nd Circuit, from 1947 to 1948, editor of the Harvard Law Review from 1941 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1947. He was with the U. S. Army from 1943 to 1946.

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OLIN L. BROWDER, JR. Profesosr of Law Born in 1913, Mr. Browder received his A.B. in 1935 and LL.B. in 1937 from the University of Illinois, and an S.J.D. in 1941 from the Univer- sity of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in Illinois in 1939, and practiced in Chicago from 1938 to 1939. He was with the Legal Department of the TVA in Knoxville from 1942 to 1943. He was an instructor in Business Law at the Uni- versity of Alabama from 1939 to 1940, assistant professor from 1940 to 1941, assistant professor of law at the University of Tennessee from 1941 to 194-2, professor of law at the University of Oklahoma from 1946 to 1953, and professor of law at the University of Michigan since 1953. He teaches Property, and Future Interests. He was a co-author of the American Law of Property Q1952j. He was with the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation and the U.S. Department of Justice from 1943 to 1945. Kr. ALFRED FLETCHER CONARD Professor of Law Born in 1911, Mr. Conard received 11is A.B. in 1932 from Grinnell College, attended the State University of Iowa from 1932 to 1934, received an LL.B. in 1936 from t11e University of Penn- sylvania, an LL.M. in 1939 and J.S.D. in 1942 from Columbia University. He was admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1937, and practiced in Philadelphia from 1936 to 1938. He was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Missouri in 1938, assistant professor at the Uni- versity of Kansas City from 1939 to 1942, associate professor of law at the University of Illinois from 1946 to 1951, professor of law from 1951 to 1954, and professor of law at the University of Mich- igan since 1954. He was visiting professor of law in California in 194-7, in Texas in 1952, and in Michigan in 1953. He teaches Creditors' Rights, Business Associations, Corporate Reorganization, and Comparative Law of Business Associations. He has published Studies in the Law of Eease- ments and Licenses in Land, Cases on Agency and Employment Relations, and Costs of Administer- ing Reparation for Wo1'k Injuries in Illinois fco- authorj. I-Ie was with the Army, O.S.S., from 1943 to 1945, with the OPA from 1942 to 1943, and with the Office of the Alien Property Custo- dian from 1945 to 1946.

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ERIC STEIN Associate Professor of Law Mr. Stein was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, July 8, 1913. In 1937 he received his J.U.D. degree with distinction from the Law Faculty of Charles University in Prague. Thereafter he practiced law for a brief period before being taken into the Czechoslovakian Army. After release from military service he came to the United States where he enrolled in the University of Michigan Law School in 1940. H received his j.D. degree in 1942 from the University of Michigan. Late in 1942 he joined the United States Army and was assigned to the Division of Military Intelligence. In July of 1943 he was SCI1t overseas to engage in intelligence work in North Africa, and later in Italy. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Order of the Italian Crown. After discharge from the Army in 1946 he became a member of the staff of the United States Department of State, first in the International Security Office, and later with the United Naions Affairs Bureau. He has been an associate professor of law at the University of Michigan since 1955. He teaches Law of Atomic Energy, International Law, Law of International Trade, and Comparative Law. ROY FRANKLIN PROFFITT Assistant Professor of Law Assistant Dean of the Law School Mr. Proffitt was born in 1918. He attended the University of Nebraska where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration in 1940. During Wforld War II, he served in the United States Navy, holding the rank of Lieutenant Commander, U.S.N.R., at the end of the war. He received his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School in january 1943. After a brief period of practice with the hrm of Miller, McKinley ik IValsh, in Greeley, Colorado, he joined the faculty of the University of Missouri School of Law, where he eventually was promoted to the rank of professor. As technical adviser to the Missouri State Senate Criminal Law Revision Committee from 1951 to 1954, Mr. Proffitt assisted the Missouri General Assembly in making significant changes in the substantive criminal law in that state. At Michigan, as assistant Dean, Mr. Proffitt has taken over the administration duties hitherto performed by the secretary to the Law School, together with the handling of the scholarship and student aid program. In addition, he teaches a portion of the Hrst-year course in Criminal Law. RINALDO L. BIANCHI Assistant Professor of Law Born in 1924, in Highland Park, Michigan, Mr. Bianchiwas taken by his parents, in 1939, to their native Italy. There he was educated in the elementary schools and eventually in the University of Pisa Law School, where he received the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1947. Subsequently he returned to the United States where he earned his B,A. in 1951 and his M.A. in 1952 from VVayne Uni- versity, and his in 1955 from the University of Michigan. He was an instructor and assistant to the dean from February to july of 1956, assistant adviser to foreign students, and assistant professor of law since 1956. He teaches Torts, Atomic Energy Law, Creditors' Rights, and Comparative Law. 32