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

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Emwf1sfar.u- :gk-1 L .y ,f WHITMORE GRAY Associate Professor of Law Born in 1932, Mr. Gray received his A.B. degree in 1954 from Principia College and his J .D. degree in 1957 from the University of Michigan Law School. He receiveda Ford Founda- tion Foreign Fellowship to Paris for the year 1957-58 and since then has also studied in Munich in 1961-62 and Hong Kong in 1963-64. He practiced law in New York City from 1958 to 1960 and has been teaching at the University of Michigan Law School since 1960. He has taught Restitution, Introduction to Civil Law, Comparative Law, Soviet Law, and Contracts. Professor Gray is married and has four children. 16 xr f S LUKE KING COOPERRIDER Professor of Law Born in 1918, Mr. Cooperrider received his B.S. in 1940 from Harvard College, and his J .D. in 1948 from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in Ohio in 1949,and practiced in Cleveland. He has taught at the University of Michigan Law School since 1952. He teaches Torts, Introduction to the Legal System, and Jurisdiction and Judgments. Professor Cooperrider is married and has three children. .gf SAMUEL D. ESTEP Professor of Law Born in 1919, Mr. Estep received his A.B.in 1940 from Kansas State Teachers College, and his J .D. in 1946 from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in Michigan in 1946 , and practiced in Detroit from 1946 to 1948. He was an assistant professor of law from 1948 to 1951, associateprofessor oflaw from 1951 to 1954, and professor of law since 1954. He teaches Legislation, Constitutional Law, and Securi- ties. He served in the U,S. Navy during World War II.

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CHARLES W. JOINER Professor of Law and Assistant Dean Born in 1916, Mr. Joiner received his B.A, in 1937 and J.D. in 1939 from the State University of Iowa. He was admitted to practice in Iowa in 1939. He practiced in Des Moines from 1939 to 1947. He was with the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan from 1947 to 1949, associate professor of law from 1950 to 1952, pro- fessor of law since 1953 and associate dean since 1960. Professor Joiner teaches Trials Sz Appeals and Practice Court, and Jurisdiction and Judgments. He is the author of Trials and Appeals and joint author of Cases and Statutes on Jurisdiction and Judgments and Civil Justice and the Jury. He is a member of the Committee on Uniform Rules of Evidence for the Federal Courts, the Committee on Civil Procedure of the Michigan State Bar, the Board of Commissioners for the State Bar of Michigan, and the Standing Com- mittee on Ethics of the ABA. Professor Joiner is married and has three children. ROY L. STEINHEIMER, JR. Professor of Law and Admissions Officer Born in 1916, Mr. Steinheimer received his A.B, in 1937 from the University of Kansas, and his J.D. in 1940 from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in New York in 1941 and in Michigan in 1951. He practiced with Sullivan 81 Cromwell in New York City before coming to Michigan to teach in 1950. He teaches Bills and Notes, Sales, and a seminar in Commerical Transactions. Pro- fessor Steinheimer is married, lives on a farm near Ann Arbor, and pilots his own plane. .1- -nl ROY FRANKLIN PROFFITT 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 World 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 1948. After a brief period of practice with the firm of Miller, McKinley Si Walsh, 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 assistedthe Missouri General Assembly in making significant changes in the sub- stantive 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 ofthe scholarship and student aid program. His administrative duties at Michigan include the scheduling of classes and examinations, supervision ofthe scholarship and loan program, student discipline, serving as secretary ofthe Faculty, and local direction of the Law School Fund. He is co-editor of Statutes,Rules and Cases on Criminal Procedure. In addi- tion, he teaches a course in Criminal Law Areas. ,

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OLIN L. BROWDER, JR. Professor 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 University 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 Knox- ville from 1942 to 1943. He was an instructor in Business Law at the University of Alabama from 1939 to 1940, assistant pro- fessor from 1940 to 1941, assistant professor of law at the Uni- versity of Tennessee from 1941 to 1942, 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 119521. He was with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice from 1943 to 1945. WILLIAM W. BISHOP, JR. Professor of Law Born in 1906, Mr. Bishop received his A.B. degree in 1928 and J .D. in 1931 from the University of Michigan, attended Harvard Law School from 1928 to 1929 and Columbia University Law School from 1928 to 1939. He was admitted to practice in Michigan in 1931 and before the U.S.Supreme Court in 1941. He practiced in New York City from 1935to 1936. He was Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Michigan Law School from 1931 to 1935, professor of law since 1948. He was a lecturer in Politics at Princeton from 1936 to 1938g Assistant to the Legal Advisor in the State Department from 1939 to 1947g visiting Professor of Law at the University of Pennsyl- vania from 1947 to 1948 and visiting professor of international law at Coltunbia University Law School in 1948. He was the Legal Advisor for the U.S. Delegation to the Council of Foreign Ministers and Paris Peace Conference in 1946. He was the Assistant Reporter for Harvard Research in International Law from 1932 to 1935. He is the author of International Law, Cases and Materials 11951, '53l. He was a Contributing Editor for the Annual Digest of Public International Law Cases from 1931 to 1941. He has been on the Board of Editors for the American Journal of International Law since 1947 and was Editor-in- Chief from 1953 to 1955. He teaches International Law, Ad- miralty, and Conflict of Laws. X I HOBART COFFEY Professor of Law and Director of the Law Library Born in 1896, Mr. Coffey graduated from Ohio State University with an A.B. in 1918. He received the degrees of LL.B. in 1922 and J.D. in 1924 from the University of Michigan. He attended the University of Paris in 1924-25, the University of Berlin in 1925, and the University of Munich in 1926 and 1928. He was the assistant law librarian at the University of Michigan in 1925-26,professor of law and law librarian from 1926 to 1943, and professor of law and director of the law library from 1943 to date. He teaches the courses in Admiralty and Domestic Relations.