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

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SPENCER L. KIMBALL Professor of Law Born in 1918, Mr. Kimball attended the University of Arizona from which he received his B.S. in 1940. In 19.43-44, he studied Japanese at the Naval Language School at the University of Colorado, and thereafter served in the Pacific area until 1946. He then studied at the University of Utah fin 1946-471 before receiving a B.C.L. degree from Oxford University QEnglandJ in 1949. In 1958 he also received an S.J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin. He was Associate Pro- fessor of Law at the University of Utah from 1949-50, Dean of the Law School from 1950-54, and Professor from 1954-57. Since 1957 he has been Professor of Law at Michigan, and since 1962, has also been Director of Research. At Michigan he has taught Contracts, Insurance, Introduction to the Legal System, and Law and Society Seminars. In 1955-56 he had a Rockefeller research grant at the University of Wis- consin, out of which came the award-winning book Insurance and Public Policy. The book is a study of the historical development of insurance law. Sub- sequently, he has written very extensively on insurance regulation, including some comparative studies, both in American and foreign periodicals. WILLIAM BURNETT HARVEY Professor of Law Born in 1922, Mr. Harvey received his A.B. in 1943 from Wake Forest College, and his J.D. in 1949 from the University of Michigan, and attended the University of Heidelberg from 1955to 1956,working in legal philosophy. He was admitted to practice in the District of Columbia in 1949, and was an associate of Hogan 81 Hartson in Washington, D.C,, from 1949-51. He was an assistant professor Naval Science and Tac- tics at Tufts College and the University of Kansas in 1946, lecturer in law at the University of Michigan School of Business Administration in 1948, pro- fessorial lecturer in law Qpart timei at George Wash- ington University Law School in 1950, and has taught at the University of Michigan since 1951. He teaches Contracts, Legal Philosophy, and Legal Aspects of African Development. He was admissions officer of the Law School 1951-55. Also, he was Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana and Director of Legal Education and Ghana 1962-64.

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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 U.S. Navy, holding the rank of Lt. 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 1948. After a brief period of practice with the firm of Miller, McKinley Sz Walsh, in Greely, Colorado, he joined the faculty of the University of Missouri School of Law, where he eventually was promoted to the rank of pro- fessor. As technical advisor 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 sub- stantive criminal law in that state. At Michigan, as assistant Dean, Mr. Proffitt has taken over the ad- ministration duties hitherto performed by the secre- tary of the Law School, together with the handling of the scholarship and student aid program. His ad- ministrative duties at Michigan include the scheduling of classes and examinations, supervision of the scholarship and loan program, student discipline, serving as secretary of the Faculty, and local direc- tion of the Law School Fund. He is co-editor of Statutes, Rules and Cases on Criminal Procedure. In addition, he teaches in the Criminal Law and Pro- cedure areas. S, ,. ,ff '2 -4 ' Q.: 13 ff! 94. MARCUS L. PLANT Professor of Law Born in 1911, Mr. Plant received his B.A. in 1932 and M.A. in 1934 from Lawrence College, and J,D. in 1938 from the University of Michigan. I-Ie was admitted to practice in Wisconsin in 1939, in New York in 1946, and in Michigan in 1950. He practiced in Milwaukee from 1938 to 1941 and from 1943 to 1944, with the government in Washington, D.C., from 1941 to 1943, and in New York from 1944 to 1946. His practice was in the field of cor- porate finance. He has been a professor of law since 1946. He teaches Torts, Bills and Notes,Medicolegal Problems, and Workman's Compensation. He is the author of Cases of Torts and co-author of The Law of Medical Practice and The Law of Workmen's Com- pensation. Mr. Plant is a member of the Committee on Medical-Legal Problems of the Michigan State Bar and an associate editor of the Michigan State Bar Association Journal. He is the University of Michigan facility representative to the Intercollegiate fBig 101 Conference.

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PAUL G. KAUPER Henry M. Butzel Professor of Law Born in 1907, Mr. Kauper received his A.B. degree in 1929 from Earlham College, and his J.D. in 1932 from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in Indiana in 1931, in New York in 1936, and in Michigan in 1946. He was associated with the law firm of White and Case in New York City from 1934 to 1936. He was a part time instructor in law at the Uni- versity of Michigan in 1934, assistant professor of law from 1936 to 1939, associate professor oflaw from 1939 to 1946, and has been professor oflaw since 1946. He was appointed to the Henry M. Butzel law chair in 1965. He was on leave of absence from 1942 to 1945 with the Pan American Petroleum and Transport Co., Legal Dept., New York City. In 1959 he was guest professor at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Public and International Law at Heidelberg, Germany. He is the author of Cases and Materials on Constitu- tional Law 12nd ed., 19601, Frontiers Q Constitutional Liberty 119561, Civil Liberties and the Constitution 119621, Constitution and Religion 119641,and co-author of Cases on Munici Corporations 119591. He is currently National President of The Order ofthe Coif. Mr. Kauper is married and has two children. , ' 6 QE WILLIAM W. BISHOP, JR. Professor of Law Born in 1906, Mr. Bishop received his A.B.degree in 1928 and J .D. in 1931 fromthe University of Michi- gan, attended Harvard Law School from 1928 to 1929 and Columbia University Law School from 1938 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 1935 to 1936. He was Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Michigan Law School from 1931 to 1935g professor of law since 1948. He was a lecturer in Politics at Princeton from 1936 to 1938, Assistant to the Legal Advisor in the State Department from 1939 to 1947, Visiting Pro- fessor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1948, Visiting Professor of International Law at Columbia 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 Harvard Research in International Law from 1932 to 1935. He is the author of International Law, Cases and Materials 11951, '53, '621. He lectured at the Hague Academy of International Law in 1961 and 1965. He has been on the Baord of Editors for the American Journal of International Law since 1947 and was Editor-in-Chief from 1953 to 1955 and since 1962. He teaches Inter- national Law, Admiralty and Conflict of Laws.