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

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FRANK E. COOPER Part Time Professor of Law Mr. Cooper was born in 1910 and has received two degrees from the University of Michigan, an A.B, in 1931, and a J.D, in 1934. He has practiced in Detroit since 1934-where he is now a member of the firm of Beaumont, Smith, gl Harris. He teaches Administrative Tribunals and Legal Writing, and has three recent books-The Lawyer and Administrative Agencies, 1957, Living the Law, 1959, and Writing in Legal Practice, 1962. ALAN N. POLASKY Professor of Law ERIC STEIN Professor of Law Mr. Stein was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1913. In 1937 he received his J.U.D. degree with distinction from the Law Faculty of Charles University in Prague. He came to the United States in 1940 and enrolled in the University of Michigan Law School in 1940. He received his J.D. degree in 1942 from Michigan. Late in 1942 he joined the United States Army and was assigned to Military Government. After discharge from the Army in 1946 he became a member of the staff of the United States Department of State with the United Nations Affairs Bureau. He has been teaching at the University of Michigan since 1955. He teaches International Law, Conflict of Laws, and Law and Institutions of the Atlantic Area. Professor Stein is co-editor fwith Peter Hayj of Cases and Ma- terials on the Law Ku Institutions of the Atlantic Area, and co-editor and co-author Qwith Thomas L. Nichol- sonj of American Enterprise in the European Common Market-25TLega1-Profile. Born in 1923, Mr. Polasky received his B S C 1947 C P A 1948, and J.D. 1951, from the State University of Iowa. He was ad- mitted to practice in Iowa and Illinois in 1951. He practiced law in Chicago in 1951-53 and was an assistant professor of law at North- western University 1953-55 and associate professor until he came to Ann Arbor in 1957. He teaches Evidence, Accounting, Federal Income Taxation, and Estate Planning.

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44 X ke:-fux . , H, . E, , . g 1 1- A ,gi v Y I , '7 3 --. . SAMUEL D. ESTEP Professor of Law Born in 1919, Mr. Estep receivedhis A.B.in 1940 from Kansas State Teachers College, and his J .D. in 1946 from the University of Michigan. Hewas 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 inthe U.S. Navy during World War II, itll J. 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, andpracticed in Cleveland. He has taught at the University of Michigan Law School since 1952. He teaches Torts,Introduction to the Legal System, and Restitution. Professor Cooperrider is married and has three children. . ,. f -gp JACK RICHARD PEARCE Professor of Law Born in 1918, Mr. Pearce received his A.B. in 1940 from DePauw 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 at the University of Michi- gan since 1955. He teaches Contracts and Contract Remedies and Unfair Trade. He was clerk to Judge Augustus N. Hand, U.S.C.A., 2nd Circuit, from 1947 to 1948, an 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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WILLIAM J. PIERCE Professor of Law Born in 1921, Mr. Pierce received his A.B. in 1947 and J .D. in 1949 from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in Michigan in 1949. He was an associate with the New York Law Revision Commission from 1949 to 1950. He was the Assistant Director of the Legislative Research Center at the University of Michigan Law School from 1950 to 1953, assistant professor of law from 1951 to 1953, associate professor of law and associate director ofthe Legisla- tive Research Center from 1953 to 1956,andprofessor of law and Director ofthe Legislative Research Center since 1956. He teaches Legislation and the Legislative Problems Seminar. He is the editor of Current Trends in State Legislation and co-author of Apportionment and Representative Institutions 119631. Mr. Pierce is also a Michigan Commissioner on Uniform State Laws and serves on the Executive Committee of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. L-li L. HART WRIGHT Professor of Law Born in 1917, Mr.Wright received his A.B.degree in 1939 and LL.B. in 1941 from the University of Oklahoma, and LL.M. in 1942 from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in Oklahoma in 1941. He came to the University of Michigan Law School in 1946. He teaches Corporate and Partner- ship Tax Affairs, Federal Income and Estate and Gift Taxes, and Tax Considerations Affecting Foreign Trade and Investments. He was in the United States Armed Services from 1942 to 1946, and was a Law Member of the General Military Court in Austria from 1945 to 1946. He has frequently been a Consultant to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue andhas written three books for the Internal Revenue Service. JOSEPH R. JULIN Professor of Law Born in 1926, Mr. Julin receivedhis B.S.L.degree in 1949 and his LL.B.degree in 1952, both from North- western. He was admitted to practice in Illinois in 1952 and in Michigan in 1960. He practiced law in Illinois from 1952 to 1959. He was a lecturer at Northwestern University Law School from 1953 to 1959. He was an associateprofessor at the University of Michigan Law School from 1959 to 1962 and has been a professor of law here since 1962. His subjects are Wills, Property, Future Interests, Conveyancing, and Oil and Gas. Professor Julin is married and has four children.