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

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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.

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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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w GEORGE E. PALMER Professor of Law Born in 1908, Mr. Palmer received his A.B. degree in 1930 and J.D. in 1932 from the University of Michigan, his LL.M. in 1940 from Columbia University. He was admitted to practice in Indiana in 1932, and practiced in Indianapolis from 1932 to 1939. He taught at the University of Kansas Law School from 1939 to 1942 and 1945 to 1946. He has taught at the University of Michigan since 1946. He teaches Restitution and Trusts and Estates. He is co-editor Qwith John P. Dawsonl of Cases on Restitution and co-editor Qwith Richard V. Wellmanj of Cases on Trusts and Succes- sion. Professor Palmer is married and has a daughter and a son. ALFRED F. CONARD Professor of Law Born in 1911, Mr. Conard received his A.B.from Grinnell College, his LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania, and his LL.M, and J.Sc.D. from Colum- bia University. He practiced privately in Philadelphia from 1936 to 1938, and with government agencies in Washington during World War II. He has been a member of the law facuities of the Universities of Kansas City and of Illinois before coming to Michigan in 1954, and has lectured at the Universities of Missouri, Califormia, Texas, Colorado, Hamburg, Brussels, Mexico, and Istanbul, and at the International Faculty of Comparative Law in Luxembourg. He teaches Business Associations, Financial Reorganization, Corporations, European Business Organization, and Legal Education. He is co-editor of Cases on Business Organization, now in its third edition, and co-author of American Enterprise in the European Common Market, and Automobile Accident Costs and Payments. RICHARD VANCE WELLMAN Professor of Law Born in 1922, Mr. Wellman received his A.B.in 1947 and his J .D. in 1949 from the University of Michigan. He was ad- mitted to practice in Ohio in 1949 and in Michigan in 1959. He practiced in Cleveland and Mount Vernon, Ohio from 1949 to 1954 in which year he became a member of the faculty. He teaches Trust and Estates, Future Interests, and Fiduciary Administration. Mr. Wellman is co-editor Qwith George E. Palmerl of Cases and Materials on Trusts and Succession and co-editor Qwith Olin L. Browder, Jr.j of Family Property Settlements QFuture Interestsj. Professor Wellman also serves as Faculty Placement Counsellor. He is married and has six children.