University of Texas School of Law - Peregrinus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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MORRIS, CLARENCE, Prof. of. Law. Univ. of Texas, School of Law.b. 1903. Univ. of Colo. 1919-20; Univ. of Mo.. 1920-22; LL.B. 1925. Univ. of Colorado Law School; LL.M. 1926, Columbia Univ. Law School. Asst. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Wyoming Law School, 1926-29; Assoc. Prof, of Law, 1929-31; Prof, of Law, 1931-40; acting Dean 1935-37; visiting Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas, 1939-40; Prof, of Law since 1940. Brandeis Research Fellow, Harvard Law School, 1930-31. Major U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942-4 5. Published “How Lawyers Think”, and articles and book reviews in various legal periodicals. Subjects: Common-Law Pleading, Equity Pleading, Code Pleading, Insurance, Private Corporations, Equity, Torts, Agency, Bills and Notes, Partnership, Conflicts, Federal Prodcedure, Evidence, Legal Philosophy, Member Executive Committee of Ass 'n. of American Law Schools, 1939. Admitted to practice in Wyoming and Texas. MORRISON, KEITH E., Assoc. Prof. Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1910. Attended Bethany Col., Lindsborg, Kan., 1927-29; B.A. 1931, Univ. of Kansas; M.S. 1939, Univ. of Wyoming; LL.B. 1948, Yale Univ. Agricultural Extension Service, Univ. of Wyoming, Asst. Extension Economist, 1939-41; Acting Extension Economist, 1941. Assoc. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas, since 1948. Subjects: Constitutional Law, Sales, Bills and Notes,Uniform Commercial Code, Legal Method, Administrative Law, Legal Problems of Agriculture, Legal Writing and Oral Argument. Sgtr-Major, Base Hdqs. Sqdn., CAAB, S.C.; 2nd Lt. Hdqs. Intelligence Service, Washington, D.C. 1942-45. PATTERSON,WOODROW WILSON, Director Legal Aid Clinic .Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1913. Pre-law, Univ. of Texas; LL.B. 1936, Univ. of Texas S c hoo 1 of Law. Admitted to practice in Texas, 1936. Practiced alone in Austin,Tex., 1936-37. Asst. dist. atty. T r a v i s County, Tex., 1937-41. With Patterson Patterson since 1941. Subjects: L e g a 1 Aid, Office Practice. Member, Bar Ass'n, T ravis County and State Bar of Texas. RUDD, MILLARD HARRINGTON, Prof, of Law, Univ. of T e x a s School of Law. b. 1917. B. S. L. 1942; LL. B. 1947, Univ. of Minnesota. Asst. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Kansas, 1947-48; Assoc. Prof, of Law, Univ. of T e x a s, 1948-1950. Prof, of Law, since 1950. On leave of absence, 1950. Subjects: Legislation, Bills and Notes, Sales, Legal Writing, Property, Contracts, Trade Regulation, Conflicts, Domestic Relations. President, Minnesota Law Review, 1946-47. Asst. Executive Director, Texas Legislative Council 1950-51. Order of the Coif. Capt., U. S. Army, World War II. SNEED, JOSEPH TYREE, Asst. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1920. B. B. A. 1941, Southwestern Univ.; LL. B. 1947, Univ. of Texas. Part-time Lecturer, Univ. of Texas Business Administration Dept.; Asst. P rof. of Law, Univ. of Texas since 1947. On leave of absence, 1950. Subjects: Contracts, Business Law, Bills and Notes, Legal Accounting, Seminar in Commercial Law Problems. U. S. Army Air Force three years. On leave of absence 1950-51. ST A YTON, ROBERT WELDON, Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1886. B. A. 1907, Univ. of Texas; 1904-08, LL. B. 1927, Univ. of Texas. Prac. 1 aw, 1908-09, San Antonio, Tex., Berry Kleberg; 1909-23, Corpus Christi, Tex..Kleberg and S t a y t o n. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law, since 192 5. Subjects: Administrative Law, Public Utilities, Taxation, Wills, C riminal Law, Office Practice, Judicial Remedies, Trial and Appellate Procedure .Judicial Administration, Federal Procedure, Municipal Corporations, Labor Law, Administration Criminal Law, Personal Property. Pub. Texas Form Book, 1915, 2d Ed. 1927, 3d Ed. 1938,4th Ed. 1948. Method of Practice, 1935 (twice supplemented); Case Book on Texas Civil and Criminal Procedure,1941-42, 1947. In charge research project. Pendency of Texas Civil Litigation, since 1938. Member, Board of Legal Examiners of Texas, 1921-23; Judge,Commission of Appeals, Texas. 1923-25; President, Texas Bar Association, 1924-25; Texas Civil Judicial C o u n c i 1, 1930-46; Texas Supreme Court A d v i s o r y Committee on Rules of Procedure; Committee on Interpretation of Rules, 1942-44. Member, Texas Bar Association, American Bar Association, American Law Institute. Managing Secretary Texas Law Review, since 1926. STUMBERG, GEORGE WILFRED. Prof, of Law, Univ. of T exas School of Law. b. 1890. B. A. 1909, Louisiana State Univ.; Washington University, St. Louis, 1909-10; LL. B. 1912, Columbia Univ., Oxford, England, 1913-14 and portion of 1916; J. D. 1924, Yale. Prac. law St. Charles and St. Louis, Mo., for one year after admission to the bar in 1912. Louisiana S t a te Univ. Law School, 1919-23 and 1924-2 5, assoc, and full prof, teaching fulltime; Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law, since 1925. Visiting Prof, of Law, Harvard Univ. Summer, 1948. Subjects: Criminal L aw. Bankruptcy, Equity I, Conflict of Laws, Insurance, Partnership, Admiralty, Constitutional Law, International Law. Pub. articles in numerous law reviews. Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of France. Library of Congress, 1931. Principles of Conflict of Laws, 1937. Assistant Counsel, Board of Economic Warfare, 1942; Special Representative, Board of Economic Warfare, French West Africa, 1943; Adviser F rench Economic Affairs, Foreign EconomicAd-ministration, through October, 1944.

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Bibliography. Member State Bar of Texas, American Association of Law Libraries. HODGES, GUS MACEY, Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1908. B. B. A. 1930.LL. B. 1932, Univ. of Texas. Admitted to practice in Texas, 1932. Prac. with Le ac hm an Gardere, Dallas, 1932-36; Robertson. Leachman, Payne, Gardere it Lancaster, 1936-40. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas, since 1940. Subjects: Judicial Remedies, Office Practice, Practice Court. Damages, Oil and Gas, Torts, Marital Community, Real Property, Trial Procedure and Pleading. Appellate Procedure, Workmen’s Compensation, Wills and Administration, Personal Property. Member Texas Bar A ssociation. HUIE, WILLIAM O..Prof. of Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1911. B. A. 1932, Henderson State Teachers College, Ark.; LL. B. 1935, Univ. of Texas. Admitted to practice in T e x a s in 193 5. Prac. with Greenwood, Moody it Robertson, Austin, Texas, 1935-36. Asst. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas 1936-39; Assoc. Prof, of Law, 1939-46; Prof, of Law, since 1946; Asst. Dean, 1946-48. Research F ellow, Harvard Law School, 1939-40. Senior attorney, Cl P. A., 1942-43. U. S. Naval Service 1943-46. Subjects: Contracts, Conveyances, Domestic Relations, Fiduciary Administration, Legal Writing, Marital Community, Partnership, Texas Land Titles, Trusts and Estates, Wills. Pub. articles in Texas Law Review. JOHNSON, CORWIN WAGGONER, Assoc. Prof, o f Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1917. A. B. 1939, J. D. 1941, Univ. of Iowa; Sterling Fellow Yale Univ. Law School 1941 and 1947. Admitted to practice in Iowa, 1941, California, 1946. Instructor in Law, Univ. of IowaCollege of Law, 1946-4 7; Asst. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas, 1947-49; Assoc. Prof, of Law, since 1949. Subjects: Torts, Real Property Personal Property, Municipal Corporations, Legal Bibl iog r aphy. Legal Writing, Water Law, Conveyances, Constitutional Law, Legislation, Texas Land T it 1 e s, Oil and Gas, Wills. Contributor to legal periodicals. Member, Iowa, California and American Bar Associations. Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice, 1942-46. KEETON, WERDNER PAGE, D e a n and Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1909. A. B, LL. B., 1931, University of Texas; S. J. D. 1936, Harvard Univ. Asst. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas, 1932-35. On leave of absence 1935-36 at Harvard Law Schbol; Assoc, Prof, of Law 1936-39; Prof, of Law, since 1939. Asst. Dean, University of Texas, 1940-42. On 1 e a v e of absence 1942-4 5. Served successively as Chief Counsel, Petroleum Branch, Division Counsel, Fuel Division and Price Executive of Petroleum Branch ofO. P. A., Washington, D. C. 1942-45. Served as As s i s t a nt Chief Counsel of Petroleum Administration for War, Washington, D. C., 1945. Dean,Univ. of Oklahoma 1946-49. Subjects: Torts, Common Law Pleading, Code Pleading, Contracts, Mortgages , Trade R e g u 1 at i on s. Security, Misrepresentation and Mistake, Equity, Criminal Law. Published articles in several law reviews. Member Texas Bar Association, American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Judicial Council of Oklahoma, 1946-49, Executive Committee of Assoc, of American Law Schools for 1946, Panel of Law School Advisors to Executive Committee of Assoc, of American Law Schools for 1948. KENDALL, GAYNOR, Lecturer in Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. Address: 503 Capital Nat. Bank Bldg., Austin 16, Texas, b. 1910. Attended Wichita Falls Junior College, 1927-28; LL. B. 1932, Univ. of Texas. Admitted to practice, Texas, 1932. Assistant Attorney General of Texas, 1932-35 and 1946; Private prac. 1935-39; Investment Counsel, State Board of Education of Texas, 1939-4 3; partner, Blair, Kendall St Randle, 1947-48; private prac. since 1949. Lecturer in Law, part time, Univ. of Texas, since 1950. Subject: Contracts. Member, State Bar of Texas and Travis County (Texas) Bar Associations. Active duty, U. S. Naval Reserve, 1944-46. McCORMICK, CHARLES TILFORD, Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1889. B. A. 1909, Univ. of Texas; LL. B. cum laude, Harvard Univ., 1912. Prac. with Etheridge. McCormick St Bromberg. Dallas. Texas 1912-17, 1919-22. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas, 1922-26; Prof, of Law,Univ. of N. C.. 1926-31; Dean 1927-3 1; Prof, of Law, Northwestern Univ. , 1931-40; Dean and Prof, of Law, Univ. of Tex, 1940-49; Prof, of Law, since 1949; summer teaching, Cornell, Yale, C h i c a g o, Stanford, Univ. of Washington, Columbia, Harvard. Subjects: Contracts, Damages, Federal Procedure, Equity, Evidence, Bills and Notes, Personal Property, Code Pleading, Legal Ethics, C ou r t Organization, Conflict of Laws. Author hornbook and casebook on Damages and casebook on Evidence, co-author, McCormick and Ray, Texas Law of Evidence,McCormick and Chadbourn. Cases on Federal Courts, articles in law periodicals. MEYERS, CHARLIE JARVIS, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law; born 1925. B.A. 1949, Rice Institute; LL.B. 1949, University of Texas. Admitted to practice, Texas, 1949. Teaching Fellow, Department of English, University of Texas, 1946-48; Asst. Prof, of Law, since 1949. Subjects: Conveyances, Property, Creditors’ Rights; Member, Texas Bnr Association. Lt. (j.g.) U.S.N.R.

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THORON, GRAY, Prof, of law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1916. A. B. 1938, LL. B. 1941, Harvard. Admitted to practice, New York, 1942; U. S. Supreme Court, 1948; various lower federal Courts, 1946-48. With Sullivan it Cromwell, New York, N. Y., 1940, 1941-42 and 1945-48. Assoc. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas, 1948-50; Prof, of Law, since 1950. Subjects: Contracts, Legal Writing, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Corporations, Corporation Finance. Member, Association of the B a r of the City of New York. Armored Force and Infantry, 1942-45. WILLIAMS, HOWARD RUSSELL. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law. b. 1915. A. B. 1937, W ashington Univ., St. Louis, Mo.; LL. B. 1940, Columbia Univ. Admitted to practice in New York, 194 1. Assoc, with Root, Clark, Buckner it Bal-1 antine, New York, N. Y., 1940-41. Instructor, Field Artillery S chool. Fort Sill, Okla., 1942-43; Assoc. Prof, of Law,Univ. of Texas School of Law, 1946-49; P rof. of Law, since 1949; Asst. Dean, 1948-50; Acting Dean, summer session, 1948-49. Subjects: Creditors Rights, Trade R egulation, Conveyances, Trusts and Estates, Legal Writing, Texas Land Titles, Oil it Gas, Wills, Corporate Reorganization. Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1938-40. Field A r t i 11 e r y U. S. Army, 1941-46. Pub. Articles in Texas Law Review. WILLIAMS, JERRE S TOC K TON. Prof, of Law. Univ. of T e x as School of Law. b. 1916. 1935-36, American Univ.; A. B. 1938, Univ. of Denver; LL. B. 194 1, Columbia U n i v. Admitted to practice in Colorado, 1941, and U. S. Supreme Court, 1945. Staff Judge Advocate and Trial Judge Advocate and Legal Assistance Officer, U. S. Army Air Corps, 194 3-46. Instructor in Law, Univ. of Iowa Law School, and Faculty Editor Iowa Law Review, 1941-42; Asst. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Denver School of Law, 1946; Assoc. Prof, of Law, Univ. of Texas School of Law, 1946-1950. Prof, of Law,since 1950. Subjects: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Taxation, Equity, Legal Bibliography, Introduction to Law, Labor Relations, Employees'Rights, Legal Method, Legal Profession, Legal Writing. Member, American Bar and Colorado Bar Associations, Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1939-41. Attorney, O. P. A., Washington, D. C., 1942; Captain,U. S. Army, 1942-46. Pub. cases and materials in Employees Rights and articles in periodicals. WILLIAMS. PERCY DON. JR., Assoc. Prof, of Law, Univ. of T e x a s School of Law; on leave as law clerk to Mr. Justice Clark,Supreme Court U. S. b. 1922. A. B. 1942, A. M. 1943, Southern Methodist Univ.; LL. B. m ag na cum laude, 1946, Harvard Univ. Assoc, with Carrington, G ow an, Hab-berton, Johnson it Walker, Dallas, Texas, 1946. Instructor in Law, Southern Methodist Univ., 1946-47; Asst. Prof, of Law, Univ. of T e xas, 1947-48; Assoc. Prof, o f Law, Univ. of T c x a s, since 1948. Subjects: Equity, Anti-Trust Law, Brief Writing and Oral Advocacy, Legal Profession, Legal Writing, Agency, International Law, International Organization, Legal Bibliography, Legislation, Trade Practices. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1944-46; contributor to Texas Law Review, Baylor Law Review, Texas Bar Journal, Texas State Jou r nal of Medicine, etc. WITHERSPOON. JOSEPH PARKER, JR.,Assoc. Prof. of Law, Univ. of TexasSchool of Law. b. 1916. Diploma (Valedictorian) 1934, H a r d i n College; A. B. (magna cum laude) 1936, Univ. of Chicago; LL. B. (with honors) 1948, Univ. of Texas. U. S. Naval School of Justice, 1949. Admitted to practice, T e x a s, 1948. Asst. Prof, of Law 1948-1950, Assoc. Prof, of Law, since 1950. Subjects: Administrative Law, Legislation, Unfair Trade Practices, Federal Anti-T rust Law, Conflict o f Laws, Constitutional Law, Corporate Reorganization - N. B. A., Legal W r i t i n g, Legal Method, A g e n c y. Criminal Law. Contributor, Texas Law R e v i e w. Member, Texas State Bar Association. Lt., USNR. Active duty U. S. Navy, 1942-46. WOODWARD. MARION KENNETH, Prof, of Law and Asst. Dean, Univ. of T exas School of Law. b. 1912. B. A. 1933. Univ. of Texas; M. A.1940 , West Texas State College; LL. B. 1943, Univ. of T e x a s; Sterling Fellow, Yale University, 1949-50. Admitted to practice in Texas, 1942. Private practice, Amarillo, Tex., 1945-46;Staff Attorney, Phillips Petroleum Co., Amarillo, Texas, 1946. Teacher, Amarillo Independent School District,Amarillo, T exas, 1935-41; Assoc. Prof, of Law, U ni v. of Texas School of Law,since 1946. Subjects: Legal Method, Legal Writing, Security Problems, Mortgages, Contracts, Sales, S e c u r i t y Transactions. Practice Problems. Member Texas State Bar Association. U. S . A r m y} 1943-4 5. On leave of absence, 1949-50.