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

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ROBERT WELDON STAYTON GEORGE WILFRED STUMBERC Distinguished Professor of Law Distinguished Professor of Law Mr. Stayton entered the legal profession in San Antonio in 1908, practicing there and later in Corpus Christi until 1923. He has been Professor of Law at The University of Texas since 1925. He was a member of the Board of Legal Examiners, 1921-1923, judge, Commission of Appeals, 1923-1925, President, Texas Bar Association, 1924-1925, Texas Civil Judicial Council, 1930-1946, Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Procedure, since 1940, Committee on Interpretation of Rules, 1942-1944g Managing Secretary of Texas Law Review since 1926. His continuous analytical studies have pro- duced unsurpassed clarification of the methods by which law is administered in Texas. Among the major research projects conducted by Mr. Stayton are: Functional Indications of Reported Opinions ibegun 19311, Pendency of Texas Civil Litigation 1 begun 19381, Court Reorganization fbegun 19481, The Plastic Code Cbegun 19511, and Decisions and Judicial Legislation 1 begun 19511. Author of Method of Practice, 1935, and Casebooks on Texas Procedure, 1952, he has written Texas Form Books since 1915. Subjects: Judicial Administration, Legal Method Born 1886 B.A, University of Texas, 1907 LL.B., University of Texas, 1927 Mr. Stumberg practiced law in Missouri, 1912-1913, and began his teaching career at Louisiana State University Law School, 1919-1925, as Associate Professor and Professor of Law. Since 1925 he has been Professor of Law at The University of Texas. He served with the Board of Economic Warfare as Assistant Counsel in 1942 and, in 1943, as their Special Representative in French West Africa. He then became Adviser on French Economic Affairs in the Foreign Economic Administration through October, 1944. Long recognized as a leading expertin two iields-Criminal Law and Conflict of Laws-Mr. Stumberg is also known for his recent work in Admiralty Law. He is the author of Prin- ciples of Conflict of Laws, Cases on Admiralty, Criminal Law and Its Administration, Texas Cases and M aterialsg Cases on Conflict of Laws, and Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of France. , Subjects: Criminal Law, Conflict of Laws, Admiralty Born 1890 Attended Washington University, 1909-1910 Attended Oxford University, England, 1913-1914 and 1916 B.A,, Louisiana State University, 1909 LL.B., Columbia University, 1912 1.D., Yale University, 1924 Page 13

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1 1 r l .YH LEON GREEN CHARLES TILFORD MCCORMICK Distinguished Professor of Law Distinguished Professor of Law Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Green began his legal career as Instructor in Law at The University of Texas, 1915-1916, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1916-1918, and Professor of Law, 1920-1926. Mr. Green was also in private practice, specializing in Appellate Practice in Austin, Dallas, and Fort Worth, 1920-1926. In 1926 he became Dean Con leavej of the University of North Carolina School of Law, Visiting Professor, Yale University School of Law, 1926, Associate Professor, 1927, Professor, 1928, Pro- fessor of Law and Dean of the.Northwestern University Law School, 1929-1947, at which time he returned to The University of Texas as Professor of Law. A pioneering thinker, Mr. Green is well known for his Rationale of Proximate Cause, his text of Judge and Jury, and for his casebooks, Cases on Injuries to Relations and The Iudicial Process in Tort Cases. Subjects: Torts, Injuries to Relations Born 1888 Attended University of Michigan, Summer 1921 B.A., Ouachita College, 1908 M .A., Yale University, 1928 C honorary Q LL.B., University of Texas, 1915 LL.D., Louisiana State University, 1938 After graduating cum laude from Harvard, Mr. McCormick practiced in Dallas, 1912- 1917 and 1919-1922. He began his law-teaching career as Professor of Law at'The Uni- versity of Texas, 1922-1926. He was Professor of Law, University of North Carolina, 1926-1931, Dean, 1927-1931, Professor of Law, Northwestern University, 1921-1940 and in 1951. He was Dean and Professor of Law, University of Texas, 1940-1949, and has been professor Law since 1949. A respected authority on Evidence, Damages, and Federal Procedure, he is author of McCormick on Damages, McCormick on Evidence, and Cases on Evidence, and co-author of McCormick and Ray, Texas Law of Evidence, McCormick and Chadbourn, Cases on Federal Courts, and McCormick and Fritz, Cases on Damages. Mr. McCormick has taught at Cornell, Yale, Chicago, Stanford, University of Washington, Columbia, and Harvard. Subjects: Contracts, Federal Procedure, Evidence Born 1889 B.A., University of Texas, 1909 LL.B. cum laude, Harvard University, 1912 Page 12

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1 Page 14 EDWARD WELDON BAILEY Professor of Law Mr. Bailey began practice with Calloway and Reed of Dallas, 1928-1930. He became Associate Professor of Law at The University of Texas in 1930, and has been Professor of Law since 1936. He was one of those who helped draft the new Corporation Code, and is a member of the Texas State Bar Committee on Revision of Corporation Law: Subjects: Private Corporations, Trusts, Future Interests, Wills and Adminis- tration Born 1898 ' B.A., University of Texas, 1920 LL.B., University of Texas, 1928 S.1.D., Harvard University, 1942 WILLIAM F. FRITZ Professor of Law Mr. Fritz began his legal career as Assistant Professor of Law at The University of Texas soon after being admitted to practice in Texas in 1946. He became an Associate Professor in 1949, and has been Professor of Law since 1956. He was a Sterling Fellow, Yale Law School, 1949-1950, and served in the United States Army, 1943-1945. ' Subjects: Marital Rights, Real Property, Damages Born 1911 B.A., University of Texas, 1935 M .A., University of Texas, 1938 LL.B., University of Texas, 1946 GUS MACEY HODGES Professor of Law Mr. Hodges was admitted to practice in Texas in 1932 and practiced in Dallas 1932-1940, at which time he became Professor of Law at The University of Texas. He is a Commissioner on Uniform State Laws. Subjects: Judicial Remedies, Trial Procedure and Pleading, Appellate Procedure Born 1908 B.B.A., University of Texas, 1930 LL.B., University of Texas, 1932