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

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WILLIAM O. HUIE Professor of Law After being admitted to the Texas Bar in 1935, Mr. Huie practiced in Austin until 1936, when he became Assistant Professor of Law at The University of Texas. He rose to Associate Professor of Law in 1939 and has been a Professor of Law since 1946. He was Assistant Dean at The University of Texas School of Law, 1946-1948. In 1939-1940 he was a Research Fellow, Harvard Law School. He served in the Office of Price Administration as Senior Attorney, 1942-1943, and in the United States Nav , 1943-1946. His ublished casebooks o y p n Texas law include Administration of Estates, Land Limitations, Public Lands, and Marital Rights. A Subjects: Marital Rights, Oil and Gas, Trusts Born 1 91 1 B.A., Henderson State Teachers College, Arkansas, 1932 LL.B., University of Texas, 1935 S.I.D., Harvard University, 1953 CORWIN WACCONER JOHNSON Professor of Law Mr. johnson was admitted to practice in Iowa in 1941. From 1942 to 1946 he was a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1946 he was ad- mitted to practice in California and became an Instructor in Law at the University of Iowa. In 1941, and again in 1947, he was a Sterling Fellow at Yale University Law School. He joined The University of Texas faculty in 1947 as Assistant Pro- fessor of Law, rose to Associate Professor of Law in 1949, and has been Professor of Law since 1954. He has been an active member of the several Water Law Con- ferences sponsored by The University of Texas School of Law. During the 1958 spring semester he was on leave teaching at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Subjects: Real Property, Personal Property, Water Law, Texas Land Titles Born 1917 A.B., University of Iowa, 1939 1.D., University of Iowa, 1941 LEON LEBOWITZ Professor of Law Mr. Lebowitz entered the United States Army after being admitted to practice in Texas in 1943. He became Assistant Professor and Law Librarian, Baylor Uni- versity, 1946-1948g Associate Professor of Law, 1948-1956, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Texas, Spring 19553 Associate Professor of Law, 1956, and Pro- essor of Law, 1957. He is the author of Legal Bibliography and Research, was I isiting Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Editor of Louisiana Law Review, E955-1956, and a member of Texas State Bar Committee on Revision of Corpora- ion Laws. Subjects: Private Corporations, Civil Procedure, Corporation Finance Born 1921 I A.B., Baylor University, 1950 LL.B., Baylor University, 1943 LL.M., New York University, 1952 i Page 15

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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

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Page 16 - ,- KEITH E. MORRISON Professor of Law Mr. Morrison worked as an economist for the Agricultural Extension Service, University of Wyoming, 1939-1941, and served in the United States Army, 1942- 1945. He became Associate Professor of Law at The University of Texas in 1948 and has been Professor of Law since 1951. Subjects: Taxation, Constitutional Law, Estate Planning, Practice Before the Railroad Commission Born 1910 Attended Bethany College, 1927-1929 B.A., University of Kansas, 1931 M .S., University of Wyoming, 1939 LL.B., Yale University, 1948 WALTER E. OBERER Professor of Law Mr. Oberer was in private practice in Detroit, Michigan, 1949-1955, after serv- ing in the United States Army, 1942-1946. He was part-time Lecturer at the Detroit College of Law, 1952-1955, became Associate Professor of Law, University of Texas, in 1955, and Professor of Law in 1957. Mr. Oberer is on leave, serving as Executive Secretary of the Public Review Board of the U.A.W. International Union. Subjects: Contracts, Criminal Law, Legal Profession, Agency and Partnership Born 1921 B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1942 LL.B., Harvard University, 1948 MILLARD HARRINGTON RUUD Professor of Law Following his World War II service as a Captain in the United States Army, Mr. Ruud was Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Kansas, 1947-1948. He came to The University of Texas in 1948 as Associate Professor of Law, and has been Professor of Law since 1950. He was Assistant Executive Director of the Texas Legislature, 1950-1952, and general editor and co-author of the Study of the Uni- form Commercial Code. Subjects: Legislation, Agency and Partnership, Commercial Law, Local Government Born 1 91 7 B.S.L., University of Minnesota, 1942 LL.B., University of Minnesota, 1947