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

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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

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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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HUBERT WINSTON SMITH DIRECTOR OF THE LAW-SCIENCE INSTITUTE Professor of Law Dr. Smith's legal career began in Dallas where from 1930 to 1936 he practiced law and, in the evenings, was Professor of Law at jefferson University. He was Associate in Medical-Legal Research, Harvard Law School and Medical School, 1941-1945, Professor of Legal Medicine, University of Illinois, 1945-1949, Pro- fessor of Legal Medicine and University Research Professor of Law and Medicine, Tulane University, 1949-1952, Professor of Law and Legal Medicine, and Director of Law-Science Institute, University of Texas, since 1952. He has been editor and contributing author in national symposia on Scientific Proof and Relations of Law and Medicine and Legal Responsibility of Medical Malpractice. He has been a member of the Legal Advisory Committee, National Society for Medical Research, Officer in Charge, Legal Medicine Branch, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, United States Navy, World War II, Consultant in Forensic Psychiatry, V. A. Hospital, Gulfport, Mississippi, and U. S. Public Health Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas, Con- sultant in Legal Medicine, V. A. Hospital, Houston, Texas, and Associate Editor, journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Subjects: Evidence, Legal Medicine and Elements of Medicolegal Litigation, The Science of Human Behavior in Relation to Law Born 1907 A.B., University of Texas, 1927 M .B.A., University of Texas, 1931 LL.B., Harvard University, 1930 Attended University of Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland, 1936-1938 M .D., Harvard University, 1941 JOHN F. SUTTON, IR. Professor of Law Mr. Sutton was in private practice 1941-1942 and 1945-1951 in San Angelo, and since 1951 in Austin. He spent 1942-1945 with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D. C., and was a Lieutenant, judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army Reserve, on reserve duty 1948-1953. He was a Director on the Tom Green County Bar Association Board, 1956, and member of the International Association of Insurance Counsel. He came to The University of Texas in the fall of 1957 as Professor of Law. Subjects: Contracts, Criminal Law, Agency and Partnership, Legal Profession Born 1918 LL.B. with honors, University of Texas, 1941 j. HENRY WILKINSON, JR. Professor of Law Mr. Wilkinson was an accountant until he became an Agent for the Bureau of Internal Revenue in 1937. His service in the United States Navy began as a Lieu- tenant Cjgl in 1942 and ended as a Lieutenant Commander when, late in 1945, he returned to the Bureau of Internal Revenue for two more years as an Agent. He was Assistant Professor of Law at The University of Texas in the summer of 1950, then practiced in Midland until he rejoined the Law faculty in 1957 as Professor of Law. A member of the Permanent Tax Council, he lectured in 1954, 1955 and 1957 at the Tax Conferences sponsored annually by the School of Law. Subjects: Federal Estate and Gift Taxation Born 1913 B.S., University of South Carolina, 1934 LL.B. with honors, University of Texas, 1949 Page 17