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

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Dean Gibson was born February 7, 1918, at Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas. It was from Winnsboro that he received his high school diploma and in 1939 he obtained his B.A. degree in English from the University of Texas. He went back to East Texas where he taught for two years at Mt. Pleasant before being colled into the Navy. He served with distinction in the Aleutions. Africa, New Guinea and China, being discharged os a Lieutenant in 1945. Dean Gibson entered Law School in 1946 and received his LL.B. in 1948. He remained at the law school in the position of Assistant Librarian until 1956 except for a two year period when he served as State Librarian. In 1956, he was named as assistant to Dean Keeton, the position he holds today. This position placed him where he is nee ded —in personal contact with the students. The law school is indeed fortunate in having such a man. THOMAS J. GIBSON, III Assistant Dean 11

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W. PAGE KEETON Dean Dean Keeton is an important part of the history of The University of Texas School of Law. After his graduation from the Law School, Dean Keeton became an Assistant Professor of Law in 1932. In 1936, he became an Associate Professor of Law, and in 1939 he was given a full professorship. From 1940-1942. he was the Assistant Dean, and has been Dean since 1949. He also holds an S.J.D. from Harvard University. He was on a leave of absence from 1942 until 1945. During that period he served as Chief Counsel of the Petroleum Branch, Division Counsel in the Office of Price Administration and also as Assistant Chief Counsel of Petroleum Administration for War, Washington. D.C. From 1946 until 1949 he was Dean of the University of Oklahoma Law School and was on leave of absence at the University of California during the Spring semester of 1958. Presently he is the president of the Association of American Law Schools. Dean Keeton is editor of CASES ON FRAUD AND MISTAKE and co-editor of Seavey, Keeton, Keeton, CASES ON TORTS. Dean Keeton is also devoting his time as a professor in the law of Torts. Dean Keeton's diligence and efforts for the Law School have earned for him the respect and affection he receives. 10

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EDWARD WELDON BAILEY Professor of Law Mr. Bailey began practice with Calloway and Reed of Dallas in 1928, after having received his B.A. and LL.B. from the University of Texas. He became Associate Professor of Law in 1930. and has been Professor of Law since 1936. In 1942 he received his S.J.D. from Harvard University. Mr. Bailey assisted in drafting the new Corporation Code, and is a member of the Texas State Bar Committe on Revision of Corporation Law. His subjects at the University are: Private Corporations, Trusts. Future Interests, Wills and Administration. LEO G. BLACKSTOCK Profossor of Law Mr. Blackstock taught Business Administration at Trinity University, (1924-1925), after receiving his B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Texas. He also taught at Sam Houston State College from 1925 until 1927. In 1927 he became a Professor of Business Law at the University of Texas. A member of the Texas Bar since 1933, he was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1952 and the United States Court of Military Appeals in 1955. He was Chief Examiner, Gas Utilities Division, Railroad Commission of Texas, 1937-1938. In 1953 he became Visiting Professor of Law. Being a Colonel in the Judge Advocate General Corps, U. S. Army, Mr. Blackstock teaches Military Law and Legal Accounting. FRANK W. ELLIOTT Associate Professor of Low Mr. Elliott received his B.A. degree from the University of Texas in 1951 and his LL.B. in 1957 from the University of Texas School of Law. After graduation. Mr. Elliott worked for the Attorney General of Texas, and then did research on points of law for the Supreme Court of Texas. While in Law School he was a Quizmaster, Chancellor, Comment Editor for the Texas Law Review, and a member of the Order of the Coif. Mr. Elliott is a professor in Admiralty Law and also in the law of Torts. 12