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

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MILLARD HARRINGTON RUUD Professor of Law Mr. Ruud received his B.S.L. from ihe University of Minnesota in 1942, and his LL.B. degree from that same school in 1947. After serving as a Captain in the United States Army during World War II, he became an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law in 1947. He came to the University of Texas School of Law in 1948 as an Associate Professor of Law and he has been a Professor of Law since 1950. He was Assistant Executive Director of the Texas Legislature from 1950 until 1952 and general editor and co-author of the STUDY OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE. In his capacity as a Professor, Mr. Ruud lectures in courses in Legislation, Agency and Partnership, Commercial Law, and Local Government. HUBERT WINSTON SMITH, M.D. Director of Law-Science Injtitute Dr. Smith received his A.B. and M.B.A. from the University of Texas, and his LL.B. and M.D. degrees from Harvard University. He was an Associate in Medical Legal Research,, Harvard Law School from 1941-1945, Professor of Legal Medicine and University Research Professor of Law and Medicine, Tulane University (1949-1952). He joined the University of Texas Law Faculty in 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 lectured in Evidence. Legal Medicine and Elements of Medicolegal Litigation, The Science of Human Behavior in Relation to Law. ROBERT WELDON STAYTON Distinguished Professor of Low Mr. Stayton received his B.A. (1907) and LL.B. (1927) from the University of Texas. He has been a 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; managing secretary of the Texas Law Review since 1926. He is author of METHOD OF PRACTICE, and casebooks of TEXAS PROCEDURE, and he has written STAYTON S TEXAS FORMS since 1915. Mr. Stayton has lectured in Judicial Administration, Legal Method, Judician Remedies, Trial and Appellate Procedure, and Federal Procedure. 19

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KEITH E. MORRISON Profossor of Law Before having received his LL.B. from Yale University in 1948, Mr. Morrison also received his B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1931 and his M.S. from the University of Wyominq in 1939. From 1939 until 1941 he was an economist for the Agricultural Extension Service. University of Wyoming, and served after that in the United States Army for three years. In 1948 he became an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Texas and since 1951 has been a Professor of Law. He lectures in courses in Taxation, Constitutional Law, Estate Planning. WALTER E. OBERER Protestor of Low Mr. Oberer received his B.A. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University In 1942. After having received his LL.B. from Harvard University in 1948, he was admitted to the Michigan State Bar in 1949, where he engaged in private practice until 1955 in the city of Detroit. During that time he was a part-time lecturer at the Detroit College of Law. He joined the Texas Law Faculty in 1955 as an Associate Professor of Law. and in 1957 was made a Professor of Law. He lectures on Contracts. Criminal Law. Legal Profession. Agency and Partnerships. WOODROW WILSON PATTERSON Director of Legol Aid Clinic Mr. Patterson received his LL.B. from the University of Texas in 1936. Since 1942. he has been Director of the Legal Aid Clinic. He was admitted to practice before the Bar in 1936 and since 1941 has been a member of the law firm of Patterson and Patterson in Austin. Texas. From 1937 until 1941 he was Assistant District Attorney for Travis County. Texas. 18

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GEORGE WILFRED STUMBERG Distinguished Professor of Lew Mr. Stumberg received his B.A. from Louisiana State University, his LL.B. from Columbia University, and his J.D. degree from Yale University and Oxford University in England. He has been a Professor of Law at the University of Texas Law School since 1925. 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 Advisor on French Economic Affairs in the Foreign Economics Administration through 1944. Mr. Stumberg is the author of PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. CASES ON ADMIRALTY. CRIMINAL LAW AND ITS ADMINISTRATION. CASES ON CONFLICTS OF LAWS, and GUIDE TO THE LAW AND LEGAL LITERATURE OF FRANCE. Mr. Stumberg lectures in Criminal Law, Conflicts of Law, and Admiralty, in which he is considered a leading authority. JOHN F. SUTTON, JR. Professor of Low Mr. Sutton was in private practice in San Angelo, Texas from 1941-1942 and 1945-1951. He received his LL.B (with honors) from the University of Texas in 1941. He spent 1942 until 1945 with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington. D.C.. and was a Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army Reserve, on reserve duty from 1948-1953. He was a Director on the Tom Green County Bar Association Board, 1956, and a member of the International Association of Insurance Counsel. He joined the Law Faculty of the University of Texas in 1957 as Professor of Law and he lectures in courses on Contracts, Criminal Law. Agency Partnership and Legal Profession. E. WAYNE THODE Profeuor of Law Born in 1920. Mr. Thode received his B.S. degree from the University of Illinois in 1943 and his LL.B. from the University of Texas in 1950. He became Briefing Attorney for the Supreme Court of Texas from 1950 until 1951, and was also Assistant Attorney General of Texas from 1951 until 1952. He was in private practive from 1952 until 1955, and then became a Lecturer at the University of Texas School of Law in 1955. He has also served in the United States Army and was Assistant Defense Counsel, War Crimes Trials, Manila, P.l. in 1946. Mr. Thode's subjects are Procedure and Torts. 20