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

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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

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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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J. HENRY WILKINSON Professor of Law Mr. Wilkinson received his B.S. degree from the University of South Carolina in 1934. and his LL.B. with honors from the University of Texas in 1949. He was an accountant after he graduated from South Carolina uuntil 1937 when he became an Agent for the Bureau of Internal Revenue. He served in the United States Navy in 1942, beginning as a Lieutenant (jg) and was honorably discharged as a Lt. Commander in 1945. He became Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Texas in 1950. then he practiced in Midland. Texas until 1957. at which time he rejoined the faculty as a Professor of Law. A member of the Permanent Tax Council, he has lectured in 1954. 1955, and 1957 at the Tax Conference sponsored annually be the Law School. Mr. Wilkinson's courses are Federal Estate and Gift Taxation, and Legal Accounting. JERRE STOCKTON WILLIAMS Professor of Law Mr. Williams received his A.B. from the University of Denver in 1938. his LL.B. from Columbia University in 1941. From 1941-1942, he served as Instructor of Law and Faculty Editor of the Iowa Law Review at the University of Iowa. He then served on the Law Faculty at the University of Denver for four years after which he came to the University of Texas. He became a Professor of Law in 1950. He has also served in the capacities of attorney with the Office of Price Stabilization and was Associate Director, of Study of Loyalty Security Program, City of New York Bar Association. He is author of CASES AND MATERIAL ON EMPLOYEES' RIGHTS and THE SUPREME COURT SPEAKS. He was Associate Editor of LABOR RELATIONS AND THE LAW. He lectures on Constitutional Law, Labor Relations, Legal Profession, and Seminar in Collective Bargaining. JOSEPH PARKER WITHERSPOON Professor of Low Mr. Witherspoon received his A.B. from the University of Chicago and his LL.B. from the University of Texas in 1948. He joined the Law Faculty as an Assistant Professor of Lav , and in 1950 became Associate Professor of Law, and since 1955 has been a Professor of Law. Mr. Witherspoon has held the offices of Chief Counsel, Apparel and Service Trade Branches, O.P.S.; Advisory Editor of Natural Law Forum; and Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy. His courses are Administrative Law, Legislation, Constitutional Law, Seminar in Jurisprudence, and Problems in Jurisprudence. 21