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

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WOODROW WILSON PATTERSON Director of Legal Aid Clinic Mr. Patterson received In's LL.B. from The University of Texas in 1936. Since 7942, lie 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. MILLARD HARRINGTON RUUD Professor of Law Mr. Ruud received his B.S.L. from the 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, Commercial Law, and Local Government Law. HUBERT WINSTON SMITH, M.D. Director of Law-Science Institute 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. He was Officer-in-Charge of the Legal-Medicine Branch of the U. S. Navy in 1945, and in 1946 he became a Professor at the University of Illinois and served there until 1949. 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. Dr. Smith is a member of the Order of the Coif, the Director of the Law-Science Institute and Chancellor of tin? Law-Science Academy. 22

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R. DEAN MOORHEAD Visiting Professor of Law Born in 1916, Mr. Moorhead received his A.B. from the University of Kansas in 1938, and his LL.B. from Columbia in 1941. He was admitted to practice before the Texas and Federal Bars in 1942, and served as Assistant Attorney General of Texas from 1942 until 1945. Mr. Moorhead was on the faculty of the Law School in 1943 and 1944 and in 1946 and 1947. He was on the faculty of the College of Business Administration. He lectures in courses in Contracts and conducts a Seminar in Fiduciary Administration. KEITH E. MORRISON Professor of Imw 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 Wyoming 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 and Estate Planning. WALTER E. OBERER Professor of Law Mr. Obcrcr 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, Labor Law, Criminal Law, and Legal Profession. 21

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HAROLD W. SOLOMON Associate Professor Mr. Solomon received his B.S. from Harvard College and his LL.B. from Columbia University School of Law in 1948. He was admitted to practice in New York in 1949 and was in general practice in New York from 1952-59. Lecturer and Senior Fellow, Yale Law School 1960-61. Mr. Solomon came to The University of Texas School of Law in 1961 and is teaching Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Family Law. He is also a member of the Bar Association of the City of New York, was Assistant District Attorney for New York County, and was Associate Counsel to the U. S. Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Law Enforcement in the District of Columbia. ROBERT WELDON STAYTON Distinguished Professor of Law Mr. Stavton received his B.A. (1907) and LL.B. (1927) from The University of Texas. He practiced law 1908-1941. 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 1940-1961; managing secretary of the Texas Law Review 1926-1961. He is author of Method of Practice, and casebooks of Texas Procedure, and he has written Stayton’s Texas Forms since 1915. Mr. Stavton has lectured in Judicial Administration, Legal Method, Judicial Remedies, Trial and Appellate Procedure, and Federal Procedure. CEORGE WILFRED STUM BERG Distinguished Professor of Law 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 19-13, 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 Laics, Cases on Admiralty, Criminal Law and Its Administration, Cases on Conflicts of Imws, 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. 23