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

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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

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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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JOHN F. SUTTON. JR. Professor of Law Mr. Sutton was in private practice in San Antonio, Texas from 19-11-19-12 and 1945-19-19, and San Angelo, Texas from 1949-1957. He received his LL.B. (with honors) from The University of Texas in 1941. He spent 1941 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 from 194S-1953. He was a Director on the Tom Green County Bar Association Board, 1956, and is 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, Legal Profession, Commercial Law, Evidence, Torts, Insurance, and Procedure II. E. WAYNE THODE Professor 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 was Briefing Attorney for the Supreme Court of Texas from 1950 until 1951, and was Assistant Attorney General of Texas from 1951 until 1952. He was in private practice from 1952 until 1955, and then became an Associate Professor of Law at The University of Texas School of Law in 1955, and Professor of Law in 1959. He has also served in the United States Army and was Assistant Defense Counsel, War Crimes Trials, Manila, P.I. in 1946. Mr. Thode's subjects are Procedure, Torts, and Introduction to Legal Processes. He is the editor of Personal Injury Litigation in Texas (West Co. 1961). 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 until 1937 when he became an Agent for the Bureau of Internal Revenue. He served in the United States Navv in 1942, beginning as Lieutenant (jg) and was honorably discharged as Lt. Commander in 19-15. 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 by the Law School. Mr. Wilkinson’s courses are Federal Estate and Gift Taxation, and Legal Accounting. 24