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

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Jerre S. 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 in the Air Force for four years. After one semester teaching at the University of Denver in 1946, he came to Texas Law School. He became a Professor of Law in 1950. He has also served in the capacities of attorney with the Office of Price Administration 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, Employees Rights, and Seminars in Collective Bargaining and Civil Rights. Joseph P. Witherspoon Professor of Law Mr. Witherspoon received his A.B. from the University of Chicago in 1936 and his LL.B. from The University of Texas in 1948. In 1961 he received his S.J.D. degree from Harvard University Law School. He joined the Law Faculty as an Assistant Professor of Law in 1948, and in 1950 became Associate Professor of Law, and since 1955 has been a Professor of Law. Mr. Witherspoon served as Chief Counsel, Apparel and Service Trade Branches, O.P.S. He presently serves as Advisory Editor of Natural Law Forum. He is a Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy Reserve. His courses are Administrative Law, Legislation, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, and Governmental Regulation of Business Competition. 26

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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.l. 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 Navy in 1942, beginning as Lieutenant (jg) and was honorably discharged as 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 by the Law School. Mr. Wilkinson's courses' are Federal Estate and Gift Taxation, and Legal Accounting.

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M. K. Woodward Professor of Law In 1933, Mr. Woodward received his B.A. degree from The University of Texas, and in 1940, he received his M.A. from West Texas State College, and 1943, his LL.B. from The University of Texas. From 1943 to 1945 he served in the United States Army and from 1945 to 1946 v as in private practice in Amarillo, Texas. In 1946 he joined the Law Faculty at The University of Texas as an Associate Professor of Law, becoming a Professor of Law in 1950. In 1950 he was honored as a Sterling Fellow at Yale University. Mr. Woodward served in the capacity of acting dean of the Law School and also as Assistant Dean from 1948—1951, and Associate Dean from 1951 — 1953. His courses are Mortgages, Texas Land Titles, Wills and Administration, and Oil and Gas. Mr. Woodward is also co-author with W. O. Huie of a casebook on Oil and Gas. Charles A. Wright Professor of Law Mr. Wright earned his A.B. from Wesleyan University in 1947, and his LL.B. from Yale University in 1949. In 1950 he was an Assistant Professor at Minnesota University, and in 1953 he v as made an Associate Professor. He joined the Texas Law Faculty in 1955. He has held the positions of law clerk in the U.S. Circuit Court, Secretary of the Minnesota State Bar Association Court Rules Committee, Assistant to the Reporter, U.S. Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, and Consultant, Alabama Committee for Judicial Reform, Member of the Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure. He is author of Wright's Minnesota Rules, and Cases on Remedies. Mr. Wright's courses are Federal Procedure, Labor Relations, Constitutional Law, and Remedies. Mr. Wright is one of the most outstanding and recognized authorities on Federal Procedure in the United States and has written several books on Federal Procedure. 27