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

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JAMES M. TREECE Associate Professor of Law Mr. Trcocc has received all of his degrees from Illinois: a B.S. in 1959, an M.A. in 1962, and an LL.B. in 1961. While in law school, he was an editor of the Um'venity of Illinois Law Forum. From 1961 to 1962, he was a teaching assistant at Illinois, and until 1966 taught at Rutgers. Then he joined the faculty here in his present position, although he had visited here in 1965. His scholarship is evidenced by articles on antitrust and unfair competition in the Rutgers, Chicago, Michigan. Notre Dame Law Reviews, scholarship he exploits as a teacher of Government Regulation of Business, Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law, Constitutional Law, and an Antitrust Seminar. He is a member of Phi Alpha Delta. RUSSELL J. WEINTRAUB Professor of Law The school's principal authority on conflict oflaws. Mr. Wcin-traub has his B.A. from New York University (1950) and his LL.B. from Harvard (1953). Both of those degrees were with Honors, and Mr. Wcintraub is a Phi Beta Kappa and member of Psi Chi. For two years after his graduation, he was defense counsel at the request of accused persons in numerous courts-martial while serving as operations-intcl-ligcncc expert” for the U.S. Army. In 1955 he became a teaching fellow at Harvard and in 1957 he joined the faculty of Iowa. In 1965 he left that school, acted as a visiting professor at Michigan, and then joined the faculty here as a professor. Engaged in little private practice, Mr. Wcintraub docs consult with other attorneys on conflicts problems and in drafting especially complex contracts, one of which has been widely copied and concerns hiring of independent contractor” drivers in the trucking industry. He has written many articles on Conflicts and Constitutional Law, is the co-author of books on workmen's compensation, federal procedure, and university education. A member of the Curriculum, Grade Distribution, and Summer School committees, Mr. Wcintraub teaches Conflict of Laws and Contracts. J. HENRY WILKINSON, JR. Professor of Law Mr. Wilkinson entered the law school with a B.S. in Commerce from South Carolina (1934). He had already been engaged in public and private accounting (1934-37) and had been with the Internal Revenue Service from 1937 to 1942 and from 1945 to 1947, the three year gap having been spent in the U.S. Navy. While in law school, Mr. Wilkinson was Law Review Student Editor and received the Order of the Coif. In 1949 he graduated from Texas with an LL.B. with Honors and taught a summer session here in 1950. From 1950 to 1957, he practiced law in Midland and in 1957, he joined the faculty in his present position. Mr. Wilkinson, however, still engages in some Federal Tax practice. He has written several articles on federal tax problems, including one related to depreciation, another on the investment tax credit, and one on life insurance and estate planning. A member of the Permanent Tax Council, of the Law Review Board of Directors, and of the Library and Course Advisement committees, Mr. Wilkinson teaches Federal Taxation, Income Tax, Oil and Gas Tax. Estate and Gift Tax, and Legal Accounting. He is also a member of Phi Alpha Delta.

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ERNEST E. SMITH, III Associate Professor of Law Already established as an excellent teacher since his arrival as an assistant professor in 1963. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Southern Methodist (B.A. 1958) and of Harvard (LL.B. 1962), in which latter school he wrote on the law review. He has been awarded a membership in the Order of the Coif at Texas, and his ability as a teacher was recognized by his receiving the Teaching Excellence Award in 1966. From 1962 to 1963. he was law clerk to Judge John Minor Wisdom of the Fifth Circuit and his only other outside work has been as a visiting professor at Minnesota in 1966. Mr. Smith has written articles on oil and gas law, which is one of the courses he teaches along with Property and Marital Property Rights. He is a member of the Admissions, Standards, and Law Review committees, and is a member of Phi Beta Gamma Fraternity. JOHN F. SUTTON, JR. Professor of Law Having received his LL.B. from Texas in 1941, Mr. Sutton went into practice with Brooks, Napier. Brown, and Matthews, San Antonio, where he worked through 1948. that period broken only by serving three years (1942-45) with the F.B.I. Between 1949 and 1957, when he became a professor here, Mr. Sutton was senior partner of Sutton. Stcib, and Barr in San Angelo, specializing in Oil and Gas and civil trials. He was an honor graduate, having written on the Law Review been a quizmaster, and received the Order of the Coif. Mr. Sutton has written various articles. He is admitted to the Bars of Texas, the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court, and has served as member of the legal Committee. Interstate Oil Compact Commission. At present he is working as Reporter for the A.B.A. Special Committee on Evaluation of Ethical Standards. A member of Phi Delta Phi. he is their faculty advisor, and is also faculty advisor to Praetors. Mr. Sutton teaches courses in Evidence, Tons, Legal Profession. Oil and Gas, and an Evidence Seminar. E. WAYNE THODE Professor of Law Mr. Thode graduated from Illinois with a B.S. (1943). He then went into the Army, part of that time assigned to the defense section during the Japanese War Criminal Trials. He then returned to school, this time at Texas, where he received his LL.B. (1950) and where he was on the Lau' Review, was a Chancellor, received the Order of the Coif, and graduated with Honors. He has since been honored by receiving the State Bar Outstanding Service Award (1961), and the esteem with which the student body regards him has been recognized by his receiving the Teaching Excellence Award in 1965. After graduation, Mr. Thode served a year as Briefing Clerk for the Texas Supreme Court, and for a year thereafter was Assistant Attorney General of Texas. Then for three years, until 1955. he was in private practice with Ralph W. Yarbrough in Austin. At that time he joined the faculty permanently as an associate professor, although he had served as a part-time lecturer and visiting professor before. On leaves of absence, he has taught at Illinois and Utah. Mr. Thode is editor of Personal Injury Litigation in Texas and is one of the co-authors of casebooks on Torts, on Texas Judicial Process, and of materials on Introduction to Legal Processes. He is a past president of the Texas Law Review Corporation and is a member of several faculty committees. His courses include Torts, Introduction, Injuries, and Procedure II.

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JERRE S. WILLIAMS Rex G. Baker and Edna Heflin Baker Professor of Constitutional La e Mr. Williams received his A.B. from Denver (1938) and then went to Columbia for his LL.B. (1941). While at Columbia he was an editor of the law review and was a Kent Scholar. Among his later honors is the $3-750 Ross Essay Prize of the American Bar Association (1963). From 1941 to 1942, he taught at Iowa and then spent the next four years as Judge Advocate in the U.S. Air Force. In 1946, he joined the faculty as an associate professor. His present practice is limited to serving as a labor arbitrator. In addition, he has served as Associate Director of Staff, Study of Federal Loyalty-Security Programs, N.Y. City Bar Association (1955-56) and as Chairman, Southwestern Regional Manpower Advisor)1 Committee (under the Secretaries of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare (1964-66). Mr. Williams has written a book on the Supreme Court and has edited a casebook on labor relations and another on constitutional law. As would be expected, he teaches Constitutional Law, Labor Law. Employee’s Rights. Legal Profession, and Law and a Free Society, the latter an undergraduate government course. A member of Phi Delta Phi, he is admitted to the Texas Bar and to the U.S. Supreme Court. JOSEPH PARKER WITHERSPOON Professor of Law Mr. Witherspoon was Comment Editor of the Texas Law Review, a member of the Order of the Coif, a Chancellor, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, a winner of the U.S. Law Weekly Prize and of the Vernon Law Book Company Prize, and a recipient of a fellowship at Chicago and of another at Harvard. He received an A.B. from Chicago (1936), an LL.B. from Texas (1948), and an S.J.D. from Harvard (1961). In 1948 he became an assistant professor here, and from 1951 to 1952, he was Chief Counsel of the Apparel and Service Trades Branches of the Office of Price Stabilization. From 1957 to 1962 he was a consultant in antitrust law to Humble Oil. From 1964 to 1966 he was a consultant to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He has been Chairman of the Jurisprudence Round Table Council of A.A.L.S. (1959) and of that organization's Legislation Round Table Council (1961-62). Mr. Witherspoon has published a temporary edition of two casebooks here at the law school, one dealing with antitrust law and the other with jurisprudence. He has also written major articles on administrative, jurisprudential, and civil rights subjects. Mr. Witherspoon teaches Antitrust Law, Legislation, Jurisprudence, a Civil Rights Seminar, and occasionally. Administrative Law and Constitutional Law. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi. MARION KENNETH WOODWARD Professor of Law Graduating with a B.A. (1933) from Texas, Mr. Woodward then went to West Texas State where he received his M.A.( 1940), before he returned to Texas for his LL.B. (1943). While in law school, Mr. Woodward was on the Law Review and was a Chancellor. He has also been honored as a Sterling Fellow at Yale. After a short period as Staff Attorney for Phillips Petroleum Co., Mr. Woodward joined the faculty in 1946 as an associate professor. He has been a summer visiting professor at North Carolina (1955). George Washington (I960), and at U.C.L.A. (1966). In addition, Mr. Woodward was Texas Commissioner to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1956-61) and since 1962 has been on the Legal Committee of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. With Professors Huie and Walker, he is the author of a casebook on Oil and Gas, and besides writing several articles, has authored Texas Casa and Material on Rea! Property Security. Besides teaching courses in Oil and Gas, Fiduciary Administration, Mortgages, and Texas Land Titles, Mr. Woodward also functions as a member of the Faculty Budget and Personnel, Placement, and Student-Faculty Relations committees. He is admitted to the Texas Bar and is a member of Phi Delta Phi. 30