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

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EDWARD R. COHEN Assistant Professor of Law Mr. Cohen received his B.S. from Cornell (I960), and his Ll.B. from Yale University (1964), where he was on the staff of the Yale Imw Journal. He was in private practice for three years in New York City, having been admitted to practice by the New York State Bar. Mr. Cohen teaches Property, Copyrights, and Wills and Estates. fL. VA u— ROBERT O. DAWSON Visiting Associate Professor of Law Mr. Dawson received his A.B. from the University of Missouri (I960), his Ll.B. from Washington University (1963), and was a Graduate Law Fellow at the University of Wisconsin School of Law (1963-1964). From 1964-1967 he was Assistant Professor at Washington University School of Law and is licensed to practice by the Missouri State Bar. Mr. Dawson was Note Editor of the Washington University Law Quarterly received the Order of the Coif, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has published Non-Use of Preliminary Examination” in the Wisconsin Law Review and The Decision to Grant or Deny Parole in the Washington University Law Quarterly. Mr. Dawson teaches Criminal Law, Family Law, and semi- nars in Corrections and in Juvenile Delinquency. o. FRANK W. ELLIOT Professor of Law Mr. Elliott, a former Dedicatee of the Peregrinus (1966), has a B.A (1951) and an Ll.B. (1957) from the University of Texas. He was Comment Editor of the Law Review, a Chancellor, a Quizmaster, and received the Order of the Coif. He is editor of Slayton Taos Forms. Among his other principal achievements arc two casebooks, Texas Trial and Appellate Procedure, which he edited with Messrs. Hodges and Jones, and Texas Judicial Process Prior to Trial. edited with Messrs. Hodges, Jones, and Thode. With Mr. Loiscaux and Mr. Hamilton, he has authored Lemting Officers Manual Under U.C.C. In 1957, Mr. Elliott was Assistant Attorney General of Texas and, from 1957 to 1958, was Briefing Attorneyfor the Supreme Court of Texas. He is a Council Member of the Military Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi and teaches Procedure II and III, Introduction, and Evidence.

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PETER BRETT Visiting Professor of Law Mr. Brett received his U. B. from London University (1939), his LLM. at Western Australia University (1954), and his S.J.D. from Harvard (I960). His outstanding teaching career includes service as Senior Lecturer at Western Australia (1951 1954) and at Melbourne (1955 1961), where he was a Reader (1961-1963), Hearn Pro fessor (1963-1963), and Professor of Jurisprudence since 1965. Mr. Brett served as Legal Assistant to the Treasurv Solicitor in London (1946-1951) and has been admitted to practice by the Bar in Victoria, Australia. His major publications include An Inquiry Into Criminal Guilt, (1961), casebooks on Criminal and Administrative Law, and The Beamish Case, (1966). He came to Texas in the summer of 1959 as a Visiting Professor; returning to Texas this year, he teaches Criminal Law and Jurisprudence. MARION O. BONER Associate Law Librarian and Assistant Professor of Law Mrs. Boner received her B.A. (1930), M.A. (19M),and Ll.B. ( 955). alt at the University of Texas. She was Legislation Editor of the Texas Law Review, received the Order of the Coif, and graduated with Honors. Upon graduation she worked with Judge Robert W. Stayton as Research Associate for the University of Texas Law School Foundation, publishing a series of five articles, The Plastic Code in Operation,” in the Texas lutu Review. Mrs. Boner 'joined the staff as Rcfetcncc Librarian (1960-1965) and has brought distinction to our school as a member of the American Association of Law Libraries and of its Committees on the Index to Legal Periodicals and on Publications. She Is a member of Kappa Beta Pi, serving as its faculty advisor, anil is on the Faculty Committee of the Texas Law Review. flOODFIN L. BUTTE Professor of Law At. Butte received his B.A. (tom the University of Texas his IA.B. (tom Yak University (1931), and his Doctor ado en Ciencias PoUtkas from the Universida Central dc Venezuela (1939). Employed by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey a lawyer and executive (or twenty-lour years, he specialized in foreign aw and production. Mr. Butte was engaged in private practice in Puerto Bico and Venezv from 1931 to 1939 and has been admitted to the Bars of Texas, Puerto Paco, Virgin Islands, Venezuela, New York, and the United States Supreme Court, these eminent qualifications, he joined the faculty In 1964 as a ntofessor and te International Law, Civil law, and Conflicts. Mr. Butte is (acuity advisor t International Law Society and Phi Alpha Delta, of which he is a member. Hi the Faculty Curriculum, International legal Studies, and Placement Comi

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WILLIAM F. FRITZ Professor of Law Having received his B.A. (1935) and M.A. (1938) decrees from Texas, Mr. Fritz taught English in high schools for seven years before returning to Texas for his LLB. (19 46). While in law school, he was Editor-in-Chicf of the Iw Review. was a Chancellor, and received the Order of the Coif. After his graduation, he joined the faculty here and since then has taught during several summers at the George Washington, North Carolina, Minnesota, Rutgers, and Vanderbilt law schools. Mr. Fritz has coauthored a casebook on damages with Dean Charles T. McCormick. Also a co-author of a casebook on Property, he has authored several articles in the Texas Law Review, and in the Texas Bar Journal. A past Pervgr nus Dedicatee (1963), Mr. Fritz teaches Property and Marital Property Rights and serves ort the Admissions Committee. He is a member of the Texas Bar and of Phi Delta Phi. PARKER C. FIELDER William H. Francis. Jr.. Professor of Law A man of great practical experience, Mr. Fielder received a B.S. in Commerce « Northwestern Univ«sity 094ll. and an LL.B. from the University of Texas (1948). Hewas l uor- Chjdofthe To June ..Chancellor, and received the Order of the Corf. In 1964. he was listed in Who i Who rn America. After graduation, he became associate professor here and was Research Associate Texas Legislative Council (1950) Then in 195 5, he left to become a partner in Turpin, Kerr. Smith, and Dyer, Midland. Texas, where he engaged in tax and corporate practice. During this period (1959-61) he was General Counsel and Member of the Board of Directors for the Permian Corporation in Midland. He returned to Texas as a professor in 1961. Although he continues only in occasional consultation and retainer by other lawyers on tax and corporate matters, he is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and the United States Court of Military Appeals. Tax Court, Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and District Court, Western District, Texas. He is the author of numerous articles and is presently a comprehensive treatise on Oil and Gas Taxation. Mr. Fielder teaches Federal Taxation. Seminar in Taxation, Securities Regulation, and Business Planning. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi. CARL H. FULDA Professor of Law Having already received a Doctor of Law from the University of Freiburg (Germany) in 1931, Mr. Fulda went on to study at Yale where he received an LL.B. in 1938. He is a recipient of the Order of the Coif, of a Law Faculty Fellowship, and of a grant from the Ford Foundation (1959-60). Between 1939 and 1941, he was on the Research Staff and was a consultant to the New York State Law Revision Commission, a position he resumed intermittently in the fifties. In 1P42 to 1946 he was with the Court Review Division, Office of Price Administration (Appellate Practice). After leaving government service, he taught at Rutgers for eight years, and In 1954 he went to Ohio State. In 1964, he left there to join our faculty .in his present status. He has been a visiting professor at Columbia (1952), Louisiana State (1962), and several foreign universities, including Frankfurt and Luxembourg. Mr. Fulda was a consultant to the U. S. Attorney’ General’s Committee to Study the Antitrust Laws (1955), is now a member of the Texas State Bar Committee on Antitrust, and is the Vice-chairman of A.B.A. Committee on Teaching International and Comparative Law. He has written a casebook on International Business Transactions. A member of the New York and Texas State Bars and is a member of Phi Alpha Delta Mr. Fulda advises the International Law Forum and is chairman of the Committee on International Legal Studies. 17