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

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RUSSELLJ. WEINTRAUB Professor of Law The school's principal authority on conflict of laws, Mr. Wcintraub 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 numerouscourts-martial whileserving as operations-intelligcnce 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 does 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. He is co-author with Scoles of Conflict of Laws 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. Hchas 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. JERRES. WILLIAMS Rex G. Baker and Edna Heflin Baker Professor of Constitutional Law 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 $3750 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)- Committee under the Secretaries of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare (1964-66). Mr. Williams is presently on leave to Washington, D. G wherchc is Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States. Mr. Wiliams has written a book on the Supreme Court and has edited a casebook on labor relations and another on constitutional law. He teaches Constitutional Law, Labor Law, Employee's Rights, Legal Profession, and Law and a Free Society, an undergraduate government course. A member of Phi Delta Phi, he is admitted to the Texas Bar and to the U. S. Supreme Court.

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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 (LLB. 1962), where he wrote for 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 witten 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, Moot Court and Oral Advocacy, University Student Health, and Law Review committees, and is a member of Phi Beta G amm a Fraternity. JOHN F. SUTTON, JR. Professor of Law Having received his LLB. 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 Coun, 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 course in Evidence, Torts, Legal Profession, Oil and Gas, and an Evidence Seminar. JAMES M. TREECE Associate Professor of Law Mr. Treece was graduated from the University of Illinois (B.S. 1959, M.A. 1962 and an LLB. 1961 ). While in law school, he was Editor of the University of Illinois Law Forum. From 1961 to 1962, he was a teaching assistant at Illinois, an assistant prolessor at Rutgers (1962-65), an associate professor at Rutgers (1965-66). He joined the Texas faculty in 1966 after having visited here in 1965. He has written articles on Antitrust and Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights and in various law reviews. Mr. Treece teaches Government Regulation; Antitrust; Patent, Trademark and Copyright; and Constitutional Law. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar and to practice before the U. S. Supreme Court. He is a member of Phi Alpha Delta.

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CHARLES ALAN WRIGHT Charles T. McCormick Professor of Law Graduating from Wesleyan with an A.B. in 1947, Mr. Wright went to Yale, receiving his LLB. in 1949, having been Case Editor of the Yale Law Journal and receiving the Order of the Coif. The next year, he was law clerk for Judge Charles E Clark of the Second Circuit (1949-50). For the next five years he taught at the University of Minnesota and in 1955 joined the faculty here as a visiting associate professor. Since 1963, he has been Associate Reporter, American Law Institute Study of Division of Jurisdiction between State and Federal Courts and is also a member of the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure to the Judicial Conference of the U. S. (since 1964). Mr. Wright is a member of the Minncsotaand Texas Bars and may practice before the U. S. Supreme Court. Mr. Wright is the noted author of Wright on Federal Courts, Cases on Remedies. Wright's Minnesota Rules, Federal Practice and Procedure (Wright cd.), , Cases on Federal Courts (with G T. McCormick and J. H. Chadbourn), Procedure— The Handmaid of Justice (with H. M. Rcasoncr) and Essays of Judge Charles E. Clark. He is currently Advisor to the Peregrinus: Chairman of the Summer Session and AALS Annual Meeting Committees. He is a 1..ember of the Moot Court and Oral Advocacy, Athletic Council, Faculty-Student Conference Committees, and is Law School Representative to Faculty Council. Mr. Wright teaches Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Federal Courts Seminar and Evidence Seminar. 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 LI..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 .in associate professor. He has been a summer visiting professor at North Carolina (1955), George Washington (I960), and at U.GL.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 Cases and Materials on Real 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. Mr. Woodward was honored on Law Day this year with the Outstanding Teaching Award. He is admitted to the Texas Bar and is a member of Phi Delta Phi. HARRY K. WRIGHT Professor of Law With his B.S. degree from Georgetown (1949), Mr. Wright then came to Texas, where he was Editor-in-Chicf of the Law Review, was a Chancellor, received the Order of the Coif, and graduated with an LLB. with Honors in 1952. From 1954 to 1957, he was in private practice in Mexico with Baker, Botts, Miranda, Santamarina and Stcta. He then moved to Houston and was with Baker, Botts, Shepherd and Coates until 1962, when he joined the law school faculty as an associate professor. In 1963, Mr. Wright was Texas Reporter to the United States Commission on Civil Rights and between 1965 and 1966 was Consultant to the Office of Equal Educational Opportunities, U. S. Office of Education. He is editor of Commercial Law of Mexico and the United States (1966) and is author of a work on Foreign Enterprise in Mexico. Mr. Wright teaches Civil Law, Conflict of Laws, Agency, Business Association, International Business Transactions Seminar and a seminar in Latin American Commercial Law. He is Faculty Advisor to the Texas Law Review and is on the International and Comparative Law Committee. Mr. Wright is also a member of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. 30 If