University of Virginia Law School - Barrister Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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Photo by Thompson EDGAR FINLEY SHANNON, JR. President of the University of Virginia Dr. Edgar Finley Shannon, Jr., an associate professor in the department of English for the past three years, was last fall inaugurated as the fourth and youngest President in the history of the University of Virginia. Dr. Shannon holds degrees from Washington and Lee, Duke, Harvard and Oxford University. During World War I, Dr. Shannon served with distinction in the U. S. Navy. He participated in many of the major Pacific campaigns and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He was awarded the Bronze Star in September, 1945, for his “meritorious services.’ After his Oxford studies as a Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Shannon became a member of the Harvard faculty and subsequently joined the University community in 1956.

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ee ee Dean Ribble graduated from William and Marty College in 1916. He then entered the University of Virginia where he earned M.A. and LL.B. degrees, inte rrupted by a term in the Field Artillery during World War I. In 1921 Mr. Ribble joined the University faculty and was appointed a full professor a short six years later. Then, in 1937, he was appointed acting dean which culminated in permanent status two years later. Once again in World War II, the Dean served in the conduct of the war, this time with the State Department. After the hostilities ended, he was appointed a U. S. delegate to UNESCO. Further honors have been bestowed upon the Dean with his election as President of both the Association of American Law Schools and the Virginia Bar Association. He was also selected for membership on the council of the American Law Institute. Washington and Lee and William and Mary have both honored him with Doctor of Law degrees. FREDERICK DEANE GOODWIN RIBBLE James Madison Professor of Law Dean of the Law School