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

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THOMAS MUNFORD BOYD Professor of Law Professor Boyd has a rather varied background in legal and associated fields. After receiving both his B.S. and LL.B. degrees from the University of Virginia, Mr. Boyd actively practiced law in both Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia. Between 1925 and 1930, Mr. Boyd took time out from his law practice to serve as Judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Albemarle County. During the 1930's and World War II, Mr. Boyd served on a wide number of agency legal staffs including the Office of Production Man- agement, the National Defense Advisory Commission, the W.P.B., culminating in his appointment as Chair- man of the N.P.A. Appeals Board. In 1953 Mr. Boyd was appointed a member of the Advisory Council to the Virginia Code Commission. Here at the Law School Mr. Boyd is known for his courses in Virginia Procedure, Corporate Reorganiza- tion, Professional Ethics, and Creditors Rights. NEILL HERBERT ALFORD Professor of Law Professor Alford was graduated from the Citadel in 1940 and received his LL.B. in 1947 from the Univer- sity of Virginia. He has been connected with the law school ever since, except for 1950-51 which he spent at Yale Law School as a Sterling Fellow. Mr. Alford served in the Army from 1941 thru 1946 and holds the rank of Lt. Colonel. In 1955 Mr. Alford’s casebook on Decedent's Estates and Trusts was published. In addition to lecturing in the latter course and Legal History and conducting seminars in Fiduciary Administration and Charitable Dispositions, Mr. Alford is also currently serving as counsel for the Virginia Code Commission. MORTIMER M. CAPLIN Professor of Law Professor Caplin holds B.S. and LL.B. degrees from the University of Virginia. He served as law clerk to U. S. Circuit Judge A. M. Dobie in 1940 and 1941, followed by nine years practice in New York City. Mr. Caplin returned to the Law School in 1950 and has also been serving as counsel to the Charlottesville firm of Perkins, Battle and Minor since 1952. In 1953 he took time out to get his J.S.D. at the New York University Law School. Mr. Caplin is a member of the Tax Advisory Group of the American Law Institute, Director of the Virginia Conference on Federal Taxation, and Chairman of the ABA’s Committee on Legal Research of the Section of Taxation. During the past year, he also served as President of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Mr. Caplin teaches the three tax courses and one of the tax semi- nars at the Law School.

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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

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MARTIN LINDSAY COWEN, JR. Professor of Law, Assistant Dean Professor Cowen, who returned this year after a year’s study at Harvard, teaches Federal Jurisdiction and Procedure, Conflict of Laws, and conducts semi- nars in Civil Procedure. Mr. Cowen was born in Wheeling, W. Va., but moved to Ohio shortly thereafter. He returned to the South for both his undergraduate and legal educa- tion. A tour of duty in the U. S. Navy interrupted his Law School career, but after his release, Mr. Cowen reentered, graduating second in his class. After graduation, Mr. Cowen entered an Ohio law firm, but he returned to the University when named Assistant Dean of the Law School in 1952. CHARLES O. GREGORY Professor of Law Professor Gregory received his A.B. and LL.B. de- grees from Yale in 1924 and 1926 respectively and was admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York. In 1928 he accepted a position as assistant professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, and from 1930-36 he was an assistant professor of Law at the University of Chicago. In 1936 he took a leave of absence to serve in the Department of Labor and was acting Secretary of Labor during the absence of the Secretary. Mr. Gregory came to the University of Virginia as a professor of Law in 1940. He has written numerous articles and books, including the widely known Labor and the Law (1946). The torts text presently in use here was written by Mr. Gregory and Professor Harry Kalven, Jr. of the University of Chicago. HARDY CROSS DILLARD Professor of Law Mr. Dillard was born in New Orleans but moved to Charlottesville in 1916. He graduated from the U. S. Military Academy in 1924 and from the Law School with honors in 1927. After teaching for a short time, he received a Carnegie Fellowship enabl- ing him to go to Paris for study in International Law. Mr. Dillard returned to Virginia in 1931 and became a full professor in 1938. During, World War II he directed the training of officers in military govern- ment affairs. In 1957 Mr. Dillard received a short leave of ab- sence to enable him to go to Paris as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Defense College of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ST ALT YT RET 7 REPRE ROTI SE I ae Pe ree my E, pe Th ay ee ete ia i ane =e ce Sir ve