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

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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

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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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CARL McFARLAND Professor of Law Professor McFarland received B.A., M.A., LL.B., and LL.D. degrees from Montana State University and an S.J.D. at Harvard. He has practiced before various ad- ministrative agencies, state, and federal courts, includ- ing the Supreme Court of the United States. After serv- ing as a visiting Professor at the Law School in 1949-50, Mr. McFarland returned to Montana State University where he served as President from 1951 to 1957. In 1958, Mr. McFarland was welcomed back to the Univer- sity on a permanent basis. He teaches Administrative Law and Legislation. Mr. McFarland has written extensively in the field of law and administration. Among his many writings is a casebook on Administrative Law co-authored with the late Judge Arthur T. Vanderbilt in 1952. Mr. Mc- Farland also served as co-editor of the Revised Statutes of Montana in 1936; Special Assistant to the U. S. At- torney General from 1933 to 1937; and as Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1937 to 1959: wn eee ee a ae JOHN C. McCOID II Assistant Professor of Law Another of the newer members of the faculty is Professor John C. McCoid II. Mr. McCoid received his B.A. and LL.B. at Vanderbilt University in 1950 and 1953 respectively. In 1957 he was a teaching fellow at Harvard instructing in the first-year group program, a seminar in the application of first year courses. Mr. McCoid has just completed his third year on the Virginia Law School faculty. He teaches Unfair Trade Practices and’ Civil Procedure. DANIEL J. MEADOR Associate Professor of Law Professor Daniel J. Meador came to the University in 1957 with a diversified legal background. He re- ceived his B.S. from Auburn in 1948 and his LL.B. from the University of Alabama in 1951. He was awarded his LL.M. at Harvard in 1954. After leaving Harvard, Mr. Meador became clerk to Justice Hugo Black of the United States Supreme Court. Immediately before coming to the University he was employed by the firm of Lange, Simpson, Robinson and Summer- ville of Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Meador teaches Civil Procedure, Federal Juris- diction and Procedure, and a seminar in Constitutional Litigation.