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

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EDGAR FINLEY SHANNON, JR. President of the University of Virginia Dr. Edgar Finley Shannon,- Jr., is 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 Universities. During World War II, Dr. Shannon served with distinction in the United States 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 Septem- ber, 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 as an associate professor in the English Depart- ment. He was inaugurated President of the University in 1959. Dr. Shannon is a member of the Tennyson Society, and has been since its for- mation. He is an Honorary Vice-President of this organization; the only living American holding this position.

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232d itaiinn The 1965 edition of the BARRISTER is dedicated to WALTER LINDSEY BROWN Brilliant student, able counsellor, renowned alumnus, whose self- less devotion, farsighted vision and untiring efforts as Chairman of the Law School Foundation Committee have redounded to the great benefit of the present and all future generations of Univexsity of Virginia law students and to the community of scholaus and the profession of law. WALTER LINDSEY BROWN B. 8., Univ. of Va. 1924; LL.B., Univ. of Va. 1926; B. A. tOxonJ 1928 tRhode s Scholaxj. Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Law Review, 1924; Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi, Raven Society, Phi Beta Kappa. Practicing lawyer, Huntington, W. Va. t1928-4n; general counsel, Vice President and Director, Western Electric Co. USA1440; director of numerous corporations; contributor to legal periodicals; Trustee and President, The Doherty Foundation; President, University of Virginia Law School. Association t1959- 196D; Chairman, Law School Foundation Committee.

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HARDY CROSS DILLARD Dean of the Law School Dean Dillard was graduated from the U. S. Military Academy in 1924 and from the Law School in 1927. After teaching for a short time, he received a Carnegie Fellowship to study International Law in Paris. Dean Dillard returned to Virginia in 1931 and became a full professor in 1938. During World War II he .served in Europe and the Far East. Thereafter, Mr. Dillard served as consultant to the National War College, and the Armed Forces Staff College. In 1953, Dean Dillard was a Fulbright Lecturer at Oxford University and a Carnegie Lecturer at the Hague Academy of Intemation Law in 1954. His lectures were published under the title Some Asp e cts of Law and Diplomacy. He is presently onthe Editorial Board of the American Journal of International Law and the Virginia Quarterly Review. In 1962-63 he was President of the American Society of International Law. While Dean Dillard was a Visiting Professor at Columbia University Law School during the 1962-63 school term, he was appointed Dean of the Virginia's Law School.