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

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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.

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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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