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University of Michigan Law School University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository Miscellaneous Law School Publications Law School History and Publications 1948 The Lawyers Club, 1947-1948 University of Michigan Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.law.umich.edu/miscellaneous Part of the Legal Education Commons Citation University of Michigan Law School, "The Lawyers Club, 1947-1948" (1948). Miscellaneous Law School Publications. http://repository.law.umich.edu/miscellaneous/41 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School History and Publications at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Miscellaneous Law School Publications by an authorized administrator of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. H LAWYERS LU NIVE SI ICHI Table of PAGE OFFICERS. 6 BOARD OF C:·OVERNORS CoMl\HTTEEs 8 STUDENT COUNCIL. 9 FORMER OFFICERS . 10 FORMER MEMBERS OF THE HOARD O:F GOVERNORS 11 FORMER PRESIDENTS OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL 13 CoNi>TITUTION AND BY-LAws 15 HONORARY MEMBERS 36 LAWYER MEMBERS 48 STUDENT MEMBERS 62 JN MEMORIAM MEMBERS 73 6 OFFICERS Officers ex officio HoN. LELAND W. CARR Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Michigan! HoN. GEORGE E. BusHNELL Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Michigan2 President Eow ARD S. RoGERS GROVER c. GRISMORE I During HJ47 2 During 1948 THE LAWYERS CLUB 7 Court of the State HoN. LELAND W. Chief 1!H7 HoN. GEORGE E. BUSHNELL, Chief 1948 HoN. WALTER H. NoRTH firom the Board HoN. J. HERBERT The P1esident of the ALEXANDER G. RUTHVEN From the Law E. BLYTHE Term GROVER C. GRISMORE, Term HARRY G. 1948 EDWARDS. 1949 Law Students E. DAMON, Term 1948 WELLS LovETT, Term 19·:!:9 8 COMMITTEF.S . Comm1ttees EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GROVER c. GRISMORE E. BLYTHE STASON LAWYER MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE HARRY G. Chairman WALT.ER H. NORTH GROVER c. GRISMORE STUDENT MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE GROVER c. Jm1N E. DAMON \VELLS LOVETT THE LAWYERS CJ~UB EDMUND J. President MJCHAF.L R. Vice-President KENT GEORGE R COOJ{ E.DAMON LEVAN WELLS LOVETT IO FORMER OFFICERS Former Officers PAST CHAIRMEN Hon. John S. McDonald. 1925; 1933 Hon. John E. Bird 1926 Hon. Nelson Sharpe . 1927-1934 Hon. Richard C. Flannigan 1928 Hon. Louis H. Fead . 1928; 1937 Hon. Walter H. North 1929; 1936; 1944 Hon. Howard Wiest . 1930; 1938 Hon. Henry M. Butzel 1931; 1939; 1946 Hon. George M. Clark 1932 Hon. William W. Potter . 1935 Hon. George E. Bushnell 1940 Hon. Edward M. Sharpe 1941 Hon. Bert D. Chandler . 1942 Hon. Emerson R. Boyles 1943 Hon. Raymond W. Starr 1945 PAST PRESIDENTS Henry M. Bates . 1924 James 0. Murfin 1925-1933 Harry C. Bulkley 1933-1940 Oscar C. Hull 1940-1944 Edward S. Rogers 1945- PAST SECRETARY-TREASURERS Grover C. Grismore . • . 1924- THE LAWYERS CLUB 11 Former Members of of Governors FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN Hon. John S. McDonald . 1925-1933 Hon. John K Bird . 1926 Hon. Nelson Sharpe . 1927-1934 Hon. Richard C. Flannigan, 1928 Hon. Louis H. Fead . 1933-HJ37 Hon. Walter H. North 1929; 1936- Hon. Howard ~W'eist . 1938 Hon. Henry M. Butzel 1931; 1939; 1946 Hon. George M. Clark 1932 Hon. WiHiam W. Potter 1935 Hon. George E. Bushnell 1940 Hon. Edward M. Sharpe 1941 Hon. Bert D. Chandler . 1942 Hon. Emerson R. Boyles 1943 Hon. Raymond W. Starr 1945 FROM THE BOARD OF REGENTS Hon. James 0. Murfin 1936-1937 Hon. Edmund C. Shields 1933-1935; 1944-1945 Hon. David H. 1938-1943 Hon. J. Joseph Herbert 1946- 12 FORMER MEMBERS PRESIDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Hon. Clarence Cook Little . 1926-1929 Hon. Alexander G. Ruthven . 1929- FROM THE LAW FACULTY Dean Henry M_ Bates . 1924 Professor Ralph W. Aigler 1924 Professor Edwin C. Goddard . 1924-1934 Professor Herbert F. Goodrich 1924 Professor Grover C. Grismore 1924- Dean E. Blythe Stason . 1934- PRACTICING LAWYERS John M. Zane . 1925-1930 John T. Creighton 1925-1941 Harry C. Bulkley . 1930-1940 Oscar C. Hull . 1940-1944 Edward S. Rogers . 1941- Harry G. Gault 1944- LAW STUDENTS Harry B. Grundy . 1925 Leland H. Notnagel 1925 A. Gordon Oliver . 1925-1926 Menso R. Bolt . 1925-1927 Louis S. May 1926-1927 Kenneth E. Midgley 1927-1928 Leroy W. Dahlberg 1927-1928 Tlrn LAWYERS CLUB 13 Stanley H. Fulton . 1928-1929 Robert J. Clendenin . 1928-1930 William G. Coultrap . 1929-1931 Dorren L. Renner . 1930-1932 Robert D. Gordon. !93l·l933 Richard E. Hole 1932-1934 Robert E. 1933-1935 Cyril F. Hetsko . 1934-1936 Elbert R. Gilliom . 1935-1937 James H. Kilbourne 1936-1938 Robert C. Keck . 1937-1939 Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. 1938-1940 M. French 1939-1941 A. Harper 1940-1942 Forrest A. 1941-1942 F. H. Hoffman, 1942-1943 Benjamin M. 1942-1944 Ormond S. Danford l9•13-l945 Alden C. Jolmson . 1944-1945 Donald A. Jones . 19·15-1946 Kenneth H. Liles, . 1945-1947 Richard E. Sicswerda . 1946-1947 Former Presidents the Student Council Kit F. Clardy 1924-1925 W. A. Gibson, Jr.. 1925-1926 Robert W. Conder 1926-1927 Carl J. Riddering . 1927-1928 Joe C. Gamble . 1928-1929 K Hunt .. 1929-1930 14 FORMER MEMBERS Samuel E. Gawne 1930-1931 Varro H. Rhodes 1931-1932 Charles D. Peet. 1932-1933 Willard M. Avery . 1933-1934 John T . Damm 1934-1935 Marion H. Yoder . 1935-1936 Charles B. Varco . 1936-1937 Keith P. Bondurant 1937-1938 Bruce M. Smith . 1938-1939 John J. Adams . 1939-1940 Charles l\f. Lovett . 1940-1941 Carl M. Shinn . 1941-1942 Paul Bolger . 1942-1943 Robert M. Barton . 1943-1944 Philip E. Hanna . 1944-1945 Robert H. Potter . 1945-1946 Robert G. Bayley . 1946-1947 George B. Woodman . 1947 THE LA WYERS CUJII 15 Constitution and HE LAWYERS CLUB .of the of Mich· T was founded in 1922 William W Cook of the New York without a formal charter. in 1923-192.4 he erected the first building as a center for its activities and named it The Club. This building was into use for the first time in the fall of 1924. In 1930 .Mr. Cook added a second which he named the John P. Cook Building, in memory of his father. the Club m its activities is Hl .Board of Governors. It is also that all mem· dues and all profits derived from the operation of the Club buildings "shall be used for le gal to be expended from time to time as the governors deem besL" it v,ras consti- tuted consisted of the Dean of the law ex officio, who was to be President of the and four members of the law chosen the of the of 16 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS In 1925, with the consent of the the Board of Governors was reconstituted to consist of the Chief Jus tice of the Michigan members of the law faculty, two practicing two law students. In 1926 there were with the consent of the one elected member of the Court of Michigan and the President of the of Michigan. In 1932 the Board of Governors of The Lawyers Club filed the following Articles of Incorporation and was a charter under the General Laws of Michigan. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE HOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE LAWYERS CLUB OF THE lJNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN These Articles of Incorporation are signed and by the for the purpose of a non-profit corporation under the provisions of Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1931, known as the Michigan General Act, as follows: ARTICLE I The name of this corporation is The Board of Gov- ernors of The Lawyers Club of the of Mich- THE LAWYERS CLUB 17 ARTICLE II The purpose or purposes of this are as follows: To maintain and of Mich in connection hereafter owned the Regents of the profession and of hw students and the and advancement of the and to do any or all of these things or as the may in its discretion determine. ARTICLE III The location of the rnlrn1-.r::i in the County of Washtenaw, State of •n••L"""-'"'" Post Office address of office in ARTJCLE IV Said is organized upon a non-stock basis. The amount of assets which said possesses IS: Real property: None. value of in- is to be financed under the follow Funds for carrying on the affairs of to be obtained from pro- 18 CONSTITOTlON AND UY-LAWS ceeds to be derived from the of rooms to law students, la""-yers and others; from the of a dining room or rooms; and from dues of mem. to be collected from members of a dub to be operated by the and to be known as The LaV\ryers Club of the of i\!lichigan; and from interest on invested funds. ARTICLE v The names of residence, or business, of each of the are as follows: James 0. Murfin 3002 Union Guardian Bldg., Detroit, Michigan. Edwin C. Goddard Law School, Arm Arbor, Michigan. Grover C. Grismore Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. ARTICLE VI The names and addresses of the first board of direc tors are as follows: M. Clark Chief justice, Supreme Court, Lansing, Michigan. John S. McDonald Justice, Supreme Comt, Lansing, Michigan. James 0. Murfin Rcge~t, UJ?iv~rsity of Michigan, 3002 Union Guardian Bldg., Det:r01t, Michigan. Alexander G. Ruthven President, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, l\Hchigan. C. Bulkley Union Guardian Bldg., Detroit, nuL"'J4"''" THE LA WYERS CLUB 19 John T. Creighton 22 William SL, New York. York. Edwin C. Goddard Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Grover C.