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Washburn Law School, online at washburnlaw.edu/history/

1. Ernest B. Conant, Dean 1903–1907 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2. 118 West 8th Street, first home of the Law School, 1903–1911 . . . . . . . 9

3. The Blackstone Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

4. The John Marshall Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5. Edward D. Osborn, Acting Dean 1907–1909,

Professor 1907–1913 and 1930–1941 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

6. William R. Arthur, Dean 1909–1915,

Visiting Professor 1946–1947 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

7. 725 South Kansas Avenue as it looks in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

8. 211 West 6th Street, the Law School’s third location

downtown, 1913–1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

9. Students marched from downtown Topeka to Washburn’s

campus to celebrate new law building in 1914 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

10. Thomas W. Hughes, Dean 1915–1917 and 1919–1920,

Professor 1915–1928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

11. Albert J. Harno, Dean 1917–1919 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

12. The full-time faculty reached three in 1920. Seven

part-time Instructors join President Womer, Dean

Carpenter, Professors McBride and Hughes, and Law

School Secretary Emily Sanford Platt in a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

13. Charles E. Carpenter, Dean 1920–1922 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

14. Harry K. Allen, Dean, 1922–1936 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

15. Student body and faculty at Holbrook Hall,

home of the Law School 1922–1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

16. Holbrook Hall, Library, 1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

17. Rousseau A. Burch, Dean 1937–1938 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

18. Antrim Hambleton ’14, Acting Dean 1938–1939

and 1943–1946, Professor 1927–1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

19. Lester W. Feezer, Dean 1939–1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

20. Boswell Hall, home of the Law School 1939–1956 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

21. James F. Price, Dean 1940–1943 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

22. Dean Price with Dorothy Tyner ’41,

first full-time woman faculty member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

23. Senior cane rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

24. Glenn L. Archer ’46, Dean 1947–1948 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

25. Schuyler Jackson, Dean 1948–1958, Professor 1947–1958 . . . . . . . . . 132

26. Roy R. Bartlett ’49, Professor 1950–1959 and 1973–1982 . . . . . . . . . 135

27. Melvin C. Poland ’49, Professor 1951–1966 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

28. Faculty Grow Beards for 1954 Topeka Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

29. Carnegie Hall, home of the Law School 1956–1966 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

30. Carnegie Hall Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

31. Dean Jackson is sworn in as Justice of the Kansas Supreme

Court with Professors Ahrens and Bartlett in attendance . . . . . . . 159

32. Howard Jones ’28, Acting Dean 1958–1959,

Professor 1928–1930 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

33. Marvin Larson ’40, Professor 1948–1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

34. John E. Howe, Dean 1959–1970, Professor 1959–1978 . . . . . . . . . . . 165

35. John Howe, who was only 40 when selected as dean,

rides a motorcycle to work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

36. First issue of the Washburn Law Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

37. Kerry McQueen ’65 is counsel in Practice Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

38. 1963–1964 law faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

39. Dorothea Warren ’42, Law Librarian, 1967–1979,

Professor 1967–1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

40. Otto Kratochvil, Professor 1969–1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

41. Bill Kurtis ’66 prepares for a moot court argument . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

42. Carnegie Hall, the Law School’s home, after the 1966 tornado . . . 201

43. Tarps protect the contents of Carnegie Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

44. Law Village in the trailers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

45. Grades posted on The Wailing Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

46. Students confer between classes in the Law Village . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

47. Student elections at the law school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

48. Mary Senner, Editor-in-Chief, and

the volume 9 Board of Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

49. Raymond L. Spring ’59, Dean 1970–1978, Professor 1965–2001 . . . 234

50. J. Elwood Slover, Professor 1968–1983,

Assistant Dean 1970–1976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

51. William Treadway, first recipient of William O. Douglas

Outstanding Professor Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

52. Linda D. Elrod ’72, Richard Righter Distinguished

Professor of Law, 1974–present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

53. Donald F. Rowland ’59, Professor 1970–1988 and

first Director of the Washburn Law Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

54. Washburn Law Clinic has its own building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

55. Bruce Levine, Professor 1971–2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

56. Gregory Pease, Professor 1976–present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

57. Myrl L. Duncan, Professor 1977–present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

58. Ronald C. Griffin, Professor 1978–2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

59. Carl C. Monk, Dean 1978–1988, Professor 1976–2010 . . . . . . . . . . . 284

60. Nancy G. Maxwell, Professor 1979–present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

61. Allen Easley, Professor 1979–2004, Associate Dean 1991–2004 . . . . 292

62. Sheila M. Reynolds, Professor 1979–2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

63. Michael Kaye, Professor 1979–present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

64. David L. Ryan ’65, Professor 1968–2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

65. James B. Wadley, Professor 1979–2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

66. John Braun, ’80, pickets during annual strike in

Professor Fowks’ Labor Law class; Fowks was

Professor 1950–1951 and 1953–1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

67. Professor Charlene Smith and Barb White, the Dean’s

Administrative Assistant, compete in the student-faculty

racquetball tournament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

68. Professor Ali Khan becomes U.S. citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

69. James W. Bayles, Professor 1983–2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

70. Banks McDowell, Professor 1982–2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

71. Bill Rich, Professor 1977–present, Acting Dean 2006–2007,

Associate Dean 1981–1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

72. Professor Paul Rasor becomes Super Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

73. Faculty dressed as characters from the Wizard of Oz . . . . . . . . . . . 349

74. Faculty prepare for their rebuttal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

75. Paul Rasor singing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

76. Dean Monk pitches during a faculty-student softball game . . . . . 351

77. John Christensen, Library Director and

Professor 1979–present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

78. John E. Shamberg ’37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

79. Students call alums during the annual Phonathon in 1997 . . . . . . 373

80. 1986 Commencement speaker U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Harry Blackmun with Melissa Ness ’87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

81. James R. Ahrens, Professor 1948–1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

82. James M. Concannon, Dean 1988–2001,

Professor 1973–present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

83. The 1992 addition completed the current law building . . . . . . . . . 399

84. Ed Linquist ’50 cuts a ribbon at the 1992 dedication of the

library addition, along with Becky ’89 and Ed Linquist, Jr. ’89 . . . 402

85. The Kansas Room features Kansas legal memorabilia . . . . . . . . . . 404

86. Professor Allen Easley succeeded Sheila Reynolds

as Associate Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

87. Professor Charlene Smith moderating an

Ahrens Torts Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

88. Hon. Sam A. Crow ’52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

89. David E. Pierce ’77, Professor 1986–1987 and 1989–present . . . . . . 469

90. An early WashLaw homepage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

91. WashLaw homepage in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

92. Students celebrate the Law School’s high national

ranking in overall student satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

93. Reception hosted by Lynn Johnson ’70 before first

Dean’s Circle Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

94. Senator Bob Dole ’52 with Mark Heitz ’77 at a Law School

reception the evening before Dole announced his candidacy

for President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

95. Gerald Michaud ’51 with Dean James Concannon

at dedication of “Wings of Freedom” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

96. John F. Kuether, Professor 1973–1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

97. Grand Marshal David Ryan ’65 and the St. Andrews Pipes and

Drums lead the procession march to commencement . . . . . . . . . . 533

98. Dennis R. Honabach, Dean 2001–2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

99. Room 102 before, during, and after renovation in 2004 . . . . . . . . . 557

100. Hon. Robert J. Dole ’52 speaking at

the Centennial Gala in 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

101: Jesse Junette Nye, 1912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

102. Professor Billie Parr ’47, meets with Law Clinic

intern Pantaleon Florez ’81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578

103. Hon. Kay McFarland ’64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

104. Samuel E. Cary, 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

105. Elisha Scott ’16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

106. Hon. Loren R. Miller ’28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

107. John Scott ’47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600

108. Charles Scott ’48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600

109. Hon. Raymond J. Reynolds ’29 and Elsie Faciane ’92

stand beside “Common Justice” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

110. Delano Lewis ’63 meets with Dean Concannon

and Jim Wright ’63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

111. Hon. Homer Hoch, 1909 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

112. Hon. Joseph W. Morris ’47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629

113. Thomas R. Romig, Dean 2007–present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640