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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