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Former Chairpersons (1878 - present)

1878-1886 CARLETON HUNT
New Orleans, Louisiana

1886-1887 GEORGE HOODLY
Cincinnati, Ohio

1887-1889 GEORGE H. BATES
Wilmington, Delaware

1889-1893 WILLIAM G. HAMMOND
St. Louis, Missouri

1893-1894 HENRY WADE ROGERS
Evanston, Illinois

1894-1895 JAMES BRADLEY THAYER
Cambridge, Massachusetts

1895-1896 EMLIN McCLAIN
Iowa City, Iowa

1896-1897 EDWARD J. PHELPS
Burlington, Vermont

1897-1898 SIMEON E. BALDWIN
New Haven, Connecticut

1898-1899 WILLIAM WIRT HOWE
New Orleans, Louisiana

1899-1900 CHARLES NOBLE GREGORY
Madison, Wisconsin

1900-1901 HARRY B. HUTCHINS
Ann Arbor, Michigan

1901-1902 ERNEST W. HUFFCUT
Ithaca, New York

1902-1903 GEORGE W. KIRCHWEY
New York, New York

1903-1904 JAMES BARR AMES
Cambridge, Massachusetts

1904-1905 LAWRENCE MAXWELL, JR.
Cincinnati, Ohio

1905-1906 WILLIAM DRAPER LEWIS
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1906-1907 ROSCOE POUND
Lincoln, Nebraska

1907-1908 SAMUEL WILLISTON
Belmont, Massachusetts

1908-1909 HARRY S. RICHARDS
Madison, Wisconsin

1909-1910 WILLIAM O. HART
New Orleans, Louisiana

1910-1911 GEORGE M. SHARP
Baltimore, Maryland

1911-1912 HOLLIS R. BAILEY
Boston, Massachusetts

1912-1913 WALTER GEORGE SMITH
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1913-1914 CHARLES A. BOSTON
New York, New York

1914-1915 CHARLES E. SHEPARD
Seattle, Washington

1915-1916 HENRY STOCKBRIDGE
Baltimore, Maryland

1916-1917 HAMPTON L. CARSON
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1917-1918 SELDON P. SPENCER
St. Louis, Missouri

1918-1919 WILLIAM A. BLOUNT
Pensacola, Florida

1919-1920 CHARLES M. HEPBURN
Bloomington, Indiana

1920-1922 ELIHU ROOT
New York, New York

1922-1927 SILAS H. STRAWN
Chicago, Illinois

1927-1929 WILLIAM DRAPER LEWIS
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1929-1931 GEORGE H. SMITH
Salt Lake City, Utah

1931-1934 JOHN KIRKLAND CLARK
New York, New York

1934-1937 JAMES GRAFTON ROGERS
Boulder, Colorado

1937-1939 R.G. STOREY
Dallas, Texas

1939-1940 CHARLES E. DUNBAR, JR.
New Orleans, Louisiana

1940-1941 W. E. STANLEY
Wichita, Kansas

1941-1942 CHARLES W. RACINE
Toledo, Ohio

1942-1945 ALBERT J. HARNO
Urbana, Illinois

1945-1947 JOSEPH A. McCLAIN, JR.
Durham, North Carolina

1947-1949 HERBERT W. CLARK
San Francisco, California

1949-1951 RICHARD BENTLEY
Chicago, Illinois

1951-1953 THOMAS F. McDONALD
St. Louis, Missouri

1953-1955 JOHN M. ALLISON
Tampa, Florida

1955-1958 HERBERT W. CLARK
San Francisco, California

1958-1959 HOMER D. CROTTY
Los Angeles, California

1959-1961 PETER H. HOLME, JR.
Denver, Colorado

1961-1963 F.D.G. RIBBLE
Charlottesville, Virginia

1963-1964 CHARLES L. DECKER
Chicago, Illinois

1964-1966 OLIN E. WATTS
Jacksonville, Florida

1966-1968 G.W. PARKER, JR.
Fort Worth, Texas

1968-1969 ROBERT McD. SMITH
Birmingham, Alabama

1969-1970 HAROLD G. REUSCHLEIN
Villanova, Pennsylvania

1970-1971 MAXIMILIAN W. KEMPNER
New York, New York

1971-1972 EDWARD W. KUHN
Memphis, Tennessee

1972-1973 THOMAS H. ADAMS
Detroit, Michigan

1973-1974 CHARLES D. KELSO
Indianapolis, Indiana

1974-1975 R. W. NAHSTOLL
Portland, Oregon

1975-1976 E. CLINTON BAMBERGER, JR.
Washington, D.C.

1976-1977 GEORGE N. LEIGHTON
Chicago, Illinois

1977-1978 JOSEPH R. JULIN
Gainesville, Florida

1978-1979 SAMUEL D. THURMAN
Salt Lake City, Utah

1979-1980 LAWRENCE NEWMAN
New York, New York

1980-1981 WILLARD L. BOYD
Iowa City, Iowa

1981-1982 GORDON D. SCHABER
Sacramento, California

1982-1983 TALBOT D’ALEMBERTE
Miami, Florida

1983-1984 ROBERT B. McKAY
New York, New York

1984-1985 SAMUEL J. ROBERTS
Erie, Pennsylvania

1985-1986 ALFRED T. GOODWIN
Pasadena, California

1986-1987 FRANK K. WALWER
Tulsa, Oklahoma

1987-1988 ROSALIE E. WAHL
St. Paul, Minnesota

1988-1989 PHILIP S. ANDERSON
Little Rock, Arkansas

1989-1990 NORMAN REDLICH
New York, New York

1990-1991 JOSÉ GARCIA-PEDROSA
Miami, Florida

1991-1992 HENRY RAMSEY, JR.
Washington, D.C.

1992-1993 NINA S. APPEL
Chicago, Illinois

1993-1994 ROBERT A. STEIN
Minneapolis, Minnesota

1994-1995 JOSEPH W. BELLACOSA
Albany, New York

1995-1996 ERICA MOESER
Madison, Wisconsin

1996-1997 RUDOLPH C. HASL
Jamaica, New York

1997-1998 BEVERLY TARPLEY
Abilene, Texas

1998-1999 RANDALL T. SHEPARD
Indianapolis, Indiana

1999-2000  ROBERT K. Walsh
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

2000-2001  DIANE C. YU
St. Louis, Missouri

2001-2002 GERALD VANDEWALLE
Bismarck, North Dakota

2002-2003 E. THOMAS SULLIVAN
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2003-2004 PAULINE SCHNEIDER Esq.
Washington, D.C.

2004-2005 ELIZABETH B. LACY
Richmond, VA

2005-2006 STEVEN R. SMITH
San Diego, California

2006-2007 WILLIAM R. RAKES
Roanoke, Virginia

 

Former Consultants

1927-1930 H. CLAUDE HORACK, Advisor

1930-1934 WILL SHAFROTH, Advisor

1934-1935 ROBERT L. STEARNS, Advisor

1935-1940 WILL SHAFROTH, Advisor

1940-1941 LAWRENCE DeMUTH, Advisor

1941-1946 RUSSELL SULLIVAN, Acting Advisor

1946-1948 LAWRENCE DeMUTH, Advisor

1948-1968 JOHN G. HERVEY, Advisor

1968-1973 MILLARD H. RUUD, Consultant on Legal Education to the American Bar Association

1974-2000 JAMES P. WHITE, Consultant on Legal Education to the American Bar Association

2000-2006 JOHN A. SEBERT, Consultant on Legal Education to the American Bar Association

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