Julian Seesel Waterman was an American legal and economic scholar who was the founder and inaugural dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law[1][2]
Julian Seesel Waterman | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 8, 1891 |
| Died | September 18, 1943 (aged 52) |
| Education | Tulane University (B.A.) University of Michigan (M.A.) University of Chicago Law School (J.D.) |
Education and career
editWaterman was born on September 8, 1891, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. After graduating from Pine Bluff High School, he attended Tulane University, where he graduated with a B.A. in 1912. In 1913, he graduated from the University of Michigan with an M.A. in economics. Between 1914 and 1922, he served as a professor of economics at the University of Arkansas.[1] During this time, he occasionally took leave to study at the University of Chicago Law School, where he earned a J.D. with honors in 1923 and finished first in his class.[2]
During his time at Chicago, Waterman was approached by the president of the University of Arkansas, John C. Futrall, to conduct research on what would be required to establish a law school at Arkansas. After conferring with the dean of the University of Chicago Law School, James Parker Hall, Waterman produced a report explaining the feasibility of creating a new law school.[3] After further correspondence with Futrall, Waterman returned to Arkansas and became involved in the planning of the new law school,[4] which the university's board of trustees approved on April 14, 1924.[2] The law school was established, with Waterman serving as its first dean. He later served as vice president of the University of Arkansas from 1937 to 1943.[1]
On September 18, 1943, Waterman died of a ruptured appendix.[3] In 1953, the university named Waterman Hall in his memory.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Julian S. Waterman | University of Arkansas Library Digital Collection". www.digitalcollections.uark.edu.
- ^ a b c Robert A. Leflar, Legal Education in Arkansas: A Brief History of the Law School, 21 Arkansas Historical Quarterly 99 (1962).
- ^ a b Carolyn Gray LeMaster, Robert A. Leflar, Corner of the Tapestry: a History of the Jewish Experience in Ar 1820s-1990s (University of Arkansas Press, 1994)
- ^ Robert R. Wright, Old Seeds in the New Land: History and Reminiscences of the Bar of Arkansas (Arkansas Bar Foundation, 2001)