TEXAS TECH UNIVERSIlY
SCHOOL OF LAW
HONORS DAY
April 6. 1979
LAW CAUCUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
HONORS AND AWARDS PROGRAM
Dean Frank W. Elliott
GREETINGS
Presented by the Law Caucus to a third year
student who has best exemplified competency
and professional excellence.
LAW CAUCUS HUMANITARIAN AWARD
ADDRESS
Jerre S. Williams
President-Elect
Association of American Law Schools
PHI ALPHA DELTA AWARDS
Outstanding Professor of a First Year Course
Outstanding Professor of an Advanced Course
Outstanding Scholarship
James R. Alexander Award to the
Outstanding Active Member
PHI DELTA PHI AWARDS
Outstanding Graduating Student
Outstanding Member
Scholarship Awards
DELTA THETA PHI AWARDS
Presented to a faculty member or a third year
student for participation in law school or
community programs in the area of human rights.
TRIAL ADVOCACY
Awards presented to students who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in the
field of trial advocacy.
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS
Individual Plaque
WILLIAM R. MOSS TRIAL ADVOCACY AWARD
An award of $100
BOARD OF BARRISTERS AWARDS
Certificates in recognition of service
in the Board of Barristers program:
Chairman
Vice Chairman, Appellate Advocacy
Vice Chairman, Trial Advocacy
Hance, Thompson & Thomas Award to the
Outstanding Member
Vice Chairmen, General Programs
Marion T. Key Award to the Outstanding
Scholar
Secretary
Steven Watkins
Roger McCrummen
Earl Harcrow
Bill Helwig
Kenneth McAlister
Ed McConnell
HUGHES & HILL MOCK TRIAL AWARD
NATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM
An award of $250 to the winning team of the
Fall Mock Trial Competition.
W. Michael Greene
Tom Henry
Kelly Utsinger
Michael B. Charlton
W. Michael Greene
Ed McConnell
TEXAS YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION MOOT COURT TEAM
OUTSTANDING TRIAL ADVOCATE OF THE FALL MOCK TRIAL
COMPETITION
Kathleen Billingsley
Jon Kerr
Kelly Utsinger
An award of $100 to the outstanding oral
JESSUP INTERNATIONAL LAW MOOT COURT TEAM
William Hicks
Carolyn Johnsen
Steven Watkins
Gary Kissiah
John Rowley
Ed McConnell
(tie)
Christopher Stokes
JOHN LEE SMITH MEMORIAL AWARD
An award of $50 to the winning team in the
Spring Intraschool Mock Trial Competition.
NATIONAL MOCK TRIAL TEAMS
Charles Bundren
Michael B. Charlton
W. Michael Greene
advocate of the Fall Mock Trial Competition,
presented by Samuel Boyd ('77) and Don C.
Dennis ('76).
Jon Kerr
Ed McConnell
Kelly Utsinger
BROWN AND BROWN AWARD
An award of $150, and the inscription of their
names on a plaque permanently on display in the
law school, to the Client Counseling Team in
recognition of their participation in the national competition.
Terry Carr
Linda Groves
Steve Harr
OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARDS
An award of law books presented by Foundation
Press to students who have given outstanding
service to the competition teams, the Board of
Barristers, and the law school.
J. HADLEY EDGAR TRIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
An annual award of $100 to the mock trial competitor whose contribution best exemplifies the
dedication, perseverance, and trial skills worthy
of emulation by those desiring to develop as
barristers of the highest quality and reputation.
FIRST YEAR MOOT COURT COMPETITION
Certificates in recognition of the winning team
in the First Year Moot Court Competition.
Timothy G. Chovanec
David B. Weinstein
SPRING INTRASCHOOL MOOT COURT COMPETITION RUNNER UP
AWARDS
An award of $50 to the third place team.
An award of $100 to the second place team.
An award of $50 to the team having the best
brief.
GEARY, STAHL & SPENCER MOOT COURT AWARDS
DONALD M. HUNT OUTSTANDING BARRISTER AWARD
An award of $100 to the student who presented
the best oral argument in the semi-final round
in the Spring Intraschool Moot Court Competition.
An award of $200 to the winning team in the
Spring Intraschool Moot Court Competition.
An award of $100 to an outstanding member of
a moot court or mock trial competition team.
The award, named for the advisor to the Board
of Barristers, is presented annually by
Samuel Boyd ('77).
GEARY, STAHL & SPENCER MOOT COURT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
A scholarship award of $300 awarded annually to
a student who has distinguished himself and
brought credit to the School of Law through
participation in intercollegiate moot court
competition.
UNDERWOOD, WILSON, SUTTON, BERRY, STEIN & JOHNSON
MOOT COURT AWARDS
ORDER OF BARRISTERS
Trophies presented by the law firm Key, Carr,
Evans & Fouts to those students who, having
exhibited excellence and attained high honors
through the art of appellate advocacy and
mock trial competition, were selected as
national members of the Order of Barristers.
Awards in recognition of achievement in the Fall
Intraschool Moot Court Competition.
STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Awards of $25 to each member of the forth place
team.
(tie)
Tom Henry and William Hicks
Jay Goss and John Rowley
Awards of $50 to each member of the third place
team.
Carol Crabtree and Richard Wardroup
Awards of $100 to each member of the second place
team.
Charles Bundren and Carolyn Johnsen
Awards of $150 to each member of the first place
team.
Jon Kerr and Kelly Utsinger
An award of $100 to the student who presented the
best oral argument.
Kelly Utsinger
Past President
First Vice President
Second Vice President
President, third year
Vice President, third year
Vice President, second year
Board of Governors, second year
President, first year
Jon Kerr
Penny Willrich
Alan Carmichael
Kenneth McAlister
Daniel Barrett
Jeff Minor
Steven Harr
Michael Henry
STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION SERVICE AWARD
An award of $100 presented by the law firm
McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graf of
Lubbock, to the student who has contributed
outstanding service during the year to the
Student Bar Association and the Law School.
LAW REVIEW AWARDS
M. PENN L. AWARD
GRADUATE RECOGNITION CERTIFICATES
Editor-in-Chief
Gary W. Blanscet
Managing Editor
Douglas R. McSwane, Jr.
An award of $50 for the best researched and
summated law review article; awarded
annually by Myron Penn Laughlin, Esq., of
St. Petersburg, Florida.
Michael B. Charlton
Fifth Circuit
Symposium Editor
Laura Miller Keith
Frank G. McDonald
Larry D. Sherman
Case Notes Editors
Lynn H. Alexander
Tommy J. Swann
Comments Editors
JACKSON, WALKER, WINSTEAD, CANTWELL & MILLER
LAW REVIEW AWARD
An award of $100 to a staff member in
recognition of exemplary dedication to the
Law Review.
The recipient's name is added
to a permanent plaque on display in the
School of Law.
W. Charles Bundren
Articles, Topics and
Book Review Editor
LAW REVIEW ASSOCIATION SERVICE AWARD
Larry C. Bracken
Research Editor
Business Manager
Garland Benton Woodward
Medical Malpractice
Symposium Editor
Linda Corbell Groves
An award of $100 to an Associate Editor in
recognition of outstanding service to the
Law Review.
The recipient's name is added
to a permanent plaque on display in the
School of Law.
Associate Editors
OUTSTANDING EDITOR AWARD
Thomas E. Koniuszy
Katherine A. Campbell
Charles Neel Lemon, III
Janet T. Davis
William H. Lester, Jr.
W. Michael Greene
John McNey
Karen F. Harrison
Allen L. Price
Ed L. Huddleston
Joel L. Ross
Kevin J. Keith
W. Scott Wallace
SCRIBES AWARD
A two-year honorary membership in SCRIBES,
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF WRITERS ON LEGAL
SUBJECTS, to the Law Review graduating senior
who has demonstrated an ability to do
outstanding legal writing and editing.
An award of $250 to the Editor who has
contributed outstanding service to the
Law Review, presented by Marion T. Key.
LAW REVIEW SERVICE AWARD
An award of $100 presented by the law firm
of McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson, of Lubbock,
to the Law Review student who has contributed outstanding service during the year ..
KASMIR, WILLINGHAM & KRAGE AGRICULTURAL AWARD
An award of $250 to the student who prepares
the best article or paper in the area of
agricultural law.
ESTATE PLANNING AWARD
An annual award of $200 to a student who has
distinguished himself in the area of estate
planning, either by his performance in course
work or by the preparation of an outstanding
paper, presented by the firm Maddox, Maddox
and Cox of Hobbs, New Mexico.
US LAW WEEK AWARD
An award of one year's complimentary subscription
to US LAW WEEK presented by the Bureau of
National Affairs to the graduating student who
has made the most satisfactory scholastic progress
in his final year.
C.J.S. AWARDS
Each year the West Publishing Company awards one
selected title of Corpus Juris Secundum to the
freshman, the junior and the senior law student
who, in the opinion of the faculty, has made the
most significant contribution toward overall
legal scholarship.
C.J.S. awards are not to be
made on the basis of top grades in the class or
in any particular course.
JUDGE MEADE F. GRIFFIN AWARD
An award of $200 from Judge Griffin's former
briefing attorneys presented annually to the
graduating law student who, through industry,
perseverance, integrity, and character, has
best utilized the law school experience to
improve and prepare for service to the
profession and to mankind.
GEORGE W. AND SARAH H. DUPREE AWARD
An award of $100 presented to the member of
the graduating class who, in the opinion of
his or her colleagues, best exemplifies the
ability desired in one soon to join the legal
profession.
The recipient's name is added
to a permanent plaque on display in the School
of Law.
THE ORDER OF THE COIF
The Order of the Coif is the only national
legal honor society in the United States.
Members are elected annually from those
students ranking in the highest ten percent
of the graduating class whose character and
activities in legal education indicate their
worthiness for membership in the Order. The
students selected from the class of 1978 were:
Shelley Jean Cashion
Jon Anthony Hutnyak
Carol S. Leach
Robert D. Lybrand
Deets Davis Justice
Donald William Mills
Linda J. Norris
Michael DeWitt Parsons
Russell Farley Nelms
James R. Raup
Alex Franklin Sears
Frank Edward Weathered
Glenn D. West
Pamela Hobgood Wiese
BOARD OF BARRISTERS RECOGNITION AWARDS
The School of Law acknowledges with appreciation
donors of the following awards which will be
presented at a later date.
C. L. "CHARLEY" ADAMS, SR. PROPERTY AWARD
An award of $400 to the student who obtains the
highest combined grade average in the courses
Real Property Financing and Transactions and
Texas Land Titles.
The award is presented annually in honor of Mr. Adams by his son, Charles
Adams ('69), and his grandson, J. Collier Adams,
to promote interest and proficiency in the real
property field.
CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES P. ALEXANDER AWARD
An award of the four volume set, McDonald,
Texas Civil Practice, presented by Dean Frank
Elliott and Callaghan & Company, to the outstanding student in Texas Procedure for the
year.
The award is in honor of former Chief
Justice James P. Alexander, the father of
procedural reform in Texas.
WILLIAM B. BOHLING AWARD
An award of $100 to a student who has exhibited
high academic achievement and exemplary classroom
performance in Business Torts and Antitrust.
Samuel Boyd ('77) has presented this award in
honor of his former professor.
OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN TAXATION AWARD
An award of the three volume set of books,
Federal Tax Guide, by Prentice-Hall to the
student who achieved the best cumulative weighted
grade in Federal Income Tax and Estate and Gift
Tax courses.
HIGHEST CUMULATIVE SCHOLASTIC AVERAGE AWARD
A certificate evidencing that the recipient has
accumulated the highest scholastic average during
his entire law school attendance among the
students in the graduating class.
Certificafes in recognition of service:
Members of the Board of Barristers
Daniel R. Barrett
Kathleen Billingsley
Charles Bundren
Michael B. Charlton
Janet Davis
W. Michael Greene
Earl Harcrow
Michael Hartley
Bill Helwig
Jon Kerr
Gary Kissiah
Randall P. Means
Dan Meehan
Kenneth McAlister
Ed McConnell
Roger McCrummen
Shelby McCue
R. Edwin Pearce
Christopher Stokes
Kelly Utsinger
Steven Watkins
Associate Members
Carol Crabtree
Tom Henry
William Hicks
Carolyn Johnsen
Fred Raschke
John Rowley
Jerri Ward
Richard Wardroup
STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION AWARDS
Board of Governors, third year
Vice President, first year
Board of Governors, first year
Chief Justice, Judicial Council
Assoc. Justice, Judicial Council
Assoc. Justice, Judicial Council
ABA/LSD Representative
Steven Shipp
Sharen Wilson
Denette Vaughn
Fred Raschke
Conrad Day
Robert Barnhill
Anderson Carter
PUTTING HUBBY (OR HONEY) THROUGH DEGREES
Certificates awarding the honorary degree of
P.H.T. to those who, having provided for,
supported, encouraged, and otherwise faithfully
assisted their spouses through the Texas Tech
University School of Law.
Members of the Honors and Awards Committee 1978-79:
Professors Marple, Weninger and Wood, and
students Hollye Cappleman, Anderson Carter,
Larriet Thomas and Richard Wardroup.
The School of Law acknowledges with appreciation
the generous gifts of donors which have made
possible the annual presentation of the following
scholarships and loan funds.
ALVIN R. ALLISON SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant of $250 established by
Mr. Allison, attorney from Levelland, former
member of the Board of Directors of Texas
Tech and guiding force behind the creation
of the School of Law. It is awarded
annually to a deserving entering or advanced
student.
ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP
One or more scholarships, to be awarded
annually to deserving students, made
possible through gifts by alumni of the
School of Law to the Participating
Scholarship Donor Program of the Foundation.
R. GUY CARTER SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant of $500 donated annually
by R. Guy Carter, Esq., of the Dallas firm
of Carter, Jones, Magee, Rudberg, Moss &
Mayes to an outstanding entering law student.
WILLIAM C. CLARK SCHOLARSHIPS
Mrs. J. C. Clark and David G. Clark have
endowed these scholarships in memory of
their son and brother, a Lubbock attorney and
a member of the Class of 1942 of Texas Tech.
The scholarships are awarded to deserving
second or third year students.
CRENSHAW, DUPREE & MILAM SCHOLARSHIP
An annual scholarship of $500 contributed by
the law firm of Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam of
Lubbock, to be awarded to a worthy recipient
in any class.
SANDRA ALLISON DAVIS SCHOLARSHIP
DURWOOD H. BRADLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Mrs. Durwood H. Bradley and friends and
relatives have endowed these scholarships
in memory of Mr. Bradley, who was a
prominent Lubbock attorney for many years.
The scholarships are awarded to deserving
students.
C. H. AND JANET RILEY BROCKETT SCHOLARSHIP
An annual scholarship of $500 to be awarded
to a deserving first year student in need
of financial assistance.
A scholarship grant of $250 in honor of Mrs.
Davis, a Levelland attorney, awarded annually
to a deserving student in the second or third
year class.
J. J. DILLARD SCHOLARSHIPS
Bryan B. Dillard, a Lubbock attorney, has
established two $500 scholarships in memory
of his father, J. J. Dillard, who became a
Lubbock resident near the turn of the century
and practiced law here for a number of years.
They are awarded to deserving students.
EL PASO BAR AUXILIARY SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant from the Auxiliary to aid
a deserving law student from El Paso.
FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship provided annually to a deserving
student by the faculty of the School of Law.
FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI SCHOLARSHIPS
Three annual scholarships of $150 each by the
named Houston law firm to the student selected
as editor of the Texas Tech Law Review and to
the students who have made the highest scholastic average in the first and second year classes.
GIBSON, OCHSNER & ADKINS SCHOLARSHIP
An annual scholarship of $500 by the named
Amarillo law firm to an outstanding student in
need of financial assistance.
LAWRENCE F. GREEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant of $200 established in
memory of the late Lubbock attorney by John F.
Maner of Lubbock, to a deserving second or third
year student.
FRANK K. HARRELL, JR. SCHOLARSHIP
An annual scholarship of $300 established by
Gary Harrell ('73) in memory of his father
to be awarded to a student in need of financial assistance.
JOHN V. HAYSLIP SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship of $300 given by John V. Hayslip,
Texas City and Galveston attorney who is an
alumnus ('74) of the law school, to be awarded
to a deserving student.
JUDGE E. E. JORDAN SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant of $250 to honor Judge
Jordan by an Amarillo donor who wishes to
remain anonymous.
LIDDELL, SAPP, ZIVLEY & BROWN SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship of $1,000 dedicated to the
president of the Student Bar Association.
LUBBOCK ATTORNEYS' MOOT COURT SCHOLARSHIPS
One or more scholarship grants made
possible annually by gifts from Lubbock
attorneys. Early contributors to this
scholarship program are Walters and
Associates and George E. Gilkerson.
LUBBOCK BAR AUXILIARY SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant of $200 to a married
student in need of financial assistance.
JOE H. NAGY SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant of $400, established
to honor Lubbock attorney Joe H. Nagy by
his wife and children, to be awarded
annually to a deserving student in need
of financial assistance.
G. HOBERT AND AILEEN HACKNEY NELSON SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant endowed by the children
of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson to honor their
parents, longtime Lubbock residents. It
is awarded annually to a deserving second
or third year student.
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SCHOLARSHIP
THOMPSON & KNIGHT, SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant of $300 established in
memory of the late South Texas attorney-geologist
by his widow, of Beaumont, and son, of the
faculty. It is awarded annually to a deserving
student in any class in need of financial
assistance.
A scholarship grant of $1,000 by the named
Dallas law firm to be awarded to a deserving
student member or candidate of the Texas Tech
Law Review in need of financial assistance.
W. B. FOUNDATION, INC., SCHOLARSHIPS
J. W. SANDERS SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant of $250 established to
honor the Amarillo attorney by his partner,
E. R. Finney, to a deserving second or third
year student.
SCOGGIN-DICKEY SCHOLARSHIPS
Two scholarships in the amount of $500 each to
graduates of Texas Tech University, presented
annually by the Scoggin-Dickey Buick Company
of Lubbock through the Texas Tech Ex-Student's
Association.
CURT F. STEIB, JR., MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship in memory of Curt Steib, Jr.,
a member of the Class of 1977, endowed by his
family, classmates, and friends. It is awarded
annually to a student in financial need.
JOHN E. THOMASON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant of $250 established to
honor the late Midland attorney by his family
and friends. It is to be awarded annually to
a deserving second or third year student.
Grants in varying amounts established by the
named Foundation to be awarded to deserving
students.
HERB AND MARY WILLS ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship in the amount of $300 established
by Donald V.W. Wills ('74) in honor of his
parents, to be awarded to a deserving second
year student in the upper ten percent of his
class.
TEXAS TECH LAW PARTNERS SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship of $130 awarded to a law student
in need of financial assistance.
ALVIN R. AND ALETHA FAYE ALLISON LOAN FUND
Mr. and Mrs. Allison of Levelland have
endowed this fund to provide short-term loans
to students in need of financial assistance
while pursuing the study of law.
JUDGE DAN BLAIR LOAN FUND
Judge Blair served as District Judge for
Lubbock, Hockley, Cochran, and Crosby
counties, 1936-51. These funds are available
to students for short-term loans.
CHILDRESS
CO L~ TY
FUND
Attorne ys f r om Childress Coun t y have
established this fund to aid students fro m
their coun t y. The fund is composed of sums
received by the attorneys for their services
in representing indigents in the courts of
the county .
JUDGE
MARVI~
JONES LOAN FUND
The late Judge Jones, a leader in the
establishment of Texas Tech, a former
Congressman from West Texas, and former
Senior Judge on the U. S . Court of Claims,
made funds available for short-term loans
to law students.
JUDGE E. E. JORDAN LOAN FUND
Judge Jordan, retired from the 47th District
Court in Amarillo, has provided a fund for
law students who find themselves in
unanticipated, short-term financial
difficulties.
VICTOR H. LINDSEY MEMORIAL FUND
At the suggestion of Mrs. Victor H. Lindsey
of Lubbock, widow of Judge Victor H. Lindsey,
of the 72nd District Court, the Lubbock
County Bar Association and friends of the
late Judge Lindsey have created this fund
for loans and other financial assistance to
law students in need .
DREW
SIMPSO ~
MEMORIAL FUND
A fund established by the family, colleagues,
and friends of Drew Simpson ('74) upon his
death in February, 1972. Its purpose is to
aid students in financial difficulty.