TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
HONORS DAY
April 7, 1978
CAUCUS ACHIEVEMENT
HONORS AND AWARDS PROGRAM
Dean Frank W. Elliott
GREETINGS
Presented
the Law Caucus to a third year
student who has best
ied
and
ional excellence
The Honorable Robert W. Calvert
ADDRESS
CAUCUS HUMANITARIAN AWARD
STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION SERVICE AWARD
An award of $100 presented by the law firm
of 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.
PHI ALPHA
AWARDS
Outstanding Professor
Outstanding Scholarship
Outstanding Active Member
PHI DELTA PHI AWARDS
Outstanding Graduating Student
Outstanding Member
Scholarship Awards
DELTA THETA PHI AWARDS
Hance, Thompson & Thomas Award to the
Outstanding Member
Marion T. Key Award to the Outstanding
Scholar
Presented to a
member or a third year
in law school or
student for
programs in the area of human
TRIAL ADVOCACY
Three awards presented to students in Trial
Advocacy who have demonstrated outstand
accomplishments in the field of trial
advocacy,
SOUTH PLAINS TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
Law Books and the inscription of
their names on a plaque
held in the Law School~
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS
Individual Plaques
WILLIAM R. MOSS TRIAL ADVOCACY AWARDS
An award of $100 each
BARRISTERS AWARDS
Certificates in recognition of service
appellate advocacy program:
David Hamilton
Vice
of
Vice
of
Advocacy Randall R. Moore
Chairperson
Mock Trial
Ronald G.
Chairperson
General Programs
N. Keith Williams
Kerwin
An award
Texas Tech
Robert D.
James R.
NATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM
An award of law books is presented
The Association of the Bar of the
of New York to the teams who
icipate in the final rounds.
David Hamilton
Randall R. Moore
Kerwin Stephens
STATE JUNIOR BAR MOOT COURT TEAM
David Hamilton
Randall R. Moore
Kelly Utsinger
JESSUP INTERNATIONAL LAW MOOT COURT TEAM
Kathleen Billingsley
W. Michael Greene
Jonathan G. Kerr
Kelly Utsinger
NATIONAL MOCK TRIAL TEAMS
Shelley J. Cashion
Robert D. Lybrand
James R. Raup
James O. Collins
James L. Gorsuch
David Hamilton
OUTSTANDING ORAL
TRIAL CuMPETITION
OF
An award of
to the
oral
advocate of the Texas Tech Mock Trial
INTRASCHOOL MOOT COURT COMPETITION
AWARDS
Awards of $25 to each member of the
place teams.
third
Awards of $50 to each member of the second
place team.
GEARY, STAHL, KOONS, ROHDE & SPENCER MOOT COURT
AWARDS
.$100 to the student who
the best oral argument
the semi-f
round.
An award of
award of $200 to the
intraschool Moot Court
An
in
GEARY, STAHL, KOONS, ROHDE & SPENCER MOOT COURT
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
award of $300 awarded
student who has distinguished himself
credit to the School of Law
participation in
moot court competition.
NATIONAL CLIENT COUNSELING COMPETITION TEAM
Certificates and cash awards in
of their participation in the national
competition and the inscription of their
names on a plaque presented by the law firm
of Brown and Brown and permanently on display
in the School of Law.
Angela Adams
Gary W. Blanscet
William A. Hicks
ORDER OF BARRISTERS
Trophies presented by the law firm of 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.
STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Robert D. Lybrand
Past President
First Vice President
Kelly Utsinger
Second Vice President
Susan Tom
John Walsh
ABA/LSD Representative
ABA/LSD National SecretarySusan Stedman
Treasurer
Russell Thornton
President, First Year Class
Randall K. Hill
Election Committee Chairpersons
Roger L. Hood
Patricia A. Moseley
Editor, Quo Newsletter
DINGUS SCHOLARSHIP
annual
of
or
student of
has demonstrated
of
for 1977-78
D Michael Dodd
WILLINGHAM
KRAGE AGRICULTURAL LAW AWARD
An award of $250 to the student who
preparc3 the best article or paper in
the area of
law.
Winner of the 1978 award for her paper,
"Whether a Farmer Is a Merchant Within the
and Intent of Section 2.20l(b) and Is
Thereby Barred from Assert
a Statute of
Frauds Defense Is a
ion of Fact."
Pamela Hobgood Wiese
STATE BAR OF
SECTION ON CORPORATION,
BANKING AND BUSINESS LAW AWARD
An award of $300 to the student who
presented the best comment on corporation,
banking or business law
in a
Texas law review during the prior year.
Winner of the award for his paper,
"The McFadden Act and Remote Electronics
Banking: The Classification Quandry"
Charles R. Watson
M. PENN L. AWARD
LAW REVIEW AWARDS
GRADUATE RECOGNITION CERTIFICATES
James R.
Editor-in-Chief
Editor
Fifth Circuit
Symposium Editor
Donald W. Mills
Pamela
An award of $50 for the best researched and
summated
review article; awarded
Penn
., of
, Florida.
Wiese
REVIEW SERVICE AWARD
Case Notes Editor
Comments Editors
Articles and Topics
Editors
J. Cashion
Alex F. Sears
Kenric R. Hevron
Frank Weathered
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.
Rodney Patterson
Glenn D. West
LAW REVIEW ASSOCIATION SERVICE AWARD
Research Editor
Book Review Editor
Business Manager
David W. Hammer
Michael D. Parsons
James O. Collins
Associate Editors
Robert D. Lybrand
Cooper G. Dibrell
Russell F. Nelms
Buddy R. Dossett
Gerald D. Quast
D. Woody Glenn
Susan Sanders
Jon A. Hutnyak
M. Robin Smith
Carol S. Leach
Tim S. Leonard
John H. Sowell III
Glenn D. West
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 $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.
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.
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.
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
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.
NATIONAL WHO'S WHO AWARD
Certificates are presented to students who
have been elected to Who's Who Among Students
in American Colleges and Universities in
recognition of outstanding merit and
accomplishment.
David Hamilton
Robert D. Lybrand
James R. Raup
Susan Stedman
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 1977 were:
Robert B. Bieck
Michael L. Dunn
Timothy D. Blakeley
David C. Greenhaw
Samuel L. Boyd
Gene S. Hagood
Michael C. Boyle
Walter B. Huffman
Deborah D. Brown
Robert A. Junell
Luis Chavez
Betty L. Little
Don C. Dennis
Deborah D. Welch
Thomas W. Wren
The School of Law acknowledges with appreciation
donors of the following awards which will be
presented at a later date.
CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES P. ALEXANDER AWARD
An award of the four volume set, McDondld,
Texas Civil Practice,
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.
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. To be
announced after all tax grades are computed.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF BARRISTERS
Certificates in recognition of services as
of the Board of Barristers to:
Michael A. Chovanec
Mills
Michael D Deegan
Roger
Pipes
Nathan Griffin
James R.
David M. Hammer
A. Risher Smith
Carol S. Leach
Susan Stedman
James M. Stewart
STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION RECOGNITION AWARDS
President, third year
Charles W. Stocker
Vice President, third year
Lynn C. Evans
Board of Governors, third year
Ronald Felty
President, second year
Robert V. Garcia
Vice President, second year
Susan Tom
Board of Governors, second year
Timothy Nestor
Vice President, first year
Richard W. Darnell
Board of Governors, first year
Fred Raschke
Chief Justice, Judicial Council
Douglas McSwane
Assoc. Justice, Judicial Council
Joseph Pitzinger
Assoc. Justice, Judicial Council
Randall K. Hill
Chairpersons:
Social Committee
Wendel A. Withrow
Stephen Rodgers
Curriculum Committee
Buddy R. Dossett
Speakers Committee
Dianne Thompson
PUTTING HUBBY (OR HONEY) THROUGH DEGREES
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.
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 1977-78:
Professors Marple, Weninger and Wood, and
students Anderson Carter, Deane Glenn, George
Shaffer and Steven Watkins.
The School of
the
annual
loan funds.
with
which have made
of the
established
Levelland, former
of Texas
to a
advanced
student.
SCHOLARSHIP
One
, to be awarded
students, made
alumni of the
School of Law to the Participating
Donor
of the Foundation.
ROGER V. BATTISTONI SCHOLARSHIPS
Two
for deserving
minority students in need of financial
assistance.
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
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.
DURWOOD H. BRADLEY SCHOLARSHIP
J. J. DILLARD SCHOLARSHIPS
Mrs. Durwood H Bradley and friends and
relatives have endowed these scholarships
in memory of Mr.
, who was a
prominent Lubbock
for many years.
The scholar
are awarded to deserving
students.
C. H. AND JANET RILEY BROCKETT SCHOLARSHIP
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
An annual scholarship of $500 to be awarded
to a deserving first year student in need
of financial assistance.
A scholarship grant from the Auxiliary to aid
a deserving law student from El Paso.
JUDGE E. E. JORDAN SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship grant of $250 to honor
Jordan
an Amarillo donor who wishes to
remain anonymous.
LIDDELL, SAPP, ZIVLEY & BROWN SCHOLARSHIP
of
,000 dedicated to the
the Student Bar Association.
LUBBOCK ATTORNEYS' MOOT COURT SCHOLARSHIPS
OCHSNER &
student
in need of financial assistance
A
memory
F. Maner
or third year student
a
established in
attorney by John
second
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
FRP~K
K HARRELL, JR. SCHOLARSHIP
An annual scholarship of $300 established
by Gary Harrell ('73)
memory of his
father to be awarded to a student in need
of financial assistance.
JOHN V. HAYSLIP SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship of $300
by John V. Hayslip,
Texas City and Galveston attorney who is an
alumnus ( 74) of the law school, to be
awarded to a
s
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.
SCHOLARSHIP
W. R
of $300 established in
of the late South Texas
of Beaumont, and son of the
It is
to
any
assistance.
A s
J
SANDERS SCHOLARSHIP
s
of 250 established
honor the Amarillo attorney by his
E. R.
, to a
second or third
year student.
CURT
STEIB, JR., MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
A s
in memory of Curt Steib, Jr.,
a member of the Class of 1977, endowed by his
family, classmates, and friends. It is awarded
to a student in financial need.
TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COUNSEL SCHOLARSHIPS
Two scholarship grants of $250 each by the
Texas Association of Defense Counsel to be
awarded annually to worthy students who, after
considering their financial need, pragmatism,
and pursuit of knowledge, exhibit a strong
interest in the field of trial advocacy.
THOMPSON, KNIGHT, SIMMONS & BULLION SCHOLARSHIP
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
Grants in
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 esta~lished
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.
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.
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 COUNTY FUND
Attorneys from Childress County have
established this fund to aid students from
their county. The fund is composed of sums
received by the attorneys for their services
in representing indigents in the courts of
the county.
JUDGE MARVIN 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 st ud ents who find themselves in
unanticipated, short-term financial
difficulties.
VI CTOR 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 SIMPSON 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.