Admitted
1951, Missouri; 1962, Oklahoma; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Law School
University of Missouri, LL.B., 1951; Columbia University, LL.M., 1955
Law School Graduation Year
1955
College
University of Missouri, A.B., 1949
Memberships
Cleveland County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations.
Biographical
Phi Alpha Delta (Justice, Benton Chapter, 1950-1951); Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, University of Missouri, Kansas City Law Review, 1950-1951. Edwin H. Armstrong Fellow, Columbia University Law School, 1954-1955. Author: Manual of Evidence, Oklahoma Highway Safety Program, 1973; Predictive Sentencing; An Empirical Evaluation, Lexington Books, D.C. Heath & Co., 1976; Commentary to Oklahoma Evidence Code, West Publishing Co., 12 Oklahoma Statutes Annotated §§2101 et seq., 1978; Readings on Evidence: A Federal Approach, University of Oklahoma Continuing Legal Education, 1982; Whinery, Oklahoma Evidence, V.I. Guide to Oklahoma Evidence Code, West Publishing Co., 1985. Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma, 1959—. Member of Faculty, National Judicial College, 1972—; Chairman, Faculty Council, 1987. Lecturer, American Academy of Judicial Education, 1974—. Judge, 1961-1978 and Presiding Judge, 1964-1978, Municipal Criminal Court, Norman, Oklahoma.
Military
Corp. USAF, 1944-1946