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—THE ANNOTATION—
Summer, 1985
Dean Search Begins
By Lee Shirley
A committee, charged with taking
applications, conducting interviews
and making nominations, has been
appointed to conduct a national
search for a new permanent dean for
the South Texas College of Law, ac-
cording to the committee's chair
Prof. David R. Hendrick, Jr.
In an interview, Prof. Hendrick
said that the Search Committee was
authorized by the Board of Trustees
during its annual meeting last
December. The committee members
were selected by the Chairman of the
Board of Trustees, Edgar E.
Townes. The appointments were an-
nounced on April ISth.
The first meeting of the search
committee was held on June 25th,
and according to Prof. Hendrick,
the first order of business was to
establish criterion for the new dean
as well as to set the steps for the
selection process. At this point,
Prof. Hendrick has "no preconcep-
tions" about what type of individual
the committee will be seeking. How-
ever, his main objective is to follow
the mandate given by the Board of
Trustees that the search be "open
and national". Prof. Hendrick also
commented that the new dean could
be "one of our own people or an
outsider."
In choosing the members of the
committee, Prof. Hendrick said that
individuals were chosen from all
constituencies of the school and the
legal community. Included as
members are seven faculty members
including Prof. Hendrick, Hon.
Judge Spurgeon E. Bell, Elaine
Carlson, Beverly Charles, W. David
East, Frances Thompson and
William B. Wharton; three trustees
— Charles R. Dunn, A.M. Mon-
crief and Charles V. Staffa; two
students Terrie Gerlich and James
Shepherd; Federal District Court
Judge Norman W. Black; Chief
Justice of the Fourteenth Court of
Appeals Curtiss J. Brown; and
Haylett O'Neill, Jr. a member of the
public Governor Adviser at Rice
University.
At present, the role of Dean of the
College and President of the South
Texas College of Law Corporation is
filled by W. Joseph Williamson, just
as the late Dean, Garland Walker,
filled both roles. In the future, Prof.
Hendrick said the role of President
will be separated from that of Dean.
Dean Williamson will continue as
Chief Executive and Financial Of-
ficer of the Corporation while the
new dean will function as Chief Aca-
demic Officer and Chief Executive
Officer of the College.
In order to prepare for his role as
committee chairman, Prof. Hend-
rick has already met with the Ex-
ecutive Director of the Association
of American Law Schools and with
the Consultant on Legal Education
of the A.B.A. Section of Legal
Education in order to get informa-
tion about the requisites of search
committee procedure and criterion.
Although neither organization has
specific requirements for the new
dean, Prof- Hendrick said that the
AALS and the ABA have certain
recognized traditions. Among these
are that the school faculty play a ma-
jor role in the committee and that all
constituencies of the school be given
a hearing.
In addition, Prof. Hendrick has
attended two national conferences
during which he met with deans and
senior professors from law schools
across the country. Prof. Hendrick
said he planned to contact several of
these educators again in the coming
months for further recommenda-
tions. The process should begin, ac-
cording to Prof. Hendrick, by
advertising in selected periodicals
across the nation. Among these are
the Chronicle of Higher Education,
the ABA Journal, the Texas Bar
Journal and the Wall Street Journal.
Prof. Hendrick plans to keep the
student body informed of develop-
ments in the search by posting
notices, and he also said that the
committee may be willing to take
suggestions from students regarding
possible candidates for the position.
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Yanger, William L. South Texas College of Law, The Annotation (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 1, Summer, 1985, newspaper, 1985; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth144434/m1/4/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Texas College of Law.