Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1963-1966)

JANUARY MEETING, 1966

1201

Beyond this, he is a superb teacher. He has a reputation for careful, comprehensive, and stimulating classroom development of difficult areas. The Law
School's program in international law is, in a real sense, the creation of Professor Bishop. It is one of the most extensive in this country, and, due to his
initiative and foresight, the total international law curriculum encompasses eleven
courses and seminars. This wealth attracts a goodly number of domestic and
foreign graduate students each year; Professor Bishop counsels these exceptional
students in their research, which, in published form, has enriched international
law literature throughout the world.
As Co-Director of the International Legal Studies Program of the Law School,
Professor Bishop has been instrumental in encouraging comparative law activities
by members of the law faculty, and has seen to it that an increasing number of
Michigan law graduates spend time abroad, studying foreign systems of law.
Thus, the Law School's strong comparative law program, as well as the international law curriculum, bear the impress of Professor Bishop's great capacity
as teacher, scholar, counselor, and administrator.
The title Edwin DeWitt Dickinson University Professor of Law was chosen
because of Professor Dickinson's connection with The University of Michigan
and his very great eminence and distinction in the field of international law.
Professor Dickinson, who died in 1961, received a J.D. degree from The University of Michigan and taught international law at the Law School of The
University of Michigan from 1919 to 1933. During this time he did much to
develop international law at Michigan and to build the foundation for the School's
present strength in comparative and international legal studies. During the time
that he taught at the University of Michigan Law School and since then, he
achieved the reputation as this country's outstanding teacher in the field of international law. In addition to his being a great teacher and scholar, he served as
Special Assistant to the United States Attorney General in Washington from
1941 to 1943, General Counsel of the American-Mexican Claims Commission
from 1943 to 1944, brief service with the UNRRA and at the San Francisco
Conference in 1945, and the chairmanship of the United States Alien Enemy
Repatriation Board. He also was named the United States Commissioner on the
Inter-American Permanent Commission of Investigation and Conciliation, and as
a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Professor Dickinson's distinction was recognized by his peers when in 1949 he served as President of the
Association of American Law Schools and in 1952-53 as President of the American
Society of International Law. The name Edwin DeWitt Dickinson adds stature
to the University professorship for which Professor Bishop is recommended.
Dr. Dennison is a scientist of international reputation, a dedicated member D. M. Dennison:
of the faculty, and a long-time servant to the University and to the nation. Dr. Harrison M.
Dennison has been adviser to the National Science Foundation as well as a member Randall University
of its Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee and adviser in physics to the National Professor of
Bureau of Standards. Throughout World War II he was consultant to the Office Physics
of Scientific Research and Development, dividing his time among Washington,
Albuquerque, and Ann Arbor, and later as a member of the Metcalf Committee
he served the United States Navy in making a critical evaluation of some of its
newly developed scientific equipment. Officials in Washington have expressed their
deep appreciation for Dr. Dennison's contribution to the national effort in several
important fields.
As a member of the faculty of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts,
Professor Dennison has served most capably and most generously. After receiving
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1924 from The University of Michigan, he
was appointed Instructor in Physics in 1927, and rose rapidly to the rank of
Professor of Physics in 1935. Throughout his career as a teacher, he has demonstrated his very great continuing interest in students, both undergraduate and
graduate. For ten years, 1955-65, he was Chairman of his Department. During
this period the Department has shown remarkable growth and has more than
maintained its position of eminence among departments of physics in the United
States. Although it is a very large and exceedingly complex organization, the
Department has made balanced progress, and the needs both of teaching and of
research have been met effectively. It is a tribute both to the Department of
Physics and to Professor Dennison's leadership that the national Commission on
the College Teaching of Physics has affiliated itself with The University of
Michigan.
The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, and the President of the
University have expressed their high confidence in Dr. Dennison by asking him