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35 Sw. L.J. 553 (1981-1982)
Dean Robert Gerald Storey

handle is hein.journals/smulr35 and id is 577 raw text is: IN MEMORIAM: DEAN ROBERT GERALD STOREY by A. J Thomas, Jr.* I FIRST had the pleasure of meeting Robert Storey in the summer of 1947, shortly after he had accepted the deanship of Southern Method- ist University School of Law. At that time, I, as a young man, was looking for a position, but not necessarily in the field of law teaching. We struck it off well together. Both of us were interested in international law, international affairs, and in a quest for world peace through law. He re- cently had returned to the United States from his duties at the Nuremberg Tribunal, and I recently had returned from the Foreign Service of the United States. In that first interview with Storey, I was impressed with his dynamism, his vigor, and his dreams for a better world. He convinced me that he was going to convert the Southern Methodist University School of Law into a preeminent institution, second to none, to advance legal educa- tion in the Southwest. He inspired me to become part of this goal. Thus, in the fall of 1947 I joined the faculty of the Law School to help Storey advance his objective. Never did a man so live up to what he said he would do. Despite scoff- ers and doubters, Storey did not waver. He took his cause to the lawyers and businessmen of Texas and the surrounding states of the region in or- der to persuade them of the value that would be reaped through the estab- lishment in Dallas at SMU of a great legal center. Not only did he seek a training center of best quality for young people pursuing their legal educa- tion, but he also sought the establishment of a place where lawyers could come to renew and refresh their knowledge of the law, a center dedicated to continuing legal education through a series of institutes, seminars, and short courses designed for the practicing attorney. A drive for finances began. Members and nonmembers of the legal profession responded to the Dean's entreaties and reasoning powers. The drive was successful. Within a short time foundations were laid for two new law buildings on the SMU campus. One must realize what the SMU Law School was like when Robert G. Storey became dean, and what it came to be a few years thereafter, in order to realize the miracle that he wrought. In 1947 the physical facilities * B.S., A&M College of Texas; LL.B., University of Texas; LL.M., S.J.D., University of Michigan. William Hawley Atwell Professor of Constitutional Law, Southern Methodist University; Dean Ad Interim, 1978-1980.

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