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1 Prob. Notes. 1 (1974-1975)

handle is hein.journals/acteclj1 and id is 1 raw text is: ,. NICHOLAS, JVERR,, EDITOR FOUNDED 1949 HAROLD I. BOUCHER, ASSISTANT EDITOR Fall Issue 1974 PRESIDENT'S REPORT My very able predecessors have built for the College a fine heritage which we must try to broaden and enrich. Toward that end our objectives this year will be to continue with improvements and reforms in our specialty, probate law, and to improve our professional skills in our daily practice, all the while maintaining good fellowship with one another. Prior to 1973, some able leaders in this College had built up several institutional traditions which have helped sustain and improve the quality of our membership - (1) the con- tinuing surveys and charts which have proved so useful, (2) the College Newsletters which in addition to the current views of interest to our members has contained useful articles and information of everyday practical use in the bread-and-butter aspect of our practice, (3) the adherence which our College has given to constructive probate law reform and improvement, particularly the advancement of the Uniform Probate Code and a continuing analysis of its consequences to the various states, and (4) the intensive one-day annual meeting each August at the time of the American Bar Association Convention with its symposia of great interest and a dinner presentation that has helped to cement our mutual ties to one another with good fellow- ship. Then with Bjarne Johnson in March of 1973 came the six-day Mid-Year Meeting at the Kahala Hilton in Honolulu, a truly significant innovation that broke the College's umbil- ical cord to the American Bar Association, has given an even greater professional cast to our College and has helped to achieve closer ties of camaraderie among our members. That meeting, together with the outstanding Mexico City meeting in March of this year under the leadership of Harrison Durand, and the high hopes for a successful meet- ing in San Juan in March of next year, have established and Continued on Page 2 ELECTIONS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING The following persons were elected to the position of Regents for a three year term beginning at the annual meet- ing, August 10, 1974: William H. Bell, Tulsa, Oklahoma Stephen H. Clink, Muskegon, Michigan Milton Greenfield, Jr., St. Louis, Missouri Edward S. Hirschler, Richmond, Virginia Hugh L. Macneil, Los Angeles, California Robert A. May, Tucson, Arizona Julian J. Nexsen, Columbia, South Carolina W. J. Oven, Jr., Tallahassee, Florida John R. Pleasant, Shreveport, Louisiana Kenneth G. Pringle, Minot, North Dakota John E. Rogerson, Boston, Massachusetts In addition, Ralph H. Miller, Salt Lake City, Utah, was elected to fill the unexpired term of Owen G. Reichman, whose term would have expired in 1976. At the annual meeting, the Regents elected the following officers to serve for the ensuing year: President-Elect - William P. Cantwell Denver, Colorado Vice-President - J. Nicholas Shriver, Jr. Baltimore, Maryland Secretary - William H. Bell Tulsa, Oklahoma Treasurer - Harley J. Spitler San Francisco, California Edward B. Winn, who had served the previous year as President-Elect automatically became President under our By-Laws. In addition to the officers of the College, President Winn has appointed the following members of the Board of Regents to serve as ad-hoc members of the Executive Committee during the ensuing year: David R. Brink, Minneapolis, Minnesota Kenneth G. Pringle, Minot, North Dakota E. Frederick Velikanje, Yakima, Washington 1 ,. NICHOLAS rP\Q F)In FOUNDED 1949 HAROLD I. BOUCHER, ASSISTANT EDITOR

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