Education

Yale College, B.A. 1969, Magna Cum Laude with exceptional distinction in History, Phi Beta Kappa; Majored in British History; Senior Essay, "The Regulation of Printing in England: 1629-1641"; Member, Elizabethan Club

Yale Law School, J.D. 1974: Carter Ledyard & Millburn Prize; Articles Editor, Yale Law Journal

Employment

United States Navy, 1969-1971: Surface Line Officer, U.S.S. Glover AGDE-1

Hill & Barlow, Boston, 1974-1978: Associate Attorney, Tax and Corporate Departments, specializing in employee benefits

Boston University School of Law 1978-1980: Associate Professor of Law

Cornell University, 1980 to 1998: Associate Professor of Law, 1980-1982; Professor of Law, 1982-1988; Editor, Law and History Review, 1982-1987; Dean and Professor Law, 1988 to 1998; Allen R. Tessler Dean from March 15, 1995 until July 1998

Edinburgh University, Fall 1986: In residence while on sabbatic leave; Westfalische-Williams-Universitat, Munster, Germany: Visiting Fellow, Spring 1993

Grinnell College, 1998 - present: President & Professor of History and Political Science

Selected Publications

Books

Cases and Materials on Employee Benefits (West Publishing Co., July 1996), with Peter J. Wiedenbeck of the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis (working on a second edition)

The Law in Massachusetts: The Supreme Judicial Court 1692-1992, Editor and Contributor, 1992, Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society

The Law of Pensions and Profit-Sharing. Qualified Retirement Plans and Other Deferred Compensation Arrangements (1984, Little Brown) with Supplements

Works in Progress

"Judicial Independence in 18th Century England and the American Colonies" (in progress)

Selected Articles

"Law in Sir Thomas More's Utopia as Compared to His Lord Chancellorship," Paper Delivered at Conference on Thomas More, Held at the University of Dallas in November, 2005, Published in Proceedings

"Law in Early Iowa," Adventures of the Law: Proceedings of the 16th British Legal History Conference, Dublin, (Four Courts Press, 2005)

"The Story of Schlude: The Origin of the Tax/Financial Accounting GA(A)P" in Tax Stories: An In-Depth Look at Ten Leading Federal Income Tax Cases (Foundation Press, New York, 2003)

"Some Thoughts on the Modern Penological Implications of Plato's Laws" in Lex et Romanitas: Essays for Alan Watson (Berkeley, 2000)

"The Enterprise of Judging," 17 Harv. J. Law & Public Policy 13 (1994)

"Isaac Parker: Republican Judge, Federalist Values," in The Law in Massachusetts: The Supreme Judicial Court, 1662-1992 (Editor and Contributor, 1992, Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society)

"Overview on the Supreme Judicial Court" also in the foregoing

"Early Versions and Practices of Separation of Powers: A Comment," 30 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 279 (1989)

"Taxation of Compensation to the Recipient and Deductibility to the Payer," in Bender's Federal Tax Service, Matthew Bender & Co., Inc. (1989)

"Government Functions and Constitutional Doctrine: The Historical Constitution," 72 Cornell L. Rev. 553 (1987)

"Interpreting Tax Treaties in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom," 17 Cornell Int'l L. J. 255 (1984)

"John Clark, Esq. Justice of the Peace, 1667-1728," printed in Law in Colonial Massachusetts (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1984)

"The Ages and Themes of Income Taxation: Savings and Investment," 68 Cornell L. Rev. 521 (1983)

"Carryover Basis Repeal and Reform of the Transfer Tax System," 66 Cornell L. Rev. 297 (1981)

"Qualified Pension and Profit-Sharing Plan Vesting: Revolution Not Reform," 59 B U L. Rev 452 (1979)

"United States Supreme Court, February Term 1824," 84 Yale L. J. 770 (1975), with David B. Roe

Selected Book Reviews

"The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Legal History," by Peter Charles Hoffer, Lawrence Univ. Press of Kansas 1997, LVII The William and Mary Quarterly 430 (2000)

"Hitler's Justice: The Courts of the Third Reich," by Ingo Muller, Harvard Univ. Press, 1991, Cornell Int'l L.J. 461 (1995).

Memberships

Corresponding Member, Massachusetts Historical Society; Selden Society (English Legal History); Stair Society (Scottish Legal History); Cape Ann Museum; Peabody & Essex Museum; American Bar Association, The Standards Review Committee of the Section of Legal Education, and The Task Force on Accreditation Process, 1999-2003; Board of Directors, Associated Colleges of the Midwest (former Chair and also Chair of the President Search Committee); 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 Iowa Rhodes Scholarship Committee; Former Chair; Advisory Committee and Member of the Board of Trustees, Emeriti Consortium on Retirement Health Insurance, a Project of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; and Scientific Board Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center a consortium of the Max Planck Society, University of Augsburg, Technical University of Munich, and George Washington University

Family

Married (wife is a graduate of Tufts '69 and also attended the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts) with four children ages: 36 (Tufts, B.A. '93; Col.Teach.C., M.Ed. '96; Simmons, M. S. '98), Librarian in Iowa; 33 (Yale, B.A. '96; Yale, Ph.D. '02 in Classics), Associate Professor of Classics, Georgetown U.; 30 (U.S.N.A. '99), Former Capt. USMC, 2007 Graduate Georgetown University Law Center; Attorney in California; and 25 (Univ. of London---SOAS, MsC. Middle Eastern Politics; Studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo, Currently Ph.D. Student at Harvard in Politics

Accomplishments at Grinnell

Academic: Creation of Center for International Studies, Center for Prairie Studies (Interdisciplinary Biological, Anthropological, Geographic and Literary); Center for the Humanities; Japanese; Biological Chemistry major; Mentored Advanced Project Program; Study Leaves for Senior and Junior Faculty; Neuroscience concentration; Faculty Diversity Initiative; Posse Program Adoption; Created Offices of Community Enhancement and Experiential Education

Facilities: Renovated Old Glove Factory near campus for Alumni, Development and Treasurer's Office; Jesse Macy House (for various centers); New Admissions, Registrar, Bursar, Institutional Research, and Financial Aid Building (John Chrystal Center); Four New Residence Halls; New Library Storage Facility; New Athletic Center (Phase I Completed and Constructed with Phase II to be commenced in April of 2008); New Campus Center Construction Completed in Fall of 2006; Phase II of Noyce Science Center New Construction Completed Spring of 2007; Renovation of Cowles Hall Dining for Student Apartments (Construction Completed August, 2007); Environmental Field Research Station; Renovation of Several Historically Significant Campus Buildings; Achieved LEEDS certification including a Gold Certification

Overall: Strategic Planning Process Completed in Spring of 2005 now in Implementation Phase with a Focus on an Interdisciplinary Academic Initiative, Trustee Board Review of By-laws and Revision including addition of term limits