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Rh chair in 1869, and content himself with a comparatively brief course of lectures, each year, until his death, which occurred in 1885.

Mr. Todd was succeeded in 1869 by George A. Madill, of the St. Louis Bar, who still occupies that chair. Mr. Madill is an earnest friend of the institution, and a thorough believer in the scope and quality of the legal education afforded by a well-conducted law school; and the best evidence of the correctness of his views is found in the relative rank at the bar taken by the graduates of this school.

In 1880, finding the duties incompatible with his professional obligations, Mr. Henry Hitchcock resigned the position of Dean, though remaining a Professor, and William G. Hammond, LL.D., was selected to fill that office, and in 1881 Dr. Hammond took general charge of the Law School.

Up to that time the entire management as well as instruction had been in charge of active practitioners at the bar. But experience had shown the desirability of having at the head of the school a man who, in addition to his learning in the law and skill as an instructor, would be able to give his entire time and attention to the development of this growing institution. At the time of his election Dr. Hammond was Chancellor of the Law Department of the State University of Iowa, with which he had been connected for thirteen years, and he resigned that position to take charge of the St. Louis Law School.

WILLIAM G. HAMMOND.

Dr. Hammond brought to his new position a ripe experience as a student, a lawyer, and a teacher. Having been admitted to the bar in 1851, he had practised law in Brooklyn and New York for several years, and was the first Republican candidate for Judge of King's County. He then travelled abroad extensively, and studied the Civil Law and Comparative Jurisprudence at Heidelberg.

Returning to America, he removed to Iowa, and in 1866 associated himself with Judges George C. Wright and Chester C. Cole, who had established, as a private enterprise, a law school at Des Moines. In 1868 this was removed to Iowa City, and became the Law Department of the State University, of which Dr. Hammond was elected Chancellor.

Dr. Hammond has made many contributions to legal literature. In 1865 and 1866, continuing the work of Hon. John F. Dillon, he prepared a digest of Iowa reports, known as "Dillon and Hammond's Digest." He wrote an introduction to the American edition of "Sandars' Justinian," which was also published separately under the title of "System of Legal Classification of Hale and Blackstone in its Relation to the Civil Law," and which received high praise from Sir Henry Maine in his work on " Early Law and Custom." In 1867 he started the "Western Jurist," and conducted it until 1870. He has written frequently for various legal periodicals and also for leading current magazines. From 1870 to 1873 he was one of the three Commissioners who prepared the