The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-09
LEWMSOHN TO
QUIT POSITION
Resignation of College Of
Law Faculty Member Civ
en- Board Of Regents Today
PLANS FOR FUTURE
NOT YET CERTAIN
Has Become Well Known
During Short Stay in
North Dakota.

The resignation Of @Prof. Joseph l..
keWinsohn. who has been connected
With the law faculty ut the state uni.
versity for the past year and a half.
was this morning handed in to the
a of trustees and accepted. Prof.
Lewinsohn came here from Salt Lake
CITY, Utah. where he was engaged in
the practice Of Law. He stated that
ne resigned because he prefers to get
pack into practice again. When asked
ny a reporter concerning his plans for
me future, Prof. Lewinsohn said that
ne Is considering a proffered partner.
ship In a prominent Los Angeles law
Hrm. He has not definitely decided
whether he will accept the offer or
not.
During his stay at the university
Prof. Lewinsohn has made Il great
many friends among the faculty and
students, who will regret very much
to hear of his determination to leave.
lie is considered a first class instruc-
tor and his work has been Of the high
Est order. He is thoroughly equipped
in legal matters and has made an EN-.
Niable record for himself. J He is. very
popular among the law students and
will be greatly missed. Prof. Lewin-
sohn handed in his resignation to take
effect at the end Of the school year
next June.
Henry Regrets Departure.
When asked concerning Prof. Lew
1nsohn's resignation. Dean Robert L..
Henry had the following to say: "It
is unfortunate that we are to lose the
valuable services Of Prof. Joseph l..
LeWinsohn. He is a man Of unusual
force and ability and his work at the
law school has been Of q high order.
1t is perhaps hard for. a person VINO
has not taken work under q teacher
to judge of his ability to teach, but
should like to say that his work
with his classes has given great salts
faction. and I feel certain that he not
only knows his subjects, but that he
also presents them in an effective
manner. His resignation is due ell
tirely to personal considerations"
Has Interesting Career.
Prof. Lewinsohn was born in Chi
'cago and received his early education
In the public schools Of that place.
Later he attended the University OF
Chicago. In 1906 he received his de-
Nree of Phi. B. and two q later
secured his j. d. degree. He was also
awarded honorary scholarships in his
tory and economics. By reason of
high scholarship. Prof. Lewinsohns was
made u member Of the Phi Beta Kap-
pa and Delta Sigmo Rho f%raternitics.
lie was awarded his Doctors degree,
cycum laude.. While attending sthe
University, Of; Chicago Prof. Levin
sohn was one Of the varsity cham
pionship debaters and also won dis
tinction as'the class orator. In addi-
ton he also several other honors.
He served two years apprentice
Lewinsohn was not infrequently inthe
fall Of 1909 he went to Salt Lake City,
Utah, and became a member Of the
law firm of Booth, Lee, Badger &
I1ewinsohn . He later was a member
of the firm Of Lewinsohn e. Kimball.
While practicing in that state Prof.
IIewinsohn was no infrequently in the
courts for other lawyers as we'll as
for himself. He won several notable
cases in the supreme. court of Utah.
Prof. Lewinsohn took no part III
politics until the summer Of 1918,
when he was elected q delegate to the
national progressive convention. He
represented the state on the platform
committee. He Joined the law faculty
ut the state university here a a
ago last September as an assistant
professor. At the close Of school last
June he was made q full professor.
ed in lecturing on constitutional law,
civil procedure trusts, corporations
and contracts.
Contributes Law Articles. >-s
He has also contributed law articles
to several well known periodicals. In
the March number Of the California
Law Review Prof. Lewinsohn is to
have an article on Contracts Dstin-
guished from Quasi-Co Contracts" and
he has been invited by his colleagues
on the law faculty to write the first
article for the new North Dakota Law
Bulletin. The subject OF his article, is
Making an Agreement Unuer the
Civil Codes Of California, Montana and
the Dakotas." He. is especially inter-
ested in law reform along constitu-
tionaI and p%rocedural lines, and vel
fare legislation. He spent last sum
mer abroad studying European court
methods. Prof. Lewinsohn is also a
great student Of history and is q
member of the Illinois Historical So
ciety.