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Charles Shirley Potts, lawyer and teacher, was born near Weatherford on September 22, 1872, the son of Charles Brooke and Elizabeth Matilda (Shirley) Potts. He had his basic education at Weatherford College and Parker Institute and became a teacher in and near Parker County. In 1902 he graduated with B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Texas, then became an assistant professor of economics and history at Texas A&M College. He graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1909; he joined the political science faculty there in 1911 and the law faculty in 1914. In 1922 he was a founding member of the Texas Law Review and served as first chairman of its editorial board. He earned an S.J.D. degree at Harvard Law School in 1926 and joined the faculty of law at Washington University in St. Louis. In 1927 he was named dean of the School of Law at Southern Methodist University. His reputation was a significant factor in the school's securing approval of the American Bar Association and membership in the Association of American Law Schools. The greatest achievement of his deanship was the phasing-out of proprietary legal education in Dallas and the institution of high-standard evening legal education by the law school in 1938. Potts guided the school through the difficult years of World War II and, though he had reached the age for retirement in 1942, stayed on until 1947 after assembling a faculty to meet the deluge of applicants for legal education at the war's end. He taught and wrote principally in the fields of criminal law and procedure and constitutional law, and he brought to these subjects a great diversity of learning and teaching experience. He worked in the impeachment proceedings against Governor James E. Ferguson and toward reform of Texas procedural law, particularly in the field of criminal law. In 1916 he married Ada Hardeman Garrison, daughter of George P. Garrison; they had two children. Potts died on May 9, 1963, in Dallas and was buried there. [bio info from tshaonline.org]
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From his Texas certificate of death
Name: Charles Shirley Potts
Death Date: 09 May 1963
Death Place: Colonial Acres, Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 90 years
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1872
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: Charles B. Potts
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Shirley
Occupation: Retired Dean, Law School, SMU
Place of Residence: 3641 Haynie Street, University Park, Dallas, Texas
Cemetery: Restland
Burial Place: Dallas, Texas
Burial Date: 11 May 1963
Informant: Mrs. Charles S. Potts, Wife
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Charles Shirley Potts, lawyer and teacher, was born near Weatherford on September 22, 1872, the son of Charles Brooke and Elizabeth Matilda (Shirley) Potts. He had his basic education at Weatherford College and Parker Institute and became a teacher in and near Parker County. In 1902 he graduated with B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Texas, then became an assistant professor of economics and history at Texas A&M College. He graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1909; he joined the political science faculty there in 1911 and the law faculty in 1914. In 1922 he was a founding member of the Texas Law Review and served as first chairman of its editorial board. He earned an S.J.D. degree at Harvard Law School in 1926 and joined the faculty of law at Washington University in St. Louis. In 1927 he was named dean of the School of Law at Southern Methodist University. His reputation was a significant factor in the school's securing approval of the American Bar Association and membership in the Association of American Law Schools. The greatest achievement of his deanship was the phasing-out of proprietary legal education in Dallas and the institution of high-standard evening legal education by the law school in 1938. Potts guided the school through the difficult years of World War II and, though he had reached the age for retirement in 1942, stayed on until 1947 after assembling a faculty to meet the deluge of applicants for legal education at the war's end. He taught and wrote principally in the fields of criminal law and procedure and constitutional law, and he brought to these subjects a great diversity of learning and teaching experience. He worked in the impeachment proceedings against Governor James E. Ferguson and toward reform of Texas procedural law, particularly in the field of criminal law. In 1916 he married Ada Hardeman Garrison, daughter of George P. Garrison; they had two children. Potts died on May 9, 1963, in Dallas and was buried there. [bio info from tshaonline.org]
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From his Texas certificate of death
Name: Charles Shirley Potts
Death Date: 09 May 1963
Death Place: Colonial Acres, Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 90 years
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1872
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: Charles B. Potts
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Shirley
Occupation: Retired Dean, Law School, SMU
Place of Residence: 3641 Haynie Street, University Park, Dallas, Texas
Cemetery: Restland
Burial Place: Dallas, Texas
Burial Date: 11 May 1963
Informant: Mrs. Charles S. Potts, Wife
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Charles Shirley Potts, lawyer and teacher, was born near Weatherford on September 22, 1872, the son of Charles Brooke and Elizabeth Matilda (Shirley) Potts. He had his basic education at Weatherford College and Parker Institute and became a teacher in and near Parker County. In 1902 he graduated with B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Texas, then became an assistant professor of economics and history at Texas A&M College. He graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1909; he joined the political science faculty there in 1911 and the law faculty in 1914. In 1922 he was a founding member of the Texas Law Review and served as first chairman of its editorial board. He earned an S.J.D. degree at Harvard Law School in 1926 and joined the faculty of law at Washington University in St. Louis. In 1927 he was named dean of the School of Law at Southern Methodist University. His reputation was a significant factor in the school's securing approval of the American Bar Association and membership in the Association of American Law Schools. The greatest achievement of his deanship was the phasing-out of proprietary legal education in Dallas and the institution of high-standard evening legal education by the law school in 1938. Potts guided the school through the difficult years of World War II and, though he had reached the age for retirement in 1942, stayed on until 1947 after assembling a faculty to meet the deluge of applicants for legal education at the war's end. He taught and wrote principally in the fields of criminal law and procedure and constitutional law, and he brought to these subjects a great diversity of learning and teaching experience. He worked in the impeachment proceedings against Governor James E. Ferguson and toward reform of Texas procedural law, particularly in the field of criminal law. In 1916 he married Ada Hardeman Garrison, daughter of George P. Garrison; they had two children. Potts died on May 9, 1963, in Dallas and was buried there. [bio info from tshaonline.org]
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From his Texas certificate of death
Name: Charles Shirley Potts
Death Date: 09 May 1963
Death Place: Colonial Acres, Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 90 years
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1872
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: Charles B. Potts
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Shirley
Occupation: Retired Dean, Law School, SMU
Place of Residence: 3641 Haynie Street, University Park, Dallas, Texas
Cemetery: Restland
Burial Place: Dallas, Texas
Burial Date: 11 May 1963
Informant: Mrs. Charles S. Potts, Wife
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Charles Shirley Potts, lawyer and teacher, was born near Weatherford on September 22, 1872, the son of Charles Brooke and Elizabeth Matilda (Shirley) Potts. He had his basic education at Weatherford College and Parker Institute and became a teacher in and near Parker County. In 1902 he graduated with B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Texas, then became an assistant professor of economics and history at Texas A&M College. He graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1909; he joined the political science faculty there in 1911 and the law faculty in 1914. In 1922 he was a founding member of the Texas Law Review and served as first chairman of its editorial board. He earned an S.J.D. degree at Harvard Law School in 1926 and joined the faculty of law at Washington University in St. Louis. In 1927 he was named dean of the School of Law at Southern Methodist University. His reputation was a significant factor in the school's securing approval of the American Bar Association and membership in the Association of American Law Schools. The greatest achievement of his deanship was the phasing-out of proprietary legal education in Dallas and the institution of high-standard evening legal education by the law school in 1938. Potts guided the school through the difficult years of World War II and, though he had reached the age for retirement in 1942, stayed on until 1947 after assembling a faculty to meet the deluge of applicants for legal education at the war's end. He taught and wrote principally in the fields of criminal law and procedure and constitutional law, and he brought to these subjects a great diversity of learning and teaching experience. He worked in the impeachment proceedings against Governor James E. Ferguson and toward reform of Texas procedural law, particularly in the field of criminal law. In 1916 he married Ada Hardeman Garrison, daughter of George P. Garrison; they had two children. Potts died on May 9, 1963, in Dallas and was buried there. [bio info from tshaonline.org]
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From his Texas certificate of death
Name: Charles Shirley Potts
Death Date: 09 May 1963
Death Place: Colonial Acres, Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 90 years
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1872
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: Charles B. Potts
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Shirley
Occupation: Retired Dean, Law School, SMU
Place of Residence: 3641 Haynie Street, University Park, Dallas, Texas
Cemetery: Restland
Burial Place: Dallas, Texas
Burial Date: 11 May 1963
Informant: Mrs. Charles S. Potts, Wife
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