Florence J. Luther speaks with McGeorge School of Law students.

At the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, faculty are integral to the institution’s success, shaping the curriculum, nurturing intellectual development, and inspiring the next generation of legal professionals. The impact of its faculty extends far beyond the classroom, influencing both the legal profession and the next generation of lawyers.

This comprehensive list of nearly 300 former full-time faculty members, who taught at McGeorge School of Law between the years 1950 to 2024, highlights the deep and lasting legacy these former educators have left on the institution. Their expertise spans across a wide range of legal disciplines.

These former faculty played a pivotal role in shaping the school’s distinguished reputation and ensuring that McGeorge School of Law remains a leader in legal education.

  1. Harry A. Ackley
  2. The Hon. James R. Adams
  3. Raquel Aldana
  4. Linda C. Allison
  5. C. Eugene Anderson
  6. Robert C. Anderson
  7. Edwin H. Armstrong
  8. Jodi D. Armour
  9. Cecilia Arnold
  10. Robert Harris Aronson
  11. Vigfus A. Asmundson
  12. Robert W. Baker
  13. Nadia Banteka
  14. William C. Barry
  15. Debra L. Bassett
  16. Lorraine K. Bassoff
  17. George Basye
  18. Paul A. Berg
  19. Walter Berka
  20. Don Berger
  21. Victor A. Bertolani
  22. Christopher L. Blakesley
  23. Lindsey Blanchard
  24. Ira M. Bloom
  25. Anne Bloom
  26. Robert D. Brain
  27. R. Douglas Bramhall
  28. Ben Bratman
  29. Cary A. Bricker
  30. William G. Brigance
  31. Henry A. Brown III
  32. Adrienne L. Brungess
  33. Elizabeth G. Bynum
  34. Patricia A. Cain
  35. Fatou K. Camara 
  36. Gerald M. Caplan
  37. Adrian Carpenter
  38. Donald L. Carper
  39. Joyce L. Carrillo
  40. Linda E. Carter
  41. Richard L. Cates
  42. Horace E. Cecchettini
  43. Dr. Robert Chaim
  44. Miriam A. Cherry
  45. Wallace J. Coats
  46. Jack J. Coe Jr.
  47. The Hon. Robert W. Cole
  48. Raymond R. Coletta
  49. Walter D. Cook
  50. Thomas A. Coyne
  51. Carin N. Crain
  52. John E. Cribbet
  53. Daniel Joseph Curtin Jr.
  54. Jerome J. Curtis Jr.
  55. Julie A. Davies
  56. Wylie H. Davis
  57. William Q. De Funiak
  58. Christine Dentino
  59. Eadie Deutsch
  60. Joginder S. (Joe) Dhillon
  61. Robert J. Diepenbrock
  62. John V. Diepenbrock
  63. Matthew P. Downs
  64. Joshua Dressler
  65. The Hon. John J. Dutton
  66. W. David East
  67. Howard E. Engle Jr.
  68. Thomas A. Edmonds
  69. Dr. Thomas Eilmansberger
  70. Arpad Erdei
  71. Hugh A. Evans
  72. Michael Ewer
  73. Glenn A. Fait
  74. Marilyn Finkelman
  75. John A. Fitz Randolph
  76. Marjorie Florestal
  77. William N. Foley
  78. Renee E. Ford
  79. Gretchen Franz
  80. Benjamin D. Frantz
  81. Dave Freeman
  82. Janet Friedman
  83. Kathleen T. Friedrich
  84. Bruno Furst
  85. Alexander Francis Gabor
  86. Fred A. Galves
  87. Glenddalee Garfield (Scully)
  88. Deborah L. Garlin
  89. C. Michael Gianola
  90. Wayne H. Gilbert
  91. Thomas M. Goetzl
  92. The Hon. B. Abbott Goldberg
  93. Col. Melvin Goodweather
  94. Beverly Rubens Gordon
  95. J. Gould
  96. George A. Gould
  97. Joe S. Gray
  98. Charles Files Gray Jr.
  99. Bruno H. Greene 
  100. William S. Gregory

The Hon. James R. Adams teaches a class at McGeorge School of Law.

  1. R. James Groh
  2. Edward C. Halbach Jr.
  3. Carol Miller Hall
  4. Matthew I. Hall
  5. Eileen Hamilton
  6. Dean Eugene Hanson
  7. William H. Hardy
  8. George C. Harris
  9. Megali Havens
  10. Amey Stewart Hempel
  11. David R. Hendrick Jr.
  12. Mary Hennessy
  13. Nathan E. Hill
  14. Joseph M. Hnylka
  15. C. Quince Hopkins
  16. Maj. Mary Hunter
  17. Timothy M. Hurley
  18. Vincent C. Immel
  19. The Hon. Charles W. Johnson
  20. Cyrus A. Johnson
  21. George M. Johnson
  22. Corwin W. Johnson
  23. Warren A. Jones
  24. Ruth Jones
  25. Faye Jones
  26. Francis E. Jones Jr.
  27. Sanford H. Kadish
  28. Nick G. Kalokathis
  29. Kathleen M. Kelly
  30. Charles D. Kelso
  31. Jane Kelso
  32. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
  33. Deborah Graham Kiley
  34. Harold T. King
  35. Edward J. Kionka
  36. John Kirlin
  37. Ralph N. Kleps
  38. John Kolb
  39. Hans-Georg Koppensteiner
  40. Carl Kuchman
  41. Amy L. Landers
  42. Brian K. Landsberg
  43. Dorothy Landsberg
  44. R. Stephen Lapham
  45. Paul Larsen
  46. Daniel J. Lathrope
  47. John H. Laugenour
  48. S. Houston Lay
  49. Robert Le Prohn
  50. Thomas J. Leach
  51. Courtney G. Lee
  52. David J. Leibson
  53. Hiram H. Lesar
  54. Roy R. Levin
  55. Elizabeth K. Lewicki
  56. Hans-Henrik Lidgard
  57. George K. Littlefield
  58. Pierre R. Loiseaux
  59. Richard F. Lucas 
  60. Florence J. Luther
  61. Hether Clash Macfarlane
  62. Ferenc Madl
  63. Thomas Orin Main
  64. David Maleski
  65. Franz Manhardt
  66. Thomas G. Manolakas
  67. Richard L. Montarbo
  68. Margaret H. Marr
  69. Barry S. Martin
  70. Paul Mason
  71. Rothwell B. Mason
  72. Michele McKay-McCoy
  73. Eric McElwain
  74. Rear Adm. James J. McHugh
  75. Dean James R. Merritt
  76. Rudolph H. Michaels
  77. Dean Robert W. Miller
  78. Vernon X. Miller
  79. Irwin D. Miller
  80. David W. Miller
  81. JoEllen L. Mitchell-Lockyer
  82. Terence J. Moore 
  83. John P. Morris
  84. Robin A. Morris (Collin)
  85. Kimberly J. Mueller
  86. Herbert L. Myers
  87. John E. B. Myers
  88. Timothy Naccarato
  89. Richardson W. Nahstoll
  90. Alan C. Nelson
  91. Chester Albert Newland
  92. Allan B. O’Connor
  93. Carol Olson-Ellyson
  94. Robert F. O’Neal
  95. F. Hodge O’Neal
  96. Marianne O’Malley
  97. John Harby Paine
  98. Emily Whelan Parento
  99. Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker
  100. Richard Parnell
Professors Claude Rowher (third from left) and Kojo Yelpaala (fourth from left) speak with students in Northwest Hall.
  1. Stephen J. Paskey
  2. Paul D. Paton
  3. Richard L. Patsey
  4. Sarah Foxman Pattison
  5. Norman Penney
  6. Debra L. Perschbacher
  7. Timothy Peterkin
  8. Bryte M. Peterson
  9. Jill Peterson
  10. Walter J. Pfeil
  11. Sebastian Picasso
  12. Gregory C. Pingree
  13. Sheldon J. Plager
  14. Forrest A. Plant
  15. Robert K. Puglia
  16. Donald R. Prinz
  17. Edward H. Rabin
  18. Warren S. Radler
  19. Emily L. Randon
  20. Sarah E. Redfield
  21. Jan Ellen Rein
  22. Walter A. Reiser Jr.
  23. Donna Reynolds
  24. Frank K. Richardson
  25. William J. Riegger
  26. Lloyd H. Riley
  27. Terence W. Roberts
  28. Terrie L. Robinson
  29. Claude D. Rohwer
  30. John E. Ryan
  31. Jane A. Ryan
  32. John L. Saltonstall Jr.
  33. David T. Sammond
  34. Michael S. Sands
  35. Anthony J. Santoro
  36. The Hon. Gordon D. Schaber
  37. Sabine Schlemmer-Schulte
  38. Milton Lewis Schwartz
  39. Eugene F. Scoles
  40. William R. Scott
  41. Thomas J. Scully
  42. Jed Scully
  43. Glen W. Shellhaas
  44. Richard Shiffrin
  45. John Cary Sims
  46. Gus E. Skarakis
  47. Anthony M. Skrocki
  48. Brian G. Slocum
  49. James F. Smith
  50. The Hon. Armann Snaevarr
  51. Thomas Sponsler
  52. Frank L. Sprague
  53. Edward D. Spurgeon
  54. Ruth J. Squire
  55. Barry J. Stern
  56. Frank H. Stewart
  57. Dennis Stone
  58. A. Kent Summers
  59. John Harold Swan
  60. Mary Swanson
  61. Robert F. Taylor
  62. Joseph E. Taylor
  63. Terry L. Thurbon
  64. Edward J. Tiedemann
  65. Andrew L. Tobia
  66. Luis A. Toro
  67. Frank Trelease
  68. Frederick Tung
  69. Richard Tuttle
  70. Emily Garcia Uhrig
  71. Henn-Juri Uibopuu
  72. Frank J. Vasquez
  73. Felix S. Wahrhaftig
  74. Timothy B. Walker
  75. Marlan C. Walker
  76. Glenn V. Walls
  77. Maureen Watkins
  78. Gregory S. Weber
  79. Robert M. C. Webster
  80. Elizabeth Weeks
  81. Richard V. Wellman
  82. The Hon. William A. White
  83. Michaela M. White
  84. Nicholas L. White
  85. Jana T. Whitegrove
  86. Philip H. Wile
  87. James A. Willett 
  88. Richard A. Williamson
  89. David A. Wilson
  90. Dr. Roland Winkler
  91. Donald H. Wollett
  92. Winton W. Woods
  93. Michael J. Yamaguchi
  94. Leung Yee
  95. Kojo Yelpaala
  96. Paul C. Yuan
  97. Shiwen Zhou

Throughout 2024, the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law will celebrate members of its vast alumni network in honor of the school’s 100-year anniversary. This post is part of a series highlighting 100 exceptional McGeorge School of Law alumni.   

Stay tuned for more blog posts as we celebrate the law school’s centennial anniversary. 

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