William H. Leary

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Template:Short description William Henry Leary (June 5, 1881 – April 8, 1957)[1] was the Dean of the University of Utah College of Law, now known as the S.J. Quinney College of Law, from 1915 to 1950.[2]

Leary was born in Hatfield, Massachusetts in 1881.[3] He received a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in 1903,[4] and a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 1908.[3]

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The College of Law continues to honor Mr. Leary with the Leary Lecture, an annual lecture since 1965.[5]

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