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Institution: Haverford College
Website: http://www.haverford.edu/library/special/
Creator: Ghiglione, Loren.
Title: Loren Ghiglione collection of materials on Fred Rodell.
Dates: 1922-1992 (bulk 1991-1992)
Extent: 1.33 linear feet
Language: Materials in English.
Biographical or Historical Note: Fred Rodell was a 1926 graduate of Haverford College. Rodell studied under Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas at Yale Law School. He was a professor of law at Yale for 41 years and was one of the leading proponents of the "legal realism" approach, railing against overly abstract and theoretical legal arguments. He was a harsh critic of the legal profession; his articles include "Goodbye to Law Reviews," published in the 1936 Virginia Law Review, and the 1939 tract "Woe Unto You, Lawyers." Loren Ghiglione serves on the faculty of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and was formerly its dean. He was founding director of Emory University's journalism program where he was the James M. Cox Professor of Journalism. Later, he served as director of the Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California. Ghiglione graduated from Haverford College in 1963 and holds a law degree and master of urban studies from Yale and a doctorate from George Washington University.
Scope and Content Note: This is a collection of research materials collected by Ghiglione for a biography of Fred Rodell written as an introduction to a collection of Rodell's writings. Materials include correspondence, drafts, newspaper clippings, copies of many of Rodell's writings, copies of biographies of Rodell, and bibliographies of his work. The collection also includes some original Rodell items, such as course materials and an issue of a high school publication that he edited.
Personal and Corporate Names: Rodell, Fred, 1907-1980. /
Subjects: Law teachers--United States--Biography. /
Genres: Biographies. /
Themes: Law /
Related collections: Haverford College: Fred Rodell papers.
The collection is open for research. Please contact Diana Franzusoff Peterson, Manuscripts Librarian & College Archivist, dfpeters@haverford.edu, with questions or to access the collection.
The survey projects that produced these collection records were funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.