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John Jay Douglass, a graduate of UNL and U of Michigan law school, who severed in a number of interesting positions, including the Judge Advocate Generals Corp, Dean of the National College of District Attorneys and law professor at the University of Houston Law School, will be available to talk and answer questions tomorrow, Friday, October 7 from 12 to 1 in Oldfather 538. Those students looking to career in law, especially those who wish to combine a career in law and the military, might find Mr. Douglass interesting. Lunch will be available on a limited basis.

John Jay Douglass, originator of the Douglass Scholarship in political science, will be available on Friday, October 7 at 1:30 - 3:00 in Oldfather 538 to meet faculty and students. Mr. Douglass has a quite interesting career and I am sure you will find him interesting. He graduated from UNL in 1943. He worked with faculty members John Senning, John Lancaster, and David Fellman, names I as sure some of you are familiar with. He was active in student council, involved with the founding of the Student Foundation, and was tapped as a member of the Innocents Society at UNL.

Plans to attend law school were interrupted by WW II. Following the war, he sought a commission in the Army and was selected to attend the University of Michigan Law School. After graduation, he served with the Judge Advocate General Corps. In the course of his career, he received a Masters Degree in IR from GW University and a Master of Laws from the U of Virginia. He has had assignments in Korea and Vietnam and in 1970 was appointed Commandant of the Judge Advocate Generals School at the U of Virginia. He served as a consultant on election law and prosecutor functions in Eastern Europe and Russia. He has been active in the American Bar Association, and upon retirement from the Army in 1974, became Dean of the National College of District Attorneys and a tenured member of the U of Houston College of Law.