George Willard Pugh

Background

Pugh, George Willard was born on August 17, 1925 in Napoleonville, Louisiana, United States. Son of William Whitmell and Evelyn (Foley) Pugh.

Education

Bachelor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1947. Juris Doctor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1950. Juris Scientiae Doctor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1952.

Doctor honorary, University Aix-Marseille III, France, 1984.

Career

Instructor, Louisiana State University Law School, 1950; member of faculty, Louisiana State University Law School, 1952-1994; professor of law, Louisiana State University Law School, 1959-1994; Julius B. Nachman professor of law, Louisiana State University Law School, 1984-1994; professor of law emeritus, since 1994. Faculty summer session abroad U. Thessaloniki Greece summer 1974, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1985. Member of faculty summer program U. San Diego, Paris, 1977.

Part-time research consultant Louisiana State Law Institute, 1953-1954. 1stjud. administrator Judicial Council Supreme Court Louisiana, 1954-1956. Visiting professor University Texas, summer 1961.

Visiting Doherty professor of law University of Virginia, 1966-1967. Member facultyorientation program in American law Association American Law Schools, 1968, law teaching clinic, summer 1969. Visiting professor U. Aix-Marseille III, France, 1983, fall 1987, U. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, fall 1987.

Consultant Louisiana State University.S. Vietnam Legal Administration Project, 1969.

Achievements

• George Willard Pugh has been listed as a noteworthy Law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Handbook on Louisiana Evidence Law, 2013 ed.

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  • Handbook on Louisiana Evidence Law, 2012 ed. (American Casebook Series)

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  • Handbook on Louisiana Evidence Law, 2011 ed.

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  • Handbook on Louisiana Evidence Law, 2010 ed.

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  • Handbook on Louisiana Evidence Law, 2009 ed.

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  • 1978 Supplement to Louisiana evidence law: Selected commentary from the Louisiana law review and pertinent legislation including text of the federal rules of evidence
  • Handbook on Louisiana Evidence Law, 2010 ed. by George Pugh (2010-05-05)
  • Louisiana evidence law: Selected commentary from the Louisiana law review and pertinent legislation
  • Handbook on Louisiana Evidence Law, 2012 ed. (American Casebook Series) by George Pugh (2012-07-17)
  • Handbook on Louisiana Evidence Law, 2013 ed. by George Pugh (2013-06-06)

Membership

Board of directors Legal Aid Society Baton Rouge, 1965-1989, chairman, 1963-1964. Advisory board St. Alban's Episcopal Student Center, Louisiana State University, 1965-1968, 70-72. Served with Army of the United States, World World War World War II.

Member American, Louisiana, Baton Rouge bar associations, Order of Coif, Omicron Delta Kappa, Lambda Chi Alpha.

Connections

Married Jean Earle Hemphill, September 6, 1952. Children: William Whitmell III, George Willard Junior, David Nicholls, James Hemphill.

Father:

William Whitmell Pugh

Mother:

Evelyn (Foley) Pugh

Spouse:

Jean Earle Hemphill

child:

George Willard Junior Pugh

child:

David Nicholls Pugh

child:

James Hemphill Pugh

child:

William Whitmell III Pugh