Rollin Dale Vliet

Background

Vliet, Rollin Dale was born on March 4, 1914 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Richard Marion and Gertrude May (Buck) Vliet.

Education

AB, U. Kansas, 1934; Bachelor of Laws, U. Oklahoma, 1948; Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1946; Doctor of Juridical Science, Harvard University, 1950; student, Julliard Institute Museum Arts, 1934-1935.

Career

Associate, Butler, Brown & Rinehart, Oklahoma City, 1938-1939; private practice, Oklahoma City, 1940-1942; associate professor of law, University Oklahoma, Norman, 1947-1950; professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1950-1955, 83-87; David Ross Boyd professor of law, University Oklahoma, Norman, 1955-1983; David Ross Boyd professor emeritus, U. Oklahoma, Norman, since 1983; Distinguished professor, U. Science and Arts Oklahoma, since 1987. Visiting professor law University Texas, 1953, University of Southern California, 1954-1955, 57, 60, Louisiana State University, 1967, 76, 77-78. Professor faculty international de Droit Comparé L' U. des Sciences Comparés Luxembourg, 1962-1966, University of Oxford, 1975, 77, 81, 83.

Fulbright lecturer U. Helsinki, Finland, 1961-1962.

Achievements

• Rollin Dale Vliet has been listed as a noteworthy Legal educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elder local Presbyterian church Colonel Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Order of Coif, Rotary, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha.

Connections

Married Genevieve Estelle Kern, June 15, 1949. Children: Richard Frank, Marcia Lavonne, Kent Allen, Cynthia Kay.

Father:

Richard Marion Vliet

Mother:

Gertrude May (Buck) Vliet

Spouse:

Genevieve Estelle Kern

child:

Cynthia Kay Vliet

child:

Kent Allen Vliet

child:

Richard Frank Vliet

child:

Marcia Lavonne Vliet