William Edward Edward Sell

Background

Sell, William Edward was born on January 1, 1923 in Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry A. and Blanche M. (Newman) Sell.

Education

AB, Washington and Jefferson College, 1944. Doctor of Humane Letters, Washington and Jefferson College, 1973. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1947.

Doctor of Laws, Dickinson School Law, 1968.

Career

Instructor law, University Pittsburgh, 1947-1949; assistant professor of law, University Pittsburgh, 1949-1951; associate professor of law, University Pittsburgh, 1953-1954; professor of law, University Pittsburgh, 1954-1977; associate dean, U. Pittsburgh, 1957-1963; dean, U. Pittsburgh, 1966-1977; distinguished service professor of law, University Pittsburgh, 1977-1994; emeritus dean, distinguished service professor of law, since 1994; senior counsel firm, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, Pittsburgh, 1977-1994. Visiting professor University of Michigan Law School, 1957. Past president Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

Board directors St. Clair Health Corporation, Executive Svc. Corporation; advisory board Forbes Pittsburgh Foundation.

Works

• book

  • Agency (Sell on Agency)

    (University Text Book Series, Agency (1975) by W. Edward S...)

Membership

Past president, board directors St. Clair Memorial Hospital, St. Clair Hospital Foundation. Board directors Executive Service Corps, 1997-2003. With United States Army Air Force, World War World War II.

Fellow American Bar Foundation (life), Pennsylvania Bar Foundation (life). Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Allegheny County Bar Association, Association American Law Schools, American Law Institute (life), University Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of Coif, Pi Delta Epsilon, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Connections

Son of; married Cordelia I. Fulton, August 20, 1949 (deceased). 1 son, Jeffrey Edward.