Maynard Pirsig

Maynard Pirsig (1902-1997) was an American legal scholar and academic. Educated at the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Law School^[1], he was Professor and Dean of Law at Minnesota from 1948 to 1955. He was later Professor of Law at the William Mitchell College of Law^[2]. He had one of the longest careers of any legal academic^[3].

Deanship at Minnesota

Pirsig improved the reputation of the University of Minnesota Law School by hiring a number of notable scholars, including Charles Alan Wright, Michael I. Sovern, and Jesse Dukeminier.^{[citation needed]}

Minnesota Supreme Court

Pirsig served briefly as a Justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Harold Stassen.^{[citation needed]}

Personal Life

Pirsig was born in Iowa and is the father of Robert M. Pirsig.^[4]

Sources

1. ^ http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/judges/memorials/MPersigObit.pdf
2. ^ http://www.moq.org/links/LinkData/DeanPirsigTribute.html
3. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62605024.html
4. ^ "Robert M. Pirsig". It Happened in History. American Society of Authors and Writers. http://amsaw.org/amsaw-ithappenedinhistory-090604-pirsig.html. Retrieved 2008-02-25. 

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Name	Pirsig, Maynard
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Date of birth	1902
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Date of death	1997
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