Leon Harry Wallace (b. 1904; d. 1985) was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University in 1926. After spending four years in San Francisco, working for Rand McNally, he returned to Indiana where he received his law degree from IU in 1933. Wallace taught part-time in the law school upon graduation, while working in his father’s Terre Haute law firm, but after two years decided the family practice needed his full attention. In 1945, however, he became a full time Professor of Law. Six years later he served as the school’s Acting Dean and a year after that (1952), he became the eighth Dean of the Indiana University School of Law. Wallace stepped down as Dean in 1966 and became the Charles McGuffey Hepburn Professor of Law. Wallace retired in 1976.
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Writings about Dean Leon Wallace
Leon Wallace is Named I.U. Law School Dean
IU Law Alumnus Remembers Driving Cows Across Campus
I.U. Dean Leon Wallace Named to Chair of Law
Trustees Give Hepburn Chair to Law Dean
School of Law to get Portrait of Former Dean
Law School Gets Wallace Portrait
IU's Wallace Lists Changes Anticipated in Constitution, Lee Nance
Dr. Wallace to Speak on Legislative Issues
Dean Leon H. Wallace Retires from Teaching at Indiana University Bloomington School of Law
Wallace, Driving Force in IU Law School, Retiring, Edward J. Moss
In Memoriam Leon Harry Wallace (1904-1985)
Misc. Materials related to Dean Leon Wallace
Leon Wallace, Law Instructor (photograph)
Former I.U. Law Dean Honored (photograph, 1952)
Law School Enjoys New Building
Law School Dedication Ceremony (photograph)
Supreme Court Pays Tribute to Sherman Minton
Brief Letter Written Twenty-Five Years Ago Began Events Leading to Boshkoff to Teaching Honor