John W. Reed (11 December 1918 – 6 March 2018)History and Traditions, Faculty - John W. Reed
, University of Michigan Law School. was an American

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and

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Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Michigan Law School.Faculty Biography - John W. Reed
. University of Michigan Law School.

Biography

Reed received

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s from

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(LL.B. 1942) and Columbia Law School (LL.M. 1949, J.S.D. 1957). Reed joined the Michigan Law faculty in 1949. Reed taught civil procedure,

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, trial advocacy, and other courses at Michigan Law, and won many teaching awards. Reed left Michigan to become dean of the University of Colorado Law School, but returned to Michigan in 1968. In retirement, he became dean of the Wayne State University Law School and taught there.John W. Reed Michigan Lawyer Legacy Award
State Bar of Michigan. Reed served as a visiting professor at

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, Yale, Chicago,

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, and other law schools. Reed was succeeded as Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law by

Edward H. Cooper Edward Hayes Cooper is the Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Michigan Law School.

.Sheila Pursglove
Profile in Brief: Edward H. Cooper, Civil Society
''Legal News'' (June 15, 2011). Reed received awards from the American College of Trial Lawyers, Association of Continuing Legal Education Administrators, and

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. He is an academic fellow of the International Society of Barristers and was the society's administrative director and editor. Reed was admitted to the bar in Michigan on June 10, 1953. The John W. Reed Michigan Lawyer Legacy Award of the State Bar of Michigan is named in his honor.

Personal life

In 1946 Reed married Ivy Vonada and they had three children, Alison, Mark, and Randy. John is survived by Ivy Vonada Reed of Lynnwood, WA., and their daughter Alison Robison of Saline, MI.; and daughters of Dorothy - Victoria Peter, of Reston, PA., and Suzanne Unger of Pinckney, MI. Reed was married to Dorothy Elaine Floyd Reed, who lived from 1926 to 2012.Obituary
Dorothy Elaine Floyd Reed
MLive.com.

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External links

Faculty biography: John W. Reed
from the University of Michigan Law School
Publications list: John W. Reed
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