William Homer Thornberry
Personal
Private practice, Austin, Texas, 1936-1941, 1946-1948
State representative, Texas, 1937-1941
District attorney, Travis County, Texas, 1941-1942
U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, 1942-1946
City councilman, Austin, Texas, 1946-1948
U.S. representative from Texas, 1949-1963
Nominated to Supreme Court of the United States, June 26, 1968; nomination withdrawn by president, October 4, 1968
Education
University of Texas School of Law
Only a large law school devoted to excellence across the range of modern legal education can offer this diversity. UT manages to do so while at the same time offering students intimate settings for study and recreation. The entering class is divided into eight extracurricular Societies, which become hubs of fun and friendship. The first year curriculum includes small classes offering individual attention, and the upper class curriculum is studded with seminars, colloquia, and clinics. Large class or small, good teaching is the norm. Student satisfaction surveys place Texas at or near the top year after year; our teaching track record is seldom matched by any other law school.