Julian Waterman

Julian Seesel Waterman was an American legal and economic scholar who was the founder and inaugural dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law

Education and career

Waterman was born on September 8, 1891, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. After graduating from Pine Bluff High School, he attended Tulane University, where he graduated with a B.A. in 1912. In 1913, he graduated from the University of Michigan with an M.A. in economics. Between 1914 and 1922, he served as a professor of economics at the University of Arkansas. After further correspondence with Futrall, Waterman returned to Arkansas and became involved in the planning of the new law school, which the university's board of trustees approved on April 14, 1924. The law school was established, with Waterman serving as its first dean. He later served as vice president of the University of Arkansas from 1937 to 1943.

On September 18, 1943, Waterman died of a ruptured appendix. In 1953, the university named Waterman Hall in his memory.