Maynard Pirsig

Maynard Pirsig (January 9, 1902 – February 6, 1997) was an American legal scholar and academic.[1]

Educated at the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Law School,[2] 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.[3] He had one of the longest careers of any legal academic.[4]

Personal life

Pirsig was born in Kossuth County, Iowa in 1902, was raised on his parents' farm and spoke only German until he began attending school.[5]

He is the father of Robert M. Pirsig.[6]

Minnesota Supreme Court

Pirsig served briefly as a Justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1942. He was appointed by Governor Harold Stassen.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Minnesota State Law Library-Maynard Pirsig
  2. 1 2 http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/judges/memorials/MPersigObit.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.moq.org/links/LinkData/DeanPirsigTribute.html
  4. ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62605024.html
  5. ↑ http://www.moq.org/links/LinkData/DeanPirsigTribute.html
  6. ↑ "Robert M. Pirsig". It Happened in History. American Society of Authors and Writers. Retrieved 2008-02-25.


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