Alumni
Campaigning for Equal Justice in Oregon
Buried deep within the DNA of Henry H. Hewitt JD’69 is a gene for Willamette University College of Law.
Hewitt’s ties to the school go back five generations. His great-great-grandfather settled near Salem in 1843 — one year after Willamette University was founded. Not long afterwards, the first in a long succession of Hewitt family members enrolled in the University. A good number of them studied law. Standouts include Hewitt’s great-great-uncle, a circuit court judge, who earned a law degree from Willamette in 1870 — 13 years before a separate College of Law was established. Roy R. Hewitt, his grandfather’s cousin and a prominent Salem attorney, earned his law degree from the college in 1909; he served as its dean from 1927 to 1932.
Students
Service to Others
Joshua M. Kindred, editor in chief of the Willamette Law Review for the Class of 2005, hails from Alaska. Although he attended law school in Oregon, he always planned to return to his native state.
Kindred distinguished himself early in his home state. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Anchorage, where he majored in American history and minored in political science. Following college, he considered a doctorate in history until his favorite professor gave him some good advice. “He told me that if I went to law school, I would be able to do just about anything I wanted to,” Kindred said.
Faculty
Coming Full Circle
Robin Morris Collin is a warrior. Her teaching, writing and public service all reflect her lifelong dedication to civil rights and her desire to protect the downtrodden. She’s written and lectured extensively on environmental issues. Her work is not just about protecting the earth but also about protecting the most vulnerable people living on it, those who are too young or too ignorant or too poor and powerless to effect change on their own. For her, it’s all connected, part of a great circle.
