By Samford University
Two academic chairs were approved by the Samford University Board of Trustees for the Cumberland School of Law in December: the Albert P. Brewer Chair of Ethics and Professionalism and the Stephen Everett Wells Chair in Municipal Law.
Law professor William G. Ross was appointed to the Albert P. Brewer Chair, and law professor Michael E. DeBow was appointed to the Stephen Everett Wells Chair.
The chairsThe Brewer Chair is established in memory of the late Alabama governor and Samford trustee, Albert P. Brewer. It was originally established by Brewer with a $500,000 gift in 2013, and recently completed with a $1 million provision from Brewer’s estate. The Brewer chair is to be held by a scholar who has exhibited excellent teaching and research abilities along with worthy ethics and professionalism.
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