Word: countryman
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...founding trustee of the National Consumer Law Center, which presents the "Vern Countryman Award" every year to recognize attorneys who "have contributed significantly to the rights and welfare of low-income consumers...
...Countryman was exactly what his name suggested: a native of Roundup, Mont., where his father was sheriff, Countryman was a "Westerner," who, in the midst of student unrest at Harvard, once compared the University to a stubborn mule...
...with his Western ways, Countryman brought a decided toughness to HLS's oldest professorship...
Known to law students as "stern Vern," Countryman was memorable not just for his scholarship, but also for his uncompromising demeanor, his flat-top crew cut and his chain cigarette smoking...
...Countryman taught courses in commercial law, commercial transactions, financial planning, creditors' rights and the legal profession...