By Patricia Lomando White
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Arthur Hellman and Welsh White
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Pitt has named School of Law Professors Arthur D. Hellman and Welsh S. White inaugural holders of two new endowed chairs created through the bequest of the late Christopher C. Walthour Jr.
Walthour was a Pitt law school alumnus and former Westmoreland County attorney and bank president. Hellman holds the Sally Ann Semenko Endowed Chair, named for Walthour’s fiancée, who died while he was serving in the U.S. military in Japan during World War II; White holds the Bessie McKee Walthour Endowed Chair, named for Walthour’s mother.
Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg appointed the professors to their new positions, effective Feb. 1, upon the recommendations of law school Dean David Herring and Pitt Provost James V. Maher. In doing so, Nordenberg noted that “elevation to a named professorship constitutes one of the highest honors that any university can bestow upon a member of its faculty. In these cases, this special form of recognition is very well deserved. Professors Hellman and White have been academic stars here at Pitt for decades.”
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