Dean Margaret Bauer

Portia Law School, 1937

Dean Margaret Bauer stands between Rhode Island Senator Theodore F. Green (left) and United Nations Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge at a 1960 ceremony celebrating honorary degree recipients. Courtesy of The Boston Public Library, Print Department

When Dean York passed away, Margaret Bauer was the unanimous choice to replace him. Bauer, a North Carolina native, originally arrived at Portia Law School as a student. After graduating in 1937, she stayed on as an administrator and then as a faculty member. She was named dean in 1953.