Albert J. Farrah (1863 – June 29, 1944) was the founding law school dean at Stetson University and the University of Florida Levin College of Law's first dean when created in 1909. He then served as dean of the University of Alabama's law school where he served for three decades until shortly before his death.
He was born in Adrian, Michigan in 1863 and studied at Adrian College and then Cornell College in Iowa. He graduated from the University of Michigan's law school in 1900.
The newly built University of Alabama's Farrah Hall law building was dedicated to him in 1927.
He wrote Cases on the law of husband and wife.
He died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on June 29, 1944.
In 2011, he was inducted into Stetson College of Law's Hall of Fame.
References
- "Albert J. Farrah Will Be Dean of Law School". Gainesville Daily Sun. 5 July 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- Meador, Daniel (2012-03-01). The Transformative Years of the University of Alabama Law School, 1966–1970. NewSouth Books. ISBN 978-1-60306-153-7.
- ^ "Albert J. Farrah (Dean, 1909-1912)". Levin College of Law. July 3, 2014.
- ^ "A New Day, a New Building: Albert J. Farrah's Years of Victory". Litera Scripta. March 10, 2023.
- "Alumni Meet For Homecoming Day:Dedication Of Farrah Hall". The Birmingham News. 1927-10-28. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- "Ground Broken For Farrah Hall New Law Building At Capstone". The Montgomery Advertiser. 1927-01-29. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- Farrah, Albert John (2 June 2015). Cases on the Law of Husband and Wife. LULU Press. ISBN 978-1-330-02913-8. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- "Albert J. Farrah". The Birmingham News. 1944-07-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- "Obituary for Albert J. Farrah". Pensacola News Journal. 1 July 1944. p. 3. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- "Hall of Fame". www.stetson.edu.
- "Stetson to honor local law-college alumnus Saturday". Daytona Beach News-Journal Online. Retrieved 8 November 2023.