The State Bar Association of North Dakota Winter 2015 Gavel Magazine | Page 21

increased understanding between legal education and the active
practice of law; the American Inns of Court Professionalism
award for the 8th Circuit; the National Center for State
Courts Paul C. Reardon Award for outstanding contributions
to the justice system; and the Warren Burger Society
Award recognizing volunteers who have given extraordinary
contributions of service to the National Center for State Courts.

FIVE LAWYERS IN NORTH DAKOTA
ROUGH RIDER HALL OF FAME
The 41 North Dakotans who have received the honorary rank
of Colonel in the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Riders include five

Ronald Davies

1904 - 1996
Presented June 11, 1987

Warren Christopher
1925-2011
Presented June 20, 1998

lawyers who have distinguished themselves professionally and
brought honor to their home state.
In addition to Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle’s January
induction, the others lawyers, in chronological order of the date of
their presentation, are below.
Portraits and biographies o