Le Livre de Lecture, 1874r.

Le Livre de Lecture, 1874r. - H. Stammer

Walter H. Stammer, 77, prominent in civic and legal circles throughout the state, died yesterday in a local hospital following a long illness. The family home is at 710 E. Pine Ave. Stammer was born in San Jose, was graduated from Stanford University in 1914 and from Stanford Law School two years later. He moved to Fresno where he was associated with L. L. Cory in the practice of law until 1928, when he formed a partnership with Galen McKnight, in a firm now known as Stammer, McKnight, Barnum, Bailey and Barnett. He was a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation and the American College of Probate Counsel, member of the American Law Institute and the American Judicature Society. He was a past president of the Fresno County and City Chamber of Commerce, served as a directory of the Valley Children’s Hospital and the Central California Blood Bank and was a charter member of the Stanford Law School board of visitors. In 1957 Stammer attended the 80th annual conference of the American Bar Association, a part of which was in London. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1958. Stammer also served as president of the Fresno County Bar Association in 1925 and later served as a member of the State Bar Association board of governors and on the board of examiners for several years.