{{short description|American lawyer}} {{Infobox person | name = Millard Ruud | birth_date = {{Birth date text|1917}} | birth_place = Minnesota, United States | death_date = {{Death date text|1997}} | death_place = Austin, Texas, United States | alma_mater = University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Law School | occupation = Legal scholar, professor | known_for = Executive director of the Association of American Law Schools, scholarship in legislation and commercial law | awards = Outstanding Achievement Award (University of Minnesota, 1980) | title = John S. Redditt Professor of Law | employer = University of Texas at Austin | spouse = }} '''Millard Ruud''' (1917–1997) was executive director of the Association of American Law Schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/1998-1999/memorials/Ruud/ruud.pdf|title = Faculty Council | the University of Texas at Austin}}</ref> A noted scholar of legislation and commercial law, Ruud graduated from the University of Minnesota and the University of Minnesota Law School, where he served as president of the Minnesota Law Review twice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=7135|title = Millard Harrington Ruud [7135]}}</ref> He also served as John S. Redditt Professor and associate dean of law at the University of Texas-Austin. He was given an Outstanding Achievement Award by the University of Minnesota in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/alluhonors/outstanding.html |title=Outstanding Achievement Award |accessdate=2012-01-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106055231/http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/alluhonors/outstanding.html |archivedate=2008-01-06 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Ruud was born in Minnesota, served in World War II, married, and died in Austin, Texas.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055022/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62605210.html HighBeam]</ref>
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