# Millard Ruud

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{{short description|American lawyer}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Millard Ruud
| birth_date    = {{Birth date text|1917}}
| birth_place   = [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota), [United States](/source/United_States)
| death_date    = {{Death date text|1997}}
| death_place   = [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas), [United States](/source/United_States)
| alma_mater    = [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota), [University of Minnesota Law School](/source/University_of_Minnesota_Law_School)
| occupation    = Legal scholar, professor
| known_for     = Executive director of the [Association of American Law Schools](/source/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](/source/University_of_Texas_at_Austin)
| spouse        = 
}}
'''Millard Ruud''' (1917&ndash;1997) was executive director of the [Association of American Law Schools](/source/Association_of_American_Law_Schools).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/1998-1999/memorials/Ruud/ruud.pdf|title = Faculty Council &#124; the University of Texas at Austin}}</ref>   A noted scholar of legislation and commercial law, Ruud graduated from the [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota) and the [University of Minnesota Law School](/source/University_of_Minnesota_Law_School), where he served as president of the [Minnesota Law Review](/source/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 &#91;7135&#93;}}</ref>  He also served as John S. Redditt Professor and associate dean of law at the [University of Texas-Austin](/source/University_of_Texas-Austin).   He was given an Outstanding Achievement Award by the [University of Minnesota](/source/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](/source/Minnesota), served in [World War II](/source/World_War_II), married, and died in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055022/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62605210.html HighBeam]</ref>

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Category:University of Texas at Austin faculty
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