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Memorial
Willis Gordon Stoner
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The Michigan Alumnus 3
Mr. Stoner died at the age of 62 following an illness of several months. Until his death, he was General Man ager of the Midland Steel Products Company, Detroit. He started with the firm in 1920 when he resigned his professorship here.
After receiving his degree, Mr. Stoner worked with a law firm in Chi cago for two years. In 1908, he ac cepted a position as Instructor in the Law School, and by 1912, he had been made a full professor.
During the First World War, he was on leave from his teaching duties to serve first as a cap tain and later as a major in the Army Sanitary Corps. Returning to the Cam pus after the war, he taught for a semester before resigning.
In addition to teaching, Mr. Stoner served on the Board in Control of Student Publications, first as Secretary and later as Supervising Business Man ager.