Al Lewis

I came to Davis in the summer of '68 to set up the Public Services Department of the law library. The zeitgeist of the law school very much reflected what was going on down the road a year after "the Summer of Love." Several memories stick with me: I remember how the Law Students Association president obtained a lab coat, hung it on a hook in the basement and declared that anyone who wore it would be "Student President for a Day." I recall that the student newspaper was a good source of reviews on movies and musical shows at clubs, especially those in the Bay Area. I remember a very prominent student being mentioned in the "graffiti bulletin board" that he was "seen in class today." Apparently that was noteworthy. I also recall the look of the first year classes in those early days when, at Orientation, I faced 150 or so with crossed arms and expressions that said, "What do you have to say that's relevant?" Relevance was very big then. Things gradually became more serious, and less colorful.