I KNOW A LABOR of love when I see one, and for Charles Tarpley, the SMU Air Law Symposium was just that. For thirty-eight years, he served as the uncompensated Chair of the Board of Advisors of the symposium, which was anything but an honorific title. With the help of the law students serving as editors of the Journal of Air Law and Commerce (Journal), the Board is responsible for planning and executing each year's symposium. Without an effective chair and an involved board, the quality of the symposium would no doubt suffer, as the law student editors typically know little about aviation law and do not have contacts in the aviation law field. Tireless is the word that comes to mind when considering Charles's dedication to the symposium and the Journal, It is not possible to know how many hours he devoted to the symposium each year, but it was probably enough to make partner at a major law firm. He worked closely with the Journal!s Symposium and Associate Symposium editors, effectively trained new students annually, and took primary responsibility for developing the program and securing speakers.
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