Dr. William T. Muse
Professor of Law, 1906-1971
Dean, T.C. Williams School of Law, 1947-1971
Dr. Muse served as Dean of the Law School for 24 years. He was secretary-treasurer of the Virginia Bar for 19 years and served a term as president of the Virginia Bar Association. He was a graduate of both Richmond College and the Law School. Known to many simply as “The Dean,” he was recognized as a man of the highest probity and integrity, a scholar, and gifted raconteur. The William Taylor Muse Law Library at the University of Richmond School of Law bears his name.
On April 15, 1993, Dr. Muse was added to the University of Richmond Trustees' Honor Roll of Distinguished Faculty, Administrators and Staff. Dr. Fred Anderson of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society had this to say about Dr. Muse:
William Taylor Muse came to Richmond on a scholarship and the school let him leave only long enough to secure an advanced degree. After a very brief stint in a law firm, he was lured back into the school and remained in the classroom for 40 years. He became dean of the law school in 1947 and for four decades he steered the school into national prominence, carefully developed generations of attorney, and freely gave of his time to the Commonwealth -- serving on numerous commissions -- and to his church -- teaching Bible classes for Tabernacle Church and the YMCA. Bill Muse was a Virginia gentleman in the best sense of the term, serving both God and man.