INDEX
Note: Charles F.C. Ruff is referred to in the index entries as CFCR
Afi-ica(n), 7, 10, 19, 28, 30-31, 33, 34, 41, 52-53, 57
Law, 53
Law schools, 28
see also individual countries
African-American(s), 41-42
African Law Institute, 52-53
American Field Service, 23-24
American Law School Convention, 54
American University Law School, 4
Amherst College, 19
Anchorage, Alaska, 6 1
Andover Academy (prep school), 16-19,24
Atmoshphere at, 17-18
Minorities at, 16- 18
the District of Columbia)
Antioch, see David A. Clarke School of Law (University of
Antioch College (Ohio), 57
Areen, Judith (“Judy”) (Dean, Georgetown Law Center), 57-58
Armed Forces radio, 49
Arvard, Inga (daughter-Mooa Arvard), 13
Arvard, Mooa (CFCR nanny), 13
Asia(n), 51
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 38
Army, U.S., 7-8
Bainbridge, John (Asst. Dean-law school), 28, 31, 52
Baltimore American, 2
Baltimore, Maryland, 4
Berkshire Mountains (Massachusetts), 26
Bermuda, 50
Bernstein, Leonard (musician), 6
Boston, Massachusetts, 26,41-42
Brearley School (N.Y .)
Breyer, Stephen (“Steve”) (Harvard Law School professor), 63
Bronx, New York, 14-15
Brooklyn Dodgers (baseball team), 12
Bums, Helen (daughter-second nanny), 13
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 26
Capitol Hill, 58
Chicago, Illinois, 61
Choate Academy (prep school), 16
Clark, Ramsay (Attorney General), 59
Cleveland, Ohio, 1-2
Cleveland Press, 1
Clinton, President William, 5
Columbia Law School, 8,23-24,26-27, 31-32,40,44, 52
Connecticut, 14
Consolidated Edison (NY power company), 27
Cornell University, 32, 39,47
Countee, Mickey (prep school friend), 16
Covington and Burling (D.C. law firm), 1
Cox, Archibald (“Archie”) (Special Prosecutor), 63
Darley, John (college roommate), 21
David A. Clarke School of Law (University of the District
of Columbia), 54-55, 57-58, 62
Dean, John (Watergate participant), 63
Deerfield Academy (prep school), 16
Delta Upsilon (DU) (CFRC college fiaternity), 21-22
Denmark, 36
District of Columbia, 9, 16, 32, 54, 58-60
Duke University, 7, 18
East Africa, 31-32
Ebbett’s Field (N.Y.), 12
Eisenhower, President Dwight D., 21
Ervin, Senator Samuel (“Sam”), 63
Essaye, Anthony (“Tony”) (law fm associate), 27
Ethical Society Headquarters (Phila., PA), 24-25
Ethiopia, 53
Europe, 19, 22
Exeter Acadeny (prep school), 16
Fink, Neil (“Snippy “) (childhood friend), 9-10
Firestone Rubber Co., 34-35,49
Fitts, Dudley (Andover teacher), 17
Ford Foundation, 28
Fordham, Jefferson (Dean-Penn Law School), 53
Frey, Andrew L. (“Andy”) (college classmate), 21
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Garber, Joseph (Dean-Liberian law school), 43
Gary, Indiana, 60
Georgetown Law Center (D.C.), 57-58, 62
Georgia, 22
Germany, 7
Guillain-Barre Syndrome, 5 1
Hager, Michael (attorney-SAILER), 42
Hammond, Indiana, 61
Harvard Law School, 44,63
Harvard University, 16, 18-19, 43
Hebron Academy (Maine), 1
Heymann, Philip (“Phil”) (Harvard Law School professor), 63
Hispanics, 56
Hitler, Chancellor Adolph, 13
Hodges, Gil (baseball player), 12
Humphrey, Senator Hubert, 29
Hungary, 2
Indiana, 39
Inwood, Long Island, 11
Inwood Beach Club (L.I.), 11
Inwood Country Club (L.I.), 1 I
Irish, 9
James (Liberian houseboy), 37
JewsIJudaism, 3, 9, 22
John Carroll University (Ohio), 1
Justice Department, U.S., 54-56,58-64
Criminal Division, 59-60, 62
Criminal Division, Organized Crime Division, 59, 6 1-63
Labor Management Section, 62
U.S. Attorney’s Office, 63
Kahn, Edgar (law school professor), 55-56
Kahn, Jean -Camper (law school professor), 55-56
Keeney, John (Justice Dept.), 60
Kennedy, President John F., 13,29-30, 38-39
Kennedy, Robert (“Bobby”) (Attorney General), 60
Kleindienst, Richard (Attorney General), 63
Kru tribe (Liberia), 38
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Law
Criminal, 43,56
Property, 44
LeBoeuf, Lamb and Liebey (N.Y. law firm), 26-27
Liberia, 28, 31-50
American-Liberian establishment, 34,47
Attitude toward Americans, 38
Economy of, 35-36
Kru tribe, 38
Language of, 32
Law codification in, 38
Law school, 41-42
Laws of, 32
Lawyers, 43
Legal education system in, 43-47
Legal practice in, 45
Living conditions in, 36-37
Political conditions in, 34
Roberts Field Airport, 33, 35
Ruff, Charles F.C. teaching in, 31-49
Supreme Court, 44
U.S. AID mission, 36
London, England, 43
Long Island, New York, 7
Los Angeles, California, 3
MacGregor clan (U.S.), 2
Maine, 1
Malcolm X (civil rights activist), 47-48
Manhattan, New York, 23
Maryland Recreations, 16
Massachusetts, 18
Matz, David (Peace Corps attorney), 41-42
Maxwell, Vernella (“Vern”) (attorney-friend), 41 -43
McBride, Thomas (“Tom”) (Justice Dept.), 62, 64
McCarthy, Senator Eugene, 30
Meese, Sandy (Peace Corps), 42
Meredith, James (civil rights activist), 47
Metropolitan Opera House (NY), 7. 12, 15
Minnesota, 55
Minorities, 16-18
Mitchell, John (Attorney General), 59,63
Mohonk, New York, 25-26
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Monrovia, Liberia, 36, 43, 45,49-50
Mormon(s), 3
Native Americans, 56
Neil, James (“Jim”) (Justice Dept.), 64
New England, 16
New York Bar examination, 28-29, 3 1
New York Boy’s Club, 14
New York City, 2, 5-6, 10, 12, 15,23-24, 26-27, 32, 36,
New York University Hospital, 50
New York University Law School, 29
Nigeria, 50
Nixon, Vice President Richard, 30
Normandy, France, 7
North Shore, Long Island, 14
49-50, 52, 58,64
Ohio, 57
Ohio State University, 18
Oman, 40,42
Paris, France, 33
Paulson, Monrad (law school professor), 26-27
Peace Corps, 23,30
Lawyers, 39, 42
Volunteers, 39, 42
Perm Law School, 53-54,58
Peterson, Henry (Justice Dept.), 58-60
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19, 22, 53, 58
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 52
Practising Law Institute (PLI), 29
Princeton University, 19-21
RaceRacism, 16- 17
Richardson, Elliot (Attorney General), 63
Riverdale, New York, 14, 17
Robinson, Jackie (baseball player), 12
Rome, Italy, 33,40, 42
Ruff, Charles F.C.-Personal
Ancestry, Hungarian-Jewish, 3
Aunts, 2-4
Bernice (aunt), 3
Scottish, 2
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Brother-in-law, 23
Carson, Mr. (natural father), 1-2,4-5, 24
Childhood friends, 9- 1 1
College 4
cousins, 4
cousins, first, 3-4
Daughters, 37-38
Education
Childhood, 1-3,5-14
Andover Academy (prep school), 15-19,24
Columbia Law School, 23-24, 26-27, 31-32, 40
elementary, 14- 15
law school, 19
P.S. 135, 11, 14
Riverdale Country Day School, 14
Swarthmore College, 18-22,29
Emma (aunt), 3
Father-in-law, 22, 25
Fink, Neil (“Snippy”) (childhood friend), 9-1 1
Grandmother, 11
Grandparents, 2, 5-6
Illness, 49-52
Klein, Morris (maternal grandfather), 2-3, 8
Klein, Mrs. (mother), 1-3, 5-8, 10, 18, 24, 52
Mitzi (childhood friend), 11
Mother-in-law, 22
Parents, 15
Ruff, Carin (eldest daughter), 1, 53
Ruff, Carl (father, adoptive), 6-8, 18,24,25, 49
Ruff, Carla (sister), 15, 19
Ruff, Susan Willis (wife), 1,4, 19-26, 28-31, 47-49,
Ruth (“Babel’) (aunt), 3
Selma (aunt), 3
Sister-in-law, 23
Uncles, 4
Wagner, Christina Ruff (younger daughter), 1, 53-54
Wagner, Nathaniel (son-in-law), 1
Wagner, Samantha (granddaughter), 1
Africa, preparation for, 3 1-32
teaching in, 3 1-49
African Law Institute, 52
52-54
Ruff, Charles F.C.-Professional
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African teaching experience, 43-48
Bar examination, 28-29, 31
Career choices, 29-30
Covington and Burling (D.C law fm), 1
Justice Dept., 54-56, 58-64
LeBoeuf, Lamb, and Liebey (N.Y.law fm), 26-27
Teaching, Georgetown Law Center, 57-58,62
Penn Law School, 53-54,58
Rusk Center, 50
Russia, 22
Ruth, Henry (Justice Dept.), 63-64
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral (NY), 10
Salk, Dr. Jonas, 51
Salt Lake City, Utah, 2
Sands tone Penitentiary (Minnesota) , 5 5
San Francisco, California, 15
Senate, U.S. 63
Shaker Heights, Ohio, 2
Sicily, 7
Slaves, American, 34
Socratic method, 43, 45
Spellman, Cardinal Francis, 10
St. Louis, Missouri, 42
Staffing of African Institutions of Legal Education and
Stott, Gilbert (“Gil”) (Swarthmore professor), 18
Swarthmore College (Pa.), 17-22,29, 55
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 17
Swedes, 35
Research (SAILER), 28,42,53
Teamsters Union, 60-61
The New York Times, 47
Thompson, Clifford (“Cliff’) (African Law Institute), 52-53
Toledo Bee, 2
Toledo, Ohio, 2-3, 5, 8, 11, 25,41
Toledo University (Ohio), 18
Tubman, President William (Liberia), 34
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District, 58
Uganda, 28,31
University of Liberia, 44
University of Liberia Law School, 46
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University of Massachusetts, 41
University of Virginia Law School, 27
University of Wisconsin, 19
V-J Day (WWII), 8
Vermont, 14
Virginia, 20
Vorenberg, James (“Jim”) (Harvard Law School professor), 63
Wall Street (NY), 27-28
Walter Reed Army Hospital (D.C.), 7
Watergate, 58, 60, 62-64
WAVES, U.S., 3
West Africa, 33, 47
West Buffalo (NY), 11
West Chester High School (PA), 22
West Chester, Pennsylvania, 22-23
Williams College, 19
Woerheide, Victor (“Vic”) (lawyer-Justice Dept.), 60-61
WOR (N.Y. radio station), 7
World War 11, 3, 6-8, 35
Yale Law School, 23,55
Yale University, 19
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