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DEAN STARR: Thank you so much, Doug, for that incredibly inspiring introduction. We gather on thi... more DEAN STARR: Thank you so much, Doug, for that incredibly inspiring introduction. We gather on this very special occasion to welcome Justice Thomas back to our campus. He was here some years ago-it's been too long-but we also gather in a very special venue or forum. Here in the Caruso Auditorium, we are in the shadow of a great lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the United States, William French Smith. And both Justice Thomas and I knew Bill Smith well. I was privileged to serve at the Justice Department, and Justice Thomas then held two very important positions in the Executive Branch during the first Reagan term. And what I wanted to do before we begin the conversation with the Justice-with my colleagues, Academic Dean Shelley Saxer and our distinguished Alumnus, Charles Esthridge, thank you so much for being here-I wanted to draw from Bill's book, his memoir. 7 This is actually a forward by Ronald Reagan, one of the last things that President Reagan wrote: 10 7. WILLIAM FRENCH SMITH, LAW & JUSTICE IN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION: THE MEMOIRS OF AN ATTORNEY GENERAL (1991). 8. Id. at vii.
DEAN STARR: Thank you so much, Doug, for that incredibly inspiring introduction. We gather on thi... more DEAN STARR: Thank you so much, Doug, for that incredibly inspiring introduction. We gather on this very special occasion to welcome Justice Thomas back to our campus. He was here some years ago-it's been too long-but we also gather in a very special venue or forum. Here in the Caruso Auditorium, we are in the shadow of a great lawyer who served as the Attorney General of the United States, William French Smith. And both Justice Thomas and I knew Bill Smith well. I was privileged to serve at the Justice Department, and Justice Thomas then held two very important positions in the Executive Branch during the first Reagan term. And what I wanted to do before we begin the conversation with the Justice-with my colleagues, Academic Dean Shelley Saxer and our distinguished Alumnus, Charles Esthridge, thank you so much for being here-I wanted to draw from Bill's book, his memoir. 7 This is actually a forward by Ronald Reagan, one of the last things that President Reagan wrote: 10 7. WILLIAM FRENCH SMITH, LAW & JUSTICE IN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION: THE MEMOIRS OF AN ATTORNEY GENERAL (1991). 8. Id. at vii.