Doug McFarland - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Douglas Dale McFarland is a college professor at Hamline University

Hamline University

-Red Wing location :Hamline was named in honor of Leonidas Lent Hamline, a bishop of the Methodist Church whose interest in the frontier led him to donate $25,000 toward the building of an institution of higher learning in what was then the territory of Minnesota. Today, a statue of Bishop Hamline...

and is a Minnesota politician.

Biography and Titles

He was born in Minnesota and received a B.A. from Macalester College

Macalester College

Macalester College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 as a Presbyterian-affiliated but nonsectarian college. Its first class entered September 15, 1885. The college is located on a campus in a historic residential neighborhood...

, a J.D. from New York University School of Law

New York University School of Law

The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....

, and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...

. Before coming to Hamline, Dr. McFarland was an attorney at the Minneapolis-based law firm of Dorsey & Whitney

Dorsey & Whitney

Dorsey & Whitney LLP is a large law firm, with close to 600 lawyers and 650 staff located in 19 offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Its headquarters is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has been since its inception. Dorsey is currently led by its managing partner, Marianne D. Short...

, practicing in the areas of corporate law and litigation. He was Administrative Assistant to Chief Justice Warren E. Burger

Warren E. Burger

Warren Earl Burger was the 15th Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986. Although Burger had conservative leanings, the U.S...

, in the Supreme Court of the United States, and a Tom C. Clark Judicial Fellow at the Court. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Federalist Society

Federalist Society

The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, is an organization of conservatives seeking reform of the current American legal system in accordance with a textualist and/or originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution...

. Dr. McFarland was Associate Dean for Teaching and Scholarship from 2002–05, and has been Admissions Chair, Curriculum Chair, Development Task Force Chair, Faculty Appointments Chair, and Promotion and Tenure Chair.

Politics

McFarland ran for David Durenberger

David Durenberger

David Ferdinand Durenberger is an American politician and a former Republican member of the U.S. Senate from Minnesota.- Early life :...

's Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

U.S. Senate seat in 1994. He dropped out of the Senate race after endorsing Allen Quist

Allen Quist

Allen J. Quist is a Minnesota politician, a former state representative, and a two-time candidate for governor of the state.-State representative:...

for Governor on May 17, 1994 and cast his support for Bert McKasy. Afterwards, he became Quist's running mate and garnered some votes in the race for Minnesota Attorney General in the 1997 convention.

Senate

GOP Primary Mason-Dixon Favorable 2/21/94
- Rod Grams
  Rod Grams
  Rodney Dwight "Rod" Grams served the state of Minnesota in both the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.- Early life :...
  
  , 38%
- Joanell Dyrstad
  Joanell Dyrstad
  Joanell M. Dyrstad was the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. She served January 7, 1991 to January 3, 1995 and was elected with Governor Arne Carlson. She ran for the U.S. Senate seat in 1994 but lost in the primary to Rod Grams...
  
  , 28%
- Doug McFarland, 9%
- Bert McKasy, 3%

Among All Mason-Dixon Favorable 2/21/94
- Rod Grams
  Rod Grams
  Rodney Dwight "Rod" Grams served the state of Minnesota in both the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.- Early life :...
  
  (R), 26%
- Joanell Dyrstad
  Joanell Dyrstad
  Joanell M. Dyrstad was the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. She served January 7, 1991 to January 3, 1995 and was elected with Governor Arne Carlson. She ran for the U.S. Senate seat in 1994 but lost in the primary to Rod Grams...
  
  (R), 26%
- Tom Foley (D), 25%
- Collin Peterson
  Collin Peterson
  Collin Clark Peterson , is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991, and the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and is the dean of the Minnesota congressional delegation.The district, Minnesota's largest and most rural...
  
  (D), 17%
- Ann Wynia (D), 11%
- Tom Berg (D), 9%
- Linda Berglin (D), 9%
- Gen Olson (R), 9%
- Doug McFarland (R), 5%
- Bert McKasy (R), 3%

Star Tribune Name Recognition (Lower, Better)
- Rod Grams (R), 41%
- Collin Peterson (D), 61%
- Doug McFarland (R), 69%
- Tom Berg (D), 71%
- Linda Berglin (D), 72%
- Pat McGowan (R), 73%
- Gen Olson (R), 78%
- Bert McKasy (R), 81%
- Ann Wynia (D), 84%

Pioneer Press Name Recognition (Higher, Better)
- Tom Foley (D), 67%
- Rod Grams (R), 66%
- Collin Peterson (D), 48%
- Doug McFarland (R), 35%
- Tom Berg (D), 33%
- Linda Berglin (D), 33%
- Gen Olson (R), 16%
- Ann Wynia (D), 14%
- Bert McKasy (R), 7%

Attorney general

Republican Convention Straw Poll
- Charlie Weaver, 58%
- Doug McFarland, 29%
- John Graham, 7%

Published works

- FEW ARE CHOSEN: A CAMPAIGN MEMOIR (2008).
- In Search of the Transaction or Occurrence: Counterclaims, 40 CREIGHTON L. REV. 699 (2007).
- The True Compass: No Federal Question in a State Law Claim, 55 U. KAN. L. REV. 1 (2006).
- A Personal Tribute to Chief Justice Rehnquist, 29 HAMLINE L. REV. 1 (2006).
- A Personal Tribute to Chief Justice Rehnquist, 29 HAMLINE L. REV. 1 (2006).
- Computer Assisted Exercises on Civil Procedure (West, 5th ed. 2004; 4th ed. 1995; 3d ed. 1991) (with Roger C. Park).
- Dictum Run Wild: How Long-Arm Statutes Extended to the Limits of Due Process, 84 B. U. L. REV. 491 (2004).
- Drop the Shoe: A Law of Personal Jurisdiction, 68 MO. L. REV. 753 (2003).
- Present Sense Impressions Cannot Live in the Past, 28 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. 907 (2001).
- MINNESOTA CIVIL PRACTICE (Lexis 3d ed. 1999, plus supplements; Butterworths, 2d ed. 1990; Mason, 1st ed. 1979) (with William J. Keppel).
- THE FUTURE OF LEGAL EDUCATION, IN FOR THE RECORD: 150 YEARS OF LAW & LAWYERS IN MINNESOTA (Minnesota State Bar Association, 1999).
- Profiles of all 26 Minnesota Chief Justices and Chief Judges, in FOR THE RECORD: 150 YEARS OF LAW & LAWYERS IN MINNESOTA (Minnesota State Bar Association, 1999).
- Chief Justice Warren E. Burger: A Personal Tribute, 19 HAMLINE L. REV. 1 (1995).
- The Unconstitutional Stub of Section 1441(c), 54 Ohio St. L.J. 1059 (1993).
- The Need for a New National Court, 100 HARV. L. REV. 1400 (1987) (with Thomas E. Baker).
- Students and Practicing Lawyers Identify the Ideal Law Professor, 36 J. LEGAL EDUC. 93 (1986).
- Self-Images of Law Professors: Rethinking the Schism in Legal Education, 35 J. LEGAL EDUC. 232 (1985).
- Dead Men Tell Tales: Thirty Times Three Years of the Judicial Process After Hillmon, 30 VILL. L. REV. 1 (1985).
- Rhetorical Visions of Committed Voters in the 1980 Presidential Campaign, 1 J. CRITICAL STUD. MASS COMMUNICATION 287 (1984) (with Ernest Bormann, Becky Kroll, and Kathy Watters).

External links