The Osgoode Hall Law School Fund

Osgoode Hall Law School Fund donors are recognized annually in the Report on Giving for contributions made during the fiscal year is from May 1 to April 30. Donors who make a gift will be recognized with their Class as well as individually in one of the following gift societies:

	William A. Reeve Circle $10,000 plus 1889 – 1894 In 1889 the only full-time faculty member at the Law School was the Principal, William Albert Reeve, Q.C. (The title Dean was not used until 1924). Reeve was called to the Bar in 1865 and practised in Napanee, Ontario until 1882 when he moved back to Toronto. Principal Reeve was intent on reforming the traditional lecture curriculum and expanding the Law School's role within the students' required training.
	Newman W. Hoyles Circle $5,000 to $9,999 1894 – 1923 Toronto barrister Newman W. Hoyles was named as the second principal of the Law School in 1894. He was remembered for his gentlemanly qualities and his graciousness. Mr. Hoyles retired in 1923 at the age of 79.
	John D. Falconbridge Circle $1,000 to $4,999 1923 – 1948 When N.W. Hoyles retired, the Law Society changed the title of the head of the School and appointed John D. Falconbridge the first Dean. His first association with the Law School began in 1904 as an Examiner. In 1909 he became a part-time lecturer and in 1919 became Assistant Principal. Dean Falconbridge was a perceptive and dedicated legal scholar.
	Charles E. Smalley-Baker Circle $500 to $999 1949 – 1958 An expatriate Canadian who was Dean of Law at Birmingham, England, was appointed Osgoode Dean in 1949. He was born in New Brunswick and held degrees from Acadia, Harvard (LLB), Oxford and Birmingham. During his tenure a larger faculty was assembled. Dean Smalley-Baker resigned and became Dean Emeritus in 1958.
	H. Allan Leal Circle $100 to $499 1958 – 1966 H. Allan Leal was a Rhodes Scholar who graduated from Osgoode in 1948. During his term as Dean, the Law School attracted a growing number of full-time, scholarly-oriented faculty, and it became more and more of an academic institution. Allan Leal left the School to become Chairman of the Ontario Law Reform Commission in 1966.