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1916

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Robert Emmet Cullen, LL.B.

Flemingsburg, Kentucky

Henry Clay Law Society, Vice-President 4; Prohibition Club, President 4; Patterson Literary Society; Economics Club; Democratic Club; Business Manager Kentucky Law Journal 4; Manager Lawyers' Football Team 3; Business Manager "Kentuckian"; Class Giftorian; Winner of the American Law Book Company Prize 3.

That's true; do you want me to tell you why? When the class was looking around for an honest, energetic man for Business Manager of the Kentuckian, Cullen was first choice. He hopes some day to be able to hand down wise and just decisions from the Supreme Bench. His method is to "hew to the line and let the chips fall where they may."

-The Kentuckian, 1916
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Robert Emmet Cullen (November 15, 1894 - October 15, 1918) was born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky to John Cullen and Winifred Comer. Cullen received an LL.B. from the University of Kentucky in 1916. He then attended the University of Virginia for the summer 1916 session and Columbia University until his enlistment. Cullen enlisted in the United States Army in December 1917 and entered World War I as a Supply Sergeant in the 64th Coast Artillery Corps. Sergeant Cullen succumbed to influenza on October 15, 1918.

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