This lecture series advances the study, evaluation, and resolution
of issues related to water conservation and usage in general, and issues
related to the law of water rights, water conservation and water usage
in the western states of the United States.
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| Elvira and Frank Jestrab, 1985 |
Frank Jestrab is a 1938 graduate of The University of Montana School
of Law. He was born January 28, 1913, in Havre, Montana. After graduating
from law school he joined the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. in Butte where
he worked until 1942.
He then served as Infantry Platoon Leader,
Company Executive Officer, and Battalion Supply Officer in
the Aleutian Islands and as Platoon Leader and
Company Commander of the 475th Infantry in Burma until 1945. He received
the Bronze Star and left the armed services in 1945 as a Captain.
Jestrab practiced law in New York City and Houston,
Texas, until 1949 when he joined the Legal Department
of the Amerada Petroleum Corporation in Casper, Wyoming,
and Williston, North Dakota. He then practiced law in Williston from
1952 until 1978. President Carter appointed him a Commissioner of
the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
Commission for a six year term ending in 1984.
During his legal career, Jestrab was president of the North Dakota
Bar Association and a member of the National Conference of Commissioners
on Uniform State Laws (elected a life member in 1974). He was also
chairman of the board of Northwestern Federal Savings and Loan in Williston
and an Advisory Director of Metropolitan Financial Corporation in Fargo.
Jestrab represented the Governor of North
Dakota on the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. He was
a member of numerous professional organizations
and was one of three founders of the Jackrabbit Bar Association.
Frank Jestrab married Elvira Waidt Evensen in January,
1952. Elvira Jestrab died March 11, 2000. They have
two children. Jestrab has been the organizer of many
School of Law Class of 1938 reunions.
These lectures are generously funded
by the Frank and Elvira Jestrab Lecture Fund.
The Lecture Series
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