Frederic White served as Professor of Law and Associate Dean at Cleveland-Marshall for 26 years, teaching property, wills and trusts, land use control administrative law, local government law, and criminal law. Prior to his CSU|LAW service, he was an Associate Attorney with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (now Squire Patton Boggs). After CSU|LAW, he became Dean and Professor of Law at Golden Gate University School of Law and at Texas Wesleyan School of Law, located in California and Texas, respectively. He retired as a Professor of Law at Texas A&M University School of Law. Besides being a practicing attorney, he also is an experienced arbitrator and mediator. He was an Inaugural Member of 100 Black Men of Cleveland and served as President of the Norman S. Minor Bar Association (NSMBA), as a member of the ABA Law School Accreditation Committee, on the Board of Trustees of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), and as a member of the U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Selection Board. In addition, he has served as a Cuyahoga County Grand Jury Forman and on Merit Selection Panels for U.S. Magistrate Judges in Ohio and Texas. He received the NSMBA Trail Blazer Award, the Stapleton Award for Faculty Excellence, the Wiley Manuel Law Foundation Legal Pioneer Award, and the Distinguished Columbian in Teaching Award from the Columbia University School of Law. He is the author of four books, including Ohio Landlord Tenant Law, first published in 1984, now updated and published annually for 23 consecutive years. Upon his departure from CSU|LAW, he was honored to have the law faculty establish the Frederic P. White, Jr. Scholarship in his name.