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Des Kearns, Class of 1972, taught the natural resources law courses at the College of Law for several years. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mining engineering from Imperial College London, and worked in both coal and metal mining in the United States, Canada, Cyprus, England and Ireland, as well as in consulting capacities in Australia, Africa and Latin America.
Des Kearns spent several years in private law practice in Tucson, concentrating in natural resources, transactional and corporate law. He also served as general counsel and in executive management positions for several mining companies. He has been a member of and trustee for the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (previously the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation) for approximately 50 years. He also served as an adviser during the creation of the Global Mining Law Center at the College of Law and was a member of the college’s Board of Visitors for many years.
Jean Kearns, Class of 1959, Professor Emerita in the College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, earned a bachelor’s degree from McNeese State University in Louisiana, a master’s degree in family and consumer sciences from UArizona and a doctorate from Florida State University.
She started her career at McNeese State University but dedicated most of her teaching career to research and teaching at UArizona. She was a Fulbright Professor and has taught internationally at the University of British Columbia, Philippine Women’s University and Singapore Teachers’ Training College.
“We wanted to support the College of Law in a way that is meaningful to us and that elevated the quality and status of the law college in the future,” Des Kearns said at the time the endowment was announced. “Endowing the professorship will make a major impact and achieve those goals.”
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