Ben W. Palmer, A.B., M.A., LL. B., was a practicing lawyer, lecturer on the law, former instructor in political science, student of American history. He was the author of Manuel of Minnesota Law, The Patriot’s Calendar, numerous articles on legal and historical subjects. He was a director of the Minnesota State Bar Association, for two years conductor of their weekly broadcast, president of the Hennepin County Bar Association, historian general of the Sons of the American Revolution.