Roland L. Hjorth, Garvey Schubert Professor of Law and dean emeritus at the University of Washington, received the 2005 Roger Stouder Award at the Washington State Bar Association Tax Section Luncheon on May 17.

Hjorth is the fourth recipient of the award, which is named in honor of a well-known Seattle tax lawyer who died of cancer. The award recognizes and honors outstanding service to the WSBA Tax Section, and is not presented every year. Previous recipients include Professor Meade Emory, the former director of the law school’s tax program.

Hjorth has been on the UW School of Law faculty since 1964 and served as its dean from 1995 to 2001.  (See the press release here.)