Carl S. Hawkins

Carl Stolworthy Hawkins (1926–2010) was a prominent American lawyer, law school dean and also a local leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He was then a Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School, Hawkins then joined the law firm of Wilkinson, Cragun, Barker & Hawkins, where he was involved in cases for Native American tribes for payments from the United States government.

Hawkins served for a time as bishop of the Ann Arbor Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He also took a two-year leave from BYU to serve as executive director of the Florida Academic Task Force for Review of Insurance and Tort Systems.

Hawkins was appointed to the Judge Nominating Commission of the 10th United States Circuit Court by Jimmy Carter.