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 During the second century of the Rose Law Firm's existence, the firm
continued to add lawyers of extraordinary intelligence, integrity and ingenuity such as
Dedrick Cantrell (1905-1943), J. Fairfax Loughborough (1905-1945), Archie F. House
(1925-1969), Harry E. Meek (1932-1969), George Rose Smith (1933-1948) and two Rhodes
Scholars, William N. Nash (1931-1980) and J. Gaston Williamson. Meek was the principal
author of many of the banking, commercial and inheritance laws of Arkansas. Nash, a former
Dean of the Arkansas Law School, became an authority in municipal finance and authored many
 legislative proposals including the establishment of the Arkansas Industrial Development
Commission and constitutional amendments relating to industrial finance. George Rose Smith,
the grandson of U. M. Rose, was elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1948 and
thereafter became its longest serving justice. Gaston Williamson joined the firm in 1949
and became the preeminent authority on inheritance and estate planning in the state of
Arkansas. He was elected President of the Arkansas Bar Association in 1968.
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