Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington. Seattle, Lowman and
Hanford Co., 1922. p. 78.

C. P. BISSETT, professor of law, University of Washington, Seattle, is 
unquestionably one of the foremost educators in the country.  Mr. Bissett was 
born in California in 1875.  He was educated in private schools, while his 
legal training was in the University of Minnesota and abroad.  He was admitted 
to the Washington bar in 1904, and came to Seattle the same year.  He became a 
professor of law at the University of Washington in 1904.  As an educator, I 
seriously doubt if Mr. Bissett has a superior anywhere in the country.  The 
most successful members of the Washington bar regard him as one of the ablest 
men in the law college.  He is one of the hardest workers in that great 
institution and possesses the faculty for imparting his knowledge to others.  
His splendid knowledge of law and the application of its principles has been 
many times clearly demonstrated, and it was in 1922 that he was named by the 
Federal court as receiver for the Frank Waterhouse interests, a matter 
involving many hundreds of thousands of dollars.  The position encroached too 
much on his time at the University, and after serving for several weeks, he 
asked to be relieved, and returned to his law classes.  Mr. Bissett was united 
in marriage to Miss Edith Gamble, in 1899, and the couple have two children, a 
boy, and a girl.  He is a member of the Rainier club, Seattle Yacht club, and 
is a Mason.  He is also a member of the city and state bar associations.

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