building was renamed Walter F. Mondale Hall in his honor in 2002. His legacy and continued participation in the life of the school earned him a most interesting honor from the school's student-run Law Council: the naming of the mascot of the law school as the "Fighting Mondales." The Law School held the office of Attorney General of Minnesota uninterrupted from another law school from 1929 until 2007. Other prominent alumni of the school include: Donald Alsop, federal judge Ellen Anderson, Minnesota State Senator G. Barry Anderson, Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court Paul H. Anderson, Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court Russell A. Anderson, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court Wendell Anderson, former Governor of Minnesota and United States Senator LaRoy Baird, North Dakota State Senator Jack Baker, GLBT activist, first couple to apply for same-sex marriage license in 1970 Dean Barkley, former United States Senator Henry N. Benson, former Minnesota Attorney General James H. Binger, former chief executive officer, Honeywell, theater entrepreneur James J. Blanchard, former Governor of Michigan and U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kathleen A. Blatz, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court Willard L. Boyd, former president, University of Iowa and Field Museum of Natural History Leland Bush, judge of the District Court of Minnesota. Guy Branum, comedian. Nancy E. Brasel, federal judge Myron Bright, former judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit David R. Brink, former president, American Bar Association Harrison A. Bronson, former justice, North Dakota Supreme Court Quentin N. Burdick, son of Usher L. Burdick and former United States Senator Usher L. Burdick, former United States Representative, Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, and father of Quentin N. Burdick Edward T. Burke, former justice, North Dakota Supreme Court J. A. A. Burnquist, former governor of Minnesota Harlan J. Bushfield, former Governor of South Dakota and United States Senator William Canby, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Phil Carruthers, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Ray P. Chase, former United States Congressman (did not graduate) Caroline A. Crenshaw, commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Satveer Chaudhary, former Minnesota State Senator Theodore Christianson, former governor of Minnesota and United States Congressman Theodore Christianson, former justice, Minnesota Supreme Court Frederick A. Cina, lawyer and Minnesota state representative Michael Ciresi, trial lawyer Frank Claybourne, president of the Minnesota State Bar Association (1979–1980) and general counsel