The namesake of our Inn is Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman. Professor Tiedeman was a law professor at the University of Missouri from 1881 until 1891. In 1891, Professor Tiedeman traveled east to join the faculty at New York University. While at MU, Professor Tiedeman made his name as one of the most influential scholars in Law and Economics, Constitutional Law, and Property. Tiedeman's 1886 work, Limitations on the Police Power, played a critical role in spreading the "Liberty of Contract" doctrine throughout the United States and ultimately up to the US Supreme Court in the Lochner decision. Since his death over a hundred years ago, many dozens of books and journal articles have been written detailing Professor Tiedeman's vast influence in the formation of American jurisprudence.

Professor Tiedeman was just one of many prominent members of our local Inn. Our Inn also has been home to many prominent lawyers, judges, at least one Governor and at least one US Represenative. Congressman Ike Skelton, one of the leading democrats in the US House of Representatives, is a member of our Inn.