Law School
University of Kansas, J.D., 1947
Law School Graduation Year
1947
College
University of Kansas, A.B., 1943
Memberships
Douglas County, Southwest Kansas, Kansas (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1992) and American (Member, Executive Committee, 1989-1991) Bar Associations
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. County Attorney, Pawnee County, 1949-53. President, Kansas County Attorneys Association, 1951. State Senate, 1957-1973; President Pro Tem, State Senate, 1965-1973. Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1961-1963. Member, Kansas Judicial Council, 1961-1963. Chairman, Senate Ways and Means Committee, 1963-1964. Kansas Legislative Council and Finance Council, 1963-1973. Kansas Commissioner to National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1963—. Kansas Delegate to The American Bar Association House of Delegates, 1982-1992; Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1990. Member, Kansas Board of Regents, 1975-1983. Member, Board of Directors, National Legal Services Corporation, 1975-1979. Recipient: Distinguished Alumnus Citation, University of Kansas School of Law, 1976; Distinguished Service Award, University of Kansas, 1984; Distinguished Alumni Award, Kansas University Alumni Association, 1989. President, Kansas Alumni Association, 1991-1992. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Kansas Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation (Chairman, ABA Task Force on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners, 1990-1992; Chairman, ABA Committee on Applying Federal Legislation to Congress, 1993-1995); The Judge Hugh Means American Inn of Court. (Also Of Counsel, Smith, Burnett & Larson, Larned, Kansas)
Military
1st Lt., Army Air Forces, 1943-1945