Admitted
1955, Kansas; 1956, California
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1955
Law School Graduation Year
1955
College
University of Kansas, A.B., 1952
Memberships
Johnson County (President, 1978-1979), Kansas (Chair, Tax Section, 1977-1978) and American Bar Associations
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif (Member, National Executive Committee, 1995-1997). Rhodes Scholar. Member, Harvard Law Review. Co-Author/Editor: Estate Planning & Future Interests, with W. Barton Leach, Foundation Press, Inc., 1961; Kansas Corporate Law & Practice, with Alson Martin, Kansas Bar Association, 1977, 2d ed. 1983. Author/Editor: Kansas Estate Administration, Kansas Bar Association, 1966, through 5th ed. 1986; The Federal Courts of the Tenth Circuit: A History, Government Printing Office, 1992. Professor, 1957-1968 and Dean, 1961-1968, University of Kansas Law School. Ezra Ripley Thayer Teaching Fellow, Harvard Law School, 1961-1962. Visiting Law Professor: University of Texas, 1964; Stanford University, 1969; University of Michigan, 1976; Duke University, 1987, 1991, 1993. Law Clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Walter Huxman, 1955-1956. U.S. Circuit Judge, Tenth Circuit, 1977-1998. Member: Board of Trustees, Ottawa University, 1971-1977; Commissioners Advisory Group, U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1977; U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee. Member, 1988-1990 and Chair, 1989-1990, Federal Judicial Center Appellate Education Committee. Member, 1990-1997 and Chair, 1993-1997, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. (Resident)