Admitted
1965, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Illinois, J.D.
Law School Graduation Year
College
Western Illinois University, B.A., with honors
Memberships
McLean County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (Director); Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute; National Association of College and University Attorneys; Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association; American Arbitration Association.
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Pi Gamma Mu. Ford Foundation Fellow. Author: Professional Liability Insurance and the Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Bar Journal; Trustees and the Problem of Financial Exigency, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges; Recent Decisions and Alternate Dispute Resolution, Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly, published by the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Co-Author: with Robert J. Woody, Collective Bargaining and Academe: What Must Be Negotiated? Journal of College and University Law. Staff Research Associate, Illinois Municipal Problems Commission, Springfield, 1961. Legislative Assistant, Speaker of the House, Speaker John W. Lewis, State of Illinois, 1962. Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives. Legal Counsel, Board of Higher Education, State of Illinois, 1969-1975. Chairman, Illinois Insurance Program Committee, Illinois State Bar Association, 1976-1978. Counsel, Board of Governors of State Colleges, Western Illinois University, Eastern Illinois University, Chicago State University, 1968-1985. National Advisory Council Small Business Administration, U.S. Government. Illinois State Advisory Council, 1971. President, McLean County Mental Health Association, 1970. Vice President, McLean County Heart Association, 1971. Campaign Coordinator, Republican State Treasury Candidate, 1965. Member, Board of Directors, McLean County Young Representatives. President, Bloomington Club, 1972-1975. Secretary, McLean County Public Building Commission, 1975—. Director, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, 1998—. Served with USMC/USMCR, 1956-1962. Listed, Who's Who in Midwest.