Practice Areas:

• Probate
• Real Estate
• General Civil Practice

Education:

• University of Kansas, J.D., 1947
• University of Kansas, A.B., 1943
• Phi Delta Phi
• Order of the Coif.

Military Service:

• 1st Lt., Army Air Forces, 1943-1945

Professional Associations:

• Douglas County Bar Association
• Southwest Kansas Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association (Member 1947-Present, Board of Governors, 1982-1992)
• American Bar Association (Member 1947-Present, House of Delegates 1982-1992, Executive Committee 1989-1991)
• County Attorney, Pawnee County, 1949-1953
• President, Kansas County Attorneys Association, 1951-1952
• 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-Present
• 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 (Chhairman 1977-1979)
• Member, Board of Directors, National Legal Services Corporation, 1975-1979
• President, Kansas University Alumni Association, 1991-1992 (Life member 1947-Present)
• Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1980-2003
• Fellow: 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

Awards:

• 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