Washburn Lawyer, v. 48, no. 1 - Washburn University School of Law

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33 Eldon R. Sloan, ’33, Topeka, received
the Warren W. Shaw Distinguished Service
Award from the Topeka Bar Association.
Sloan, age 101, is the oldest living Washburn
Law alumnus.
49 Albert M. Ross, ’49, Mission, Kan.,
was honored June 19, 2009, for 60 years of
membership in the Kansas Bar Association
during the association’s annual meeting in
Overland Park, Kan.
52 The Honorable Sam A. Crow,
’52, received the Kansas Bar Association
Phil Lewis Medal of Distinction Award
in recognition of his outstanding and
conspicuous service to the administration
of law and justice for Kansans. • Paul A.
McAlister, ’52, Topeka, was named 2009
Shriner of the Year by the Topeka Arab
Temple.
57 Robert W. Kaplan, ’57, Wichita, is now
with Klenda, Mitchell, Austerman & Zuercher
LLC. • Donald Schnacke, ’57, Topeka, was
reappointed by Governor Mark Parkinson to
the Kansas Inc. board of directors for a fouryear
term.
61 The Honorable Jan W. Leuenberger,
’61, Topeka, retired as a Shawnee County
district judge after 15 years of service.
62 Harry “Pete” S. Connelly Jr., ’62, Las
Cruces, N.M., was named interim Las Cruces
city attorney.
64 Don A. Cashman, ’64, Hiawatha, Kan.,
was recognized by the League of Kansas
Municipalities for 40 years of public service.
He is Hiawatha’s city attorney. • Thomas
E. Wright, ’64, Topeka, was reappointed
to the Kansas Corporation Commission by
Governor Mark Parkinson.
66 Roger K. Weatherby, ’66, Shawnee,
Kan., authored The Frenchman Ate the
Fresh Bread First, a mystery published by
Tate Publishing Co.
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68 Representative Ward E. Loyd,
’68, Garden City, Kan., was appointed to
the Kansas Corporation Commission by
Governor Mark Parkinson. Loyd is treasurer
of the Washburn Law Alumni Association.
69 Colonel Jack S. Bender III, ’69,
Halstead, Kan., was appointed to the Harvey
County planning commission.
70 Robert L. “Bob” Heath, ’70, Wichita,
has stepped down from his role as senior vice
president, Governance Development at Via
Christi Health. For more than 30 years, Heath
was associated with Via Christi Health and its
predecessor organizations. • Representative
Dennis W. Moore, ’70, Overland Park,
Kan., received the Kansas Bar Association
Distinguished Service Award. • William
“Jack” J. Peggs, ’70, Wichita, is now with
Martin & Churchill.
71 Daniel F. Church, ’71, Kansas City,
Mo., has become a partner of the law fi rm
Morrow Willnauer Klosterman Church LLC.
• H. Philip Elwood, ’71, Topeka, is chairman
of the Kansas Children’s Service League
Foundation. • Richard H. Price Jr., ’71,
Wichita, was inducted into the Topeka Rowing
Association’s Hall of Fame.
72 Court of Appeals Chief Judge Gary
W. Rulon, ’72, Topeka, will retire at the end
of his term in January 2011, after serving 30
years as a Kansas judge. Rulon has been a
member of the Court of Appeals since 1988,
serving as chief judge since 2001.
73 John W. Johnson, ’73, Eastborough,
Kan., was awarded the Art Hodgson Award
by the Kansas Association of Justice. • James
W. Parrish, ’73, Topeka, was named to the
Topeka Business Hall of Fame. He also
received the Jayhawk Area Council of the Boy
Scouts Distinguished Citizen Award.
75 Brandon L. Myers, ’75, Auburn,
Kan., retired from the Kansas Human Rights
Commission as chief legal counsel. • Colonel
Charles R. Rayl (ret.), ’75, Cottonwood
Falls, Kan., was named to the Museum of the
Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame.
76 Leonard Buddenbohm, ’76, Atchison,
Kan., retired as the county counselor after 32
years of service. He serves as city attorney
for Effi ngham, Kan., and has a private law
practice in Atchison. • J. Michael Davies,
’76, Lawrence, Kan., was honored for 25 years
of service at Douglas County Bank, where he
is senior vice president of trust services.
77 Colonel Thomas G. Becker, ’77,
Millbrook, Ala., is academic director of the
Air Force Judge Advocate General School
at Maxwell Air Force Base. • Vicki Kelly
Brittain, ’77, San Marcos, Texas, was named
Public Administration Educator of the Year
by the Centex Chapter of the American
Society for Public Administration. She is
professor and chairwoman of the department
of political science at Texas State University-
San Marcos. • Rebecca Crotty, ’77, Topeka,
was named a district judge of Kansas’
Third Judicial District by Governor Mark
Parkinson. • Karl G. Johnson, ’77, Fairway,
Kan., received a Kansas Bar Association
Pro Bono Certifi cate. • C. William “Bill”
Ossmann, ’77, Topeka, served on the faculty
of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s
National Program for Public Service
Attorneys at its national education center
in Louisville, Colo., in July 2010. • Donna
F. Voth, ’77, Topeka, was appointed to the
Mennonite Mutual Aid Board of Directors.
78 Jeffrey O. Ellis, ’78, Overland Park,
Kan., has joined Spencer, Fane, Britt &
Browne LLP as a partner. • Karen Beavers
Griffi ths, ’78, Norton, Kan., is chairwoman
of the board of directors for Kansas
Children’s Service League. • David H.
Moses, ’78, was appointed to the Washburn
University’s Board of Regents. For the
past 10 years, he has been an attorney with
Case, Moses, Zimmerman & Martin PA,
representing clients in a variety of areas,
including education law.
79 Gregory L. Bauer, ’79, Great Bend,
Kan., was elected to the board of directors
of First Kansas Bank of Hoisington, Great
Bend, and Clafl in. • Paul T. Maricle, ’79,
Denver, Colo., has merged his practice
with the Anton Law Group focusing on
international business transactions, export
regulations, mergers and acquisitions and
aviation law. • Richard F. Pellegrino, ’79,
Chicago, a trial lawyer for more than 30 years,
has joined Romanucci & Blandin LLC, of
counsel. • Sarah B. Shattuck, ’79, Ashland,
Kan., opened a law offi ce in Greensburg,
Kan.
80 Carol L. Foreman, ’80, Topeka, was
appointed to the Workers’ Compensation
Board by Kansas Secretary of Labor Jim
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