Robert L. Gernon

Robert Lawrence Gernon (July 29, 1943 – March 30, 2005) born in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He was a district judge in Kansas 22nd District, from 1979 to 1988. He was a 1966 KU B-School major who studied law at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas graduating in 1969. Justice Gernon was also a trial advocacy instructor at University of Kansas School of Law, a judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals, 1988–2003, and Kansas Supreme Court Justice, 2003–2005. He also served as a coach, mentor and tutor to Sigma Nu fraternity chapter members in Lawrence, Kansas, and championed the LEAD program, which served as a framework for ongoing Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center (ETWRC) peer mentoring programs.