• District Court, D. Kansas

  Judge

  1975 – 1989 · 14 yrsAppointed by Gerald Ford

Career

• president

  1975 – present · 51 yrs

• State senator

  Kansas

  1968 – 1975 · 7 yrs

• Mayor

  1964 – present · 62 yrs

• State representative

  Kansas

  1964 – 1968 · 4 yrs

• General counsel, Kansas Farm Bureau and Service Companies

  1960 – 1975 · 15 yrs

• City commissioner

  1959 – 1965 · 6 yrs

• County attorney

  1954 – 1958 · 4 yrs

• Mayor

  1952 – present · 74 yrs

• City commissioner

  1950 – 1952 · 2 yrs

• Instructor

  Kansas State University

  1948 – 1952 · 4 yrs

• Private practice

  1947 – 1975 · 28 yrs

• U.S. Army Air Force captain

  Bombardier

  1943 – 1945 · 2 yrs