Background
Short, Forrest Edwin was born on August 3, 1928 in Fort Scott, Kansas, United States. Son of Forrest Edwin Senior and Laura Elizabeth Short.
Short, Forrest Edwin was born on August 3, 1928 in Fort Scott, Kansas, United States. Son of Forrest Edwin Senior and Laura Elizabeth Short.
University of Oklahoma and University of Alabama (Bachelor of Arts, 1950. Juris Doctor, 1953).
Worked at Short, Gentry & Bishop, P.A. (Fort Scott, Kansas) specializing in Civil Trial Law, Oil and Gas Law, Criminal Law. Admitted to the bar, 1953, Alabama. 1956, Kansas, United States.
District Court, District of Alabama, United States.
District Court, District of Kansas, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and United States.
Supreme Court.
Phi Alpha Delta. Delta Sigma Rho. Member, Board of Governors, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, 1975-1976.
Member: Bourbon County (President, 1967-1968), Kansas and American Bar Associations.
1st lieutenant Judge Advocate General, United States Army, 1953-1954. Member American Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Bourbon County Bar Association, Fort Scott Rotary Club (president 1996-1997).
Married Sharon Lynn Miller, May 1, 1955. Children: Stacey Lynn, Laurie Leigh.