Background
Gilgus, Mark Howard was born on June 20, 1953 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Stanford Rochester Gilgus and Joann Louise (Snofsky) Studna.
Gilgus, Mark Howard was born on June 20, 1953 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Stanford Rochester Gilgus and Joann Louise (Snofsky) Studna.
University of Missouri at Kansas City (Bachelor of Business Administration, with distinction, 1975. Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1978).
Worked at Seigfreid, Bingham, Levy, Selzer & Gee, A Professional Corporation (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Taxation Law, General Corporate Law, Estate Planning Law. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Missouri. 1982, United States. Tax Court.
Phi Kappa Phi.
Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, University of Missouri at Kansas City Law Review, 1977-1978. Company-Author: "Energy Conservation: A Legal and Policy Analysis," Mercer Law Review, Volume 30, Number.
2, Winter, 1979. Instructor, Business Law, School of Business and Public Administration, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Summer, 1979.
Past Company-Chair, Taxation Committee, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City. Member: Lawyers Association of Kansas City.
The Missouri Bar. American Bar Association.
Past Company-Chair of Heart of America Tax Institute.
Steering committee Tax Committee Jewish Community Foundation, Kansas City, since 1987. Chairman Kansas City Soviet Jewry Committee, Committee for County Progress, CHAIPAC. Past president Joseph Hartman B'nai B'rith.
Co-chairman Young Lawyers Committee Anti-Defamation League. Vice president Congregation Ohev Sholom, 1981-1983, Rose Brooks Center. Advisory board Urban League.
Vice-chairman Democratic Victory Coalition. Steering committee of tax committee Jewish Community Foundation. Board governors B'nai B'rith District 2.
Active UMKC Danciger Judaic Studies Committee, Jewish Federation Young Leadership Program, B'nai B'rith International Young Leadership Committee. Democratic candidate 46th district Missouri Legislation. Program co-chairman, board directors Heart American Tax Institute.
Board directors Citizens Association, George Washington Carver Neighborhood Center, Jewish Community Relations Bureau, Foster Grandparent Program Greater Kansas City, Missouri Citizen Labor Coalition, Shalom Geriatric Center, Kansas City Association Mental Health, Alumni Board Henry W. Bloch School Business and Public Administration, National Conference Christians and Jews Greater Kansas City. Member American Bar Association, Kansas City Bar Association, Lawyers Association.
Married Melinda Sue Rosser, May 3, 1981 (divorced February 1984).