Background
Stinson, Dale Bernard was born on September 27, 1926 in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Son of Dale Bernard and Anna May (Bowersox) Stinson.
Stinson, Dale Bernard was born on September 27, 1926 in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Son of Dale Bernard and Anna May (Bowersox) Stinson.
Emporia State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1948). Washbum University of Topeka (Juris Doctor, 1951). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Board of Trustees, Endowment Association, Emporia State University, since 1976.
Clerk Land Department Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1951-1953. Attorney associate Ratner, Mattox & Ratner, Wichita, 1953-1958. Attorney private practice, 1958-1962.
Attorney partner Foster & Stinson, 1962-1966. Stinson, Lasswell & Wilson, since 1966. Chairman Legal Economic Commission, Lans. bar Association, Wichita, 1959.
Judge Pro Tem Probate, Juvenile Court, Wichita, 1960-1964. Speaker Seminar Wills, Trusts Probate, Wichita, Topeka, 1985. Speaker, participant Wichita Bar Assn Seminars, 1995.
Supporter, campaigner Sedgwick County Kans Republican Party, Wichita, 1954-1974. Member, officer Downtown Optimist Club, Wichita, 1955-1990. Member, board directors Starkey Developmental Center, Wichita, 1974-1980, Sedgwick County Association for Retarded Citizens, Wichita, 1989-1994.
Trustee Board Trustees Endowment Association Emporia (Kansas) State University, 1985-1990. Elder Presbyterian Church. Member American Bar Association, Chamber of C., Kansas Bar Association, Albert Pike Lodge Air Force&AM, Wichita Bar Association (president 1974), Wichita Estate Planning Council, Wichita Consistory-Scottish Rite.
Fellow Kansas Bar Foundation.
Wichita bibliophiles, book collecting, skeet and trap shooting, travel.
Married Melva Delores Mayes Stinson, August 6, 1949. Children: Jeffrey Stephen, Dale Bernard III, Melissa LoAnn, Bradford Charles.