Director of Nursing Concannon

Background

CONCANNON, Director of Nursing was born on October 28, 1927 in Garden City, Kansas, United States.

Education

Washburn University of Topeka (Bachelor of Arts, 1952. Juris Doctor, 1952). County Attorney, 1953-1957. City Attorney, Satanta, 1956-1962.

Chairman, Kansas Presidential Electors, 1960.

Chairman, Governor's Task Force on Future of Rural Communities, since 1987.

Career

He enlisted in the United States Navy on May 1, 1945 and served in the South Pacific. After World World War II, he studied at Garden City Junior College and Washburn University. He moved to Hugoton, Kansas, and was elected Stevens County Attorney.

Concannon served as Chair of the Kansas Republican Party from 1968 to 1970, and was an unsuccessful candidate in the primaries during the 1974 gubernatorial elections, losing to Robert Frederick Bennett.

In 1992, Concannon headed the unsuccessful West Kansas secessionist movement. Jerry Moran describes him as "a great man, a strong advocate and a dedicated public servant.".

Achievements

• Director of Nursing CONCANNON has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Kansas Commission on Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, since 1987. Governor's Highway Advisory Commission, 1965-1966. Member: Southwest Kansas, Kansas (Member, Committees on: Selection, (This Card Continued) Tenure and Retirement of District Judges, 1965-1976.

Prospective Legislation, 1970-1976) and American Bar Associations.