Background
Smith, Junior, Glee S. was born on April 29, 1921 in Rozel, Kansas, United States.
Smith, Junior, Glee S. was born on April 29, 1921 in Rozel, Kansas, United States.
University of Kansas (Bachelor of Arts, 1943. Juris Doctor, 1947).
Worked at Smith, Burnett & Larson, L.L.C. (Larned, Kansas. Also Lawrence) specializing in Probate Law, Real Estate Law, General Civil Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1947, Kansas.
Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. County Attorney, Pawnee County, 1949-1953. President, Kansas County Attorneys Association, 1951.
State Senate, 1957-1973. President Pro Tem, State Senate, 1965-1973. Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1961-1963.
Member, Kansas Judicial Council, 1961-1963. Chairman, Senate Ways and Means Committee, 1963-1964. Kansas Legislative Council and Finance Council, 1963-1973.
Kansas Commissioner to National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1963. Kansas Delegate to The American Bar Association House of Delegates, 1982-1992. Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1990.
Member, 1975-1983 and Chairman, 1975-1976, Kansas Board of Regents. Member, Board of Directors, National Legal Services Corporation, 1975-1979. Recipient: Distinguished Alumnus Citation, University of Kansas School of Law, 1976.
Distinguished Service Award, University of Kansas, 1984. Distinguished Alumni Award, Kansas University Alumni Association, 1989. President, Kansas Alumni Association, 1991-1992.
Member: Southwest Kansas, Kansas (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1992) and American (Member, Executive Committee, 1989-1990) Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Kansas Bar Foundation.
American Bar Foundation (Chairman: American Bar Association Special Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners, 1990-1993. American Bar Association Task Force on Applying Federal Legislation to Congress, 1993-1996). Military: First lieutenant, Army Air Forces, 1943-1945 (Also Counsel, Barber, Emerson, Springer, Zinn & Murray, Lawrence, Kansas).
Member, Kansas Judicial Council, 1961-1963. Chairman, Senate Ways and Means Committee, 1963-1964. Kansas Legislative Council and Finance Council, 1963-1973.
Kansas Commissioner to National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1963. Kansas Delegate to The American Bar Association House of Delegates, 1982-1992. Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1990.
Member, Kansas Board of Regents, 1975-1983. Member, Board of Directors, National Legal Services Corporation, 1975-1979. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Kansas Bar Foundation. American Bar Foundation (Chairman, American Bar Association Task Force on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners, 1990-1992. Chairman, American Bar Association Committee on Applying Federal Legislation to Congress, 1993).
Military: First lieutenant, Army Air Forces, 1943-1945 (Also Member, Smith, Burnett & Larson, Larned, Kansas).