H. Rutherford Turnbull III

Background

III, H. Rutherford Turnbull was born on September 22, 1937 in New York City. Son of Henry R. and Ruth (White) T.

Education

Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1959; Bachelor of Laws with honorary, U. Maryland., 1964; Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1969.

Career

Law clerk to Honorary Emory H. Niles, Supreme Bench Baltimore City, 1959-1960; law clerk to Honorary Roszel C. Thomsen, United States District Court Maryland., 1962-1963; associate, Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, 1964-1967; professor Institute Government, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1969-1980; professor Institute Government, U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1980. Professor special education, courtesy professor of law U. Kansas.

Achievements

• H. Rutherford Turnbull III has been listed as a reputable Law educator, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Cons., author, lecturer, co-director Beach Center on Families and Disability, U. Kansas. President Full Citizenship Inc., Lawrence, 1987-1993. Special staff-fellow United States Senate subcommittee on disability policy, Washington, 1987-1988.

Board directors Camphill Association North America, Inc., 1985-1987. Trustee Judge David L. Bazelon Center Mental Health Law, 1993-1999. With United States Army, 1960-1965.

Fellow American Association on Mental Retardation (president 1985-1986, board directors 1980-1986, National Leadership award 1997). Member American Bar Association (chairman disability law commission 1991-1995), United States of America Association for Retarded Citizens (secretary and director 1981-1983), Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (treasurer 1988, board directors 1987-1990), National Association Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (chair government affairs committee 1990-1993), International Association Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency, International League of Assns. for Persons with Mental Handicaps, Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association.

Connections

Married Mary M. Slingluff, April 4, 1964 (divorced 1972). Married Ann Patterson, March 23, 1974. Children: Jay, Amy, Katherine.

Father:

Henry R. T.

Mother:

Ruth (White) T.

Spouse:

Mary M. Slingluff

Spouse:

Ann Patterson

child:

Amy III

child:

Jay III

child:

Katherine III