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John Philip Kassebaum, lawyer. Bar: Kansas 1956, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1971, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea, 4th, 10th, District of Columbia circuits), United States Tax Court 1976, New York, 1979. Honorary curator of ceramics Spencer Museum Art.

Background

Kassebaum, John Philip was born on October 24, 1932. Son of Leonard Charles and Helen Nancy (Horn) K.

Education

University of Kansas (Bachelor of Arts, 1953). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, 1956). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Barristers.

Chairman, Governor’s Advisory Commission, Institutional Management, 1961-1969. Special Assistant Attorney General of Kansas, 1970.

Career

Working as a partner of FIFTEENTH FLOOR. Admitted to the bar, 1956, Kansas. 1958, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuit. 1971, United States. Supreme Court.

1979, New York; 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Achievements

  • Bar: Kansas 1956, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1971, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea, 4th, 10th, District of Columbia circuits), United States Tax Court 1976, New York, 1979.

Membership

Special assistant attorney general, Kansas, 1970. Chairman Governor's Advisory Commission Kansas Institutional Management, 1961-1969, board directors, president Wichita Art Museum Members. Chairman Kansas Association for Mental Health.

Trustee Price R. and Flora A. Reid Charitable Trust. Chairman, board directors Skowhegan (Maine) School Painting and Sculpture. Board directors, president Carolina Art Association and Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston South Carolina.

President Spoleta Festival United States A., Chaleston. Treasurer American Arts Alliance, Washington. Board directors National Institute for Music Theater.

Member endowment art committee Ulrich Museum Art, Wichita. Chairman advisory com Spencer Museum Art, University Kansas. Member American Bar Association (section dispute resolution), Association of Trial Lawyers of America, American Arbitration Association, National Institute Dispute Resolution, Conflict Resolution Education Network, Association of Bar of City of New York, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, Kansas Association Defense Counsel, Federation Insurance Counsel, Union Club, (New York City), Met Club (Washington), Phi Delta Theta, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Nancy Josephine Landon, June 8, 1955. Children: John Philip, Richard L., William A., Linda J. Johnson. Married Llewellyn Hood Sinkler, August 4, 1979.

Stepchildren: G. Dana, J. Marshall, Huger II, Llewellyn H. Sinkler.

Father:
Leonard Charles K.

Mother:
Helen Nancy (Horn) K.:

Spouse:
Nancy Josephine Landon

Spouse:
Llewellyn Hood Sinkler

child:
John Philip Kassebaum

child:
Richard L. Kassebaum

child:
William A. Kassebaum

child:
Linda J. Johnson Kassebaum

child:
G. Dana Kassebaum

child:
J. Marshall Kassebaum

child:
Huger II Kassebaum

child:
Llewellyn H. Sinkler Kassebaum