Kenneth Lavern Hodge

Background

Hodge, Kenneth Lavern was born on December 18, 1912 in Aline, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Edward LeRoy and Alma Jeanette (Myers) Hodge.

Education

Student McPherson College, 1929-1930. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kansas, 1933. Bachelor of Laws, University Michigan, 1937.

Career

Admitted to Missouri bar, 1937, Kansas bar, 1938, Oklahoma bar, 1952. Practice of law, Kansas City, 1937-1940, McPherson, Kansas, 1940-1948. Special assistant attorney general, Missouri, 1939-1940.

County attorney, McPherson County, Kansas, 1940-1947.

Special assistant attorney general, Kansas, 1946-1947. Legal department Southwestern Bell Telephone Сompany, 1948-1958, general attorney for Oklahoma, 1952-1958, vice president revenue requirements, since 1958.

Trustee J. A. Schowalter Foundation.

Achievements

• Kenneth Lavern Hodge has been listed as a noteworthy telephone company executive. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Member American, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri bar associations, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Connections

Married LaVonne Virginia Linholm, June 6, 1935. Children: Kenneth Rayburn, Vance Charles, Steven Lynn, Barbara Jo.