Kenneth Van BUTLER

Background

Butler, Kenneth Van was born on May 26, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of George Ellsworth and Mabel (Van Druff) Butler.

Education

Yale University (В.А., 1956). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, 1959). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.

Career

Partner, Gage & Tucker, Kansas City, Missoury and Overland Park, Kansas, since 1962; partner, Gage, Tucker & vom Baur, Washington and Boston, 1980-1983. Board directors several corporations.

Achievements

• Kenneth Van Butler has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Legal Aid of Western Missouri, 1977-1983. Chairman Shawnee Mission Unitarian Society, 1970-1971, president, 1978-1979. Member Leawood Capital Improvements Committee, 1981-1983.

Member Society of Fellows, Nelson-Atkins Museum Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Leader and host 1986 People to People Delaware of Kansas Lawyers and Judges to Finland, Soviet Union and China. Served with United States Army, 1959-1962.

Fellow American College Trust and Estate Counsel. Member American Bar Association, Lawyers Association Kansas City, Kansas City Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Johnson County Bar Association, Estate Planning Society Kansas City, Eastern Kansas Estate Planning Council, Association Yale Alumni (delegate 1989-1992, national committee on planned giving). Clubs: University, Indian Hills Country, Yale (past president, board directors), University Chicago (board directors, past president) (Kansas City).

Connections

Married Jean Louise Destler, August 7, 1964. Children— John Kenneth, William Destler, Anne Louise.

Father:

George Ellsworth Butler

Mother:

Mabel (Van Druff) Butler

Spouse:

Jean Louise Destler

child:

William Destler Butler

child:

John Kenneth Butler

child:

Anne Louise Butler