Background
Tunks, Lehan Kent was born on August 14, 1915 in Gibbon, Nebraska, United States. Son of Earl G. and Belle (Reddy) Tunks.
Tunks, Lehan Kent was born on August 14, 1915 in Gibbon, Nebraska, United States. Son of Earl G. and Belle (Reddy) Tunks.
Bachelor of Arts Nebraska, 1935. Juris Doctor, Northwestern University, 1938. Sterling fellow, Yale University, 1939.
Doctor of Juridical Science, Yale University, 1947.
Instructor law University Iowa, 1939-1940, assistant professor, 1940-1946, associate professor to professor, 1946-1949. Dean law school, professor law Rutgers University, 1953-1962. Dean law school University Washington, Seattle, 1962-1984.
Summer lecturer law Northwestern University, 1941, University Ill, 1947, Stanford University, 1948, University California, Berkeley, 1949, University Pitts, 1953. Law school adviser Association American Law Schools, 1951-1954. Attorney Office Price Administration, 1941-1944, director boards review, 1944-1946.
Member American Judicare Society, American Bar Association, American Association of University Professors, American Academy Political Science, Order of Coif (national president 1970-1973) Order of Artus, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Margaret Cary, June 1, 1940. Children: Lehan Kent II, Timothy Earl.