Background
Buchanan, Paul Murray was born on June 9, 1931 in Osage City, Kansas, United States. Son of Clyde Murray and Pluma (Stavely) Buchanan.
Buchanan, Paul Murray was born on June 9, 1931 in Osage City, Kansas, United States. Son of Clyde Murray and Pluma (Stavely) Buchanan.
Bachelor, Sterling (Kansas) College, 1953; Juris Doctor with distinction, Kansas U., 1958.
Research clerk, Kansas Supreme Court, Topeka, 1958-1959; attorney, Aley, Morton & Darrah, Wichita, Kansas, 1959-1962; law clerk to Honorary Wesley E. Brown, United States District Court, Wichita, 1962-1963; associate, partner, Weigand Curfman Brainerd Harris & Kaufman, Wichita, 1963-1979; sole practitioner, Wichita, 1979-1983; attorney, assistant counsellor, Sedgwick County, Wichita, 1981-1983; judge, 18th Judicial District, Wichita, since 1983.
With United States Army, 1953-1955.
Married Phyllis Jean Bretches, November 24, 1967.