Background
Phelps, William Cunningham was born on April 5, 1934 in Nevada, Missouri, United States. Son of Dean Henry and Julia Irene (Myers) Phelps.
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Phelps, William Cunningham was born on April 5, 1934 in Nevada, Missouri, United States. Son of Dean Henry and Julia Irene (Myers) Phelps.
Bachelor of Arts Missouri, Columbia, 1956. Juris Doctor, University Missouri, Columbia, 1959.
Associate firm Morrison, Hecker, Cozad, Morrison & Curtis, attorneys, Kansas City, Missouri, 1959-1965, partner, 1965-1973. Member Missouri House of Representatives, 1961-1973. Republican whip, lieutenant governor State of Missouri, 1973-1981.
Senior vice president, general counsel American General Corporation, Houston, 1981-1983, senior vice president public affairs, since 1983. Chairman Missouri Governor's Conference on Education, 1976. Chairman National Conference Lieutenant Governors, 1979-1980, vice chairman 1978-1979.
State chairman Young Men’s Christian Association's Youth in Government Program, 1966-1973. Served to captain United States Army Reserve, 1956-1969. Member Missouri Association Representatives (president 1963), Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi.
Clubs: Kansas City Country. Heritage, Houston, Sugar Creek Country, Rotary.
Married Joanne Ronchetto, July 22, 1972.
