Background
Barber, Richard A. was born on March 30, 1911 in Oklahoma City. Son of John William and Edith Margaret (Jones) Barber.
Barber, Richard A. was born on March 30, 1911 in Oklahoma City. Son of John William and Edith Margaret (Jones) Barber.
Bachelor of Arts Kansas, 1932. Juris Doctor, University Kansas, 1934.
Private practice, Lawrence, Kansas, 1934-1942. Partner Barber, Emerson, Springer, Zinn & Murray, 1946-1991, of counsel, 1992-1998. Member Kansas Supreme Court nominating committee, 1962-1965.
Land commissioner United States District Court Kansas, 1965. Adjunct professor business planning University Kansas School of Law, 1971-1972, 75, 78.
Bar: Kansas 1934, United States District Court Kansas 1940, United States Court Appeals (10th circuit) 1968, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1976.
Trustee University Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence, 1971-1993. Member executive committee Friends of Library., University Kansas, 1975-1998. Board directors Lawrence Industrial Development Company, Inc., 1949-1993.
Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trust and Estate Counsel. Member American Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Lawrence Chamber of Commerce (president, Citizen of Years award 1990), Kansas University Alumni Association (Fred Ellsworth Medallion 1987).
Married Jane V. Barber.
