Background
Hite, Richard C. was born on September 13, 1928 in Iola, Kansas, United States. Son of Cecil Clifford and E. Marie (Harlan) Hite.
Hite, Richard C. was born on September 13, 1928 in Iola, Kansas, United States. Son of Cecil Clifford and E. Marie (Harlan) Hite.
University of Kansas (Bachelor of Science, 1950). Washburn University (Bachelor of Laws, 1953). Phi Alpha Delta.
Claims attorney USF&G Company, Wichita, Kansas, 1956-1959. Partner Kahrs, Nelson, Fanning, Hite & Kellogg, since 1960.
Board directors Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Wichita, since 1995, chairman, 1995-1998. Board directors St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, 1982-1993, chairman since 1994, United Way of the Plains, Wichita, 1968-1986, president 1980. Board directors Preferred Health Systems, since 1998.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers (state chairman 1987-1988), American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (state delegate 1986-1995), Kansas Bar Association (governor 1986-1995, Outstanding Service award 1972, 86, Phil Lewis medal of Distinguished, 1995), National Conference Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (commissioner, executive committee 1985-1997, president 1993-1995), Crestview Country Club (president 1977).
Married Edith Olson Davies, December 28, 1994. Children: Elizabeth, Richard, Robert.