Richard Stephen Harnsberger

Background

Harnsberger, Richard Stephen was born on December 14, 1921 in Omaha. Son of Carl Wesley Harnsberger and Lillian Lucille Coppersmith.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Nebraska, Lincoln, 1943. Master of Arts, University Nebraska, Lincoln, 1951. Juris Doctor cum laude, University Nebraska, Lincoln, 1949.

Doctor in Juridicial Science, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1959.

Career

Associate Stewart and Stewart, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1949—1955. Deputy county attorney Lancaster County, 1955—1956. Faculty University Nebraska College Law, since 1956.

Member advisory board Nebraska State Department Environmental Control, Lincoln, 1973—1977. Trustee Groundwater Foundation, Lincoln, 1983—1996, Governors Water Council, Lincoln, 1996. Speaker in field; Captain United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations.

Achievements

• Richard Stephen Harnsberger has been listed as a noteworthy law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Nebraska water law & administration

Membership

Trustee Family Services Association, Lincoln, 1952—1958. Member citizens advisory group City of Lincoln Street Action Plan, 1976—1978. Board directors Legal Services Southeast Nebraska, 1982—1986, Water Committee Nebraska Legislation, Lincoln, 1998.

Member of American Bar Association (member standing committee on environmental law 1973-1979), Nebraska State Bar Association, Order of the Coif, Beta Gamma Sigma.

Interests

• Reading.

Connections

Children: Richard Stephen, Robert Scott.

Father:

Carl Wesley Harnsberger

Mother:

Lillian Lucille Coppersmith

child:

Richard Stephen Harnsberger

child:

Robert Scott Harnsberger