Background
Langworthy, Robert Burton was born on December 24, 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Herman Moore and Minnie (Leach) Langworthy.
Langworthy, Robert Burton was born on December 24, 1918 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Herman Moore and Minnie (Leach) Langworthy.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1940). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1943).
Worked at Blackwood & Langworthy, L.C. (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Probate Law, Estate Planning Law, Church and Non-Profit Corporations Law. Admitted to the bar, 1943, Missouri. 1960, United States. Supreme Court.
Recipient of 1989 President"s Award, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association.
Member, Board of Editors, Harvard Law Review, 1941-1943. Author: Missouri Bar Deskbook, Guardianship and Trust Law, Chapter on Durable Powers of Attorney, 1985-1992.
Lecturer for Probate and Powers of Attorney, June 30, 1989, June 29, 1990, June 28, 1991, June 26 and 30, 1992, June 30, 1993, June 23, 24 and 30, 1994, June 15, 22 and 30, 1995, June 14, 21 and 28, 1996, University of Missouri-Kansas City. July 14, 1989, Springfield, Missouri.
September 22, 1989, Kansas City Missouri Bar.
Vice-Chairman and Chairman, Housing Authority of Kansas City, 1963-1971. Chairman, Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners, 1973-1977. Member, Education Appeal Board, United States Department of Education, 1982-1986.
Company-Chair, Special Committee on Living Wills Community Project, 1989-1992.
Member, Committee on Probate Procedures Manual, Jackson County, Missouri Circuit Court Probate Division, 1989. Member: Lawyers Association of Kansas City.
Kansas City Metropolitan (Member, Probate Law Committee, 1977. Chairman, 1988-1990; Member of Council, 1977.
Vice Chairman, 1980-1982, 1986-1988) and American (Member, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations.
The Missouri Bar (Member, Probate and Trust Committee, 1973. Chairman, 1983-1985; Member of Council, 1985). Military: Captain, Retired, United States.
Navy Supply Corps Reserve.
Member education appeal board United States Department Education, 1982-1986. Commissioner Housing Authority Kansas City, 1963-1971, chairman, 1969-1971. Chairman Board Election Commissioners Kansas City, 1973-1977.
Chairman board West Central area Young Men’s Christian Association, 1969-1995. Board directors Mid-American region Young Men’s Christian Association, 1970-1983, vice chairman, 1970-1973, chairman, 1973-1978. President Metropolitan Board Kansas City (Missouri) Young Men’s Christian Association (now Young Men’s Christian Association Greater Kansas City), 1965, board directors, 1965-2004, national board 1971-1978, 79-83.
Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association of Rockies, 1974-2003, board secretary, 1994-1999, advisory director, since 2004. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association Foundation Kansas City, since 2005. Trustee Sioux Indian The Young Men's Christian Association, 1983-2002, chairman board trustees, 1983-2002, chairman honorary trustees, since 2003.
Board directors Armed Services Young Men’s Christian Association, 1984-1985. President Metropolitan Area Citizens Education, 1969-1972. Chairman Citizens Association Kansas City (Missouri), 1967, board directors, 1995-1996.
Board directors Project Equality Kansas-Missouri, 1967-1980, president, 1970-1972, treasurer, 1972-1973, secretary, 1973-1976. 1st vice president Human Resources Corporation Kansas City, 1969-1973, board directors, 1965-1973. Honorary vice president American Sunday School Union (now American Missionary Fellowship), since 1965.
Vice chairman board trustees Kemper Military School, 1966-1973. United States delegate Young Men’s Christian Association World Council, Buenos Aires, 1977, Estes Park, Colorado, 1981, Nyborg, Denmark, 1985. Board directors Missouri Republican Club, 1960-2001.
Delegate, platform committee Republican National Convention, 1960. Republican nominee United States Congress, 1964. Member general assembly Committee on Representation Presbyterian, 1991-1997, moderator, 1993-1994.
Commissioner to general assembly Presbyterian Church, 1984, general assembly committee on location of headquarters 1984-1987. Moderator Heartland Presbytery, 1984. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, captain Reserve retired.
Member of American Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Harvard Law School Association Missouri (vice president 1973-1974, president 1974-1975, 1985-1987), Lawyers Association Kansas City, Missouri State Bar (chairman probate and trust committee 1983-1985, chairman senior lawyers committee 1991-1993), Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (chairman probate law committee 1988-1990, 1999—2000, living will committee 1989-1991), Kansas City Club.
Married Elizabeth Ann Miles, January 2, 1942 (deceased December 2006). Children: David Robert, Joan Elizabeth Langworthy Tomek, Mark Burton.