Session of 1999
HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6008
A Ressolution in memory of John F. Kuether.
WHEREAS, John F. Kuether, professor of law at Washburn Univer-
sity School of Law, died January 12, 1999, in Topeka; and
WHEREAS, John F. Kuether, who had been named the William O.
Douglas Outstanding Professor at Washburn University by the class of
1990, had been a professor of law at Washburn University since 1974
where he specialized in decedents' estates, trusts, commercial law and
property. He was a visiting professor at Temple Law School from 1980
to 1981 and taught at the Washburn University Summer Law Program in
London in 1990, 1995 and 1997; and
WHEREAS, Professor Kuether served on the Probate Law Advisory
Committee of the Kansas Judicial Council from 1982 until his death. He
was elected an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust and
Estate Council in 1993. He served as president of the Kansas Bar Asso-
ciation Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section from 1986 to 1988,
and he had edited the section newsletter since 1977. He also chaired the
American Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section's
Significant Developments Committee from 1989 to 1994; and
WHEREAS, Professor Kuether was a frequent lecturer at local and
state continuing education programs, and he had given bar review lectures
since 1982. He served on the Topeka Unified School District 501 Citizen
Advisory Committee and the Boy Scout Troop No. 41 Committee; and
WHEREAS, Professor Kuether was born February 5, 1943, at Ge-
neva, Ill., the son of Frederick Charles Kuether and Orithia Clark Steenis.
He attended high school in Pelham, N.Y. and graduated from Colgate
University in 1965, where he was elected to the Phi Society of Phi Beta
Kappa and a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He earned a
law degree at the University of Virginia in 1971, where he was a member
of the board of editors of the Virginia Law Review. He served in the
Army from 1966 to 1972, including two years of active duty with a tour
in Vietnam with military intelligence. He was an associate with the New
York City law firm of Simpson, Thacher and Bartlett from 1971 to 1974;
and
WHEREAS, John F. Kuether is survived by his wife, Annie, who rep-
resents the 55th district in the Kansas House of Representatives, a daugh-
ter, Rebecca, a son, Theodore, his mother, two sisters and a brother: Now,
therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kan-
sas: That we extend our deepest sympathy to the family of John F.
Kuether.
I hereby certify that the above RESOLUTION originated in the HOUSE,
and was adopted by that body
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