Session of 1999
SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1805
A Resolution in memory of John F. Kuether.
WHEREAS, John F. Kuether, professor of law at Washburn University 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 Wash-
burn 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 Association 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 ed-
ucation 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 Geneva, 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 represents the 55th
district in the Kansas House of Representatives, a daughter, Rebecca, a son, Theodore, his
mother, two sisters and a brother: Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas: That we extend our deepest sympathy
to the family of John F. Kuether; and
Be it further resolved: That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to provide an enrolled
copy of this resolution to Mrs. John F. Kuether, 1346 SW Wayne, Topeka, Kansas 66604.
Senate Resolution No. 1805 was sponsored by Senators Petty, Hensley and SalisburyI hereby certify that the above RESOLUTION originated in the SENATE,
and was adopted by that body
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