Education: B.A., University of Kansas (Political Science)
(1961).
Employment: Vice-President, Reilly & Sons, Inc., Insurors-
Realtors, Leavenworth, Kansas (1956-1992).
Director/Vice President, First State Bank of
Lansing, Kansas (1977-1983). Kansas State Senator,
District 3 (1964-1992) (Assistant Senate Majority
Leader; Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal and
State Affairs; Vice-Chairman, Senate Elections
Committee; Chairman, Senate Insurance
Subcommittee). Kansas State House of
Representatives, District 3 (1963-1964).
Civic Works: Commissioner (ex-officio), U.S. Sentencing
Commission (1992-1997); Advisory Board Member (ex-
officio) (1992-1997), National Institute of
Corrections; Commissioner, National Commission on
Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (1982-
1986); Member, National Highway Safety Advisory
Committee (1985); Advisory Member, American Justice
Institute (1983-1984); Member, Community Advisory
Committee, Leavenworth Penitentiary; Member, Board
of Directors, St. John Hospital Leavenworth, Kansas
(1974 - 1981); Vice-President and Director,
Leavenworth Historical Society (1968-1973); Member,
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce; Director and
Charter Member, Leavenworth People To People;
Director, Kaw Valley Heart Association (1971-1977);
Director, Leavenworth Association for the
Handicapped (1968-1969); Director, Leavenworth
County Chapter, American Red Cross; Member,
Frontier Army Museum Association Board of Directors
(1986-1993); Member, Kansas Attorney General's Task
Force on Drug Education (1986); Member, Buffalo
Soldier Monument Committee; Commissioner, Kansas
Governor's Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Celebration Commission (1991); Member, Kansas State
Penitentiary Citizens Advisory Committee; Civilian
Co-sponsor, Irish International Officers attending
the Command and General Staff College, Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas; Instructor/lecturer in Local,
State, and National Government, Command and General
Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for
International Officers and Students (1975-1992);
Director, Kansas Blue Cross/Blue Shield (1969-
1972).
Appointment: August 12, 1992, by President Bush.
Designated as Chairman on August 13, 1992. Served
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