Earl Eugene O`Connor

Personal

Birthday: 
10/6/1922
Birthplace: 
Paola, KS
Date of Death: 
11/29/1998
Place of Death: 
Mission, KS
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army, 1942-1946
Private practice, Mission, Kansas, 1950-1951
Assistant county attorney, Johnson County, Kansas, 1951-1953
Judge, Johnson County [Kansas] Probate and Juvenile Courts, 1953-1955
Judge, Kansas District Court, Johnson County, 1955-1965
Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 1965-1971

Education

Name of School: 
University of Kansas
Degree: 
B.S.
Degree Year: 
1948
Name of School - Second: 

University of Kansas School of Law

KU Law is a public law school that proudly embraces its public mission to provide a high quality, affordable legal education. We offer six certificate programs, including elder law, environmental and natural resources law, international trade and finance, media law and policy, tax law, and tribal law and governance, and eight dual degrees, including business, economics, health administration, indigenous nations, journalism, philosophy, public administration, social welfare, or urban planning. Our clinical and externship programs enable you to begin your legal training by prosecuting criminals or by representing inmates, by serving in a judge's chambers, or by providing legal services to the poor. You can participate in legislation or law reform in the Legislative Clinic or the Public Policy Clinic. Yet, tuition and fees are one-third to one-half the cost of a comparable private school. You will receive an excellent, affordable legal education in a supportive learning community at KU.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1950

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Kansas
Court Name: 

Kansas District Court

President Nominating: 
Richard M. Nixon
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
11/1/1971
Retirement from Active Service: 
3/1/1992
Termination Date: 
11/29/1998
Termination Reason: 
Death