George Thomas Van Bebber (October 21, 1931 – May 26, 2005) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
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G[eorge] Thomas VanBebber
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Born 1931 in Troy, KS
Died 2005 in Prairie Village, KS
FJC ID: 2439
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 20/year
Kansas District Court · 1989–2005
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Troy, Kansas1955–1959, 1961–1982
- KansasState representative · 1973–1975
- Doniphan County, KansasCounty attorney · 1963–1969
District of KansasAssistant U.S. attorney · 1959–1961
Appointments
1989–2005 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1955- University of KansasB.A. · 1953