Robert Lawrence Gernon was born in Sabetha

Sabetha, Kansas

Sabetha is a city in Brown and Nemaha counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,571.- History :The town's settlement began circa 1854, with a name reportedly derived from the word Sabbath, the day the first settler arrived.On the evening of June 13,...

, Nemaha County, Kansas

Nemaha County, Kansas

Nemaha County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 10,178. The county seat is Seneca.- History :...

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He was a 1966 KU B-School major who studied law at Washburn University

Washburn University

Washburn University is a co-educational, public institution of higher learning in Topeka, Kansas, USA. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,400 undergraduate students and...

 in Topeka, Kansas

Topeka, Kansas

Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...

 graduating in 1969.

Within ten years he became a district judge in Kansas 22nd District. (1979-88).

Bob was also trial advocacy instructor at University of Kansas School of Law

University of Kansas School of Law

The University of Kansas School of Law is a public law school located on the main campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. The University of Kansas Law School was founded in 1893, replacing the earlier Department of Law, which had existed since 1878. The school has more than 50...

. His performance earned him appointments as a judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals

Kansas Court of Appeals

The Kansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the U.S. state of Kansas.-History:The Kansas Legislature crated the first Kansas Court of Appeals in 1895, to help the Kansas Supreme Court with an increasingly heavy caseload. The original statute that created the court...

, 1988-2003; and, Kansas Supreme Court

Kansas Supreme Court

The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices, led by Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, the Court supervises the legal profession, administers over the judicial branch, and serves as the state court of last resort in the appeals...

 Justice, 2003-2005.

Justice Gernon became a persistent community stewardship

Organization development

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 leader with a passion for ethical leadership

Ethical Culture

The Ethical movement, also referred to as the Ethical Culture movement or simply Ethical Culture, is an ethical, educational, and religious movement that is usually traced back to Felix Adler...

 practices. He also served as a coach, mentor

Mentorship

Mentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person....

 and tutor

Tutor

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 to Sigma Nu

Sigma Nu

Sigma Nu is an undergraduate, college fraternity with chapters in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Sigma Nu was founded in 1869 by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia...

 fraternity chapter members in Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...

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Bob championed the LEAD program. It remains unique among all collegiate Greek-letter organizations. It served as a framework for ongoing Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center (ETWRC) peer mentoring

Peer mentoring

Peer mentoring is a form of mentorship that takes place in learning environments such as schools, usually between an older more experienced student and a new student. Peer mentors should not be confused with prefects...

 programs.

During 1990, Judge Gernon and Sharon Winslow Gernon were jointly awarded the Kansas University Alumni Association's (KUAA) Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award ...

This recognition program was created in 1987 to thank alumni and friends

for "sustained volunteer service to the University at the local level."

In all probability Bob Gernon was the most popular member of the Kansas Appellate Courts in many years in addition to all of his other accomplishments, based in part on his gregariousness, his extreme affability and his subtle sense of humor.

External links

• Kansas University Women of Distinction (2004)
• Kansas Bar Association Professionalism Award (2001)
• Law Day: Liberty Bell Award by the Douglas County, Kansas
  Douglas County, Kansas
  Douglas County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 110,826...
  
  Bar Association.
• Washburn Law Journal Presentations
• The Honorable Robert L. Gernon LL.M. ’01
• Kansas Supreme Court justice dies of cancer