Glee Sidney Smith Jr. was born on April 29, 1921 in Rozel, Kansas. In 1947 he began practicing law with the late Judge Maurice A. Wildgen. He obtained his Bachelor's and Law Degree from the University of Kansas and served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Smith served twelve years on the Lamed Board of Education, and four years as county attorney in addition to serving as a member on many philanthropic and business corporate boards, including two life insurance companies and bank boards in other cities. He served 16 years in the Kansas State Senate between 1957-1972, with eight years as President of the Senate, and, later, served on the Kansas Board of Regents. In 1975, he was appointed by President Ford as one of nine members of the Board of the National Legal Services Corporation and served four years on that board. Additional service came in the form of ten years as a member of the Board of Governors of the Kansas Bar Association, and ten years as one of three Kansas delegates to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association. [Smith, Burnett & Larson, LLC. "Glee S. Smith, Jr." http://larned.org/law/gsmith.html (accessed October 8, 2009).]
From the description of Glee S. Smith, Jr. papers, 1957-1993. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 694455024
