Edward Larson (Kansas judge)
Edward Larson was a Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from September 1, 1995 to September 4, 2002.
He was appointed to the supreme court to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Chief Justice Richard Winn Holmes, with Kay McFarland filling the Chief Justice position.. When he retired from the court due to the mandatory retirement age of 70 Lawton Nuss was appointed to fill the vacant position. He then continued to work as a senior judge.
In 2014 he was one of three Kansas State University alumni to be awarded the schools Distinguished Alumni Award. In 1981 and 1998 he was awarded the Outstanding Service Award from the Kansas Bar Association. In 2016 he was given an honorary life membership by the Washburn University School of Law.
Born in Lincoln County, be earned his first degree in 1954 from Kansas State University and his law degree in 1960 from the University of Kansas. After obtaining his law degree he started practising law and serving as a Hays municipal judge. He then served as an apples judge for the Kansas Court of Appeals prior to his supreme court appointment.
He is a United States Air Force veteran, and is a senior governor for the University of Kansas School of Law.
