Cecil Endicott
Cecil Endicott
Birth 1893-10-02 Death 1981-08-02
First enlistment: 1891-10-02
(September 18, 1933 – April 26, 2010) He was the son of Paul Endacott, a basketball Hall of Famer who starred for the University of Kansas and who later became the President ...
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(September 18, 1933 – April 26, 2010)
He was the son of Paul Endacott, a basketball Hall of Famer who starred for the University of Kansas and who later became the President of the Phillips Petroleum Company (now Phillips 66).
Don graduated from the University of Kansas where he did NROTC, majored in economics and was a linebacker on the football team. He then entered the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, serving from 1955 to 1963, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant, and working as a Field Artillery Officer and an Administrative Officer. His Service Number was 547304.
In 1957, he requested reassignment from active duty to the Ready Reserve in order to attend the Harvard Law School, from which he graduated in June, 1960.
He lived in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska and in 1964 he became a partner in the Knudson law firm, where he worked as a litigator. From 1979-2000, he was a District Judge for Lancaster County.
His uncle, J. Earl Endacott (1900 - 1982), was a high school teacher for 20 years, before working for 24 years as the curator of the Eisenhower Center, a museum of artifacts received from Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Center subsequently became the Eisenhower Presidential Library.
He was the son of Paul Endacott, a basketball Hall of Famer who starred for the University of Kansas and who later became the President of the Phillips Petroleum Company (now Phillips 66).
Don graduated from the University of Kansas where he did NROTC, majored in economics and was a linebacker on the football team. He then entered the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, serving from 1955 to 1963, attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant, and working as a Field Artillery Officer and an Administrative Officer. His Service Number was 547304.
In 1957, he requested reassignment from active duty to the Ready Reserve in order to attend the Harvard Law School, from which he graduated in June, 1960.
He lived in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska and in 1964 he became a partner in the Knudson law firm, where he worked as a litigator. From 1979-2000, he was a District Judge for Lancaster County.
His uncle, J. Earl Endacott (1900 - 1982), was a high school teacher for 20 years, before working for 24 years as the curator of the Eisenhower Center, a museum of artifacts received from Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Center subsequently became the Eisenhower Presidential Library.