Member: St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church; Rockhurst College Alumni Association; Greater Kansas City Alumni Association, Alpha Sigma Nu; Alpha Delta Gamma, past national president; Phi Delta Phi; National Conference of Uniform State Law Commissioners; National Conference of State Legislators; Federal Budget and Taxation committee, chair. Former: assistant U.S. district attorney, Western Missouri; state supervisor, Department of Liquor Control; Jackson County Court Western Judge; Law Enforcement Assistance Council; Public Service Commission, general counsel. Assistant Majority Floor Leader, 1979-1981; Majority Floor Leader, 1981-1985. Elected to the Senate: 1974-1994.