Evan Ice, L’93
“The memories of driving down last minute with a group of classmates to get to Atlanta and New Orleans are priceless,” he said. “Of course, the memory of losing to Syracuse is not so great.” Sid remembers faculty legends like Charlie Oldfather, Bill Kelly, Ray Goetz, James Logan, Paul Wilson, Bob Casad and Martin Dickinson. Glee’s dearest memories of law school consist of spending evenings with his wife, Geraldine, and small child cataloging the Book Exchange, the law school’s book store. During 64 years of practice in Larned and
ICE FAMILY Evan Ice, L’93, might not have known about the heated historical rivalry between KU lawyers and engineers when he decided to split his career between the two professions. But the law students who competed with engineering students in an annual tug-of-war over Potter Lake in the 1950s would be proud that their profession won out in the end. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and working at Boeing for four years, Evan decided his career ambitions lay elsewhere. “My father and grandfather were attorneys, and growing up I had just assumed that I would be an attorney myself,” he said. “As I gave serious thought to a long-term career, I came to the realization that I really did want to be an attorney and it wasn’t just a silly childhood dream. “I chose KU Law because, as a fifthgeneration Kansan, I planned to stay in Kansas and thought that KU Law would best prepare me to be a Kansas practitioner.” Evan had his own family as evidence. His father, Judge Theodore Ice, graduated in 1961, and his grandfather, the late C. Frederick Ice, was a member of the Class of 1924. His greatuncle, Harold Branine, also graduated from KU Law, and his great-grandfather was an attorney who – like most of his
“I obtained an excellent legal education. I hold a special place in my heart for KU Law.” —Evan Ice, L’93
now Lawrence, where he is of counsel with Barber Emerson, Glee proved to be a consummate alum. He served as a Kansas state senator, and a member of the Kansas Board of Regents, KU Endowment Association, KU Law Alumni Board of Governors, and KU Alumni Association. He received the law school’s Distinguished Alumni Award, KU’s Distinguished Service Award and KU’s Fred Ellsworth Alumni Award for Distinguished Service. He has been exceedingly active in bar associations at the national, state and local levels. Future generations will have the additional support of a fund that Glee and Geraldine established for student scholarships.
generation – had read the law instead of attending law school. Their inclinations influenced Evan. “Attorneys, like other professionals, tend to become involved in their community, and I recall that my father was always involved in some civic or political group,” said Evan, a partner at Stevens & Brand in Lawrence. “I think it brushed off on me without him ever saying much to me about the importance of being involved.” Evan, like his father, served on the KU Law Alumni Board of Governors. He has also been active in the Douglas County Estate Planning Council and the County Counselors Association of Kansas.
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