Des Moines, Iowa
Assoc. Professor of Business, (Tenured) for Elmhurst University.
Asst Professor of Marketing, Graduate School, DePaul University
Attorney / Shareholder, Simpson,
Jensen, Abels, Fischer and Bouslog
Never lost a case in his 31 year career and he only tries complex cases.
Granddaughter, Ashlan Simpson: Born December 18, 2000
Without a pulmonary valve in her heart. A surgeon installed a stint her first day for her to oxygenate. At 10 months they literally took her heart out of her body, fileted it in three parts. Rebuilt it with pig tissue and put it back in her body. They have had to replace it more recently since those parts did not grow with her.
Outstanding Iowa Student, by Iowa Heart Association, 2009
Graduated from Valley High School program for gifted students.
Stage Crew for Theater productions.
Graduated from Des Moines Area Community College two days before graduating from High School.
Iowa State University graduate Suma Cum Laude with three majors.
Carinal Key society (given to only ½ of 1% of seniors making the greatest contribution to the university.)
Phi Beta Kappa
Admitted to their 5-year PhD program in statistics and mathematics at Michigan State University with a full tuition scholarship and is able to earn living expenses serving as a research assistant.
Interested in the arts and photography
Grandson, Conner Simpson: Born June 29, 2002
Graduated from Valley High School
Gifted student program.
Valley High Senior Debate Team
Valley High Track Team
Graduated from Des Moines Area Community College two days before graduating from High School.
Iowa State University. Finished junior year student in computer science.
Built his own state of the art computer
Eagle Scout
Eagle Scout, 2011
Graduate, Drake University
(As a freshman he decided to build a medical clinic for a rural community of 30,000 people in Uganda that had never before had medical service Immediately available to them. He had no clue how to do that, but once his decision was made others agreed to help and thanks to their collective effort the clinic is now fully operational with a staff of 7 people. People’s lives today are being saved because he cared.) He currently manages the maintenance of web market programs for businesses internationally from his office in Portland, Oregon.
Simpson, Jensen, Abels, Fischer and Bouslog, P.C.
President, 1984-2012
Senior member, 2012-21
Graduated, January, 1956
President, East High Alumni Association,
1992-1993
East High Hall of Fame, 2020-
Board, 1993-1999
President, 1997-1999
Legal Counsel, 2000-2021
BA, Major in Psychology
Minor in Philosophy, June, 1960
LLB and JD in Law, 1963, 1968
President of Drake Student Body, 1959-1960
Assistant to the Dean of Students, 1960-1962
Oren E. Scott Award, (Drake’s highest student award), 1960
Tau Kappa Epsilon (Social) fraternity
Histor (Historian), 1958-1959
President, 1959-1960
Board of Advisors, 1973-1981
Outstanding Alumni Service Award, 2018
Omicron Delta Kappa (Honorary Leadership) fraternity
President, 1959-1960
Psi Chi (Honorary Psychology)
President, 1959-1960
Circle K (College Kiwanis service organization)
President 1959-1960
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1960
Delta Theta Phi (Law fraternity)
Assistant to Dean of Students*, 1960-1962
Bd of Directors, Drake National Alumni Association*,1963- 67
Board of Counselors, Drake University Law
School*, 1968-1970
Drake Task Force Commission*, 1988
Drake Task Force Commission* II, 1993-1994
Chair, LA Class of 1960 Reunion*, 1994-1995, 2000
Chair, Law Class of 1963 Reunion*, 2003
National Advisory Board, College of
Arts & Sciences* 1996-2007
Lecturer on Philosophy*
College of Arts and Science, 1984—2004
College of Journalism, 1986–1990
The Ray Society (Now OLLI Society), 2004-
Lecturer on
Humanism—2004. 2011, 2018, 2022
The Dead Sea Scrolls—2005
Developed the strategy resulting in obtaining all of the personal files and records of Terry E. Branstad from his election as Lt. Governor through his final year as the longest serving Governor in the history of the United States while serving 22 years 4 months as the Governor of Iowa and as 3 years, 5 months as US Ambassador to China. As a result, Drake has made him the Ambassador in Residence for Drake University, available for students and faculty for his advice.
Oren E. Scott Award, Drake University, 1960
(Undergraduate outstanding service to the University)
Phi Eta Sigma (honorary scholarship)
Psi Chi (honorary psychology)
Omicron, Delta, Kappa (honorary leadership)
Class of 1915 Award, College of Liberal Arts,
1960 (outstanding liberal arts undergraduate student,
for service to the University)
Squires Club, Drake University Law School, 2013-
Fifty-year law graduate.
Golden gavel society
TKE Outstanding Alumni Service Award -2018
East High School, Hall of Fame, 2020
Humanist Pioneer Award, American Humanist
Association, 1985 (service to humanity)
Humanist Heritage Award, The Humanist Foundation, 2013
East Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, 1997 Citizen of the Year Award
Warren Harding Jr. High School, Hall of Fame, 1985
Scottish Rite Masonry–Knight Commander,
Court of Honor, (32° “KCCH”), 1983
33° – 1991 (The highest and last degree in Masonry)
Scottish Rite Masonic Foundation–Lifetime Achievement Award 2020
Royal Order of Scotland, 2010
Blank Children’s Hospital, Red Wagon Award, 2001
YMCA Heritage Club, Leadership Award, 1998
Founder’s Award, The Morning Club, 2003
for lifetime service to the community and the Club
The Morning Club, 50 years of service, 2013
The Morning Club Founders 60 years Award, 2023
Iowa State Bar Association, 50 years of service, 2013
Fellow, Iowa State Bar Foundation, 2013-
Essenes-Brotherhood of Christ, “Man of Service” award, 2017
Rotary – District 6000 “Guardian of Integrity” Award, 2024
UnityPoint Health Foundation – Emeritus Trustee, 2019-
Martindale Hubble AV Preeminent Award for 41 years providing the highest rating in quality of law practice, 2010-(This is the national quality of practice rating system for lawyers rated by the lawyers in their own community.)
Marquis, Who’s Who in America, 1982-2020
Marquis, Who’s Who in the World, 1984-2020
Marquis, Who’s Who as a Distinguished Humanitarian, 2019
Board of Trustees, 1967-1970
President of Board of Trustees, 1970
Iowa National Guard (Army)*, 1955-1968
Captain, Commanding Officer
Headquarters Co., 234th Signal Battalion, 1965-1967
Division Photo Officer, 234th Signal Bn, 1959-1962
S1, S2, Asst S3, 234th Signal Battalion, 1962-1968
Iowa Military Academy OCS Class II, 1959
Instructor, OCS Leadership Studies,
Iowa Military Academy, 1962-1968
Created unique technique for teaching leadership that has now been adopted and is used today by West Point.
Signal Officer Basic Course,
Ft. Monmouth, N.J. 1959
Branch Qualification Course, 5040 School,
U.S. Army Reserve, 1967-1968
Naval Reserve*, 1968-1986
Commander; Judge Advocate General Corps
Commanding Officer, Navy Law Co. VTU 1605,
1981-1983
Commanding Officer, LSO 216 Legal Service Office, 1976-1978
Law Officer, CO Amphibious Group-Two, Atlantic, aboard USS Mt Whitney, Operation Solid Shield, Norfolk, VA, 1979 assigned by Sec of Navy for saving the family farm of a CDR Naval Air Force pilot missing in North Viet Nam
Military Justice Basic Course, Naval
Justice School, Newport, RI 1970
Military Judges Course, Naval Justice
School, Newport, RI, 1977
(Appointed a Naval Judge, 1977)
(Became an appellant Judge, USNR)
Navy Representative, Iowa Committee for
Employer Support of the Guard and
Reserve, 1984-88
Secretary of the Air Force, Civic Leader Expedition, 1994
Architecture, philosophy and psychology flying, sailing and cruising
Multi-engine instrument airplane, private pilot rating. (My Cessna 172 airplane which I owned with nine others, was the plane in which I learned to fly. It was the actual airplane in which then Heavy Weight Boxing Champion of the World, Rocky Marciano, was killed on August 29, 1969. Seeing the wreckage of the airplane that I had flown my family in the two weekends before made a “chicken pilot” out of me. I immediately got my instrument rating.)
Why Was I Born? 2005, 2011, 2013, 2017,
Fully Human / Fully Alive – (A Human Model), 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
1. Courts (Admitted to)
United States Supreme Court, 1970 Fifty+ year member
US Court of Military Appeals, 1967
US Tax Court, 1965
US Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1965
US District Court, Southern District of Iowa, 1965
US District Court, Northern District of Iowa, 1965
Iowa State Courts, 1963
2. a. American Bar Association
General Practice Section
Military Lawyers Committee*
Chairman, Corporate Committee, Legal Assistant Program*
Corporate, Banking and Business Law Section
Real Property, Probate and Trust Section
Probate Handbook Committee*
Development and Management of Real Estate Committee*
Subcommittee on Home Owners Condominium Associations*
New Developments in Real Estate Committee*
Anti-Trust Section*
Tax Section
People to People Ambassador Program — 2007 to China for Law Practice Management Division to study the legal system of China
b. Iowa State Bar Association
General Practice, Corporation, Banking and
Business Law, Probate and Trust Law,
Real Estate and Title Law Sections
Ethics Committee*
Chair, Military Affairs Committee* 1978-1984
Public Information Committee*
Chair, Legal Assistants Committee, 1984-1988*
Chair, Law Practice Management Section,2003-2007
Iowa Supreme Court Budget Committee, 1989-1998
Forms Committee: Corporation, Banking and
Business Law Section, 1990-1991
Chair, Limited Liability Company Committee,
1994-1998
Chair, Member Services Division, 2004-2007
Editor, Speaking Guide for Lawyers, 2007
Life Fellow, The Iowa Bar Foundation, 2013-
Fifty Year Member, 2013-
c. Polk County Bar Association
Ethics Committee*
Grievance Committee*
Title Standards Committee*
d. People to People Ambassador Program to China-2007
With American Bar Association Law Practice
Management Section Tour to study the Chinese legal
system and to assist the Business Bar in China as a
representative of the American Bar.
3. American Humanist Association, 1967-
(A philosophic organization concerned solely with
improving the quality of life on Earth for all people)
Chairman of Board, 1985 so Isaac Asimov would
serve as my successor as President.
National President, 1980-1985
General Counsel, 1974-1980; 1985-2010
Humanist Counselor, 1974-1982
Humanist Celebrant 2009-
Board of Directors, 1976-1985
Humanist of Iowa Chapter founder, 2012-
Founded Humanist Chapters in Fort Madison
Penitentiary (maximum-security prison) 2012-
And Fort Dodge, Iowa Correctional Facility, 2015-
4.The Humanist Foundation
Founder, 1980
Chairman, 2013-2024
President, 1980-2013, 2021-2022
Trustee, 1980-2024
President-Emeritus, 2013-
5. Park Fleur Condominium Association
President, 2004-2008
Board of Directors, 2004-2009
6. Broadlawns Medical Center (hospital)
(elected by public as Trustee*, 1974- 1980)
Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1977-1979
Chair, Long Range Planning Task Force, 1993
Iowa Health Des Moines Facilities Committee,
2005-2006
Initiated the idea and created the means to build 130 bed Sidney Sands Mental Health Hospital, Founder 1974-1977.
7. American Republic Insurance Co.
Americare Growth Fund, Director, 1971-1976
8. Gubernatorial Assistance
Terry E. Branstad, Lt. Gov of Iowa, 1978-1982
Legal Counsel to Lt. Gov Campaign Committee,
1978-1982
Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa (Longest serving
Governor in the history of the United States), 1982-
1998, 2010-2017
Legal Counsel to the Governor of Iowa, 1978-2017
Campaign Committee, 1982-1999
Inaugural Committee, (member and General Counsel) 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 2010; 2014
Corporate Secretary and Director, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1994
Election Committee, General Counsel,
1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994,
Friends of the Governor, 1983-1999
Governor’s Council Cabinet, 1983-1999
Secured his personal and official files from the time he first served as Lt, Governor through his service as U.S. Ambassador to China 1978-2020, for the official Archives of Drake University where he now serves as the Ambassador in Residence, 2021-.
9. Service Clubs
a. Circle K, Drake 1957-1960
President 1959-1960
b. Kiwanis*, 1963-1977
c. Rotary, 1990–(see item 39)
10. Mason, 1971-
Auburn Lodge, 1971-1974
Waveland Park Lodge, 654, 1974-2016
Capital Lodge, 110, 1996-
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
DM Advisory Conference, Scottish Rite, 1992- 2000 (Central Iowa)
– Venerable Master, 1989-1990
– Master of Kadosh, 1990
(past Commander of Scottish Rite
Masonry in Central Iowa),
Knights Commander Court of Honor
(32° KCCH), 1983-
33° Scottish Rite, 1991-
(The highest and final degree in Masonry.)
Award for years of service – 2020
York Rite 1980-
Shrine, 1982-
In 2020, I created the nation’s first Shrine Children’s Clinic, which is now in Blank Children’s Hospital here in Des Moines to prove to the Shrine this is their medical model for the next 100 years– 2020- In its first two years old and it has already outgrown its facility and they are looking for a third surgeon and will be provided its new office in a standalone building.
The local Shrine unit is thrilled as its members no longer have to pick up an Iowa child, take them to Minneapolis, Chicago or St Louis to the nearest Shrine Hospital. Now the other four Iowa Shrine Temples want their own clinics. The national Shrine Hospital Board came to Des Moines this year to see why their Clinic was so successful. My hope is that ten years from now there will be many Shrine Children’s Clinics in America. Just think of the number of children that will benefit from their decision. The Shrine has increased its activity to modify their previous model to benefit from the lessons they have learned with this clinic as a model.
Eastern Star
Apex*
Founder, 2002
Scottish Rite Foundation, 1985
Board of Directors, 1991-1995
Legal Counsel, 1991-
Heritage Club, 1990-
Rosicrucian Society, 2010-2015
Royal Order of Scotland, 2010-2015
Allied Masonic Degrees, 2010-2015
Masonic Cemetery. My parents are buried there. It was created in the 1920’s and sits adjacent to the City of Des Moines Glendale Cemetery. Because of declining membership and a lack of resources their cemetery was deteriorating. I got upset and finally convinced the two Lodges that currently own the cemetery to allow me to convince the City to take over this cemetery and incorporate it into their own. They agreed that they had a problem, just did not know what to do about it. I started with the Mayor and convinced him that it was going to become an embarrassment to the community. Once he was convinced he and I met with the Parks Department that maintains city cemeteries. He told them that this transfer was going to happen. They worked diligently to impress the Mayor. The transition happened July 1ST, 2023. The Lodges are thrilled as they get out from under an albatross. My mother would be happy as dandelions will no longer be allowed to grow on her grave.
11. Mental Health Association, Polk County,
Iowa and National, 1974-1980*
12. Mental Health Coordinating Committee, Polk County,
Organizer, 1969
Board of Directors*, 1969-1974
Treasurer*
(Responsible for building the Sydney Sands Center.
as a 130 bed mental health hospital in Polk County.)
13. The Morning Club (business reciprocity fraternity), 1963-
Founder, 1963-
Secretary, 1963-1964;
President, 1965
Chair, past presidents, 1965-2015
(This was the first business reciprocity Breakfast Club In Des Moines. It was created as a fraternity, and it was based upon the principle of “What can I do to help everyone else”. Because of the success of this Club now there are many such Clubs in Des Moines, however, most are based upon “what is in it for me” culture. There are not a lot of such Clubs throughout the rest of the United States. They are now very popular here because of the recognized success of this Club. You do not find that volume of breakfast clubs elsewhere in other cities in most of America.)
14. Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Legal Advisory Board, 1980-2015
15. Naval Reserve Association & Naval Reserve Lawyer’s Association
16. Reserve Officer’s Association
17. Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association,
1977-1994 (Alternate Dispute Resolution Judge)
18. Polk County Health Services Corporation, 1976-1988*
(Manages all public funds for mental health, mental retardation, and drug abuse for Polk County, Iowa– 1/4 of Polk County annual budget)
Founder and Incorporator, 1976
Board member liaison from Broadlawns, 1976-1983
President, 1984-1987
Director, 1976-1988
Chairman, Mental Health Committee, 1981-1984
Legal Counsel 1976-1988, 2019-20
19. Polk County Mental Health Center (now Eyerly Ball)*,
Director, 1974-1978
I first explained the benefit for the Community, and then I made the motion as a member of the UnityPoint Health Broad for UnityPoint — Des Moines to acquire Eyerly Ball as a part of the UnityPoint Mental Health continuum of the Hospital mental care system. Most people with mental health issues only need a qualified person to talk to. The psychologists of Eyerly Ball now provide an alternative input facility to pre-screen prisonniers the police and sheriff are delivering to the Polk County jail. The problem they previously caused was because they were using the emergency department at Iowa Lutheran Hospital. If they needed care, once in the hospital door, they were filling the hospital mental health beds. The hospital already had a four month waiting list for patients that seriously needed hospitalization whose beds the prisioners were taking. Prisoners needing care could be treated while in the County Jail by the psychologists of Eyerly Ball. This has proven to be very successful. 2018-
20. YMCA – Des Moines
Member, 1945-2017
Y Camp Leader, 1953*
Y Camp Board, 1967-1983*
Co-Chairman, 1970-1983
YMCA Heritage Club Board, 1991-1998*
President, 1994-1997
21. The Batten Foundation,
(Batten, Hudson & Swab, Inc.–International business management training company),
Director, 1985-1986*
22. Home Opportunities Made Easy, Inc.*
1978-1984, Director (Helping the indigent maintain
a safe place for them to live.)
23. Knights of the Vine – California
Master Knight, 1981-1986*
24. Le Chevaliers De Vin, 1981-1987*
President, 1981
25. The Prairie Club, 1981-
(an organization that community leaders formed in 1890 meeting monthly to present individual research papers on subjects other than your own profession that are then permanently preserved in the Iowa State Historical Building.)
Secretary, 1983-1986
President, 1992-1993
Member, 1981-2024
26. D.M. Area Community College, 1987-1989
Advisory Board, established Legal Assistants Program*
(1987-1989)
27. Project H.E.L.P.E.R. (Governor’s program to weatherize homes for elderly and indigent), 1982-1987
Board of Directors,
Secretary, General Counsel*
28. International Trade Studies Advisory Committee*
Des Moines Area Community College,
1983-86
29. American Institute of Foreign Study
European Student Tour Counselor, 1980, 1983
30. Des Moines Independent School District
Adult Education Committee, 1976-1977
School House Levy Committee, 1983
Candidate for Des Moines School Board, 1983
Warren Harding Jr. High, Hall of Fame, 1985-
Transitional School Committee, 1986
East High School Alumni Assn,
President, 1992-1993
East High Hall of Fame – 2020-
East High School Alumni Foundation,
Board of Directors, 1992-2001
Secretary, 1992
President, 1998
Legal Counsel, 1995-2005, 2016-
Capital Campaign Committee 2018
31. Des Moines Estate Planners Forum, 1983-2019
Board of Directors, 1992-1994
President, 1994
32. Travel Services Unlimited (Travel Agency)
Owner, 1984-2008
Secretary and Counsel, 1984-2008
33. International Association of Financial Planners, 1986-1994
Board of Directors, 1987-1988
Chair, Ethics Committee, 1987-1988
34. Clubs:
The Des Moines Club, 1984-
D.M. Golf & Country Club, 1971-1982*
Echo Valley Country Club, 1982-1990*
The Embassy Club, 1969-
Tan-Tar-A Golf & Tennis Club, 1976-2020*
Metropolitan Club, 1992-97*
Glen Oaks Country Club, 1998-2002*
Wakonda Country Club, 1997-2023
The Bull Pen, Tan Tar A 2008-2020
The Morning Club, 1963-
Founder, 1963-
President, 1966
35. Iowa Humanities Board, Director, 1988-1994*
(Now called “Humanities, Iowa”)
President, 1993-1994
(Manages distribution of grants of
National Endowment for the Humanities
public funds for Humanities projects throughout Iowa)
Humanities Iowa Foundation,*
Trustee, 1995-1997
Secretary-Treasurer, 1995-97
36. Iowa Combined Health Appeal, Director, 1988-1990*
37. Iowa Health Facilities Council*, 1986-1993*
Chair, 1988-93 (five member public State of Iowa Board.
The Board issues “Certificates of Need” that allows for the construction or purchases to hospitals, nursing homes and the medical profession for bed use and must approve all purchases of medical equipment or expanding medical facilities then with a cost in excess of $600,000)
38. Quiet Birdmen, 1988-2001
(Private pilots association started by Charles Lindberg)
Key man (president), 1992-1993
Governor, 1994
39. The Rotary Club of Des Moines A.M., 1990-
(Member since founding meeting)
Foundation counsel. 1998-2008
Chair, Bylaw Committee 1998-
Emeritus member 2022-
District 6000 “Guardian of Integrity” Award, 2024
40. UnityPoint Health (formerly Iowa Health System)
National Investment / Finance Committee, 2000-2012
Unity Point Health – Des Moines (formerly Iowa Health-Des Moines,) owns (Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Blank Children’s Hospital, Methodist West Hospital, Stoddard Cancer Center), Grinnell Municipal Hospital, Ft. Dodge Hospital.
Board of Trustees, 2005-07; 2012-2017
Finance Committee 2006-2015
Development Committee, 2005-2007
Broadlawns Facilities Committee, 2005-07
Legal, Audit and Compliance Committee 2013- Chair, 2013-2016
Property Committee, 2016-2017
Chair, 2016-2017
UnityPoint Health Foundation Board, (formerly the Iowa Health Foundation)1993-2017
Treasurer, 1994-2001
Co-Chair, 2001-2003
Chairman, 2003-2007
Chair, Finance Committee, 1994-2001
Emeritus Trustee, 2019-
I created the very first Shrine Children’s Clinic in Blank Children’s Hospital here in Des Moines to prove to the Shrine that this is their future medical model. I felt if they used local facilities for their outpatients to free the unused portion of their 100-year-old hospitals to facilitate creating Masonic Nursing Homes to free up 80% of their current budgets that are now wasted on underutilized buildings. It also freed Za Ga Zig Temple Shriners who were picking up Iowa children to take them to the nearest Shrine Hospitals in Minneapolis, Chicago or St. Louis, who could now bring them closer to home at Blank. It opened October 2020 and has already outgrown its facility. It is my way of thanking Blank for saving my life when I was nine.
41. Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
(now known as the Mental and Spiritual Health Center)Foundation.
Board of Directors, 2004-2014
Vice President. 2006-2009
President, 2009-2012
42. Park Fleur Condominium Association
Board of Directors, 2004-09*
President, 2004-08
Secretary, 2008
43. Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Professional Advisory Committee, 2004-2019
44. Scottish Rite Park
Good Gifts Committee, 2021
Created their Gift Annuity program, 2022-
45. Iowa Great Ape Trust (Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary
aka/Ape Cognitive and Communication Institute)
Legal Counsel, reorganizer and central coordinator focusing on preservation of the 6 of 130 bonobos living in captivity in the world today. 2012-2017.
(These Des Moines bonobos are unique in that they have lived in a human environment their entire life. They differ from human genetics by less than 1½ %. They can understand us when we speak. Now they have a symbolic language system that allows them to speak back to us. Des Moines Iowa is the only place on earth where you can conduct an intelligent conversation in the English language with another species of life. Kanzi is now age 40. He thinks on an 11th grade level. He speaks English at about an age 4 level because the bonobos are limited to the 500 symbols that are distributed over 4 boards they can carry, or by touching the symbols in their computer. The computer states the words they have selected in spoken English. They can give you entire sentences or paragraphs that are linguistically correct.
Kanzi is the most intelligent non-human living on Earth today. His son Teco at age 10 has outdistanced his father without being taught, showing there is also an epigenetic transfer of information between generations. As this is the only place on Earth where humans can conduct an intelligent conversation in the English language with another species of life, these seven bonobos live life on a higher level than any other non-human. Kanzi painted a canvas painting for me and signed it with his footprint thanking me for my work trying to save his home in Des Moines for his family. (That painting says a lot to me confirming why I practiced law. My purpose is to leave the world a better place because i have been here.)
My current endeavor is to transfer control of the Des Moines 130 acre home of these bonobos to Drake University which will assure that they always have their home here.
Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans, 1976-
Marquis, Who’s Who in American Law, 1983-
Marquis, Who’s Who in American Colleges and
Universities, 1960
Marquis, Who’s Who in the Midwest, 1974-
Marquis, Who’s Who in America, 1978-
Marquis, Who’s Who in the World, 1980-
Marquis, Who’s Who as a Distinguished Humanitarian, 2019
“The Role of the Legal Assistant in Iowa,”
Iowa State Bar Association, 1987
“Effective Use of Legal Assistants,” Audio
Lawyer, American Law Institute/American Bar
Association, February 1987
“Effective Use of Legal Assistants in a Small
Law Office,” Annual Meeting Journal, Iowa
State Bar Association, 1983
“Estate Planning and the Legal Assistant,”
Iowa Legal Assistants Association Journal, 1984
“Making Your Estate a Positive Memorial,” The
Humanist Magazine, 1982
“Abraham Maslow’s Socio-Biological View of
Religion,” The Prairie Club, 1982
(Iowa Historical Society)
“Principles of Ethical Humanism,” Free
Inquiry, Winter, 1982/1983
“The Devil Incarnate,” The Prairie Club, 1986
(Iowa Historical Society) (Humanism and
Abraham Maslow)
“Legal Assistants – Even a Small Office Can
Use Them,” Legal Economics, American Bar
Association, April, 19
“What is the Difference, Anyway?” The Prairie
Club, 1992 [The differences between men and
women] (Iowa Historical Society)
“Leveraging With Legal Assistants”
“Estate Planning”, Chapter 15, American Bar
Association, August, 1993
“Special Shareholder Concerns,” Chapter,
Business Organization Manual,
Iowa State Bar Association, 1993, 2005
“Immediate Pre-Mortem Estate Planning”
Iowa State Bar Association, October, 1996
“Will it Make any Difference”
The Prairie Club, 1998 (Iowa Historical Society)
(The effect of finding the original of the ancient scrolls of
Jerusalem of which the Dead Sea Scrolls are copies.)
“Maslow’s Purpose for Your Life”
Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 2003
“What is the Purpose for My Life”
Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 2005
“Why Was I Born?”, now in its fourth edition.
Humanist Press, Washington, DC.
American Humanist Association,
Editions 2005, 2010, 2013, 2017
Available on Amazon Kindle and
Barnes and Nobel Nook
“Fully Human / Fully Alive” A Human Model, 2019, 2021, 2022- 2023, 2024
Humanist Press, Washington, DC. , 2019-
Page Publishing, national publisher, 2023-24
Good River Print and Media, 2024-
Books Academy, 2024-
Author Reputation Press, 2024-
Available on kindle and Barnes and Nobel
Speakers Guide for Lawyers, on the website of the Iowa State Bar Association, 2007
(*Indicates former activities — Underlining indicates current activities, – indicates continuing participation or membership)