Robert Lawrence Gernon (July 29, 1943 – March 30, 2005) was a district judge in Kansas 22nd District, from 1979 to 1988, born in Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas. He was a 1966 KU B-School major who studied law at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas graduating in 1969. Justice Gernon was also trial advocacy instructor at University of Kansas School of Law, a judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals, 1988–2003; and Kansas Supreme Court Justice, 2003–2005. He also served as a coach, mentor and tutor to Sigma Nu fraternity chapter members in Lawrence, Kansas, and championed the LEAD program, which served as a framework for ongoing Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center (ETWRC) peer mentoring programs. During 1990, Judge Gernon and Sharon Winslow Gernon were jointly awarded the Kansas University Alumni Association's (KUAA) Mildred Clodfelter Alumni Award for "sustained volunteer service to the University at the local level." References External links Kansas University Women of Distinction (2004) Kansas Bar Association Professionalism Award (2001) Law Day: Liberty Bell Award by the Douglas County, Kansas Bar Association Washburn Law Journal Presentations The Honorable Robert L. Gernon LL.M. ’01 Kansas Supreme Court justice dies of cancer KSupreme Court Justice's Legacy Lives On 1943 births 2005 deaths Kansas state court judges Kansas Court of Appeals Judges Justices of the Kansas Supreme Court Politicians from Lawrence, Kansas University of Kansas alumni Washburn University alumni 20th-century American judges People from Hiawatha, Kansas