Robert Stephan

Robert Stephan
39th Kansas Attorney General
In office
1979–1995
Preceded byCurt T. Schneider
Succeeded byCarla Stovall
Personal details
Born
Robert Taft Stephan

(1933-01-16)January 16, 1933
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
DiedJanuary 2, 2023(2023-01-02) (aged 89)
Political partyRepublican
Alma materWashburn University School of Law

Robert Taft Stephan (January 16, 1933 – January 2, 2023) was an American attorney who served four terms as Kansas Attorney General.

Stephan was born on January 16, 1933, to Taft and Julia Stephan, of Lebanese descent. He graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 1957 and practiced law in Wichita, Kansas. After losing a campaign for local school board, he was appointed a municipal court judge and two years later elected to the district court in Wichita.[1] He first won election as state Attorney General in 1978 and was reelected three times in 1982, 1986, and 1990.

Following the end of his last term, Stephan moved to Lenexa, Kansas, and worked as a consultant in corporate law dealing in consumer protection and Federal Trade Commission regulations.[2]

In 2007, Stephan spoke in support of legalizing medical cannabis in Kansas.[3]

Stephan died on January 2, 2023, two weeks shy of his 90th birthday.[4]

  1. ^ Price, Jay M.; Abdinnour, Sue. "Family, Ethnic Entrepreneurship, And The Lebanese Of Kansas, (2013)". Great Plains Quarterly. University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Robert Stephan Collection, Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Rothschild, Scott (August 18, 2007). "Stephan joins push for medical marijuana". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  4. ^ Robert Stephan, former longtime Kansas attorney general, dies at 89