Richard Gordon Lambert, ’85, was eighty-six on March
18, 2021 when he died at his home. Gordon was ordained
at age seventeen as a lay minister and later served as pastor of
his church for nearly two decades. Gordon was a stand-out
athlete at Marion High School and was offered a free agent
baseball contract by three Major League Baseball teams out
of high school; instead, he chose to play basketball and baseball
for the Salukis at Southern Illinois University. Gordon
also played semi-pro baseball after college, his left-handed
curve ball causing fits for hitters who faced him. After service
in the U.S. Army in 1957-59, Gordon obtained his law
degree from the University of Illinois. Gordon is survived
by his wife Jo Ellen, five children and twelve grandchildren.
F. Richard Lucas, ’84, passed away on June 26, 2012 at
the age of seventy-six. Dick attended Santa Clara University,
graduating summa cum laude in 1955. He spent the next two
years in the U.S. Army stationed in Japan. Upon returning
to the U.S., Dick attended Stanford Law School where he
was on the Stanford Law Review, graduating in 1960. In
1959 he married Phyllis Anne Johnson. Dick began his
legal career working as a deputy Attorney General from
1960 to 1963. In 1963, Dick moved his family to Fairfield,
California, where he served as president and director of the
Solano County Bar Association. Dick enjoyed travelling,
reading, crossword puzzles, a game of cribbage and a good
martini. He was survived by Phyllis, three children and
eight grandchildren, to whom he was known as “Grumpy.”
John Dugald McAlpine, Q.C., ’82, former CBABC
Branch President from 1972-1973, died peacefully on
March 23, 2022 at the age of ninety-one. John graduated
from the University of British Columbia in 1950 and then
attended Harvard University, where he obtained his LL.B
in 1953. He returned to British Columbia and was called
to the bar in 1954. He was Chair of Legal Aid Society of
British Columbia from 1973-1975, and appointed Queen’s
Counsel in 1976. He and Sarah Jessie McAlpine were married
for almost sixty years. One of Canada’s leading barristers,
his career spanned sixty years as he was involved in a number
of high-profile cases, acting as counsel in major Aboriginal
and public interest cases, and also representing high-ranking
government officials in inquires.
Kenneth Nevelle McKinney, ’79, was eighty-two
when he died on September 17, 2018, after a brief hospitalization.
Ken attended the University of Oklahoma,
where he was a swimmer; he graduated in 1959 with a
Bachelor of Science in geology. Ken subsequently received
a law degree from the University of Oklahoma in
1962, having married Jane Bowers in 1960. Ken served
in the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps as a member
of the Army Reserve. Ken was a prominent leader
in the Oklahoma City community, chairing the United
Way campaign for Central Oklahoma. A huge fan of
University of Oklahoma athletics, Ken was a long-time
season ticket holder for both football and basketball
games and rarely missed a home game. Ken was preceded
in death by Jane but survived by two children and
four grandchildren.
John M. McLaughlin, ’79, died October 5, 2014
at the age of ninety-two. John received an A.B. from
Georgetown University in 1943 and served in World
War II from 1943 to 1945 in China as a crew member
on a C-47. Upon return from the service, he attended
Georgetown University Law School where he served on
the Board of Editors of the Georgetown Law Review.
From 1952 to 1962, he served as an Intelligence Officer
in the United States Naval Reserve. In 1987, John
served as President of the Erie County Bar Association;
he was a member of the Judicial Conference for the
Third Circuit Court of Appeals. John was preceded in
death by his wife, Mary Lou Sitterle and two sons, survived
by three other children and a grandchild.
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