D. Duke Dupre to Receive Honorary Doctor of Law
D. Duke Dupre will receive an honorary Doctor of Law during the Washburn University School of Law commencement exercises on Saturday, May 15, 2010.
Dupre received a bachelor of arts degree in accounting from Kansas State University in 1967 and served three years in the U.S. Army, with duty in Vietnam. In 1973, he earned a juris doctor from the Washburn University School of Law and worked as law clerk to Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Fatzer.
During his career, Dupre held a variety of legal positions in the telecommunications industry, retiring in 1999 as vice president and general counsel of external affairs for SBC Communications. He later served as chairman of the board of a software technology company developing encryption algorithms for military and commercial use, and retired from that position in 2005. Dupre is a member of the Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas state bar associations and the American Bar Association.
In 1999, Dupre was honored as an Alumni Fellow by the Washburn University School of Law and in 2008 he received the Washburn University School of Law Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves as president of the Washburn Law School Foundation and on the Business and Transactional Law Center board of advisors. He is a trustee for the Washburn Endowment Association and served as president and a member of the Washburn University School of Law Alumni Association Board of Governors. In 2005, Dupre and his wife, Helen, established a business and transactional law fund in their names.
Posted January 29, 2010.
