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John Cutter Gage died peacefully in June 2000, with his family by his side and on the farm from which he derived his deepest joy, as well as the inner strength through which he accomplished so much during his long and fruitful life. He died, despite a yearlong battle with cancer, in the manner that he lived—with a gleam in his eye, a smile on his face, and a kind word for every family member and friend to the very last.
He was born on the 4th of July in 1923, in Kansas City, MO, and was educated at William Cullen Bryant Elementary School, Southwest High School, and on his father’s farm. In 1940, he enrolled at the University of Kansas, but he accepted an appointment to West Point after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Cavalry was his branch of choice, but his "recon" training for the planned Invasion of Japan was interrupted by the outbreak of peace in the Pacific. He was thereafter reassigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps during the Occupation of Japan. He engaged in counter-espionage for the next three years, eventually declining a position as covert agent with the Central Intelligence Agency.
John attended the University of Kansas School of Law, graduating in 1952. After practicing in Lawrence for several years, he joined his father’s firm, now known as Lathrop & Gage. During his legal career, he served as chairman of the Junior Section of Kansas Bar Association; general counsel for Safety Federal Savings and Loan Association, the Financial Information Trust, and Mid-America Dairyman, Inc.; Agricultural Law Committee of the American Bar Association; and of the Legal and Tax Committee of the National Milk Producers Federation.
He was president of the American Milking Shorthorn Society, organizer and executive secretary of the Red and White Dairy Cattle Association, a director of the Kansas Holstein Association, chairman of the Dairy Advisory Committee of the Future Farmers Association, and a recipient of the Future Farmers Association Distinguished Service Award.
He served as director and, eventually, president of the American Royal Association. As president, he was instrumental in the purchase of property upon which Kemper Arena now stands by obtaining a contribution by the Kemper Foundation during discussions one Christmas morning with Crosby Kemper at the Gages’ breakfast table. He continued to serve on both the American Royal and Kemper Arena Executive Committees for many years thereafter.
John C. Gage married Eleanor Jane Pack in June 1950, and moved to a small farm adjacent to the family farm, where they resided while he attended law school.
Even while living in the city, John Gage was an active farmer all his life, spending weekends, summers, and holidays pursuing his true avocation with the help of his entire extended family. John and Eleanor moved back to the farm in the Eudora-Lawrence area in 1977. Together with his son David, he developed a registered Hereford herd known as Bluejacket Herefords.
John maintained faithful contact with many of his classmates throughout the years. He brought Eleanor to the Class of 1945, 50th Reunion, making it a special one for those of us who had been privileged to serve with John and, thus, to learn what a very special person he was.
John Gage is survived by his wife Eleanor, two sons, and one daughter.
Source - West Point Association of Graduates
John Cutter Gage died peacefully in June 2000, with his family by his side and on the farm from which he derived his deepest joy, as well as the inner strength through which he accomplished so much during his long and fruitful life. He died, despite a yearlong battle with cancer, in the manner that he lived—with a gleam in his eye, a smile on his face, and a kind word for every family member and friend to the very last.
He was born on the 4th of July in 1923, in Kansas City, MO, and was educated at William Cullen Bryant Elementary School, Southwest High School, and on his father’s farm. In 1940, he enrolled at the University of Kansas, but he accepted an appointment to West Point after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Cavalry was his branch of choice, but his "recon" training for the planned Invasion of Japan was interrupted by the outbreak of peace in the Pacific. He was thereafter reassigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps during the Occupation of Japan. He engaged in counter-espionage for the next three years, eventually declining a position as covert agent with the Central Intelligence Agency.
John attended the University of Kansas School of Law, graduating in 1952. After practicing in Lawrence for several years, he joined his father’s firm, now known as Lathrop & Gage. During his legal career, he served as chairman of the Junior Section of Kansas Bar Association; general counsel for Safety Federal Savings and Loan Association, the Financial Information Trust, and Mid-America Dairyman, Inc.; Agricultural Law Committee of the American Bar Association; and of the Legal and Tax Committee of the National Milk Producers Federation.
He was president of the American Milking Shorthorn Society, organizer and executive secretary of the Red and White Dairy Cattle Association, a director of the Kansas Holstein Association, chairman of the Dairy Advisory Committee of the Future Farmers Association, and a recipient of the Future Farmers Association Distinguished Service Award.
He served as director and, eventually, president of the American Royal Association. As president, he was instrumental in the purchase of property upon which Kemper Arena now stands by obtaining a contribution by the Kemper Foundation during discussions one Christmas morning with Crosby Kemper at the Gages’ breakfast table. He continued to serve on both the American Royal and Kemper Arena Executive Committees for many years thereafter.
John C. Gage married Eleanor Jane Pack in June 1950, and moved to a small farm adjacent to the family farm, where they resided while he attended law school.
Even while living in the city, John Gage was an active farmer all his life, spending weekends, summers, and holidays pursuing his true avocation with the help of his entire extended family. John and Eleanor moved back to the farm in the Eudora-Lawrence area in 1977. Together with his son David, he developed a registered Hereford herd known as Bluejacket Herefords.
John maintained faithful contact with many of his classmates throughout the years. He brought Eleanor to the Class of 1945, 50th Reunion, making it a special one for those of us who had been privileged to serve with John and, thus, to learn what a very special person he was.
John Gage is survived by his wife Eleanor, two sons, and one daughter.
Source - West Point Association of Graduates
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John Cutter Gage died peacefully in June 2000, with his family by his side and on the farm from which he derived his deepest joy, as well as the inner strength through which he accomplished so much during his long and fruitful life. He died, despite a yearlong battle with cancer, in the manner that he lived—with a gleam in his eye, a smile on his face, and a kind word for every family member and friend to the very last.
He was born on the 4th of July in 1923, in Kansas City, MO, and was educated at William Cullen Bryant Elementary School, Southwest High School, and on his father’s farm. In 1940, he enrolled at the University of Kansas, but he accepted an appointment to West Point after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Cavalry was his branch of choice, but his "recon" training for the planned Invasion of Japan was interrupted by the outbreak of peace in the Pacific. He was thereafter reassigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps during the Occupation of Japan. He engaged in counter-espionage for the next three years, eventually declining a position as covert agent with the Central Intelligence Agency.
John attended the University of Kansas School of Law, graduating in 1952. After practicing in Lawrence for several years, he joined his father’s firm, now known as Lathrop & Gage. During his legal career, he served as chairman of the Junior Section of Kansas Bar Association; general counsel for Safety Federal Savings and Loan Association, the Financial Information Trust, and Mid-America Dairyman, Inc.; Agricultural Law Committee of the American Bar Association; and of the Legal and Tax Committee of the National Milk Producers Federation.
He was president of the American Milking Shorthorn Society, organizer and executive secretary of the Red and White Dairy Cattle Association, a director of the Kansas Holstein Association, chairman of the Dairy Advisory Committee of the Future Farmers Association, and a recipient of the Future Farmers Association Distinguished Service Award.
He served as director and, eventually, president of the American Royal Association. As president, he was instrumental in the purchase of property upon which Kemper Arena now stands by obtaining a contribution by the Kemper Foundation during discussions one Christmas morning with Crosby Kemper at the Gages’ breakfast table. He continued to serve on both the American Royal and Kemper Arena Executive Committees for many years thereafter.
John C. Gage married Eleanor Jane Pack in June 1950, and moved to a small farm adjacent to the family farm, where they resided while he attended law school.
Even while living in the city, John Gage was an active farmer all his life, spending weekends, summers, and holidays pursuing his true avocation with the help of his entire extended family. John and Eleanor moved back to the farm in the Eudora-Lawrence area in 1977. Together with his son David, he developed a registered Hereford herd known as Bluejacket Herefords.
John maintained faithful contact with many of his classmates throughout the years. He brought Eleanor to the Class of 1945, 50th Reunion, making it a special one for those of us who had been privileged to serve with John and, thus, to learn what a very special person he was.
John Gage is survived by his wife Eleanor, two sons, and one daughter.
Source - West Point Association of Graduates
John Cutter Gage died peacefully in June 2000, with his family by his side and on the farm from which he derived his deepest joy, as well as the inner strength through which he accomplished so much during his long and fruitful life. He died, despite a yearlong battle with cancer, in the manner that he lived—with a gleam in his eye, a smile on his face, and a kind word for every family member and friend to the very last.
He was born on the 4th of July in 1923, in Kansas City, MO, and was educated at William Cullen Bryant Elementary School, Southwest High School, and on his father’s farm. In 1940, he enrolled at the University of Kansas, but he accepted an appointment to West Point after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Cavalry was his branch of choice, but his "recon" training for the planned Invasion of Japan was interrupted by the outbreak of peace in the Pacific. He was thereafter reassigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps during the Occupation of Japan. He engaged in counter-espionage for the next three years, eventually declining a position as covert agent with the Central Intelligence Agency.
John attended the University of Kansas School of Law, graduating in 1952. After practicing in Lawrence for several years, he joined his father’s firm, now known as Lathrop & Gage. During his legal career, he served as chairman of the Junior Section of Kansas Bar Association; general counsel for Safety Federal Savings and Loan Association, the Financial Information Trust, and Mid-America Dairyman, Inc.; Agricultural Law Committee of the American Bar Association; and of the Legal and Tax Committee of the National Milk Producers Federation.
He was president of the American Milking Shorthorn Society, organizer and executive secretary of the Red and White Dairy Cattle Association, a director of the Kansas Holstein Association, chairman of the Dairy Advisory Committee of the Future Farmers Association, and a recipient of the Future Farmers Association Distinguished Service Award.
He served as director and, eventually, president of the American Royal Association. As president, he was instrumental in the purchase of property upon which Kemper Arena now stands by obtaining a contribution by the Kemper Foundation during discussions one Christmas morning with Crosby Kemper at the Gages’ breakfast table. He continued to serve on both the American Royal and Kemper Arena Executive Committees for many years thereafter.
John C. Gage married Eleanor Jane Pack in June 1950, and moved to a small farm adjacent to the family farm, where they resided while he attended law school.
Even while living in the city, John Gage was an active farmer all his life, spending weekends, summers, and holidays pursuing his true avocation with the help of his entire extended family. John and Eleanor moved back to the farm in the Eudora-Lawrence area in 1977. Together with his son David, he developed a registered Hereford herd known as Bluejacket Herefords.
John maintained faithful contact with many of his classmates throughout the years. He brought Eleanor to the Class of 1945, 50th Reunion, making it a special one for those of us who had been privileged to serve with John and, thus, to learn what a very special person he was.
John Gage is survived by his wife Eleanor, two sons, and one daughter.
Source - West Point Association of Graduates
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