Kathleen M. Sorensen Severens

(1944- ) born in Omaha, lived in Rosalie, Thurston County. Attorney, educator, administrator, considered an authority on conflict resolution, developed Nebraska Farm Hotline and Mediation Service in 1984, was first director of Nebraska Office of Dispute Resolution in 1991, the first person to serve as director of community dispute resolution in the U.S. Department of Justice in 1999, recipient of the John Minor Wisdom Award in 1990 from the American Bar Association for "high standards of professionalism and outstanding contribution in promoting an open profession and an open system of justice." Consult Lincoln Journal Star, May 26, 1999, p. B-1.

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