Lungstrum was born in
Topeka, Kansas. He grew up in
Kansas City, Missouri, where he graduated from the
Pembroke Country-Day School in 1963. He received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Yale University in 1967 where he was a prominent leader of the
Yale Political Union. He received a
Juris Doctor from the
University of Kansas School of Law in 1970. He practiced law in
Los Angeles,
California from 1970 to 1971, after which he served as a lieutenant in the
United States Army from 1971 to 1972. He reentered private practice in
Lawrence, Kansas from 1972 to 1991, during which time he was a lecturer at the University of Kansas School of Law.
Federal judicial service On July 24, 1991, President
George H. W. Bush nominated Lungstrum to be a United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the District of Kansas, to fill the seat vacated by Judge
Dale E. Saffels, who assumed
senior status on November 16, 1990. The
United States Senate confirmed Lungstrum's nomination on October 31, 1991, and he received his commission on November 5, 1991. From 2001 and 2007, he served as the chief judge. Lungstrum assumed
senior status on November 2, 2010. ==References==