Brother Harold L. Sebring
Kansas State '20
Esteemed Jurist & Nuremberg Trial Judge

Harold "Tom" Sebring was an prominent Acacian with an astonishingly varied background: highly decorated World War I combat soldier; star college athlete in three sports; lawyer; football referee; State Supreme Court Chief Justice; law school dean; and head coach of University of Florida track, boxing and football teams — while earning his law degree.

Eighteen years after receiving his J.D., while serving on the Florida Supreme Court — after a distinguished career as a practicing attorney and Circuit Judge — Brother Sebring was appointed as a judge in the Nuremberg Trial of Nazi war criminals by President Harry S. Truman. He served in that capacity in 1946 and 1947.

Brother Sebring was also regarded as "a creative, brilliant innovator" as University of Florida Gator football coach. His 1925 team finished 8-2, the school's best record in history at that time. During his last year of coaching, 1927, the Gators finished 7-3 and he recruited the starters for the 1928 team that would finish 8-1 and lead the nation in scoring.

Born in 1898 in Olanthe, Kansas, Brother Sebring received his B.S. from what is now Kansas State University, where he was initiated in Acacia Fraternity. He also distinguished himself as Freshman Class President, Senior Class Vice-President, a Letterman in football, track and boxing and was named to the "Kansas State Aggies All-Time Football Team." Brother Sebring died in 1968.