Background
Gwin, Francis B. was born on January 13, 1921 in Morrowville, Kansas, United States. Son of Roy Elmer and Genevieve Anna (Brooks) Gwin.
Gwin, Francis B. was born on January 13, 1921 in Morrowville, Kansas, United States. Son of Roy Elmer and Genevieve Anna (Brooks) Gwin.
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, 1947.
Assistant to supervisor Farmers Home Administration, Clay Center, Kansas, 1948-1949. Farmer Leoti, 1949-1954. Fieldman Consumers Cooperative Association, Kansas City, Missouri, 1954-1959, Farmway Coop Inc., Beloit, Kansas, 1959-1962, elevator department manager, 1962-1969, general manager, 1969-1986.
Board directors Farmland Industries, Inc., Kansas City, 1972-1987, chairman board, 1981-1986. Director National Cooperative Refinery Association, McPherson, Kansas, 1981-1987, Farmland Mutual Insurance Company, Des Moines, 1972-1981, Far Mar Company, Kansas City, 1977-1985, Terra Resources, Tulsa, 1981-1983, Cooperative League of the United States, Washington, 1974-1980, Solomon Valley Feed Lot, Beloit, since 1972, Farmland Industries Inc., Kansas City, chairman 1981-1986. Member advisory committee Arthur Capper Cooperative Center Kansas State University, 1984-1986.
Member Kansas Grain Commission, Topeka, 1974-1980, National Committee Agricultural Trade and Export Policy, Washington, 1984-1986.
Served to lieutenant United States Air Force, 1943-1945. Member of Rotary (president Beloit 1963-1964).
Married Mary Arlene Mastin, July 11, 1948 (deceased 1959). 1 child, Francene; married Margaret Ann Widrig, June 6, 1963. 1 child, Brenda.