Background
Rucks, Joseph Gibson was born on January 7, 1913 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Ward and Martha (Gibson) Rucks.
Rucks, Joseph Gibson was born on January 7, 1913 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Ward and Martha (Gibson) Rucks.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Oklahoma, 1934; Bachelor of Laws, University Oklahoma, 1936.
Practice law, Oklahoma City, from 1936; member firm, Fowler, Rucks, Baker, Jopling, Gramlich & Mee, 1952-1971; member firm, McAfee, Taft, Mark, Bond, Rucks & Woodruff, 1971-1980; member firm, McAfee & Taft, 1980-1988.
President Areawide Health Planning Organization of Central Oklahoma, 1971-1974. Member Oklahoma City Appeals Review Board, 1965-1975. Member, treasurer Community Council, 1975-1977, vice president, 1978-1981, president, 1982-1983.
Board directors Oklahoma State Fair. Chairman Governor's Advisory Council on Capital Expenditures, 1967, member town council, Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, 1962-1965, mayor, 1964-1965. Served to lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, World World War II, European Theatre of Operations.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association (board governors 1965-1967), Oklahoma County Bar Association (president 1955, director 1977-1980), Oklahoma Heart Association (president 1959), Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce (director), Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Phi. Club: Rotary.
Married Mary E. Durand, March 25, 1937 (deceased 1989). Children: Marthe Victoria, Charles Durand.