Background

Bixby, Joseph R. Son of Walter Edwin and Angeline I. (Reynolds) Bixby.

Education

Educated, U. Missouri.

Career

Various positions, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, Missouri, until 1950; assistant secretary, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, 1950-1955; assistant regional supervisor, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, 1952-1955; vice president, assistant secretary, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, 1955-1962; director, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, since 1957; administrative vice president, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, 1962-1964; president, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, since 1964; chief Executive officer, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, since 1970; Chairman of the Board, Kansas City Life Insurance Company, since 1972. Advisory director Glasgow Savings Bank, Missouri, director.

Achievements

• Joseph R. Bixby has been listed as a noteworthy Insurance company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Honorary board directors Kansas City Crime Commission Served with United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946.

Connections

Married Marilyn Swartzel, August 28, 1947 (deceased). Children: Kathryn Ann Bixby-Haddad, Nancy Lea Bixby Curtis Hudson. Married Margie Morris Vogel, May 11, 1976.

1 son, Lee M. Vogel.

Father:

Walter Edwin Bixby

Mother:

Angeline I. (Reynolds) Bixby

Spouse:

Margie Morris Vogel

Spouse:

Marilyn Swartzel

child:

Nancy Lea Bixby Curtis Hudson Bixby

child:

Kathryn Ann Bixby-Haddad Bixby