Background
Ridgway, Richard B. was born on December 2, 1944 in Hays, Kansas, United States. Son of Roy LuVerne and Margaret Elizabeth Ridgway.
Ridgway, Richard B. was born on December 2, 1944 in Hays, Kansas, United States. Son of Roy LuVerne and Margaret Elizabeth Ridgway.
Bachelor, Kansas State University, 1966. AM, University Missouri, 1972.
Account supervisor, W.R. Hahn Advertising, Springfield, Illinois, 1968-1970; director public information, Illinois Department Public Health, Springfield, 1970-1976; director public relations, Albany (New York) Medical Center, 1976-1985; director public relations, Grinnell (Iowa) College, since 1985. Adjunct Professor communications Sangamon State University, Springfield, 1972-1976. Lecturer Grinnell College, since 1985.
Board directors Poweshiek Company, Sesquicentennial Commission. Fellow Public Relations Society of America. Member APR, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (Bronze medal Imagination in News and Information 1987, Silver medal Institutional Identification 1988), Alpha Epsilon Rho, Grinnell 2000, Grinnell Chamber of Commerce.
Married Krispen Moore, June 9, 1967. Children: Erin Catherine, Benjamin Barclay.