Background
Buzbee, Richard Edgar was born on August 16, 1931 in Fordyce, Arkansas, United States. Son of Edgar Andrew and Helen Koester (Darling) Buzbee.
Buzbee, Richard Edgar was born on August 16, 1931 in Fordyce, Arkansas, United States. Son of Edgar Andrew and Helen Koester (Darling) Buzbee.
Bachelor of Journalism, Bachelor of Arts, University Missouri, 1954.
Management intern Harris Newspaper Group, Chanute (Kansas) Tribune, Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-Eye, also Olathe (Kansas) News, 1957-1963. Editor, public Olathe News, 1963-1979, Hutchinson (Kansas) News, 1979-1993. Retired Hutchinson Public Company, 1993.
Honorary chairman board directors Hutchinson Public Company, since 1993. Partner Radine Enterprises, Olathe.
Trustee William Allen White Foundation. President Olathe Chamber of Commerce, 1969, Olathe United Way, 1968, Johnson County chapter American Red Cross, 1978-1979. Chairman Johnson County Scholarship Foundation, 1968.
Member Olathe Public Building Commission 1, 1964-1965, 2, 1978-1979. Co-chairman Olathe Home-for-Christmas from Vietnam Project, 1969-1972. Member board Hutchinson Public Library, 1980-1987, chairman, 1982-1983.
Board directors Hutchinson Symphony Association, 1980-1988, president 1987. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1954-1957. Member Greater Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce (chairman 1988), Rotary (board directors 1981-1983), Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: Rotary. (director 1981-1983).
Married Marie Palmer, April 16, 1955. Children: Robert Edgar, William Bruce, James Palmer, John Richard.