Background
Powers, Ronald Clair was born on December 26, 1934 in Wagner, South Dakota, United States. Son of Claude M. and Fern (Carpenter) Powers.
Powers, Ronald Clair was born on December 26, 1934 in Wagner, South Dakota, United States. Son of Claude M. and Fern (Carpenter) Powers.
Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1957. Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy in Rural Sociology, Iowa State University, 1963.
Extension youth assistant, Iowa State University, 1958-1959; extension sociologist, Iowa State University, 1961-1967; professor, head, department family environmental, Iowa State University, 1967-1973; assistant director agricultural and home economics experiment station, assistant director cooperative extension service, director North Central Regional Center Rural Development, Iowa State University, 1974-1981; assistant dean College Agriculture, Iowa State University, 1979-1981; associate dean university extension, associate director cooperative extension service, Iowa State University, 1981-1989; assistant vice president academic affairs, university extension, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1989-1991; interim associate, vice president academic affairs, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1991. Visiting lecturer Arizona State University, 1964, 65. Visiting lecturer Colorado State College, 1966, 67.
Served with Army of the United States, 1957-1958. Member Rural Sociological Society, Community Development Society, Epsilon Sigma Phi.
Married Myrna Cecelia Finken, June 20, 1959. Children: Jeanene, Kenneth, Sonya, Kristin.