Background
Drannan, Walter Theodore was born on October 4, 1922 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of James and Elizabeth (Sauer) Drannan.
writer agricultural products executive
Drannan, Walter Theodore was born on October 4, 1922 in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of James and Elizabeth (Sauer) Drannan.
Student, Heatherly School, London, 1969. Student, Academie de La Grande Chaumier, Paris, 1971. Bachelor in Art, Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, 1978.
Bachelor in English and French, Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, 1990. Bachelor in History, Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, 1993.
Traffic manager, grain buyer, Russell Miller Milling Company, St. Joseph, 1950-1952;
co-owner, W.S. Geiger Commission Company, St. Joseph, 1952-1954;
traffic manager, Schreiber Mills, St. Joseph, 1954-1959;
vice president traffic division, Crouch Brothers, Inc., St. Joseph, 1959-1964;
executive secretary, chief weigh master, St. Joseph Grain Exch., since 1964. Broadcaster Station KFEQ, St. Joseph, since 1964. Columnist Livestock Journal Newspaper, St. Joseph, 1967-1969.
Design artist Icarus Journal, St. Joseph, 1972-1975. Teacher adult education Hillyard Technology School, St. Joseph, 1962-1970;president, Chairman of the Board Bi-State Development Agency Transfer, Inc., St. Louis, 1964-1971.
Notary public State of Missouri, St. Joseph, 1964-1987. Sergeant Army of the United States, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Artist Professional League, International Weighing Association (treasurer 1982-1990), Missouri Writer's Guild, Toastmasters (president 1984), St. Joseph Traffic Club (board directors 1962-1964), Sigma Tau Delta.
Married Martha Jane Neudorff, August 7, 1942 (divorced October 1964). Children: James A., Martha Clark, John A., Thomas G., Daniel W. Married Marilyn Parks Ballard, May 17, 1974.