Springfield, Missouri
Drury Class of 1958
Served as Trustee: 1987-2008
Elected Emeritus Trustee: 2008
Ron Walsworth attended Washington University on scholarship after high school and after two years, transferred to Drury College where he majored in Economics and Geology and graduated in 1958. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Following college, Ron graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Officer Candidate School and was assigned to the USS Rehoboth in 1959. After serving four years in the U.S. Navy, he entered corporate life with a career that spanned more than 30 years in positions such as general manager, Polaroid Corporation (Sydney, Australia) and CEO of Berkey Photo until his retirement in 1996 to Spring Island, South Carolina.
Ron and his wife, Judy, now reside in Springfield, Missouri. They have three children, ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild.