District Biographies - Assistant Governor Division I

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1011 Lyle Ave. PO Box H Garden City, KS 67846 Res:  620-276-7033 Bus:  620-271-0123 Fax:  620-271-0175 raypurdy@ americanstatebankna.com Rotary Club of Garden City

Ray Purdy

Assistant Governor

Division I - Cimarron, Garden City, Syracuse, Ulysses

Ray has been active in Rotary for 39 years in 2 clubs, Cimarron and Garden City. He has served as Treasurer, Vice President, President and Club Foundation Chairman. Ray has also served on the District Governor Nominating Committee, District Foundation Committee and was Annual Programs Fund Chairman. He is a multiple Paul Harris fellow, a sustaining member and a benefactor. His wife, Dena is also a multiple Paul Harris fellow and a benefactor.

Ray and Dena have been married for 21 years. Ray has a son Barry, also an active Rotarian, a daughter Tami. Dena has 3 sons, Allen, Dwayne and Jerry in Nebraska. Jerry is a new Rotarian.  They have 8 grandchildren which they both enjoy spoiling.

Ray is currently the Manager of Bank Relations with American State Bank and Trust Co. He has worked as an Agricultural Lender for 33 years. Prior to that, he worked with Kansas State University Extension Service for 9 years. He received his BS in Animal Science from Oklahoma State   University in 1967 and his MS in Meat Science from Kansas State University in 1971.

Other organizations he has been active in are:

Beef Empire Days Inc, where he received the Mary Hopkins Award for volunteerism in 2003.

Finney County 4-H Foundation, Kansas Banker Association,

Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership

Western Kansas Community Foundation

First United Methodist Church, serving on numerous committees in the past 33 years.

 Just for fun, Ray enjoys photography, woodworking, shooting sporting clays and traveling, especially to RI conventions.