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==Background==
==Background==
Ricketts was born to Glenn C. (1899–1982) and Jewell Ricketts (1902–1987) in Bentonville in Benton County in northwestern Arkansas. He graduated in 1942 from Fayetteville High Schoo]. He then entered the [[United States Marines]] in which he served for thirty months during [[World War II]], mostly as a medical field technologist in the South [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. On returning from the war, he studied pre-medicine at the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville. He graduated in 1950 from the School of Pharmacy at what is now the University of the Ozarks, a [[Christianity|Christian]] institution in Clarksville, Arkansas, not to be confused with the College of the Ozarks in southwestern [[Missouri]].<ref name=obit>Ricketts obituary, ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'', January 14, 2003.</ref>
Ricketts was born to Glenn C. (1899–1982) and Jewell Ricketts (1902–1987) in Bentonville in Benton County in northwestern Arkansas. He graduated in 1942 from Fayetteville High Schoo]. He then entered the [[United States Marines]] in which he served for thirty months during [[World War II]], mostly as a medical field technologist in the South [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]. On returning from the war, he studied pre-medicine at the [[University of Arkansas]] in Fayetteville. He graduated in 1950 from the School of Pharmacy at what is now the University of the Ozarks, a [[Christianity|Christian]] institution in Clarksville, Arkansas, not to be confused with the College of the Ozarks in southwestern [[Missouri]].<ref name=obit>Ricketts obituary, ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'', January 14, 2003.</ref>
Ricketts was a former president of the Arkansas Junior Chamber of Commerce, a national Jaycees director, and a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce International. He was affiliated with the Fayetteville Exchange Club for Men, the Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association, and the [[Salvation Army]].<ref name=obit/>
Ricketts was a former president of the Arkansas Junior Chamber of Commerce, a national Jaycees director, and a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce International. He was affiliated with the Fayetteville Exchange Club for Men, the Arkansas Pharmaceutical Association, and the [[Salvation Army]].<ref name=obit/>