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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|name=Willis Harvey "Bubs" Ricketts<br>
| name=Willis Harvey "Bubs" Ricketts<br>
(Arkansas pharmacist, businessman, and politician)
(Arkansas pharmacist, businessman, and politician)
| birth_date=December 14, 1924
| birth_date=December 14, 1924
}}
}}
'''Willis Harvey Ricketts''', known as '''Bubs Ricketts''' (December 14, 1924 – January 12, 2003), was the 1962 [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee in the U.S. state of [[Arkansas]], having been overwhelmingly defeated by the [[incumbent]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Orval Faubus]].
'''Willis Harvey Ricketts''', known as '''Bubs Ricketts''' (December 14, 1924 – January 12, 2003), was the 1962 [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee in the U.S. state of [[Arkansas]], having been overwhelmingly defeated by the [[incumbent]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Orval Faubus
==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/>
==Political life==
==Political life==
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