Richard M. Strong, only son of Richard N. and Dona Strong, was born
     November 26, 1935, in the house at 216 North Market, where my mother lives.
     My parents lived on a farm so I attended country schools. I started high 
     school in 1949 at Medicine Lodge. I drove to school for two years then my
     parents moved to Medicine Lodge. I worked on various farms in the Deerhead
     area through grade and high school. During my high school years, I worked
     with Riley MacGregor's registered cattle and did garden work for Mrs. 
     MacGregor. 
       I graduated from high school in 1953. I attended Kansas State University
     and graduated in 1958 with a B.S. degree in Agriculture Education. During
     my college years, I roughnecked for various oil companies to pay my way.
     In 1958, I married Johna Sue Fox and we had three girls. Linda Ann born
     September 14, 1959 in Medicine Lodge, Cinda Lee, born August 24, 1961 in El
     Dorado, Kansas and Lauri Lyn, born February 14, 1963 in Monahans, Texas.
       I graduated from Kansas State University in January 1960 with a Master of
     Science in Geology. My first job out of college was for Skelly Oil Company
     in their ElDorado, Kansas Refinery. I worked at their platforming unit 
     which made platformate, a high octane consstituent of gasoline. I worked 
     for Skelly for two years, then went to work for Baroid Division of National
     Lead Co., as a drilling fluid Engineer. They moved us to Monahans, Texas
     for five years. I spent three years in Drilling Mud and moved into the
     Chemical Department and sold Oil Field Chemicals the remaining two years.
     While in Monahans I did some of the early Drillpipe corrosion work for
     Bariod and published an article on Drillpipe corrosion using filming amines.
     Baroid transferred me to Casper, Wyoming for four years where I continued
     selling oil field and some industrial Chemicals in the states of that area.
     Johna Sue left me and the girls for another man and my parents helped me
     care for the girls until I remarried.
       I married Eileen Kreamer on November 26, 1969, in the Christian Church
     at Casper, Wyoming. In December, 1971 I went to work for Dearborn Chemical,
     a division of W.R. Grace as an Industrial Chemical Engineer and moved to
     Hobbs, New Mexico. We lived there for four years and I worked the states
     of New Mexico, Southern Utah, Southern Colorado, and the copper mills in
     Arizona. While working for Dearborn, I applied for use patents of Poly-
     menthacrylates in Copper mill circuits.
       After my Dad passed away in 1974, I wanted to be closer to my mother. On
     March 1, 1976, I purchased the Dickey Appliance Store. When school was out,
     Eileen and the girls moved to Medicine Lodge and we bought the house at
     321 North Main. I belong to Ptmos Lodge #97 in El Dorado, Kansas, and am a
     thirty-second degree Mason belonging to the Consistory at Wichita, Kansas
     and the Order of Eastern Star, Bethany Chapter #56 and was active in the
     Rainbows, in Hobbs, being on the Rainbow Advisory Board and I hold the
     Grand Cross of Color.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 447