Ralph Neal Baltzer ’25

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Ralph Baltzer was born in Hickman, Ky., in 1903. He died in 1985. Ralph prepared at Clarksdale [Miss.] H.S. and transfered to Princeton in 1923. He was a member of Tower Club.

After graduation he entered the banking business, becoming president of the Coahoma Bank and Trust Co. in Clarksdale. He was prominent in local community affairs, being president of the board of the Clarksburg Hospital. He was active in the Coahoma chapter of the American Red Cross, the board of the Methodist church, and was a member of the Arkansas-Mississippi Bridge Commission. He was married to Alice Sherar Rawls, who predeceased him. He was the father of two daughters.

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