Ronald Sears Davis

Ronald Davis, retired president of the Davis Corporation, died on September 26, 2014. Ronald graduated from Deerfield Academy and then Yale University in 1944. He was awarded the Bronze Star as an artillery forward observer with the 104th Infantry Division in Germany during World War II. Ronald joined Davis Press in 1946 and was elected president in 1961. He went on to become president of Davis Advertising and Davis Publications, retiring in 1997. He served as president of the Worcester County Club of Printing House Craftsmen and as a director of the Worcester Area Advertising Club, in addition to holding an advisory post on Early Years and Supervisor Nurse magazines. Civically, he served as chairman of the Shrewsbury Personnel Board and was involved with the Worcester County Sail and Power Squadron, Family Services of Central Massachusetts, and the Harbor Coves Improvement Association of Chatham. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Quabbin Social Club, and served on various United Way and Chamber of Commerce committees and as secretary-treasurer of the Yale Club of Worcester. Finally, Ronald was a hospice volunteer for the Visiting Nurses Association of Worcester and a volunteer at the Worcester County Food Bank.