Mr. Arthur D. Bond, class of 1920, had an impressive career both scholastically and athletically at Perryville High School and in his post-secondary education.
During his high school career, Mr. Bond was captain of the Perryville High School football team in 1918 and 1919, as well as participating on the Tuba staff, in the History Club and was a member of the track team.
Following his high school graduation, Mr. Bond went on to attend the University of Missouri, Columbia, where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1925. Because of his outstanding scholastic and athletic achievements, he was chosen that year to be a Rhodes Scholar. In 1928 he graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, England, with a degree in jurisprudence. He also attended the University of Illinois for one year.
Mr. Bond was an outstanding athlete at UMC where he was a member of the 1922-24 football teams and was captain in 1924. He also lettered in track as a hurdler and sprinter. For two years, he was all-star halfback for the Missouri Valley team and was an honorable mention All-American team member.
Mr. Bond was a member of the Phi Delta Theta social fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa honorary, Blue Key, an honorary UMC service organization, and the state bar association. He was an active member of UMC alumni organizations.
Mr. Bond retired in April 1967 from the A.P. Green Refractories Co., with which he had been associated with since 1928 when he began in the sales department. From 1937-1942 he was in the export department.
He became a vice-president of the company in 1939 and after 1942 was director of foreign sales. In 1945 he was elevated to director of foreign subsidiaries and after 1947 Mr. Bond directed the international division of the A.P. Green Company. He had been a member of the Green Company Board of Directors since 1932.
Mr. Bond was appointed by Gov. Forrest Smith in 1949 to the State Board of Training Schools. He served three terms in the 1940s as a member and president of the Missouri Association of Fairs and Agricultural Expositions. He was a colonel on the staff of Gov. Forrest C. Donnell; was a member of the World Trade Advisory Commission and the International Relations Committee of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Mr. Bond was born in Perryville, Missouri, on March 4, 1902 to Samuel and Ida Doerr Bond. He was married in 1930 to Elizabeth Carlyle Green of Mexico, Missouri. He and Mrs. Bond had two children, Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond and Arthur D. Bond, Jr.
Mr. Bond died in June, 1983, at the age of 81.