evidence: Ron grew up in Benton. In 1975, he graduated from UCA where he was a Trinity Foundation Scholar. He received a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Utah in 1980 under the supervision of Prof. J. Simons where he developed and applied electronic structure methods. He was a Battelle Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervision of Profs. I. Shavitt and R. J. Bartlett at Battelle Columbus Laboratories in Columbus, Ohio. His research involved the development of the COLUMBUS Program System in collaboration also with Prof. Hans [...] Ronnie completed an MS in Chemistry at Youngstown State University.