Don Walsworth of Marceline was appointed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators in 2003 by Gov. Bob Holden. Curator Walsworth is past-Chair of the Board of Curators. He serves as Chair of the Governance Committee and the Physical Facilities and Management Services Committee and is a member of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee and the Finance and Audit Committee.
Curator Walsworth received a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1957. He is currently president and chief executive officer of the Walsworth Publishing Company, Inc. of Marceline. He has been elected to a variety of boards including that of Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Chillicothe, Citizens Bancshares Company of Chillicothe and Marceline Savings and Loan.
Curator Walsworth served two terms on the Marceline City Council and one term as mayor. He was appointed to the Missouri State Highway and Transportation Commission in 1985 and served as its chairman in 1991-1992. In 1989 he received a Distinguished Service Award from the UM-Columbia Alumni Association, where he was also a founding member of the Herbert J. Davenport Society.
"My priority as a Curator is to contribute to the University of Missouri System in a way that will take it from a very good to a great system, one that has world class research and is a leader among public universities. "