Del Ryder

Started golfing career as a caddy at Riverside Golf Club in Grand Island where he won the club championship at age 16 in 1941. Eight more titles followed in 1942, 1947, 1949, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 and 1969. Elected president of Riverside in 1972. Captain of the University of Nebraska Golf team, 1947-1949.

A founding board member of the Nebraska Amateur Golf Association in 1966, he was president of that organization in 1969. Was executive director of the NAGA from 1972 through 1988.

A past president of the International Association of Golf Administrators, he was recently appointed to the Sectional Affairs Committee of the United States Golf Association.

A partner of Ryder Rosacker McCue Insurance, he is past president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Nebraska