Find out more about Rich Morthland
Family
Married 29 years to Wife, Betsey
Two great daughters, Eliza (27, Chicago) and Bethany (23, Moline),
no grandkids.
Betsey is the Assistant Professor of Health Information Management
at Black Hawk College.
Employment
College Professor: Rich teaches for Black Hawk College,
Scott Community College, and Ashford University in Clinton Iowa.
Mostly Communication courses, but also for the Philosophy
Department at Ashford.
Self-Employed Farmer: Living on
and operating my family’s farm in Coe Township. They have a
100 head cow herd, plus bulls, calves, and heifers.
Education
Rich: Messiah Lutheran Kindergarten, Mrs. Ziggler (1965);
Riverdale School System, all 12 years (1977); Attended Black Hawk
College (1985); BA, St. Ambrose University (1986); M.Div., Denver
Seminary (1989); Currently Pursuing: M.A. Comm. Specialty: New
Media, Spring Arbor University (Anticipated Completion,
2009).
Betsey: J. D. Darnell High School, Geneseo (1978);
Attended Black Hawk College; BS, St. Ambrose University (2004); MS,
Western Illinois University (2006); Currently Pursuing: Health
Science Ph.D. in Global Epidemiology, Touro University.
Community Service
Rich and Betsey are members of River Cities Rotary.
Rich is a member of the Black Hawk College Speakers Bureau.
Rich and Betsey are Republican precinct committee persons for Coe
and Cordova townships.
The Morthlands are members of the Farm Bureau and have been so for
decades. They were active in the Young Farmers and served as the
County Chair, which also made him a Farm Bureau Board member. He am
still a featured speaker for the annual Ag Xperience where the Rock
Island County Young Farmers teach Quad City area schoolchildren
about farming and rural life.
They were key volunteers for the Red Cross when Hillsdale flooded
due to an ice jam a few years ago. Betsey has also been a volunteer
Red Cross Instructor. Betsey has been a Meals on Wheels volunteer.
The Morthlands have been active not only locally, but also
globally. Twice, they have used their summer vacations as college
professors to travel to the Czech Republic at their own expense and
serve as English teachers to Czech youth.
Location
The Morthlands reside on the Coe Township, rural Cordova farm that
Rich’s ancestor homesteaded in 1842. They built a home there
in 1995, no plans to move… ever. They receive excellent
service from the Coe Township government, the Cordova and Hillsdale
Fire Protection Districts, and their beloved and much utilized
Cordova Library District.
Church
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