 He also served as director of the Central National Bank and Trust Co. from 1941 to 1965, a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1952, a member of the Republican National Committee from 1952 to 1956, and a trustee and vice president of Herbert Hoover Foundation, Inc.He was a resident of Des Moines until his death in Rochester, Minnesota on February 21, 1983.He was interred in Resthaven, Des Moines.