UAM Magazine Fall 2011 - University of Arkansas at Monticello
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From the ChanCellor<br />
3,930 students! Just a few short years ago th<strong>at</strong><br />
number would have seemed beyond our reach, but thanks to the hard work <strong>of</strong> the<br />
entire <strong>UAM</strong> family, our fall enrollment has set another record. This milestone is a tribute<br />
to the entire university community, but I want to recognize the efforts <strong>of</strong> our dean <strong>of</strong><br />
enrollment management, Mary Whiting, and her recruitment staff for their hard work<br />
as well as the efforts <strong>of</strong> our advertising and marketing committee in aggressively and<br />
proactively telling our story to the st<strong>at</strong>e and region.<br />
One <strong>of</strong> the happy side-effects <strong>of</strong> rising enrollment is the increase<br />
in students living on campus which adds so much to the vibrancy <strong>of</strong><br />
campus life. Our residence halls and apartments are currently <strong>at</strong> 100<br />
percent capacity and we are researching the possibility <strong>of</strong> constructing<br />
new on-campus residence facilities.<br />
As always, with good news come challenges. During the last legisl<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
session, the Governor and General Assembly approved performance<br />
funding requirements for all st<strong>at</strong>e-supported colleges and<br />
universities in <strong>Arkansas</strong> with the st<strong>at</strong>ed goal to double the number <strong>of</strong><br />
Arkansans with college degrees by 2025. Each institution will submit five<br />
percent <strong>of</strong> its appropri<strong>at</strong>ion from the st<strong>at</strong>e in the initial year to a pool <strong>of</strong> funds which will<br />
be available to institutions which meet performance standards such as gradu<strong>at</strong>ion r<strong>at</strong>es.<br />
As an open admissions institution committed to providing educ<strong>at</strong>ional opportunity, this<br />
will provide some unique challenges th<strong>at</strong> I am confident we will meet.<br />
A second challenge is finding ways to help our students meet the rising cost <strong>of</strong> higher<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion. Priv<strong>at</strong>e and institutional scholarships are the lifeblood <strong>of</strong> this institution and<br />
represent the only avenue for many <strong>of</strong> our students to <strong>at</strong>tain a college educ<strong>at</strong>ion. We<br />
are gr<strong>at</strong>eful for the continuing support <strong>of</strong> our alumni and friends who have generously<br />
provided the resources to fund these scholarships.<br />
As summer turns to fall and a new school year begins, we look forward to seeing<br />
many <strong>of</strong> you <strong>at</strong> Homecoming. This year’s celebr<strong>at</strong>ion is scheduled for the last week in<br />
October, with the Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame banquet set for October 27, the annual Alumni Dinner<br />
for October 28, and our Homecoming football game with Southeast Oklahoma <strong>University</strong><br />
on October 29. A complete schedule <strong>of</strong> Homecoming events can be found on<br />
pages 2 and 3 <strong>of</strong> this magazine.<br />
This fall marks our first season in the new Gre<strong>at</strong> American Conference. We are<br />
excited by the possibilities <strong>of</strong> <strong>at</strong>hletic competition in a league th<strong>at</strong> should allow us to<br />
contain costs and reduce the amount <strong>of</strong> class time missed by our student-<strong>at</strong>hletes.<br />
As <strong>UAM</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> goes to press, there are still a limited number <strong>of</strong> places left in our<br />
Centennial Circle Campaign. If you would like to join the Centennial Circle, contact our<br />
Office <strong>of</strong> Advancement <strong>at</strong> (870) 460-1028. My door is always open and I look forward<br />
to seeing you.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Jack Lassiter<br />
Chancellor<br />
On The Cover: Scenes from the 1960-61 school<br />
year are spotlighted on the cover as <strong>UAM</strong> prepares<br />
to honor the Class <strong>of</strong> ‘61 <strong>at</strong> Homecoming.<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> MAGAZINE (Volume 18, number 3) is<br />
published three times a year by the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>, the <strong>UAM</strong> Alumni<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion, and the <strong>UAM</strong> Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fund. For<br />
inform<strong>at</strong>ion, you may contact:<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
P.O. Box 3520<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong>, AR 71656<br />
Jim Brewer, Editor<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Media Services<br />
(870) 460-1274 (<strong>of</strong>fice)<br />
(870) 460-1174 (FAX)<br />
e-mail: brewer@uamont.edu<br />
Colt Roan, Director <strong>of</strong> Alumni Affairs<br />
(870) 460-1028 (<strong>of</strong>fice)<br />
(870) 460-1324 (fax)<br />
e-mail: roan@uamont.edu<br />
Dr. Clay Brown, Vice Chancellor for<br />
Advancement and <strong>University</strong><br />
Rel<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
(870) 460-1028 (<strong>of</strong>fice)<br />
(870) 460-1324 (FAX)<br />
e-mail: browncl@uamont.edu<br />
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Friends. Let us know wh<strong>at</strong> you think. We welcome<br />
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INSIDE<br />
2 Leading Off<br />
A complete schedule<br />
<strong>of</strong> Homecoming activities<br />
4 On Campus<br />
New construction, a record<br />
enrollment, honors, awards<br />
and a new forestry dean<br />
22 Sports<br />
<strong>2011</strong>-12 basketball<br />
schedules and a pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong><br />
new football coach Hud<br />
Jackson<br />
24 Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
The <strong>UAM</strong> Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
continues to grow<br />
29 Herbarium<br />
Find out more about the<br />
newest addition to the<br />
campus<br />
30 Class News<br />
Keep in touch with your<br />
former classm<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Chair<br />
Paul Griffin / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Vice Chair<br />
Beverly Reep / Warren<br />
8<br />
ACHIEVERS<br />
These six outstanding alumni will be<br />
honored <strong>at</strong> Homecoming.<br />
<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />
FEATURES<br />
12 16<br />
BIG CHANGES<br />
A special report about the<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Forest Resources,<br />
including the new dean, new<br />
building, and research.<br />
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Secretary-Treasurer<br />
Amanda Ware / North Little Rock<br />
Directors<br />
Angelia Clements / Little Rock<br />
HELLO MR. PRESIDENT<br />
Drew Central teacher (and <strong>UAM</strong><br />
alum) Eva Arrington was among a<br />
group <strong>of</strong> teachers honored<br />
<strong>at</strong> the White House.<br />
Jennifer Hargis / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Donney Jackson / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
M.L. Mann / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Jerrielynn Mapp / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
18<br />
THEY GAVE US THRILLS<br />
They come from different eras<br />
and different sports, but the<br />
Sports Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame Class <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>2011</strong> is all class.<br />
Randall Risher / Houston, Texas<br />
James Rook / Mena<br />
Larry Walther / Little Rock<br />
<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2011</strong> 1
<strong>2011</strong> hoMeCoMInG<br />
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<strong>UAM</strong> MAGAZINE<br />
Thursday, October 27<br />
4:30 p.m. – Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally. The <strong>UAM</strong><br />
Marching Band and cheerleaders will lead a parade around<br />
campus, culmin<strong>at</strong>ing with a pep rally in front <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
Center.<br />
5:30 p.m. – Sports Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame Reception, Chancellor’s Home,<br />
471 <strong>University</strong> Drive.<br />
6:30 p.m. – Sports Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame Induction Banquet, John F.<br />
GIbson <strong>University</strong> Center, 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 per person.<br />
Contact Jim Brewer <strong>at</strong> (870) 460-1274, or Reginald Glover<br />
<strong>at</strong> (870) 460-1327 for tickets.<br />
Friday, October 28<br />
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. – Images <strong>of</strong> America: <strong>Monticello</strong> Book Signing<br />
by authors Mark Spencer and Mary Heady, Taylor Libraruy<br />
and Technology Center Foyer.<br />
6:00 p.m. – Welcome Home Reception, A&M/<strong>UAM</strong> Alumni<br />
and Friends, Chancellor’s Home, 471 <strong>University</strong> Drive.<br />
7:00 p.m. – A&M / <strong>UAM</strong> Alumni Dinner, John F. Gibson <strong>University</strong><br />
Center Green Room. Tickets are $15 per person. Dinner<br />
includes present<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> Alumni Awards for Achievement and<br />
Merit and the Continuing the Connection Award, Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Scholarships, recognition <strong>of</strong> the A&M Class <strong>of</strong> 1961.<br />
Advance reserv<strong>at</strong>ions are requested. Contact P<strong>at</strong>ty Withers <strong>at</strong><br />
(870) 460-1028 or (800) 467-8148.<br />
S<strong>at</strong>urday, October 29<br />
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. – A&M / <strong>UAM</strong> Lettermen’s Club Breakfast,<br />
<strong>University</strong> Center Caucus Room. Contact Chris R<strong>at</strong>cliff,<br />
director <strong>of</strong> <strong>at</strong>hletics (870) 460-1058.<br />
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. – A&M / <strong>UAM</strong> Class <strong>of</strong> 1961 Reunion<br />
Breakfast Celebr<strong>at</strong>ing 50 Years, <strong>University</strong> Center Sen<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Room. Contact Colt Roan <strong>at</strong> (870) 460-1028.
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. – A&M / <strong>UAM</strong> African-American Alumni<br />
Reunion Breakfast, <strong>University</strong> Center Capitol Room. Tickets<br />
are $20 in advance, $25 <strong>at</strong> the door. Contact Classie Jones-<br />
Green <strong>at</strong> (870) 536-9159.<br />
9:30 - 11 a.m. – “Recognizing Rob” Missionary Baptist<br />
Student Fellowship Reunion Celebr<strong>at</strong>ing 25 Years<br />
MBSF Center, honoring MBSF Director Rob Leonard for 25<br />
years service to the <strong>UAM</strong> family.<br />
10:00 a.m. – Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority (Gamma Zeta<br />
Chapter) 50th Anniversary Reunion, <strong>University</strong> Center Gallery<br />
Room. Contact Julie Barber <strong>at</strong> (870) 329-6754.<br />
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. – A&M / <strong>UAM</strong> Alumni Meet and<br />
Greet Reunion, <strong>University</strong> Center Green Room. Contact Colt<br />
Roan <strong>at</strong> (870) 460-1028.<br />
11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. – Weevil Tailg<strong>at</strong>e Parties, Weevil Pond,<br />
A&M / <strong>UAM</strong> alumni, students and friends.<br />
11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. – Sigma Tau Gamma Fr<strong>at</strong>ernity<br />
Reunion, tailg<strong>at</strong>e area.<br />
11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. – Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority 50th<br />
Anniversary Reunion, tailg<strong>at</strong>e area. Contact Angie Clements<br />
<strong>at</strong> (501) 944-5328<br />
1:00 p.m. – Walk <strong>of</strong> Champions, Lakeshore Drive east <strong>of</strong> Weevil<br />
Pond. Football team, cheerleaders and marching band.<br />
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. – Pre-Game Ceremonies, Convoy Leslie-<br />
Cotton Boll Stadium. Band performance and present<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>2011</strong> Homecoming Court and coron<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Homecoming Queen.<br />
3:00 p.m. – Kick<strong>of</strong>f, Homecoming Football Game, Boll Weevils<br />
vs. Southeastern Oklahoma St<strong>at</strong>e, Convoy Leslie-Cotton<br />
Boll Stadium. For tickets, call (870) 460-1058.<br />
Halftime – Pride <strong>of</strong> Southeast <strong>Arkansas</strong> Marching Band Performance,<br />
recognition <strong>of</strong> Class <strong>of</strong> 1961 and <strong>2011</strong> Sports Hall<br />
<strong>of</strong> Fame Induction Class.<br />
<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />
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<strong>UAM</strong> MAGAZINE<br />
Approaching 4,000<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
has set a new all-time enrollment<br />
record according to census day<br />
figures released by the <strong>UAM</strong> registrar’s<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice.<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> enrolled 3,930 students <strong>at</strong> its<br />
three campuses in <strong>Monticello</strong>, Crossett<br />
and McGehee for the <strong>2011</strong> fall semester,<br />
breaking the previous record <strong>of</strong> 3,638<br />
set in 2010. The new record represents a<br />
growth <strong>of</strong> 8 percent or 292 students, the<br />
ninth record in 10 years, according to Dr.<br />
Debbie Bryant, registrar.<br />
“This is a tremendous accomplishment<br />
and is the direct result <strong>of</strong> a dedic<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
and hard working university family,” said<br />
Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “The emphasis<br />
given to the admission, retention, advising,<br />
mentoring, teaching, and gradu<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>of</strong> our students continues to show positive<br />
results.”<br />
In the past decade, <strong>UAM</strong>’s fall semester<br />
enrollment has grown from 2,482 in<br />
2002 to its current 3,930, an increase <strong>of</strong><br />
58.3 percent in 10 years. <strong>Fall</strong> enrollment<br />
grew to 2,875 in 2003, 2,942 in 2004,<br />
2,959 in 2005, exceeded 3,000 for the<br />
first time in 2006 with a total <strong>of</strong> 3,179,<br />
grew to 3,187 in 2007, 3,302 in 2008,<br />
3,479 in 2009, and 3,638 in 2010.<br />
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Dr. Robert Weih<br />
with (left) Jon<strong>at</strong>han Bailey, a senior SIS major<br />
from Malvern, and (right) Auddy Doss, a senior<br />
SIS major from <strong>Monticello</strong>.<br />
“When taken in combin<strong>at</strong>ion with<br />
the decreasing numbers <strong>of</strong> high school<br />
gradu<strong>at</strong>es in our traditional recruiting<br />
area, this is truly an amazing accomplishment”<br />
Lassiter added. “It’s a tribute to<br />
our recruitment efforts and to the work<br />
<strong>of</strong> our marketing committee in getting the<br />
word out about <strong>UAM</strong> and the opportunities<br />
available <strong>at</strong> this institution.”<br />
Mary Whiting, dean <strong>of</strong> enrollment<br />
management and director <strong>of</strong> admissions,<br />
praised the “hard work and dedic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>of</strong> the admissions staff in the recruitment<br />
<strong>of</strong> new students. Our recruiters <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
times have thankless jobs. They spend<br />
hours and hours on the road visiting high<br />
schools and talking to potential students.<br />
They are the ones who have done the<br />
heavy lifting and I am gr<strong>at</strong>eful for their<br />
efforts.”<br />
Military Friendly<br />
AM has been design<strong>at</strong>ed a “Military<br />
U Friendly School” by G.I. Jobs, the<br />
magazine for military personnel transitioning<br />
into civilian life. The 2012 Military<br />
Friendly Schools list honors the top 20<br />
percent <strong>of</strong> colleges, universities and<br />
trade schools th<strong>at</strong> are doing the most to<br />
embrace America’s military service members<br />
and veterans as students.<br />
Lifetime Award<br />
r. Robert Weih, pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong><br />
Dsp<strong>at</strong>ial inform<strong>at</strong>ion systems in the<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> School <strong>of</strong> Forest Resources, recently<br />
became the fourth recipient <strong>of</strong><br />
the Lifetime Achievement Award presented<br />
by the <strong>Arkansas</strong> GIS Users Forum.<br />
A pioneer in sp<strong>at</strong>ial inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
systems educ<strong>at</strong>ion in <strong>Arkansas</strong>, Weih<br />
was recognized for his “outstanding<br />
contributions and long-standing commitment<br />
to the <strong>Arkansas</strong> geosp<strong>at</strong>ial<br />
community.” Weih joined the <strong>UAM</strong><br />
faculty in 1994. He holds a bachelor<br />
<strong>of</strong> science degree from Northern<br />
Arizona <strong>University</strong>, a master’s degree<br />
from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Minnesota, and<br />
a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech.<br />
“This is a tremendous honor, one in<br />
which we take gre<strong>at</strong> pride,” said <strong>UAM</strong><br />
Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “As an institution,<br />
we have always worked hard to serve our<br />
military veterans and help them transition<br />
back to civilian life. We owe so much to<br />
the men and women who have sacrificed<br />
to preserve our freedom and way <strong>of</strong> life.<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> will always be committed to helping<br />
them in any way we can.”<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ion’s Best<br />
T he <strong>UAM</strong> chapter <strong>of</strong> Phi Alpha Theta<br />
history honor society has been selected<br />
to receive the N<strong>at</strong>ional Best<br />
Chapter Award for the fourth consecutive<br />
year.<br />
Chapters are judged based on their<br />
activities during the previous year, the<br />
academic achievement <strong>of</strong> student members,<br />
service projects, and new programs.<br />
The <strong>UAM</strong> chapter was selected from<br />
colleges and universities with enrollments<br />
between 3,000 and 6,000.<br />
As part <strong>of</strong> the award, the chapter will<br />
receive a grant to purchase books for<br />
<strong>UAM</strong>’s Taylor Library and Technology<br />
Center.<br />
“To win this award four times in a row<br />
is an outstanding achievement,” said Dr.<br />
Kyle Day, assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> history<br />
and faculty co-advisor to the <strong>UAM</strong> chapter.<br />
“Only a few chapters in Phi Alpha<br />
Theta history have achieved such a distinction.<br />
We’re proud th<strong>at</strong> our students<br />
can compete on this level with students<br />
and chapters from around the country.”<br />
Notable activities this past year<br />
included chapter members Paula Trotter<br />
and Christopher Carr presenting papers<br />
<strong>at</strong> the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Regional Phi Alpha Theta<br />
Conference in Russellville. Chapter<br />
members also worked with local churches<br />
in helping to clean and restore local<br />
African-American cemeteries. Working<br />
with the School <strong>of</strong> Social and Behavioral<br />
Sciences’ Horizons Program, chapter<br />
members particip<strong>at</strong>ed in a history field<br />
course th<strong>at</strong> took them to sites <strong>of</strong> historical<br />
importance rel<strong>at</strong>ed to the civil rights<br />
movement.<br />
Phi Alpha Theta was founded <strong>at</strong> the
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> in 1921 and today<br />
has more than 900 chapters and 300,000<br />
members <strong>at</strong> colleges and universities<br />
across the country. Members must<br />
maintain a grade point average <strong>of</strong> 3.0 or<br />
higher on <strong>at</strong> least 12 semester hours in<br />
history. The <strong>UAM</strong> chapter was founded<br />
in 2007 and is comprised <strong>of</strong> 31 students<br />
and six faculty members.<br />
Connect <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Officials <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
<strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> are hoping a grant<br />
from Connect <strong>Arkansas</strong> will help lift the<br />
st<strong>at</strong>e from its current rank <strong>of</strong> 49th in the<br />
deployment and accessibility <strong>of</strong> broadband<br />
high-speed internet.<br />
Scott Kuttenkuler, dean <strong>of</strong> students,<br />
and Bobby Hoyle, director <strong>of</strong> inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
technology <strong>at</strong> <strong>UAM</strong>, began work on<br />
a grant proposal a year ago focused on<br />
increasing awareness <strong>of</strong> the importance<br />
<strong>of</strong> high-speed internet. The original<br />
proposal was confined to southeast <strong>Arkansas</strong>,<br />
but after submission to Connect<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong>, was expanded to include 57 <strong>of</strong><br />
the st<strong>at</strong>e’s 75 counties.<br />
Connect <strong>Arkansas</strong>, a priv<strong>at</strong>e, nonpr<strong>of</strong>it<br />
organiz<strong>at</strong>ion dedic<strong>at</strong>ed to expansion<br />
<strong>of</strong> high-speed internet access in<br />
the st<strong>at</strong>e, awarded a $112,000 grant to<br />
Kuttenkuler and Hoyle. When combined<br />
with <strong>UAM</strong>’s investment in the project, the<br />
grant totals $132,000.<br />
As part <strong>of</strong> the grant proposal, <strong>UAM</strong><br />
will begin hosting two-hour training sessions<br />
over the next two years in each <strong>of</strong><br />
Top Honor<br />
J<br />
ay Jones, <strong>UAM</strong>’s vice chancellor for finance and administr<strong>at</strong>ion, has been named<br />
the <strong>2011</strong> Distinguished Alumnus <strong>of</strong> Phillips Community College <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong>.<br />
A n<strong>at</strong>ive <strong>of</strong> Helena-West Helena, Jones earned an associ<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> applied science<br />
degree in d<strong>at</strong>a processing from PCCUA in 1984 and a B.B.A. degree in accounting<br />
from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Louisiana-Monroe in 1986. Jones served one term as treasurer<br />
for the city <strong>of</strong> West Helena, was an adjunct instructor in personal finance <strong>at</strong><br />
PCCUA and served as the institution’s chief financial <strong>of</strong>ficer before coming to <strong>UAM</strong><br />
in 2006.<br />
the 57 counties covered by the grant. The<br />
sessions are for students K-8 and their<br />
parents.<br />
“A lot <strong>of</strong> people don’t understand<br />
the value <strong>of</strong> high-speed internet,” said<br />
Kuttenkuler. “They don’t want to pay for<br />
broadband, they don’t understand why<br />
they need it. In a lot <strong>of</strong> cases, people have<br />
no internet in their homes <strong>at</strong> all and they<br />
don’t understand how it benefits their<br />
children’s educ<strong>at</strong>ion.”<br />
According to Connect <strong>Arkansas</strong>,<br />
a st<strong>at</strong>ewide survey <strong>of</strong> 608 registered<br />
voters showed 29 percent <strong>of</strong> respondents<br />
had never used the internet while<br />
another seven percent were unsure wh<strong>at</strong><br />
broadband or high-speed internet access<br />
meant. The survey also showed th<strong>at</strong> while<br />
92 percent <strong>of</strong> the st<strong>at</strong>e’s popul<strong>at</strong>ion had<br />
access to the internet, 55<br />
percent<br />
<strong>of</strong> Arkansans with available access do not<br />
subscribe to high-speed internet because<br />
they feel they “do not need it.”<br />
An enticement to encourage particip<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
in the training sessions is the<br />
availability <strong>of</strong> 30 free computers per<br />
county for students who qualify for free<br />
or reduced school lunches. The computers<br />
are refurbished models from the<br />
Little Rock School District provided by<br />
Connect <strong>Arkansas</strong>.<br />
The training sessions will be held in<br />
schools, libraries and chamber <strong>of</strong> commerce<br />
<strong>of</strong>fices over the next two years. For<br />
persons interested in advanced training,<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> will <strong>of</strong>fer 28 four-hour sessions, one<br />
for every two counties in the grant<br />
project.<br />
CONNECTING<br />
Bobby Hoyle<br />
(below), director <strong>of</strong><br />
inform<strong>at</strong>ion technology,<br />
conducts<br />
the first workshop<br />
for Connect<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong>.<br />
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on CaMPUS<br />
“Images <strong>of</strong> America: <strong>Monticello</strong>”<br />
M<br />
ark Spencer, dean <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> Arts and Humanities <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>,<br />
and Mary Heady, special collections and reference librarian <strong>at</strong> <strong>UAM</strong>’s Taylor Library<br />
and Technology Center, have collabor<strong>at</strong>ed to produce a book about the history <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> th<strong>at</strong> is<br />
part <strong>of</strong> the popular n<strong>at</strong>ional series Images <strong>of</strong> America.<br />
Images <strong>of</strong> America: <strong>Monticello</strong> is being published by Arcadia Publishing <strong>of</strong> Charleston, S.C., the<br />
largest publisher <strong>of</strong> local histories in America, and will be available in bookstores October 10. The<br />
book consists <strong>of</strong> 210 historical images and approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 18,000 words. The earliest images d<strong>at</strong>e to<br />
the 1870s with the most recent from the past decade.<br />
Spencer and Heady will autograph copies <strong>of</strong> their book <strong>at</strong> a reception and book signing during<br />
Homecoming weekend October 28 from 4-5:30 p.m. in the foyer <strong>of</strong> the Taylor Library and Technology<br />
Center.<br />
Spencer, who has previously published three novels, two short story collections and one nonfiction<br />
novel, was contacted by Arcadia Publishing last November about doing a book about <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
for the Images <strong>of</strong> America series. He asked Heady to be his co-author and began working on<br />
the project last December, completing the book in April. Images for the book were collected from<br />
the Drew County Museum, the <strong>UAM</strong> photo archives, and from priv<strong>at</strong>e sources.<br />
The theme <strong>of</strong> the book is <strong>Monticello</strong>’s role as the hub <strong>of</strong> opportunity and economic development<br />
in southeast <strong>Arkansas</strong>, with significant space given to <strong>Monticello</strong>’s “Golden Age” <strong>of</strong> 1890 to<br />
1920 when it was generally considered the most prosperous community in <strong>Arkansas</strong>. Another<br />
theme is the rel<strong>at</strong>ionship <strong>of</strong> the town and the university and the importance <strong>of</strong> educ<strong>at</strong>ion to the<br />
culture and economy <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>.<br />
The book consists <strong>of</strong> six chapters: “The Golden Age” (1890-1920), “The Roaring Twenties” (the<br />
1920s), “A New Deal” (the 1930s), “The World <strong>at</strong> War” (the 1940s), “Rock ‘n Roll” (the 1950s), and<br />
“The Winds <strong>of</strong> Change, the March <strong>of</strong> Time” (1960-2010). Throughout the book, the authors highlight<br />
local events and tie them to n<strong>at</strong>ional and world events.<br />
Royalties from the book sales will go to the Drew County Historical Society.<br />
6 <strong>UAM</strong> MAGAZINE<br />
MARK SPENCER<br />
MARY HEADY<br />
Breaking Tradition<br />
Today’s college residence hall is not<br />
your f<strong>at</strong>her’s or mother’s dormitory.<br />
The traditional college dorm – which<br />
fe<strong>at</strong>ured multiple students in one room<br />
sharing limited closet space and a community<br />
b<strong>at</strong>hroom and showers – has gone<br />
the way <strong>of</strong> the dinosaur.<br />
“We are adapting to wh<strong>at</strong> our<br />
students want and wh<strong>at</strong> they’re used<br />
to,” says Jay Hughes, <strong>UAM</strong>’s vice chancellor<br />
for student affairs. “Students <strong>of</strong> my<br />
gener<strong>at</strong>ion grew up sharing bedrooms<br />
and b<strong>at</strong>hrooms with siblings, but today’s<br />
students are used to privacy and their<br />
own personal space. Th<strong>at</strong>’s the experience<br />
we’re striving to give them.”<br />
When Hughes became vice chancellor<br />
last summer, he s<strong>at</strong> down with Scott<br />
Kuttenkuler, <strong>UAM</strong>’s dean <strong>of</strong> students and<br />
director <strong>of</strong> housing, to develop a threephase<br />
plan to modernize the university’s<br />
on-campus housing and improve the<br />
overall on-campus living experience. The<br />
plan includes the renov<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> existing<br />
residence facilities, expanding meal-plan<br />
options, and new construction.<br />
“Living on campus makes economic<br />
sense,” says Hughes, who <strong>at</strong>tended <strong>UAM</strong><br />
in the l<strong>at</strong>e ‘70s and early ‘80s. “<strong>UAM</strong><br />
has the lowest housing r<strong>at</strong>es in the st<strong>at</strong>e<br />
for both double- and single-occupancy<br />
rooms. Wh<strong>at</strong> we’re striving to do is not<br />
only make the experience <strong>of</strong> living on<br />
campus the right choice financially, but<br />
the choice th<strong>at</strong> gives our students the<br />
best overall college experience.”<br />
The renov<strong>at</strong>ion began last summer<br />
with a makeover <strong>of</strong> the first floor <strong>of</strong><br />
Bankston Hall, a men’s residence hall built<br />
in 1968. The entire first floor was converted<br />
to single rooms to give students<br />
the option <strong>of</strong> more privacy.<br />
The second phase <strong>of</strong> the project began<br />
in May with a remodel <strong>of</strong> the second<br />
floor. The third floor is scheduled for<br />
renov<strong>at</strong>ion next summer.<br />
Horsfall Hall, an iconic sandstone<br />
women’s residence hall constructed in<br />
1934, has also gotten an interior facelift<br />
with new beds raised four feet <strong>of</strong>f the<br />
floor to free up storage space, new
plumbing and sinks, and the install<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>of</strong> a new security camera system.<br />
Next summer, <strong>UAM</strong> will replace the<br />
beds and remodel the front lobby <strong>of</strong><br />
Royer Hall, a women’s residence hall built<br />
in 1966, and replace the furniture in Maxwell<br />
Hall, a coed residence facility built<br />
in 1961. Maxwell is currently configured<br />
for two students to share one closet, a<br />
five-drawer dresser, a single desk and<br />
chair. The new furniture will include l<strong>of</strong>t<br />
beds, which will cre<strong>at</strong>e room for a second<br />
desk and chair, as well as a wardrobe to<br />
elimin<strong>at</strong>e the need to share a closet.<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> has not constructed a residence<br />
facility since the completion <strong>of</strong> two<br />
apartment buildings in 1999. Any new<br />
construction will be small, suite-style<br />
facilities, says Hughes, with an eye toward<br />
cre<strong>at</strong>ing a “sense <strong>of</strong> community. You<br />
won’t see us building a large residence<br />
hall,” he explains. “We want a smaller,<br />
more intim<strong>at</strong>e living environment, and<br />
also one th<strong>at</strong> will pay for itself.”<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ional Award<br />
r. Marvin W. Fawley, assistant dean<br />
Dfor science and research in the<br />
School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural<br />
Sciences, has been selected to receive<br />
the Luigi Provasoli Award for authoring<br />
the outstanding paper published in the<br />
Journal <strong>of</strong> Phycology in 2010.<br />
The Journal <strong>of</strong> Phycology is an intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
journal <strong>of</strong> research on algae. The<br />
E<strong>at</strong>ing Healthy . . . And Liking It!<br />
he response to the new c<strong>of</strong>fee house and<br />
T sandwich shop in the Taylor Library has far<br />
exceeded initial expect<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
Long lines and full tables have been the<br />
norm since students returned for the beginning<br />
<strong>of</strong> the fall semester last week. “I honestly didn’t<br />
know wh<strong>at</strong> to expect,” said Rebecca Pennington,<br />
the new director <strong>of</strong> Aramark Food Services<br />
on the <strong>UAM</strong> campus. “We’ve been very busy<br />
every day.”<br />
The new dining facility<br />
includes Java City, an upscale<br />
c<strong>of</strong>fee shop <strong>of</strong>fering a variety<br />
<strong>of</strong> c<strong>of</strong>fee and tea products,<br />
including a new <strong>of</strong>fering called<br />
the Javalanche, an iced mocha<br />
delight th<strong>at</strong> comes in several<br />
flavors. The sandwich shop,<br />
called Montague’s, <strong>of</strong>fers a wide<br />
selection <strong>of</strong> soup and sandwich<br />
combin<strong>at</strong>ions, including turkey,<br />
roast beef, tuna salad, ham and a<br />
variety <strong>of</strong> trimmings.<br />
“This is all part <strong>of</strong> an ongoing<br />
award was presented <strong>at</strong> the annual<br />
meeting <strong>of</strong> the Phycological Society <strong>of</strong><br />
America held in Se<strong>at</strong>tle, Washington.<br />
The paper, entitled “An Unrecognized<br />
Ancient Lineage <strong>of</strong> Green Plants Persists<br />
in Deep Marine W<strong>at</strong>er” was the work<br />
<strong>of</strong> an intern<strong>at</strong>ional team <strong>of</strong> scientists.<br />
According to Fawley, the team’s research<br />
shows th<strong>at</strong> some green seaweeds th<strong>at</strong><br />
grow <strong>at</strong> gre<strong>at</strong> depths in the ocean – over<br />
600 feet deep – are a previously unrecognized<br />
and very ancient group <strong>of</strong> plants<br />
effort to improve the on-campus experience,”<br />
said Jay Hughes, vice chancellor for student affairs.<br />
“We have been exploring different ways to<br />
give our students more dining options on campus,<br />
to give them an altern<strong>at</strong>ive to traditional<br />
cafeteria meals. The sandwiches and soups <strong>of</strong>fered<br />
<strong>at</strong> Montague’s reflect our commitment to<br />
<strong>of</strong>fering healthy altern<strong>at</strong>ives.”<br />
th<strong>at</strong> may be nearly one billion years old.<br />
“The results <strong>of</strong> this research provide<br />
new insights on the origins and evolution<br />
<strong>of</strong> green plants and green algae,”<br />
said Fawley. “In the words <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
members <strong>of</strong> the Phycological Society who<br />
nomin<strong>at</strong>ed the paper for the Provasoli<br />
Award, ‘This paper describes wh<strong>at</strong> may<br />
be the most ancient lineage <strong>of</strong> plant life<br />
on the planet.’”<br />
The paper has also received intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
media <strong>at</strong>tention, with an initial<br />
story published on-line in BBC Earth<br />
News.<br />
The Luigi Provasoli Award is named<br />
for the Italian scientist who served as the<br />
founding editor <strong>of</strong> the Journal <strong>of</strong> Phycology<br />
and was a leader in the scientific<br />
research on the nutrition <strong>of</strong> algae and<br />
protozoa.<br />
Fawley is an associ<strong>at</strong>e pr<strong>of</strong>essor who<br />
joined the <strong>UAM</strong> faculty in 2008. He holds<br />
a bachelor’s degree from Cornell <strong>University</strong>,<br />
a master’s degree from San Francisco<br />
St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong>, and a Ph.D. from Miami<br />
<strong>University</strong>.<br />
RESEARCH HONORED Dr. Marvin Fawley <strong>of</strong> the<br />
School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences has<br />
been recognized by his peers for research.<br />
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HONORED ALUMS<br />
(From left) Dale Burton,<br />
Randy Risher, Ginny<br />
Chambliss, William “Bud”<br />
Bulloch, and Dr. Larry<br />
Proctor are <strong>UAM</strong>’s <strong>2011</strong><br />
Alumni Award for<br />
Achievement and Merit<br />
recipients.<br />
ACHIEVERS<br />
The <strong>2011</strong> Alumni Award for Achievement and Merit winners share one<br />
thing in common – an uncommon knack for success<br />
An aeronautics engineer and decor<strong>at</strong>ed civilian veteran <strong>of</strong> Desert Storm, a leader in<br />
the health and fitness industry, an award-winning teacher, a successful insurance<br />
executive, and the president <strong>of</strong> a preventive health and wellness company are the<br />
recipients <strong>of</strong> the <strong>2011</strong> <strong>UAM</strong> Alumni Awards for Achievement and Merit.<br />
Dale Burton <strong>of</strong> Melbourne, honored <strong>at</strong> a dinner October 28<br />
Florida, vice president <strong>of</strong> pro- as part <strong>of</strong> <strong>UAM</strong>’s homecoming<br />
grams for Northrup Grumman celebr<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion; Randy Risher <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> businessman P.Q.<br />
Houston, Texas, president and Gardner will receive the Con-<br />
founder <strong>of</strong> The Risher Comtinuing the Connection Award<br />
panies specializing in fitness presented annually to the indi-<br />
and wellness; Ginny Chambliss vidual who best keeps alive the<br />
<strong>of</strong> Rison, the 2010 <strong>Arkansas</strong> connection between <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Rural Teacher <strong>of</strong> the Year; A&M and <strong>UAM</strong>.<br />
William “Bud” Bulloch <strong>of</strong> “This is an outstanding group<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong>, owner <strong>of</strong> Bulloch <strong>of</strong> individuals who have distin-<br />
Insurance Agency, Inc.; and guished themselves in educa-<br />
Dr. Larry Proctor <strong>of</strong> Ruston, tion and business,” said <strong>UAM</strong><br />
Louisiana, chief executive <strong>of</strong>ficer Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “We<br />
<strong>of</strong> B.E.A.M. Preventive Health are pleased to honor them for<br />
and Wellness Company, will be their accomplishments.”<br />
Continuing the Connection<br />
P.Q. Gardner was named the <strong>2011</strong> Drew County Man<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Year after serving more than half a century in the real<br />
est<strong>at</strong>e business. Gardner is a 1953 <strong>Arkansas</strong> A&M gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
and earned a master’s degree from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Mississippi. Gardner’s college educ<strong>at</strong>ion was put on hold<br />
during World War II when he served as a gunner on A-26<br />
and B-26 bombers over Nazi Germany.<br />
Gardner is active in numerous<br />
civic and pr<strong>of</strong>essional organiz<strong>at</strong>ions,<br />
including the <strong>Arkansas</strong> St<strong>at</strong>e Real<br />
Est<strong>at</strong>e Commission, the Southeast<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Concert Associ<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
the Drew County Election<br />
Commission, the Drew<br />
Memorial Hospital board,<br />
the <strong>Monticello</strong> City<br />
Council, and the Drew<br />
County Quorum<br />
Court.
Dale Burton (Class <strong>of</strong> ‘77)<br />
Melbourne, Florida<br />
Vice President <strong>of</strong> Programs<br />
Northrup Grumman Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Dale Burton gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from <strong>UAM</strong> in 1977 with a degree in physics and earned a doctor<strong>at</strong>e in<br />
m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics from Florida St<strong>at</strong>e in 1981. He joined Northrup Grumman, a multibillion dollar<br />
global defense and technology company, in 1987 as a lead engineer and was promoted to chief<br />
systems engineer a year l<strong>at</strong>er.<br />
In 1990, Burton led the development <strong>of</strong> the Joint STARS engineering flight test system, the<br />
world’s most advanced targeting and b<strong>at</strong>tle management system. From 1994-98 he served as a<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and l<strong>at</strong>er flew 37 Joint STARS comb<strong>at</strong><br />
missions as a civilian during Oper<strong>at</strong>ion Desert Storm, earning the Air Medal from the Air Force<br />
Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff.<br />
He was elected to the N<strong>at</strong>ional Academy <strong>of</strong> Engineering in 2007, among the highest pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
distinctions in the engineering field, an honor which is presented based on outstanding<br />
contributions to engineering research, practice or educ<strong>at</strong>ion, and to the pioneering <strong>of</strong> new and<br />
developing fields <strong>of</strong> technology.<br />
Randy Risher (Class <strong>of</strong> ‘89)<br />
Houston, Texas<br />
Founder and President<br />
The Risher Companies<br />
Randy Risher is a 1989 <strong>UAM</strong> gradu<strong>at</strong>e with a degree in physical educ<strong>at</strong>ion and holds a master’s<br />
degree in exercise science from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Louisiana <strong>at</strong> Monroe. Risher founded The Risher<br />
Companies, a full-service company th<strong>at</strong> provides the services and products needed to plan, open<br />
and oper<strong>at</strong>e a fitness center, including facility design development, fitness center management and<br />
staffing, and tailored corpor<strong>at</strong>e wellness programs. Risher and his companies work with clients<br />
to find fitness solutions for in-home fitness studios, large priv<strong>at</strong>e clubs, corpor<strong>at</strong>e fitness centers,<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ional institutions , non-pr<strong>of</strong>it organiz<strong>at</strong>ions, and pr<strong>of</strong>essional sports teams.<br />
The Risher Companies include Randy Risher Fitness, Inc.; Risher Fitness Management, Inc.;<br />
Risher Wellness and Risk Management; Risher Fitness Equipment; Lifestyle Director, Inc.; and<br />
Jenna Investments, LLC.<br />
Risher’s clients include the Houston Texans, M.D. Anderson Medical Center, Silver Eagle Distributors,<br />
and the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Oklahoma. Risher is a member <strong>of</strong> the American College <strong>of</strong> Sports<br />
Medicine, Community Associ<strong>at</strong>ions Institute, and the Houston Apartment Associ<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
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<strong>UAM</strong> MAGAZINE<br />
Ginny Chambliss (Class <strong>of</strong> ‘96)<br />
Rison, <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Science and M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics Teacher<br />
Rison High School<br />
Ginny Chambliss enrolled <strong>at</strong> <strong>UAM</strong> in 1992, earning a degree in m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics with a minor in physics<br />
and chemistry in 1996. Chambliss had been out <strong>of</strong> school for nine years after earning an associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
degree in computer science from SAU-Tech in Camden in 1983. Her career plans were put on<br />
hold for marriage and a family, but after working two years as a teacher’s aide <strong>at</strong> Rison Elementary<br />
School, she decided to go back to school <strong>at</strong> the urging <strong>of</strong> a former teacher. It was good advice.<br />
For the past 16 years, Chambliss has taught a variety <strong>of</strong> science and m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics courses <strong>at</strong> Star<br />
City and Rison High Schools, including physical science, chemistry and advanced placement chemistry,<br />
physics and multiple m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics courses. In 2009, she was a st<strong>at</strong>e finalist for the Presidential<br />
Award for Excellence in M<strong>at</strong>h and Science Teaching and in 2010 was recognized as <strong>Arkansas</strong>’ Rural<br />
Teacher <strong>of</strong> the Year.<br />
Chambliss is currently pursuing a master’s degree in geoscience from Mississippi St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong><br />
and incorpor<strong>at</strong>es the meteorological and geological concepts she is learning in gradu<strong>at</strong>e school into<br />
the topics she is teaching <strong>at</strong> Rison High School.<br />
William Bulloch (Class <strong>of</strong> ‘57)<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong>, <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Founder and President<br />
Bulloch Insurance and Real Est<strong>at</strong>e<br />
William “Bud” Bulloch gradu<strong>at</strong>ed from <strong>Arkansas</strong> A&M in 1957 with a degree in business administr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
and built a successful career in insurance and real est<strong>at</strong>e. From 1957 to 1969, Bulloch<br />
worked for the Hartford Insurance Company, beginning as a management trainee before becoming<br />
a st<strong>at</strong>e agent. He spent two years in corpor<strong>at</strong>e planning <strong>at</strong> the company’s home <strong>of</strong>fice in Hartford,<br />
Conn., was transferred to Dallas where he served as an underwriting manager, then became<br />
an assistant regional manager in Baltimore.<br />
Bulloch returned to <strong>Monticello</strong> in 1969 to found Bulloch Insurance and Real Est<strong>at</strong>e and built<br />
the company into one <strong>of</strong> the most successful in southeast <strong>Arkansas</strong>. Bulloch has held numerous<br />
civic leadership roles in <strong>Monticello</strong>. He is a member <strong>of</strong> the board <strong>of</strong> directors <strong>of</strong> Commercial<br />
Bank, served two terms as president <strong>of</strong> the Chamber <strong>of</strong> Commerce, six years as a member and two<br />
as president <strong>of</strong> the board <strong>of</strong> directors <strong>of</strong> Drew Memorial Hospital, and 20 years on the Southeast<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Health Found<strong>at</strong>ion. He is a former Rotary District Governor and former member <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Industrial Development Commission.
Larry Proctor (Class <strong>of</strong> ‘87)<br />
Ruston, Louisiana<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer<br />
B.E.A.M. Preventive Health and Wellness<br />
Dr. Larry Proctor was a basketball star for the Boll Weevils before gradu<strong>at</strong>ing with a degree in<br />
health and physical educ<strong>at</strong>ion in 1987. He holds a master’s degree in health and physical educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
from Delta St<strong>at</strong>e and a Ph.D. in health and exercise physiology from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Southern<br />
Mississippi. Proctor’s company, B.E.A.M. LLC is a preventive health care agency providing health<br />
and wellness programs to lower the disparity in cardiovascular disease rel<strong>at</strong>ing to socio-cultural and<br />
racial differences. Proctor is also the assistant project manager in a joint venture between his company,<br />
Grambling St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong>, and M.O.V.E. Inc., to provide educ<strong>at</strong>ional enrichment and health<br />
and wellness seminars to the community.<br />
Proctor has been a high school coach, area coordin<strong>at</strong>or <strong>of</strong> the N<strong>at</strong>ional Youth Sports Program<br />
and activity coordin<strong>at</strong>or for the Mississippi Alliance for Minority Particip<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> Delta St<strong>at</strong>e, where<br />
he also served as assistant men’s basketball coach. He held a teaching and research fellowship <strong>at</strong><br />
Washington St<strong>at</strong>e where he served as a visiting faculty member, and l<strong>at</strong>er became an assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
<strong>at</strong> Southeast Missouri St<strong>at</strong>e.<br />
Proctor joined the faculty <strong>at</strong> Louisiana Tech in 2004 as an assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor and in 2008.<br />
The Alumni Award for Achievement and Merit<br />
Past Winners<br />
1986<br />
Annette Kellum Hall<br />
Frank D. Hickingbotham<br />
Dr. John Downey Jones, Jr.<br />
1987<br />
Dr. Simmie Armstrong, Jr.<br />
Dr. Lola Woodard Dudley<br />
Reginald Glover<br />
1988<br />
Oscar Earl Hollinger<br />
Dr. Robert E. Turner<br />
1989<br />
Dr. Thomas Y. Harp<br />
Dr. Ralph M. Maxwell<br />
1990<br />
Dr. James W. Breazeal<br />
Lamar G. Moore<br />
Ned W. Moseley<br />
1991<br />
Dr. Jim Chambless<br />
Dr. Martha Chambless<br />
Joe Whisenhunt<br />
1992<br />
Marjorie Mae Bond<br />
Dr. Billy W. Evans<br />
Dr. James F. Sawyer<br />
1993<br />
O.H. Darling<br />
Hugh Heflin, Sr.<br />
James C. Scott<br />
1994<br />
Thedford Collins<br />
Dr. Peggy Doss<br />
John Lipton<br />
1995<br />
Hershel W. Gober<br />
W. Sykes Harris<br />
Curtis W. Kyle<br />
1996<br />
Evangeline Parker<br />
Fred E. Pickett<br />
1997<br />
Dr. Timothy Aldridge<br />
Dr. James P<strong>at</strong> Craig<br />
1998<br />
Bob L. Jones<br />
Dale Kizer<br />
D. John Nichols<br />
Wayne Vincent<br />
1999<br />
David L. Williams<br />
Dr. Paula Grafton Young<br />
2000<br />
Dr. Albert Etheridge<br />
J.P. Leveritt<br />
2001<br />
Claude Hunter Babin, Jr.<br />
Lesa C<strong>at</strong>hey Handley<br />
2002<br />
Dr. Audrey Brown Edwards<br />
Sen<strong>at</strong>or H. Gene Jeffress<br />
Sen<strong>at</strong>or Jimmy L. Jeffress<br />
2003<br />
Martin A. Brutscher<br />
J. Chester Johnson<br />
Sonny O’Neal<br />
2004<br />
James T. Clark<br />
Lt. Colonel Robert K. Doss<br />
Larry W. Walther<br />
2005<br />
Dr. Rebecca Paneitz<br />
Dr. George Rice<br />
Dr. Melissa Williams<br />
2006<br />
Frank H. Wilson<br />
2007<br />
Dana Brooks<br />
James B. Brown<br />
Jerry D. Hubbard<br />
Thomas V. Maxwell<br />
Dr. Steven C. Moss<br />
2008<br />
Harold “Hank” Chamberlain<br />
Col. (Ret.) Byron P. Howlett<br />
Bill Wisener<br />
2009<br />
Kenneth D. Mann<br />
James E. McClain<br />
Wayne L. Owen, Jr.<br />
2010<br />
Martha Karen E<strong>of</strong>f<br />
Rev. Shay Gillespie<br />
Marvin Kauffman<br />
Dr. Sean Rochelle<br />
Continuing the<br />
Connection<br />
1997 - Troy & Betty Davis<br />
1998 - Dan & Charlotte<br />
Hornaday<br />
1999- Reginald Glover<br />
2000 - Thomas & Mary<br />
Louise Harp<br />
2001 - Walter, Wells,<br />
Minnie Mae and P<strong>at</strong>ti<br />
M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t<br />
2002 - Dr. Jesse Coker<br />
2004 - Hugh L. Heflin, Sr.<br />
2006 - Jim “Ace” Trimm<br />
2007 - Classie Jones-Green<br />
2008 - M.L. Mann<br />
2009 - P<strong>at</strong>sy Mc Scavo<br />
2010 - Frank “ Buddy”<br />
Carson, Jr.<br />
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SPECIAL REPORT / FORESTRY<br />
BIG CHANGES<br />
A new dean, a new building, renov<strong>at</strong>ions to the existing buildings, and<br />
cutting-edge research are positioning the School <strong>of</strong> Forest Resources as<br />
a n<strong>at</strong>ional leader in n<strong>at</strong>ural resource management.<br />
D<br />
r. Philip A. Tappe has been named dean <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> Forest Resources <strong>at</strong> the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> and director <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Forest Resources<br />
Center (AFRC) <strong>of</strong> the UA System’s Division <strong>of</strong> Agriculture.<br />
Tappe assumes the post<br />
after a n<strong>at</strong>ionwide search.<br />
“After an exhaustive search,<br />
we believe we have found the right<br />
person to lead the School <strong>of</strong> Forest<br />
Resources and the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Forest<br />
Resources Center,” said Ray. “As we<br />
looked <strong>at</strong> applicants from around<br />
the country, we kept<br />
coming back to Dr.<br />
Tappe as the individual<br />
who best m<strong>at</strong>ched the<br />
leadership pr<strong>of</strong>ile we<br />
wanted. His familiarity<br />
with the academic, research<br />
and public service compnents<br />
<strong>of</strong> forestry<br />
Dr. Philip A. Tappe<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion made him the ideal candid<strong>at</strong>e<br />
and will insure a seamless transition<br />
in leadership.”<br />
Tappe came to <strong>UAM</strong> in 1991 as<br />
a postdoctoral research associ<strong>at</strong>e and<br />
instructor in the School <strong>of</strong> Forest Resources.<br />
He was promoted to assistant<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor in 1992, associ<strong>at</strong>e pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
in 1997 and pr<strong>of</strong>essor in 2003. He<br />
became director <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> Forest<br />
Resources gradu<strong>at</strong>e program in 1998,<br />
director <strong>of</strong> special projects in 2005,<br />
program coordin<strong>at</strong>or in 2006, and was<br />
named associ<strong>at</strong>e dean <strong>of</strong> the School and<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>e director <strong>of</strong> the AFRC in 2010.<br />
Since January <strong>2011</strong> he has served as<br />
both interim dean and interim director.<br />
“Dr. Tappe has our utmost confidence<br />
th<strong>at</strong> under his leadership the<br />
school and the center will continue<br />
to provide the quality programs so<br />
essential to the continued sustainable<br />
development <strong>of</strong> this vital multi-faceted<br />
sector <strong>of</strong> our st<strong>at</strong>e’s economy and environment,”<br />
said Cochran.<br />
Tappe holds a bachelor <strong>of</strong> science<br />
degree in forestry and biology<br />
with specializ<strong>at</strong>ions in forest wildlife<br />
management and wildlife biology from<br />
Stephen F. Austin St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong>. He<br />
holds a master <strong>of</strong> science degree, also<br />
from Stephen F. Austin, in forestry,<br />
and a Ph.D. in forestry from Clemson<br />
<strong>University</strong>.<br />
As dean <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong>’ only School<br />
<strong>of</strong> Forest Resources, Tappe will direct<br />
an academic program th<strong>at</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers baccalaure<strong>at</strong>e<br />
degrees in forest resources<br />
(with options in forestry and wildlife<br />
management), sp<strong>at</strong>ial inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
systems (with options in geographic<br />
inform<strong>at</strong>ion systems and surveying),<br />
the associ<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> science degree in land<br />
surveying technology, and the master<br />
<strong>of</strong> science degree in forest resources. He<br />
is also currently overseeing a $6 million<br />
construction and renov<strong>at</strong>ion project<br />
to the forest resources complex which<br />
includes the addition <strong>of</strong> the George H.<br />
Clippert Forest Resources Annex in<br />
honor <strong>of</strong> the l<strong>at</strong>e George H. Clippert <strong>of</strong><br />
Camden.<br />
Tappe will also direct the <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Forest Resources Center, which<br />
was established on the <strong>UAM</strong> campus<br />
in 1994 as a <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Center <strong>of</strong> Excellence. The AFRC’s mission<br />
is to “develop and deliver superior<br />
programs in educ<strong>at</strong>ion, research and<br />
extension th<strong>at</strong> enhance and insure the<br />
sustainability <strong>of</strong> forest-based n<strong>at</strong>ural<br />
resources.”
The George H. Clippert Forestry<br />
Annex Takes Shape<br />
CHANGES COMING<br />
Forestry students and faculty will soon<br />
have a new st<strong>at</strong>e-<strong>of</strong>-the-art classroom<br />
and labor<strong>at</strong>ory facility in which to<br />
study and conduct research when the<br />
George H. Clippert Forestry Annex<br />
is complete. The new construction<br />
plus the renov<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the existing<br />
forest resources complex should be<br />
complete in 2012.<br />
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ON CLOSER<br />
EXAMINATION Dr.<br />
Hal Liechty (right) examines<br />
young cottonwood<br />
trees being used for<br />
biomass research.<br />
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he projects include a study<br />
<strong>of</strong> agr<strong>of</strong>orest systems for<br />
bioenergy crop production<br />
by Hal Liechty, M<strong>at</strong>thew<br />
Pelkki and Donald White;<br />
a comparison <strong>of</strong> feedstocks<br />
grown with and without<br />
fertiliz<strong>at</strong>ion by Jamie Schuler; the characteriz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>of</strong> in-forest woody biomass<br />
by Pelkki; and an evalu<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> carbon<br />
market financial returns by Pelkki and<br />
Schuler.<br />
All four projects were recently<br />
recognized by the Southern Forest<br />
Research Partnership’s Forestry Research<br />
In The South newsletter.<br />
The first project’s goal is to develop<br />
economically and ecologically sustainable<br />
agr<strong>of</strong>orest systems for producing<br />
bioenergy crops on wh<strong>at</strong> is termed<br />
marginal agricultural land in the lower<br />
Mississippi Valley. Liechty, Pelkki and<br />
White have cre<strong>at</strong>ed sites containing<br />
pure stands <strong>of</strong> cottonwood trees and<br />
switchgrass as well as alley cropped<br />
mixtures comprised <strong>of</strong> sw<strong>at</strong>hs <strong>of</strong> either<br />
all trees or all switchgrass in strips 15<br />
to 30 meters wide. “The alley cropped<br />
sites contain a mixture <strong>of</strong> two species,”<br />
explains Pelkki, “but in strips wide<br />
SPECIAL REPORT / FORESTRY<br />
FINDING<br />
SOLUTIONS<br />
Finding better methods <strong>of</strong> carbon management and optimal use <strong>of</strong><br />
forest biomass are the subjects <strong>of</strong> four research projects currently<br />
being conducted by scientists in the the School <strong>of</strong> Forest Resources.<br />
T<br />
enough to plant and run machinery<br />
through.”<br />
The sites are loc<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>at</strong> the UA Division<br />
<strong>of</strong> Agriculture Research St<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
near Brinkley, the Southeast Research<br />
and Extension St<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> Rohwer,<br />
and <strong>at</strong> a site near Archibald, La., in<br />
cooper<strong>at</strong>ion with the LSU Agriculture<br />
Center. All three sites are on soil<br />
classified as having low potential for<br />
growing traditional row crops.<br />
Pelkki, White and Liechty are<br />
studying the amount <strong>of</strong> biomass<br />
produced on each site and the characteristics<br />
<strong>of</strong> the fuel obtained from<br />
the biomass as well examining carbon<br />
sequestr<strong>at</strong>ion, which is the storage<br />
<strong>of</strong> carbon in living plants above and<br />
below ground and also the carbon th<strong>at</strong><br />
is mineralized by microorganisms in<br />
the soil when decaying plant m<strong>at</strong>erial<br />
are digested for food.<br />
The scientists will also monitor all<br />
greenhouse gas emissions from establishing,<br />
maintaining and harvesting the<br />
sites. “We will use life cycle analysis<br />
to monitor the carbon emissions from<br />
the production <strong>of</strong> all inputs into the<br />
site, including seed, fertilizer and<br />
herbicides, as well as carbon emissions<br />
and energy savings from the bi<strong>of</strong>uel<br />
produced by the site,” says Pelkki.<br />
The second project, a comparison<br />
<strong>of</strong> feedstocks grown with and without<br />
fertiliz<strong>at</strong>ion, focuses on short rot<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
woody crop (SWRC) production<br />
systems. With interest growing for<br />
converting marginal agricultural lands<br />
to SRWC sites, Schuler began a study<br />
in 2009 to compare various species for<br />
growth r<strong>at</strong>e. Schuler established plots<br />
<strong>of</strong> black willow, eastern cottonwood,<br />
and American sycamore trees, some<br />
with and some without fertiliz<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
Trees were planted <strong>at</strong> intervals <strong>of</strong> eight<br />
feet and measured for diameter, height,<br />
above ground biomass, and coarse
and fine root biomass. Schuler is also<br />
examining soil carbon on each plot.<br />
According to Schuler, preliminary<br />
results after one year showed the<br />
American sycamore achieved the gre<strong>at</strong>est<br />
above ground biomass on both fertilized<br />
and unfertilized plots, and th<strong>at</strong> fertiliz<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
had a positive, but not significant,<br />
impact on above ground biomass.<br />
In the third study, Pelkki examined<br />
the energy potential <strong>of</strong> in-forest residues,<br />
or logging slash (the part <strong>of</strong> trees<br />
left in the woods after traditional logging)<br />
<strong>at</strong> three harvesting sites in south<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong>. Pelkki studied the particle<br />
size distribution, moisture content,<br />
Btu value (the he<strong>at</strong> energy contained<br />
in wood when it is oven dry) and ash<br />
content (the amount <strong>of</strong> unburnable<br />
minerals and other waste left after full<br />
combustion) <strong>of</strong> forest biomass resulting<br />
from two chipping and three grinding<br />
oper<strong>at</strong>ions. “Ash content is important<br />
because ash can buildup in boilers<br />
during combustion, requiring cleaning<br />
and maintenance,” Pelkki explains. “It<br />
also increases particul<strong>at</strong>es when emitted<br />
from smokestacks and is a waste<br />
product th<strong>at</strong> needs to be disposed <strong>of</strong>,<br />
sometimes requiring a landfill if there<br />
are heavy metals contamin<strong>at</strong>ing it.”<br />
Pelkki’s study found th<strong>at</strong> the inforest<br />
residue contained a moisture<br />
content <strong>of</strong> 87 percent (meaning a piece<br />
<strong>of</strong> wood th<strong>at</strong> weighs 100 pounds oven<br />
dry weighs 187 pounds in the forest),<br />
a Btu value <strong>of</strong> 7,945 per pound, and a<br />
3.1 percent ash content.<br />
In the final study, Pelkki and<br />
Schuler are studying the financial<br />
impacts <strong>of</strong> carbon sequestr<strong>at</strong>ion on<br />
three different models <strong>of</strong> pine management<br />
– uneven-aged, n<strong>at</strong>ural evenaged,<br />
and plant<strong>at</strong>ion. The study looks<br />
<strong>at</strong> pulpwood and saw timber yields and<br />
carbon sequestr<strong>at</strong>ion r<strong>at</strong>es for above<br />
and below ground live carbon as well<br />
as carbon stored in long-lived wood<br />
products. The importance <strong>of</strong> the study,<br />
says Pelkki, is in the financial value <strong>of</strong><br />
carbon for forest landowners and the<br />
complic<strong>at</strong>ed carbon trading rules established<br />
by st<strong>at</strong>e and federal authorities.<br />
“Let’s say you have a forest and it is<br />
measured for live biomass by a forester<br />
to determine the amount <strong>of</strong> carbon in<br />
the forest,” Pelkki explains. “As a landowner,<br />
you only get to sell wh<strong>at</strong> you<br />
grow, so every five years, the biomass <strong>of</strong><br />
your forest is measured. The amount <strong>of</strong><br />
ALL SMILES Dr. M<strong>at</strong>thew Pelkki, the George H. Clippert<br />
Endowed Chair <strong>of</strong> Forest Resources, is excited by the implic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
and practical applic<strong>at</strong>ions for the research being<br />
conducted by <strong>UAM</strong> forest scientists.<br />
growth in carbon is wh<strong>at</strong> you can sell.<br />
So if a forest today has 50 tons <strong>of</strong> CO2<br />
equivalent in its biomass, and next year,<br />
it has 58 tons, the growth is eight tons<br />
<strong>of</strong> CO2, and th<strong>at</strong> is wh<strong>at</strong> you can sell.<br />
“The forester now certifies th<strong>at</strong> you<br />
have eight tons <strong>of</strong> carbon to sell, and<br />
this is now certified as eight tons <strong>of</strong><br />
carbon credits and is put up for sale,<br />
just like any futures commodity, on<br />
a carbon exchange or carbon market.<br />
Let’s say a California power company<br />
has burned coal and exceeded the<br />
limits for carbon emissions set by<br />
California law. This company needs to<br />
buy carbon credits, so it bids for the<br />
right to buy the landowners eight tons<br />
<strong>of</strong> carbon credits, and just like orange<br />
juice futures, the high bidder gets the<br />
eight tons <strong>of</strong> carbon credits so it isn’t<br />
fined by the st<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> California for<br />
exceeding its carbon allowance.”<br />
Pelkki says preliminary results from<br />
the study show th<strong>at</strong> carbon markets<br />
can provide added value to all forms <strong>of</strong><br />
pine management, with additional returns<br />
<strong>of</strong> $136 per hectare (2.471 acres)<br />
for uneven-aged stands, $400 per hectare<br />
for n<strong>at</strong>ural even-aged stands, and<br />
$672 per hectare for pine plant<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
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HELLO<br />
MR. PRESIDENT<br />
Students in Eva<br />
Arrington’s fourth grade<br />
class <strong>at</strong> Drew Central<br />
Elementary in<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong> are learning<br />
from one <strong>of</strong> the best.<br />
Don’t believe them? Just<br />
ask the President.<br />
Eva Arrington has a lifesize<br />
cardboard cut-out <strong>of</strong><br />
President Barack Obama in<br />
her fourth grade science class<br />
<strong>at</strong> Drew Central Elementary<br />
School in <strong>Monticello</strong>, but she<br />
never dreamed she’d get to<br />
meet the real President Obama.<br />
On May 20, Arrington and 84<br />
other elementary science teachers<br />
from around the country waited for<br />
the President in the East Room <strong>of</strong><br />
the White House. They were there to<br />
be recognized as the recipients <strong>of</strong> the<br />
2010 Presidential Awards for Excellence<br />
in M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics and Science<br />
Teaching.<br />
Obama, as Presidents’ <strong>of</strong>ten are, was<br />
l<strong>at</strong>e, but he had a good reason. “He<br />
told us his daughter, Sasha, had come<br />
home from school and wanted to tell<br />
her Dad about dissecting owl pellets in<br />
school th<strong>at</strong> day,” Arrington said. “He<br />
told us he wanted to hear the story<br />
before he came down to meet us.”<br />
As the President worked the room,<br />
shaking hands with each teacher, he<br />
stopped to ch<strong>at</strong> with Arrington, who<br />
told him about the life-size cut-out.<br />
“I told him my students ask me ‘Can<br />
President Obama be <strong>at</strong> my desk today?’”<br />
Arrington said. “The President<br />
loved th<strong>at</strong>.”<br />
For Arrington, meeting the President<br />
was the highlight <strong>of</strong> a whirlwind<br />
six-day trip to Washington, D.C.,<br />
th<strong>at</strong> included meeting Dr. Jill Biden,<br />
wife <strong>of</strong> Vice President Joe Biden, Dr.<br />
Charles F. Bolden, president <strong>of</strong> the<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ional Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministr<strong>at</strong>ion, Dennis Kelly, president<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Smithsonian N<strong>at</strong>ional Zoological<br />
Park, Dr. Cora Marrett, senior<br />
presidential advisor for the N<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
Science Found<strong>at</strong>ion, and Carl E. Wieman,<br />
associ<strong>at</strong>e director for science for<br />
the White House Office <strong>of</strong> Science and<br />
Technology and the 2001 Nobel Prize<br />
winner in physics.<br />
Now in her 25th year as a public<br />
school teacher, Arrington and the other<br />
teachers were selected for the Presidential<br />
Awards by a panel <strong>of</strong> distinguished<br />
scientists, m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>icians, and educ<strong>at</strong>ors<br />
following an initial selection process<br />
done <strong>at</strong> the st<strong>at</strong>e level. The awards<br />
are presented each year to outstanding<br />
K-12 science and m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics teachers,<br />
altern<strong>at</strong>ing each year between K-6<br />
and 7-12 grade teachers.<br />
Arrington and the other recipients<br />
received a $10,000 award from the N<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
Science Found<strong>at</strong>ion to be used<br />
<strong>at</strong> their discretion.<br />
President Obama has committed<br />
to strengthen science, technology,<br />
engineering, and m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics (STEM)<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion and prepare 100,000 effective<br />
science and m<strong>at</strong>hm<strong>at</strong>ics<br />
teachers over the next decade.<br />
“The President’s message<br />
was very clear when he met<br />
with us,” said Arrington.<br />
“He said the U.S. needs<br />
more teachers in science and<br />
m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics and we need to<br />
do better in science and m<strong>at</strong>h<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion.”<br />
The Presidential Award is<br />
just the l<strong>at</strong>est recognition for<br />
Arrington, a Hamburg n<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
who earned a bachelor’s <strong>of</strong> arts<br />
in elementary educ<strong>at</strong>ion from<br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
<strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> in 1986 and a<br />
master’s degree from UA-<br />
Fayetteville in 1988.<br />
She spent her first seven<br />
years teaching in Tustin,<br />
Calif., before coming to Drew<br />
Central. She was the 2007 <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Reading Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Educ<strong>at</strong>or <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Year, the 2004 Walmart Teacher <strong>of</strong><br />
the Year, the 2003 Southeast Regional<br />
Finalist for the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Teacher <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Year Award, and the 2000 Drew Central<br />
School District Master Educ<strong>at</strong>or.<br />
She is currently a first-year candid<strong>at</strong>e<br />
working toward n<strong>at</strong>ional board<br />
certific<strong>at</strong>ion in early and middle childhood<br />
literacy in reading and language<br />
arts. She is a part member <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Science Framework Revision<br />
Committee, southeast director for the<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Science Teachers Associ<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
and taught gifted and talented<br />
science and m<strong>at</strong>h summer school for<br />
the Southeast <strong>Arkansas</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
Cooper<strong>at</strong>ive.<br />
After a quarter century in the classroom,<br />
Arrington admits to still getting<br />
a charge out <strong>of</strong> teaching youngsters.<br />
“Every day I am awed by my students’<br />
curiosity and reminded <strong>of</strong> the glee <strong>of</strong><br />
discovery,” she said. “I am indebted to<br />
my principal and colleagues who have<br />
allowed me the freedom to prepare my<br />
students for the 21st century.”<br />
THE REAL THING Eva Arrington, with her fourth grade science class and<br />
a cardboard cut-out <strong>of</strong> President Obama (opposite page) met the real<br />
President during a photo opp <strong>at</strong> the White House (bottom).<br />
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In<br />
HALL OF FAME<br />
THEY<br />
GAVE US<br />
THRILLS<br />
FOCUS<br />
A record-setting quarterback, a n<strong>at</strong>ional dec<strong>at</strong>hlon<br />
champion and a game-breaking halfback highlight the<br />
class <strong>of</strong> <strong>2011</strong> selected for induction to the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong> Sports Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame.<br />
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ory Allred, who passed and<br />
ran for 7,988 yards in just<br />
two seasons as the Boll Weevils’<br />
starting quarterback,<br />
headlines the <strong>2011</strong> <strong>UAM</strong><br />
Sports Hall <strong>of</strong> Fame induction<br />
class. Joining Allred are<br />
Cn<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
Greg Culp, the 1982 NAIA<br />
dec<strong>at</strong>hlon champion, assistant<br />
football and head baseball coach<br />
Harold Steelman, basketball standout<br />
Becky Brown, all-conference halfback<br />
Russell Bulloch, and the l<strong>at</strong>e Tommy<br />
Scifres, a two-way lineman on threestraight<br />
conference championship<br />
teams.<br />
Buddy Carson, a member <strong>of</strong> the<br />
famed “Wandering Weevil” football<br />
team in 1940 and 1941, will receive<br />
the Boll Weevil Spirit Award for his<br />
contributions to <strong>UAM</strong> <strong>at</strong>hletics.<br />
The <strong>2011</strong> inductees will be honored<br />
<strong>at</strong> a banquet on Thursday, October<br />
27 <strong>at</strong> 6:30 p.m. in the John F. Gibson<br />
<strong>University</strong> Center as part <strong>of</strong> the university’s<br />
Homecoming celebr<strong>at</strong>ion. For<br />
tickets, call (870) 460-1057.<br />
Allred transferred to <strong>UAM</strong> in 2003<br />
from Antelope Valley Community<br />
College in California and sh<strong>at</strong>tered<br />
both the <strong>UAM</strong> and Gulf South Conference<br />
record books in his first season.<br />
Allred set a GSC single season total<br />
<strong>of</strong>fense record with 4,267 yards and<br />
was named the league’s <strong>of</strong>fensive player<br />
<strong>of</strong> the year while earning second team<br />
All-America honors from d2football.<br />
com.<br />
On November 8, 2003, Allred put<br />
on one <strong>of</strong> the most brilliant individual<br />
displays in school or conference history<br />
in a 55-50 overtime win over Hender-<br />
son St<strong>at</strong>e. Allred passed for 426 yards<br />
and six touchdowns and ran for 60<br />
yards and two scores to account for<br />
486 yards and a staggering eight touchdowns.<br />
As a senior in 2004, Allred accounted<br />
for 3,721 total yards to finish<br />
his Boll Weevil career with 7,070 yards<br />
passing and 918 yards rushing. He was<br />
a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy<br />
presented annually to the outstanding<br />
player in NCAA Division II.<br />
Greg Culp was one <strong>of</strong> the most<br />
vers<strong>at</strong>ile <strong>at</strong>hletes in school history,<br />
earning All-<strong>Arkansas</strong> Intercollegi<strong>at</strong>e
Conference and NAIA All-America<br />
recognition. As a sophomore, Culp<br />
earned all-conference honors in both<br />
the dec<strong>at</strong>hlon and the 110-meter high<br />
hurdles. As a junior, Culp was even<br />
better, winning the dec<strong>at</strong>hlon <strong>at</strong> the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Kentucky Relays, placing<br />
fourth <strong>at</strong> the Florida St<strong>at</strong>e Relays, and<br />
winning the AIC dec<strong>at</strong>hlon championship.<br />
Culp established a then-<strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
collegi<strong>at</strong>e record (all divisions) for the<br />
dec<strong>at</strong>hlon by scoring 7,465 points <strong>at</strong> a<br />
meet <strong>at</strong> Harding <strong>University</strong>. He capped<br />
his <strong>UAM</strong> career by winning the 1982<br />
NAIA n<strong>at</strong>ional dec<strong>at</strong>hlon title and<br />
only an injury the next year prevented<br />
him from <strong>at</strong>tending the 1984 Olympic<br />
Trials.<br />
Russell Bulloch was lightning in<br />
a bottle for the Boll Weevil football<br />
team in the early 1950s. Bulloch was<br />
the backfield star <strong>of</strong> the 1953 team<br />
th<strong>at</strong> won the first AIC championship<br />
in any sport in school history. The ’53<br />
Weevils posted a 7-2 record for Coach<br />
Jim Benton while Bulloch earned All-<br />
AIC honors as a halfback while also<br />
returning kicks and punts and playing<br />
defensive back in the era <strong>of</strong> one-pl<strong>at</strong>oon<br />
football.<br />
RECORD BREAKER Cory Allred sh<strong>at</strong>tered <strong>UAM</strong> and<br />
Gulf South Conference passing and total <strong>of</strong>fense records<br />
in just two seasons as the Boll Weevils’ quarterback.<br />
LINE STALWART<br />
Two-way tackle Tommy<br />
Scifres was part <strong>of</strong><br />
three straight AIC<br />
championship teams in<br />
1955, ‘56, and ‘57.<br />
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FIRST TITLE Halfback<br />
Russell Bulloch (below)<br />
led <strong>Arkansas</strong> A&M to<br />
its first AIC football title<br />
– and first conference<br />
championship in any<br />
sport – in 1953.<br />
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Bulloch returned a punt 80 yards<br />
for a touchdown against Southern<br />
St<strong>at</strong>e (now SAU) in 1952 and averaged<br />
20.1 yards a return th<strong>at</strong> season.<br />
In 1953 Bulloch rushed for 121 yards<br />
on just 14 carries in a 19-7 win over<br />
the College <strong>of</strong> the Ozarks and gained<br />
115 yards on just 9 carries, including<br />
a 70-yard TD scamper, in a 31-14 win<br />
over Southern St<strong>at</strong>e th<strong>at</strong> clinched the<br />
’53 league title.<br />
Becky Brown (Becky Jones in her<br />
playing days) scored 1,276 points as a<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the Cotton Blossoms basketball<br />
team from 1984 to 1988 and<br />
still ranks 12th in career scoring. Jones<br />
played in 118 games for the Blossoms<br />
and was part <strong>of</strong> <strong>UAM</strong> teams th<strong>at</strong> won<br />
84 games and the 1987 AIC championship.<br />
For the past 20 years, Brown has<br />
coached girls basketball <strong>at</strong> Star City<br />
High School, compiling a career record<br />
HALL OF FAME<br />
<strong>of</strong> 550 wins and 117 losses to make<br />
her one <strong>of</strong> the most successful prep<br />
coaches in the <strong>Arkansas</strong> high school<br />
ranks. Her Star City teams have won<br />
13 conference championships, eight<br />
regional championships and made 19<br />
consecutive appearances in the st<strong>at</strong>e<br />
tournament, reaching the Final Four<br />
three times and earning two runner-up<br />
finishes.<br />
Brown has coached the East in<br />
the <strong>Arkansas</strong> High School Coaches<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion All-Star Game five times.<br />
She is a four-time Southeast <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Coach <strong>of</strong> the Year and in 2001 was<br />
named both the <strong>Arkansas</strong> High School<br />
Coaches Associ<strong>at</strong>ion and N<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
Feder<strong>at</strong>ion Coaches Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Coach<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Year.<br />
Harold Steelman was an assistant<br />
football coach on Jimmy “Red”<br />
Parker’s staff <strong>at</strong> <strong>UAM</strong> (then <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
A&M) from 1962 to 1965 and served<br />
three seasons as head baseball coach.<br />
Steelman is best known in <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
sporting circles as a member <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong>’ “25 Little Pigs”<br />
who captured the 1954 Southwest<br />
Conference football championship.<br />
Steelman lettered for the Razorbacks<br />
as a lineman in 1954 and 1955<br />
before beginning his coaching career<br />
<strong>at</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> High School in Texarkana.<br />
Steelman followed Parker to The<br />
Citadel and served as an assistant there<br />
as well as <strong>at</strong> Louisiana-Monroe. Steelman<br />
was head coach <strong>at</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> Tech<br />
from 1980 to 1985 and managed War<br />
Memorial Stadium in Little Rock for<br />
13 years before retiring in 1999.<br />
During Steelman’s coaching tenure<br />
<strong>at</strong> <strong>UAM</strong>, the Boll Weevils won conference<br />
football championships in 1963<br />
and 1965 and back-to-back league<br />
baseball titles in 1963-64.<br />
The l<strong>at</strong>e Tommy Scifres was one <strong>of</strong><br />
the AIC’s best two-way linemen on the<br />
league’s best team. Scifres lettered three<br />
years (1955, ’56 and ’57) and earned<br />
All-AIC honors in 1957 as a tackle.<br />
During Scifres’ playing career, the Boll<br />
Weevils posted records <strong>of</strong> 7-2, 7-1-1,<br />
and 9-2 while winning three consecutive<br />
AIC championships under head<br />
coach Convoy Leslie.<br />
Scifres was part <strong>of</strong> a Boll Weevil<br />
defensive line th<strong>at</strong> allowed one touchdown<br />
or less to 21 opponents over<br />
a three-year period and recorded six<br />
shutouts.<br />
Buddy Carson was a halfback and<br />
quarterback on the 1940 and ’41<br />
“Wandering Weevil” teams th<strong>at</strong> traveled<br />
the country from coast to coast,<br />
garnering n<strong>at</strong>ional publicity as the<br />
Marx Brothers <strong>of</strong> college football. A<br />
retired businessman living in <strong>Monticello</strong>,<br />
the 90-year-old Carson is an<br />
avid supporter <strong>of</strong> Boll Weevil <strong>at</strong>hletics,<br />
particularly the football team.
“Mr. Buddy” Keeps The Spirit Alive<br />
eventy-one years ago this fall, Frank Carson, Jr. (‘Buddy” to his legion <strong>of</strong> admirers and<br />
friends) set out on an adventure he would never forget. As one <strong>of</strong> Stewart Ferguson’s<br />
Splaying<br />
“Wandering Weevils,” Carson and his teamm<strong>at</strong>es traveled the country from coast to coast<br />
football strictly for fun. They became n<strong>at</strong>ional sens<strong>at</strong>ions with write-ups in The New<br />
York Times, Los Angeles Times, Collier’s and Newsweek. The Wandering Weevils lost most <strong>of</strong><br />
their games but didn’t care. “We were having too good a time to care much whether we one<br />
or lost,” remembers Carson. “We were going places and seeing things we’d only read about in<br />
books or newspapers.”<br />
Carson and the Wandering Weevils played their last game on November 26, 1941. Eleven<br />
days l<strong>at</strong>er, the Japanese <strong>at</strong>tacked Pearl Harbor and Carson and most <strong>of</strong> his teamm<strong>at</strong>es were soon<br />
<strong>of</strong>f to war. Carson became a B-17 bomber pilot and won the Distinguished Flying Cross while<br />
flying 36 missions over Europe.<br />
Now 90 years young, “Mr. Buddy” is still a fixture <strong>at</strong> <strong>UAM</strong> home football games and never<br />
misses the tailg<strong>at</strong>e party, epitomizing wh<strong>at</strong> it means to have “th<strong>at</strong> Weevil Spirit!”<br />
WORLD CLASS Greg<br />
Culp (left) was a world<br />
class dec<strong>at</strong>hlete in the<br />
early ‘80’s, capturing the<br />
NAIA n<strong>at</strong>ional championship<br />
and setting<br />
an <strong>Arkansas</strong> collegi<strong>at</strong>e<br />
record. Becky ( Jones)<br />
Brown (below, left) had<br />
a stellar career with<br />
the Cotton Blossoms<br />
and is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong>’<br />
most successful high<br />
school coaches. Harold<br />
Steelman (below, right)<br />
helped the Weevils win<br />
four AIC titles – two<br />
in football and two in<br />
baseball.<br />
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21
SPorTS<br />
Campaign for Athletics<br />
For Baseball / S<strong>of</strong>tball<br />
Athletics Director Chris R<strong>at</strong>cliff recently announced<br />
plans for a new Campaign for Athletics<br />
with the goal <strong>of</strong> making improvements to the baseball<br />
and s<strong>of</strong>tball programs.<br />
The capital campaign will focus on raising priv<strong>at</strong>e<br />
funds to finance the construction <strong>of</strong> new facilities and<br />
renov<strong>at</strong>e existing ones. The campaign will address<br />
the need for an overhaul <strong>of</strong> the baseball complex, to<br />
include the construction <strong>of</strong> new dugouts, bleachers, a<br />
press box and locker room.<br />
New bleachers will also be built <strong>at</strong> Blossoms Field,<br />
home <strong>of</strong> <strong>UAM</strong>’s periennial powerhouse s<strong>of</strong>tball team.<br />
“Wth the completion <strong>of</strong> recent upgrades to Convoy<br />
Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium and Steelman Fieldhouse<br />
as well as adding a new Indoor Practice Facility<br />
and weight room, we felt it was time to address other<br />
needs <strong>of</strong> our student-<strong>at</strong>hletes and sports programs,”<br />
said R<strong>at</strong>cliff. “Our baseball and s<strong>of</strong>tball facilities need<br />
improvements to m<strong>at</strong>ch those <strong>at</strong> our other facilities.<br />
We are asking alumni and friends <strong>of</strong> the Boll Weevils<br />
and Cotton Blossoms to help us with this project.”<br />
R<strong>at</strong>cliff added th<strong>at</strong> with the move to the Gre<strong>at</strong><br />
American Conference, it is “imper<strong>at</strong>ive th<strong>at</strong> we not<br />
remain <strong>at</strong> a competitive disadvantage regarding facilities.<br />
We want to make sure our coaches and student<strong>at</strong>hletes<br />
compete on a level playing field.”<br />
For more inform<strong>at</strong>ion about the Campaign for<br />
Athletics, contact the Department <strong>of</strong> Athletics <strong>at</strong> (870)<br />
460-1057.<br />
Lettermen’s Breakfast<br />
The <strong>UAM</strong> Lettermen’s Club will host a breakfast<br />
for all former <strong>at</strong>hletes during Homecoming<br />
Weekend on October 29 <strong>at</strong> 8 a.m. in the Caucus<br />
Room <strong>of</strong> the John F. Gibson <strong>University</strong> Center.<br />
“We want to establish an active Lettermen’s Club<br />
and this is one <strong>of</strong> the first steps toward th<strong>at</strong> goal,” said<br />
Chris R<strong>at</strong>cliff, director <strong>of</strong> <strong>at</strong>hletics. “We want to get our<br />
former <strong>at</strong>hletes actively involved with Boll Weevil and<br />
Cotton Blossom <strong>at</strong>hletics. The support <strong>of</strong> our former<br />
<strong>at</strong>hletes is crucial to the continued growth <strong>of</strong> our program.<br />
For inform<strong>at</strong>ion about the breakfast or the Lettermen’s<br />
Club, contact R<strong>at</strong>cliff <strong>at</strong> (870) 460-1057.<br />
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Passion<strong>at</strong>e Man for a Passion<strong>at</strong>e Game<br />
H<br />
NEW BOSS Hud Jackson is <strong>UAM</strong>’s new head football coach and he<br />
has big plans for the Boll Weevils.<br />
ud Jackson is a passion<strong>at</strong>e man – passion<strong>at</strong>e<br />
about football and passion-<br />
<strong>at</strong>e about life.<br />
<strong>UAM</strong>’s new head football coach is in<br />
on his first season as a head coach <strong>at</strong> the<br />
collegi<strong>at</strong>e level and is excited to see how it<br />
turns out.<br />
“Coaching’s in my blood,” Jackson says.<br />
“Being a coach’s son and w<strong>at</strong>ching how my<br />
Dad had an influence on young people<br />
was something th<strong>at</strong> I wanted to do.”<br />
Jackson’s f<strong>at</strong>her, Sonny, was a successful<br />
high school coach in Louisiana and spent<br />
six years as head coach <strong>at</strong> Nicholls St<strong>at</strong>e<br />
<strong>University</strong> in Thibodaux. “W<strong>at</strong>ching Dad<br />
in pregame speeches, how he handled<br />
himself around school with kids coming<br />
up to him for advice and direction in life,<br />
wh<strong>at</strong> he could pull out <strong>of</strong> these guys when<br />
they played the game – even as a young<br />
kid I noticed th<strong>at</strong>. And the feeling th<strong>at</strong><br />
you would get from it, the passion you<br />
would get from it, made me feel like it was<br />
something I could do.”<br />
With encouragement from his mother,<br />
the l<strong>at</strong>e Barbara Jackson, Hud flirted with<br />
the idea <strong>of</strong> <strong>at</strong>tending law school after<br />
gradu<strong>at</strong>ing from McNeese St<strong>at</strong>e, where he<br />
spent three years as the Cowboys’ starting<br />
quarterback before receiving a degree<br />
in psychology in 1992. “The idea <strong>of</strong> going<br />
to law school was more about my Mom<br />
than anything,” says Jackson. “She knew<br />
th<strong>at</strong> a coach’s life can be a little tough, so<br />
when I finally did say th<strong>at</strong> I was going into<br />
coaching, she was a little upset with me for<br />
awhile. But she knew coaching was in my<br />
blood and it was nothing I could fight.”<br />
It was Jackson’s mother who gave him<br />
his distinctive nickname. Born William<br />
Hudgens Jackson, III, he’s been Hud for as<br />
long as he can remember. And the moniker<br />
is not a shortened version <strong>of</strong> his middle<br />
name but a tribute to the title character <strong>of</strong><br />
the 1963 Paul Newman movie Hud, which<br />
Jackson admits he’s never seen.<br />
“Mom was a big Paul Newman fan,”<br />
says Jackson. “She loved Paul Newman and<br />
Joe Nam<strong>at</strong>h. I have blue eyes and I guess<br />
she thought the name fit. From day one,<br />
it was never William, it wasn’t Willie, it<br />
wasn’t Will, it wasn’t Bill. I’ve always been<br />
Hud .”<br />
Jackson got his start in coaching as an<br />
assistant coach <strong>at</strong> Rayne (La.) High School.<br />
He moved on to Central C<strong>at</strong>holic High in
Morgan City in 1997, serving as <strong>at</strong>hletic<br />
director, head football coach, head baseball<br />
coach, and in his spare time was the<br />
school’s disciplinarian, textbook coordin<strong>at</strong>or,<br />
mission development coordin<strong>at</strong>or, and<br />
assistant fund raiser. His Central C<strong>at</strong>holic<br />
football teams won three district championships<br />
and Jackson was a three-time<br />
district coach <strong>of</strong> the year.<br />
In 2005, Jackson took his first collegi<strong>at</strong>e<br />
job as an assistant coach <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> Central <strong>Arkansas</strong>. In six seasons <strong>at</strong> UCA,<br />
Jackson served as associ<strong>at</strong>e head coach<br />
and director <strong>of</strong> football oper<strong>at</strong>ions.<br />
When the <strong>UAM</strong> job came open last<br />
December, Jackson jumped <strong>at</strong> the opportunity.<br />
“I really believe this program is<br />
a gold mine,” says Jackson. “With the new<br />
facilities we have, with the new conference<br />
we’re in, with the direction the university<br />
is going, I think it’s a place where gre<strong>at</strong><br />
things can happen.”<br />
One <strong>of</strong> Jackson’s first tasks after<br />
accepting the <strong>UAM</strong> job was to rebuild<br />
rel<strong>at</strong>ionships with high school coaches in<br />
southeast <strong>Arkansas</strong>. Jackson and his staff<br />
made it a point to visit as many schools<br />
and coaching staffs in the area as they<br />
could. “We wanted them to know we were<br />
going to be back,” says Jackson.<br />
Blair Brown, a former Boll Weevil letterman<br />
and long-time head coach <strong>at</strong> Star<br />
City High School, was surprised to see<br />
Jackson and his entire staff <strong>at</strong> Star City’s<br />
first practice <strong>of</strong> the spring. “Th<strong>at</strong> meant<br />
the world to me, to our coaches, and to<br />
our players,” said Brown.<br />
“When I hear things like th<strong>at</strong>, it makes<br />
me feel good because it means we’re<br />
doing the right things,” says Jackson. “I<br />
know I refer to my f<strong>at</strong>her a lot, but one<br />
<strong>of</strong> the things I learned from him was th<strong>at</strong><br />
you have to reach out to the people who<br />
are close to you. There’s a lot <strong>of</strong> football<br />
coaches out there who are <strong>UAM</strong> grads,<br />
who have ties to this university or this<br />
town, and I think it’s really important for<br />
us to reach out in a genuine way.”<br />
As usually happens during a coaching<br />
change, <strong>UAM</strong>’s roster took a hit during the<br />
<strong>of</strong>fseason, but Jackson is confident fans<br />
will be pleased with the product on the<br />
field. “I use the word ‘passion’ a lot,” he<br />
says, “but kids are going to look <strong>at</strong> their<br />
coach and take wh<strong>at</strong> his philosophies are<br />
and hopefully run with it. The guys on our<br />
staff are young guys who love coaching,<br />
love being around young people. Our fans<br />
are going to see a team th<strong>at</strong> will compete<br />
hard, is disciplined, th<strong>at</strong> won’t quit, and<br />
will overcome.”<br />
Jackson isn’t shy about his goal to win a<br />
championship in the new Gre<strong>at</strong> American<br />
Conference. He believes the talent<br />
available in southeast <strong>Arkansas</strong> and <strong>UAM</strong>’s<br />
proximity to the talent-rich high schools in<br />
Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi will allow<br />
him and his staff to <strong>at</strong>tract top football<br />
players to <strong>Monticello</strong>. “Absolutely, we can<br />
win a championship here,” he says.<br />
When Jackson trots onto the field <strong>at</strong><br />
Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium, he<br />
scans the grandstands, looking for his wife,<br />
P<strong>at</strong>ricia, and their children, daughters<br />
Alexis, 21, Baleigh, 12, and son William, 17.<br />
Football coaches are supposed to be gruff<br />
characters, a little rough around the edges,<br />
but Jackson wears his heart on his sleeve<br />
and admits th<strong>at</strong> “every time I see my wife<br />
my heart melts. And th<strong>at</strong>’s the truth. I get<br />
emotional thinking about it. My wife is the<br />
most important person in my life.”<br />
Jackson coaches the way he lives – wh<strong>at</strong><br />
you see is wh<strong>at</strong> you get. He doesn’t like to<br />
scream <strong>at</strong> players if he doesn’t have to. “If<br />
I learned anything from my Dad, I learned<br />
th<strong>at</strong> you can get things across to young<br />
people in a way th<strong>at</strong> you don’t necessarily<br />
have to be in their faces all the time,” he<br />
says. “It’s a characteristic I got from Dad<br />
th<strong>at</strong> has been very good for me as a coach.<br />
If you have to get a kid’s <strong>at</strong>tention, putting<br />
your arm around him and talking to him is<br />
just as productive as trying to get under<br />
his facemask and getting face to face with<br />
him. Now there are times when you have<br />
to get abrasive with a kid, but I believe<br />
the rel<strong>at</strong>ionship you build with him <strong>of</strong>f<br />
the field will make him a little more receptive<br />
to th<strong>at</strong> kind <strong>of</strong> coaching.<br />
“My coaching philosophy is I want my<br />
players to love the game as much as I love<br />
it and be as passion<strong>at</strong>e about the game<br />
as I am. I want our players to walk away<br />
from the game and say ‘I liked playing for<br />
th<strong>at</strong> guy.’”<br />
<strong>2011</strong>-12 Basketball<br />
Weevils<br />
D<strong>at</strong>e Opponent Loc<strong>at</strong>ion Time<br />
11/11 Washburn Bartlesville, OK 6:00<br />
11/12 Missouri Southern Bartlesville, OK 3:30<br />
11/17 Lyon College B<strong>at</strong>esville 7:00<br />
11/19 PHILANDER SMITH <strong>Monticello</strong> 4:00<br />
11/22 DELTA STATE <strong>Monticello</strong> 7:30<br />
11/26 SHEPHERD COLLEGE <strong>Monticello</strong> 4:00<br />
12/3 Northeastern OK Fort Smith 5:00<br />
12/4 UA-Fort Smith Fort Smith 3:00<br />
12/6 Delta St<strong>at</strong>e Cleveland, MS 7:00<br />
12/10 CHAMPION BAPTIST <strong>Monticello</strong> 4:00<br />
12/12 Philander Smith Little Rock 5:00<br />
1/2 LYON COLLEGE <strong>Monticello</strong> 4:00<br />
1/5 <strong>Arkansas</strong> Tech* Russellville 7:30<br />
1/7 SOUTHEASTERN OK* <strong>Monticello</strong> 4:00<br />
1/14 Henderson St<strong>at</strong>e* Arkadelphia 4:00<br />
1/19 SOUTHWESTERN OK* <strong>Monticello</strong> 7:30<br />
1/21 EAST CENTRAL OK* <strong>Monticello</strong> 4:00<br />
1/23 Southern <strong>Arkansas</strong>* Magnolia 7:30<br />
1/26 Harding * Searcy 7:30<br />
1/28 OUACHITA BAPTIST* <strong>Monticello</strong> 4:00<br />
2/2 ARKANSAS TECH* <strong>Monticello</strong> 7:30<br />
2/4 Southeastern OK* Durant, OK 4:00<br />
2/11 HENDERSON STATE* <strong>Monticello</strong> 4:00<br />
2/16 Southwestern OK* We<strong>at</strong>herford, OK 7:30<br />
2/18 East Central OK* Ada, OK 4:00<br />
2/20 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS* <strong>Monticello</strong> 7:30<br />
2/23 HARDING* <strong>Monticello</strong> 7:30<br />
2/25 Ouachita Baptist* Arkadelphia 4:00<br />
GAC Tournament<br />
3/1-4 Conference Tournament Bartlesville, OK TBA<br />
*Gre<strong>at</strong> American Conference games<br />
Blossoms<br />
D<strong>at</strong>e Opponent Loc<strong>at</strong>ion Time<br />
11/11 UA-Ft. Smith Ft. Smith 7:30<br />
11/12 UT-Permian Basin Ft. Smith 12:00<br />
11/15 ECCLESIA COLLEGE <strong>Monticello</strong> 5:30<br />
11/25 NEW ORLEANS <strong>Monticello</strong> 7:30<br />
11/26 UNIV. OF CENTRAL OK <strong>Monticello</strong> 2:00<br />
12/2 NORTHEASTERN OK <strong>Monticello</strong> 7:30<br />
12/3 UA-FT. SMITH <strong>Monticello</strong> 2:00<br />
12/8 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS <strong>Monticello</strong> 5:30<br />
12/30 Incarn<strong>at</strong>e Word San Antonio, TX 3:00<br />
12/31 St. Mary’s San Antonio, TX 3:00<br />
1/5 <strong>Arkansas</strong> Tech* Russellville 5:30<br />
1/7 SOUTHEASTERN OK* <strong>Monticello</strong> 2:00<br />
1/14 Henderson St<strong>at</strong>e* Arkadelphia 2:00<br />
1/19 SOUTHWESTERN OK* <strong>Monticello</strong> 5:30<br />
1/21 EAST CENTRAL OK* <strong>Monticello</strong> 2:00<br />
1/23 Southern <strong>Arkansas</strong>* Magnolia 5:30<br />
1/26 Harding* Searcy 5:30<br />
1/28 OUACHITA BAPTIST* <strong>Monticello</strong> 2:00<br />
2/2 ARKANSAS TECH* <strong>Monticello</strong> 5:30<br />
2/4 Southeastern OK* Durant, OK 2:00<br />
2/11 HENDERSON STATE* <strong>Monticello</strong> 2:00<br />
2/16 Southwestern OK* We<strong>at</strong>herford, OK 5:00<br />
2/18 East Central OK* Ada, OK 2:00<br />
2/20 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS* <strong>Monticello</strong> 5:30<br />
2/23 HARDING* <strong>Monticello</strong> 5:30<br />
2/25 Ouachita Baptist* Arkadelphia 2:00<br />
GAC Tournament<br />
3/2-4 Conference Tournament Bartlesville, OK TBA<br />
*Gre<strong>at</strong> American Conference games<br />
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FoUnDAtIon enDoWMenTS<br />
FOUNDATION FUND ENDOWMENTS / Established by:<br />
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FOUNDATION FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
Chair<br />
Scott Saffold / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Vice Chair<br />
Gregg Reep / Warren<br />
Ex-Officio<br />
Jack Lassiter / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Secretary-Treasurer<br />
Clay Brown / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Weldon B. Abbott Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Betty S. Abbott, Dr. and Mrs. Weldon S.<br />
Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lavon Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Taylor, and Ms. Mary<br />
Ross Taylor<br />
James Edward and Joy Dell Burton Akin Award / Mrs. Joy Dell Burton Akin<br />
Alumni Achievement and Merit Scholarship / Recipients <strong>of</strong> the Alumni Achievement &<br />
Merit Award<br />
Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Scholarship / Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
Hoyt and Susan Andres Endowed Scholarship / Hoyt and Susan Andres<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Seed Dealers Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Agriculture Endowed Scholarship / <strong>Arkansas</strong> Seed<br />
Dealers Board <strong>of</strong> Directors<br />
William R. and K<strong>at</strong>ie B. Austin Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. William R. Austin, Jr.<br />
Barbara Murphy Babin Scholarship / Dr. Claude Babin and Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Babin<br />
Dr. Claude H. Babin Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> Social & Behavioral Sciences, Former Students,<br />
Family and Friends<br />
K. Michael Baker Memorial Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> Social & Behavioral Sciences, Former<br />
Students, Family and Friends<br />
Marvin and Edna Moseley Bankston Scholarship / Bob and Louine Selman Leech<br />
Robert Orum and Fernande’ Vicknair Barrett Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Errol Barrett,<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Barrett,<br />
Jr., Dr. and Mrs. T. Y. Harp, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Pasqua, Judge and Mrs. Fred E.<br />
Pickett, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Roebuck and Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Torian<br />
Earl and K<strong>at</strong>hleen Baxter Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Earl Baxter<br />
Beard Nursing Scholarship / Mr. Arthur R. and Mrs. Bettie Beard P<strong>at</strong>e<br />
Leslie and Faye Beard Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter<br />
Major Thomas E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book Account<br />
Fred K. Bellott Music Gift Fund / Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. Bellott<br />
Fred and Doris Bellott Music Endowed Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. Bellott<br />
*Henry (Mike) Berg Scholarship / Mrs. Helen Berg<br />
Dr. Van C. Binns Scholarship - Nursing / Mrs. Evelyn Hogue Binns<br />
Dr. Van C. Binns Scholarship - Pre-medicine / Mrs. Evelyn Hogue Binns<br />
Birch-Johnson Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. J. Chester Johnson<br />
John <strong>Fall</strong>s Bowen Scholarship / Family, Friends and B<strong>at</strong>tery B 206th Coast Artillery (AA)<br />
Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Ruth G. Boyd Scholarship / Dr. Scott Boyd<br />
C. Alton Boyd Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Barbara Boyd<br />
Dr. Scott Boyd Memorial Scholarship / <strong>UAM</strong> Dept. <strong>of</strong> Health & P. E., Family and Friends<br />
Fay Brann Accounting Scholarship / Mrs. J. F. Brann<br />
Richard “Dick” Broach Wildlife Management Scholarship / Southern Pulpwood Co.,<br />
Mrs. Nancy Clippert Broach, Mrs. Maxine Clippert and Mr. David Clippert<br />
B. R. “Bobby” Brown Scholarship / Mr. B. R. “Bobby” Brown and Consol, Inc.<br />
George R. Brown Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship / The Brown Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
George R. Brown Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Assistant Forest Resources / The Brown Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Joe Brown Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Marty and Erma Brutscher Deb<strong>at</strong>e-Forensics Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Brutscher<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> MAGAZINE<br />
Directors<br />
Ed Bacon / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Bettye Gragg / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
N<strong>at</strong> Grubbs / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Lesa C<strong>at</strong>hey Handly / Little Rock<br />
Clarence Holley / Lawton, Okla.<br />
Kenneth Mann* / Jersey<br />
Mellie Jo Owen / <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Sean Rochelle / West Fork<br />
Lynn Rodgers / Crossett<br />
Ted Thompson / Dumas<br />
Jeff Weaver / Hot Springs<br />
* <strong>UAM</strong> represent<strong>at</strong>ives to the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> Found<strong>at</strong>ion, Inc., board <strong>of</strong> directors.<br />
Mary Claire Randolph Buffalo Scholarship / Mr. Harvey Buffalo<br />
Jimmy Lee Buford Memorial Scholarship / Agriculture Technology Dept. Advisory Committee,<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> College <strong>of</strong> Technology - McGehee<br />
Eugenia H. (Moss) Burson & Jack D. Burson Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Jeff Busby Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Verna Hobson Cahoon, Elizabeth Coleman Cochran and Cornelia Coleman Wright<br />
Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family<br />
G. William and Verna Hobson Cahoon Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family<br />
Alvin and Raye Carter Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Scholarship / Mr. Dale W. Carter and Mr. Robert Ira<br />
Carter<br />
Paul R. and June Webb Carter Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter<br />
Paul R. and June Webb Carter - Drew Central High School Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and<br />
Mrs. June Webb Carter<br />
James P. C<strong>at</strong>hey Business Scholarship / Brooks and Lesa C<strong>at</strong>hey Handly<br />
Centennial Circle / 100 Special Friends<br />
Chair <strong>of</strong> the Division Scholarship - Nursing / Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kluender<br />
Chamberlin Wildlife Scholarship / Mr. H. H. Chamberlin<br />
Hank Chamberlin Memorial Scholarship / Family, Friends, Former students, Associ<strong>at</strong>es<br />
and Colleagues<br />
Marjorie Lamb Chamberlin Music Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Anthony T. and Faye Chandler Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Chandler, Family<br />
and Friends<br />
George H. Clippert Endowed Chair in Forestry / Mr. and Mrs. George H. Clippert; Mr.<br />
David H. Clippert; and Mrs. Nancy Clippert Broach<br />
George H. Clippert Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. George H. Clippert<br />
Coker Alumni Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book Account<br />
Ernestine Coker Endowed Music Scholarship / Dr. Jesse M. Coker<br />
Jesse and Ernestine Coker Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker<br />
Dr. Jesse M. Coker Distinguished Service Scholarship / <strong>UAM</strong> Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fund Board <strong>of</strong><br />
Directors<br />
Thomas and Julia Hobson Coleman Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family<br />
Suzanne Cooke Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cooke<br />
Stephen T. Crowley Forestry Scholarship / Mr. James H. Hamlen<br />
Van and Eula Mae Cruce Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
James Gordon Culpepper Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences,<br />
Former Students and Friends<br />
O. H. (Doogie) and P<strong>at</strong>sy Darling Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Darling<br />
Boyce Davis Award / Mr. Randy Risher<br />
C. W. Day Scholarship / Day Farms, Inc., Danny Day, Sr. Family, Raymond Day Family, Rickey<br />
Day Family, Sue Day Wood Family, William Day Family<br />
Dean’s Scholarship - Forest Resources / Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kluender<br />
Harry Y. Denson Scholarship / Family, Friends and Former Students<br />
Gregory Alan Devine Memorial Scholarship / Marion and Fern Devine<br />
Dr. Gene R. Dillard Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Award / Mrs. Gerry Dillard, Family and Friends<br />
Peggy Doss Endowed Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Faculty/Staff and Mr.<br />
D. John Nichols
John Dougherty Choral Scholarship / Sen<strong>at</strong>or Jimmy Jeffress, Sen<strong>at</strong>or Gene Jeffress,<br />
Former Students and Friends<br />
David B. Eberdt Scholarship / Mrs. Nancy Eberdt<br />
Susan Phillips Echols Memorial Endowed Scholarship / Ronald K. Echols, Family and Friends<br />
Vance W. Edmondson Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Vance W. Edmondson<br />
Dr. Albert L. Etheridge Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences,<br />
Former Students and Friends<br />
Hampton and Minnie Etheridge Scholarship / James and Mary Sawyer, Stacey and Helen<br />
Toole, T. D. and Joy Howell, R. M. and Rose Etheridge, Hampton and Marie Etheridge<br />
Wayne Gilleland Golf Scholarship / Dr. Diane Suitt Gilleland and Friends<br />
Shay Gillespie Phi Beta Sigma Leadership Scholarship / Family and friends <strong>of</strong> Mr. R. Shay<br />
Gillespie<br />
Classie Jones-Green African-American Alumni Scholarship / <strong>UAM</strong> African American<br />
Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion, Family and Friends<br />
Harold J. Green Scholarship / Harold J. Green<br />
Bill Groce, Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Willie K<strong>at</strong>herine Coody Groce Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Willie K<strong>at</strong>herine Coody Groce<br />
Edward & Veronica Groebner Computer Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Systems Support Endowment /<br />
Dr. James F. Roiger<br />
Joseph Martin Guenter - Sigma Tau Gamma Scholarship / Sigma Tau Gamma Alumni<br />
E. Shermane Gulledge Non-traditional Scholarship / Dr. Dexter E. and Mrs. E. Shermane<br />
Gulledge<br />
Izella Ruth Gulledge Scholarship / Dr. Dexter E. and Mrs. E. Shermane Gulledge<br />
Annette K. Hall Scholarship - Music / Mr. Barry Hall<br />
Annette K. Hall Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Studies in Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Scholarship / Mr. Barry Hall<br />
Barry Hall Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Annette Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Cle<strong>at</strong>ous J. Hall and<br />
Mrs. Audrey Blasingame<br />
James S. Hancock Memorial Nursing Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Carolyn Grubbs<br />
Hancock, Mrs. Hilda Malpica and Mrs. Becky Crossett<br />
Arthur A. Harris Vocal Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Annette Hall, Family and Friends<br />
Helen Harris Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Harris, Division <strong>of</strong> Music, and Friends<br />
Hani and Debra Hashem Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Hani Hashem<br />
Dr. Ann Haywood Scholarship / Dr. Cecil Haywood, Former colleagues, Friends and<br />
Students <strong>of</strong> the School <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Cecil C. Haywood Scholarship / Dr. Ann Haywood, Friends and Former Students <strong>of</strong> the<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Henry G. Hearnsberger, Sr. Forest Resources Scholarship / Mrs. George H. Clippert<br />
Mrs. Henry G. Hearnsberger, Sr. Nursing Scholarship / Mrs. George H. Clippert<br />
Paul G. and Leone Hendrickson Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Hendrickson, Sr.<br />
Frank D. Hickingbotham Scholarship / Mr. Frank D. Hickingbotham<br />
William and Anna Hill Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. William T. Hill<br />
Iris Sullivan Hipp Nursing Scholarship / Ms. Sally Hipp Austin, Ms. Sheila Nichole Austin,<br />
and Mr. Hank E. Williams<br />
Robert L. Hixson Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Wilburn C. Hobgood Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
Benjamin and Jerri Whitten Hobson Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family<br />
Hornaday Outstanding Faculty Award / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
Charlotte Cruce Hornaday Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Agriculture Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Computer Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Systems Scholarship / Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
Dan & Charlotte Hornaday Deb<strong>at</strong>e & Forensics Endowment / Mr. and Mrs. Daniel<br />
Hornaday<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Music Excellence Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Residence Life Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday<br />
James A. Hudson Scholarship / James A. Hudson Memorial Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Jim Huey Scholarship / Family, Friends and Colleagues<br />
Henry B. Humphry Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Lamar Hunter Scholarship / The Reinhart Family<br />
Lamar Hunter Veterans and N<strong>at</strong>ional Guard Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker<br />
and Coker Book Account<br />
Dean and Mrs. James H. Hutchinson Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jackson<br />
James H. and Elva B. Hutchinson Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Dr. James H. Hutchinson, Jr.<br />
Dr. C. Lewis & Wanda W. Hy<strong>at</strong>t Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Charlotte Hy<strong>at</strong>t McGarr &<br />
Mr. C. Lewis Hy<strong>at</strong>t, Jr.<br />
Indoor Practice Facility Endowed Maintenance Fund / Mr. Quintus Crews<br />
Brigadier General Wesley Jacobs Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker<br />
Book Account<br />
Veneta E. and Louis Richard James Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. James<br />
Loran L. Johnson Endowed Scholarship / Mississippi Marine Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion and other<br />
individuals known as “Loran’s Boys”<br />
Virginia M. Ryan Jones Memorial Nursing Scholarship / Dr. C. Morrell Jones and Family<br />
and Friends<br />
Kingwood Forestry Scholarship / Proceeds from sale <strong>of</strong> Lake <strong>Monticello</strong> maps<br />
Robert C. Kirst Agriculture Scholarship / <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Agriculture Alumni Society<br />
Grady and Myrtle Burks Knowles Scholarship / Mrs. Myrtle Burks Knowles<br />
Timothy Ku Scholarship / Mr. Lawrence A. Ku and Mr. Albert Ku<br />
Victoria Ku Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences, Former Students,<br />
Friends and Family<br />
Curtis W. Kyle Family Scholarship / Mr. Curtis W. Kyle, Jr.<br />
Curtis W. Kyle, Sr. Forestry Scholarship / Mr. Curtis W. Kyle, Jr.<br />
Fred H. Lang Forestry Scholarship / Mrs. Elizabeth S. Lang<br />
Leslie Larance Elementary Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Award / Family and Friends<br />
Randall Leister Scholarship / Friends<br />
A.D. and Nellie Leonard Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Leonard<br />
Willis “Convoy” Leslie Scholarship / Former Teamm<strong>at</strong>es, Former Football Players and<br />
Members <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Arkansas</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ional Guard<br />
Gerald and Sue Majors Endowed Scholarship / Trinity Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Robert W.D. Marsh Scholarship / Mrs. Demaris Marsh<br />
Martin -Wiscaver Endowed Scholarship / Dr. Jesse M. Coker<br />
M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics Scholarship / Anonymous<br />
M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics-Physics Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
Betty A. M<strong>at</strong>thews Women’s Athletics Scholarship / Dr. Betty A. M<strong>at</strong>thews<br />
J. M. and Annie Mae M<strong>at</strong>thews Scholarship / Mrs. J. M. M<strong>at</strong>thews, Sr., Ms. Jane M<strong>at</strong>thews<br />
Evans and Mr. Jim M<strong>at</strong>thews<br />
Tommy M<strong>at</strong>thews Athletic Scholarship / Tommy and P<strong>at</strong> M<strong>at</strong>thews, Bynum M<strong>at</strong>thews and<br />
Ann M<strong>at</strong>thews Jones<br />
Virginia Lee Maxwell Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Maxwell and Family<br />
Pauline J. and Zach McClendon, Sr. Scholarship / Union Bank & Trust Company<br />
Elizabeth Culbertson McDaniel Scholarship / CMD. Noel Waymon McDaniel and Mr.<br />
Noel A. McDaniel<br />
Noel Waymon and LaFran H. McDaniel Scholarship / Mr. Noel Waymon and Mrs. LaFran<br />
H. McDaniel<br />
James and Nellie McDonald Scholarship in Memory <strong>of</strong> David Michael Stapp / Chicot<br />
Irrig<strong>at</strong>ion, Inc.-Lake Village, James and Nellie McDonald, Glen and Beverly Rowe, Rick<br />
and Linda Rowe, Mike and Cindy McDonald<br />
Paul C. McDonald Memorial Scholarship / Ms. Betty McDonald, Dr. James McDonald, Mr.<br />
Garrett Vogel, and Dr. Betsy Boze<br />
Thomas McGill Scholarship / Mr. Thomas W. McGill<br />
Thomas McGill Forestry Scholarship / Mr. Thomas W. McGill<br />
Cecil McNiece Family Scholarship Fund / Mrs. Virginia McNiece and Family<br />
Willard G. Mears Est<strong>at</strong>e Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Mears<br />
Miller Sisters Scholarship - Educ<strong>at</strong>ion / Miss Jessie W. Miller<br />
Miller Sisters Scholarship -Science / Miss Jessie W. Miller<br />
Minnie May M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t Business Scholarship / Ms. Minnie May M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t<br />
Ruth and Wells M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t Forestry Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Wells M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t<br />
Walter A. and Myrtle Wells M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t Scholarship / Wells and Ruth M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t, Walter A. M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t,<br />
Jr., Minnie May M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t and P<strong>at</strong>tie M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t<br />
Dr. Walter A. M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t, Jr. Scholarship / Ms. Minnie May M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t and Ms. P<strong>at</strong>tie P. M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong> Associ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> Life Underwriters / <strong>Monticello</strong> Associ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> Life Underwriters<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong> High School Class <strong>of</strong> 1965 Scholarship / The MHS Class <strong>of</strong> 1965<br />
William E. Morgan-Weevil Pond Endowment / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> William E. Morgan<br />
Juanita Louise Moss Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Kermit C. Moss Scholarship / Family and Friends <strong>of</strong> Kermit C. Moss<br />
P. E. and Melba Munnerlyn Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Munnerlyn<br />
Charles H. Murphy, Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Deltic Timber Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Jim Neeley Scholarship / Mr. Jim Neeley<br />
D. John Nichols Scholarship / Mr. D. John Nichols and Mississippi Marine Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Loyal V. Norman Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sowell<br />
Velma Ashcraft Norman Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sowell<br />
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Dale Oliver Forestry Scholarship / Mr. James H. Hamlen<br />
Al Peer Kappa Alpha Psi Alumni Scholarship / Mr. Jerry Bingham and Kappa Alpha Psi<br />
Alumni<br />
Merle and Deloris Peterson Scholarship / Merle and Deloris Peterson, Friends and Associ<strong>at</strong>es<br />
in the Dumas, <strong>Arkansas</strong>, Community<br />
Phi Sigma Chi Memorial Award / Phi Sigma Chi alumnae and friends<br />
B. C. Pickens Endowed Scholarship / B. C. Pickens Trust<br />
Bub and Beulah Pinkus Scholarship / The Pinkus Family<br />
Emeline Killiam Pope, Sally Pope Wood, and Velma Wood Powell Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e<br />
<strong>of</strong> Velma Wood Powell<br />
John Porter and Mary Sue Price Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. John Porter Price<br />
R. David Ray Deb<strong>at</strong>e and Forensics Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> Arts and Humanities, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
Russ Reynolds Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Russell Reynolds, Family and Friends<br />
Randy Risher Fitness Scholarship / Mr. Randy Risher and Friends<br />
Raymond O. & Loretta J. Roiger Chi Iota Sigma Scholarship / Dr. James Roiger<br />
James Roiger Computer Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Systems Scholarship / Dr. James Roiger<br />
James F. Roiger Endowed Fund for Library Acquisitions / Dr. James Roiger<br />
Ross Found<strong>at</strong>ion Endowed Scholarship - Forestry / The Ross Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Ross Found<strong>at</strong>ion Endowed Scholarship - General / The Ross Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
James A. & Mabel (Molly) H. Ross Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Ross &<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ross, Jr.<br />
Calvin V. Rowe Award / Mr. Calvin V. Rowe<br />
Bennie F. Ryburn, Sr. Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Cecil R. Scaife Scholarship / Mrs. Cecil Scaife and Children<br />
Thomas Robie Scott, Jr. Scholarship / Mrs. Opal Scott, Mr. Thomas Scott III, Mr. Michael<br />
Robert Scott and Mr. Phillip Roland Scott<br />
Elwood Shade Forest Resources Scholarship / Mr. Elwood Shade<br />
Simmons First Bank <strong>of</strong> South <strong>Arkansas</strong> Scholarship / Simmons First Bank <strong>of</strong> South<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
Herman C. Steelman Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ical and N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences, Former<br />
Students and Friends<br />
Harry H. Stevens Nursing Scholarship / Bradley County Medical Center<br />
*Roy and Christine Sturgis / The Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educ<strong>at</strong>ional Trust<br />
Fred and Janice Taylor Scholarship / Friends <strong>of</strong> <strong>UAM</strong><br />
Jack H. Tharp Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Tharp<br />
Carolyn Hibbs Thompson Chemistry Scholarship / The Don Thompson Family & Thompson<br />
Electric Co.<br />
Horace E. Thompson Scholarship / Members <strong>of</strong> UCT, Family and Friends<br />
George E. Townsend Mass Communic<strong>at</strong>ion Scholarship / Mr. George E. Townsend<br />
George and Betty Townsend Journalism Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. George E. Townsend<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> Alumni and Friends Endowed Scholarship / <strong>UAM</strong> Alumni and Friends<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> Campus Scholarship / <strong>UAM</strong> Faculty and Staff<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> Forestry Alumni Scholarship / <strong>UAM</strong> Forestry Alumni<br />
Richard Wallace Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Lee Wallick Band Scholarship / Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr., Friends and Former Band Students<br />
Dr. Paul Allen Wallick, Sr. Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Peggy Wallick Scholarship / Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr., Family, Friends and Former Students<br />
Carroll E. Walls Sr. and Colleen S. Walls Forestry Scholarship / Carroll and Colleen Walls<br />
Webb-Carter Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter<br />
Bill and Marilyn Webb Forest Resources Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Kent<br />
Webb and <strong>Monticello</strong> Church <strong>of</strong> Christ<br />
Maurice and Minnie Chambers Webb Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Bill Webb, Mr. and Mrs.<br />
Kent Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Banwarth<br />
West-Walden Family Scholarship / Dr. Louis J. and Mrs. Carol West James<br />
George White Golf Award / Family and Friends<br />
James M. White Memorial Scholarship / Deltic Farm & Timber Co., Inc., Family and Friends<br />
James M. White Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship / Deltic Farm & Timber Co., Inc., Family and Friends<br />
John W. White Forestry Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Trannye O. White<br />
Sara Horn Wigley Memorial Scholarship / Sam Wigley Family and Charles & Donna Bell<br />
Family<br />
**Larry Willett Scholarship / Family, Co-workers and Friends<br />
Samuel A. Williams Scholarship / Mr. Sam W. Denison<br />
Earl Willis Scholarship / Family, Friends and Drew Central Alumni<br />
Anne Wilson Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Dr. George F. Wynne, Sr. Scholarship / Mrs. M<strong>at</strong>ilda Wynne<br />
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Dr. David M. Yocum Family Endowed Scholarship / Dr. David Yocum, Jr. and Mr. David<br />
Yocum, IV<br />
Madge Youree Scholarship / School <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion, Family and Friends<br />
*Held by the Institution / **Held by the UA Agricultural Development Council<br />
ACTIVE ENDOWMENTS<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> SAF / Ouachita Society <strong>of</strong> American Foresters & <strong>Arkansas</strong> Division <strong>of</strong> Ouachita<br />
Society <strong>of</strong> American Foresters<br />
Dr. Ed Bacon Scholarship / Ms. Isabel Bacon<br />
C. H. Barnes Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Kelly Bashaw Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Bramlett Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Morris Bramlett<br />
Gene Brown Memorial Baseball Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
Montre Bulloch “Angel” Scholarship / William C. Bulloch Family<br />
Troy and Betty Davis Scholarship / Andy and April Davis, Mr. Kent Davis and Friends<br />
Charles Fred and Laura Lee Stephenson Dearman Scholarship / Chuck and Cindy Dearman,<br />
David and Ashley Dearman<br />
Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert Scholarship / Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert and Friends<br />
Charles Hawkins Memorial Fund / Family<br />
Jack Jordan Golf Scholarship / Friends<br />
E. Wesley McCoy Scholarship / Ouachita-Saline Surveying and Mr. Mike Miley<br />
Ernest and Mary McFarland Scholarship / Mary I. McFarland<br />
Arhia Raymond Melton and Mildred Richardson Melton Scholarship / Est<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> W. F.<br />
Chumney<br />
Al Peer Kappa Alpha Psi Alumni Scholarship / Mr. Jerry Bingham and Kappa Alpha Psi<br />
Alumni<br />
Rison High School Scholarship / Jasper Calaway, Rison Business Community and Friends<br />
E. R. “Bob” Wall Scholarship / Mrs. Sara Wall<br />
Robert W. Wiley Endowed Scholarship / Family and Friends<br />
LIFE INSURANCE<br />
Phillip Pierini / Mr. Phillip Pierini<br />
Tim Pruitt / Mr. Timothy R. Pruitt<br />
Gus “Bubba” Pugh, Jr. / Mr. Gus “Bubba” Pugh, Jr.<br />
Guy “Butch” Sabb<strong>at</strong>ini, Jr. / Mr. Butch Sabb<strong>at</strong>ini, Jr.<br />
Johnny Hooks / Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hooks<br />
CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll E. Walls, Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kim L. Mitchell<br />
ANNUAL AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS<br />
Hunter Bell Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Jim Manning<br />
BKD Accounting Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Award / BKD, LLP<br />
Commercial Bank Business Award / Commercial Bank<br />
Judge Bill Daniels Scholarship / Bill Daniels<br />
Farmers Grain Terminal Award / Farmers Grain Terminal<br />
Georgia-Pacific Crossett Paper Oper<strong>at</strong>ions Award / Georgia-Pacific<br />
Jewell Minnis Scholarship / Jewell Minnis Trust<br />
Lucille Moseley Memorial Scholarship / Family and friends<br />
Linda Pinkus Scholarship / Mr. Lester Pinkus, Lee Pinkus & Ladd Pinkus<br />
James & Venie Ann Powell Scholarship / James & Venie Ann Powell Fund<br />
Congressman Mike Ross Scholarship / Congressman & Mrs. Mike Ross<br />
A. O. Tucker Memorial Scholarship / Mrs. Glenda Carol Tucker Baker<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Management Accountants Scholarship / <strong>UAM</strong> student chapter <strong>of</strong> the<br />
IMA<br />
Wallace Trust Scholarship / Wallace Trust
CUrrent FoUnDAtIon DonorS<br />
The <strong>UAM</strong> Found<strong>at</strong>ion donors list includes<br />
alumni, friends and other contributors whose<br />
gifts were received January 1 – August 31,<br />
<strong>2011</strong>. Please report any corrections to the<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> Advancement Office <strong>at</strong> (870)460-1028<br />
or to Roxanne Smith <strong>at</strong> smithrr@uamont.edu<br />
Unity & Movement Club<br />
$2,500 or more<br />
Mr. Jay Baker<br />
Mrs. Maxine Clippert<br />
Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Cle<strong>at</strong>ous J. Hall<br />
Ms. Carolyn G. Hancock<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Handly<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hornaday<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Lassiter<br />
Dr. Betty A. M<strong>at</strong>thews<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Maxwell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Phillips<br />
Mr. Lester Pinkus<br />
Dr. Jeffrey H. Reinhart<br />
Mr. Randy and Dr. Neela Risher<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny H. Smith<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Eric Sundell<br />
Mrs. Rhonda Crews Woodruff<br />
Galaxy Club<br />
$1,000-$2,499<br />
Mrs. Glenda Carol Baker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Barron<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Erik Brezee<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crossett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Dearman, Sr.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Fakouri<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Gibson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gibson<br />
Mr. Tommy L. Hooks<br />
Dr. Carl B. Johnston<br />
Mr and Mrs. Fred Leonard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Majors<br />
Hilda M. Malpica<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Noel A. McDaniel<br />
Mark A. Normand<br />
Mrs. Joyce O’Neal<br />
Dr. James F. Roiger<br />
Congressman and Mrs. Mike Ross<br />
Ms. Elois G. Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jon<strong>at</strong>han R. Wall<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scotty D. W<strong>at</strong>kins<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Webb<br />
Mrs. Marilyn R. Webb<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Williams<br />
Emerald Club<br />
$500-$999<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Ed Bacon<br />
Mr. Maurice J. Baker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Berry<br />
Karen Guynn Brezee<br />
Mrs. June M. Carter<br />
Dr. and Mrs. David Denson<br />
Mr. William E. Dixon (LtCol USAF Ret)<br />
Ms. Tawanda Eugene<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gandy, Sr.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Dexter E. Gulledge<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Manning<br />
Ms. Kelly Murphy<br />
Mrs. Deloris Peterson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dirk Pulliam<br />
Dr. John Warren Ramsey<br />
Mr. Lowell C. Reed<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Richardson, Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Saffold<br />
Ms. Libby Sands<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John V. Tedesco<br />
Mr. Ted D. Thompson<br />
Mrs. Mary Jo Tucker<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wiley<br />
Loyalty Club<br />
$200-$499<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Adair<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Akin<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Paul H. Ayres<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Morris Bramlett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Block, Sr.<br />
Mrs. Louise Burke<br />
Mr. Buddy Carson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John David Carter<br />
Mr. Raymond C. Chao<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Conque<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar L. Culpepper<br />
Mr. Jereal P. Dillon<br />
Mr. Ben R. Dunlap<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fisackerly<br />
Ms. Tasha Franklin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Byron A. Galloway<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Glover<br />
Ms. Pamela D. Gouner<br />
Mr. Barry H. Haas<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby R. Harper<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Harris<br />
Col. And Mrs. (Ret.) Byron P. Howlett, Jr.<br />
Mr. James A. Hudgins<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. James<br />
Mr. Billy H. Majors<br />
Mrs. Angela J. Marsh<br />
Mr and Mrs. Eugene Mazzanti<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mike McGinnis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kent L. McRae<br />
Mr. Isaac Ogle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Pace<br />
Mrs. M<strong>at</strong>ti J. Palluconi<br />
Mr. Donald S. Pearson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. R. David Ray<br />
Mr. James Rice<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Russell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Selby<br />
Mr. Thomas P. Slavin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tim H. Smith<br />
Mrs. Janet Staudinger<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Whiting<br />
Century Club<br />
$100-$199<br />
Mrs. Joy D. Akin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Appleberry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Beckham<br />
Mrs. Mary R. Bellott<br />
Mr. and Mrs. M. Hamilton Bitely<br />
Dr. Gregory Borse<br />
Dr. Debbie Bryant<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bulloch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bullock<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. Carson<br />
Rep. and Mrs. Eddie Che<strong>at</strong>ham<br />
Mrs. Mimi Herring Ciarletta<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Youles D. Clark<br />
Dr. Jesse M. Coker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cooper<br />
Mrs. Mary L. Cooper<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Cravens<br />
Mrs. Vernelle Crews<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Crossley<br />
Ms. Sandra J. Davies<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Davis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Davis<br />
Ms. Charlotte Denton<br />
Mr. L. Ray Downs<br />
Ms. Linda S. Ellis<br />
Ms. P<strong>at</strong>ricia A. Ewens<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Fakouri<br />
Mrs. Christine Felts<br />
Mr. Roy L. Garlington<br />
Dr. Robert Graber<br />
Ms. P<strong>at</strong>ricia Sellers Hampton<br />
Mr. Bruno Hanke<br />
Ms. Lynn Harris<br />
Ms. Ella M. Helm<br />
Ms. Mary Lean Hollins<br />
Mrs. Vashti L. Holt<br />
Mr. Ernest A. Howard<br />
Mr. William Hud Jackson<br />
Ms. Mary A. Johnson<br />
Acxiom<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ive Plant Society<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Seed Dealers Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> Superior Federal Credit<br />
Union<br />
Bulloch, Inc.<br />
Commercial Bank & Trust Co.<br />
Davis Building Inc.<br />
DCHS Class <strong>of</strong> ‘61<br />
DMC Construction LLC<br />
Employers Staffing Services, Inc.<br />
ExxonMobil Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Farmer’s Grain Terminal<br />
Freedman Metals, Inc.<br />
Ganesha Hospitality, LLC<br />
J.M. Davidson, Inc.<br />
Jackson’s Bayou Boys<br />
KTM Co<strong>at</strong>ing Technologies, Inc.<br />
Leesco, Inc.<br />
Lubrizol Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Martin Knee & Sports Medicine<br />
Center, PA<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Jones<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy D. Jones<br />
Dr. and Mrs B.J. Jordan<br />
Ms. Cynthia A. Kimbrell<br />
Ms. Mary Ann King<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Kuttenkuler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lansdale<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Light<br />
Mayor and Mrs. Allen W. Maxwell, Jr.<br />
Ms. Carolyn Minson<br />
Ms. Jean Ann Moles<br />
Ms. P<strong>at</strong>ricia Nicholson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy D. Parker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Pennington<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Pennington<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Prestridge<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dustin Prince<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dick E. Reynolds<br />
Ms. Marye D. Rogers<br />
Ms. Linda Herrington Rushing<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Savage<br />
Mrs. Charlotte T. Schexnayder<br />
Ms. Erin Selby<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Kent Skinner<br />
Mr. Thomas P. Springer<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Robert Stark, Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Summerford<br />
Mr. Jim Trimm<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Walt<br />
Dr and Mrs. Robert Weih<br />
Mr and Mrs. Cedric E. Williams<br />
Mr. Robert L. Williams<br />
Mr. James W. Willis<br />
BUSINESS / ORGANIZATION DONORS<br />
Maxwell Hardwood Flooring<br />
Merchants & Farmers Bank<br />
Oak Grove Assembly <strong>of</strong> God<br />
Ocean Marine Contractors Inc<br />
Oklahoma United Methodist<br />
Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Phoenix Youth & Family Services<br />
Price Services, Inc.<br />
Ralph McQueen & Co., LTD.<br />
Randy Risher Fitness, Inc.<br />
Risher Fitness Management, Inc.<br />
Ryburn Motor Company<br />
Simmons First Bank <strong>of</strong> South Ark<br />
South <strong>Arkansas</strong> Rehabilit<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Spectra Energy Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
St<strong>at</strong>e Farm Companies Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Stephenson-Dearman Funeral<br />
Home<br />
Texas Instruments Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Truck & Trailer Services, Inc.<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Management<br />
Accountants<br />
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The Centennial Circle<br />
As part <strong>of</strong> the university’s 100th birthday celebr<strong>at</strong>ion. <strong>UAM</strong> is seeking pledges <strong>of</strong> $10,000 each to be used to cre<strong>at</strong>e<br />
a $1 million unrestricted endowment for the <strong>UAM</strong> Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fund. Earnings from this endowment will be used<br />
on an annual basis to meet priority needs <strong>of</strong> the university. These priorities will be determined by a joint committee <strong>of</strong><br />
administr<strong>at</strong>ion, faculty, and students. None <strong>of</strong> the endowment earnings will be used to augment salaries. Members <strong>of</strong><br />
The Centennial Circle have their names, or the names <strong>of</strong> whomever they design<strong>at</strong>e, inscribed on the Centennial Clock<br />
Tower.<br />
If you would like to be part <strong>of</strong> The Centennial Circle, we encourage you to contact the <strong>UAM</strong> Office <strong>of</strong> Advancement,<br />
<strong>at</strong> (800) 467-8148 or (870) 460-1028.<br />
Mike & Susan Akin<br />
Joe Bob & Missy Allaire<br />
Hoyt & Susan Andres<br />
Elizabeth (Libby) Annulis<br />
Barbara & Claude Babin<br />
Pervis & Mary Nell Ballew<br />
Mike & P<strong>at</strong>sy Berry<br />
John <strong>Fall</strong>s Bowen (by William H. &<br />
Constance Bowen)<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Alaga H. & Myrtle I. Boyd (by<br />
Robert & Faye Boyd)<br />
Marty & Erma Brutscher<br />
The Bulloch Family - Bud, Carole, Liz,<br />
Sarah<br />
Kelton & Betty Busby<br />
Paul R. & June Webb Carter<br />
James & Sue C<strong>at</strong>hey<br />
Steven L. C<strong>at</strong>hey M.D.<br />
Dr. Tim & Paige Chase<br />
The Centennial Class <strong>of</strong> 2009<br />
Jesse & Ernestine Coker<br />
Quentious A. Crews (by Jim & Rhonda<br />
Crews Woodruff)<br />
Van & Eula Mae Cruce (by Dan & Charlotte<br />
Hornaday)<br />
Crossett Alumni & Friends<br />
Dumas Alumni & Friends<br />
David B. & Nancy Kyle Eberdt (by<br />
Bobby & Kimberly Eberdt Edmonds)<br />
Anthony W. & C<strong>at</strong>hy H. Fakouri<br />
Victor Felley, Ark. A. & M. Trustee (by<br />
Wayne & Mellie Jo Owen)<br />
First N<strong>at</strong>ional Bank <strong>of</strong> McGehee<br />
The Frazer Family<br />
Jean C. & Oscar F. Frisby<br />
Lewis & Wanda Gardner - Lone Star<br />
St<strong>at</strong>ion / Boll Weevil Café<br />
Centennial Circle Members<br />
Barbara Blanks G<strong>at</strong>hen (by the <strong>UAM</strong><br />
African American Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
family & friends)<br />
Jerry, June, Jay & Judd Gibson<br />
Lisa & Cliff Gibson<br />
John W., Martha (McDougald), John, Jr.<br />
& Mark Gibson<br />
Diane Suitt Gilleland<br />
Rev. Shay & Mrs. Sherrie Gillespie<br />
Dwight & Linda Teague Goodwin (by<br />
Randy Risher, Mark Risher and Roger<br />
Teague)<br />
John DeWitt Halstead (by Harry E.<br />
“Pete” Halstead)<br />
Jim & Betty Jo Hardy Hercher<br />
Frank D. Hickingbotham<br />
Dan & Charlotte Cruce Hornaday<br />
John & Nora Hornaday (by Dan & Charlotte<br />
Hornaday)<br />
President Frank Horsfall & Margaret<br />
Vaulx Horsfall (by Dr. & Mrs. Gordon<br />
D. G<strong>at</strong>es)<br />
Dr. Louis J. & Carol West James<br />
J. Chester Johnson<br />
Dr. Carl Briner Johnston<br />
Jordan Family - James T., Bonnie, Terry,<br />
Jerry & Cindy<br />
Don E. & Joyce M. King<br />
Curtis W. Kyle, Jr.<br />
Judy & Jack Lassiter<br />
The Carl F. Lucky, Jr. Family<br />
Carol & Weaver L. Majors<br />
Gerald & Sue Majors<br />
Kenneth, Sharon, & Jennifer Mann<br />
Dot & M.L. Mann<br />
Bryan & Dr. Sue S. Martin<br />
Dr. Betty A. M<strong>at</strong>thews<br />
Allen & Dana Maxwell<br />
Noel Waymon McDaniel (by Noel A.<br />
McDaniel & Marlene Ballard)<br />
Julian W., Sr. & Jean Mettetal (by Wayne<br />
Mettetal, Sherry Mettetal Woods,<br />
Ted Mettetal, Mike Mettetal, and<br />
Mary Ellen Mettetal McAllister)<br />
Thomas V. & Sarah Beth Burchfield<br />
Maxwell<br />
Kim Lloyd Mitchell<br />
M<strong>of</strong>f<strong>at</strong>t Family - Walter, Jr., Wells, Ruth,<br />
Minnie May & P<strong>at</strong>tie<br />
Lamar G. Moore<br />
Jim Neeley<br />
Donetta F. McGriff, RN (by Ray & Misty<br />
Paschall)<br />
D. John Nichols<br />
J. C. & Carolyn Crain Nichols<br />
Jeff & Sallie Owyoung<br />
R. David & Loyce Ray (by Dr. & Mrs. B.<br />
Alan Sugg)<br />
Richard & Eddye Ann Reinhart<br />
Jeffrey Hunter Reinhart, MD<br />
Randy & Neela Risher<br />
Bennie F. Ryburn, Sr. & Virginia M. Ryburn<br />
(by Commercial Bank & Trust<br />
Co/First St<strong>at</strong>e Bank <strong>of</strong> Warren)<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Ryburn<br />
Margaret Horsfall Schadler & Harvey<br />
Walter Schadler<br />
Johnny & Linda Smith<br />
Tom & Dianne Springer<br />
G. Warren Stephenson<br />
Jean & Alan Sugg<br />
Jack D. & Ted D. Thompson<br />
Union Bank & Trust Company<br />
Joseph Wallace Trust<br />
Terri Wolfe - Beth Thurman<br />
Jimmie & Linda Yeiser
The <strong>UAM</strong> / Eric Sundell<br />
Herbarium Project<br />
T he<br />
<strong>UAM</strong> / Eric Sundell Herbarium Project is a vital part<br />
<strong>of</strong> the university’s commitment to excellence in science<br />
and science educ<strong>at</strong>ion. Part <strong>of</strong> th<strong>at</strong> commitment includes the<br />
construction <strong>of</strong> a new Botanical Research Center and Herbarium<br />
for the study <strong>of</strong> plants. The Herbarium will be named for Dr. Eric<br />
Sundell, pr<strong>of</strong>essor emeritus, in honor <strong>of</strong> his role in developing<br />
the <strong>UAM</strong> herbarium collection.<br />
The new center will house:<br />
• DNA research being conducted by <strong>UAM</strong> faculty and students;<br />
• Labor<strong>at</strong>ory space for use in botany and biology classes;<br />
• An herbarium to house more than 27,000 c<strong>at</strong>alogued plant<br />
specimens, including more than 600 speciments representing<br />
rare plants and species <strong>of</strong> special concern;<br />
• A greenhouse for study and research;<br />
• A library and conference room.<br />
The Botanical Research Center and Herbarium will gre<strong>at</strong>ly<br />
enhance scientific research and educ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> <strong>UAM</strong>. In addition to<br />
housing the <strong>University</strong>’s collection <strong>of</strong> c<strong>at</strong>alogued plant specimens,<br />
labor<strong>at</strong>ory areas will allow expansion <strong>of</strong> current botanical research<br />
utilizing DNA technology to identify, name, and classify plants and<br />
FoUnDAtIon neWS<br />
algae. The center’s library will provide inform<strong>at</strong>ion on the historical<br />
uses <strong>of</strong> cultiv<strong>at</strong>ed plants as well as technical inform<strong>at</strong>ion on the introduction,<br />
spread, and control <strong>of</strong> exotic plants and invasive species.<br />
The facility will also include a demonstr<strong>at</strong>ion garden which will serve<br />
as a resource for local gardeners.<br />
Projects <strong>of</strong> this type require resources to make them happen, and<br />
th<strong>at</strong>’s where you come in. If you would like to make a tax-deductible<br />
don<strong>at</strong>ion to this new facility, contact the Office <strong>of</strong> Advancement <strong>at</strong><br />
(870) 460-1028. An investment in educ<strong>at</strong>ion is always a good one!<br />
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J. Mike Phillips (BS ‘80), has been selected as the new head <strong>of</strong> the Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Plant and Soil Sciences <strong>at</strong> Mississippi St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong>. Phillips has been<br />
the chair <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> Agricultural Sciences <strong>at</strong> Morehead St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong><br />
in Kentucky since 2007. Before his appointment <strong>at</strong> Morehead, Phillips served as<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> agronomy and director for the Southwest Research and Extension<br />
Center <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong>. “Dr. Phillips has an extensive background in<br />
teaching, research and Extension,” said George Hopper, interim dean <strong>of</strong> the College<br />
<strong>of</strong> Agriculture and Life Sciences. “His leadership capabilities will be invaluable<br />
to the plant and soil sciences department.”<br />
Phillips earned his doctor<strong>at</strong>e and master’s degrees in agronomy from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong>.<br />
He obtained his bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>. Phillips<br />
has been the recipient <strong>of</strong> numerous awards and honors and was elected vice chair <strong>of</strong> the Agri-<br />
Energy component <strong>of</strong> the Governor’s Task Force on the Future <strong>of</strong> Agriculture in Kentucky.<br />
The Department <strong>of</strong> Plant and Soil Sciences is part <strong>of</strong> the College <strong>of</strong> Agriculture and Life Sciences.<br />
Many <strong>of</strong> the department’s faculty hold appointments with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry<br />
Experiment St<strong>at</strong>ion and the MSU Extension Service. The department <strong>of</strong>fers undergradu<strong>at</strong>e and gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
programs in agronomy and horticulture. It is home to the <strong>University</strong> Florist and the golf and sports<br />
turf management concentr<strong>at</strong>ion within the agronomy major.<br />
In addition to teaching programs, the plant and soil sciences department conducts research and<br />
outreach in plant breeding and genetics, crop simul<strong>at</strong>ion, crop modeling, agronomy, soil sciences,<br />
crop physiology, weed science, turfgrass science, seed technology, and horticulture.<br />
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Larry Walther ‘70<br />
President Barack Obama has nomin<strong>at</strong>ed Larry W. Walther (BS ‘70) to the board<br />
<strong>of</strong> directors <strong>of</strong> the Export-Import Bank <strong>of</strong> the United St<strong>at</strong>es.<br />
Walther was the Director <strong>of</strong> the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)<br />
from March 2008 to January 2009. Immedi<strong>at</strong>ely prior, he served for over three years<br />
as the Executive Director <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Economic Development<br />
(ADED). Walther had a 30-year career with SBC Communic<strong>at</strong>ions, now AT&T. Starting<br />
as a switching engineer for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, he concluded<br />
his career <strong>at</strong> SBC as the Vice President for Corpor<strong>at</strong>e Services and Chairman <strong>of</strong> the<br />
SBC Found<strong>at</strong>ion. Walther holds a bachelor <strong>of</strong> science degree in m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics from <strong>UAM</strong>.<br />
Marsha Miller ‘05<br />
Marsha Miller (BSN ’05, MSN, RN), completed the Family Nurse Practitioner<br />
Program <strong>at</strong> Delta St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>University</strong> in May 2008, and passed the Family Nurse<br />
Practitioner (FNP) American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Certific<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Examin<strong>at</strong>ion in August 2008. Currently, Miller serves as <strong>Arkansas</strong> Nurses Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
(ARNA) District 02 President over Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, & Drew<br />
counties, and also serves on the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Nurses Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Health care Policy<br />
Committee. Miller is also a member <strong>of</strong> the Southeast <strong>Arkansas</strong> Alumnae Chapter <strong>of</strong><br />
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc”.<br />
J. Mike Phillips ‘80<br />
1970-79<br />
David Leech (BS ’72) was appointed<br />
chairman <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Arkansas</strong> Higher Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Coordin<strong>at</strong>ing Board. Leech was<br />
selected for this position after 14 years <strong>of</strong><br />
continual service on the board. According<br />
to Leech, the goal <strong>of</strong> the board is to coordin<strong>at</strong>e<br />
the colleges and universities throughout<br />
the st<strong>at</strong>e as well as the presidents and<br />
chancellors.<br />
1980-89<br />
Jerry Bingham (BS ’80), former football<br />
standout, continues his retail management<br />
career with Bed B<strong>at</strong>h and Beyond<br />
as the oper<strong>at</strong>ions manager in Kansas City,<br />
Mo. Jerry and wife Sheron have recently<br />
celebr<strong>at</strong>ed their 30th wedding anniversary.<br />
2000-10<br />
Carole Ellen Wade (BA ’02) and Jeffrey<br />
Scott Morris were married on June 26 <strong>at</strong><br />
Safe Haven Church <strong>of</strong> Tuscaloosa, Ala.<br />
Brian R. Smith (BS ‘05) and Randi<br />
Marie Register were married on July 3 <strong>at</strong><br />
Phoenix West in Orange Beach, Ala.<br />
Justin Alan Neill (BA ’10) and Allison<br />
Marie Pace (BS ’08, MAT ’09) were<br />
married on July 22 <strong>at</strong> the home <strong>of</strong> Dale<br />
and Betty Hughes.<br />
Julienne Elizabeth Ross (BSN ’10) and<br />
Bobby Max Pennington were married on<br />
July 16 <strong>at</strong> Marlsg<strong>at</strong>e Plant<strong>at</strong>ion in Scott.<br />
<strong>2011</strong><br />
Shana Sheree Forrest (BSN ’11)<br />
and Jimmy DeWitt Bell were married on<br />
September 24 <strong>at</strong> the First United Methodist<br />
Church.<br />
Former Students<br />
Valerie Crane recently completed a book<br />
on raising children to be functional members<br />
in society. Crane is the administr<strong>at</strong>ive
assistant <strong>of</strong> Temple Christian Academy and<br />
is a staff member <strong>of</strong> the Gulf Coast Baptist<br />
College.<br />
M<strong>at</strong>t Courson walked across the First<br />
Mariner Arena Stage on May 23, <strong>2011</strong>, to<br />
receive his diploma from the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Maryland, Baltimore County. Courson was<br />
severely injured in an ATV accident five<br />
years ago and was not given much hope <strong>of</strong><br />
walking again. Courson is a former pitcher<br />
for the <strong>UAM</strong> baseball team.<br />
Friends<br />
Don and K<strong>at</strong>y Hartley <strong>of</strong> Hamburg<br />
celebr<strong>at</strong>ed their 50th wedding anniversary<br />
on August 30.<br />
Wee Weevil Bibs<br />
Lane Thomas Gibson born May 22,<br />
<strong>2011</strong>, to Brian (BS ’00) and Abby (BBA<br />
’04) Gibson <strong>of</strong> Selma.<br />
Dawson Sage Loyd born May 15, <strong>2011</strong>,<br />
to Chris (BBA ’01) and Sage (TC ’97)<br />
Loyd <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>.<br />
Jhett Charles Withers born June 13,<br />
<strong>2011</strong>, to Kerry (BS ’09) and Rachel (BA<br />
’09) <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>.<br />
Weddings <strong>at</strong> the Bell<br />
Get<br />
connected!<br />
The Victory Bell <strong>at</strong> Weevil Pond has become something <strong>of</strong> a wedding bell in the past year<br />
as former <strong>UAM</strong> students tie the knot on campus. Above, Micah B<strong>at</strong>eman and Cody Malone,<br />
and right, Blake Gilbert and Amanda Harrod were wed in separ<strong>at</strong>e ceremonies.<br />
Help us keep you informed about the<br />
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Send us your e-mail address and we’ll<br />
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Angie Clements, Randy Risher<br />
Join Alumni Board<br />
Angie Clements (BS ‘94) and Randy Risher (BS ‘89) are the newest<br />
members <strong>of</strong> the <strong>UAM</strong> Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion’s board <strong>of</strong> directors.<br />
Clements, formerly <strong>of</strong> Warren and now living in Little Rock, is now<br />
the n<strong>at</strong>ional sales director for Agrobotics, an agricultural technology<br />
firm specializing in mechanized production. Clements has 17 years<br />
experience in sales and marketing, including eight years with<br />
Viacom / CBS in Philadelphia and New York City. At <strong>UAM</strong>,<br />
Clements was the 1989 homecoming queen, active in the<br />
Special Olympics, and was a member <strong>of</strong> Alpha Sigma Alpha<br />
sorority and a Phi Lamda Chi Little Sister.<br />
Risher is one <strong>of</strong> five alumni selected to receive this<br />
year’s Alumni Award for Achievement and Merit. Founder<br />
and president <strong>of</strong> The Risher Companies <strong>of</strong> Houston, Tex.,<br />
Risher has built a successful business in corpor<strong>at</strong>e<br />
health and wellness. His business enterprises include<br />
Randy Risher Fitness, Inc., Risher Fitness Management,<br />
Risher Wellness and Risk Management, Risher Fitness<br />
Equipment, Lifestyle Directors, Inc., and Jenna Investments,<br />
LLC.<br />
For more inform<strong>at</strong>ion about your Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion,<br />
call the Office <strong>of</strong> Advancement <strong>at</strong> (870) 460-1028.<br />
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Ronald L. Anderson ’70 <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
City, August 19, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Claudette Ruth Lockhart Bagwell ‘64<br />
<strong>of</strong> Humphrey, June 10, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
James Orville Beard ’54 <strong>of</strong> Heber<br />
Springs, May 30, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
MaLinda Bradford ’91 <strong>of</strong> Eudora, June<br />
19, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Charles (Chuck) Campbell ’80 <strong>of</strong> Sherwood,<br />
April 12, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Sue Hendricks C<strong>at</strong>hey <strong>of</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong>,<br />
August 17, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Frank E. Clark, Jr. ’49 <strong>of</strong> Las Cruces,<br />
N.M., July 31, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Bob Dew <strong>of</strong> Pine Bluff, May 24, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Herbert E. Floriani <strong>of</strong> Alameda, Calif.,<br />
February 6, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Judith Lynn Thompson Garrett ’71 <strong>of</strong><br />
Minot, N.D., July 5, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Jack Hugh Harper ’51 <strong>of</strong> Rock Springs,<br />
July 12, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
David A. Henderson <strong>of</strong> San Francisco,<br />
Calif., June 6, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Friends We’ll Miss<br />
Floyd Edmond Hickam ’58 <strong>of</strong> Wilmar,<br />
July 27, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Orrell Lynn “Bo” Humphrey, Jr. ’53 <strong>of</strong><br />
Little Rock, April 9, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Dorothy Lynn Rauls Kirkland <strong>of</strong> West<br />
Memphis, Tenn., July 10, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Mary Louise Richter Langrell <strong>of</strong> Central<br />
City, Pa., June 15, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Helen Munn Lindsey <strong>of</strong> Pine Bluff, July<br />
22, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Kandra Nicola Miles <strong>of</strong> Hamburg, July<br />
27, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Rosalyn Verna Martin-Millet ’02 <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Monticello</strong>, June 4, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Joe McGough ‘78 <strong>of</strong> Mineola, Tex., May<br />
28, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Maurice Mitchell <strong>of</strong> Little Rock, April<br />
2, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Dr. Jack Ervin Mobley <strong>of</strong> Conway, July<br />
17, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Edward Lee Parham ’56 <strong>of</strong> Benton,<br />
August 21, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Linda Ply P<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> Pine Bluff, July 2,<br />
<strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Olive Wise Paulus <strong>of</strong> Warren, August 8,<br />
<strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Lois Irene Ross Simpson ’41 <strong>of</strong> Crossett,<br />
August 14, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Helen Faye Sullivan ’51 <strong>of</strong> White Hall,<br />
June 24, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Jerry Glenn Sullivent <strong>of</strong> Bearden, July<br />
13, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Robert A. Tolson, Sr. ’48 <strong>of</strong> Rison, July<br />
26, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Tarleton E. “Sonny” Vowell, Jr. ‘65 <strong>of</strong><br />
Lake Village, April 20, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
William Taylor Warner <strong>of</strong> Warren,<br />
August 23, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Zachary Caleb Wells <strong>of</strong> Ozark, August<br />
8, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Arthur Earl White <strong>of</strong> Memphis, Tenn.,<br />
May 28, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Corbit White <strong>of</strong> Huttig, September 11,<br />
2010.<br />
Veda Faye Gorman Williams <strong>of</strong> North<br />
Pl<strong>at</strong>te, Neb., May 4, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Wanda Lynn Williams <strong>of</strong> Alexander,<br />
May 11, <strong>2011</strong>.
The Class <strong>of</strong> ‘61<br />
Recognize anyone?<br />
Get in touch with your<br />
former classm<strong>at</strong>es <strong>at</strong> a<br />
reunion <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Arkansas</strong><br />
A&M Class <strong>of</strong> 1961. Join<br />
us for Homecoming on<br />
October 27-29 as we<br />
salute the Class <strong>of</strong> ‘61.<br />
For inform<strong>at</strong>ion call<br />
(870) 460-1028.<br />
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<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Arkansas</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Monticello</strong><br />
Alumni Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
P.O. Box 3597<br />
<strong>Monticello</strong>, AR 71656<br />
Homecoming 1960<br />
<strong>Arkansas</strong> A&M President Jack Mears COngr<strong>at</strong>ul<strong>at</strong>es 1960 Homecoming Queen Gail Godfrey Cobb While<br />
Boll Weevil Co-Captains Bobby Fowler (left) and Oscar Hollinger W<strong>at</strong>ch.