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Fall 2007

From the Chancellor
Fall is the best time of year to be on a college campus. There is a sense
of renewal, excitement and promise as a new group of freshmen join our returning
students to begin pursuit of a college degree. There’s something special about
watching young people spread their wings and move out on their own, and I continue
to be inspired by our older students who have decided to come back to college to
pursue their dreams of a better life.
The highlight of the fall semester, as always, is Homecoming and
I encourage you to come back to campus for the weekend of October
13 to renew old acquaintances and see for yourself the exciting
changes taking place at UAM. You will find the complete schedule
of Homecoming events in this issue of UAM Magazine. This year’s
celebration includes a reunion of the Class of 1957 and the 40th
anniversary of the African-American Alumni Association. Another
highlight of this year’s observance will be a breakfast for all of our
former All-Americans – and their coaches – in all sports. If you’re able
to join us for the entire weekend, we will recognize our All-Americans
at the UAM Sports Hall of Fame banquet on October 11, at the
A&M/UAM Alumni Dinner on October 12, and at halftime of the
Homecoming football game on October 13.
I congratulate the Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2007, which includes basketball
standouts Kelton Busby and Anita McChristian Harrod, football stars Melvin Beavers
and Anthony Brown, and the late Harry Denson, long-time track and cross country
coach. I am also pleased that Tommy Matthews has been selected to receive this year’s
UAM Spirit Award for his many years of service to our athletic program and to the
institution.
If you haven’t been on campus recently, I think you’ll be pleased with the changes
taking place. We are nearing completion of Phase I of the Campus Master Plan, which
includes the renovation, restoration and landscaping of Weevil Pond. Construction
crews are currently at work on major renovations to Wells Hall and Sorrells Hall,
two of the oldest buildings on campus, and we are making significant progress in
our fund-raising campaign to renovate existing athletic facilities and construct a new
indoor practice building at Convoy-Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium.
In addition, our Centennial Circle campaign is progressing and we are well
on our way to reaching our goal of $1 million to be used to create an unrestricted
endowment. Funds from this endowment will be used on an annual basis to meet
priority needs of the university.
I am also pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Morris Bramlett as dean of
the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences and Dr. Trey Berry recently joined
the faculty as dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
As we make plans for a busy fall, we hope you’ll take the opportunity to come back
to UAM for a visit. We look forward to seeing you.
On The Cover: Claude Babin saw UAM
through an accreditation crisis, integration,
and the merger with the University
of Arkansas.
UAM MAGAZINE, Volume 14, number
3, is published three times a year by the
University of Arkansas at Monticello, the
UAM Alumni Association, and the UAM
Foundation Fund. For information, you
may contact:
UAM Alumni Association
UAM Box 3520
Monticello, AR 71656
Jim Brewer, Editor
Director of Media Services
(870) 460-1074 (office)
(870) 460-1174 (FAX)
e-mail: brewer@uamont.edu
Linda Yeiser, Vice Chancellor for
Advancement
(870) 460-1028 (office)
(870) 460-1324 (FAX)
e-mail: yeiser@uamont.edu
If you want to find out what’s happening
on campus, or want to contact us about
something significant that’s happened in
your life, check out our website at www.
uamont.edu. When you reach the UAM
home page, just click on Alumni & Friends.
Let us know what you think. We welcome
your suggestions!
Alumni Association Board of Directors
President
Thomas Frazer ’93, Warren
Vice President
Rhonda Mullikin ’80, Star City
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Best Wishes,
H. Jack Lassiter
Chancellor
Directors
Wanda Jackson ’81, Monticello
Mark Tiner ’85, Monticello
Lynn Weatherford ’72, Dumas
Karla Wilson ’79, Rison

Fall 2007
4Welcome
Home
Take a look at what we’ve got
planned for you during UAM’s
2007 Homecoming Week.
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Claude Babin guided Arkansas
A&M and UAM through challenging
times in his 15 years as
the institution’s last president
and first chancellor.
Steady Leader
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A galaxy of stars is the best
way to describe the UAM
Sports Hall of Fame’s Class
of 2007.
Star
Power
Strike Up
The Band
It’s that time of year . . . football,
bands, and Homecoming! Make
plans now to return to UAM the
weekend of October 11-13 for
Homecoming 2007. You’ll find
a complete list of activities on
pages 4 and 5 of UAM Magazine.
6 On Campus
16 Sports
18 Campaign for Athletics
20 Technology
21 Foundation News
26 Centennial Circle
28 Alumni News
29 Snapshots
Fall 2007

Homecoming 2007
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On
Campus
Schedule of Events
Thursday, October 11
12:30 p.m. – Homecoming Parade / Parade begins at the Fine
Arts Center and concludes at the University Center.
3-5 p.m. – “Red” – Beyond Football, Jimmy “Red” Parker
book signing / Taylor Library and Technology Center Gallery.
5:30 p.m. – UAM Sports Hall of Fame Reception / Chancellor’s
Home, 471 University Drive.
6:30 p.m. – UAM Sports Hall of Fame Banquet / University
Center; tickets $30 per person; contact Jim Brewer at (870)
460-1074 or Bill Wisener at (870) 367-5334.
7 p.m. – Bonfire and Pep Rally / Fine Arts Center lawn.
Friday, October 12
11 a.m. – 44th annual Dr. Scott Boyd Memorial Golf Tournament
/ Monticello Country Club; two-person scramble,
$40 per team; contact Paul Griffin (870) 367-6892.
1:30-3:30 p.m. – Get Together for the Class of 1957 and
Friends / Home of Mr. & Mrs. William “Bud” Bulloch, 304
Crestwood.
4:30 p.m. – Dedication of Weevil Walk and the William E. Morgan
Fountain / At the Victory Bell west of Weevil Pond, weather
permitting; alternate location Adams Room in Harris Hall.
6 p.m. – Welcome Home Reception, A&M/UAM Alumni and
Friends / Chancellor’s Home, 471 University Drive.
7 p.m. – A&M/UAM Alumni Dinner / University Center; tickets
$15 per person; presentation of Alumni Awards for Achievement
and Merit, Continuing the Connection Award, and
Alumni Association Scholarships; recognition of A&M Class
of 1957 and All-Americans in all sports; performance by UAM
Jazz Band I. Advance reservations requested; call (870)460-
1028 or (800)467-8148 to RSVP.
Saturday, October 13
8:30-10 a.m. – A&M Class of 1957, 50th Reunion Breakfast
Fine Arts Center, Spencer Gallery. Contact Carrie Ashcraft
(870) 460-1028.
8:30-10 a.m. – A&M/UAM African-American Alumni, 40th
Anniversary Breakfast / Capitol Room, University Center; tickets
$20 in advance and at the door; contact Shay Gillespie (870)
367-2801 or Classie Jones-Green (870) 536-9159.
8:30-10 a.m. – A&M/UAM All-Americans in All Sports
Breakfast / University Center. Contact: Carrie Ashcraft (870)
460-1028.
10 a.m. – A&M/UAM Alumni, Greek Chapter Reunions
Tailgate area around Weevil Pond; contact: Lindsey Kight
(870) 460-1396.
10 a.m. – Alumni Softball Game / Softball Complex; contact
Coach Alvy Early (870) 460-1158.
11 a.m. – A&M/UAM Alumni Meet-and-Greet Reception
At the Victory Bell west of Weevil Pond, weather permitting;
alternate location Adams Room in Harris Hall.
11 a.m. – Agriculture Alumni Reunion / Agriculture Building.
11 a.m. – Tailgate Parties / Weevil Pond.
1 p.m. – Weevil Walk of Champions and Pep Rally / East of
Weevil Pond.
2:30 p.m. – Pre-game Ceremonies / Convoy Leslie-Cotton
Boll Stadium. Presentation of 2007 Homecoming Court and
Coronation of Homecoming Queen.
3 p.m. – Kick-off, UAM vs. North Alabama
Halftime – UAM Pride of Southeast Arkansas Band performance
/ Recognition of 2007 Sports Hall of Fame inductees
and All-Americans in all sports.
After the game – Annual Meet-and-Greet at the Home of
Mrs. Betty Davis / 1737 Hwy 35 W. Classes of 40’s & 50’s
and friends.
7 p.m. – Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 32nd annual Alumni
Fellowship / Sadie T. Johnson Community Building, Jordan
Park.
8 p.m. – A&M/UAM African-American Alumni Black and
White Ball / Black tie dinner, Drew County Fairgrounds
Auditorium. For ticket information Contact: Shay Gillespie
(870) 367-2801 or Classie Jones-Green (870) 536-9159.
Sunday, October 14
9 a.m. – A&M/UAM African-American Alumni and Friends
Worship Service / Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church,
East Oakland Street, Rev. Dr. Moses V. Goldmon, Class of ‘84.
For more information, contact Carrie Ashcraft, Director of Alumni Affairs at (800) 467-8148 or (870) 460-1028
Fall 2007

On Campus
New Dean
D
r. Morris Bramlett, professor of chemistry and a member of
the UAM faculty for 16 years, has been named dean of the
School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences.
Bramlett replaces Dr. John Annulis, who retired in May.
“We feel extremely fortunate to have Dr. Bramlett assume
leadership of the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences,”
said Provost R. David Ray. “The temptation when filling a position
like this one is to search everywhere for a replacement, but in this
case we didn’t have to look far. The most qualified candidate was
already here.”
Bramlett is a two-time winner of the UAM Faculty Excellence
Gold Award, presented annually to the school’s outstanding faculty
member. In addition to serving on the faculty, Bramlett is faculty
advisor for the pre-pharmacy program, a member of the pre-med
committee, honors council and athletic committee, and has served
as both NCAA faculty athletics representative and NCAA compliance
coordinator.
He is a past chairman of the Ouachita Valley Section of the
American Chemical Society and is a past winner of the A.W.
Cordes Teaching Award, presented to the outstanding graduate
teaching assistant by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
A native of Clinton, Arkansas, Bramlett holds a bachelor of
science degree in chemistry from Arkansas Tech and a Ph.D. in
organometallic chemistry from UA-Fayetteville.
Bramlett taught chemistry at UAM in 1991-92 and physical
science at Arkansas State-Beebe in 1992-93. He returned to UAM
as an assistant professor from 1993-97, associate professor from
1998-2005, and was named a full professor in 2005.
During a sabbatical from
UAM, Bramlett was
an NSF Research Site
for Educators in
Chemistry (RSEC) Fellow
and visiting faculty
in chemistry at the
University of Tennessee
in 2000, and
RSEC Fellow and
visiting faculty
in chemistry at
Berea College in 2001.
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Dr. Morris Bramlett
Campus Authors
novel about a 14-year-old girl
fighting through an uneasy Aadolescence and a monograph about
Quaker women in colonial America
represent the divergent writings of two
UAM faculty members.
Diane Payne, assistant professor
of English and director of the UAM
Writing Center, recently completed A
New Kind of Music, publised by Kristen
Bailey and available for $11.99 in
paperback at www.lulu.com.
The central character of Payne’s
novel is Layla, a 14-year-old girl
struggling to fit in at school and in
her community while trying to avoid
the embarrassment caused by her
“shock-jock” mother, the frequently
outrageous host of a punk-rock radio
show who will say anything on the air.
As a result, Layla rebels against typical
teenaged radio tastes and becomes a
fan of National Public Radio, much to
her mother’s chagrin.
A New Kind of Music is Payne’s
second novel. Her first novel, Burning
Tulips, was published in 2001 by Red
Hen Press. She has had essays, fiction
and poetry published in over 100 different
magazines.
Dr. Linda Webster, professor of
speech and journalism, is one of nine
authors who have contributed monographs
to the 10-volume book series A
Rhetorical History of the United States,
released this summer by the Michigan
State University Press.
Webster’s monograph, which
describes the oratorical tradition of
Quaker women as a key concept in the
era of colonial rhetoric, is included in
the first volume of the set, Rhetoric,
Religion, and the Roots of Identity in
British Colonial America.
“These women’s stories had everything,”
said Webster. “Blood, guts,
gibbets and nooses, threats and boiling
hot tar. Colonial era research is
more colorful than reading the
tabloids.”
Webster’s essay is titled
“Among Friends: Establishing an
Diane Payne
Oratorical Tradition among Quaker
Women in the Early Colonial Era.”
“Quakers were unique in allowing
women equal status with men in all
aspects of religious and secular life,”
Webster explained. “Even though they
were often separate spheres of worship
and philanthropy, women and men
had equal opportunity to speak in
meetings, testify on the town square,
and languish in jail.”
Webster spent the summer of 2006
at Haverford College in Haverford,
Pa., as a research fellow at the Quaker
archives.
“I look for original documents that
tell of daily life so that I can draw conclusions
about major events in religious
history,” she said. “The stories of the
women included in the monograph are
not just background to history. They
are history.”
Dr. Linda Webster

On
Campus
Teachers Wanted
B
illboards, radio commercials and
illustrations on chalkboards are
all part of an effort by the University
of Arkansas at Monticello’s School of
Education to recruit and retain quality
classroom teachers.
UAM began the campaign to answer
the critical shortage of classroom
teachers in Arkansas, particularly in
the southern and eastern portions of
the state. Much of the effort is being
financed by grants from the Arkansas
Department of Education, which
is engaged in a statewide effort to
improve teacher recruitment and retention.
Funding is also being provided
by the Education Renewal Zone to pay
for billboards and banners. UAM will
place billboards at various locations in
southeast Arkansas as well as use radio
advertising and public outreach to raise
awareness of the teacher shortage.
“Teacher attrition is a serious
problem and concern,” said Dr. Peggy
Doss, dean of the UAM School of
Education. “Districts are struggling
to retain qualified teachers and there
is so much competition from other
career opportunities. Traditionally,
the Delta suffers the greatest shortages
and difficulties in terms of recruiting
and retaining quality teachers, but all
of Arkansas’ districts struggle in some
ways.”
Doss and her colleagues at UAM
are trying to dispel some perceptions
of the teaching profession by spotlighting
rising salaries and benefits. Doss
also noted new programs available to
teacher education students to help
reduce the cost of their education. She
mentioned the availability of student
loan cancellation programs, signing
bonuses and funding for continuing
education for teachers who commit to
teaching in certain geographic areas of
the state.
“There has never been a better
time to enter the teaching profession,”
said Doss. “There are opportunities
available to teachers that never existed
before. But being a teacher has always
been – and will continue to be – about
much more than monetary rewards.
Teaching is an honorable, highly
skilled profession and its practitioners
transform lives. Almost all of us have
fond memories of a particular teacher
that influenced our lives. Teaching is
about reaching young people and shaping
the future.”
U.S. Representative Mike Ross
Agri Town Hall
Farmers, ranchers and others
connected with the agriculture
industry converged on UAM in August
for an Agriculture Town Hall Meeting
hosted by Fourth District Congressman
Mike Ross (D-Ark.).
Joining Rep. Ross was North
Carolina Congressman Bob Etheridge,
chairman of the Subcommittee on
General Farm Commodities and Risk
Management of the House Agriculture
Committee. Rep. Etheridge was
the keynote speaker for the event and
discussed the farm bill and farm commodities.
A native of Texarkana, Ross is currently
serving his fourth term in Congress.
He is a member of the House
Committee on Energy and Commerce
and the House Committee on Science
and Technology.
Major Facelift
W
hen the University of Arkansas at Monticello
opened its doors for classes on September 14,
1910, the school was known as the Fourth District
Agricultural School and the campus consisted of two
buildings – Willard Hall and Sorrells Hall.
Two years later, a third building was added at the
completion of Wells Hall, named for Judge William
Turner Wells, a retired Confederate officer whose plantation
served as the location of the campus.
Now, almost a century later, two of the first three
buildings on campus – Wells Hall and Sorrells Hall
– will receive a much-needed renovation and modernization.
Ideal Construction Company of Crossett was
recently awarded the contract to begin the renovation of
each building based on plans created by Fennell Purifoy
Hammock Architects of Little Rock.
“We are excited to begin the process of upgrading and
modernizing these campus landmarks,” said Chancellor
Lassiter. “The architects have done a wonderful job of
preserving the historic integrity of the buildings while
giving us a plan to make them more attractive and better
able to serve the educational needs of our students.”
Each building will receive new heating, cooling and
electrical infrastructure as well as exterior improvements,
including a connecting walkway between the buildings.
Accessibility issues will also be addressed, as well as new
program needs in the interior of both buildings.
Total cost of the project is $4.2 million and is part of
the university’s Campus Master Plan.
Fall 2007

On Campus
You Make the Call!
I
f you’re an alumnus of UAM / Arkansas
A&M, you can expect a postcard
or e-mail from Harris Connect Publishing
this fall. You will be asked to call them to
verify your information for inclusion in
the 2008 UAM Alumni Directory.
The book will be available next
spring in hard cover, soft cover, and
CD, and will have what we hope is the
definitive list of former UAM/A&M students.
Please take just a minute from
your busy schedules to tell us about
yourself so your fellow classmates
can know where you are and what
you’re doing.
Stay connected with your alma
mater and your classmates!
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Send Us Your Centennial Slogan
T
he deadline is nearing for your entries
to UAM’s Centennial Slogan
contest. All entries must be submitted
by November 1 to be considered.
If you are a dues-paying member
of the UAM Alumni Association, an
emeritus or full-time faculty member,
staff member or student, you can help
UAM celebrate its 100th birthday by
entering the Centennial Slogan contest.
Prizes include recognition in news
releases and a future issue of UAM
Magazine. If the winning slogan is submitted
by a student, that student will
receive a one-year tuition scholarship.
If the winning slogan comes from
an alumnus, faculty or staff member,
the winner will receive a permanent
marker on campus.
The winning slogan will be selected
by a committee appointed by the
Chancellor. The slogan will become
the property of the university and will
be used in news releases, banners, functions
and publications promoting the
centennial celebration.
UAM was created in 1909 by
the Arkansas General Assembly and
opened its doors for classes on September
14, 1910. Known originally as the
Fourth District Agricultural School,
UAM became Arkansas A&M in 1928
and merged with the University of
Arkansas in 1971. For more information
about the history of the university,
log on to our website at www.uamont.
edu, click on Administration and Staff,
and scroll to the History of UAM.
Please submit slogans online at
www.uamont.edu/alumni or in writing
to the Office of Advancement, UAM
Box 3520, Monticello, AR 71656.
Welcome Aboard
R
etired UAM faculty member
Ed Bacon, Little Rock businesswoman
Lesa Cathey Handly, former
Boll Weevil football
coach Clarence Holley,
financial executive
Kenneth Mann,
and Jeff Weaver, a
member of the staff
of Congressman Mike
Ross, are the newest Wisener
members of the board
of directors of the
UAM Foundation
Fund.
The appointments
were announced recently
by Linda Yeiser,
vice chancellor for Majors
advancement.
“We are pleased to
add these new members
to the Foundation
board,” said
Yeiser. “They each
have a special connection
to the university, Bacon
either as graduates or
as former faculty and
staff. They also share
a commitment to the
continued growth
and success of the
Foundation.”
Bacon was a Cathey-Handly
member of the UAM
faculty for 33 years
before his retirement
last May. Cathey-
Handly lives in Little
Rock where she is
senior vice president
for customer strategies
for Alltel Com-
Holley
munications. Holley
was the Boll Weevil
football coach from
1999 to 2001 and is
currently employed as
a field consultant for
State Farm Insurance Holley

in Lawton, Okla.
Mann is the chief
financial officer of
Deltic Timber Company.
Weaver lives in
Hot Springs and is
the district director
for Fourth District Holt
U.S. Representative
Mike Ross.
Other board
members are Chairman
Bill Wisener, senior
vice president of
Simmons First Bank
of South Arkansas; Mann
Vice Chairman Gerald
Majors of White
Hall, chief financial
officer of the Mc-
George Companies;
elementary school
teacher Flossie Holley
of Dumas, and India Weaver
Holt, vice president of marketing for
the First National Bank of Crossett.
Ex-officio board members are UAM
Chancellor Jack Lassiter and Yeiser.
Majors and Mann represent on The
University of Arkansas Foundation,
Inc. board of directors.
New York Times
AM is now part of The New
U York Times Knowledge Network.
Three hundred copies of The New
York Times newspaper are delivered
daily (Monday through Friday) to the
university campus and made available
to faculty, staff and students.
The newspapers are free and available
at eight newspaper racks at various
campus locations. Several academic
departments use the Times as part of
their curriculum.
As part of the agreement with the
Times, students are given access to the
newspaper’s website and are able to
research previous editions.
Fun At The Ballpark!
On
Campus
THE WEEVIL IS
A HIT Chancellor
Jack Lassiter (above
– he’s the one on
the right) and the
Boll Weevil mascot
(Meredith Wright
of Monticello) wait
for their cue to
move to the pitcher’s
mound, where
Dr. Lassiter threw
out the first pitch
on UAM Family
Night at DIckey-Stephens
Park in North
Little Rock. At left,
a young fan raced
the Weevil around
the base paths. The
Weevil was a popular
character with
the kids. (You’ll find
more photos on
page 26.)
Fall 2007

Faculty unrest, an accreditation crisis, racial integration and
the merger with the University of Arkansas were just some
of the obstacles awaiting Claude Babin in 1962.
Claude Babin faced more than his share of
challenges as the last president of Arkansas
A&M College and the first chancellor of the
University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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It was Babin’s quiet, steady leadership that helped rebuild the frayed relationship between
the College and the A&M board of trustees. It was Babin who helped restore sagging
faculty morale and guided the campus through a peaceful integration at the height of
the civil rights movement.
It was Babin who spent most of his 15 years as president and chancellor rebuilding the
school’s image in the eyes of a national accrediting agency and it was Babin who helped
facilitate the merger of Arkansas A&M with the University of Arkansas.
Add in the construction of the Science Center, Fine Arts Center, and Royer Hall, and
it’s not a bad resume for a man who didn’t want the job in the first place.
Babin came to Arkansas A&M
in 1954 to teach history. By the
A Steady
fall of 1960, he was also head of
the Division of Social Science and
academic dean. When then-President
Jack Mears and the A&M
board reached an impasse over a
variety of issues, including faculty contracts, Mears resigned and Babin was asked to take
the presidency on an interim basis.
“My primary love was always classroom teaching,” says Babin. “I did NOT set out to
be president of Arkansas A&M. At the time I was appointed as interim president, I told
the board I was not going to apply for the job.”
Babin may not have wanted the job, but the board of trustees refused to take no for an
answer. After interviewing several candidates, the board turned to Babin. Clifton Trigg of
Dermott, the chairman of the A&M board, asked Babin to apply for the position. He was
offered – and accepted – the presidency, but not without some second-guessing.
“I remember thinking, did I really want to do this,” Babin says. “But then it became a
challenge and for the most part, I enjoyed it.”
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Hand
SNAPSHOTS Babin
and son Hunter (top)
in their Sunday best,
Claude meeting with
Governor Rockefeller
(middle), the Babin’s
Christmas card of
1957, and Dr. Babin
today (left) at the
Victory Bell at Weevil
Pond.
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“It was a tense time but the faculty and administration stood together.
Gradually, as the years went by, larger numbers of black students enrolled.
It was just never a big issue.”
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laude Babin grew up
about 30 miles north
of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
in the little town Cof Clinton, where his father owned a
Ford dealership. He developed his love
of history in high school, thanks to an
inspirational teacher named Yetta Rogers.
At the time, Louisiana had only
11 grades in its public school system
and Babin graduated from high school
in 1941. He entered Louisiana State
University at the age of 17.
World War II should have interrupted
Babin’s college career, but he
was twice rejected for military service
for poor eyesight, though he never
asked for a deferment. His fraternal
twin brother, Cliff, represented the
family in the military, serving in the
Marine Corps in the South Pacific.
Babin earned a degree in history
from LSU in 1945, then went north to
pursue a master’s degree at the University
of Wisconsin in Madison. It was
there that he met his future wife of 60
years, Barbara.
Barbara Murphy was from Batesville,
Arkansas, a graduate of Texas
State College for Women who went
north, like her future husband, to
attain a master’s degree. Claude and
Barbara were introduced by a mutual
friend from South Carolina, and it was
love at first sight.
They were married in 1947 and
Barbara gave up a faculty position at
Hendrix College to join her new husband
in Coral Gables, Florida, where
Claude had just been hired to teach at
the University of Miami.
Babin remembers the couple’s stay
in Miami as an extended honeymoon.
“We had a nice little cottage in Coral
Gables,” he says. “Miami was the place
to be at that time. We didn’t have
much money, but we took in the sights
and really enjoyed the experience.”
The Babins moved to New Orleans
in 1949 so Claude could accept
a teaching assistantship at Tulane
University while pursuing a doctorate.
Babin completed all but his doctoral
dissertation by 1952, and with a child
on the way and needing money, took
a teaching position at the Naval Air
Station in Pensacola, Florida.
The couple’s only son, Hunter, was
born in 1952 and the Babins began
searching for a place to put down
roots.
OFFICIAL PORTRAIT Claude and Barbara
Babin pose for their official portrait
for the 1967 Boll Weevil yearbook.
“Barbara and I wanted to settle sort
of between the places where we grew
up,” says Babin. There was an opening
for a history teacher at Arkansas
A&M, a one-year appointment for the
princely sum of $5,000 a year. “That
was the only bonafide offer I had,”
Babin says.
Babin joined the A&M faculty
as an assistant professor of history in
September 1954, shortly after receiving
his doctorate from Tulane. With a twoyear-old
child and a wife to support,
Babin went to see A&M President
Horace Thompson about his one-year
appointment.
“I had a family to support and I
needed some assurance that I would
have a job for more than a year,” Babin
says. “If not, I would have to start
looking.” Thompson assured Babin
that his job was safe and told him he
would be re-appointed, beginning
what would be a 38-year tenure as a
teacher and administrator.
Babin was perfectly happy in the
life of a college professor until 1962,
when turmoil – and opportunity
– knocked.
Babin was named interim
president of Arkansas
A&M in May 1962, then
accepted the position fulltime
in July. He was 38 years old.
His first tasks involved repairing the
fractious relationship that had existed
between the A&M board and the
previous two presidents, and winning
over a skeptical faculty up in arms
over Mears’ plan to change the faculty
contract system.
“The first thing I did after becoming
president was to go back to the old
contract system to calm things down a
little,” says Babin. That decision set the
tone of Babin’s leadership style – quiet,
calm, and steady.
Babin’s next – and biggest – challenge
was restoring the College’s reputation
with the North Central Association,
the national accrediting agency
for higher education. The troubles
between Thompson, Mears and the
A&M board had caused concern with
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“Barbara and I always treasured the time we spent on that campus. Hunter
grew up there and I have so many fond memories of those days. Arkansas
A&M and UAM will always be a part of my life.”
NCA officials but the real problem, as
Babin discovered, was that Arkansas
A&M had not had a full-scale evaluation
by the NCA since it was first
accredited as a four-year institution in
1940.
Babin immediately set about
repairing the school’s relationship with
the NCA. “We went through three
full-scale evaluations by North Central,
in 1966, 1970 and 1975,” remembers
Babin. “In between, we did three
required progress reports. Those things
went a long way toward improving the
underpinning of our relationship with
the NCA.”
It was during this time that A&M’s
Department of Education received accreditation
from the National Council
for Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE), becoming the first academic
department at A&M to be nationally
accredited.
NCATE recognition and Babin’s
diligent efforts paved the way for future
unconditional accreditation from
North Central.
Another challenge awaited Babin in
the fall of 1964, when eight African-
American students were set to enroll at
Arkansas A&M, finally integrating the
55-year-old institution. This was two
years after the riots at Ole Miss and a
year after George Wallace stood in the
schoolhouse door to try to stop the integration
of the University of Alabama.
“There was some resistance, but I
knew we had to do it, and the board
knew we had to do it,” says Babin,
who credits board chairman Searcy Eldrod
of Rison for making sure the issue
was dealt with calmly. “The students
generally accepted it pretty well. Once
in a while we’d get a bomb threat. We
felt like they were mostly pranks, but
we had to take them seriously. For the
most part, we didn’t have a great deal
of opposition from the students or the
town. It was a tense time but the faculty
and administration stood together.
Gradually, as the years went by, larger
numbers of black students enrolled. It
was just never a big issue.”
An issue that had been discussed
quietly for years became a hot topic
in 1968 when A&M board member
Dr. John Price suggested exploring a
merger with the University of Arkansas.
Price and others believed it was
the only way to achieve national accreditation
from the Society of American
Foresters for the school’s forestry
program.
“We really had no hope of getting
the forestry program accredited by the
SAF in a small college like ours,” Babin
remembers. “The SAF thought only
programs in big schools with research
capabilities and other advantages
should be accredited.”
After initially rejecting merger talks,
the A&M board warmed to the idea
and Babin was asked to contact UA
President David Mullins. “The UofA
had just added Little Rock University
in a merger and we weren’t sure if
they’d be interested, “ Babin says, “but
Dr. Mullins responded favorably. After
that, we began looking for ways to
proceed.”
A joint committee was formed with
representatives from both schools, and
with the wheels in motion, it took less
than a year to bring both parties together.
Governor Dale Bumpers signed
the merger legislation on January 20,
1971 and the merger was officially
completed on July 19.
“The advantages of being part of
the University of Arkansas System are
enormous,” says Babin. “There were a
few people who weren’t sure we should
give up our independent status, but the
overwhelming majority supported the
merger.”
With the merger complete, Babin
traded titles. No longer president of
Arkansas A&M, he was now chancellor
of the University of Arkansas at Monticello,
a position he held until stepping
down on January 1, 1977, to return to
the classroom. Babin remained a member
of the faculty until his retirement
in 1992.
In 1998, the UAM Business
and Communications Building was
renamed the Babin Business Center in
a ceremony that was kept secret from
Babin until the last minute. “That
meant the world to me,” Babin says.
“It’s not often you get your name put
on a building. I know the board of
trustees takes naming buildings very
seriously, so I was gratified beyond
belief.”
Now 83, Babin looks back on more
than four decades in Monticello with a
sense of accomplishment. “Being president
and chancellor was very rewarding,
but also very challenging,” says
Babin. “There were nights I went to
bed writing the budget on the ceiling,
but the good far outweighed the bad.”
Babin’s legacy will extend far
beyond his time at UAM, thanks to
the creation of the endowed Barbara
Murphy Babin Scholarship in honor
of his late wife, who died December 6,
2006. “Barbara and I always treasured
the time we spent on that campus,”
says Babin. “Hunter grew up there and
I have so many fond memories of those
days. Arkansas A&M and UAM will
always be a part of my life.”
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Anthony Brown
Melvin Beavers
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Kelton Busby
Tommy Matthews
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Stellar
Class
Three All-Americans, a women’s basketball pioneer and a legendary
track and field coach comprise the class of 2007 of the University
of Arkansas at Monticello Sports Hall of Fame.
High-scoring basketball forward Kelton Busby, All-American
football center Anthony Brown, linebacker Melvin Beavers, who
still holds the UAM career record for tackles, Anita McChristian
Harrod, the school’s first women’s basketball star, and the late Harry
Denson, who coached track and cross country at UAM for 23
years, will be inducted October 11.
Harry Denson
Anita McChristian Harrod
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Hall of Fame 2007
Tommy Matthews, a former allconference
tennis player who has operated
the scoreboard at UAM football
and basketball games for almost half a
century, will also be honored with the
UAM Athletic Spirit Award.
Tickets to the Hall of Fame induction
banquet may be purchased by
contacting Jim Brewer, UAM director
of media services, at (870) 460-1074,
or Bill Wisener, president of the UAM
Sports Association, at (870) 367-5334.
ing average (since broken) with 20.5
points a game in 1966-67. He also set
records (since broken) for field goals
made in a career (588) and a season
(237).
Melvin Beavers
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Kelton Busby
elton Busby owned
nearly every UAM
scoring record when he
finished his basketball
career in 1968. An
NAIA honorable men-
Ktion All-American, Busby held UAM
scoring records for a career, season and
game. He scored 1,527 points from
1963 to 1968 and still ranks eighth
on UAM’s career scoring charts. His
614 points in 1966-67 is the fifth best
single season total in school history
and his 38-point outburst against
Bethel in 1966 still puts him in the top
12 in single-game scoring.
Busby set the UAM record for scor-
Anthony Brown
Anthony Brown is one
of just six UAM football
players to be recognized
as a first team
All-American, earning
the honor from the
NAIA in 1990. Brown was a starter at
center for most of his four-year career
and anchored one of the best offensive
lines in school history in 1987. The
’87 Boll Weevils still hold the school
record for rushing in a season, rolling
up 2,882 yards and 29 touchdowns on
the ground while averaging 5.6 yards
a carry.
That same team ranks sixth in total
offense with 3,937 yards.
“Anthony was as good as any offensive
lineman I’ve ever coached,”
said former UAM head coach Tommy
Barnes. “He was one of those guys who
could dominate a defensive lineman.”
Twenty-nine years after
his final game, Melvin
Beavers still holds the
UAM career record for
tackles. An honorable
mention All-American
and two-time All-AIC linebacker,
Beavers made 592 tackles, including
311 solo. His 184 tackles in 1978 is
still the second best single-season total
in school history. Beavers was UAM’s
leading tackler for three straight seasons,
compiling 184 in 1978, 171 in
1977, and 126 in 1976.
It was Beavers, along with Steve
Mullins, Art Kaufman, Terry Alexander
and Donald Harris, who led a renaissance
of the UAM football program
under Harold Tilley in the late 1970’s
after a decade of losing records.
Anita McChristian
Harrod was the first
legitimate star of the
UAM women’s basketball
program after the
sport was reinstated in
1973. Harrod was a four-time All-Arkansas
Women’s Intercollegiate Sports
Association selection, joining Gwen
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Anita McChristian Harrod Harry Denson Tommy Matthews
Walker and Tina Webb as the only
four-time all-conference selections in
school history.
A sharp-shooting forward, Harrod
scored 1,527 points and is still
seventh on UAM’s career scoring charts
28 years after her last game. During
Harrod’s career, the Cotton Blossoms
won or shared four straight AWISA
championships while compiling a
record of 75 wins and 26 losses.
The late Harry Denson
coached the UAM
track and cross country
teams from 1966 until
his retirement in 1988.
He produced 16 All-
Americans and UAM’s only national
champions – Greg Culp in the decathlon
and Fuller Cherry in the 60-yard
indoor hurdles.
Three of Denson’s athletes, long
jumper Anthony Beal, shot putter
Milton Williams, and distance runner
Damon Martin, competed in the
Olympic Trials. Martin has gone on to
be a 12-time national track coach of the
year at Adams State (Colo.) College.
Denson was the outstanding athlete
at Warren High School in 1945 and
was the starting center on the 1949
national champion junior college
football team at Little Rock Junior
College (now UALR). He coached 11
years at Crossett High School and one
year at West Memphis before coming
to UAM. He passed away in 1993 and
was inducted into the Arkansas Track
and Field Hall of Fame in 2003.
Tommy Matthews is the
second recipient of the
UAM Athletic Spirit
Award. He has operated
the scoreboards at
Convoy Leslie-Cotton
Boll Stadium and Steelman Fieldhouse
with few interruptions since graduating
from what was then Arkansas A&M in
1958.
Matthews had a distinguished career
as a public school administrator before
his retirement, but his first love was
– and still is – Boll Weevil and Cotton
Blossom athletics. “I can’t think of
anyone more deserving of the UAM
Athletic Spirit Award than Tommy
Matthews,” said UAM Chancellor Jack
Lassiter. “It was for people like Tommy
that this award was created. “
UAM Sports Hall of Fame
2000
David “Cedro Anderson
Theoodis Bealer
Willis “Convoy” Leslie
Tina Webb
2001
Terry Alexander
Mary Jane Gilbert
Hugh Heflin
Darrell Rhodes
2002
Tommy Barnes
Pearlean Davidson
Steve Mullins
Jimmy “Red” Parker
2003
T.Y. Harp
Larry Lacewell
Tommy Morrison
Joe Don Samples
Gwen Walker
2004
Rose Avery
Jim Benton
Charles Dearman
Damon Martin
Harold Mobley
2005
Dannie Barker
Carol Harrington
Ronnie Higgins
Mike Nichols
Danny Reed
2006
Jack Allen
Ikie Corbin
Charlie James
Lisa McClure Wells
Sean Rochelle
2007
Melvin Beavers
Anthony Brown
Kelton Busby
Harry Denson
Anita McChristian Harrod
UAM Athletic Spirit Award
2006
Bob Newman
2007
Tommy Matthews
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Campaign for Athletics
The Campaign for Athletics is
a capital campaign to finance the
construction of new facilities and
renovate existing ones for the programs
in intercollegiate athletics at
the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
UAM has a long and proud history
in athletics, but we need your
help. As a member of the Gulf South
Conference, the toughest, most
competitive athletic league in NCAA
Division II, UAM’s coaches and
student-athletes are at a competitive
disadvantage.
UAM has fallen behind in the
quality of its athletic facilities and
has made a commitment to Boll
Weevils and Cotton Blossoms, past,
present and future, to even the playing
field in athletic facilities.
The Campaign for Athletics
includes three main components
– construction of an indoor practice
facility, renovation of the press box
and west grandstands of Convoy
Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium, and
renovation of Steelman Fieldhouse.
THE CENTERPIECE of The Campaign for Athletics is a new indoor practice facility to be constructed north of
the playing field at Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium. The new building will include a 40-yard indoor turf practice
field as well as coaches offices, meeting rooms and storage space. The turf room will be used by the football,
baseball and softball teams as well as the marching band.
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CAMPAIGN DONORS
Donor Amount Naming Opportunity
Barton’s $100,000 Press Box
(Neil Crowson)
The Ryburn Group $75,000 Logo – Indoor Facility
(Bank of Star City, Bennie Ryburn, Jr.)
(Commercial Bank & Trust Company, George Harris)
(First State Bank of Warren, Freddie M. Mobley)
(Ryburn Motor Company, Bennie Ryburn, III)
Union Bank & Trust Company $75,000 Message Board
(Zach McClendon, Dave Dickson)
Dr. Jeffrey Reinhart $50,000 Large Team Meeting Room
Charlie Fred and Chuck Dearman $35,000 Small Meeting Room
Arkansas Superior Federal Credit Union $15,000
(Dewayne Ashcraft, Greg Mormon, David King)
Film Room
Searcy & Associates $15,000 Coach’s Conference Room
(Charlie Searcy, Jim Searcy)
Anonymous $10,000 Unrestricted Gift
Reginald Glover $10,000 Unrestricted Gift
Maxwell Hardwood Flooring $10,000 Coach’s Office
(Tommy Maxwell, Kristi Maxwell Prince)
SeaArk Boats / SeaArk Marine $10,000 Coach’s Office
(Robin McClendon, John McClendon)
Simmons First Bank $7,500 End Zone Barrier (5 years)
(Freddie Black, Bill Wisener)
UAM Sports Association $7,500 End Zone Barrier (5 years)
Eugene & Harriette Mazzanti $5,250 Unrestricted Gift
Dr. Joe Miles $5,100 Unrestricted Gift
Gilead Family Resource Center $5,000 Unrestricted Gift
Jack & Judy Lassiter $5,000 Unrestricted Gift
M.L. Mann $5,000 Unrestricted Gift
Naming Opportunities
Athletic / Band Practice Facility
Practice Facility $1,500,000
Press Box SPONSORED – $100,000
Indoor Practice Field Logo SPONSORED – $75,000
Message Board SPONSORED – $75,000
Team Meeting Room (Large) Sponsored – $50,000
Meeting Room (Small) SPONSORED – $35,000
Coach’s Conference Room SPONSORED – $15,000
Film Room SPONSORED – $15,000
Coach’s Offices (6) 2 SPONSORED / 4 available – $10,000
Foyer Floor or Wall Recognition $10,000
(50 opportunities available)
End Zone Foam Barriers 2 SPONSORED /
4 available – $1,500 annually
Box Seats & Chairback Seating
Box seating at Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium is available in boxes of
two, four and eight seats. Box seating is sold primarily on a season-ticket basis.
BOX SEAT PRICES FOR 2007 SEASON:
Cost of a 2-seat box: $200
Cost of a 4-seat box: $400
Cost of an 8-seat box: $800
Box seating includes game admission, reserved seating, listing in football
game day programs and access to press box hospitality suite (coming in
2008). Box seats are also sold on an individual game basis, when available.
Chairback Stadium Seats (Coming in 2008)
350 Priority Chairback Stadium Seats are available at a cost of $100 for the
season. Fans who send in their checks prior to April 1, 2008 will receive seats based
on a lottery for best available seating. Persons purchasing chairback seats after April
1 will choose from the remaining available seats. Your contribution includes game
admission, chairback seating, and listing in football game day programs. Chairback
seating will also be sold if available on game day for $15 per seat. Seat location will
be first come, first served.
General Admission Bleacher Seats
General Admission Bleacher Seats are available on a per-game basis for $7.
Dr. Russell & Gail Bulloch $1,000 Unrestricted Gift
Dr. Bobby & LeAnne Burch $1,000 Unrestricted Gift
Don & Katy Hartley $1,000 Unrestricted Gift
Dr. James & Veleria Hobgood $1,000 Unrestricted Gift
Col. (Ret.) Byron & Billie Kite Howlett $1,000 Unrestricted Gift
W.J. McKiever $1,000 Unrestricted Gift
Dr. Steve & Debbie Morrison $1,000 Unrestricted Gift
Alan & Allison Riels $1,000 Unrestricted Gift
Bob & Angel Srygley $1,000 Unrestricted Gift
Joe Withers $1,000 Unrestricted Gift
Robert & Faye Boyd $300 Unrestricted Gift
Paul & Kami Griffin $250 Unrestricted Gift
Anthony & Jill Brown $100 Unrestricted Gift
CHAIRBACK SEATING and a renovated, enlarged press box will dramatically
change the look of Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium.
Donald & Rebecca Davis $100 Unrestricted Gift
(Donations and pledges received by press time.)
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Technology
MCGEHEE Present
for the McGehee
groundbreaking were
(from left) Jim Daniels,
First National Bank of
McGehee, Bob Ware,
vice chancellor of the
McGehee campus, Bill
Bowman, McGehee
Bank, Amy Carnahan
of Fennell Purifoy
Hammock Architects;
Lynn Bliss of Potlatch,
Peggy Orrell, director of
nursing for the McGehee
campus, Leon Loyd, Mc-
Gehee Chamber of Commerce,
Vickey Haycox,
director of instruction
for the McGehee campus,
Desha County Judge
Mark McElroy, Mike
Akin of the UA board of
trustees, Cynthia Montgomery
of the UAM
board of visitors and
the UAM-CTM advisory
board, McGehee Mayor
Jack May, Phil Purifoy
of Fennell Purifoy Hammock
Architects, Jimmy
Barrett of the UAM
board of visitors, UAM
Chancellor Jack Lassiter,
and Tom Fennell of Fennell
Purifoy Hammock
Architects.
New Buildings Coming To Crossett, McGehee Campuses
New construction has begun at
the University of Arkansas at
Monticello’s Colleges of Technology
at Crossett and McGehee.
UAM officials and area legislators
gathered at both campuses recently for
groundbreaking ceremonies to signal
the beginning of the construction process.
The UAM College of Technology-
Crossett is building a 7,500 square foot
classroom and laboratory building that
will house the school’s electromechanical
technology program. The Crossett
campus will also renovate its main
building, with the addition of a new
bookstore, the creation of a new entrance
to the west side of the building,
and the addition of another classroom
and laboratory.
The Crossett project will cost approximately
$900,000. CADM Architecture,
Inc., of El Dorado designed the new
structure, which is being built by Naff
Construction of Crossett.
The McGehee campus broke ground
on a 6,800 square foot building that will
house the school’s nursing, emergency
medical technician (EMT), and allied
health classes. The new building will allow
the College of Technology-McGehee
to move its nursing program from Dermott
to McGehee. The school’s certified
nursing assistant (CNA) program and the
medical professional education program
for high school students will remain in
Dermott.
The McGehee campus will also renovate
its main building with the addition
of a new bookstore, a renovated front
office and reception area, and new
windows. Total cost of the project is approximately
$1.1 million.
“This is an important step forward
for our Colleges of Technology,” said
UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “These
new buildings will allow each campus to
better serve its constituency and provide
the educational opportunities this area
so desperately needs.”
MCGEHEE ADDITION An architect’s rendering of the new classroom building at the UAM
College of Technology-McGehee.
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CROSSETT Taking part in groundbreaking ceremonies in Crossett were (from left) Carlton Davis of the UAM-CTC advisory board, Eddie Holt, chairman of the Crossett Economic
Development Foundation, Steve Naff, Naff Construction, Brian Monroe of CADM Architecture, Inc., State Rep. Eddie Cheatham, Edward Briggs of the UAM-CTC advisory board, Linda
Rushing, vice chancellor of the Crossett campus, UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter, Mike Akin of the UA board of trustees, State Sen. Jimmy Jeffress, Reginald Glover of the UAM board of
visitors, India Holt of the UAM Foundation Fund board, Judy Kirkley of the UAM board of visitors and the UAM-CTC advisory board, and Crossett Mayor Scott McCormick. (Photo by
Todd S. Bergmann, Ashley News Observer)
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Foundation News
Wallace Trust Benefits
McGehee Area Students
J
oseph Francis Wallace grew up in McGehee with a love for the
land, the law, and education.
An Arkansas A&M College graduate, conservationist, and longtime
McGehee Municipal Judge, Wallace established a trust in 1991,
two years before his death. In his will, Judge Wallace created the
trust to “provide for the education, maintenance, sustenance and
rehabilitation of deserving people who are in need of assistance due
to age, illness, disability, infirmity, or adverse conditions and whose
needs are not met through usual assistance from state or federal
governments or from mainline charitable organizations.”
One of the beneficiaries of the Wallace Trust has been the UAM
Foundation Fund. “So many students have benefited from Judge
Wallace’s generosity and foresight” according to Chancellor Jack
Lassiter. “For example, just since 2001, Wallace Trust Scholarships
totaling more than $143,000 have been awarded to 103 UAM
students. Many of these students would have never had the
opportunity to further their education had it not been for him.”
Current criteria require that recipients of the Wallace Trust
Scholarship be from the McGehee area, have a minimum high school
grade point average of 2.5 and demonstrate both a strong work
ethic and good professional potential.
The Wallace Trust Scholarship can be used for tuition, required
fees, on-campus room and board, and books. Recipients may attend
any of the UAM campuses in Monticello, Crossett or McGehee.
“The Wallace Trust is a wonderful legacy to a man who believed
in giving back to his community and his state,” said Gibbs Ferguson,
McGehee attorney and managing trustee of the Wallace Trust.
“Judge Wallace loved McGehee, loved the Delta and was interested
in seeing that the people of this area have an opportunity to secure
the best education that could be provided. When his parents and
sister had passed on and it was apparent that he would have no
children or relatives to leave his property to, Judge Wallace created
a charitable trust that would forever manage his property after his
death and use the income to fund scholarships for the young people
of his community, as well as contribute to local charities and help
provide for the needy.”
The other trustees of the Wallace Trust are Fred Denton, chairman
of the board of First National Bank of McGehee, and James L. Kelley,
McGehee pharmacist and owner of Kelley Drug & Selections.
(From left) James Kelley, GIbbs Ferguson, and Fred Denton.
Endowments Added
T
wo new endowed scholarships have been
presented to the UAM Foundation Fund and three
more have reached endowed status, according to Linda
Yeiser, vice chancellor for advancement.
The new scholarships are the Randy Risher Fitness
Scholarship presented by Randy Risher of Houston,
Tex., and the Sara Horn Wigley Memorial Scholarship
presented by the Sam Wigley family and the Charles and
Donna Bell family.
The three scholarships reaching the endowed level
are the Marty and Erma Brutscher Debate/Forensics Erma and Marty Brutscher
Scholarship, the Hank Chamberlin Memorial Scholarship,
and the Harry Y. Denson Scholarship.
The Randy Risher Fitness Scholarship was created by a gift
from Randy Risher, a 1989 UAM graduate and owner of Randy
Risher Fitness, Inc., as well as Risher Fitness Management, Inc. The
endowment will provide scholarships to seniors majoring in the
exercise science option of UAM’s health and physical education
program who are planning careers in wellness and fitness.
The Sara Horn Wigley Memorial Scholarship is named
in honor of the late Sara Horn Wigley, an elementary school
teacher and former Arkansas A&M student. The scholarship Randy Risher
will be presented to junior or senior level students majoring in
elementary education who are graduates of Drew Central High
School in Monticello.
The Marty and Erma Brutscher Debate/Forensics
Scholarship was created by a gift from Marty and Erma
Brutscher of Monkton, Md. The endowment will provide
scholarships to students participating in the UAM debate and
forensics program. Marty Brutscher was a member of the
university’s debate team from 1975-79.
The Hank Chamberlin Memorial Scholarship honors the
man known as the father of forestry education in Arkansas, the Sam Wigley
late Henry H. Chamberlin, who was instrumental in the creation
of the School of Forest Resources at UAM. The Chamberlin
Scholarship will be awarded to students in any of the forest
resources degree programs.
The Harry Y. Denson Scholarship honors the late Harry
Denson, long-time track and cross country coach at UAM. The
Harry Y. Denson Scholarship will be presented to students
majoring in health and physical
education.
For more information about
establishing endowed
Harry Denson
scholarships, please contact the Office
of Advancement at (870) 460-1028
or (800) 467-8148.
Hank Chamberlin
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Endowments / Unitrusts
Chairman
Bill Wisener
Monticello
Vice Chairman
Gerald Majors*
White Hall
Ex-Officio
Jack Lassiter
Monticello
Secretary-Treasurer
Linda Yeiser
Monticello
Directors
Ed Bacon
Monticello
Lesa Cathey Handly
Little Rock
Clarence Holley
Lawton, Okla.
Flossie Holley
Dumas
India Nixon Holt
Crossett
Kenneth Mann*
Jersey
Jeff Weaver
Hot Springs
* UAM representatives
to the University of
Arkansas Foundation
Fund, Inc., board of
directors.
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FOUNDATION FUND ENDOWMENTS / Established by:
Weldon B. Abbott Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Betty S. Abbott, Dr. and Mrs.
Weldon S. Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lavon Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Taylor,
and Ms. Mary Ross Taylor
Alumni Achievement and Merit Scholarship / Recipients of the Alumni
Achievement & Merit Award
Alumni Association Scholarship / Alumni Association Board of Directors
Hoyt and Susan Andres Endowed Scholarship / Hoyt and Susan Andres
William R. and Katie B. Austin Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. William R. Austin, Jr.
Barbara Murphy Babin Scholarship / Dr. Claude Babin and Mr. and Mrs. Hunter
Babin
Dr. Claude H. Babin Scholarship / School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Former
Students, Family and Friends
K. Michael Baker Memorial Scholarship / School of Social & Behavioral Sciences,
Former Students, Family and Friends
Marvin and Edna Moseley Bankston Scholarship / Bob and Louine Selman Leech
Robert Orum and Fernande’ Vicknair Barrett Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Errol
Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. John K. Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barrett, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert O. Barrett, Jr., Dr. and Mrs. T. Y. Harp, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles J.
Pasqua, Judge and Mrs. Fred E. Pickett, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Roebuck and Mr.
and Mrs. Emmet Torian
Earl and Kathleen Baxter Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Earl Baxter
Beard Nursing Scholarship / Mr. Arthur R. and Mrs. Bettie Beard Pate
Leslie and Faye Beard Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter
Major Thomas E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker
Book Account
Fred K. Bellott Music Gift Fund / Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. Bellott
Fred and Doris Bellott Music Endowed Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. Bellott
*Henry (Mike) Berg / Mrs. Helen Berg
Dr. Van C. Binns Scholarship / Mrs. Evelyn Hogue Binns
Birch-Johnson Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. J. Chester Johnson
John Falls Bowen Scholarship / Family, Friends and Battery B 206th Coast Artillery
(AA) Association
Ruth G. Boyd Scholarship / Dr. Scott Boyd
C. Alton Boyd Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Barbara Boyd
Dr. Scott Boyd Memorial Scholarship / UAM Dept. of Health & P. E., Family and
Friends
Fay Brann Accounting Scholarship / Mr. Fay Brann
B. R. “Bobby” Brown Scholarship / Mr. B. R. “Bobby” Brown and Consol, Inc.
George R. Brown Professorship / The Brown Foundation
George R. Brown Graduate Assistant Forest Resources / The Brown Foundation
Joe Brown Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends
Marty and Erma Brutscher Debate-Forensics Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Martin
A. Brutscher
Mary Claire Randolph Buffalo Scholarship / Mr. Harvey Buffalo
Jimmy Lee Buford Memorial Scholarship / Agriculture Technology Department
Advisory Committee, UAM College of Technology - McGehee
Jeff Busby Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends
Verna Hobson Cahoon, Elizabeth Coleman Cochran and Cornelia Coleman
Wright Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family
G. William and Verna Hobson Cahoon Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family
Alvin and Raye Carter Education Scholarship / Mr. Dale W. Carter and Mr.
Robert Ira Carter
Paul R. and June Webb Carter Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter
Paul R. and June Webb Carter - Drew Central High School Scholarship / Mr.
Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter
Centennial Circle / 100 Special Friends
Chamberlin Wildlife Scholarship / Mr. H. H. Chamberlin
Hank Chamberlin Memorial Scholarship / Family, Friends, Former students,
Associates and Colleagues
Marjorie Lamb Chamberlin Music Scholarship / Family and Friends
Anthony T. and Faye Chandler Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Chandler,
Family and Friends
George H. Clippert Endowed Chair in Forestry / Mr. and Mrs. George H.
Clippert; Mr. David H. Clippert; and Mrs. Nancy Clippert Broach
George H. Clippert Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. George H. Clippert
Coker Alumni Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book Account
Ernestine Coker Endowed Music Scholarship / Dr. Jesse M. Coker
Jesse and Ernestine Coker Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker
Dr. Jesse M. Coker Distinguished Service Scholarship / UAM Foundation Fund
Board of Directors
Thomas and Julia Hobson Coleman Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family
Suzanne Cooke Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cooke
Stephen T. Crowley Forestry Scholarship / Mr. James H. Hamlen
Van and Eula Mae Cruce Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday
James Gordon Culpepper Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural
Sciences, Former Students and Friends
O. H. (Doogie) and Patsy Darling Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Darling
C. W. Day Scholarship / Day Farms, Inc., Danny Day, Sr. Family, Raymond Day
Family, Rickey Day Family, Sue Day Wood Family, William Day Family
Harry Y. Denson Scholarship / Family, Friends and Former Students
Gregory Alan Devine Memorial Scholarship / Marion and Fern Devine
Vance W. Edmondson Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Vance W. Edmondson
Dr. Albert L. Etheridge Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural
Sciences, Former Students and Friends
Hampton and Minnie Etheridge Scholarship / James and Mary Sawyer, Stacey
and Helen Toole, T. D. and Joy Howell, R. M. and Rose Etheridge, Hampton and
Marie Etheridge
Wayne Gilleland Golf Scholarship / Dr. Diane Suitt Gilleland and Friends
Classie Jones-Green African-American Alumni Scholarship / UAM African
American Alumni Association, Family and Friends
Harold J. Green Scholarship / Harold J. Green
Bill Groce, Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends
Willie Katherine Coody Groce Scholarship / Estate of Willie Katherine Coody Groce
Joseph Martin Guenter-Sigma Tau Gamma Scholarship / Sigma Tau Gamma Alumni
E. Shermane Gulledge Non-traditional Scholarship / Dr. Dexter E. and Mrs. E.
Shermane Gulledge
Izella Ruth Gulledge Scholarship / Dr. Dexter E. and Mrs. E. Shermane Gulledge
Barry Hall Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Annette Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Cleatous J. Hall
and Mrs. Audrey Blasingame
Arthur A. Harris Vocal Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Annette Hall, Family and Friends
Helen Harris Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Harris, Division of Music, and Friends
Hani and Debra Hashem Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Hani Hashem
Dr. Ann Haywood Scholarship / Dr. Cecil Haywood, Former colleagues, Friends
and Students of the School of Education
Dr. Cecil Haywood Scholarship / Dr. Ann Haywood, Friends and Former Students
of the School of Education
Henry G. Hearnsberger, Sr. Forest Resources Scholarship / Mrs. George H. Clippert
Paul G. and Leone Hendrickson Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Hendrickson, Sr.
Frank D. Hickingbotham Scholarship / Mr. Frank D. Hickingbotham
William and Anna Hill Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. William T. Hill
Iris Sullivan Hipp Nursing Scholarship / Ms. Sally Hipp Austin, Ms. Sheila Nichole
Austin, and Mr. Hank E. Williams
Robert L. Hixson Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends
Wilburn C. Hobgood Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences,
Former Students and Friends
Benjamin and Jerri Whitten Hobson Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family
Charlotte Cruce Hornaday Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Agriculture Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Computer Information Systems Scholarship /
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Music Excellence Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Hornaday
Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Residence Life Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Hornaday
James A. Hudson Scholarship / James A. Hudson Memorial Foundation
Mr. Jim Huey Scholarship / Family, Friends and Colleagues
Henry B. Humphry Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends
Lamar Hunter Scholarship / The Reinhart Family
Lamar Hunter Veterans and National Guard Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M.
Coker and Coker Book Account
Dean and Mrs. James H. Hutchinson Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Jackson
James H. and Elva B. Hutchinson Scholarship / Estate of Dr. James H. Hutchinson, Jr.
Brigadier General Wesley V. Jacobs Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker
and Coker Book Account
Veneta E. and Louis Richard James Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. James
Loran L. Johnson Endowed Scholarship / Mississippi Marine Corporation and
other individuals known as “Loran’s Boys”
Virginia M. Ryan Jones Memorial Nursing Scholarship / Dr. C. Morrell Jones
and Family and Friends
Kingwood Forestry Scholarship / Proceeds from sale of Lake Monticello maps
Grady and Myrtle Burks Knowles Scholarship / Mrs. Myrtle Burks Knowles
Timothy Ku Scholarship / Mr. Lawrence A. Ku and Mr. Albert Ku
Victoria Ku Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Former
Students, Friends and Family
Curtis W. Kyle Family Scholarship / Mr. Curtis W. Kyle, Jr.
Fred H. Lang Forestry Scholarship / Mrs. Elizabeth S. Lang
Leslie Larance Elementary Education Award / Family and Friends
Randall Leister Scholarship / Friends
Willis “Convoy” Leslie Scholarship / Former Teammates, Former Football Players
and Members of the Arkansas National Guard
Gerald and Sue Majors Endowed Scholarship / Trinity Foundation
Robert W.D. Marsh Scholarship / Mrs. Demaris Marsh
Mathematics Scholarship / Anonymous
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Foundation
Endowments
Mathematics-Physics Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences,
Former Students and Friends
Betty A. Matthews Women’s Athletics Scholarship / Dr. Betty A. Matthews
J. M. and Annie Mae Matthews Scholarship / Mrs. J. M. Matthews, Sr., Ms. Jane
Matthews Evans and Mr. Jim Matthews
Virginia Lee Maxwell Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Maxwell and
Family
Pauline J. and Zach McClendon, Sr. Scholarship / Union Bank & Trust Company
Elizabeth Culbertson McDaniel Scholarship / CMD. Noel Waymon McDaniel and
Mr. Noel A. McDaniel
Noel Waymon and LaFran H. McDaniel Scholarship / Mr. Noel Waymon and
Mrs. LaFran H. McDaniel
James and Nellie McDonald Scholarship in Memory of David Michael Stapp
/ Chicot Irrigation, Inc.-Lake Village, James and Nellie McDonald, Glen and
Beverly Rowe, Rick and Linda Rowe, Mike and Cindy McDonald
Paul C. McDonald Memorial Scholarship / Ms. Betty McDonald, Dr. James
McDonald, Mr. Garrett Vogel, and Dr. Betsy Boze
Thomas McGill Forestry Scholarship / Mr. Thomas McGill
Cecil McNiece Family Scholarship Fund / Mrs. Virginia McNiece and Family
Willard G. Mears Estate Scholarship / Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Mears
Miller Sisters Scholarship / Miss Jessie W. Miller
Walter A. and Myrtle Wells Moffatt Scholarship / Wells and Ruth Moffatt,
Walter A. Moffatt, Jr., Minnie May Moffatt and Pattie Moffatt
Ruth and Wells Moffatt Forestry Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Wells Moffatt
William E. Morgan-Weevil Pond Endowment / Estate of William E. Morgan
Kermit C. Moss Scholarship / Family and Friends of Kermit C. Moss
P. E. and Melba Munnerlyn Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Munnerlyn
Charles H. Murphy Memorial Scholarship / Deltic Timber Corporation
Jim Neeley Scholarship / Mr. Jim Neeley
D. John Nichols Scholarship / Mr. D. John Nichols and Mississippi Marine Corporation
Loyal V. Norman Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sowell
Velma Ashcraft Norman Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sowell
Dale Oliver Forestry Scholarship / Mr. James H. Hamlen
Merle and Deloris Peterson Scholarship / Merle and Deloris Peterson, Friends
and Associates in the Dumas, Arkansas, Community
B. C. Pickens Endowed Scholarship / B. C. Pickens Trust
Bub and Beulah Pinkus Scholarship / The Pinkus Family
Emeline Killiam Pope, Sally Pope Wood, and Velma Wood Powell
Scholarship / Estate of Velma Wood Powell
John Porter and Mary Sue Price Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. John Porter Price
R. David Ray Debate and Forensics Scholarship / School of Arts and Humanities,
Former Students and Friends
Russ Reynolds Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Russell Reynolds, Family and Friends
Randy Risher Fitness Scholarship / Mr. Randy Risher and Friends
Ross Foundation / The Ross Foundation
James A. & Mabel (Molly) H. Ross Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Don H.
Ross & Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ross, Jr.
Bennie F. Ryburn, Sr. Scholarship / Family and Friends
Cecil R. Scaife Scholarship / Mrs. Cecil Scaife and Children
Thomas Robie Scott, Jr. Scholarship / Mrs. Opal Scott, Mr. Thomas Scott III, Mr.
Michael Robert Scott and Mr. Phillip Roland Scott
Elwood Shade Forest Resources Scholarship / Mr. Elwood Shade
Simmons First Bank of South Arkansas / Simmons First Bank of South Arkansas
Herman C. Steelman Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences,
Former Students and Friends
Harry H. Stevens Nursing Scholarship / Bradley County Medical Center
*Roy and Christine Sturgis / The Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and
Educational Trust
Fred and Janice Taylor Scholarship / Friends of UAM
Jack H. Tharp Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Tharp
Horace E. Thompson Scholarship / Members of UCT, Family and Friends
George and Betty Townsend Journalism Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. George
Townsend
UAM Alumni and Friends Scholarship / UAM Alumni and Friends
UAM Campus Scholarship / UAM Faculty and Staff
UAM Forestry Alumni Scholarship / UAM Forestry Alumni
Richard Wallace Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends
Lee Wallick Band Scholarship / Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr., Friends and Former Band
Students
Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr. Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends
Peggy Wallick Scholarship / Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr., Family, Friends and Former
Students
Carroll E. Walls Sr. and Colleen S. Walls Forestry Scholarship / Carroll and
Colleen Walls
Webb-Carter Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter
Maurice and Minnie Chambers Webb Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Bill Webb, Mr.
and Mrs. Kent Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Banwarth
West-Walden Family Scholarship / Dr. Louis J. and Mrs. Carol West James
George White Golf Award / Family and Friends
James M. White Memorial Scholarship / Deltic Farm & Timber Co., Inc., Family
and Friends
James M. White Professorship / Deltic Farm & Timber Co., Inc., Family and Friends
John W. White Forestry Scholarship / Estate of Trannye O. White
**Larry Willett Scholarship / Family, Co-workers and Friends
Samuel A. Williams Scholarship / Mr. Sam W. Denison
Earl Willis Endowed Scholarship / Family, Friends and Drew Central Alumni
Anne Wilson Scholarship / Family and Friends
Dr. George F. Wynne, Sr. Scholarship / Mrs. Matilda Wynne
Yocum Family Endowed Scholarship / Dr. David Yocum, Jr. and Mr. David Yocum, IV
Madge Youree Scholarship / School of Education, Family and Friends
*Held by the Institution
**Held by the UA Agricultural Development Council
ACTIVE ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGNS / Established by:
Arkansas SAF / Ouachita Society of American Foresters & Arkansas Division of
Ouachita Society of American Foresters
C. H. Barnes Scholarship / Family and Friends
Kelly Bashaw Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends
Bramlett Scholarship / Dr. Morris Bramlett
Gene Brown Memorial Baseball Scholarship / Family and Friends
Montre Bulloch “Angel” Scholarship / William C. Bulloch Family
John Boyce Davis Scholarship / Randy Risher Wellness Center
Troy and Betty Davis Scholarship / Andy and April Davis, Mr. Kent Davis and Friends
Charles Fred and Laura Lee Stephenson Dearman Scholarship / Chuck and
Cindy Dearman, David and Ashley Dearman
Dr. Eugene Dillard Memorial Scholarship / Mrs. Gerry Dillard, Family and Friends
John Dougherty Choral Scholarship / Former Students and Friends
Susan Phillips Echols Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends
Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert Scholarship / Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert
and Friends
Shay Gillespie Phi Beta Sigma Leadership Scholarship / Rev. and Mrs. Shay Gillespie
Charles Hawkins Memorial Fund / Family
E. Wesley McCoy Scholarship / Ouachita-Saline Surveying and Mr. Mike Miley
Ernest and Mary McFarland Scholarship / Mary I. McFarland
Thomas W. McGill Scholarship / Thomas W. McGill
Arhia Raymond Melton and Mildred Richardson Melton Scholarship / Estate
of W. F. Chumney
Monticello Association of Life Underwriters / Monticello Association of Life
Underwriters
Monticello High School Class of 1965 Scholarship / The MHS Class of 1965
Al Peer Kappa Alpha Psi Alumni Scholarship / Mr. Jerry Bingham and Kappa
Alpha Psi Alumni
Phi Sigma Chi Memorial Scholarship / Pat McDermott Scavo and Phi Sig Alums
Rison High School Scholarship / Jasper Calaway, Rison Business Community and
Friends
Robert W. Wiley Endowed Scholarship / Family and Friends
LIFE INSURANCE
Phillip Pierini / Mr. Phillip Pierini
Tim Pruitt / Mr. Timothy R. Pruitt
Gus “Bubba” Pugh, Jr. / Mr. Gus “Bubba” Pugh, Jr.
Calvin V. Rowe / Mr. Calvin V. Rowe
Guy “Butch” Sabbatini, Jr. / Mr. Butch Sabbatini, Jr.
Carolyn Standley / Ms. Carolyn Standley-Baughman
Ted D. Thompson / Mr. Ted Thompson
Johnny Hooks / Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hooks
CHARITABLE
REMAINDER UNITRUSTS
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll E. Walls, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kim L. Mitchell
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Individual Donors
Gifts listed on this page were received from January 1, 2007 through August 20, 2007.
The Foundation
donors list includes
gifts received January
1 through August
20, 2007. We
try hard to ensure
that the information
is accurate.
Please report any
corrections to the
UAM Office of Advancement
at (870)
460-1028, (800)
467-8148, or send
an e-mail to:
withers@uamont.
edu.
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Unity &
Movement Club
$2,500 or more
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Akin
Mr. & Mrs. Hoyt Andres
Dr. Claude H. Babin
Mr. & Mrs. Hunter Babin
Mr. & Mrs. Martin A. Brutscher
Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Carter
Dr. James M. Chambers
Mrs. Faye Chandler
Mrs. George H. Clippert
Dr. Jesse M. Coker
Rev. & Mrs. Shay Gillespie
Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Halstead
Dr. & Mrs. Jim M. Hercher
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Hornaday
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Lassiter
Drs. Martin & Cheryl Lewison
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Majors
Mr. & Mrs. Weaver Majors, Jr.
Mr. Thomas McGill
Mr. & Mrs. Kim L. Mitchell
Dr. Steven C. Moss
Mr. Jim Neeley
Dr. Jeff H. Reinhart
Mr. & Mrs. Randall S. Risher
Mr. & Mrs. Don H. Ross
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Ross, Jr.
Mr. Elwood B. Shade
Mr. & Mrs. Warren Stephenson
Mr. & Mrs. Howard P. Taylor
Ms. Mary Ross Taylor
Mr. Sam Wigley
Galaxy Club
$1,000-$2,499
Mr. & Mrs. P.J. Ballew
Ms. Eudene D. Bruce
Dr. & Mrs. Russell Bulloch
Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Burch, Jr
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Burnett
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Burson
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Chandler
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Dearman, Sr
Lt. Col. William H. Denyer
Mrs. Gerry Dillard
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Gibson, III
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Gibson
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Gibson
Mr. & Mrs. Reginald Glover
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur S. Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Don Hartley
Mr. Hugh L. Heflin, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene J. Mazzanti
Dr. & Mrs. Joe Miles
Dr. & Mrs. Steve Morrison
Mr. & Mrs. Dirk Pulliam
Mr. & Mrs. R. David Ray
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Riels
Dr. James F. Roiger
Mr. J. V. Vinyard
Mr. & Mrs. Carroll E. Walls
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin M. White
Mr. Joseph W. Withers
Ms. Sarah Bulloch Wyrick
Dr. & Mrs. Jimmie Yeiser
Emerald Club
$500-$999
Mr. & Mrs. Dickie R. Black
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Blakley
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Boyd
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Carter
Drs. Jim & Martha Chambless
Dr. Gordon D. Gates
Dr. Diane Suitt Gilleland
Mr. & Mrs. H. Ray Gillespie
Mr. Charles E. Heckel
Col. & Mrs. Byron P. Howlett
Ms. Paula Kinnard
Mr. Fredrick C. Leonard
Dr. Betty A. Matthews
Mr. & Mrs. Kermit C. Moss
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Searcy
Mr. Micheal D. Temple
Mr. James W. Willis
Loyalty Club
$200-$499
Dr. & Mrs. Paul H. Ayres
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan C. Barger
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Bierbaum
Mrs. Helen T. Bladon
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Brawner
Mrs. Carolyn Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Steven L. Burgess
Mrs. Louise Franklin Burke
Mr. Frank Carson
Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Crawford
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Curlin
Mrs. Betty J. Davis
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Dew
Mr. & Mrs. Dave Dickson
Mr. Ray Gibbins
Drs. Glen & Mary Jane Gilbert
Mr. & Mrs. Charles V. Grassi
Dr. & Mrs. Dexter Gulledge
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Hargis
Ms. Sherry M. Harris
Mr. Shelby R. Harrod
Mr. & Mrs. Billy H. Hartness
Mr. Tommy L. Hooks
Mr. James A. Hudgins
Ms. Faye D. Jackson
Mr. Jacob P. James
Dr. & Mrs. Louis J. James
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Light
Mr. & Mrs. Chris E. Marhenke
Mrs. Tina L. Martin
Mr. & Mrs. W. J. McKiever
Mr. Joseph C. Meeks
Ms. Minnie May Moffatt
Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Morris
Ms. Shirley N. Neff
Mr. Mike Newell
Mr. & Mrs. James Nixon
Mr. & Mrs. Terrell Outlaw, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Pearce, Jr.
Dr. John W. Ramsey
Mr. & Mrs. Don Rodgers, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Saffold
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Searcy
Mr. & Mrs. Jon C. Trant
Mr. Jim “Ace” Trimm
Mr. Paul Wallick, Jr.
Ms. Mildred Watson
Mr. & Mrs. Ervin White
Mrs. Mary Whiting
Mr. David E. Wilkins
Mr. Robert G. Willett
Mrs. Laura M. Wilson
Century Club
$100-$199
Mr. & Mrs. H. Lavon Abbott
Mrs. Melissa Bass Adams
Mr. & Mrs. J. Edward Akin
Mr. & Mrs. David Andrews
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Arnold
Mrs. Nancy Reed Astin
Mr. Donald E. Attebury
Mr. & Mrs. William Austin, Jr.
Mrs. Irma McCollum Badger
Drs. Robert & Laura Baker
Mr. Frank D. Bartrow
Mr. T. Pat Beaverson
Mr. Gregory D. Bodiford
Mr. & Mrs. Mack J. Borgognoni
Dr. Jack I. Boyd
Ms. Dana Brooks
Mrs. Vivian N. Brooks
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Morris Bryant
Ms. Josephine Buffington
Mrs. Zola R. Bulloch
Mr. & Mrs. David Burns
Mrs. Eugenia H. Burson
Mr. Bobby D. Buzbee
Dr. & Mrs. Tim D. Chase
Mrs. Mimi H. Ciarletta
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby L. Cloud
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Cooper
Mrs. Mary Lewis Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Crossett Sr.
Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd Crossley
Ms. Tonua R. Curry
Mr. David Dail
Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence DeCan
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Dodd
Mr. Benny R. Dunlap
Mr. & Mrs. Alvy E. Early
Mrs. Sandra W. Estes
Dr. Ranelle Eubanks
Mr. & Mrs. Joe M. Fakouri
Mr. & Mrs. Mickey Findley
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Forster
Mrs. Martha S. Friend
Mr. P.Q. Gardner, Sr.
Mrs. Earl Gill
Mr. & Mrs. Hershel Gober
Mr. Rogie W. Greenway
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin E. Grubbs
Mr. Aaron Gwin
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Werner L. Haney
Mr. & Mrs. Philip T. Hankins
Mr. & Mrs. Dewey Harper
Ms. Frances Harper
Ms. C. Lynn Harris
Mrs. Melissa K. Harrod
Ms. Ella M. Helm
Mr. Jerry Holt
Ms. Cynthia Howerton
Ms. Jill Jackson
Mrs. Carol A. Johnson
Mr. Harvey L. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Jones, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Billy J. Jordan
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Jordan
Mr. Patton H. Jordan
Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Land
Mr. & Mrs. Billy Lansdale
Mr. & Mrs. David S. Leech
Mr. E. Glenn Lowry
Mr. Billy H. Majors
Ms. Marva Martin
Mr. Charles McCoy
Ms. Martha McDaniel
Mrs. Hazel H. McKee
Mr. Richard P. McKnight
Ms. Pattie P. Moffatt
Mr. Jim Moore
Mrs. Juanita D. Nowlen
Mrs. Patricia E. Nowlen
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Pace
Ms. Leslie Parker
Mr. H. E. Payne, Jr.
Mr. Harry C. Pennington
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Pennington
Mr. Mark Pilcher
Mr. & Mrs. Carl F. Preston, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Prestridge
Mr. & Mrs. Joe R. Rawls
Ms. Olivia H. Ray
Ms. Julie S. Rial
Ms. Phyllis Roberts
Ms. Sheril A. Robinson
Mr. & Mrs. Don Rodgers
Ms. Lisa Rodgers
Dr. J. Steve Rook
Mr. Nicholas D. Ryburn
Mr. Calvin Sanders
Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Savage
Ms. Joy Savage
Mr. J. R. Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. T. Robie Scott
Mr. James R. Sellers, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby R. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Donny Stapleton
Mr. Don Stephan
Mr. Sherrell Sturdivant
Mr. & Mrs. Bill J. Thurman
Ms. Nikki Towles
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan R. Wall
Mr. & Mrs. Dane Weindorf
Mr. Billy R. Welch
Mr. & Mrs. J. D. West
Mrs. Pat Carson-Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Farris Womack
Mr. Wendell C. Wood, Jr.
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Business Donors
Gifts listed on this page were received from January 1, 2007 through August 20, 2007.
Agriculture Technology Department’s
Advisory Committee
- UAM College of Technology
McGehee
Ameca Mexican Restaurant
ARAMARK
Arkansas Choral Society
Arkansas Superior Federal Credit
Union
AT&T Foundation
Automatic Vending of Arkansas
BKD, LLP
Bradley County Medical Center
Bulloch, Inc.
Caraway Hunting Club
Commercial Bank & Trust Co.
David Funderburg Insurance
Agency Inc.
DCHS - Class of 1961
Desha County Cotton Scouting
Fund
Discount Trophies of Arkansas,
Inc.
ExxonMobil Foundation
Fountainhead Press
Fourjay, L.L.C. - Wendy’s
Holiday Inn Express
Hooties, Inc. - Mazzio
John Akin Trucking, LLC
Johnson’s Warehouse-Showroom
Leesco, Inc.
Lucky’s of Monticello
Maxwell Hardwood Flooring
McGraw-Hill Companies
Monticello Men’s Golf Association
Morgan Agencies, Inc.
Nathu, Inc. - Days Inn of Monticello
Oklahoma United Methodist
Foundation
Parkway Bank
Paul Griffin Insurance Agency, Inc.
Piggy Sue’s
Pomeroy & McGowin, Inc.
Prestige Home Furnishings
Price Services, Inc.
Quadex, Inc.
Quick Silver Timber, LLC
R. J. Reynolds Foundation
Ralph McQueen & Co., LTD.
Regions Forest Services, LLP
Robert D. & Joel W. Pugh, Inc.
Ryburn Motor Company
Sallie Mae Matching Gifts
San Antonio Area Foundation
Sassafras Hunting Lodge
SeaArk Boats, Inc.
SeaArk Marine, Inc.
Searcy & Associates, LLC
Simmons First Bank of South
Arkansas
Simmons First National Bank
Starko, Inc.
State Farm Companies Foundation
Texas Instruments Foundation
The Harper Law Office, PLLC
The Hashem Law Firm, PLC
The Poultry Federation
Trinity Foundation
UAM Ambassadors
Union Bank & Trust Company
Union Pacific Corporation
Warren School District
Warren Wholesale Company
Western Sizzlin
Wilson Brothers Lumber Co.
Remembering
UAM In Wills
and Trusts
If you would like
to make UAM
the beneficiary of
your will or trust,
contact the Office
of Advancement at
(870) 460-1028 or
go to our website
at www.uamont.
edu/alumni/wills.
htm for detailed
information.
New Law Permits Charitable Giving Through IRA’s
Congress has recently changed the rules for charitable gifts made from Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The
revised law permits donors over age 70 1/2 to rollover amounts from their IRA’s to charity without claiming any increased
income or paying any additional tax. These tax-free rollover gifts can be up to $100,000. But, this law is only effective
through 2007. Interested donors should contact their IRA custodian and request that funds be transferred to the
UA Foundation, Inc. for the benefit of the University of Arkansas at Monticello. We get a nice gift and you avoid any
additional tax! For more information about this and other ways to give, contact Linda Yeiser, UAM Vice Chancellor for
Advancement, at 870-460-1028 or Yeiser@uamont.edu. And, as always, seek advice from your tax advisor.
Automatic Bank Draft Now Available
Would you like to include the UAM Foundation Fund in your monthly budget? If so, make life easy by opting for an automatic
bank draft. It’s a simple one-time step. Contact Cindy in the UAM Office of Advancement at (870) 460-1028 for
more information. UAM STUDENTS APPRECIATE YOU!
Alumni Dues / Foundation Gifts
Enclosed is my gift which qualifies for membership in (check one):
$2,500 and above $200 - $499 Use my gift
Unity & Movement Club Loyalty Club where needed most
$1,000 - $2,499 $100 - $199 $25 Individual
Galaxy Club Century Club Alumni Membership
$500 - $999 Other $35 Couple
Emerald Club $ Alumni Membership
Restrict my gift to:
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Address
City, State, Zip
(Area Code) Telephone
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Mail to: UAM Office of Advancement, P.O. Box 3520, Monticello, AR 71656 / Give online at www.uamont.edu
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The Centennial Circle
Celebrating a Century
of Excellence
UAM MAGAZINE
In 1909, the Arkansas General
Assembly created the Fourth District
Agricultural School in Monticello.
On September 14, 1910, the school
opened its doors for classes, beginning
a distinguished history of service
to the people of Arkansas and
beyond.
As we approach our 100th anniversary,
we invite you to help us
observe this event in a very special
way.
We are asking you to become
part of our Centennial Circle, a
group of 100 friends of UAM who
pledge $10,000 each to be used
to create a $1 million unrestricted
endowment for the UAM Foundation
Fund. Earnings from this endowment
will be used on an annual
basis to meet priority needs of
the university. These priorities will
be determined by a joint committee
of administration, faculty, and
students. None of the endowment
earnings will be used to augment
salaries.
How to join
If you would like to become
part of the Centennial Circle, you
may choose one of three payment
options:
1. A lump sum payment of
$10,000
2. Two payments of $5,000
3. Four payments of $2,500
Donations must be completed
by 2010. All contributions to the
UAM Foundation Fund are tax-deductible.
An architect’s rendering of the Centennial Clock Tower, which will be constructed
at the center of campus to commemorate UAM’s 100th anniversary
in 2009. Donors to the Centennial Circle will have their names inscribed on
the tower’s base.
The Centennial
Clock Tower
In observance of our 100th
anniversary, the university will
construct a clock tower to be located
at the center of the campus.
Members of the Centennial Circle
will have their names engraved
around the base of the tower.
Who to contact
If you would like to be part of
the Centennial Circle, we encourage
you to contact Linda Yeiser,
vice chancellor for advancement, at
(800) 467-8148 or (870) 460-1028.
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Foundation
News
Charitable Remainder Unitrust
Is “Win-Win” Situation
Kim and Joyce Mitchell of Ponca City, Okla., have made a $91,496
addition to the charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT) they
established in 2006. Like their initial contribution, they funded the
addition with highly appreciated stock. Proceeds from the sale of the
stock stay in the unitrust and provide them quarterly income for life,
some of which is tax-free.
“The charitable remainder unitrust benefits everyone,” said
Mitchell. “Joyce and I didn’t pay taxes on the sale of the stock, we
receive life-long earnings on the proceeds at a very attractive effective
interest rate, and we got an immediate tax deduction. Additionally,
UAM receives the remainder after our death. It is a wonderful winwin
situation for all.”
Mitchell graduated from Drew Central High School and grew up
on the A&M campus. His mother, Helen, worked in President Horace
Thompson’s office, and was later the A&M postmaster. “The people
of Drew County, and especially the people of A&M, took me and my
family in at our time of greatest need,” said Mitchell. “This is a debt
that has long needed repayment. That is why I am choosing UAM
over other worthy causes.”
For more information about charitable remainder unitrusts and
other planned giving opportunities, contact Linda Yeiser, UAM vice
chancellor for advancement, at (870)460-1028.
TRUST GROWS Kim Mitchell (left) of Ponca City, Okla., and his wife,
Joyce, recently added to their Charitable Remainder Unitrust. Pictured
with Mitchell are Linda Yeiser, vice chancellor for advancement
(center) and UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter.
Remember
The
Wandering
Weevils . . .
UAM will pay tribute to one of the most unusual college football teams in history – the 1939-41
“Wandering Weevils” of Arkansas A&M – by setting aside a section of Weevil Walk to recognize
team members. Surviving members of the “Wandering Weevils,” their families and friends will
have the opportunity to sponsor bricks honoring the individual players on those remarkable
teams. Bricks with the name of an individual player engraved into the surface may be sponsored
by contacting the Office of Advancement at (800) 467-8148 or (870) 460-1028. We’ll also have a complete
list of players from that era if you would like to adopt a player to sponsor. Help us remember
the “Wandering Weevils” by sponsoring a brick for Weevil Walk.
Fall 2007
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Alumni News & Notes
UAM MAGAZINE
1960-69
Janice Majors (BME ’67) has 10
years teaching experience in K-12
music education. She is employed
by the First Presbyterian Church in
Warren. She is active in many civic
organizations. She has three children
and seven grandchildren.
1970-79
Jimmy and Paula Tooke (BS ’77,
BS ’78) announce the graduation
of their son Josh Tooke from UAM
in Spring 2007. Josh is the fourth
member of their family to graduate
from UAM. His brother Brian, who is
obtaining his BS in Architectural/Civil
Engineering from the University of
Missouri-Rolla, graduated from UAM
in 2003.
1980-89
Paul Waddell (BS ’81) is currently
employed as a Senior Staff Explorationist
for Chroma E & P Inc., an independent
oil & gas company in TX. He
works both on and off shore in the
Gulf of Mexico region. Mr. Waddell
and his wife Lynn have two children:
a son, Sam, a sophomore at Houston
Honors College and a daughter,
Molly, a sophomore at Dulles High
School. The family resides in Missouri
City, Tex.
1990-99
Alex Deal (BA ’99) is teaching 8th
grade world history at a large middle
school located just outside Birmingham,
Ala., and Mr. Deal is also the
head football, wrestling and soccer
coach. He earned a master›s degree
in secondary education from the Uni-
Wee Weevil Bibs
versity of Alabama in 2003. He and
his wife have been married for three
years and have a 2 year-old son.
Johnathon and Nicole May (BS
’98, BS ’98) live in Grand Bay, Ala.
Mr. May is employed at East Central
Middle School, while Ms. May works
for Laureate Capital. They have a 6
year-old daughter Hensley and a 9
month-old son Cooper Joseph.
Dale Welch (BS ’91) recently
accepted a position as the VP of Sales
for Infinity Headwear and Apparel.
For the last 6 years he served as Director
of Global Sales for the Energy
Division of Kennametal (KMT: NYSE).
Welch is a former SGA president. He
lives in Rogers with his wife, Lisa,
and their two children, Colin, 9 and
Casey, 5.
2000-07
Steven Booker and his wife, Denise,
live in Tyler, Tex., where he is the
Chief Financial Officer for Azleway,
Inc., a non-profit organization which
provides residential treatment for
children in protective custody.
Tee Jay Garcia (BSN ’00) has become
a Captain in the U.S. Air Force
Reserves (attached to Wilford Hall
in San Antonio, Tex.) after serving
five years active duty as a surgical
nurse. She lives and works in Dallas,
Tex., where she is a nurse at a local
surgery center.
Tammi Nowlin (BBA ’01) works as
a Career Consultant for the Arkansas
Workforce Center in Warren. Ms.
Nowlin is the mother of two children,
Laura Richard West and Patience
Shai Nowlin; she is Nana (grandmother)
of Landen West, all of Warren.
“Wee Weevil” bibs have been sent to the newest Boll Weevils:
Braydon Carl Wisener, born August 6, 2007, to Sam (‘05) and Jennifer
Wisener (‘05) of Sherwood.
Stephen Charles Bragg, born August 12, 2007, to Don and Hope
Bragg (‘01) of Monticello.
Cooper Joseph May, born December 6, 2006, to Johnathon (‘98) and
Nicole May (‘98) of Grand Bay, Ala.
Share your “Wee Weevil” and other news with us by going to www.uamont.
edu/alumni and click on “Weevil Watch.”
Take Me Out To The Ballgame!
Alumni and friends enjoyed UAM Family Night at Dickey-Stephens
Park watching the Arkansas Travelers. (Above) John and Mandy
Abbott Ware (left) visit with Jim Freeland and his son, Wesley. (Below,
from left) Charley Baker, Bobby Keller and Reginald Glover enjoyed
hot dogs, burgers and soft drinks while watching baseball in the Pavilion
at the new park in North Little Rock.
FRIENDS WE’LL MISS
Arlene Rodgers Ashley of McGehee,
June 22, 2007
Sharon Kay Alexander Black of
Pine Bluff, July 16, 2007
Dr. James T. Clark, Sr. of Conway,
July 5, 2007
David Eddington of Little Rock, July
11, 2007
Charles F. “Butch” Ferriter ’61 of
Little Rock, July 26, 2007
Iris A. Johnson ’78 of Malvern, June
17, 2007
Peggy Johnson ’56 of Warren, July
5, 2007
Noel Waymon McDaniel ’37 of
Pine Bluff, formerly of Monticello,
August 6, 2007
Virginia McNiece of Russellville,
Feburary 19, 2007
Ira W. Merritt ’31 of Huntsville, Ala.,
May 31, 2007
Eddie Myhand of Redfield, June 3,
2007
Rita McClendon Rhodes of Little
Rock, June 15, 2007
Lawrence Levent “Nip” Shorter of
Monticello, June 27, 2007
Terrell Ford Spencer, Jr. of Monticello,
July 20, 2007
Brenda J. Thompson of Pine Bluff,
July 11, 2007
Marjorie Rash VanArsdol of Clinton
Township, Mich., January 26, 2007
Julia A. Weatherall ’54 of Little
Rock, May 27, 2007
Sara Margaret Horn Wigley of
Lacey, April 9, 2007
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Snapshots
Adrian Baber (B.S. ’87) stays busy these days as chief of conservation for the Arkansas Natural
Resources Commission (ANRC).
Baber, who works in Little Rock and lives in Benton with his wife, Laura, and their daughters, Leigh Ann and
Andrianna, oversees numerous programs that affect Arkansas’ natural resources and agriculture.
Baber supervises a number of programs instituted by the Arkansas General Assembly in 2003 in response to a
lawsuit filed by the state of Oklahoma alleging that poultry application in six watersheds in northwest Arkansas
that flow into Oklahoma is the primary cause of nutrient loading in these streams.
Programs Baber supervises to address the issue include programs in poultry feeding operation registration, nutrient
management planner certification, nutrient management application and water use registration as well as
water resources tax credit incentives. In his role with the ANRC, he also works closely with the state’s 75 conservation
districts to assist them in carrying out their conservation programs.
Adrian Baber
Jacqueline Yue (‘93) is living in Beijing and working with the Asian Sports Fitness
Association as China prepares to host the 2008 Summer Olympics. Jacque has been featured in the
Chinese magazine She for her work with training and certifying fitness trainers in China. Look for a
profile of Jacque in the next issue of UAM Magazine.
Dr. Sean Rochelle (‘89) has been promoted to the position of Assistant Director of
Women’s Athletics at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. Rochelle joined the UA Women’s Athletics
Department as the director of development in February 2007.
A former associate director for corporate and foundation relations at the University, Rochelle
spent the past year working in the University administration.
Prior to returning to Arkansas, Rochelle spent five years at Azusa Pacific University. Among his
work at Azusa Pacific, he was the chair of the department of exercise and sport science.
Sean Rochelle
Passages
Shade, Huey Taught For 55 Years
UAM is saddened by the loss of two retired faculty members with 55 years service to the university.
Jim Huey, assistant professor of biology from 1966 to 1997, died May 26, 2007, in Monticello. He was born
August 21, 1938 in Amity, Ark., and attended Henderson State Teachers College where he received a bachelor of
science degree in biology. He taught high school in Helena for five years before returning to college. Mr. Huey
received a master of science degree in biology from the University of South Dakota before returning to Helena to
teach for a year.
Huey taught botany, zoology, anatomy and biology.
Family, friends and colleagues established the Mr. Jim Huey Endowed Scholarship to honor his contributions to
the university’s pre-medical science program.
Elwood Shade, associate professor emeritus, died July 22, 2007, at Trinity Village in Pine Bluff. He was 93.
Mr. Shade was a member of the faculty in the School of Forest Resources from 1957 until his retirement in
1981.
He received bachelor’s and master’s of science in forestry degrees from Penn State University and did graduate
work at the University of Minnesota and the University of Washington. He was employed as a public assistance
social worker by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Assistance from 1936-1940, as a biology teacher for the
Pittsburg, Pa., School System from 1941-1944, by the U.S. Forest Service from 1946-53, and as city forester in
Portland, Ore., from 1956-1957. He was an associate professor at UAM. He also worked many summers for the
U.S. Parks Service in Glacier National Park in Montana. He was a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church
of Monticello, and a member of the Monticello Lions Club, Phi Sigma Phi Forestry Fraternity, Society of American
Foresters, Arkansas Audubon Society, Arkansas Nature Conservancy, Arkansas Retired Teachers and the Ozark
Society, Inc. Mr. Shade established the Elwood Shade Forest Resources Scholarship in 2006.
Jim Huey
Elwood Shade
Fall 2007
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Show Your Weevil Spirit!
Hey, UAM graduates and Boll Weevil fans, you can display that Boll
Weevil Spirit wherever you go with a UAM Collegiate License Plate,
available as an official Arkansas Car Tag. The tag commemorates the
100th anniversary of UAM’s founding in 1909. For $35 above the cost
of a standard Arkansas Tag, you can display a UAM Car Tag and help
your university. The UAM Foundation Fund will receive $25 for each
tag purchased. The UAM Car Tags are available at local revenue offices
in southeast Arkansas and the State Revenue Office in Little Rock. For
more information, contact the Office of Advancement at (800) 467-
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Monticello, AR 71656
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