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From the ChanCellor 

Milestones remind us of the passage of time. UAM passed 

two milestones recently when we observed our 100th commencement and honored 

our 50th Distinguished Alumnus. This is a bittersweet time for those of us on a college 

campus as we say goodbye to a graduating class full of hope and promise. It’s also a time 

to look ahead to the next generation of students and wonder who from among them will 

be the next Reginald Glover, our 2012 Distinguished Alumnus. For more 

than five decades Reginald has built a legacy of service to his community, 

to the state of Arkansas, and to this institution. I can think of no one 

more deserving of this honor. 

If you drive through campus, you will notice that we have completed 

construction on the new forestry annex, which we will formally dedicate 

this fall, and are now in the process of renovating and refurbishing 

the original forestry building. Our next major construction project will 

be to refurbish or replace the Science Center. We will begin a campaign 

to raise funds for this essential project in the near future, including making 

available the naming rights for the structure. 

As you know, these are challenging economic times for Arkansas’ institutions of 

higher learning. With the state providing a decreasing share of our operating expenses, 

our only alternative is to raise tuition and fees to maintain a margin of excellence in our 

academic programs. We are mindful of the economic hardship this places on students 

and their families and we will continue to explore every option to keep the cost of 

attendance affordable. 

Please mark your calendars for two important dates this fall – Parent/Family Appreciation 

Day on September 15 and Homecoming on October 13. I encourage you to come 

back for Homecoming and see first-hand the exciting changes taking place at your alma 

mater. 

One of our continuing goals for the coming year is to strengthen our ties with our 

alumni base. The Office of Alumni Affairs has created a monthly electronic newsletter to 

keep you informed of the latest happenings on campus as well as news involving alumni. 

We are also looking for locations for alumni receptions and need your help. If you are 

interested in hosting a reception in your area, please contact me or Dr. Clay Brown, Vice 

Chancellor for Advancement and University Relations. 

As always, I remind you that UAM is your university and we’d love for you to visit. 

Best Wishes, 

Jack Lassiter 

Chancellor 

On The Cover: Reginald Glover of Monticello was 

honored recently as UAM’s 50th Distinguished 

Alumnus. 

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INSIDE 

2 On Campus 

A $30,000 gift from the 

Drew County chapter of 

the Arkansas Extension 

Homemakers Council, 

the state’s top computer 

programmers, the winner 

of the prestigious Joseph 

E. Pryor Fellowship, and a 

unique children’s literacy 

project highlight campus 

happenings. 

18 Sports 

The Cotton Blossoms win 

the first Great American 

Conference softball 

championship and add a 

tournament title to boot. 

Kayla Jackson becomes 

UAM softball’s first threetime 

All-American. 

25 Technology 

LPN nursing graduates 

from the McGehee campus 

achieve a 100 percent 

pass rate on the state 

licensure examination. 

26 Class News 

Keep in touch with your 

former classmates. 

Chair 

Paul Griffin / Monticello 

Vice Chair 

Beverly Reep / Warren 

8 RED HOT 

To his oldest friends, he’ll always be 

“Red Hot.” To UAM, Reginald Glover 

is a loyal friend and our Distinguished 

Alumnus. 

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FEATURES 

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END OF AN ERA 

For 42 years, David Ray impacted the lives of 

generations of Arkansas A&M and UAM students. 

Now, he’s saying goodbye. 

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Secretary-Treasurer 

Amanda Ware / North Little Rock 

Directors 

Angelia Clements / Little Rock 

Jennifer Hargis / Monticello 

Donney Jackson / Monticello 

M.L. Mann / Monticello 

Jerrielynn Mapp / Monticello 

WORLD CHAMPION 

UAM student Emily Oliver of Hamburg is the first 

female to win the 18-and-under World Turkey 

Calling Championship. 

Randall Risher / Houston, Texas 

James Rook / Mena 

Larry Walther / Little Rock 

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Dr. Robert Weih 

Receives Honor 

Dr. Robert Weih, a member of the 

School of Forest Resources faculty at 

UAM since 1994, was recently named the 

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by the 

School of Forestry at Northern Arizona 

University. 

Weih graduated from Northern Arizona 

in 1982 with a bachelor of science 

degree in forestry and range management 

and holds a master’s degree from 

the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. 

in forest biometrics from Virginia Tech. 

The NAU School of Forestry has presented 

its Distinguished Alumnus Award 

annually since 1990. “Our past recipients 

include a diverse array of alumni who 

have gone on to successful careers in forest 

science, government agencies such as 

the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, and private 

industry,” said Dr. James A. Allen, professor 

and executive director of the NAU 

School of Forestry. “Dr. Weih is in some 

very good company.” 

A pioneer in the discipline of spatial 

information systems using geographic 

information systems, remote sensing, 

global positioning and aerial photography, 

Weih was instrumental in developing 

the spatial information systems degree 

program at UAM. UAM’s School of Forest 

Resources was one of the first forestry 

programs to offer degrees in spatial 

information systems within a forestry 

environment. 

“This is a wonderful and welldeserved 

honor for Dr. Weih,” said Dr. 

Philip Tappe, dean of the School of 

Forest Resources and director of the 

Arkansas Forest Resources Center. “Bob’s 

work in spatial information systems has 

positioned UAM as a national leader in a 

cutting edge discipline. Bob’s dedication, 

his commitment to excellence in all that 

he does, serves as an example not only 

for the School of Forest Resources, but 

for the institution as a whole.” 

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Weih has directed the Spatial Information 

Systems Program since 2003. Prior 

to joining the UAM faculty, he worked 

as a remote sensing and GIS consultant 

in the College of Natural Resources at 

Colorado State University. He earlier 

served as a senior scientist at the Space 

Remote Sensing Center in the Institute of 

Technology Development at the NASA 

Stennis Space Center. 

He also worked as a natural resource 

GIS/remote sensing advisor for the Food 

and Agriculture Organization of the 

United Nations in Jakarta, Indonesia, was 

a research assistant at Virginia Tech, a 

project research analyst for the Coconino 

County Highway Department in Flagstaff, 

Ariz., and a lead forest technician in 

Utah’s Dixie National Forest. 

Top Programmers 

C 

omputer programming teams from 

UAM swept the top two spots in the 

CIS COBOL division of the 2012 Arkansas 

Collegiate Programming Contest hosted 

recently by Hendrix College in Conway. 

The UAM team of Timothy Taylor of 

Star City, Amy Emberson of Searcy, and 

Treshai Hudspeth of Monticello won the 

competition while the team of Bo Smith 

of White Hall, Robert Moffatt and Kevin 

Stewart of Crossett placed second. 

Twenty-five teams from colleges and 

universities throughout the state took 

part in the competition, which is sponsored 

annually by the TresNet Division of 

Acxiom Corporation. Ten of the 25 teams 

competed in the CIS COBOL division 

while 15 competed in the CIS non- 

COBOL division. 

Parents’ Day / Homecoming Dates 

ates for the two biggest events of the fall semester have 

been set so be sure to mark your calendars: 

Parent/Family Appreciation Day – September 15 

Homecoming – October 13

FIRST PLACE TEAM (From left) Treshai Hudspeth, 

Amy Emberson and Timothy Taylor comprised UAM’s 

first place team at the Arkansas Collegiate 

Programming Contest. 

The UAM teams were given six 

programming problems to solve in 

five hours. Taylor, Emberson and 

Hudspeth successfully solved all six 

problems, five on the first attempt. 

“This is a tremendous accomplishment 

for our students and for 

our program,” said Brian Hairston, 

dean of the School of Computer 

Information Systems. “Our students 

have proven over and over again that 

they can compete with the best this 

state has to offer and excel at a very 

high level. I’m proud of them.” 

Keith Jones of Acxiom Corporation 

and director of the competition, 

called the performance of UAM’s winning 

team “extraordinary. The contest 

is not only about completing the problems 

successfully, but also considers 

the time it takes each team to complete 

them,” Jones explained. “Twenty minute 

penalties are given for each wrong 

submission. These can really add up and 

hurt a team. This can be the difference in 

placing in the top two or not.” 

Pryor Fellowship 

Senior English major Adam Cook of 

Winnsboro, Tex., has become the 

second student from the University 

of Arkansas at Monticello to win the 

prestigious Joseph E. Pryor Fellowship 

from Alpha Chi national collegiate honor 

society. 

Cook received the award, which 

includes a $1,000 scholarship to the 

graduate school of his choice, at the 

recent Alpha Chi national convention in 

Baltimore, Md. 

Cook joins Joseph Lockwood of Stuttgart 

as the only UAM students to win the 

Pryor Fellowship. 

“This is a wonderful honor for Adam 

and for the university,” said Chancellor 

Jack Lassiter. “The Pryor Fellowship recognizes 

both individual academic achievement 

and the academic quality of the 

institution represented. I know I speak 

for the entire university community when 

I say how proud I am of Adam’s accomplishments.” 

“We are all so proud of Adam,” said 

Dr. Kate Stewart, professor of English and 

UAM’s Alpha Chi sponsor. “He represents 

the best this institution has to offer. He 

has been a joy to be around and I have no 

doubt he’ll be successful at whatever he 

chooses to do.” 

The Pryor Fellowship is named for the 

late Dr. Joseph E. Pryor, long-time faculty 

member, dean and academic 

vice president at Harding 

University. Dr. Pryor served 

as executive director of 

Alpha Chi from 1983 to 

1993. 

Alpha Chi is a national 

collegiate honor society 

that admits members 

from all academic disci- 

plines. Membership 

is limited to the top 10 

percent of the junior 

and senior classes and 

requires a grade point 

average of 3.6 or better on 

a 4.0 scale. 

TOP SCHOLAR Adam Cook (left) 

is the second UAM student in as many 

years to receive the Pryor Fellowship. 

At right is Jean Hendrix, associate 

professor of computer information 

systems. 

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Research Grant 

r. Mary Stewart, associate professor 

Dof biology in the School of Mathematical 

and Natural Sciences, has 

been awarded a summer research fellowship 

from the Arkansas IDeA Networks of 

Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE). 

Arkansas INBRE is funded by the National 

Institutes of Health and provides 

mentored collaborations in biomedical 

research between faculty at primarily 

undergraduate institutions and faculty 

at one of the state’s lead institutions 

(UAMS, UA-Fayetteville and UA-Little 

Rock). Another goal of the Arkansas 

INBRE program is to increase the number 

of undergraduate students that pursue a 

career in biomedical research. 

Stewart is collaborating with Dr. 

Helen Beneš at UAMS and will conduct 

research at UAMS this summer as well 

as at UAM. The research will continue 

into the academic year and will involve 

undergraduate students. 

“Being directly involved in research 

is an excellent hands-on opportunity 

for undergraduate students to expand 

learning outside of the classroom and to 

explore a career path,” said Stewart. 

Stewart’s research focuses on the 

similarities of genes in humans and fruit 

flies, including genes that have roles in 

disease processes. “This, 

coupled with the fact that fruit 

flies reproduce quickly and 

are easy to study, has led 

researchers worldwide to use 

the fruit fly in research to 

understand how mutations 

in genes can lead to conditions 

such as 

diabetes, cardiovascular 

disorders and 

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cancers,” Stewart explained. “What we 

learn in fruit flies can then be tested and 

applied to humans. In my research, I am 

working with a strain of fruit flies that 

have a mutation that we suspect affects 

two genes. These flies develop tumors 

and have a syndrome of other effects 

that include delayed development and 

reduced activity of a hormone. Although 

we suspect that two genes are involved, 

we don’t know exactly what role each 

gene has in causing the tumors or the other 

pathologies. Finding out what these 

mutant genes do and how this leads to 

tumors and the other pathologies are the 

overall goals of our research. We hope 

that the information we find will be useful 

for understanding a group of human 

conditions that are caused by mutations 

in similar genes.” 

Arkansas INBRE was established in 

2001 to strengthen the state’s biomedical 

research infrastructure, increase the 

biomedical research base in Arkansas 

by providing research support to the 

partner undergraduate institutions so 

they can obtain independent funding for 

their biomedical research projects, provide 

mentored research opportunities 

for faculty and undergraduate students 

statewide, and enhance the science and 

technology base of Arkansas’s future 

workforce by developing a cadre of 

trained scientists, especially those with 

expertise in biomedical research. 

Game Generation 

B 

ryan Fendley, director of academic 

computing at UAM, has been selected 

to present his ideas at this year’s 

2012 Educause Conference, a gathering 

of leading higher education information 

technology professionals 

November 6-9 

in Denver, Colo. 

Fendley will be 

conducting a national 

online workshop to 

teach faculty and 

administrators how to 

use video game design principles that can 

help students become more engaged in 

the college classroom. 

According to Fendley, “Generation G” 

is the game generation. “They think, solve 

problems, and communicate differently 

than any previous generation.” Fendley 

explained, “Higher education has spent 

time training faculty and support staff in 

the areas of classroom technologies and 

distance learning delivery, but we have 

not adequately prepared for the digital 

environment where so many of our students 

spend their time – video games.” 

Fendley is a nationally recognized 

leader in distance learning and innovative 

teaching methods. 

Tree Planting 

U 

AM students, faculty and staff 

planted a yellow poplar tree at the 

center of campus recently in observance 

of Arbor Day, a nationally-celebrated 

observance that encourages tree planting 

and care. 

The observance is one of five requirements 

for the campus to maintain its 

standing as part of Tree Campus USA. 

UAM was designated a Tree Campus 

USA in 2010. “The Tree Campus USA 

program is an initiative to foster the development 

of the next generation of tree 

stewards,” said Jay Jones, vice chancellor 

for finance and administration. “The 

program is designed to promote healthy 

urban forest management.”

Agri Policy 

griculture students at the University 

A of Arkansas at Monticello got a firsthand 

look at agricultural policy development 

during a recent visit to the state 

capitol in Little Rock. 

Students met with southeast Arkansas 

legislators, Arkansas Farm Bureau 

staff and attended a meeting of the 

House-Senate Joint Budget Committee, 

during which bills dealing with both 

agriculture and non-agriculture issues 

were discussed. The students also met 

with Shane Broadway, interim director of 

higher education, and UA System Vice 

President for Agriculture Mark Cochran. 

Arkansas Farm Bureau staff members 

Rodney Baker, Stanley Hill and Michelle 

Kitchens of AFB governmental affairs, and 

Jody Urquhart, representing AFB’s organization 

and member programs, hosted 

a lunch for the students and members 

of the SEARK legislative delegation. Hill 

briefed the students on Farm Bureau 

operating procedures with the legislature 

as well as policy for current pending 

legislation. 

The students later attended general 

sessions of both the House of Representatives 

and Senate and were photographed 

with Governor Mike Beebe. The 

students were accompanied on the trip 

by Dr. Bob Stark, professor of agriculture, 

and Dr. Whitney Whitworth, associate 

professor of animal science. 

Horse Tales 

Nearly 100 first graders from Mc- 

Gehee and Kingsland had the un- 

usual experience of reading to horses 

during a recent visit to the University 

of Arkansas at Monticello. 

The event was part of the Horse 

Tales Literacy Project (formerly The 

Black Stallion Literacy Foundation), 

which, according to the organization’s 

website, “helps children discover the 

joys of reading and the excitement of 

learning through the wonders of live 

horses and the Black Stallion books by 

Walter Farley, as well as other classic 

horse literature.” 

The students and their teachers 

were brought to the UAM rodeo 

arena where they were able to 

interact with horses used by members 

of the university’s rodeo team. After 

reading, the students were able to 

learn how to tack a horse, how to feed 

and care for a horse, how to groom 

a horse, and how a horse’s feet are 

cared for by a farrier. 

Each student received a copy of 

Farley’s Little Black Goes to the Circus. 

The Horse Tales Literacy Foundation 

is a partnership of educators, 

businesses, volunteers, education 

foundations, and staff members focused 

on promoting literacy through 

the combination of live horses and 

classic horse literature. 

“This was a wonderful experience, 

not only for the kids, but for our students 

and faculty who were involved 

in the activity,” said Dr. Whitney 

Whitworth, associate professor of 

animal science at UAM. 

WITH THE GOVERNOR UAM students and 

faculty met with Governor Mike Beebe as part of 

a recent trip to the state capitol. Pictured from 

left are Will Parrish of Greenville, Miss., Dr. Bob 

Stark of the UAM faculty, Wes Boney of Lake 

Village, Zach Lauhon of Hamburg, Evan Staton of 

Pine Bluff, Nik George of Monticello, Todd Taylor 

of Pine Bluff, Rachel Umholtz of Sheridan, Tyler 

Hicks of Prattsville, Eric Manos of Trenton, Fla., 

Dustin Day of McGehee, Jacob Rayburn of DeVille, 

La., Governor Beebe, Nick Kelley of Hamburg, 

Chris Church of Warren, Kevin McPherson of 

Grady, John Erickson of Lincolnwood, Ill., Zach 

Hodge of Maumelle, April Quattlebaum of Grady, 

Austin Henderson of McGehee, and Grady De- 

Loach of Leland, Miss. 

READING TO 

HORSES First graders 

read to the horses in 

UAM’s rodeo arena as 

part of the Horse Tales 

Literacy Project to help 

children discover the joy 

of reading. 

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DEBATE Members 

of the UAM 

debate and forensics 

team with their 

awards from the 

IPDA national tournament 

are (from 

left, front row) Meg 

Ryan, Sydney Davis, 

Brittany Halley, 

Anna Blace Barron, 

Jessica Thrower, 

Samantha Montgomery, 

Bobby 

Evans, (second row) 

Zack Tucker, Kelly 

Reed, Chris Brown, 

Amanda Thompson, 

Keith Milstead, 

assistant coach), Jim 

Evans, coach, Maggie 

Parrish, Jamie 

Ward, (third row) 

Lei Brist, Liz Borse, 

Jessica Pennington, 

Yvonne Hinshaw, 

Justin Walker, and 

Anastasia Duff. 

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Third In The 

Nation! 

Northwest Arkansas has been good 

to UAM’s debate and forensics team 

in 2012. 

Chris Brown of Siloam Springs and 

Kelly Reed of Bentonville won a combined 

three national championships 

in team and individual debate to lead 

UAM to a third place finish in the overall 

sweepstakes competition at the International 

Public Debate Association National 

Tournament held recently at Sam Houston 

State University in Huntsville, Tex. 

Brown won the IPDA varsity debate 

national championship based on seasonlong 

competition and teamed with Reed 

to win the season-long IPDA team debate 

national championship. 

“I am so proud of Chris and Kelly for 

all they have accomplished this season,” 

said Jim Evans, director of debate and 

forensics at UAM. “I am also extremely 

pleased with our entire team. Once again 

we more than held our own against some 

of the best collegiate debate and forensics 

teams in the country. The university 

can take pride in their accomplishments.” 

Competing in four divisions of 

debate – team, novice, varsity, and pro – 

UAM won 17 individual and seven team 

awards in both season-long and national 

tournament competition. As a team, 

UAM placed second in the season-long 

IPDA team debate competition, fourth in 

IPDA varsity debate, fourth in scholastic 

sweepstakes IPDA debate (a combination 

of novice and varsity debate competition), 

fourth in founders individual 

sweepstakes IPDA debate (a combination 

of novice, varsity and pro competition), 

fourth in the scholastic sweepstakes at 

the national tournament, and fourth in 

the founders sweepstakes national tournament 

competition. 

In addition to his two season-long 

national championships, Brown was the 

10th place individual speaker in varsity 

debate at the national tournament, and 

joined with Reed to reach the round of 

16 in team debate. 

Zack Tucker of Marked Tree, a graduate 

assistant, placed 10th in the professional 

division of the season-long IPDA 

varsity debate competition, won the fifth 

place individual speaker award at the national 

tournament and reached the round 

of 16 in professional debate. 

$30,000 Gift 

he Drew County chapter of the 

T Arkansas Extension Homemakers 

Council, in observance of AEHC’s 

100th anniversary, recently presented 

a $30,000 donation to the University of 

Arkansas at Monticello Foundation Fund. 

Included in the donation is a $15,000 

endowed scholarship fund, which will 

generate an annual scholarship for a Drew 

County resident; a $5,000 endowed 

award, also to be presented to a Drew 

County resident; and a $10,000 gift to 

the Centennial Circle endowment fund. 

“This is a wonderful gesture by the 

Drew County Extension Homemakers,” 

said UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “By 

their gift, they have chosen to create a 

lasting legacy of providing educational 

opportunities for future generations. 

The institution is most grateful for their 

generosity.” 

The AEHC began in Mablevale when 

the first Home Demonstration Club in Arkansas 

was organized in 1912. Seventeen 

years after the first club was organized, 

the state council was formed with 125 

women representing 27 counties. The organization’s 

original name was the Home 

Demonstration Clubs until 1966 when the 

name was changed to the Arkansas Extension 

Homemakers Council. 

The organization, which is associated 

with the University of Arkansas Division 

of Agriculture, has grown into one of the 

largest volunteer groups in the state with 

a membership of 4,732 and a presence in 

74 of Arkansas’ 75 counties. 

The AEHC mission is to “empower 

individuals and families to improve their 

quality of living through continuing 

education, leadership development and 

community services. 

The first extension club in Drew 

County was formed in 1916 and has met 

continuously for the past 96 years. There 

are currently nine extension homemakers 

clubs in Drew County covering all corners 

of the county.

Top Faculty/Staff 

The UAM chapter of Alpha Chi, the 

national collegiate honor society, 

recently presented awards to four 

members of the administration, faculty, 

and staff for their contributions to the 

university. The winners were selected by 

the members of Alpha Chi, which is limited 

to juniors and seniors in the top 10 

percent of their respective classes with 

minimum grade point averages of 3.6 or 

better. Pictured from left are Dr. Andrew 

Williams, assistant professor of chemistry, 

who received the “Rookie of the Year” 

award, Jay Hughes, vice chancellor for 

student affairs, “Administrator of the 

Year,” Brooke Hogue, assistant director of 

admissions, “Staff Member of the Year,” 

and Dr. Laura Evans, assistant professor of 

nursing, “Faculty Member of the Year.” 

EXTENSION HOMEMAKERS GIFT Members of the Drew County Extension Homemakers recently presented a 

$30,000 gift to the UAM Foundation Fund. Pictured from left are Verne Wilson, vice president of the Drew County 

Extension Homemakers, Hazelene McCray, county extension agent for family and consumer sciences, Dr. Clay Brown, 

UAM’s vice chancellor for advancement and university relations, Chancellor Jack Lassiter, Juanita Webb, president of 

the Drew County Extension Homemakers, Evelyn Lawson, treasurer, and Wilma McNaughton, past president. (Not 

pictured: Karen Donaldson, secretary.) 

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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS 

The nickname has followed him from Rison High School 

to Arkansas A&M, to the Army and through five decades 

of service to his community and his University. For 

Reginald Glover, it’s about family. 

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Red 

eginald Glover’s oldest friends call him “Red Hot.” He 

got the nickname from a guy named “Red” – Jimmy 

“Red” Parker. Parker was the star senior running back 

at Rison High School in 1948 while Glover was a 

skinny sophomore end who Parker constantly ran over 

in practice. 

day, Glover decided to get even. “Back in that day, 

there was an ointment called Red Hot,” Glover remembers, 

a smile creasing his face. “Most every high school dressing 

room had that Red Hot ointment.” Glover took a dab and 

placed it in Parker’s athletic supporter. 

“Red already had a rash in an unfortunate location,” says 

Glover, now cackling at the memory. “When he got out on 

the practice field, that stuff lit him up pretty good. He was 

pointing at me, saying ‘I’m gonna kill you, I’m gonna kill 

you!’ He nearly did.” 

After practice, Parker grabbed Glover and slammed him 

into a locker, only to retrieve him and throw him into the 

next one. “He banged me around pretty good,” Glover says. 

“When he got through, he said ‘Listen guys, this guy will 

be known as Red Hot the rest of his life,’ and I have been.” 

Glover carried the name through college at Arkansas 

A&M, two years in the military, and a career in business 

spanning five decades. He used to receive mail in Rison addressed 

to “Red Hot, Rison, Arkansas.” “No last name, just 

Red Hot,” says Glover. 

Over the years, Glover earned other monikers – visionary 

civic leader, tireless volunteer for causes far and wide, a 

loyal supporter of higher education. 

His latest means more to Glover than the rest – Distinguished 

Alumnus of the University of Arkansas at Monticello. 

Glover is the 50th recipient of the award. 

“I can’t tell you what this means to me,” says Glover. “I 

attribute most of the success I’ve had in life to the time I 

spent at A&M.” 

Born in Woodlawn and raised in Rison, Glover didn’t

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have a lot of college options. His 

mother, the late Ruby Moseley Glover, 

attended A&M when it was primarily 

a high school and junior college. 

After Rison High School won the state 

football championship in 1950, all 11 

seniors on the team were invited to 

Arkansas A&M to talk to the coaching 

staff. 

Glover wasn’t offered a football 

scholarship but decided A&M was the 

place for him. He never regretted the 

decision. 

Like so many alumni from the 

1950s, Glover has fond memories of 

his time at Arkansas A&M. With 

no more than 600 to 700 students, 

the campus was like an extended 

family. “We borrowed clothes from 

each other, just like a brother or sister 

would,” says Glover. “Very few of us 

had automobiles and we all stayed on 

campus. You got to know everybody 

and everybody knew you. When you 

don’t jump in a car and commute, it’s 

a lot easier to get to know somebody.” 

A lack of outside entertainment 

and money usually led to pranks and 

highjinks. Glover joined a group of 20 

to 25 of his fellow students in carrying 

another student’s car – a Model 

A Ford – up the steps of what is now 

the Babin Business Center. “It was 

Halloween and a bunch of us walked 

that car up the steps and left it right in 

front of the door.,” Glover says. 

Dean of Men J.E. Griner wasn’t 

amused. “He was furious,” Glover 

remembers. “We all acted like we were 

amazed, but he looked at us and said 

‘Ya’ll know exactly how this happened. 

I’m going in my office. It better be 

down by noon.’ We all got it down.” 

Glover completed his bachelor of 

science in business administration 

degree in 1955, then went to his lo- 

cal draft board and asked that he be 

moved to the head of the line. “I knew 

I was going to have to go in, so I asked 

to be drafted,” Glover says. “Draftees 

had a two-year active duty obligation 

and I wanted to get it over with and 

get on with my life.” 

Glover’s life in the military soon 

took on a Forrest Gump quality. As 

a college graduate, he caught some 

breaks from the Army. After basic 

training at Fort Chaffee near Fort 

Smith, Glover was sent to clerk-typist 

school. While 38 members of the 

class were eventually shipped to duty 

in Greenland, Glover and one other 

classmate were stationed at Fort Jackson, 

South Carolina. 

Next came a temporary duty 

assignment for Glover and another 

soldier at Fort Slocum, located in New 

York harbor. 

The other soldier, Fred Burns, Jr., 

was the son of a well-connected Washington 

lobbyist. On the drive from 

South Carolina to New York, Glover 

and Burns stopped in D.C. to bunk 

at his father’s apartment and attend a 

party where Glover met a young senator 

from Massachusetts named John F. 

Kennedy. “He knew Fred’s father and 

he just acted like we were a couple of 

his kids,” says Glover. “Very down to 

earth.” 

When he reached New York, 

Glover became a regular at Yankee 

Stadium. The USO provided free 

tickets to service men and women on 

a first-come basis. “I knew a gal at the 

USO and she made sure I had tickets,” 

Glover says. “When the World Series 

started that October, I asked her if I 

was still going to get a ticket. She said 

if you’re here on time, I’ll have one for 

you.” 

Glover was in his familiar spot in 

the centerfield bleachers on October 

8, 1956, the day the Yankees’ Don 

Larsen pitched the only perfect game 

in World Series history. 

The next fall, Glover narrowly 

missed being sent to Little Rock with 

the 101st Airborne to quell the crisis at 

Central High School. He mustered out 

of active duty on October 13, 1957, and 

headed to Crossett, where a job awaited 

at the Bemis Bag Company. 

Over the next 52 years, Glover 

built a legacy of excellence in business 

and community service. After leaving 

Bemis Bag, he took a position as office 

manager for Textile Paper Products 

of Crossett before becoming business 

manager for Ryburn Motor Company 

of Monticello. 

In 1967, he accepted a position as 

vice president and general manager 

of Ryburn Ford of Jonesboro before 

returning to Monticello in 1968 as a 

vice president and director of Commercial 

Bank. From 1976 to 1979 he 

served as president and director of 

First State Bank of Crossett before 

returning to Commercial Bank as 

president, a post he held until 1999. 

Glover retired from Commercial Bank 

in 2009 and has spent much of the last 

three years as a volunteer fund-raiser 

for UAM. 

Glover’s list of honors, awards, and 

community service is a lengthy one. 

He was previously honored by UAM 

as the sixth recipient of the university’s 

Alumni Award for Achievement and 

Merit as well as the Continuing the 

Connection Award, presented to the 

person who best keeps alive the connection 

between UAM and Arkansas 

A&M. He was the third recipient 

of the UAM Spirit Award, is a past 

chair of the UAM Foundation Fund, 

and helped create the UAM Sports

Association, a private fund-raising organization 

for intercollegiate athletics. 

He also helped found the UAM Sports 

Hall of Fame and served as vice chair 

of the UAM Board of Visitors. 

Glover is a former Drew County 

Man of the Year, Outstanding Volunteer 

for Economic Development for 

the Fourth Congressional District, 

and the Distinguished Citizen of the 

Year for the City of Monticello. He 

is also a past president of the Drew 

County Chamber of Commerce and 

the Monticello Industrial Development 

Corporation (now Commission). 

Glover is also a member and vice 

chairman of the Southeast Arkansas 

Intermodal Facility Authority, a 

member of the advisory board of the 

Arkansas Good Roads Transportation 

Council, and a member of the board 

of the Southeast Arkansas Cornerstone 

Coalition. 

“I can think of no one more deserving 

of the 50th Distinguished Alumnus 

Award than Reginald Glover,” says 

UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “He 

has been a loyal supporter of the university, 

serving as an unpaid volunteer 

in the Office of Advancement as well 

as on numerous boards and committees 

connected with the institution. 

He has been instrumental in raising 

private funds for various campus 

projects, including the Indoor Practice 

Facility and the annex to the School 

of Forest Resources. The university, 

and southeast Arkansas, owe Reginald 

Glover a debt of gratitude for all he 

has done for this institution, for the 

city of Monticello and for the region.” 

“Looking back on my life, I know 

I’ve been blessed,” says Glover. “I don’t 

feel worthy of being honored this way, 

but I know there’s no one that will 

appreciate this more than I do.” 

THROUGH THE YEARS Reginald Glover, as an Arkansas A&M sophomore in 1953 (inset) and addressing 

the UAM Class of 2012 at the university’s 100th commencement. 

Summer 2012 11

The University will 

honor Provost Ray 

for his 42 years of 

service with a retire- 

ment reception on 

Friday, June 22, 2012, 

from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 

p.m. in the Green Room 

of the John F. Gibson 

University Center. The 

public is invited. 

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avid Ray has vivid memories of his first speech 

as a student at Texas Tech. He just can’t remember 

how it ended. “I had an absolute dread 

of getting up and giving a speech,” says Ray, 

who recently announced his retirement from 

the administration and faculty at the University 

Dof Arkansas at Monticello after 42 years. 

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A Man 

For All 

Seasons 

For more than four decades, Ray served as a speech teacher, director of debate and 

forensics, creator of UAM’s nationally-acclaimed debate team, dean of the School of Arts 

and Humanities, and finally, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Along the 

way, he impacted several generations of students with an affable, easy-going manner that 

belied his own fear of public speaking. 

“The first speech class I took I went to the professor and said ‘You’ve got to help me,’” 

Ray recalls. “I don’t even remember finishing that speech. My professor said we should 

look at the students’ critiques and see what they thought. They all thought I did well and 

made a good presentation, but I was so overcome with fear I didn’t even realize I had finished 

the speech. That was my start. I thought, wow, if I can overcome this, that’s what I 

want to do.” 

Ray’s career choice was a fortuitous one for UAM. Through the years, his students 

have gone on to successful careers in business, government, education and the law. “David 

is a part of this institution’s history, a remarkable instructor, an esteemed colleague, 

and a dear personal friend,” says Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “He has been a positive influence 

on the lives of so many students. Those who came through his debate and forensics 

program are a lasting legacy to his contributions to higher education.” 

A native of San Antonio, Tex., and a psychology major at Texas Tech, Ray had been 

accepted to graduate school at the University of Texas but got sidetracked when the head

Summer 2012 13

Through The Years . . . 

FIRST DEBATE TEAM 

The 1970 Arkansas A&M debate 

team (obove, from left) David 

Ray, Ron Turchi, Bob Casteel, 

Leodis Strong, Bobby Pennington, 

David McLemore, and Steve 

Moss. (At right) A young David 

Ray in 1973. (Below) With Coach 

Bill Groce at a track meet at Cotton 

Boll Stadium in the 1970s. 

Ray’s legacy extends beyond 

the classroom and debate to all 

areas of the UAM campus. 

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of the Department of Speech Communication 

at Tech told him his faculty 

had recommended Ray for a teaching 

position within the department. Ray 

mulled the offer and accepted. 

“I got to thinking about it and I really 

liked speech,” he says. “I had more 

undergraduate hours in speech than I 

did in psychology even though I only 

had speech as a minor. I kept taking 

every elective I could possibly take. 

I even took theatre. I decided that 

maybe the faculty sees some potential 

in what I can do or they wouldn’t have 

asked me to teach, so I think I’ll give 

it a shot.” 

Ray earned a master’s degree in 

speech communication in 1968 while 

teaching at Texas Tech. Two years 

later, he began receiving letters from 

colleagues around the country telling 

him about a little school called 

Arkansas A&M that was looking for 

someone to build a debate program 

from scratch. Ray drove to Monticello 

on January 1, 1970, interviewed 

the next day and accepted the job on 

January 3. He had less than two weeks 

to move to Arkansas before teaching 

his first class. 

It took a while before Ray’s debate 

program began to develop a reputation 

for excellence at the national 

level. “We were pretty lean those first 

few years,” Ray recalls. “I’m not sure 

the institution knew what to expect 

or how to plan and develop a debate 

team. There was a growth process by 

the administration to really know 

what it took.” 

Ray’s first travel budget was cut 

from $300 to $175, which precluded 

travel to debate competitions out 

of state. Ray improvised, arranging 

home-and-home debates with Arkansas 

schools. In two to three years, he 

started receiving enough funds to take 

his team to competitions in Texas, 

Oklahoma and Louisiana and from 

there, the debate program took off. 

It was about this time that Ray and 

his wife, Loyce, decided to put down 

roots in Monticello. “It was probably 

five years or so before I realized that 

I really did like this a whole lot,” says 

Ray. “That was about the time Loyce 

decided to pack the china because we 

were staying.” 

For the next 37 years, Ray won 

more awards than he can keep track 

of, including UAM’s teacher of the 

year and administrator of the year. In 

1989, the Arkansas State Communication 

Association named him Arkansas 

Speech Teacher of the Year. He served 

as president of Pi Kappa Delta, the 

nation’s largest honor society in debate 

and forensics. In 1998, he received the 

E.R. Nichols Award as the outstanding 

national forensics educator, and in 

2005 was elected to the Pi Kappa Delta 

Debate and Forensics Hall of Fame. 

But for Ray, success was never 

about winning awards, it was about 

his students. 

Ray hadn’t been in Monticello long 

before he was summoned to the office 

of President Claude Babin. He asked 

Ray what he thought of Arkansas 

A&M’s students. “I said I thought 

they were really outstanding,” Ray 

recalls. “He asked me why I thought 

that. I said they’re like any other 

students. They have the potential for 

success and I think we can take them 

where they need to be to be able to 

achieve. I’ve always felt that way. One 

of my real motivators was to be able to 

take the students from the piney bayou 

country and put them up against any 

other student in the country. I always 

felt a great deal of pride in that.”

One of Ray’s fondest memories 

came in the late 1980s when his 

debate team defeated the University of 

Southern California at a tournament 

in Louisiana. “That’s when we really 

knew our students could compete with 

anyone,” Ray says. 

Ray has never had a student who 

couldn’t complete a speech, but came 

close a few times. Before a night class 

in the Memorial Classroom Building, 

Ray approached a nervous student 

standing in the hall outside the classroom. 

She had her speech and visual 

aids, but wouldn’t leave the hallway. 

“She said ‘Mr. Ray, I have to talk to 

you,’” he says. “I asked her what the 

problem was and she said she couldn’t 

do the speech. I asked her what she 

meant and she said she just couldn’t 

do it. I told her to let me start the class 

and I’d come back and talk to her.” 

When Ray returned, he asked the 

reluctant student if she had prepared 

for the speech. “She said she had,” says 

Ray. “I asked to see her visual aids 

and told her she’d done a marvelous 

job. I said you know, I really hate to 

see you walk away from here tonight. 

This will always be on your mind that 

you walked away from this. If you give 

yourself a chance, I think you can be 

more successful than you ever thought 

you could be. Why don’t you just go 

in the room and let’s try it. Let’s see 

what happens.” 

The student, Marianne Smith Hardcastle, 

went on to become a Pi Kappa 

Delta regional debate champion and is 

a successful attorney in Tulsa. 

“For me, the joy I’ve gotten from 

teaching has always been about our 

students and the successes they’ve 

had,” says Ray. “It’s going to be difficult 

to walk away from something I 

have truly loved.” 

Summer 2012 15

World Champion turkey caller Emily Oliver gets lots of 

invitations to hunt with the boys. Just be sure you let 

her shoot! 

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For UAM student Emily Oliver of Hamburg, hunting is a “family thing.” Her 

grandfather, Larry Linder, placed a turkey call in her hands when she was old 

enough to hold it and later gave her a mouth call over the protests of her grandmother, 

who was afraid young Emily might swallow it. 

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It’s A 

Family Thing 

Emily’s mother, Jamie Linder Oliver, 

a 1989 UAM graduate, is still the 

only woman to finish in the top five 

at the National Wild Turkey Federation’s 

Grand National Turkey Calling 

Competition. 

Emily has killed turkeys in Arkansas, 

Texas, Florida and New Mexico 

and has mastered as many as 10 different 

calls, so it shouldn’t have come as a 

big surprise when she became the first 

girl to win the 18-and-under division 

of the World Turkey Calling Championship 

held March 10-11 in Mobile, 

Ala. 

A freshman wildlife management 

major, Oliver was the best of 12 callers 

in the 18-and-under division. Nine of 

the contestants were boys and not all 

of them were thrilled by the notion of 

losing to a girl. “The ones that don’t 

like it are the ones that don’t know 

me,” says Oliver with the hint of a 

smile. 

Oliver and the other contestants 

were required to demonstrate their 

proficiency in five different calls – the 

cutting call of an excited hen, the 

plain yelp of a hen, the cluck and purr, 

the keeke run call of a baby turkey 

that has lost its mother, and the fly 

down cackle. Judges sat behind curtains 

and were unaware of the identity 

– or gender – of the callers. 

Oliver’s skill as a caller has attracted 

the attention of many of her fellow 

students in UAM’s School of Forest 

Resources and has elicited numerous 

invitations to go hunting with the 

boys. “Oh yeah, I get invited a lot,” 

she says. “But some of them say ‘Let’s 

put her 20 feet behind us and let her 

call.’ I tell them I’ll call for you as long 

as you let me shoot, too.” 

Oliver has been shooting since she 

was old enough to hold a gun. She was 

five when her grandfather took her on 

her first deer hunt and killed her first 

deer at the age of eight. She is an avid 

duck hunter and killed a bearded hen 

on her first weekend of turkey hunting. 

She’s been hooked on the sport ever 

since and admits she’ll “shoot anything 

that won’t shoot me back.” 

Oliver killed a 132-class 10-point 

buck deer in Texas at the age of 14 and 

has traveled far and wide in pursuit of 

turkeys. She recently completed the 

turkey hunting grand slam – killing 

each of the four wild turkey species 

native to the 48 contiguous states – by 

killing a Merriam’s Turkey in New 

Mexico. She has killed numerous 

Eastern Wild Turkeys native to Arkansas 

and the eastern United States, a 

Rio Grande Turkey in Texas, and an 

Osceola Turkey during a trip to the 

Florida panhandle. On the same trip 

she also shot a seven-and-a-half-foot 

alligator. 

She wants to complete the Royal 

Slam, which requires bagging a Gould 

Turkey in Mexico, and a Super Slam 

– shooting a turkey in each of the 48 

contiguous states. Oliver also has her 

sights set on a trip to Africa, where she 

hopes to bag a Kudu antelope. 

Oliver’s skill as a turkey caller has 

been noticed as far away as Hollywood. 

A producer from the television 

show Animal Planet called recently. 

The network is interested in doing a 

show on turkey callers and wanted the 

top female caller. “They said they’d be 

in touch,” says Oliver. 

Stay tuned and pass the ammunition.

SERIOUS COMPETITOR Emily Oliver displays her skill 

at the World Turkey Calling Championship. 

Summer 2012 17

SPorTS 

CHAMPIONS 

(From left, first row) 

Beth Johnson, Kara 

House, Chasity 

Deselle, Katie 

Bowman, Maggie 

Sands, Jennifer 

Hickman, Summer 

Huddleston, Preslie 

Long, (second row) 

Coach Alvy Early, 

Kayla Jackson, Katie 

Slaughter, Haleigh 

Winnon, Brittany 

Eitel, Randa Perry, 

Sydney Tipton, 

Taylor Russell, 

Sara Matthews, Assistant 

Coach Kayla 

Temple. 

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GAC Champions! 

lvy Early proved once again this 

A spring that he just may have this 

coaching thing down. 

Completing his 33rd season at UAM, 

Early guided the Cotton Blossoms softball 

team to the 2012 Great American Conference 

championship in the league’s first 

year of competition, then added the 

league’s postseason tournament title as 

well. Early guided the Blossoms to a 40-14 

overall record and a 21-5 mark in conference 

action. 

The Blossoms won the regular season 

title on the season’s last weekend, then 

won four games in a row without a loss to 

win the tournament championship. 

Early was the GAC Coach of the Year 

while Kayla Jackson was named the GAC 

Pitcher of the Year after compiling a 31-6 

record to go with a 1.07 ERA. Jackson, a 

senior from Hallsville, Tex., who doubled 

as a first baseman when not pitching, 

was a terror at the plate as well, batting 

a team-high .374 while leading the GAC 

with 42 runs batted in. She also tied for 

the league’s home run title with 11. 

Jackson was one of two Blossoms 

named to the All-GAC first team. She 

was joined by the GAC Freshman of the 

Year, third baseman Sara Matthews and 

outfielder Maggie Sands. 

Designated hitter Taylor Russell, 

shortstop Jennifer Hickman, and Jackson 

were named to the All-GAC second team, 

Jackson as a first baseman to go with her 

first team designation as a pitcher. 

Weevils Get Four 

our members of the 2011-12 Boll 

FWeevil basketball team earned postseason 

honors from the Great American 

Conference this spring. 

Senior guards LA Farmer and Sergio 

Crowe were both named to the All-GAC 

first team while junior guard Kori Forge 

was selected for the second team while 

senior forward Ricardo Hall earned honorable 

mention honors. 

Farmer was the GAC scoring leader, 

averaging 20.6 points a game, while Forge 

and Crowe were third and fourth respectively 

in scoring with averages of 17.0 and 

15.7 points a game. 

Hall was 13th in scoring with a 12.6 

point average. UAM posted a 21-9 overall 

record in Allen Sharpe’s second season as 

head coach. 

Wants To Coach 

otton Blossoms basketball player 

CTaylor Clark has been selected by 

the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association 

(WBCA) to participate in the “So 

You Want To Be A Coach” program. 

For qualification, the player must have 

exhausted her final year of basketball 

eligibility or have graduated within the 

past year, must be nominated by her 

head coach, and must be an active WBCA 

member. Each participant is selected 

based on academics, contributions to 

women’s basketball on and off the court, 

professional resume and a written recommendation 

from their head coach. 

Coach Tanya Ray is excited by Taylor’s 

selection. “I am thrilled that Taylor was 

chosen to participate in such a prestigious 

program,” said Ray. “She told 

me from the first day I met her that she 

wanted to be a coach and the ‘So You 

Want To Be a Coach’ program will give 

her the training needed to get a jump 

start on her career. Taylor has worked 

hard on the court and in the classroom 

and has always been a great role model 

for this program.” 

The “So You Want To Be a Coach”

program, now in its 10th year, was designed 

to increase the amount of women 

in the coaching profession, with an 

emphasis on female minorities by providing 

a workshop based on educational 

and professional principles to help those 

interested in the field. The program is 

sponsored by the WBCA, the NCAA 

Diversity and Inclusion, NCAA Minority 

Opportunities and Interests Committee, 

and the NCAA Committee on Women’s 

Athletics. 

Baseball Honors 

he UAM baseball team placed 

T four players on the 2012 All-Great 

American Conference team selected by 

the league’s coaches. 

Second baseman Taylor Eaves of 

Beaumont, Tex., and outfielder Danny 

Loya of El Paso, Tex., were both named 

to the All-GAC second team. Shortstop 

Christian Gallegos of Corpus Christi, 

Tex., and third baseman Josh Chism of 

Mooreville, Miss., each received honorable 

mention recognition. 

Jackson Is Three-Time All-American 

ayla Jackson continues to add to her 

Klegacy as one of the best softball 

players in University of Arkansas at Monticello 

history. 

Jackson became the first three-time 

softball All-American in school history 

recently when she was named to the 

National Fastpitch Coaches Association 

All-American Second Team. The senior 

pitcher from Hallsville, Tex., was a third 

team All-American in 2010 and a second 

team selection last year. 

Jackson was the Great American 

Conference Pitcher of the Year and led 

UAM to both the 2012 GAC regular season 

and postseason tournament softball 

championships. She was earlier named to 

the Daktronics All-South Central Region 

Team as well as the All-GAC Team – first 

team as a pitcher and second team as a 

2012 Boll Weevil Football Schedule 

Sept. 1 Shepherd Tech MONTICELLO 6:00 p.m. 

Sept. 8 Northwestern (LA) State Natchitoches, La. 6:00 p.m. 

Sept. 15 Harding* MONTICELLO 6:00 p.m. 

(Parent / Family Appreciation Day) 

Sept. 22 East Central Oklahoma* Ada, Okla. TBA 

Sept. 29 Southern Arkansas* MONTICELLO 6:00 p.m. 

(Battle of the Timberlands) 

Oct. 6 Henderson State* Arkadelphia, Ark. TBA 

Oct. 13 Ouachita Baptist* MONTICELLO 3:00 p.m. 

(Homecoming) 

Oct. 20 Arkansas Tech* Russellville, Ark. TBA 

Oct. 27 Southeastern Oklahoma State* MONTICELLO 3:00 p.m. 

Nov. 3 Southwestern Oklahoma State* Weatherford, Okla. TBA 

Nov. 10 Northwestern Oklahoma State MONTICELLO 3:00 p.m. 

(Senior Day) 

* Indicates Great American Conference game 

first baseman. 

Jackson was the most valuable player 

of the GAC Tournament after winning 

four games while allowing just three runs 

during the Cotton Blossoms’ run to the 

tournament title. 

For the season, Jackson posted a 

record of 31-6 with a 1.07 earned run 

average. She pitched in 241 1/3 innings, 

threw 26 complete games, recorded 10 

shutouts, three saves and had 185 strikeouts. 

Jackson put together four consecutive 

weeks at the end of the 2012 season 

of either being named the GAC pitcher 

or player of the week. 

In addition to her pitching numbers, 

Jackson was among the GAC’s top hitters. 

She had a GAC-best 11 home runs and 

led the league with 42 RBI while batting a 

team-high .374. 

KAYLA 

JACKSON 

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FoUNDAtIoN enDoWMenTS 

FOUNDATION FUND ENDOWMENTS / Established by: 

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FOUNDATION FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Chair 

Scott Saffold / Monticello 

Vice Chair 

Gregg Reep / Warren 

Ex-Officio 

Jack Lassiter / Monticello 

Secretary-Treasurer 

Clay Brown / Monticello 

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Directors 

Ed Bacon / Monticello 

Bettye Gragg / Monticello 

Nat Grubbs / Monticello 

Lesa Cathey Handly / Little Rock 

Clarence Holley / Lawton, Okla. 

Kenneth Mann* / Jersey 

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 

James Edward and Joy Dell Burton Akin Award / Mrs. Joy Dell Burton Akin 

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 

Arkansas Seed Dealers Association Agriculture Endowed Scholarship / Arkansas Seed 

Dealers Board of Directors 

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 Scholarship / Mrs. Helen Berg 

Dr. Van C. Binns Scholarship - Nursing / Mrs. Evelyn Hogue Binns 

Dr. Van C. Binns Scholarship - Pre-medicine / 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 / Mrs. J. F. Brann 

Richard “Dick” Broach Wildlife Management Scholarship / Southern Pulpwood Co., 

Mrs. Nancy Clippert Broach, Mrs. Maxine Clippert and Mr. David Clippert 

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 

Mellie Jo Owen / Monticello 

Sean Rochelle / West Fork 

Lynn Rodgers / Crossett 

Ted Thompson / Dumas 

Jeff Weaver / Hot Springs 

* UAM representatives to the University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc., board of directors. 

Jimmy Lee Buford Memorial Scholarship / Agriculture Technology Dept. Advisory 

Committee, UAM College of Technology - McGehee 

Eugenia H. (Moss) Burson & Jack D. Burson Scholarship / Family and Friends 

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 

James P. Cathey Business Scholarship / Brooks and Lesa Cathey Handly 

Centennial Circle / 100 Special Friends 

Chair of the Division Scholarship - Nursing / Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kluender 

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 

Boyce Davis Award / Mr. Randy Risher 

Troy and Betty Davis Scholarship / Andy and April Davis, Mr. Kent Davis and Friends 

C. W. Day Scholarship / Day Farms, Inc., Danny Day, Sr. Family, Raymond Day Family, Rickey 

Day Family, Sue Day Wood Family, William Day Family 

Dean’s Scholarship - Forest Resources / Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Kluender 

Harry Y. Denson Scholarship / Family, Friends and Former Students 

Gregory Alan Devine Memorial Scholarship / Marion and Fern Devine 

Dr. Gene R. Dillard Education Award / Mrs. Gerry Dillard, Family and Friends 

Peggy Doss Endowed Education Scholarship / School of Education Faculty/Staff and Mr. 

D. John Nichols

John Dougherty Choral Scholarship / Senator Jimmy Jeffress, Senator Gene Jeffress, 


Drew County Extension Homemakers Council Endowed Scholarship / Drew County EHC 

Drew County Extension Homemakers Council Endowed Award / Drew County EHC 

David B. Eberdt Scholarship / Mrs. Nancy Eberdt 

Susan Phillips Echols Memorial Endowed Scholarship / Ronald K. Echols, Family and Friends 

Vance W. Edmondson Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Vance W. Edmondson 

Dr. Albert L. Etheridge Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, 


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 

Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert Scholarship / Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert and 

Friends 

Wayne Gilleland Golf Scholarship / Dr. Diane Suitt Gilleland and Friends 

Shay Gillespie Phi Beta Sigma Leadership Scholarship / Family and friends of Mr. R. Shay 

Gillespie 

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 

Edward & Veronica Groebner Computer Information Systems Support Endowment / 

Dr. James F. Roiger 

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 

Annette K. Hall Scholarship - Music / Mr. Barry Hall 

Annette K. Hall Graduate Studies in Education Scholarship / Mr. Barry Hall 

Barry Hall Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Annette Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Cleatous J. Hall and 

Mrs. Audrey Blasingame 

James S. Hancock Memorial Nursing Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Carolyn Grubbs 

Hancock, Mrs. Hilda Hancock Malpica and Mrs. Becky Hancock Crossett 

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 

Cecil C. 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 

Mrs. Henry G. Hearnsberger, Sr. Nursing 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 

Hornaday Outstanding Faculty Award / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday 

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 & Charlotte Hornaday Debate & Forensics Endowment / Mr. and Mrs. Daniel 

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 

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. 

Dr. C. Lewis & Wanda W. Hyatt Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Charlotte Hyatt McGarr & 

Mr. C. Lewis Hyatt, Jr. 

Indoor Practice Facility Endowed Maintenance Fund / Mr. Quintus Crews 

Brigadier General Wesley 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 

Robert C. Kirst Agriculture Scholarship / University of Arkansas at Monticello 

Agriculture Alumni Society 

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. 

Curtis W. Kyle, Sr. Forestry 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 

A.D. and Nellie Leonard Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Leonard 

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 

Martin -Wiscaver Endowed Scholarship / Dr. Jesse M. Coker 

Mathematics Scholarship / Anonymous 

Mathematics-Physics Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Former 


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 

Tommy Matthews Athletic Scholarship / Tommy and Pat Matthews, Bynum Matthews and 

Ann Matthews Jones 

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 Scholarship / Mr. Thomas W. McGill 

Thomas McGill Forestry Scholarship / Mr. Thomas W. 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 - Education / Miss Jessie W. Miller 

Miller Sisters Scholarship -Science / Miss Jessie W. Miller 

Minnie May Moffatt Business Scholarship / Ms. Minnie May Moffatt 

Ruth and Wells Moffatt Forestry Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Wells Moffatt 

Walter A. and Myrtle Wells Moffatt Scholarship / Wells and Ruth Moffatt, Walter A. Moffatt, 

Jr., Minnie May Moffatt and Pattie Moffatt 

Dr. Walter A. Moffatt, Jr. Scholarship / Ms. Minnie May Moffatt and Ms. Pattie P. Moffatt 

Monticello Association of Life Underwriters / Monticello Association of Life Underwriters 

Monticello High School Class of 1965 Scholarship / The MHS Class of 1965 

William E. Morgan-Weevil Pond Endowment / Estate of William E. Morgan 

Juanita Louise Moss Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Kermit C. Moss Scholarship / Family and Friends of Kermit C. Moss 

Robert H. Moss Endowed Scholarship / Steven C. Moss 

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P. E. and Melba Munnerlyn Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Munnerlyn 

Charles H. Murphy, Jr. 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 

Al Peer Kappa Alpha Psi Alumni Scholarship / Mr. Jerry Bingham and Kappa Alpha Psi Alumni 

Merle and Deloris Peterson Scholarship / Merle and Deloris Peterson, Friends and Associates 

in the Dumas, Arkansas, Community 

Phi Sigma Chi Memorial Award / Phi Sigma Chi alumnae and friends 

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 


Russ Reynolds Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Russell Reynolds, Family and Friends 

Randy Risher Fitness Scholarship / Mr. Randy Risher and Friends 

Raymond O. & Loretta J. Roiger Chi Iota Sigma Scholarship / Dr. James Roiger 

James Roiger Computer Information Systems Scholarship / Dr. James Roiger 

James F. Roiger Endowed Fund for Library Acquisitions / Dr. James Roiger 

Ross Foundation Endowed Scholarship - Forestry / The Ross Foundation 

Ross Foundation Endowed Scholarship - General / The Ross Foundation 

James A. & Mabel (Molly) H. Ross Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Ross & 

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ross, Jr. 

Calvin V. Rowe Award / Mr. Calvin V. Rowe 

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 Scholarship / Simmons First Bank of South Arkansas 

Herman C. Steelman Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Former 


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 

Carolyn Hibbs Thompson Chemistry Scholarship / The Don Thompson Family & 

Thompson Electric Co. 

Horace E. Thompson Scholarship / Members of UCT, Family and Friends 

George E. Townsend Mass Communication Scholarship / Mr. George E. Townsend 

George and Betty Townsend Journalism Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. George E. Townsend 

UAM Alumni and Friends Endowed 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 Allen Wallick, Sr. 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 

Bill and Marilyn Webb Forest Resources Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Kent 

Webb and Monticello Church of Christ 

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 

Robert Weih Family Eagle Scout-Gold Award Endowed Scholarship / Robert and 

Marilyn Weih 

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 

Sara Horn Wigley Memorial Scholarship / Sam Wigley Family and Charles & Donna Bell Family 

**Larry Willett Scholarship / Family, Co-workers and Friends 

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Samuel A. Williams Scholarship / Mr. Sam W. Denison 

Earl Willis Scholarship / Family, Friends and Drew Central Alumni 

Anne Wilson Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Dr. George F. Wynne, Sr. Scholarship / Mrs. Matilda Wynne 

Dr. David M. 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 ENDOWMENTS 

Arkansas SAF / Ouachita Society of American Foresters & Arkansas Division of Ouachita 

Society of American Foresters 

Dr. Ed Bacon Scholarship / Ms. Isabel Bacon 

C. H. Barnes Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Kelly Bashaw Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Bramlett Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Morris Bramlett 

Gene Brown Memorial Baseball Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Montre Bulloch “Angel” Scholarship / William C. Bulloch Family 

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 

Pat Grider Southeast Arkansas Veteran’s Scholarship / Eric Grider 

Susie Hargis Nursing Scholarship / Charles Hargis 

Charles Hawkins Memorial Fund / Family 

Jack Jordan Golf Scholarship / Friends 

John A. Little Memorial Scholarship / Dorothy A. Little 

E. Wesley McCoy Scholarship / Ouachita-Saline Surveying and Mr. Mike Miley 

Ernest and Mary McFarland Scholarship / Mary I. McFarland 

Kenneth D. Mann Endowed Scholarship / Kenneth D. Mann 

Arhia Raymond Melton and Mildred Richardson Melton Scholarship / Estate of W. F. 

Chumney 

Rison High School Scholarship / Jasper Calaway, Rison Business Community and Friends 

E. R. “Bob” Wall Scholarship / Mrs. Sara Wall 

Robert C. Weih, Jr. and Marilyn Weih Endowed Scholarship / Robert and Marilyn Weih 

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. 

Guy “Butch” Sabbatini, Jr. / Mr. Butch Sabbatini, Jr. 

Johnny Hooks / Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hooks 

CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS 

Mr. and Mrs. Carroll E. Walls, Sr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Kim L. Mitchell 

ANNUAL AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS 

Hunter Bell Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Jim Manning 

BKD Accounting Education Award / BKD, LLP 

Commercial Bank Business Award / Commercial Bank 

Judge Bill Daniels Scholarship / Bill Daniels 

Farmers Grain Terminal Award / Farmers Grain Terminal 

Georgia-Pacific Crossett Paper Operations Award / Georgia-Pacific 

Jewell Minnis Scholarship / Jewell Minnis Trust 

Lucille Moseley Memorial Scholarship / Family and friends 

Linda Pinkus Scholarship / Mr. Lester Pinkus, Lee Pinkus & Ladd Pinkus 

James & Venie Ann Powell Scholarship / James & Venie Ann Powell Fund 

Congressman Mike Ross Scholarship / Congressman & Mrs. Mike Ross 

A. O. Tucker Memorial Scholarship / Mrs. Glenda Carol Tucker Baker 

UAM Institute of Management Accountants Scholarship / UAM student chapter of the IMA 

Wallace Trust Scholarship / Wallace Trust

CUrreNt FoUNDAtIoN DonorS 

The UAM Foundation donors list 

includes alumni, friends and other 

contributors whose gifts were received 

January 1 – May 15, 2012. Please report 

any corrections to the Advancement 

Office at (870)460-1028 or to Roxanne 

Smith at smithrr@uamont.edu 

Unity & Movement Club 

$2,500 or more 

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Gibson 

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gibson 

Mr. J. Larry Hopper 

Dr. and Mrs. Jack Lassiter 

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth D. Mann 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Maxwell 

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Phillips 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Weih 

Galaxy Club 

$1,000-$2,499 

Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Erik Brezee 

Dr. Ben Elrod 

Mr. and Mrs. Cleatous J. Hall 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack F. Jordan 

Ms. Dorothy A. Little 

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Majors 

Mr. Thomas W. McGill 

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Owen, Jr 

Dr. James F. Roiger 

Dr. Thomas P. Springer 

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan R. Wall 

Emerald Club 

$500-$999 

Mrs. June M. Carter 

Mr. Kyle R. Clark 

Mr. and Mrs. Denzil R. Cox 

Dr. and Mrs. Dexter E. Gulledge 

Mr. C. Barry Hall 

Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hughes 

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald N. McFarland 

Mr. and Mrs. Kent L. McRae 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Pearson 

Ms. Libby Sands 

Mr. and Mrs. Scotty D. Watkins 

Loyalty Club 

$200-$499 

Dr. John T. Annulis 

Dr. and Mrs. Ed Bacon 

Dr. and Mrs. Carl D. Blythe 

Mr. Jeff Bone 

Ms. Amelia A. Boney 

Dr. and Mrs. Morris Bramlett 

Dr. Russell H. Bulloch 

Mr. and Mrs. Rodney T. Cole 

Mr. and Mrs. David S. Denman 

Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Dunlap 

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Fakouri 

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fisackerly 

Dr. Carl B. Johnston 

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Leonard 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lucky 

Mrs. Angela J. Marsh 

Dr. Betty A. Matthews 

Mrs. Cindy Mejeur 

Mr. Isaac Ogle 

Mr. Ryan Pilcher 

Mr. and Mrs. R. David Ray 

Mr. and Mrs. James N. Thomason 

Mr. Ted D. Thompson 

Mrs. Susan Young 

Century Club 

$100-$199 

Ms. Ruby Alexander 

Ms. Minnie L. Allen 

Mr. and Mrs. Billy J. Barnett 

Mr. and Mrs. James Berry 

Mrs. Dorothy Chambers 

Dr. and Mrs. Tim D. Chase 

Representative and Mrs. Eddie 

Cheatham 

BUSINESS / ORGANIZATION DONORS 

Acxiom 

AM Rental and Sales 

Ameca Mexican Restaurant 

Arkansas Crop Production 

Association 

Baker’s Electrical Supplies 

Berry’s True Value 

Cardiovascular Surgery Center 

Chevron Humankind 

Cobb Financial Services 

Commercial Bank & Trust Co. 

Contractor’s Supply & Equip. Co. 

Davis Building Inc. 

DCHS Class of ‘61 

DMC Construction LLC 

Deltic Timber Company 

Drew County Extension Home 

Council 

Drew County Newspaper, Inc. 

Dumas Motor Company 

ExxonMobil Foundation 

Faith & Trust Investment Properties 

Fidelity Investment 

First National Bank of McGehee 

Dr. Jesse M.Coker 

Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Crossley 

Mr. and Mrs. Andy Davis 

Mr. and Mrs. Kent Davis 

Dr. and Mrs. David Denson 

Ms. Patricia A. Ewens 

Ms. Christine Felts 

Mr. Ronald K. Forte, Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. David G. Funderburg 

Mrs. Paula Furlough 

Mr. Gary R. Gibbs 

Mr. John Frank Gibson, Jr. 

Drs. Glen & Mary Jane Gilbert 

Mr. Hershel Gober 

Ms. Pamela D. Gouner 

Ms. Lynn Harris 

Ms. Ella M. Helm 

Mr. Calvin Hill 

Col. and Mrs. (Ret.) Byron P. 

Howlett, Jr. 

Mr. Jerry D. Hubbard 

Mr. James A. Hudgins 

Mr. William“ HUD” Jackson 

Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. James 

Mr. Jay Jones 

Dr. and Mrs. B.J. Jordan 

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Kuttenkuler 

Ms. Patricia Lane 

Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lansdale 

Glenwood Furniture 

Gulf Rice Milling, Inc 

Hooties, Inc. 

I & L Inc. 

Jackson’s Bayou Boys 

Lena’s Cafe 

Lubrizol Foundation 

Lucky’s of Monticello 

Maxwell Hardwood Flooring 

Michael James Insurance Agency 

Milner/Owyoung Insurance Group 

Molly’s Diner 

Monticello Ambulance 

O & M Oil Company 

Oklahoma United Methodist 

Foundation 

P & M Quality Medical, LLC 

Parker Builders, Inc. 

Parkway Bank 

Piggy Sue’s 

Price Services, Inc. 

Ralph McQueen & Co., LTD. 

Reinhart Family Healthcare 

Reinhart Farms 

Ms. Cynthia A. Lennox 

Lee S. Lennox 

Mr. Billy H. Majors 

Mr. Mark McElroy 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael McKeown 

Ms. Lisa McKinney 

Dr. and Mrs. Walter R. Oglesby 

Mr. Jeff Olson 

Ms. Daisy R. Pace 

Mr. Charles A. Pambianchi 

Paul F. Parker 

Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Pennington 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pennington 

Ms. Rebecca Pennington 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Prestridge 

Mrs. Penny Prince 

Mr. Phillip S. Prince 

Mr. David Randolph 

Ms. Linda Herrington Rushing 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Russell 

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Saffold 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Savage 

Ms. Wilma J. Smith 

Ms. Elizabeth P. Thurman 

Mr. Mark A. Tiner 

Ms. Melinda Williams 

Mr. James W. Willis 

Mr. and Mrs. Cecil A. Wise 

Reynolds American Foundation 

Ryburn Motor Company 

Simmons First Bank of South Ark 

Sonic Drive In - Monticello 

South Arkansas Rehabilitation 

Southeast Chapter of ASCPA 

Systemex, Inc. 

Texas Instruments Foundation 

Tom Wingard Realty 

Town & Country Florist 

Triple A Diesel Service 

UAM African American Alumni 

Union Bank & Trust Company 

War Eagle Boats 

Warren Wholesale 

Watson Homes, Inc. 

Wells Fargo Foundation 

Western Sizzlin 

Wilson Brothers Lumber Co. 

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The Centennial Circle 

As part of the university’s 100th birthday celebration. UAM is seeking pledges of $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. Members of 

The Centennial Circle have their names, or the names of whomever they designate, inscribed on the Centennial Clock 

Tower. 

If you would like to be part of The Centennial Circle, we encourage you to contact the UAM Office of Advancement, 

at (800) 467-8148 or (870) 460-1028. 

Mike & Susan Akin 

Joe Bob & Missy Allaire 

Hoyt & Susan Andres 

Elizabeth (Libby) Annulis 

Barbara & Claude Babin 

Pervis & Mary Nell Ballew 

Mike & Patsy Berry 

John Falls Bowen (by William H. & 

Constance Bowen) 

Prof. Alaga H. & Myrtle I. Boyd (by 

Robert & Faye Boyd) 

Marty & Erma Brutscher 

The Bulloch Family - Bud, Carole, Liz, Sarah 

Kelton & Betty Busby 

Paul R. & June Webb Carter 

James & Sue Cathey 

Steven L. Cathey M.D. 

Dr. Tim & Paige Chase 

The Centennial Class of 2009 

Jesse & Ernestine Coker 

Quentious A. Crews (by Jim & Rhonda 

Crews Woodruff) 

Van & Eula Mae Cruce (by Dan & 

Charlotte Hornaday) 

Crossett Alumni & Friends 

Drew County Extension Homemakers 

Council 

Dumas Alumni & Friends 

David B. & Nancy Kyle Eberdt (by Bobby 

& Kimberly Eberdt Edmonds) 

Anthony W. & Cathy H. Fakouri 

Victor Felley, Ark. A. & M. Trustee (by 

Wayne & Mellie Jo Owen) 

First National Bank of McGehee 

The Frazer Family 

Jean C. & Oscar F. Frisby 

Lewis & Wanda Gardner - Lone Star 

Station / Boll Weevil Café 

Centennial Circle Members 

Barbara Blanks Gathen (by the UAM 

African American Alumni Association, 

family & friends) 

Jerry, June, Jay & Judd Gibson 

Lisa & Cliff Gibson 

John W., Martha (McDougald), John, Jr. & 

Mark Gibson 

Diane Suitt Gilleland 

Rev. Shay & Mrs. Sherrie Gillespie 

Dwight & Linda Teague Goodwin (by 

Randy Risher, Mark Risher and Roger 

Teague) 

John DeWitt Halstead (by Harry E. “Pete” 

Halstead) 

Jim & Betty Jo Hardy Hercher 

Frank D. Hickingbotham 

Dan & Charlotte Cruce Hornaday 

John & Nora Hornaday (by Dan & 

Charlotte Hornaday) 

President Frank Horsfall & Margaret 

Vaulx Horsfall (by Dr. & Mrs. Gordon 

D. Gates) 

Dr. Louis J. & Carol West James 

J. Chester Johnson 

Dr. Carl Briner Johnston 

Jordan Family - James T., Bonnie, Terry, 

Jerry & Cindy 

Don E. & Joyce M. King 

Curtis W. Kyle, Jr. 

Judy & Jack Lassiter 

Robert Leonard 

The Carl F. Lucky, Jr. Family 

Carol & Weaver L. Majors 

Gerald & Sue Majors 

Kenneth, Sharon, & Jennifer Mann 

Dot & M.L. Mann 

Bryan & Dr. Sue S. Martin 

Dr. Betty A. Matthews 

Allen & Dana Maxwell 

Noel Waymon McDaniel (by Noel A. 

McDaniel & Marlene Ballard) 

Julian W., Sr. & Jean Mettetal (by Wayne 

Mettetal, Sherry Mettetal Woods, Ted 

Mettetal, Mike Mettetal, and Mary 

Ellen Mettetal McAllister) 

Thomas V. & Sarah Beth Burchfield 

Maxwell 

Kim Lloyd Mitchell 

Moffatt Family - Walter, Jr., Wells, Ruth, 

Minnie May & Pattie 

Lamar G. Moore 

Jim Neeley 

Donetta F. McGriff, RN (by Ray & Misty 

Paschall) 

D. John Nichols 

J. C. & Carolyn Crain Nichols 

Jeff & Sallie Owyoung 

R. David & Loyce Ray (by Dr. & Mrs. 

B. Alan Sugg) 

Richard & Eddye Ann Reinhart 

Jeffrey Hunter Reinhart, MD 

Randy & Neela Risher 

Bennie F. Ryburn, Sr. & Virginia M. 

Ryburn (by Commercial Bank & Trust 

Co/First State Bank of Warren) 

Dr. & Mrs. Harry L. Ryburn 

Margaret Horsfall Schadler & Harvey 

Walter Schadler 

Johnny & Linda Smith 

Tom & Dianne Springer 

G. Warren Stephenson 

Jean & Alan Sugg 

Jack D. & Ted D. Thompson 

Union Bank & Trust Company 

Joseph Wallace Trust 

Terri Wolfe - Beth Thurman 

Jimmie & Linda Yeiser

Nurses Excel 

ractical nursing students in the 2011 

Pgraduating class at the UAM College 

of Technology-McGehee have achieved a 

100 percent pass rate on the NCLEX-PN 

(National Council Licensure Examination 

for Practical Nurses) administered by 

the National Council of State Boards of 

Nursing. 

The examination is a requirement for 

nursing licensure. 

“This is great news for our practical 

nursing program,” said Bob Ware, vice 

chancellor for the McGehee campus. 

“This is a positive reflection on both our 

students and faculty and is a good indicator 

of the academic rigor of the program. 

In particular, I want to congratulate 

Peggie Orrell, our director of nursing and 

allied health, for her efforts.” 

The class of 2011 numbered 12 

graduates, who are now licensed practical 

nurses. As LPN’s, they are qualified to 

work in hospitals, nursing homes, doctor’s 

offices and other health care facilities. 

“My congratulations to the students 

and faculty at the McGehee campus for 

this wonderful achievement,” said UAM 

Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “There is a critical 

need for quality nursing care in the 

state and region and we are proud to offer 

a program that is meeting that need.” 

New Equipment 

lectromechanical technology 

E students at the UAM College of 

Technology-Crossett are seeing the benefits 

of a $50,000 donation to the school 

from the Crossett Economic Development 

Foundation. 

UAM-CTC used the funds to purchase 

new equipment for its program 

in electromechanical technology, a 

high-demand field with growing career 

opportunities. 

“There is a critical shortage of skilled 

individuals to fill industrial maintenance 

jobs,” said UAM CTC Vice Chancellor 

Linda Rushing. “That’s why this donation 

is so important to us and to this region. 

A number of companies in this area are 

actively recruiting our students and the 

placement rate for our industrial maintenance 

programs is outstanding.” 

Some of the equipment purchased 

includes a benchmark instrument valve 

analysis and three Fluke process calibrators. 

Freddie Binns (pictured below with 

several of his electromechanical technology 

students) says the equipment gives 

his students “a good base of knowledge 

teChNoLoGY neWS 

of the skills and tools needed for jobs in 

their field. Our students are having some 

really good interviews and employers are 

impressed with their skill and knowledge 

level,” says Binns. 

The new equipment allows Binns’ students 

to look for problems in instrumentation 

and look for solutions to problems 

they encounter. “This equipment is a 

really good teaching tool,” says Binns. 

WELL TRAINED 

LPN nursing students 

at the UAM College of 

Technology-McGehee 

recently achieved a 100 

percent pass rate on 

the NCLEX-PN exam, 

a requirement for 

licensure. 

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ALUmNI SnaPShoTS 

Steve and Joann Lasiter ‘93 

Steve Lasiter (B.S. ‘93) and his wife, Joanna (B.S. ‘93), along with their children, Elizabeth 

(15), Noah (12) and Emma (8), recently returned to Arkansas after serving as missionaries in India 

and Thailand. They are now back in Conway where Steve works as a decision support analyst with 

Acxiom Corporation and Joanna continues her role as a home-schooling mom. Steve and Joanna 

are also on the staff at Woodland Heights Baptist Church where they serve as co-directors of family 

ministry. 

Becky Brown ‘88 . . . Another Title 

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Becky P. Brown (BSE ’88, M.Ed. 

‘97) led the Star City Lady Bulldogs 

to the class 4A state championship 

this year, finishing the season with a 

near-flawless 32-1 record. Brown has 

also been selected as The Pine Bluff 

Commercial’s All-Southeast Arkansas 

Girls Coach of the Year. The 21-year 

veteran has led her team to five 

consecutive conference titles and five 

straight regional crowns. 

(Photo courtesy Ralph Fitzgerald, Pine Bluff 

Commercial) 

1970-79 

Dr. Becky Paneitz (BA ’74), president 

of NorthWest Arkansas Community College 

(NWACC) announced her retirement 

in April of this year. Dr. Paneitz has served 

as president since 2003 and will leave her 

post in June of 2013. 

1990-99 

Amanda Leigh Henderson (BS ’96) 

and Michael Lance Wilson (BS ’97) 

were married March 6 in Santa Rosa 

Beach, Fla. 

2000-09 

Christopher Kelly Bryant (BS ’09) 

and Leah Michelle Rabb (AA ’11) are 

making plans for a May wedding at Magnolia 

Hill in Little Rock. 

Lauren Ashley Atkinson (BS ’06) 

and Frank Russell Alexander were married 

April 28, at Immanuel Baptist Church in 

Pine Bluff. 

Stefanie Gail Bounds (AA ’09) and 

Blake Abbott (BS ‘09) announce plans 

for a June wedding at Pauline Baptist 

Church in Monticello. 

2010-12 

Elizabeth Joy Winders (BSN ’10) and 

John Brandon Stringfellow (BBA 

’10) were married May 5, at Calvary 

Baptist Church in Monticello. 

Sydney Nicole Jarvis (BSN ’11) and 

Allan Christopher Humphrey (BS 

’11) announce plans for a June wedding at 

First Baptist Church in Stuttgart. 

Bliss Adrianne Sizemore (BSN ’11) 

and Michael Caleb Parker were married 

May 5, at Temple Baptist Church in 

Dermott. 

Adam Murkowski (MS ‘11) was 

recently hired as deer project leader for the 

Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.

Tyrone Block ‘00 

Staff Sergeant Tyrone Block (B.S. ’00) has been honored by the National 

Band Association and John Philip Sousa Foundation with the Colonel Finley R. Hamilton 

Military Outstanding Musician Award. The award was presented in recognition 

of Block’s “exceptional musical and leadership qualities, and for demonstrating great 

potential for continued outstanding military performance.” 

Block is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of North Texas and 

serves in the U.S. Army in the 106th Army Band located in Little Rock, where he is 

the director of the Rock Group 106 and Groove. While serving in the 106th Army 

Band he has received numerous awards, including Honor Graduate from the Army 

School of Music, Distinguished Leadership Award, and many coins of excellence 

from Mayors, Generals, and Colonels. Previously Block served in the U.S. Navy as a 

member of the Atlantic Fleet Band. His teachers include Vern Kagarice, Tony Baker, 

Jan Kagarice, and Marty Reynolds. 

A native of Dumas, Block completed a bachelor’s degree from UAM and a 

master’s degree from the University of North Texas. He is also the instrumental coordinator 

at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Tex., where 

he directs the concert band, pep band, and jazz ensemble. 

Dr. James Willis ‘62 

Dr. James Willis (B.A. ’62) of Little Rock has authored a 

new book, What Almost Did Not Happen, the autobiographical 

story of a boy coming of age in Drew County Arkansas in 

the 1940s. The book is available at the Drew County Historical 

Museum for $35.95 (hardback) or $25.95 (paperback) 

with proceeds earmarked for the museum and archives. Willis 

is a native of Drew County and graduated from Drew Central 

High School. He is the son of the late Earl and Lela McKinstry 

Willis, local educators. Willis graduated from Arkansas A&M 

College (now UAM) in 1962 after serving in the U.S. Army. 

He later received both his master’s degree and doctorate 

from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. During his 

educational career, Willis was a high school history teacher, 

principal, superintendent, and college professor in many 

states across the country. Presently, he is a retired professor 

emeritus of Murray State University and lives in Little Rock. 

Willis has authored three books – The Arkansas Confederates 

in the Western Theater, and a fictional history, The 

Other Side of Silence, to go with his most recent work. 

To purchase the book, contact the Drew County Historical 

Society at (870) 367-7446, 

Wee Weevil Bibs 

Jameson Finn Counts born 

March 16, 2012, to Dr. Richard 

and Leigh Counts. 

Johnathan James Fenolia born 

April 27, 2012, to Jacob (Faculty – 

McGehee) and Amy Fenolia (Staff 

– Monticello). 

Carlie Eleanor Palmertree 

born December 6, 2011, to Bobby 

Joe (BA ’03) and Stacy Palmertree 

(BS ’06) of Allen, Tex. 

LillyAnn Rose Pearson born 

August 17, 2011, to Greg (BA ’93) 

and Lesa Ann Martin Pearson of 

Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Jay Dylan Reid born January 13, 

2012, to Kelly (BS ’03) and Melissa 

Reid on Monticello. 

Charles Trabue Thompson, 

III born February 7, 2012, to John 

(BA ’09) and Beth Thompson (BA 

’11) of Monticello. 

Isabella Grace Wisener born 

February 6, 2012, to Sam (BS ’05) 

and Jennifer Guillory Wisener (BS 

’05) of Benton. 

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ALUmNI SnaPShoTS 

Bonnie Jordan 

Bonnie Dell Nichols Jordan, 

age 84, of Monticello died January 

9, 2012. She was born July 

5, 1927, in Drew County, to the 

late Myrtle Gibson Nichols and 

James Carr Nichols, Sr. She was 

preceded in death by her husband 

of 65 years, James Terrell Jordan; 

three brothers, James ‘J.C.’ Carr 

Nichols Jr., Alfred Nichols, and 

Luther Nichols; and a sister, Lillian McKeown. Mrs. Jordan 

graduated from Drew Central High School. She was a 

member of the First United Methodist Church of Monticello 

for 62 years, where she served in many capacities. She 

sang in the church choir and was a member of the Hutchinson 

Sunday School Class and the First United Methodist 

Women. She was also a member of several area bridge clubs 

as well as a member of the PEO. Survivors include two 

sons, Terrell Laron Jordan and wife Carol Bond Jordan of 

Jonesboro, and Jerry Lavon Jordan and wife Sara Hesser 

Jordan of Maumelle; one daughter, Cindy Jordan Isch and 

husband Larry Isch of Knoxville, Ark.; eight grandchildren 

and eight great grandchildren. 

George Townsend ‘49 

G.E. “George” Townsend died March 26, 2012, in 

Baton Rouge, La. He was 86. Mr. Townsend was born on 

November 9, 1925, in Gamble, Ala. Mr. Townsend played 

football for Arkansas A&M at a time when WWII and the 

Officer’s Training Program made it a powerhouse. After 

graduation, he attended the Naval Postgraduate School in 

Monterey, Calif. Mr. Townsend married Betty Ann Topp 

in 1958 and the couple moved to Long Beach, Calif. Mr. 

Townsend’s varied and distinguished naval career included 

combat off the waters of Korea and Vietnam; serving as a 

military advisor to the armed forces of Taiwan (Republic 

of China); directing activities related to the Vietnam War 

in Okinawa, Japan; and serving as one of the last Operations 

Officers for the Bay Area-based 12th Naval District. 

He earned numerous military ribbons and awards. In 1973, 

Commander Townsend retired to south Louisiana to teach 

high school ROTC. He was a Shriner, performed with the 

Baton Rouge Little Theatre, and was a parishioner at Baton 

Rouge’s Trinity Episcopal Church. 

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William “Billy” Allison ‘87 of 

Crossett, May 12, 2011. 

Craig “Buddy” Benson ’50 of Palatka, 

Fla., July 2, 2011. 

Carrie Patsy Sue Smith Berry of 

Warren, February 29, 2012. 

Jeremy Dewitt Black of Conway, 

March 17, 2012. 

Bradley K. Broadway of Cabot, April 

14, 2012. 

Juanita “Nita” Burnette ‘65 of Little 

Rock, April 9, 2012. 

Calvin Jackson Chambers of Rock 

Springs, March 19, 2012. 

William “Bill” Rush Chambers ’62 

of North Little Rock, May 6, 2012. 

Odis D. Clark ’63 of Pine Bluff, 

January 28, 2012. 

Harry M. Cloud ’58 of Hot Springs, 

March 9, 2012. 

Olen Cockrell of Monticello, March 

29, 2012. 

Jane Oswald Cross ’55 of Winchester, 

February 9, 2012. 

John Pickard Ellington of Dermott, 

May 10, 2012 

Gladys Annette Green ’93, ’08 of 

Crossett, March 2, 2012. 

Katherine May Fort of Warren, 

January 21, 2012. 

Margaret Alleene Fugate ’51 of 

Marina Del Rey, Calif., October 13, 

2011. 

William P. Givens ’80 of Warren, 

August 14, 2011. 

Georgetta Green ’83 of Lake Village, 

August 22, 2011. 

Annie Catherine Black High ’59 of 

Hamburg, January 24, 2012. 

Martha Alice Ford Holland ’53 of 

Little Rock, February 11, 2012. 

Charles Edward Jackson Sr. of 

Monticello, March 6, 2012. 

James Erwood Jones ’58 of Little 

Rock, February 22, 2012. 

Friends We’ll Miss 

Jo Ann Jones ’52 of Warren, February 

18, 2012. 

Willie Claude Kelley of Hamburg, 

March 17, 2012. 

Georgia Gale Windham Lankford 

’60 of Sheridan, May 5, 2012. 

James F. Longacre of Pine Bluff, 

Thursday, May 3, 2012. 

Les Paul McGaha ‘81 of Monticello, 

May 5, 2012. 

Marcia Kersh McIntyre ‘69 of 

Monticello, May 17, 2012. 

Alleen Tarleton McKimmey of 

Warren, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. 

Keith Medlin ’97 of Crossett, 

December 17, 2011. 

Gwen Rose Stone Moffatt ’60 of 

Crossett, March 3, 2012. 

Kevin Joseph Morgan of Seward, 

Alaska, February 23, 2012. 

Daniel “Dano” Clark Nix ’79 of 

Afton, Okla., September 10, 2011. 

Marilyn Camden Norton ’67 of Hot 

Springs Village, May 5, 2012. 

Leo C. Pitchford ’60 of Monticello, 

January 25, 2012. 

Jhirmekeyo Santrel Pugh ’09 of 

Crossett, February 17, 2012. 

Alieta Rowland Reddin ’52 of Sylva, 

N.C., February 2, 2012. 

Abbie Gibbe Abernathy Richardson 

of Warren, March 24, 2012. 

Roland Grant Smith of Monticello, 

January 23, 2012. 

Billy Rex “Bill” Stiles ’65 of 

Mabelvale, April 7, 2012. 

Kathy Gail Thornton ’77 of 

Maumelle, November 9, 2011. 

Jo Dan Tucker ‘54 of Titusville, Fla., 

August 8, 2011. 

Mary Moore Yarbrough ’84 of Star 

City, January 29, 2012. 

Thomas E. Young ’52 of Pine Bluff, 

February 28, 2012. 

Dr. Boris Zeide of Marietta, Ga., 

March 1, 2012.

UnBollWeeVIlable Destinations! 

“The world is a book and those who do not travel only read one page!” — St. Augustine 

The Office of Alumni Affairs is pleased to present a wide variety of tours to destinations around the world through 2017. Our tentative fiveyear 

schedule below offers tours in May and December in 2012, 2014, and 2016 (even-numbered years), and tours in February and September in 

2013, 2015, and 2017 (odd-numbered years). In addition, the odd-numbered years provide opportunities for international excursions to Europe, 

Scandinavia, and South America. 

The UAM travel program serves to bring alumni, friends, and families together for educational, social, and cultural opportunities with fellow Boll 

Weevils. We encourage seasoned, middle-aged and young alumni and friends (and their families) to explore the world with each other in these 

UnBOLLWEEVILable Destinations! 

2012 

December 2012 .....................................................Christmas in New York 

2013 

February .........................................................Mardi Gras in New Orleans 

September ...................................................................................Tour of Italy 

2014 

May ......................................................................................Spring in St. Louis 

December ...........................................................Christmas in San Antonio 

2015 

February ..............................................................................Norway/Sweden 

September .............................................................Islands of New England 

(Nantucket, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard) 

2016 

May ....................................National Parks of the West (Grand Canyon, 

Hoover Dam, Petrified Forest) 

December ..................................................Christmas in Washington D.C. 

2017 

February ......................................................................Rio De Janiero, Brazil 

(post 2016 Summer Olympic games) 

September ........................................California Redwoods/Napa Valley 

All dates and locations are tentative. 

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University of Arkansas at Monticello 

Alumni Association 

P.O. Box 3597 

Monticello, AR 71656 

Play Ball! 

Join us July 23 for UAm NIGht at Dickey-Stephens 

Park in North Little rock as the Arkansas travelers 

take on the tulsa Drillers at 7:10 p.m. our traditional 

alumni picnic begins at 6 p.m. in the rightfield pa- 

vilion. tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children 

12 and under. Price includes a game ticket and all 

you can eat hamburgers, hot dogs and soft drinks. 

Advance reservations are required. Please call the 

office of Advancement at (870) 460-1028 to purchase 

your tickets.

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