Winter / Spring 2007 - University of Arkansas at Monticello

Winter / Spring 2007

UAM MAGAZINE 

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From the Chancellor 

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t was a rewarding fall semester at UAM. We are proud to announce that our enrollment reached 

an all-time high of 3,186. Now that we’ve completed another enjoyable holiday season, we are 

looking forward to the new year with excitement and optimism. A big part of that optimism 

comes from your overwhelming support of the college bond initiative which will direct muchneeded 

new revenue to Arkansas’ colleges and universities. UAM will use its share of the funds to 

connect to the e-corridor high-speed internet network; upgrade the university-wide data network to 

meet the educational and administrative mission of the institution; install advanced technology and 

communication support for our campuses in Monticello, Crossett and McGehee; and replace our 

outdated administrative and instructional software system. 

We are also looking forward to this year’s legislative session when we 

welcome two new members – Robert Moore of Arkansas City and Eddie 

Cheatham of Crossett – to the Southeast Arkansas delegation. We are fortunate 

to have strong support and representation in the General Assembly from Senators 

Jimmy Jeffress of Crossett and Jerry Taylor of Pine Bluff and Representatives 

Greg Reep of Warren, Allen Maxwell of Monticello, and David Rainey of Dumas. 

We also enjoy the support of two UAM alumni serving in the General Assembly: 

Representative Tommy Dickinson of Newport and Senator Gene Jeffress of 

Louann. 

In March, Vice Chancellor Yeiser and I will join a delegation from Monticello 

who will travel to Washington D.C. to meet with U.S. Senators Mark Pryor and 

Blanche Lincoln as well as Congressman Mike Ross to continue our discussions 

concerning the foremost needs of southeast Arkansas. While we are in the D.C. 

area we will attend a reception on March 3 for UAM/A&M alumni and friends in 

the Baltimore area to be hosted by alumnus Marty Brutscher and his wife Erma and alumnus James 

Brown and his wife, Eddie. If you happen to be in the area on March 3, I do hope you will attend. 

You can find more information about this reception on page 7 of this issue of UAM Magazine. 

Homecoming was a tremendous success with the largest attendance in recent memory. A special 

“THANK YOU” goes to Jim Trimm and his committee for their work in organizing the reunion 

of the Class of ’56, and also to Senator Jimmy Jeffress for organizing a reunion of the A Cappella 

Choir that was directed by John Daugherty. Another great big “THANK YOU” goes to Linda 

Yeiser and her staff for making Homecoming 2006 such a memorable one. I was particularly proud 

of our Sports Hall of Fame inductees. I had the privilege of seeing many of them play; and now, to 

hear them talk about what UAM meant to them, and how our faculty and coaches influenced their 

lives, was very gratifying for me. And finally, the recognition of Frank Wilson (B.S.F. ’66) as the 

Achievement and Merit recipient for 2006 was an especially poignant moment for the university 

and for the Wilson family. 

As we look ahead, I would encourage you to become part of two very important fund-raising 

campaigns – the Centennial Circle, and the Campaign for Athletics. We’ll have more on these two 

campaigns in future issues of UAM Magazine as well as on the university website. 

As this issue goes to press, our architects are in the final stages of planning and drawing for 

renovations to Wells Hall, Sorrells Hall, and the Babin Business Center, as well as construction of a 

new athletic facility north of Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium. Weevil Walk and the renovation 

of Weevil Pond are also nearing completion. You can still sponsor bricks and benches for Weevil 

Walk by contacting our Office of Advancement at (800) 467-8148 or by visiting the alumni website. 

And finally, I was pleased to see so many of you at our recent alumni receptions in Hot Springs, 

Natchitoches, Louisiana and Houston, Texas. We are planning more receptions in the coming 

months to reconnect with YOU, our alumni. If you would like to host or help organize a reception 

of UAM alumni in your area, contact my office (870) 460-1020 or the alumni office (800) 467- 

8148. 

If you’re ever in the Monticello area, please stop by for a visit and see first-hand the exciting 

changes taking place on your campus! 

Best Wishes, 

H. Jack Lassiter 

Chancellor 

On The Cover: UAM alumni Mark Mayo 

and Amanda Powell at the KATV studios 

with their television personality spouses, 

Melinda Mayo and Steve Powell. 

UAM MAGAZINE, Volume 4, number 

, is published three times a year by the 

University of Arkansas at Monticello, the 

UAM Alumni Association, and the UAM 

Foundation Fund. For information, you 

may contact: 

UAM Alumni Association 

UAM Box 3520 

Monticello, AR 7 656 

Jim Brewer, Editor 

Director of Media Services 

(870) 460- 074 (office) 

(870) 460- 74 (FAX) 

e-mail: brewer@uamont.edu 

Linda Yeiser, Vice Chancellor for 

Advancement 

(870) 460- 028 (office) 

(870) 460- 324 (FAX) 

e-mail: yeiser@uamont.edu 

If you want to find out what’s happening 

on campus, or want to contact us about 

something significant that’s happened in 

your life, check out our website at www. 

uamont.edu. When you reach the UAM 

home page, just click on Alumni & Friends. 

Let us know what you think. We welcome 

your suggestions! 

Alumni Association Board of Directors 

President 

Thomas Frazer ’93, Warren 

Vice President 

Rhonda Mullikin ’80, Star City 

Directors 

Wanda Jackson ’8 , Monticello 

Mark Tiner ’85, Monticello 

Lynn Weatherford ’72, Dumas 

Karla Wilson ’79, Rison

Winter / Spring 2007 

10 

Top 

Alumni 

Jim “Ace” Trimm and Frank 

Wilson have achieved much 

success in life . . . but they’ve 

never forgotten where they 

got their start. 

4 On Campus 

16 Sports 

18 Foundation News 

21 Foundation Donors 

26 Alumni News 

8New York, 

New York 

2005 UAM graduate Will Whiting got 

to live out a dream last summer as an 

intern in New York City working for the 

Bill Clinton Foundation. 

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The Look 

Amanda Powell and Mark 

Mayo see “the look” in 

the mall, at restaurants 

. . . anywhere someone 

recognizes their television 

personality spouses. 

A Walk 

Through 

Time 

Alumni and friends of the University have 

responded in large numbers to the 

campaign to complete the renovation of 

Weevil Pond. Part of that renovation 

includes the creation of a walkway around 

the pond, financed by the sale of engraved 

bricks, stones, and benches. If you would like 

to sponsor a brick or bench, contact the 

Office of Advancement at (800) 467-8148 or 

(870) 460-1028.. 


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Campus 

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., 

author, lecturer and son 

of slain U.S. Senator 

and Attorney General 

Robert Kennedy, has 

become a champion of 

environmental causes. 

On 

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RFK, Jr. To Lecture March 29 

A 

uthor and environmental activist Robert 

F. Kennedy, Jr. will speak at UAM March 

29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center 

auditorium. A question-and-answer session will 

follow the lecture. 

Kennedy’s lecture is free and open to the 

public. A reception and book signing will follow the 

lecture. No reservations are required. 

The lecture is a part of the Winthrop Rockefeller 

Distinguished Lectures program, funded this 

year by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. 

Kennedy will lecture from his new book, Crimes 

Against Nature and three speech topics including, 

“Our Environmental Destiny,” “The Power of Law” 

and “A Contract with Our Future.” Following the 

lecture, guests can purchase Kennedy’s new book, 

Crimes Against Nature, at the book signing and 

reception, which will take place in the Spencer Gallery 

of the FAC at 9 p.m. 

Time magazine named Kennedy as one 

of their “Heroes for the Planet” after he 

helped Riverkeeper fight to restore the 

Hudson River. Kennedy has also served as 

senior attorney for the Natural Resources 

Defense Council, chief prosecuting 

attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and 

president of Waterkeeper Alliance. 

Kennedy has also worked on environmental 

issues in North and South America. 

An environmental activist, 

Kennedy also aided in reversing the 

anti-environmental legislation during 

the 104th Congress as well as leading 

Reaccreditation 

T 

he bachelor’s degree program in 

social work at UAM has been reaccredited 

by the Council of Social Work 

Education through 2013, according to Dr. 

Vanneise Collins, head of UAM’s School 

of Social and Behavioral Sciences. 

The six-year accreditation was awarded 

after the completion of a self-study 

and a visit from a team from the CSWE’s 

Commission on Accreditation. 

“This is a major accomplishment for 

our social work program and for Ava 

Pickard, the director,” said Collins. “Having 

an accredited social work program in 

southeast Arkansas it vitally important.” 

UAM first began offering a baccalaureate 

degree program in social work 

the fight to protect New York City’s water supply. 

Including his recent book, Crimes Against 

Nature (2004), Kennedy has also published The 

Riverkeepers (1997) and Judge Frank M. Johnson, 

Jr: A Biography (1977). He has also had articles 

published in the New York Times, the Washington 

Post, the Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone. 

Many of his articles were included in anthologies of 

America’s best crime writing, best political writing 

and best science writing. 

A Harvard graduate, Kennedy studied at the 

London School of Economics and received a law 

degree from the University of Virginia Law School. 

He also received a master’s degree in environmental 

law from Pace University School of Law. 

in 1996 and awarded its first degrees in 

1999. The program was initially accredited 

by the CSWE in October 2001 

retroactively to 1999. There are currently 

74 students enrolled in the program. 

“I want to congratulate Dr. Collins and 

her faculty,” said R. David Ray, provost 

and vice chancellor for academic affairs. 

“This program provides a broad range of 

career opportunities and fills an important 

need in southeast Arkansas.” 

Graduates of the program are eligible 

to sit for the state-administered Licensed 

Social Worker exam and can find jobs 

in agencies such as the Department of 

Children and Family Services, schools, 

hospitals, nursing homes and hospice care 

facilities, crisis intervention centers and 

prison systems. 

Man of the Year 

ob Ware, vice chancellor for the 

UAM College of Technology- 

BMcGehee, has been named Man of the 

Year by the McGehee Chamber of Commerce. 

The award was presented at the 

recent McGehee Chamber of Commerce 

banquet. 

Ware has served 

as a part of the 

administration 

on the McGehee 

campus since 1975 

when the school 

was known as Great 

Rivers Vocational 

Technical School. 

He has served as 

Bob Ware 

assistant director, director of extension, 

director of financial aid, supervisor of 

instruction, and chief GED examiner. 

Ware became president of Great Rivers 

Technical Institute in 2001 and was 

named vice chancellor when the institute 

merged with UAM in 2003 to become the 

UAM College of Technology-McGehee. 

Ware holds a bachelor of science degree 

in history and political science from 

Arkansas AM&N (now UA-Pine Bluff), 

a master of science degree in vocational 

technical administration from Arkansas 

State, and has completed additional study 

at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. 

Big Oak Online 

AM’s Taylor Library launched 

Ufeaturing 

its first online exhibit recently, 

the traditions of UAM. The 

first exhibit tells the story of the Big Oak, 

a 300-year-old cherry bark oak which 

stood 88 feet tall and was over 20 feet in 

circumference. 

Future exhibits will feature other 

UAM traditions. To view these exhibits, 

visit http://www.uamont.edu/library/ 

newsite/serv/bigoak.html. Alumni are 

encouraged to share their stories of UAM 

traditions by contacting the library at 

heady@uamont.edu or P.O. Box 3599 

Monticello, AR 71656.

Record Breaker 

M fall than at any time in school history, ac- 

ore students attended the University 

of Arkansas at Monticello last 

cording to the fall census figures released 

by the UAM registrar’s office. 

UAM’s total enrollment for the fall 

semester was 3,186, a 7.6 percent increase 

over last year’s record enrollment 

of 2,959. The 2006 figures include 3,070 

undergraduate students and 116 graduate 

students. A campus-by-campus breakdown 

showed 2,831 students enrolled in 

courses at the Monticello campus, 197 

students at the UAM College of Technology-Crossett, 

and an additional 341 students 

at the UAM College of Technology- 

McGehee. Some students were enrolled 

in classes at both the Monticello campus 

and the Colleges of Technology, bringing 

the duplicated head count to 3,369. 

“This is a historic moment for the 

university and a landmark achievement 

for our faculty and staff who have worked 

so hard in recruitment and retention,” 

said UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “I 

especially want to commend Mary Whiting, 

our director of admissions, and her 

staff for the long hours and hard work 

necessary to recruit students in what is 

becoming an increasingly competitive 

market.” 

UAM has experienced steady growth 

over the past four years, with 2,875 

students in 2003, 2,942 in 2004 and 2,959 

in 2005. 

“This is an encouraging trend,” said 

Lassiter. “I am confident that we can 

build on this success and experience 

continued growth in the next decade.” 

Program Gets OK 

he Arkansas Department of Educa- 

T tion and the University of Arkansas 

at Monticello’s Graduate Council have 

formally approved an instructional 

specialist program in P-4 early childhood 

special education at UAM, according to 

Dr. Peggy Doss, dean of the UAM School 

of Education. 

Licensed P-4 teachers can now take 18 

hours of graduate level courses to receive 

licensure in P-4 early childhood special 

education. Students must be admitted to 

UAM and to the School of Education’s 

graduate program to be eligible to take 

the courses. 

“Special education is one of the critical 

need content areas in southeast Arkansas,” 

said Doss. “There is a tremendous 

shortage of licensed special education 

teachers in this area of the state. This 

program will serve a critical need for our 

public schools and students.” 

For information about the program, 

contact Donna Hunnicut, Debbie Givhan, 

or Doss at (870) 460-1062. 

New Fiscal Chief 

AM has appointed Jay Jones to 

U the position of vice chancellor for 

finance and administration, 

according 

to Chancellor Jack 

Lassiter. 

Jones was formerly 

vice president for finance 

at Mid-America 

Baptist Theological 

Jay Jones 

Seminary in Memphis 

and spent 10 years in the University of 

Arkansas System as vice chancellor for 

finance at Phillips Community College of 

the University of Arkansas in Helena. 

“I am pleased to welcome Jay Jones to 

UAM,” said Lassiter. “Jay has an extensive 

background in financial management 

and will be a tremendous asset.” 

A native of Helena, Jones is a graduate 

of Phillips County Community College 

and Northeast Louisiana University, 

where he earned a bachelor of business 

administration degree in accounting. 

He began his career as an accountant 

in a CPA firm in Monroe, La., before 

accepting a position as controller at Phillips 

County. He became the PCCC vice 

chancellor for finance in 1993, a post he 

held for the next 10 years. 

Jones is a member of the American 

Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 

the Arkansas Society of CPA’s, 

the National Association of College and 

University Business Officers, and the 

Southern Association of College and 

University Business Officers. He served 

as both treasurer and president-elect of 

the Arkansas Association of College and 

University Business Officers. 

Jones was elected city treasurer of 

West Helena in 1998, serving four years 

in city government, and served eight 

years on the board of directors of the 

Arkansas Higher Education Consortium. 

On 

Campus 

Administrators and 

members of the admissions 

staff proudly 

display a sign with 

UAM’s enrollment for 

the fall semester. Pictured 

from left are Bob 

Ware, vice chancellor 

of the UAM College 

of Technology-McGehee, 

Linda Rushing, 

vice chancellor of the 

UAM COT-Crossett, 

admissions specialists 

Holly Cathey, Brooke 

Rodgers and Crystal 

Grimes, Chancellor 

Jack Lassiter, and 

Mary Whiting, director 

of admissions. 


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On 

Campus 

Dr. Mark Spencer (left) 

and his wife, Rebecca, 

hold the manuscript of a 

novel entitled The Good 

Life, that will be published 

online beginning in 

January. 

T 

Literature Online 

The Good Life, a short novel by UAM 

faculty member Dr. Mark Spencer and 

his wife, Rebecca, has been accepted for 

publication in the online literary journal 

Admit Two. 

Spencer is a professor and dean of 

the School of Arts and Humanities at 

UAM. He has published two novels in 

print form – Love and Reruns in Adams 

County (Random House), and The Weary 

Motel (Backwaters Press), as well as two 

collections of short stories and over 100 

articles and stories in various national 

and international journals. Spencer has 

received the Faulkner Society’s Faulkner 

Award for The Short Novel, the Omaha 

Prize for The Novel, the Bradshaw Book 

Award, the Cairn-St. Andrews Press 

Short Fiction Award, and four “Special 

Mentions” in Pushcart Prize: Best of the 

Small Presses. The Good Life is his first 

collaboration with his wife, Rebecca. 

Rebecca Spencer is a homemaker, 

freelance photojournalist, and a newsletter 

correspondent for the Oklahoma 

chapter of the national charity Newborns 

in Need. 

According to Spencer, The Good Life 

is the story of a 66-year-old farmer/school 

teacher/part-time moving man named 

Fowood, who reflects on the successes, 

disappointments, moral righteousness, 

and missed opportunities of his life while 

contemplating the meaning of a good life. 

The Good Life will be published in two to 

three installments in Admit Two beginning 

in January. 

Admit Two is an international online 

literary journal published every other 

month and can be accessed on the internet 

at www.admit2.net. 

Best In The Nation 

orestry students from the University 

Fproven 

of Arkansas at Monticello have 

once again that UAM’s forestry 

program can compete with the big boys. 

Lance Vickers of Hermitage, Jonathan 

Hartley of Pine Bluff, Kimberly Pedigo 

of Star City, and Seth Glaze of Camden 

– all forestry students at UAM – defeated 

student teams from the University of 

Florida, Allegheny College, Michigan 

Tech, Auburn, and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens 

Point to win the Society 

of American Foresters National Quiz 

Bowl competition held last fall at the 

annual meeting of the SAF in Pittsburgh, 

Pa. 

Student teams from 32 colleges and 

universities across the country competed 

in the annual event. 

“This is a tremendous achievement for 

our students and a very positive reflection 

on our program,” said Dr. Richard 

Kluender, dean of the UAM School of 

Forest Resources. “We are very proud of 

their accomplishments.” 

The Quiz Bowl consisted of five 

rounds of competition. UAM defeated 

Florida 15-10 in the opening round, 

Allegheny 25-15 in the second round, 

Michigan Tech 15-10 in the third round, 

Auburn 15-5 in the fourth round, and took 

a one-sided 20-5 win over Wisconsin-Stevens 

Point in the finals. 

“Possibly the most impressive thing 

about our students’ performance was 

that none of the rounds were that close,” 

said Kluender. “We were able to win 

comfortably in each round. I think this 

speaks volumes about the quality of our 

faculty and the job they do in preparing 

our students for success in forest resource 

management.” 

Vickers, Pedigo and Glaze are senior 

forestry majors while Hartley is a graduate 

student. 

Dr. Richard Kluender (second from left), dean of the UAM 

School of Forest Resources, and Dr. Sayeed Mehmood 

(far right), assistant professor and faculty sponsor of the 

Forestry Quiz Bowl Team, pose with team members (from 

left) Jonathan Hartley, Lance Vickers, Kimberly Pedigo, and 

Seth Glaze.

Chancellor Jack Lassiter addresses educators and business 

leaders attending the Southeast Arkansas Education Forum 

hosted by UAM and the Arkansas Department of Education. 

Teachers Wanted 

he Arkansas Department of Educa- 

TArkansas 

tion and UAM hosted the Southeast 

Education Forum November 8- 

9 in the John F. Gibson University Center. 

The forum addressed the critical need for 

teachers and the economic impact of education 

in the southern and eastern regions 

of the state. 

The forum included a District Recruitment 

Model Workshop, an Education 

Partners Reception, and an Education 

Career Fair. 

Christina Villareal of the Office of 

Teacher Recruitment and Retention for 

the Arkansas Department of Education 

led the recruitment workshop. She was 

assisted by Shirley Billingsley, assistant 

superintendent for the El Dorado School 

District. The workshop provided recruiters 

from high priority school districts 

with resources and instruction to assist 

them in recruiting and retaining qualified 

teachers for their districts. 

The Education Partners Reception 

brought together southeast Arkansas 

educators and school district administrators 

with business, civic and community 

leaders to discuss the problems facing 

education in the region. “This forum 

provided a wonderful opportunity for 

educators and business leaders to develop 

partnerships and look for ways to meet 

the challenges facing public school edu- 

cation in this region of the state,” said Dr. 

Peggy Doss, dean of the UAM School of 

Education. “We’re facing a teacher shortage 

in the eastern and southern regions of 

Arkansas and we’ve got to find ways to 

attract and retain high quality teachers to 

these areas.” 

The Education Career Fair was 

designed to assist the region’s high priority 

school districts in the recruitment of 

licensed teachers and administrators for 

hard-to-fill vacancies in their districts. 

Join us on the 

Baltimore Waterfront! 

T 

Music Gift 

he UAM Alumni Association will hold a reception 

for Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area alumni 

and friends March 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. The reception 

will be hosted by Marty Brutscher (B.S. ‘79) and his 

wife, Erma, and James Brown (B.S. ‘75) and his wife, 

Eddie. The event will be held at The Center Club located 

in the Legg Mason Building in the heart of downtown 

Baltimore with a panoramic view of Baltimore’s Inner 

Harbor. Directions to The Center Club may be obtained 

by going to the Club’s website at www.centerclub.org 

For more information about the reception, contact 

the UAM Office of Advancement at (870) 460-1028 or 

(800) 467-8148. 

ames and Sue Cathey 

Jpresented 

of Monticello recently 

an accent table and 

matching lamps to the UAM 

Division of Music to honor 

their daughters, Lesa Cathey 

Handly of Little Rock and 

Traci Cathey Walls of Pine 

Bluff. 

The furniture will be 

placed in the Green Room 

adjacent to the Harris Recital 

Hall in the UAM Music 

Building. The room is being 

furnished by individuals wishing to make 

presentations in honor or in memory of 

family and friends, according to Annette 

Hall, chair of the Division of Music. 

Lesa Cathey Handly graduated from 

UAM in 1982 with a bachelor of science 

degree in marketing. She is currently senior 

vice president for customer strategy 

with Alltel Corporation. 

Traci Cathey Walls graduated from 

UAM in 1996 with a bachelor of arts in 

music degree. She is a legal assistant with 

Receivables Management Corporation of 

Pine Bluff. 

James Cathey was a member of the 

UAM business faculty from 1968 until 

his retirement in 1999. 

Alumni 

Spotlight 

Traci Cathey Walls (frontleft) 

and Lesa Cathey 

Handly were honored by 

their parents with a gift of 

furnishings for the UAM 

Music Building. 


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New York, 

Will Whiting (above, from 

left) with former President 

Bill Clinton, enjoying the 

bright lights of Broadway, 

shaking hands with New 

York Senator Hillary Rodham 

Clinton, taking in a 

game at Yankee Stadium, 

and looking over the New 

York skyline. 

Spending the summer working for the 

42nd President of the United States was a 

dream come true for Will Whiting. 

A 2005 summa cum laude graduate of 

the University of Arkansas at Monticello, 

Whiting was one of 30 interns from an 

applicant pool of 600 chosen to work in 

former President Bill Clinton’s New York 

office from June through August. 

After a long and exhausting interview 

process, Whiting was notified in April that 

he had been selected to work for the former 

President. Whiting spent the summer living 

in a studio apartment in lower Manhattan 

and commuting 45 minutes to Clinton’s 

Harlem office in upper Manhattan. 

Whiting graduated from UAM 

with a double major in speech 

communications and journalism 

and was the 2005 Pi Kappa 

Delta All-American in debate 

and forensics. He put his background 

to work in the communications 

office for the Alliance 

for a Healthier Generation, a new 

initiative launched by the William 

J. Clinton Foundation and 

the American Heart Association. 

He also provided communications 

assistance for other areas 

supported by the Clinton Foundation, 

including the Clinton 

HIV-AIDS Initiative, the newly 

created Clinton Climate Initiative, 

and the Clinton Global 

Initiative. 

“The internship was much 

more than I expected,” said 

Whiting. “I gained valuable 

experience that will help me 

professionally. I got a chance to 

live in and experience one of the 

greatest cities in the world, I met

New York 

some amazing people and made 

some great friends.” 

Part of the intern experience 

included “brown bag” sessions 

with friends of President Clinton, 

including former First Lady 

and current New York Senator 

Hillary Clinton, Kathleen Kennedy 

Townsend, Madonna, actor 

Edward Norton, Carlotta Walls, 

one of the original Little Rock 

Nine who integrated Little Rock 

Central High School, and Doug 

Band, the former president’s 

personal aide. 

The interns were required to 

volunteer time in the Harlem 

community in addition to their 

actual work. “Harlem was an 

experience in and of itself,” said 

Whiting. “One of the best things 

about New York is that every 

neighborhood is completely different 

from the next one. Harlem 

was no exception. President Clinton’s 

willingness to locate his office 

in what is historically known 

as a rougher section of town was 

risky, but the community seems 

to appreciate his presence.” 

The son of Bill and Mary 

Whiting of Monticello, Will is 

pursuing a master’s degree at 

UA-Little Rock while working 

as a graduate assistant in both 

the Chancellor’s Office and the 

Office of Recruitment and Retention. 

He also volunteers one day 

a week at the Clinton Foundation. 

Whiting returned to New York 

as one of four interns chosen 

to serve as host for the Clinton 

Global Initiative Conference 

September 19-23. The conference 

attracted world leaders, 

heads of state, national political 

figures, and other celebrities 

from around the globe. 

“I’ve always been a big 

believer in public service and 

giving back,” said Whiting. 

“Working for President Clinton 

was, and is, a once-in-a-lifetime 

experience and it made me realize 

even more how important 

public service really is.” 

Whiting and other 

Clinton Foundation interns 

enjoyed “brown bag” 

sessions with friends of 

President Clinton, including 

actor Edward Norton 

(seated, center). 


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Frank Wilson, recipient of the 2006 Alumni Award for Achievement 

and Merit and a member of the UAM Board of Visitors. 

Jim “Ace” Trimm, recipient of the 2006 “Continuing the 

Connection” Award. 

TOP 

ison timber owner Frank 

Wilson and retired Colo- 

Rrado financier Jim “Ace” Trimm 

were honored by UAM during the 

university’s Homecoming celebra- 

tion. 

Wilson, co-owner of Wilson 

Brothers Lumber Company of 

Rison, was selected to receive the 

Alumni Award for Achievement 

and Merit. Trimm, a former Boll 

Weevil basketball star and venture 

capitalist from Aurora, Colo., re- 

ceived the Continuing the Connec- 

tion Award, presented annually to 

the alumnus who best keeps alive 

the connection between Arkansas 

A&M and UAM.

Alumni 

“We are pleased to honor two individuals who have meant 

so much to this institution and who have forged such successful 

lives,” said UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “Frank Wilson 

has been a success in business, a leader in his community, and 

a loyal supporter of UAM. Jim Trimm is one of those special 

people whose love for this university has made him a part of 

our tradition and history. He was an outstanding basketball 

player who took that same drive to win and translated it into 

success in business.” 

Wilson earned a bachelor of science degree in forestry from 

what was then Arkansas A&M in 1966. He became a leader in 

the south Arkansas timber industry, developing Wilson Brothers 

Lumber Company and Tri-W Logging, and is currently a 

member of the Executive Committee of the Arkansas Forestry 

Association. He is also a member of the UAM Board of Visitors. 

Frank Wilson is the oldest of three generations of Wilsons 

who have earned degrees from, or are currently attending 

UAM. His son, Harrell, and nephews, James and Jeff, earned 

forestry degrees from UAM and work with Frank Wilson in the 

timber business along with another nephew, Brad, who also attended 

UAM. Another son, Jeremy, attended UAM and played 

football before earning a degree in history. Frank Wilson’s great 

nephew, Tyler, is currently pursuing a forestry degree at UAM. 

“UAM has always meant a lot to me and it’s certainly an 

honor to be chosen,” said Wilson. “There are probably a lot of 

people more deserving than I am, but to be a part of the legacy 

of UAM is very special to me.” 

Jim Trimm was a starting forward on the Arkansas A&M 

basketball team in 1956 when the Boll Weevils won the 

school’s only conference championship in men’s basketball. 

Known as “Ace” to his classmates, Trimm grew up in the shadow 

of the university campus, attended Drew Central schools 

next door for 12 years, then went to A&M as an unrecruited 

walk-on for the basketball team. 

He quickly earned a scholarship and helped lead the Boll 

Weevils to one of their most successful four-year periods. 

“Those were the happiest days of my life,” said Trimm. 

“I’ve looked back on those days so many times. That was a 

very special time. The campus was small and you knew everybody. 

I was just an old country boy who learned a lot there. 

Everything I am today I owe to Arkansas A&M. This is a great 

honor.” 

(Above, from left) Delores and Frank 

Wilson visit with Judy and Jack Lassiter 

at a reception in the Chancellor’s 

home at Homecoming. (Left) Jim 

“Ace” Trimm as he appeared in the 

1956 Boll Weevil. 

Winter / Spring 2007

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(Right) Former Boll Weevil basketball 

coach Troy Bledsoe addresses a 

reunion of the Class of ‘56. (Middle, 

right) Larry Smith (second from left), 

the founder of the Knights Cannon 

Honor Guard, visits with current 

members. 

(Above) Jack Allen (second from left) is introduced 

as a member of the UAM Sports Hall of Fame’s Class 

of 2006. Pictured with Allen are (from left) Charlie 

James, Lisa McClure-Wells, Sean Rochelle, and Ikie 

Corbin. (At right) Former Boll Weevil football players 

from 1969-71 gathered before kickoff. 

(Go to the UAM website at www.uamont.edu/alumni to view the Homecoming 2006 slideshow!) 

UAM MAGAZINE Homecom

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(Left) UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter with Classie Jones-Green at the African-American Alumni Elite Breakfast. 

(Above, from left) Jack and Judy Lassiter greet John and Jerry Gibson of Dallas, Tex., at a reception in the 

Chancellor’s home. 

(Left) John Dougherty 

directs the A Cappella 

Reunion Choir as they 

sing the Alma Mater during 

pregame ceremonies. 

(Middle, left) Scott Saffold 

of Union Bank serves 

up food at the pregame 

tailgate party to James 

Willis (center) and Buddy 

Carson. 


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UAM MAGAZINE 

4 

LOOK 

Getting the 

all it “the look.” 

Mark Mayo and Amanda Powell 

notice it at the mall, at a restaurant, anywhere 

someone might recognize their 

television personality spouses. 

CMelinda 

Mayo and Powell are married to 

Mayo and Steve Powell, the hosts of 

Good Morning, Arkansas, which airs Monday 

through Friday at 9 a.m. on Little Rock television 

station KATV. 

“Melinda gets recognized all the time,” 

says Mark. “It was kind of cool for the first 

week. After that, not so much. You feel like 

you’re being watched.” 

“You get used to it,” adds Amanda. 

“Steve is so personable and down 

to earth. He makes people feel at ease 

and doesn’t pretend to be famous.” 

Mark and Amanda share more 

than their famous spouses. They are 

both graduates of the University of 

Arkansas at Monticello who are forging 

successful careers in business and 

advertising. 

Mark graduated from UAM in 

1986 with a degree in business administration 

and is now the regional 

sales manager for Allied Tube in 

Little Rock, overseeing an annual 

budget of $77 million for a 16-state 

region. 

Amanda is an advertising sales 

representative for KATV who was 

responsible for more than $1 million 

in ad sales last year. 

Both are proud of their UAM 

roots.

(Left) Mark Mayo and Amanda Powell (seated) with their 

spouses, Melinda Mayo (left) and Steve Powell, the hosts of “Good 

Morning, Arkansas.” 

A Pine Bluff native, Mark transferred 

to UAM from Southern Arkansas 

University to play baseball for the 

Boll Weevils and became a member 

of Phi Lambda Chi fraternity. “I 

wasn’t a real serious student, at least 

to begin with,” he says. “I lived and 

breathed fraternity. But I made a lot 

of lifelong friends.” 

One of the first people Mayo met 

in Phi Lamb was George Shahin, who 

unbeknownst to Mayo, was a starting 

guard on the UAM football team. 

Mayo chose Shahin as his fraternity 

Big Brother to see him through his 

year as a pledge. “My buddies told 

me I picked the wrong guy,” Mayo 

says. “I found out why pretty quick.” 

In the 1980’s, fraternity hazing 

was still a quietly accepted if unpublicized 

practice and being hazed by a 

250-pound varsity football player was 

a not altogether pleasant experience. 

Mayo remembers his Phi Lamb 

days as a case of “boys will be boys.” 

He and some of his fraternity brothers 

decided to participate in Drew 

County Clean-up Day, with the promise 

of $200 for picking up the most 

trash from McDonald’s. “We started 

out looking for trash along the road 

but decided that was too much work,” 

Mayo remembers with a laugh. “So 

we went to McDonald’s and loaded 

up with trash out of their dumpster.” 

Mayo had what he describes as 

his “watershed moment” while still a 

few hours short of graduation. “I got 

the bright idea I wanted to quit school 

and become a lumber inspector for 

Price Lumber,” Mayo remembers. 

“Mr. Price wanted to know how 

many hours I needed to graduate, and 

when I told him, he said ‘Go back 

and finish school.’” 

Mayo spent the summer pulling 

boards in one of Price’s sawmills and 

decided finishing college was a better 

career option. “I made the Dean’s 

List the next semester and did well in 

class from that point on,” he says. 

Before she was Amanda Powell, 

Amanda Loveless was a 1995 graduate 

of Drew Central High School 

in Monticello. She had scholarship 

offers from UAM and the University 

of Central Arkansas, but chose UAM 

to stay close to her home. 

Amanda was Mayo’s opposite in 

college, all business with little time 

for outside activities. She worked full 

time in the inspection department at 

Burlington Industries but still managed 

to graduate in four years with 

a degree in business administration 

and a minor in marketing. “I was all 

about working,” she says. 

After graduation, she got a job 

with Applied Independent Technologies. 

Two years later, she answered 

a newspaper ad and was hired by 

KATV to work in advertising sales. 

She met her future 

husband at KATV in 

2002 and the couple 

was married in October 

2003. The Powells have 

a 14-month-old son 

named Charlie. 

Amanda credits 

retired UAM business 

professor James Cathey 

for being the biggest influence 

on her academic 

success. “Mr. Cathey got 

on our level,” she says. 

“He was always very 

helpful and friendly. 

I feel very fortunate 

to have had a lot of 

wonderful teachers at 

UAM. The faculty was 

very involved with their 

students.” 

Mark and Melinda 

Mayo graduated from 

Pine Bluff High School two years 

apart but never met until a friend 

introduced them on a blind date in 

1993. Mark got up at five o’clock 

in the morning to watch Melinda on 

television to check out his date. “I 

thought, yeah, she’s cute,” he says. 

“I’ll go out with her.” 

For Mark it was love at first site 

and the couple married in 1995. 

For both Mark Mayo and Amanda 

Powell, UAM offered them a chance 

to get a college degree without moving 

far from their homes or getting 

lost in the shuffle of a large university. 

“I went to UAM because it was 

close to home and small,” says Mark. 

“Everybody knew everybody and I 

didn’t want to go someplace and get 

lost in a crowd.” 

With famous spouses, the chances 

of Mark and Amanda getting lost in a 

crowd now probably isn’t an option. 

(Below) Mark Mayo and 

Amanda Powell on the 

set of “Good Morning, 

Arkansas.” 


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Sports 

UAM MAGAZINE 

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The Campaign for Athletics 

(Top) An exterior rendering 

of the new athletic 

facility. (Right) Chairback 

seating and a renovated 

pressbox will change AM is beginning an ambitious capital campaign to 

the appearance of U raise funds for a new athletic facility as well as renova- 

Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll tions to existing facilities. 

Stadium. (Bottom) The 

The centerpiece of the campaign is a new multi-purpose 

proposed floor plan for 

the new athletic facility. 

facility to be located in the north end zone of Convoy Leslie- 

Cotton Boll Stadium. The new structure will include an indoor 

practice field for use by the football, baseball and softball 

teams as well as the marching band, and coaches offices and 

meeting rooms for football. 

UAM officials will announce the formation of a steering 

committee comprised of former Boll Weevil and Cotton Blossom 

athletes and supporters later in the spring. The committee 

will be charged with directing the fund-raising efforts for 

the Campaign for Athletics. 

“We are encouraging all of our 

former athletes as well as others 

who love the Boll Weevils and 

Cotton Blossoms to get involved in 

this campaign,” said UAM Chancellor 

Jack Lassiter. “I have always 

been a firm believer that intercollegiate 

athletics plays an important 

role in the life and the spirit 

of a university. The Gulf South 

Conference is without doubt 

the toughest, most competitive 

conference at the Division II level 

and we need these additions and 

renovations to help our coaches 

remain competitive.” 

In addition to the new facility, 

UAM will renovate the home side 

of Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium 

to include chairback seating 

and a renovated and expanded 

pressbox. For information about 

the Campaign for Athletics, call 

the Office of Advancement at - 

800-467-8 48.

Baseball 2007 Softball 2007 

FEBRUARY 

Tue. 6 Harding Monticello 1 PM 

Wed. 7 Mississippi Valley State Itta Bena, Miss. 2 PM 

Sat. 10 Montevallo Monticello NOON 

Sun. 11 Montevallo Monticello 1 PM 

Tue. 3 Grambling Grambling, La. PM 

Sat. 17 Crichton Monticello NOON 

Tue. 20 Arkansas Tech Monticello NOON 

Sat. 24 North Alabama Florence, Ala. PM 

Sun. 25 North Alabama Florence, Ala. PM 

Wed. 28 Crichton Memphis, Tenn. 2 PM 

MARCH 

Fri. 2 Southern Arkansas Magnolia 6 PM 

Sat. 3 Southern Arkansas Magnolia 5 PM 

Wed. 7 Central Oklahoma Poteau, Okla. :30 PM 

Sat. 0 West Alabama Livingston, Ala. 3 PM 

Sun. West Alabama Livingston, Ala. :30 PM 

Tue. 3 Montevallo Montevallo, Ala. PM 

Sat. 17 Christian Brothers* Monticello NOON 

Sun. 18 Christian Brothers* Monticello 1 PM 

Tue. 20 Belhaven Jackson, Miss. 6 PM 

Sat. 24 Arkansas Tech* Russellville 2 PM 

Sun. 25 Arkansas Tech* Russellville 2 PM 

Sat. 31 Southern Arkansas* Monticello NOON 

APRIL 

Sun. 1 Southern Arkansas* Monticello 1 PM 

Wed. 4 North Alabama Monticello 1 PM 

Sat. 6 Ouachita Baptist* Monticello NOON 

Sun. 7 Ouachita Baptist* Monticello 1 PM 

Sat. 4 Delta State* Cleveland, Miss. 3 PM 

Sun. 5 Delta State * Cleveland, Miss. 2 PM 

Wed. 8 Ouachita Baptist Arkadelphia PM 

Sat. 2 Harding* Searcy NOON 

Sun. 22 Harding* Searcy :30 PM 

Tue. 24 Grambling Monticello 3 PM 

Wed. 25 Mississippi Valley Monticello 3 PM 

Sat. 28 Henderson State* Monticello NOON 

Sun. 29 Henderson State* Monticello 1 PM 

MAY 

5-9 GSC Tournament Millington, Tenn. TBA 

* Denotes Gulf South Conference Game 

FEBRUARY 

2-7 Hawai’i Tournament Hilo, Kaneohe, Lale, HI TBA 

Fri. 16 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Monticello NOON 

Fri. 16 Ouachita Baptist Monticello 2 PM 

Sat. 17 Williams Baptist Monticello 10 AM 

Sat. 17 Arkansas Tech Monticello NOON 

23-24 HSU/US Army Tourn. Arkadelphia, AR 

MARCH 

Thu. 1 Ouachita Baptist* Monticello 1 PM 

Sat. 3 Ouachita Baptist* Arkadelphia PM 

Sun. 4 West Georgia Monticello 2 PM 

Tue. 6 Delta State* Cleveland, Miss. 5 PM 

2- 4 West Florida Spring Fling Pensacola, Fla. 

Fri. 6 Benedict Cleveland, Miss. NOON 

Fri. 6 Stillman Cleveland, Miss. 4 PM 

Sat. 7 Stillman Cleveland, Miss. 0 AM 

Sat. 7 Benedict Cleveland, Miss. 2 PM 

Tue. 20 Delta State* Monticello 1 PM 

Fri. 23 Christian Brothers* Monticello 1 PM 

Sun. 25 Christian Brothers* Memphis, Tenn. PM 

Tue. 27 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Monticello 1 PM 

Wed. 28 Mississippi Valley Monticello 2 PM 

APRIL 

Mon. 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Pine Bluff PM 

Wed. 4 Henderson State* Arkadelphia PM 

Fri. 6 Henderson State* Monticello 1 PM 

Thu. 2 West Alabama* Decatur, Ala. 6 PM 

Fri. 3 West Florida* Decatur, Ala. NOON 

Fri. 3 Valdosta State* Decatur, Ala. 4 PM 

Sat. 4 West Georgia* Decatur, Ala. 6 PM 

Sun. 5 North Alabama* Decatur, Ala. 0 AM 

Sun. 5 Alabama-Huntsville* Decatur, Ala. NOON 

Tue. 7 Mississippi Valley State Itta, Bena, Miss. 4 PM 

Thu. 9 Arkansas Tech* Russellville PM 

Sat. 21 Arkansas Tech* Monticello 1 PM 

Thu. 26 Southern Arkansas* Magnolia PM 

Sat. 28 Southern Arkansas* Monticello 1 PM 

MAY 

4-6 GSC Tournament Southaven, MS TBA 

* Denotes Gulf South Conference Game 

Sports 

Softball 

Honored 

Six members of the 

2005-06 UAM softball 

team received national 

scholar-athlete recognition 

from the National 

Fastpitch Coaches Association. 

Pictured from 

left are Chancellor Jack 

Lassiter, Meredith Heckel, 

Sarah Reed, Kim Callaway, 

Ashley Burkett, 

Kate Brady, Lauren 

Brooks, and softball coach 

Alvy Early. 

Football 

Futures 

UAM’s football schedules 

through the 2013 season 

are available on the main 

page of the university’s 

athletic website. Go to 

www.uamsports.com and 

click on any of the years 

listed on the right side of 

the page. 


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Foundation News 

(From left) R. David Ray, provost 

and vice chancellor for academic 

affairs, Linda Yeiser, vice chancellor 

for advancement, Jim Roiger, 

chair of the Division of Computer 

Information Systems, Charlotte 

Hornaday, Dan Hornaday, and 

Chancellor Jack Lassiter. 

UAM MAGAZINE 

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California Art Collector 

Presents Gift to UAM 

alifornia art collector Sandra Lawhon recently 

Cartist 

presented 3 original works of art by Arkansas-born 

Paul Maxwell to the University of Arkansas at Monticello, 

according to Linda Yeiser, UAM’s vice chancellor for 

advancement. 

The pieces will be displayed in the Taylor Library and 

Technology Center and the Spencer Gallery of the Fine 

Arts Center. 

The gift is the second of its kind by Lawhon, who presented 

five works by Maxwell to the university in 2005. 

Maxwell was born in Frost Prairie (Ashley County) in 

925 and attended Principia College before becoming a 

world-reknowned artist. 

“This is a significant donation to the university’s art collection 

and represents the work of one of America’s foremost 

artists,” said Yeiser. “We are thrilled to be chosen as 

a repository for this collection.” 

UAM was selected to receive the art due to its distinction 

as the university located closest to Maxwell’s place of 

birth in Frost Prairie, a small community near Crossett in 

southeast Arkansas. 

Endowments Presented by the Hornadays 

Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Computer Information 

Systems Scholarship 

Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Music Excellence Scholarship 

Charlotte Cruce Hornaday Scholarship 

Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Agriculture Scholarship 

Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Residence Life Scholarship 

Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Scholarship 

Van and Eula Mae Cruce Scholarship 

Maxwell earned a degree in art from Principia and 

attended graduate school at Claremont College. Maxwell 

taught at the Houston Museum of Art and the University 

of Houston and later invented and patented his own 

printmaking medium. 

In 986, he was the subject of a PBS documentary entitled 

“Lines/Horizons.” A traveling exhibition of Maxwell’s 

work, sponsored by the American-Australian Bicentennial 

Foundation and the Austin-Fairchild Art Foundation 

served as an official event in Australia’s 

988 bicentennial celebration. 

Collections of Maxwell’s works 

may be found in galleries and museums 

throughout the United States, 

Europe, Asia and Australia. Current 

exhibits of Maxwell’s work may be 

found at the Arkansas Arts Center in 

Little Rock, the Araluen Centre for 

the Arts in Australia, the Canton Art 

Institute, the Dallas Museum of Fine 

Arts, the Denver Art Museum, the 

Fort Worth Art Center, the Houston 

Museum of Fine Arts, and the Philbrook 

Art Center in Tulsa, Okla. 

Hornadays Present 7th 

Endowment to Foundation 

D 

an and Charlotte Hornaday of Little Rock recently 

presented their seventh endowed scholarship to the 

University of Arkansas at Monticello Foundation Fund. 

The retired Exxon executives established an endowed 

scholarship for students in UAM’s Division of Computer Information 

Systems. The gift, which includes a match from 

the ExxonMobil Foundation, totals $30,000. 

“Dan and Charlotte Hornaday are very special people 

who have chosen to create a lasting legacy at this institution,” 

said UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter. “Their generosity 

and continuing support of UAM are extremely gratifying.” 

The Hornadays established their first endowed scholarship 

in 992. They have created endowed scholarships in 

debate, agriculture, music, and residence life as well as 

a general scholarship and a scholarship in honor of Mrs. 

Hornaday’s parents, the late Van and Eula Mae Cruce. 

Dan Hornaday graduated from UAM (then Arkansas 

A&M College) in 95 . Charlotte Hornaday received her 

degree in 952. 

“The Hornadays both came from humble beginnings, 

they both worked hard to build successful careers and 

lives, but they’ve never forgotten where they came from,” 

said Lassiter. “Their legacy of creating educational opportunities 

will extend far beyond our lifetimes.”

Surprise Gift Honors Long-Time Educator Barry Hall 

T 

here isn’t much that can surprise Barry Hall after 

more than three decades as a public school teacher 

and administrator in southeast Arkansas. 

But Hall admits to being totally shocked when 

University of Arkansas at Monticello Chancellor Jack 

Lassiter stood up before a group of state and regional 

educators recently to announce the creation of the Barry 

Hall Endowed Scholarship. 

Hall’s wife, Annette, as well as Hall’s parents, Mr. 

and Mrs. Cleatous J. Hall of Monticello, and his aunt, 

Audrey Blasingame of Searcy, presented the $20,000 

endowment to the UAM Foundation Fund. Lassiter made 

the announcement at the Southeast Arkansas Education 

Forum hosted by the UAM School of Education and the 

Arkansas Department of Education. 

“This is a fitting honor to someone who has dedicated 

his life to education,” said Lassiter. “Barry Hall has 

created a lasting legacy by touching the lives of so many 

young people. Now that legacy will continue with this 

endowment, which will provide scholarships to deserving 

young people for generations to come.” 

The endowment will be used to fund the Barry Hall 

Endowed Scholarship, to be presented annually to a 

graduate of Monticello High School majoring in teacher 

education. Scholarship recipients must have a grade 

point average of 3.0 or above and the scholarship will be 

awarded based on merit and need. 

Hall spent 32 years in public school education after 

graduating from UAM (then Arkansas A&M College). 

He began his career in Crossett as a science teacher at 

Norman Junior High School. He spent one year as the 

physical education instructor for all four of Crossett’s 

elementary schools before moving to Monticello to 

become principal of Drew Central Elementary while also 

serving as a driver’s education and civics teacher at the 

high school. 

Hall served as Drew Central High principal from 968 

to 972 before moving across town to Monticello High 

School, where he held the principal’s post for 25 years. He 

served as assistant superintendent for transportation and 

athletics for the Monticello School System from 997 until 

his retirement in 2003. 

His wife, Annette Hall, has been a member of the UAM 

music faculty since 972 and chair of the department since 

983. 

“A lot of things have happened to me in my career 

that were momentarily rewarding,” said Hall, “but 

the most rewarding things have come after my career 

was over, when students I’ve known come back and 

express their gratitude for helping them. I get the most 

satisfaction from seeing former students succeed. 

“I think that’s why this scholarship is so gratifying and 

humbling,” he continued. “Looking back, if I hadn’t had a 

scholarship, I couldn’t have gone to college. So this means 

a lot to me.” 

Nichols Makes 

$25,000 Gift 

D. John Nichols (second from left) presents 

a check for $25,000 to Loran Johnson of 

Warren to be added to the Loran Johnson 

Endowed Scholarship Fund in the UAM 

Foundation. The scholarship honors 

the long-time vocational agriculture 

teacher from Warren. Nichols is owner of 

Mississippi Marine, L.L.C., of Greenville. 

Pictured from left are Dr. Peggy Doss, 

Nichols, Madge Johnson, Loran Johnson, 

Linda Yeiser, and Chancellor Jack Lassiter. 

Foundation 

News 

Chancellor Jack Lassiter (left) with 

Barry Hall. 


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News 

UAM MAGAZINE Foundation 

Matthews Gives First Endowment for Women’s Athletics 

B 

etty Matthews isn’t your typical 

college English professor. 

An avid sports fan, particularly 

of the athletic teams of the University 

of Arkansas at Monticello, Matthews 

admits to having a soft spot in her heart 

for student-athletes who excel in the 

classroom and on the playing field. 

A member of the UAM faculty since 

967 and a graduate of what was then 

Arkansas A&M College in 958, Matthews 

recently presented an endowed 

scholarship for women’s athletics to the 

UAM Foundation Fund. 

The scholarship is the second gift 

earmarked specifically for women’s 

athletics and the first to reach endowed 

status. 

“I have always been a sports fan for 

as long as I can remember,” said Matthews. 

“I love the Boll Weevils and Cotton 

Blossoms, but I have a special place 

in my heart for the women’s athletic 

program here. I have always believed 

that female athletes should have the 

same opportunities as male athletes 

and I wanted to give something back 

to the university to help young women 

achieve their goals.” 

The Betty A. Matthews Women’s 

Athletics Scholarship will be presented 

to a student participating in women’s 

intercollegiate athletics. The recipient 

must have a grade point average of 3.0 

or better in any academic major and 

must be recommended by the director 

of athletics and coaches of the women’s 

athletic teams. 

Matthews comes from a family of 

athletes. Matthews played basketball at 

Star City High School while her daugh- 

Dr. Betty Matthews (center) visits with UAM Chancellor Jack Lassiter (left) and Athletics Director Alvy Early after presenting 

an endowed scholarship for women’s athletics to the UAM Foundation Fund. 

ter-in-law, Diane Mathews, qualified for 

the U.S. Olympic Diving Team in 980 

but was unable to compete due to the 

U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics. 

Her son, Hank, was an all-conference 

quarterback at Star City High School. 

Her granddaughter, Courtney Matthews, 

is currently an all-state soccer 

player at Shiloh Christian Academy in 

Springdale. 

Matthews was one of the first 

women to achieve full professorship 

status at UAM. 

“I hope that by making this gift 

Foundation Receives Bequest From Texas Man 

UAM has received a bequest of 

$ 0,000 from the estate of W.F. 

Chumney of Nacogdoches, Texas. 

Mr. Chumney’s wife, Ruth Mildred 

Melton Chumney, attended what was 

then Arkansas A&M College from 943 

to 944. The bequest will honor the 

memory of Mrs. Chumney’s parents, 

the late Arhia Raymond Melton and 

Mildred Richardson Melton. 

The funds will be used to establish 

the Arhia Raymond Melton and Mildred 

Richardson Melton Scholarship to 

benefit students from Bradley County, 

Arkansas. The fund will be invested 

and re-invested until it reaches the 

endowed level of $ 5,000. At that time, 

the scholarship will be available from 

endowment earnings. 

Recipients must be full-time students 

in any academic major and will be 

selected by the UAM Scholarship Com- 

that I can encourage others to support 

the dreams and aspirations of young 

women who excel in both academics 

and athletics,” said Matthews. 

The first endowed scholarship fund 

for women’s athletics was established 

in 994 by Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert. 

When the fund reaches endowed 

status, it will provide a scholarship for 

women’s basketball. Mary Jane Gilbert 

was the first coach of the UAM Cotton 

Blossoms basketball team and instrumental 

in the establishment of women’s 

athletics at UAM. 

mittee. Scholarships from this fund will 

be used toward the cost of tuition, fees, 

room, board, and/or books for at least 

one recipient. 

“We are grateful to Mr. Chumney 

for remembering the university with 

this generous gift,” said UAM Chancellor 

Jack Lassiter. “This is a wonderful 

way to honor his wife’s parents and 

create educational opportunities for 

future generatons.”

Endowments / Unitrusts 

FOUNDATION FUND ENDOWMENTS / Established by: 

Weldon B. Abbott Endowed Scholarship / Betty S. Abbott, Dr. and Mrs. Weldon 

S. Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lavon Abbott, Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Taylor, and 

Ms. Mary Ross Taylor 

Alumni Achievement and Merit Scholarship / Recipients of the Alumni 

Achievement & Merit Award 

Alumni Association Scholarship / Alumni Association Board of Directors 

Hoyt and Susan Andres Endowed Scholarship / Hoyt and Susan Andres 

William R. and Katie B. Austin Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. William R. Austin, Jr. 

Dr. Claude H. Babin Scholarship / Division of Social Sciences, Former 

Students, Family and Friends 

Marvin and Edna Moseley Bankston Endowed 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 / Arthur R. and Bettie Beard Pate 

Leslie and Faye Beard Scholarship / Paul and June Webb Carter 

Major Thomas E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker 

Book Account 

Bellott Music Award / Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. Bellott 

Fred and Doris Bellott Music Endowed Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. Bellott 

*Henry (Mike) Berg / Mrs. Helen Berg 

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

Birch-Johnson Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. J. Chester Johnson 

John Falls Bowen Scholarship / Family, Friends and Battery B 206th Coast 

Artillery (AA) Association 

Ruth G. Boyd Scholarship / Dr. Scott Boyd 

C. Alton Boyd Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Barbara Boyd 

Dr. Scott Boyd Scholarship / UAM Dept. of Health & P. E., Family and Friends 

Fay Brann Accounting Scholarship / Mr. Fay Brann 

B. R. “Bobby” Brown Scholarship / Mr. B. R. “Bobby” Brown and Consol, Inc. 

George R. Brown Professorship / The Brown Foundation 

Joe Brown Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Mary Claire Randolph Buffalo Scholarship / Mr. Harvey Buffalo 

Jimmy Lee Buford Memorial Scholarship / Agriculture Technology 

Department Advisory Committee, UAM College of Technology - McGehee 

Jeff Busby Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Verna Hobson Cahoon, Elizabeth Coleman Cochran and Cornelia 

Coleman Wright Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family 

G. William and Verna Hobson Cahoon Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman 

Family 

Campus Scholarship Fund / UAM Faculty and Staff 

Alvin and Raye Carter Education Scholarship / Mr. Dale W. Carter and Mr. 

Robert Ira Carter 

Paul R. and June Webb Carter Scholarship / Paul R. and June Webb Carter 

Chamberlin Wildlife Scholarship / Mr. H. H. Chamberlin 

Marjorie Lamb Chamberlin Music Scholarship / Family and Friends 

George H. Clippert Endowed Chair / Mr. and Mrs. George H. Clippert; Mr. David 

H. Clippert; and Mrs. Nancy Clippert Broach 

George H. Clippert Scholarship / George and Maxine Clippert 

Coker Alumni Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book Account 

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 / Dan and Charlotte Cruce Hornaday 

James Gordon Culpepper Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural 

Sciences, Former Students and Friends 

O. H. (Doogie) and Patsy Darling Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Darling 

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

Rickey Day Family, Sue Day Wood Family, William Day Family 

Harry Denson Scholarship / David and Cathy Denson 

Gregory Alan Devine Memorial Scholarship / Marion and Fern Devine 

Division of Agriculture – Agriculture / John Rust Foundation 

Division of Agriculture – Forest Resources / John Rust Foundation 

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

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

Former Students and Friends 

Hampton and Minnie Etheridge Scholarship / James and Mary Sawyer, Stacey 

and Helen Toole, T. D. and Joy Howell, R. M. and Rose Etheridge, Hampton and 

Marie Etheridge 

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

Classie Jones-Green African-American Alumni Scholarship / UAM African- 

American Alumni and Friends 

Harold J. Green Scholarship / Harold J. Green 

Bill Groce, Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Willie Katherine Coody Groce Scholarship / Estate of Willie Katherine Coody 

Groce 

Joseph Martin Guenter Scholarship / Sigma Tau Gamma Alumni 

E. Shermane Gulledge Non-traditional Scholarship / Dr. Dexter E. and Mrs. E. 

Shermane Gulledge 

Izella Ruth Gulledge / Dr. Dexter E. and Mrs. E. Shermane Gulledge 

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

and Mrs. Audrey Blasingame 

Arthur A. Harris Vocal Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Annette Hall, Family and 

Friends 

Helen Harris Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Harris, Division of Music, and 

Friends 

Hani and Debra Hashem Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Hani Hashem 

Dr. Ann Haywood Scholarship / Dr. Cecil Haywood, Former colleagues, Friends 

and Students of the School of Education 

Dr. Cecil Haywood Scholarship / Dr. Ann Haywood, Friends and Former Students 

of the School of Education 

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 / Sally Hipp Austin, Sheila Nichole Austin, 

and Hank E. Williams 

Robert 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 

Johnny Hooks Award / Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hooks 

Charlotte Cruce Hornaday Debate Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday 

Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Agriculture Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan 

Hornaday 

Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Computer Information Systems 

Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday 

Dan and Charlotte Hornaday General 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. Daniel 

Hornaday 

James A. Hudson Memorial 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. 

Brigadier General Wesley V. Jacobs Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker 

and Coker Book Account 

Veneta E. and Louis Richard James Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. James 

Loran L. Johnson Endowed Scholarship / Mississippi Marine Corporation and 

other individuals known as “Loran’s Boys” 

Virginia M. Ryan Jones Memorial Nursing Scholarship / Dr. C. Morrell Jones 

and Family and Friends 

Kingwood Forestry Scholarship / Proceeds from sale of Lake Monticello maps 

Grady and Myrtle Burks Knowles Scholarship / Mrs. Myrtle Burks Knowles 

Timothy Ku Scholarship / Lawrence A. Ku and Albert Ku 

Victoria Ku Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Former 

Students, Friends and Family 

Curtis W. Kyle Family Scholarship / Mr. Curtis W. Kyle, Jr. 

Fred H. Lang Forestry Scholarship / Mrs. Elizabeth S. Lang 

Leslie Larance Elementary Education Award / Family and Friends 

Randall Leister Scholarship / Friends 

Willis “Convoy” Leslie Scholarship / Former Teammates, Former Football Players 

and Members of the Arkansas National Guard 

Gerald and Sue Majors Scholarship / Trinity Foundation 

Robert W.D. Marsh Scholarship / Mrs. Demaris Marsh 

Mathematics Scholarship / Anonymous 

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


Chairman 

Don Hartley 

Hamburg 

Vice Chairman 

Fred Denton 

McGehee 

Ex-Officio 

Jack Lassiter 

Monticello 

Secretary-Treasurer 

Linda Yeiser 


Directors 

Barry Hall 


Flossie Holley 

Dumas 

India Holt 

Crossett 

Gerald Majors 

White Hall 

Patricia McDermott 

Scavo 

Hot Springs 

Bill Wisener 



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Betty A. Matthews Women’s Athletics Scholarship / Dr. Betty A. Matthews 

J. M. and Annie Mae Matthews Scholarship / Mrs. J. M. Matthews, Sr., Ms. Jane 

Matthews Evans and Mr. Jim Matthews 

Virginia Lee Maxwell Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Maxwell and 

Family 

Pauline J. and Zach McClendon, Sr. Scholarship / Union Bank & Trust Company 

Elizabeth Culbertson McDaniel Scholarship / CMD. Noel Waymon McDaniel and 

Mr. Noel A. McDaniel 

Noel Waymon and LaFran H. McDaniel Scholarship / Noel Waymon and LaFran 

H. McDaniel 

James and Nellie McDonald Scholarship in Memory of David Michael Stapp 

/ Chicot Irrigation, Inc.-Lake Village, James and Nellie McDonald, Glen and 

Beverly Rowe, Rick and Linda Rowe, Mike and Cindy McDonald 

Paul C. McDonald Memorial Scholarship / Ms. Betty McDonald, Dr. James 

McDonald, Mr. Garrett Vogel, and Dr. Betsy Boze 

Thomas McGill Forestry Scholarship / Thomas McGill 

Cecil McNiece Family Scholarship Fund / Mrs. Virginia McNiece and Family 

Willard G. Mears Estate Scholarship / Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Mears 

Miller Sisters Scholarship / Miss Jessie W. Miller 

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

Walter A. Moffatt, Jr., Minnie May Moffatt and Pattie Moffatt 

Ruth and Wells Moffatt Forestry Scholarship / Wells and Ruth Moffatt 

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

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

Charles H. Murphy Memorial Scholarship / Deltic Timber Corporation 

Jim Neeley Scholarship / Mr. Jim Neeley 

D. John Nichols Scholarship / Mr. D. John Nichols and Mississippi Marine Corporation 

Loyal V. Norman Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sowell 

Velma Ashcraft Norman Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sowell 

Dale Oliver Forestry Scholarship / Mr. James H. Hamlen 

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

and Associates in the Dumas, Arkansas, Community 

Pickens Scholarship / B. C. Pickens Trust 

Phillip Pierini Scholarship / Mr. Phillip Pierini 

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 

Tim Pruitt Endowed Award / Mr. Timothy R. Pruitt 

Gus “Bubba” Pugh, Jr. Scholarship / Mr. Gus “Bubba” Pugh, Jr. 

R. David Ray Debate and Forensics Scholarship / School of Arts and Humanities, 


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

Randy Risher Fitness Scholarship / Randy Risher and Friends 

Ross Foundation / The Ross Foundation 

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

ACTIVE ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGNS / Established by: 

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

Ouachita Society of American Foresters 

K. Michael Baker Scholarship / School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Former 

Students, Family and Friends 

C. H. Barnes Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Kelly Bashaw Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Gene Brown Memorial Baseball Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Marty and Erma Brutscher Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Martin Brutscher 

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

H. H. “Hank” Chamberlin Memorial Scholarship / Alumni and Friends of UAM 

Anthony T. and Faye Chandler Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Chandler 

John Boyce Davis Scholarship / Randy Risher Wellness Center 

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

Friends 

Charles Fred and Laura Lee Stephenson Dearman Scholarship / Chuck and 

Cindy Dearman, David and Ashley Dearman 

John Dougherty Choral Scholarship / Former Students and Friends 

Susan Phillips Echols Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends 

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

and Friends 

Shay Gillespie Phi Beta Sigma Leadership Scholarship / Rev. and Mrs. Shay 

Gillespie 

Dr. Bonnie Gleason Education Scholarship / Lesley Nelms, Students, Family and 

Friends 

Charles Hawkins Memorial Fund / Family 

Rachel Kinchen Forestry Memorial / Family 

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

Ernest and Mary McFarland Scholarship / Mary I. McFarland 

Thomas W. McGill Scholarship / Thomas W. McGill 

Bennie F. Ryburn, Sr. Scholarship / Family and Friends 

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

Cecil R. Scaife Scholarship / Mrs. Cecil Scaife and Children 

Thomas Robie Scott, Jr. Scholarship / Opal Scott, Thomas Scott III, Michael 

Robert Scott and Phillip Roland Scott 

Elwood Shade Forest Resources Scholarship / Elwood Shade 

Simmons First Bank of South Arkansas / Simmons First Bank of South Arkansas 

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


*Roy and Christine Sturgis / The Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and 

Educational Trust 

Fred and Janice Taylor Scholarship / Friends of UAM 

Jack H. Tharp Math and Science Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Tharp 

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

Ted D. Thompson Award / Mr. Ted Thompson 

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

Townsend 

UAM Alumni and Friends Scholarship / UAM Alumni and Friends 

UAM Forestry Alumni Scholarship / UAM Forestry Alumni 

Richard Wallace Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Lee Wallick Band Scholarship / Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr., Friends and Former Band 

Students 

Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr. Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends 

Peggy Wallick Scholarship / Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr., Family, Friends and Former 

Students 

Minnie Lee “Peggy” Wallick Endowment / Carolyn Standley 

Carroll E. Walls Sr. and Colleen S. Walls Forestry Scholarship / Carroll and 

Colleen Walls 

Webb/Carter Scholarship / Paul R. and June Webb Carter 

Maurice and Minnie Chambers Webb Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Bill Webb, Mr. 

and Mrs. Kent Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Banwarth 

West-Walden Family Scholarship / Dr. Louis J. and Mrs. Carol West James 

George White Golf Award / Family and Friends 

James M. White Endowed Scholarship / Deltic Farm & Timber Co., Inc., Family 

and Friends 

James M. White Professorship / Deltic Farm & Timber Co., Inc., Family and Friends 

John W. White Scholarship / Estate of Trannye O. White 

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

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

Earl Willis Endowed Scholarship / Family, Friends and Drew Central Alumni 

Anne Wilson Scholarship / Family and Friends 

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

Yocum Family Endowed Scholarship / Dr. David Yocum, Jr. and Mr. David Yocum, 

IV 

Madge Youree Scholarship / School of Education, Family and Friends 

*Held by the Institution 

**Held by the UA Agricultural Development Council 

Monticello Association of Life Underwriters / Monticello Association of Life 

Underwriters 

Monticello High School Class of 1965 Scholarship / The MHS Class of 965 

Kermit C. Moss Scholarship / Steven C. Moss 

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

Alpha Psi Alumni 

Phi Sigma Chi Memorial Scholarship / Pat McDermott Scavo and Phi Sig Alums 

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

Friends 

Edward E. Stone Scholarship / Former Students, Family and Friends 

James R. Talley Forestry Memorial Scholarship / Family 

Robert W. Wiley Endowed Scholarship / Family and Friends 

CHARITABLE 

REMAINDER UNITRUSTS 

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

Mr. and Mrs. Kim L. Mitchell

Individual Donors 

Gifts listed on this page were received from July 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. 

UNITY & 

MOVEMENT 

$2,500 or more 

Ms. Audrey Blasingame 

Mr. & Mrs. Martin A. Brutscher 

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Bulloch 

Mr. W.F. Chumney Estate 

Mr. & Mrs. John B. Frazer 

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry D. Gibson 

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Gibson 

Rev. & Mrs. Shay Gillespie 

Mr. & Mrs. Barry Hall 

Mr. & Mrs. C.J. Hall 

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel J. Hornaday 

Ms. Sandra Lawhon 

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Martin 

Dr. Betty A. Matthews 

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. Maxwell 

Mr. & Mrs. Kim L. Mitchell 

Mr. & Mrs. Wells Moffatt 

Mr. D. John Nichols 

Mr. & Mrs. Lester Pinkus 

Mr. & Mrs. Randall S. Risher 

Mr. Elwood B. Shade 

Mr. & Mrs. Frank H. Wilson 

GALAXY CLUB 

$1,000-$2,499 

Mr. & Mrs. P.J. Ballew 

Mr. & Mrs. James B. Brown 

Ms. Eudene Bruce 

Ms. Kimberly Calloway 

Drs. Steven & Janet Cathey 

Ms. Ann Porter Clark 

Dr. & Mrs. Jim E. Edson 

Mrs. Audrey Brown Edwards 

Mr. W. Ronnie Frizzell 

Mr. John Frank Gibson, Jr. 

Dr. Diane Suitt Gilleland 

Dr. & Mrs. Dexter Gulledge 

Mr. & Mrs. George T. Harris 

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Hickingbotham 

Mrs. Marilyn J. Huffman 

Dr. & Mrs. Louis J. James 

Mr. Lawrence A. Ku 

Dr. & Mrs. Jack Lassiter 

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Lee, Sr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald W. Majors 

Mr. Michael B. Mettetal 

Mr. John L. Nau III 

Mr. & Mrs. Sonny O’Neal 

Mr. & Mrs. John Porter Price 

Mrs. Paula Reaves 

Ms. Shirley T. Reginelli 

Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Reinhart 

Dr. James F. Roiger 

Dr. James D. Russell 

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Saffold 

Mr. & Mrs. Louis Sansevero 

Mrs. Margaret Schadler 

Mrs. Tonilynn Scucchi 

Mr. & Mrs. Warren Stephenson 

Ms. Beth Thurman 

Mr. J. V. Vinyard 

Mr. & Mrs. Carroll E. Walls 

Mr. & Mrs. Larry W. Walther 

Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Webb 

Ms. Terri L. Wolfe 

Dr. & Mrs. Jimmie Yeiser 

EMERALD CLUB 

$500-$999 

Dr. & Mrs. John T. Annulis 

Mr. Frank Carson 

Mrs. Faye Chandler 

Mr. & Mrs. Glen R. Davis 

Mr. & Mrs. Sam W. Denison 

Mr. & Mrs. John Frazer, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Greg K. Hatley 

Dr. & Mrs. William M. Heroman 

Mr. & Mrs. J. Chester Johnson 

Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Leonard 

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Mann 

Mr. M. L. Mann 

Mr. & Mrs. Louis A. McGuire 

Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Morson 

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne L. Owen, Jr. 

Dr. John W. Ramsey 

Mr. & Mrs. R. David Ray 

Mr. & Mrs. T. Robie Scott 

Mr. James N. Thomason 

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne H. Vincent 

Mr. Scotty White 

Mr. & Mrs. David E. Wilkins 

LOYALTY CLUB 

$200-$499 

Ms. Gloria R. Adkisson 

Mrs. Barbara J. Akin 

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Allen 

Dr. & Mrs. J. Roland Anderson 

Ms. Willia M. Baker 

Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Ball 

Mr. & Mrs. Billy J. Barnett 

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Barrett 

Mr. Charles L. Beene 

Mr. Donald A. Bickford 

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Bingham 

Judge & Mrs. Clifton Bond 

Mr. & Mrs. Tommy D. Borchert 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Boyd 

Mr. Matt L. Boyles 

Mrs. Ernestine Brooks 

Mrs. Carolyn Brown 

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel N. Bryant 

Mr. & Mrs. Dale W. Carter 

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Carter 

Mr. & Mrs. James P. Cathey 

Dr. & Mrs. Jim Chambless 

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Chapman, Jr. 

Mr. Frank E. Clark, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Francis H. Clifton 

Dr. & Mrs. Jesse M. Coker 

Mrs. Deena Sanderlin Coston 

Ms. Jane Oswald Cross 

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Curlin 

Mr. David Dail 

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan H. Davis 

Mrs. Gladys Cason Deckelman 

Mr. Glenn Deckelman III 

Mr. David S. Denman 

Dr. & Mrs. David H. Denson 

Ms. Charlotte Denton 

Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Fred Denton 

Mrs. Mary B. Doggett 

Mr. & Mrs. Alvy E. Early 

Mr. & Mrs. Lyndel L. Erwin 

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff R. Felts 

Dr. & Mrs. Joel F. Foster 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Frisby 

Mr. & Mrs. David G. Funderburg 

Ms. Joette Furlough 

Mr. & Mrs. William H. Gandy 

Mr. Lance Gasaway 

Drs. Glen & Mary Jane Gilbert 

Mr. & Mrs. William C. Givens 

Mr. & Mrs. Reginald Glover 

Mr. & Mrs. Charles V. Grassi 

Mr. Kenneth W. Green, Jr. 

Mr. Paul Griffin 

Dr. & Mrs. Roy A. Grizzell 

Mr. George Hales 

Mrs. Mary B. Harp 

Mr. R. Victor Harper 

Mrs. Dava L. Harrington 

Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Harris 

Mr. & Mrs. Don Hartley 

Mr. & Mrs. Hani W. Hashem 

Capt. & Mrs. Larry Joe Haynes 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Hendrix 

Mrs. Marjorie M. Hendrix 

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald D. Henley 

Ms. Ashley B. Herring 

Mrs. Flossie M. Holley 

Mr. & Mrs. Danny Holmes 

Mr. Tommy L. Hooks 

Mrs. Trudy G. Jackson 

Mrs. Ginger T. Poole Johnson 

Mr. & Mrs. Bobby L. Jones 

Mr. & Mrs. Jack F. Jordan 

Ms. Dixie Langford 

Mr. Buddy Lemons 

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Light 

Mr. & Mrs. Joe D. Lybrand 

Ms. Katherine Lyon 

Mrs. Jeanette Tucker Martin 

Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Matthews 

Mrs. Barbara Maxwell 

Dr. & Mrs. Russell E. Mayo 

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene J. Mazzanti 

Mr. & Mrs. James McClain, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Wesley McCoy 

Ms. Martha G. McDaniel 

Mr. & Mrs. Noel W. McDaniel 

Mr. & Mrs. Bryan McDonnell 

Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie N. McFarland 

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas B. McGinnis 

Mr. Vernon A. McHan 

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Merrifield 

Mr. & Mrs. Roger E. Miller 

Ms. Minnie May Moffatt 

Mr. & Mrs. Mike Molloy 

Mrs. Linda Brewer Morris 

Dr. & Mrs. Steve Morrison 

Mr. & Mrs. Carroll W. Mosley 

Dr. Steven C. Moss 

Ms. Shirley N. Neff 

Mr. & Mrs. Glen Nevels 

Mr. & Mrs. John Ogles 

Judge & Mrs. Fred E. Pickett 

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Pierce 

Mr. Greg Puckett 

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. Purvis 

Mr. & Mrs. R. Larry Reaves 

Dr. & Mrs. Sean C. Rochelle 

Ms. Linda Herrington Rushing 

Mr. & Mrs. Bennie Ryburn, III 

Mr. Joey R. Ryburn 

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Sain 

Mrs. Susan Saunders 

Ms. Lori Selby 

Mr. & Mrs. Jack H. Sims 

Mr. H. Pete Smith 

Mr. & Mrs. Larry G. Smith 

Ms. Cynthia D. Snow 

Mr. Jerry D. Spires 

Mrs. Jo Ellen Stanfield 

Mr. & Mrs. Delmus Stewart III 

Dr. & Mrs. B. Alan Sugg 

Ms. Benetta Berry Tindall 

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Tippen 

Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Toney 

Mr. George E. Townsend 

Mr. & Mrs. John L. Trauger 

Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Walker 

Mr. & Mrs. E. R. Wall 

Mr. & Mrs. Kim Ward 

Mrs. Ellen R. Watson 

Mrs. Marilyn Webb 

Mr. Tim T. West 

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Whiting 

Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Wiley 

Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Williams 

Mr. James Willis 

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Wilson 

Mrs. Laura M. Wilson 

Mr. & Mrs. Bill C. Wisener 

Ms. Patricia L. Withers 

Mr. John C. Woodie, Jr. 

Mrs. Linda S. Work 

CENTURY CLUB 

$100-$199 

Ms. Cynthia L. Adair 

Mr. Joel L. Allen 

Mr. Ben Arnold, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Attebury 

Dr. & Mrs. Paul H. Ayres 

Mr. Adrian V. Baber 

Mrs. Frances D. Bailey 

Mr. Paul A. Bailey 

Mr. & Mrs. Troy L. Bailey 

Mr. Charles M. Baker 

Ms. Jennifer L. Barksdale 

Mrs. Barbara A. Barnes 

Mr. & Mrs. Tommy W. Barnes 

Dr. & Mrs. Garland E. Bayliss 

Mr. & Mrs. Theodis S. Bealer, Jr. 

Mrs. Stacy Hickam Belgard 

Mrs. Shirley J. Bell 

Mrs. Mary R. Bellott 

Mr. Samuel L. Berg 

Judge & Mrs. Samuel N. Bird 

Mr. George W. Bledsoe 

Mr. & Mrs. Howard W. Boren 

Mr. Richard M. Bowers, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Nick F. Bowman 

Mrs. Billie F. Boyd 

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry W. Bradshaw 

Mr. Herby Branscum, Jr. 

Ms. Mildred F. Brazeel 

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Brewer 

Mr. W. David Brooks 

Ms. Eloise Brown 

Mr. John M. Brown 

Mr. Morris & Dr. Debbie Bryant 

Mrs. Joen Bryant 

Dr. Kelly J. Bryant 

Mr. & Mrs. Myrle F. Bryant 

Mr. Steven E. Burgess 

Mr. & Mrs. Joe E. Burks, Jr. 

Mr. David R. Burns 

Mrs. Eugenia H. Burson 

Ms. Angela Cockrell Burton 

Ms. Sandra Campbell 

Mr. & Mrs. Billy Carson 

Mrs. Margaret Kay Carson 

Mr. Robert I. Carter 

Mrs. Ann Cox Cash 

Mr. & Mrs. C. L. Chambers 

Mr. Raymond C. Chao 

Dr. & Mrs. Tim D. Chase 

Mrs. Grayce T. Choate 

Mrs. Mimi H. Ciarletta 

Mrs. Carolyn Clardy 

Mrs. Mary L. Clary 

Mr. & Mrs. James E. Cobb 

Ms. Phyllis A. Cook 

Mr. Gary D. Cope 

Mrs. Leigh Lassiter-Counts 

Mr. & Mrs. Denzil R. Cox 

Mr. Kevin J. Craft 

Mr. John J. Crow 

Mr. R.E. Cruce, Jr. 

Ms. Lesa Culp 

Dr. Sandra Jean Culp 

Mr. & Mrs. Samie D. Culpepper 

Mr. Mark C. Cunningham 

Mr. & Mrs. Carlton E. Davis 

Ms. Kathy M. Davis 

Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Dearman 

Mr. Paul A. Dickson, Jr. 

Mr. Kelly Dillard 

Mr. Auddy & Dr. Peggy Doss 

Dr. & Mrs. Richard W. Dunn 

Mrs. Marilyn R. Dvoracek 

Mr. James Maxwell Dyer 

Mr. Joel Eady 

Dr. Walter Eugene Eberle 

Mr. & Mrs. Drew Echols 

Ms. Elizabeth C. Efird 

Mrs. Milton L. Mormon-Emmick 

Mr. & Mrs. James Eoff 

Dr. Edward Estes, Jr. 

Dr. & Mrs. Albert L. Etheridge 

Ms. Jane Matthews Evans 

Dr. & Mrs. Bill W. Evans, Sr. 

Mrs. Rita G. Farris 

Ms. Patricia L. Finch 

Mr. & Mrs. W. Charles Flanery 

Dr. Shannon Fleming 

Mr. Thomas E. Franks 

Mr. Jerry D. Fryer III 

Mrs. Thelma F. Giessen 

Ms. Dorothy A. Glover 

Ms. Sharon Goff 

Mr. Steven C. Gough 

Mr. William M. Goyne 

Ms. Alana Graham 

Mr. Chris Lane Gray 

Dr. J. Charles Green 

Mr. Lacey C. Green 

Ms. Sharon E. Green 

Mrs. Crystal R. Grimes 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Guenter 

Mr. & Mrs. John S. Haisty 

Mr. & Mrs. Randy Hall 

Ms. Beverly S. Haller 

Mr. & Mrs. Harry E. Halstead 

Mr. & Mrs. Truman J. Hamilton 

Mr. & Mrs. Brooks Handly 

Mr. & Mrs. Werner L. Haney 

Mr. & Mrs. Philip T. Hankins 

Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Hardin 

Ms. Christene L. Harris 

Mr. & Mrs. E. Dale Hart 

Mr. Hugh L. Heflin, Sr. 

Mrs. Sue Hellums 

Mrs. Marina Henry 

Mr. James R. Higgins 

Mr. Alan A. Hill 

Mr. & Mrs. Ron Hill 

Dr. & Mrs. Charles O. Hogue 

Ms. Mary L. Hollins 

Mr. Terry & Dr. Alisa Hopper 

Col. & Mrs. Byron P. Howlett, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Kenny Hudgens 

Mr. James A. Hudgins 

Dr. James Huey 

Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Hunnicutt 

Mr. Kenneth Henry Hunt 

Mr. & Mrs. Perry Jacks 

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew D. Jacobs 

Mr. David A. James 

Mr. Peter Jerry 

Mrs. Carol A. Johnson 

Col. Donald L. Johnson 

Mr. & Mrs. Levin C. Johnson 

Mr. & Mrs. Wallace R. Johnson 

Mr. Joe Johnston 

Mrs. Nancy Smith Jolly 

Mr. Charles W. Jones 

Mr. Ervin B. Jones 

Mr. Harvey L. Jones 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Jones, Jr. 

Mr. Willis Jones 

Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Karnes 

Mr. Marvin Kauffman 

Mrs. Sharon A. Kea 

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Keeland 

Ms. Lindsey K. Kight 

Dr. Kathy King 

Mr. & Mrs. Don Koen 

Mr. Christopher L. Lagrone 

Ms. Annslie K. Larance 

Mr. Dale Lassiter 

Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Lewis 

Dr. Martin Lewison 

Mr. & Mrs. Roddy Lochala 

Ms. Lydia Lowery 

Dr. James L. Lowry 

Mr. & Mrs. Bob E. Lucky 

Mr. William Miller Ludlam 

Dr. Richard J. Lunsford 

Mrs. Gayle Gulledge Maloch 

The Foundation 

donors list includes 

gifts received July 

1 through December 

31, 2006. We 

try hard to ensure 

that the information 

is accurate. 

Please report any 

corrections to the 

UAM Office of Advancement 

at (870) 

460-1028, (800) 

467-8148, or send 

an e-mail to: 

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Donors 

Mrs. Angela J. Marsh 

Mr. Lionel Maten 

Mr. George R. Maxwell 

Mr. & Mrs. Allen Maxwell, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Maxwell, Sr. 

Mr. Shane M. McAteer 

Mr. Zach McClendon, Jr. 

Mrs. Errolene McClintick 

Dr. Michael P. McCollum 

Ms. LouAnn McCoy 

Dr. Gale Allen McFarland 

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin E. McGilton 

Mrs. W.L. McKinstry 

Mr. Thomas Edward McMillan 

Mrs. Juanita B. Metzler 

Mr. George W. Miles, Jr. 

Mr. Irvin T. Millen 

Mr. Boyd Miller 

Mr. E. Leon Miller 

Mr. Brandt A. Mitchell 

Mr. Harold W. Mobley 

Dr. Walter A. Moffatt, Jr. 

Ms. Pattie P. Moffatt 

Mr. Eric Montgomery 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Moore 

Mr. Lamar G. Moore 

Mr. David L. Moyers 

Mr. & Mrs. P. E. Munnerlyn 

Mr. & Mrs. P. Michael Murphy 

Mr. Robert E. Murphy 

Mr. Allen Myers 

Ms. Ashley L. Nale 

Mr. Jim Neeley 

Mr. John David Neeley 

Mrs. Barbara R. Newton 

Ms. Virginia Norman 

Dr. & Mrs. Richard O’Connor 

Mrs. Eloise Oldridge 

Mr. Darrell L. Orrell 

Mr. Steven W. Otwell 

Mrs. Linda Outlaw 

Mrs. Katherine Patton Ozment 

Mr. & Mrs. Grant Pace 

Mrs. Matti Skinner Palluconi 

Mr. Kevin W. Parker 

Mr. Joe D. Paschall 

Mr. & Mrs. Archie Paschall, Sr. 

Mr. & Mrs. E. F. Paulus, Jr. 

Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy W. Peacock 

Mr. Joseph S. Phillips 

Mr. Kristopher J. Popejoy 

Mr. Robert H. Porter 

Mr. Xon C. Post 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Prestridge 

Mrs. Hazel O. Quillen 

Ms. Kimberly Ray 

Ms. Jodi M. Reaves 

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Reed 

Dr. Jeff H. Reinhart 

Mr. Dick E. Reynolds 

Ms. Julie S. Rial 

Mr. Walton H. Rice, Jr. 

Ms. Debbie S. Roark 

Mr. Paul C. Roberts 

Mr. & Mrs. C. Dale Robertson 

Steve & Anissa Ross 

Mr. Paul C. Roth 

Mrs. Carol J. Rowe 

Ms. Brenda G. Rump 

Mr. James P. Rundel 

Mr. & Mrs. Bennie Ryburn, Jr. 

Mrs. Janice K. Crane Sadler 

Mr. Stan M. Sadler 

Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Sangster 

Mr. & Mrs. Eddie M. Scherm 

Mr. & Mrs. John G. Schisler 

Mrs. Mary Ann Scoggins 

Mr. & Mrs. Billy D. Scott 

Mr. Scott A. Seymore 

Mr. Danny M. Shedd 

Mr. Alex H. Shepherd 

Mr. Nasser Shirakbari 

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Simon 

Mr. George E. Sims 

Mr. & Mrs. J. Bryan Sims 

Ms. Patricia A. Singh 

UAM Loses Four Members Of Its “Family” 

Barbara Babin Gene Dillard David Lanphier Eddie Earl Stone 

UAM lost four members of its extended family in recent 

weeks with the passing of Barbara Babin, wife of former 

A&M president and UAM Chancellor Claude Babin, and 

long-time faculty members Gene Dillard, David Lanphier, 

and Eddie Earl Stone. 

Mrs. Babin passed away December 6, 2006. She and 

her husband, Dr. Claude H. Babin, moved to Monticello in 

954, where her husband was employed by Arkansas A&M 

(and later UAM) as a professor of history, president, and first 

chancellor of UAM. 

The late Gene Dillard joined the UAM faculty in 983 

Mr. & Mrs. Kent Skinner 

Mr. John A. Smart 

Ms. Alicia A. Smith 

Mr. & Mrs. John H. Smith 

Mr. Paul T. Smith 

Mr. Travis J. Smith 

Ms. V. Carole Smith 

Mr. Charles Stark 

Mrs. Jennifer C. Stark 

Mr. & Mrs. Norman K. Stedman 

Mr. Harold Steelman 

Mr. Eric Stevens 

Mr. Joel N. Stevens 

Ms. Susan Strickland 

Mr. Robert H. Sypert 

Mr. & Mrs. Brad C. Taylor 

Dr. & Mrs. Fred Taylor 

Dr. Max Terrell 

Dr. Paul M. Terry 

Mrs. Clarice Byrd Tibbs 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Toombs 

Mrs. Wilma B. Trout 

Mr. & Mrs. Leon V. Vawter 

Mrs. Billy Veazey 

Rev. & Mrs. J. Richard Veazey 

Mrs. Betty J. Vestal 

Judge & Mrs. Robert Vittitow 

Mr. Bill C. Wade 

Ms. Heather Wagner 

Ms. Amber L. Waite 

Mr. Arthur L. Walmsley 

Ms. Kay J. Walter 

Mr. Jim D. Watkins 

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Weast 

Mr. Gregory C. Weier 

Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Weih 

Mrs. Frances Wild 

Ms. Myrna Sue Williams 

Mrs. Karen Larance Wisener 

Maj. & Mrs. Gerald Wright 

Ms. Gloria Wright 

Mr. Samuel J. Wyatt III 

Business Donors 

3 DDD’S Cleaners 

AAMCO Transmissions 

Arkansas Pulpwood 

Armstrong Nutrition 

Management 

Bank of Star City 

Barton’s of Monticello 

Bemis Company Foundation 

BOEING Gift Matching Program 

Bradley County Pink Tomato 

Festival 

Bulloch, Inc. 

Cardiovascular Surgery Center 

Char Inc., Sears Operating 

Account 

Chicot Farms 

Commercial Bank & Trust Co. 

ConocoPhillips Matching Gift 

Plan 

Deltic Timber Corporation 

F O Williams Advertising, Inc. 

Fennell Purifoy Hammock 

First Baptist Church-Adult 3 CoEd 

First National Bank of Crossett 

First National Bank-McGehee 

First State Bank-Warren 

Georgia-Pacific 

Gibson & Hashem, P.L.C. 

Holiday Inn Express 

Huckabay, Munson, Rowlett & 

Moore, P.A. 

J.A.T. Trucking 

JMW Operating Account 

Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc. 

LEER Limited Partnership 

Martin Bowen Hefley Knee & 

Sports 

Maxwell Hardwood Flooring 

and taught in the School of Education for 22 years until his 

retirement in 2005. He passed away October 28, 2006. 

David Lanphier was a fixture on the UAM campus for 

40 years, joining the faculty in 963 and retiring in 2003. 

He was a speech teacher and head of the Department of 

Speech and Dramatic Arts from 965-78. He passed away 

September 8, 2006. 

Eddie Earl Stone was a member of the faculty for 32 

years as an instructor of English, joining the faculty in 965 

and retiring in 997. He passed away September 6, 2006. 

Monticello Lions Club 

Morgan Agencies, Inc. 

Nichols Marine, LLC 

P & G Pharma PR, Inc. 

Parkway Bank 

Petit & Petit Consulting 

Engineers 

Pfizer Foundation Matching 

Gifts 

Pines Broadcasting, Inc. 

Poultry Federation 

Quick Silver Timber, LLC 

R. A. Pickens & Son Company 

San Antonio Area Foundation 

SBC Foundation 

Searcy & Associates, LLC 

Silvicraft, Inc. 

Simmons First Bank Monticello 

Southeast Chapter of ASCPA 

Southern Pulpwood Co., Inc. 

State Farm Companies 


Stephenson-Dearman Funeral 

Home 

Team Electric, Inc. 

Tim Walley Ins. Agency, Inc. 

UAM African American Alumni 

UAM Alpha Chi 

UAM Division of Nursing 

UAM Football Players & Coaches 

Union Bank & Trust Company 

Wallace Trust Foundation 

West Monroe Bulldogs Helping 

Hands 

Wilson Brothers Lumber Co.

A&M Memories 

“Doorknob” Remembers Life at A&M in the late ‘30’s 

(The following article was written by James R. Clark of Grapevine, Texas. 

Clark is a 1940 graduate of Arkansas A&M College and earned an M.S. from 

the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He is 89 years old, a World War II 

veteran, and married to Julia Holland of Glendale for 65 years. Clark retired as 

superintendent of schools in Ranger, Texas after 36 years in the teaching.) 

When I went to Monticello A&M, there was no one who needed 

college like I did. My life turned around at A&M. When I was a 

junior at Fordyce High School, I was 4- , weighed 95 pounds and 

was tongue-tied. Because I was a runt, I didn’t play football. Our 

football team had Paul “Bear” Bryant, Jim Benton, and other large 

men. I never had a date in high school or went to a party. I think they 

invited me just to be nice. I was laughed at so much that I buried 

myself in reading books. I could read six to eight books a day. I read 

more books in the county library than anyone in Dallas County but I 

was too bashful to let them put a picture of me in the county paper. 

I graduated from Fordyce in 935 but I laid out of school a year to 

grow. It was during the Depression when I went to A&M in the summer 

of 936 with 0 dollars in my pocket and two pair of long pants. 

Most of my earlier clothes were knickers like golfers wore. Tuition 

was $465 a year and most of us needed jobs to pay our way through 

school. 

For the next four years I had many jobs as I worked my way 

through A&M. My first job was killing peach borers in the campus 

trees. Then I painted rooms in Harris Hall. Later they made me assistant 

trainer in football. I took up student laundry for Ford Laundry 

in Warren, hand-lettered leather jackets with a boll weevil under the 

words Arkansas A&M, worked in the campus bookstore making sodas 

and buying and selling books, and graded papers for Coach Stewart 

Ferguson. Also, I repaired ladies shoes, which I learned how to do 

working in the Clark’s Shoe Shop in Fordyce. At one time I was janitor 

and morning wood stove lighter for Miss Ellen Knight at the training 

school. She had taught me in the first grade in Fordyce. 

I also wrote for the Weevil Outlet, the campus newspaper. I wrote 

a regular column of general news and an unnamed gossip column, 

and sent articles to the Arkansas Democrat. 

I typed term papers for 0 cents a page and then learned that I 

could make more money actually ghost writing term papers. I read 

the daily lesson to Dr. Horace Adams, chairman of Social Science, 

who had very poor vision. I also checked every reference on student’s 

themes. Then I helped Dr. Adams write an article that was published 

in the Southwest Historical Journal. 

When I went to Monticello, who would think I would make 

campus fame by painting a commode seat? But the commode seat 

was in the home of President Marvin Bankston. Work superintendent 

Weldon Abbott told me to paint the Bankston’s bathroom while they 

were out of town. To me that meant every thing, so I painted the 

woodwork and commode seat. The Bankstons returned home sooner 

than expected and Mrs. Bankston went straight to the bathroom. 

You can guess what happened. President Bankston liked to tell the 

story about what “Doorknob,” my nickname, had done and that 

story lasted all my first year as an Aggie in 936. 

How does the University for Arkansas at Monticello today 

compare with Arkansas A&M in 936 to 940? There is absolutely no 

comparison. Today UAM is a large institution with a large administrative 

staff and a huge staff of instructors. 

Back then we had three administrators. President Marvin 

Bankston was all over the campus daily, talking to students or visitors. 

C. C. Smith was the business manager. I would go to him to get 

a meal ticket on credit. Ira Hutchinson was dean and registrar. My sister, 

Margaret, was secretary for Dr. Bankston but during the war she 

served as registrar for Dean Hutchinson, who went into the service 

with the Second Battalion 206th Coast Artillery. This was an adequate 

staff for about 350 students. 

Freshman initiation was expected. Seniors told all freshmen to 

line up on the sidewalk between Harris Hall and Horsfall Hall. They 

ran us down the belt line twice and then proceeded to cut our hair 

near the scalp. Someone noticed that my hair was longer than the 

others, so they shaved my head. Someone remarked that my head 

looked like a doorknob and from then on “Doorknob” was all the 

student body called me. My parents drove over from Fordyce on 

Sunday and asked for James Clark. No one knew that name. Finally 

my parents asked for “Doorknob” and a student told them that I had 

the corner room in Sorrells Hall. 

It was customary for the freshmen to throw the seniors in the 

campus lake. My senior year I told all seniors to spread the word 

to meet on the roof of the Fine Arts tower at 0 p.m. They were to 

bring food and drinks but no cigarettes. About 0 to midnight all 

freshmen got master keys and went from room to room in all the 

dorms looking for us. We watched the lights go on and off in each 

room as they searched for us. They even went to the farm and downtown 

looking for us. Then they discovered where we were hiding because 

one senior lit a cigarette. When the freshmen spotted the light 

from the cigarette, they tried to get up to the top of the tower but 

we simply stood on the trapdoor. When classes started that morning 

they left a guard to watch us. I had the bright idea that we go down 

and throw the guard in the lake. Word spread that we were down 

from the tower and the campus bell started tolling and all classes 

headed for the lake. We headed back to the tower but they captured 

“Fellow” Brown. So we went back to rescue Brown but soon realized 

it was hopeless. Then all the seniors and freshmen decided to join 

arms and walked into the lake together. 

When I graduated from A&M in 940, no newspaper would hire 

me because I had no courses in journalism and no experience as a 

full-time employee of a printed paper. Then I was interviewed by C. 

E. Palmer who owned a chain of newspapers in three states. He was 

very impressed with my samples of work and hired me on the spot at 

$85 a month. At the last minute I changed my mind and took a job 

that paid $60 for eight months as a teacher in the Glendale ISD. That 

was where I met my wife and was the beginning of a long career in 

the teaching profession. 

I owe my success as a school administrator to Arkansas A&M. They 

turned a bashful boy with no future into a self-confident leader. My 

life completely turned around at Monticello A&M. 

James R. “Doorknob” 

Clark as a senior at 

Arkansas A&M in 1940 

(above) and with UAM 

Chancellor Jack Lassiter 

(left) at Homecoming 

2006. 


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UAM / A&M Alumni 

(Above, from left) Neela and Randy Risher 

(‘89) of Houston, Texas served as hosts 

of a reception for Houston area alumni at 

the Bentwater Yacht and Country Club in 

September. The reception attracted more 

than 40 alumni. (At right, left to right) Julie 

and Jamie Lynn of Houston visit with Judy 

and Jack Lassiter. 

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26 

Class News 

Jane Cash Hankins (BSE/Education 

’57) Mrs. Hankins lives in Pine Bluff. She 

would love to hear from some of her 

former classmates and sorority sisters. 

Ginger Johnson (BSE/Math ’72) 

Mrs. Johnson lives in Searcy, where she 

is the principal of the Arkansas Virtual 

School which serves students K-8 from 

more than 60 districts. 

Lt. Col. Robert K. Doss (BS/Agriculture 

’73) Lt. Col. Doss lives in Jackson, 

TN. He retired on December 30 from the 

Jackson-Madison County School System 

where he was the AFJROTC/TN-93 Senior 

Aerospace Science Instructor. His retirement 

completed 35 years in the United 

States Air Force uniform. He currently has 

no plans, but will be looking for a position 

where he can use his Personal Management 

master’s degree. 

Melody Peacock Barnett (BA/History 

& Social Studies ’89) Mrs. Barnett 

lives in Dermott. She and was recently 

honored (along with Tom and Dick Smothers) 

as one of the “ 00 Distinguished 

Graduates in 00 Years” at her high 

school’s centennial celebration in Redondo 

Beach, CA. In June, she completed two 

years as President of the UALR Bowen 

School of Law Alumni Association. She 

currently serves as chair of two Arkansas 

Bar Association Sections: the Government 

Practice Section and the Juvenile 

Justice and Child Welfare Section. She is 

employed by the Arkansas Board of Corrections 

as an attorney in the Compliance 

Division. Mrs. Barnett does volunteer 

work for Voices for Children Left Behind, a 

group that assists children of prisoners and 

their caregivers. 

Sandi Perraudin-Veazey (BS/Business 

Administration ’91) Ms. Perraudin- 

Veazey has been living in the Houston, TX, 

area since the fall of 2005. She was living 

in New Orleans when hurricane Katrina hit 

and unfortunately lost everything. 

Alicia Thompson (BA/Elementary 

Education ’96) Since leaving UAM, Ms. 

Thompson has earned her high school 

math certification. She taught math as 

well as other subjects at her alma mater, 

Alread High School, until it closed in 2006. 

She now lives in Clinton with her threeyear-old 

son and is a geometry teacher at 

Clinton High School. 

Michelle Pounds (BS/Psychology 

’99) Ms. Pounds and her husband have 

recently moved to Fordyce. 

Charlotte A. Phillips (BS/Computer 

Information Systems ’04) Mrs. 

Phillips is currently working towards a 

master’s degree in Business and Technology 

Management and plans to enroll in 

the iTeachTexas alternative certification 

program. She is an Account Manager with 

Drive Financial Services in Dallas, TX. 

Rishers Host Houston Area 

Alumni Reception 

Chris Simpson (BS/Computer Information 

Systems ’05) Before graduation, 

Mr. Simpson worked at the McGehee 

Bank as the Network Administrator. After 

graduation, he went full time with the 

Bank. He recently accepted a job in Pine 

Bluff with Entergy’s Market Systems Support 

group. 

Karl Vesecky (BS/Computer 

Information Systems ’05) Mr. Vesecky is 

currently living and working in Little Rock 

where he is employed by Dillard’s Corporate 

Office as a Java programmer. He 

works with a team of five other programmers 

on Dillard’s Intranet and Extranet 

systems. He thanks the UAM professors 

and staff for their help in getting him 

where he is today. “I could not have done 

it without you!!” 

Friends We’ll Miss 

William Lawrence Allen ( st 

policeman hired by UAM) of Monticello, 

December 3, 2006 

Jane Warren Atkins ’70 of Warren, 

November 2, 2006 

Peggy L. Howard Clower ’53 of 

Rogers, August 5, 2006 

Becky Botts Dorrough ’70 of Warren, 

August 28, 2006 

Johnnie Thomasson Harris ’50 of 

(Al left, left to right) Andy 

Summers, Judy Lassiter 

and Mary Summers visit 

during the reception for 

Houston area alumni. 

(Below, from left) Jernard 

and TaShauna McCray 

were among the guests at 

the Bentwater Yacht and 

Country Club. 

Pine Bluff, November 4, 2006 

Alva “Dootsie” Wilson Hopper ’50 

of Pine Bluff, November 7, 2005 

Alyce Lea Smith Hulett ’62 of 

Dumas, August 28, 2006 

James Andrew “Andy” Johns III 

’62 of Monticello, September 8, 2006 

Kimberly Nicole McClellan of Warren, 


Herbert Ray Mitchell of Pine Bluff, 

November , 2006 

Martha Montgomery ’52 of Warren, 

October 28, 2006 

Staci Michelle Bethea Moody ’02 

of Little Rock, November 23, 2006 

James C. Nolan of Gould, October 

28, 2006 

Jeanne O’Neill ‘79 of Pine Bluff, 


William H. “Bill” Roberts, Jr. of Pine 

Bluff, August 22, 2006 

Sharon Kay Rushing of Woodlawn, 

January 5, 2006 

Rebecca A. Scogin ’76 of Monticello, 


Thomas C. “Tom” Spurlock of 

Dermott, September 6, 2006 

Barbara Lucas Tyra of Pine Bluff, 


Billy Veazey ’48 of Hamburg, July 26, 

2006 

Harry Keith Wilson ’62 of Pettigrew, 

October 5, 2006

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Mr. & Mrs. James H. Wilson 

Ms. Laura Matthews Wilson 

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Neil Wisener 

Mr. Frank C. Wolfe 

Ms. Terri L. Wolfe 

Ms. Barbara Wood 

Mr. Andrew Wooley 

Mr. Adam C. Wright 

Ms. Madge E. York 

Ms. Opal N. Young 


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UAM MAGAZINE 

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The Campaign for Athletics 

The University is about to launch an ambitious Campaign for Athletics to raise funds 

for a new facility as well as renovations to Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium. 

Alumni Association 

UAM Box 3520 

Monticello, AR 7 656

Winter / Spring 2007 - University of Arkansas at Monticello

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