a PDF of the Fall/Winter 2014 Issue

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The University recently secured a new shooting range
west of the campus for its emerging shooting sports
program. The facility includes a clubhouse as well as
trap, skeet and sporting clay ranges (For a look at more
athletic facilities improvements, please see Page 7.)
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A biannual magazine for alumni and
friends of University of the Ozarks
Volume 33 * Number 2
Fall/Winter 2014
University Administration
Richard L. Dunsworth, J.D.
President
Travis Feezell, Ph.D.
Provost
Jeff Scaccia
Chief Financial Officer
Joe Havis
Vice President for Enrollment
Rev. Elizabeth Gabbard
University Chaplain
Lori McBee
Director of Advancement
Steve Edmisten
Special Assistant to the President
Production Staff
CONTENTS
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JONES LEARNING CENTER
ADDS DYNAMIC WEBSITE
New microsite promotes
services, successes of JLC.
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TREASURED TRADITIONS
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RESTORING THE LIGHT
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ALUMNI NEWS
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University of the Ozarks has many
cherished and celebrated customs.
The stained glass windows in
Munger-Wilson Chapel will receive
their first restoration in 81 years.
Catch up with your former
classmates and friends in the class
notes and alumni feature section.
Larry Isch
Director of University and Public Relations
Editor
Phyllis Parsons
Graphic Designer
Design and Layout
Vinnie Tran
Coordinator of Art & Graphic Design
Design and Layout
Photo and editorial contributions by: Josh
Peppas and Carmen Castorena
For more information, please contact the:
Office of University Advancement
University of the Ozarks
415 N. College Avenue
Clarksville, AR 72830-2880
(479) 979-1230; Fax (479) 979-1239
Website: www.ozarks.edu
University Directory
(479) Area Code
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Athletics
979-1483
Business Office 979-1208
Financial Aid
979-1221
President’s Office 979-1242
Public Relations 979-1433
Registrar
979-1212
DONOR HONOR ROLL
The University’s cherished
supporters for the 2013-14
fiscal year are recognized.
University of the Ozarks does not discriminate on
the basis of religion, gender, color, national or ethnic
origin, age, or physical handicap in the administration
of its educational policies, programs or activities.
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Positive Psychology
Junior discovers career path in new academic discipline
Positive psychology has already
taken Clayton Rodgers to California,
and he expects it take him much
further in the future.
Rodgers, a junior psychology
major from Springdale, Ark., recently
presented a poster at the first Western
Positive Psychology Association
(WPPA) Conference in Claremont,
Calif. Rodgers was one of the few
undergraduate students at the
conference, which was primarily made
up of faculty members and graduate
students.
“It was an incredible experience to
be with some of the leading experts
in the world in the area of positive
psychology,” Rodgers said of the
conference. “It was nerve-racking and
I felt a little out of place at first, but I got
so much encouragement and support
from the people there. It didn’t take
Honorary Degree
Mrs. Frances E. Wilson of Tulsa,
Okla., was presented with an
Honorary Doctorate of Humane
Letters degree in November.
Mrs. Wilson recently blessed the
campus with a large donation for
the renovation of Munger-Wilson
Chapel. The gift was in honor of her
late husband, Thomas D. Wilson.
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long for me to get comfortable and
just take it all in.”
Less than 15 years old, the
concept of positive psychology is
the scientific study of the strengths
and virtues that enable individuals
and communities to thrive. The field
is founded on the belief that people
want to lead meaningful and fulfilling
lives, to cultivate what is best within
themselves, and to enhance their
experiences of love, work, and play.
Among the guests at the conference
was Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a
Hungarian-born professor who is
considered the father of positive
psychology. Now a professor at
Claremont Graduate University, he
was celebrating his 80th birthday.
“One of the reasons they started
the conference was to honor Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi,” Rodgers said. “It
was almost surreal to be around all
these leading experts. I would go
back to my hotel room in the evening
and just be amazed that I got to hear
from these top minds in the country
on cutting-edge research and theories
that most people in the world had
never heard of.”
Rodgers first got interested in
positive psychology during a new
class on the subject that was offered
by Ozarks Professor of Psychology
Karen Jones during the 2014 Spring
Semester.
As a class project, students
presented a “Positive Psychology
Week,” on campus during the spring
to raise awareness of positive
psychology and create activities to
boost morale and attitudes of the
university community. Among the
activities the group presented were,
opportunities to write a letters of
gratitude, a “stop and savor” activity to
encourage people to slow down and
enjoy things, an opportunity to shred
negative thoughts, a photo booth and
several other mindfulness activities.
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Publication ranks Ozarks No. 4 in South
University of the Ozarks has been
ranked the fourth best college in the
South in the latest college rankings by
“U.S. News & World Report.”
In its 2015 edition of America’s
Best Colleges, U.S. News & World
Report listed Ozarks fourth overall
among the 117 Regional Colleges
in the South Region. The overall
rankings examine such criteria as
academic reputation, graduation and
retention rates, faculty resources,
student selectivity, financial resources
and alumni giving.
It is the 16th consecutive year that
Ozarks has been ranked a “top tier”
university by the publication. Ozarks
moved up two spots from its sixthplace ranking in 2014 and five spots
from its ninth-place ranking in 2013.
In addition, Ozarks was ranked
fifth in the South Region in the “Great
Schools, Great Prices” category of
the annual late summer publication
that analyzes institutions of higher
education.
It is the 15th time in the last 16
years that Ozarks has been ranked in
the top five of the best value category.
In August, Washington Monthly
listed Ozarks 21st overall among the
nation’s Baccalaureate colleges in
its 2014 College Rankings edition.
It was the third consecutive year
that the publication has ranked
Ozarks among the nation’s top 25
Baccalaureate colleges. Washington
Monthly ranks more than 1,500
colleges and universities on such
criteria as recruiting and graduating
low-income students and commitment
to public service.
“These rankings are a testament
to decades of investment by our
alumni and friends, coupled with
the hard work and dedication of our
students, faculty and staff,” said
Ozarks President Richard Dunsworth.
“We continue to gain recognition
locally, regionally and nationally
for creating extraordinary learning
experiences for our students in a
supportive, innovative and Christian
environment. We will continue to
work hard to cultivate a supportive
and dynamic learning environment
and to make it accessible to as many
students as possible.”
New Employees
Project Poet Season Nine
The five finalist for season nine
of Project Poet were (from left)
Daniel Garcia, Samuel Binns, Utah
Robertson, Sandra Davis and
Amanda Rushing. Binns, a junior
English major from Hot Springs, Ark.,
took the top honors in the annual
poetry competition.
The University welcomed several new employees to the campus
community during the opening workshop for faculty and staff on Thursday,
Aug. 21, in the Rogers Conference Center. Among the new employees for
the 2014-2015 academic year are (front row, from left) Kourtni Williams,
assistant women’s basketball coach; Samantha Parker, assistant women’s
soccer coach; Tori Cox, head coach for cheer/STUNT; Allyson Krumm,
assistant coach for cheer/STUNT; Bal Khatiwada, assistant professor of
chemistry; Sammie Stephenson, assistant professor of education; Rachel
Jones, student life area coordinator; (back row, from left) Dr. Travis Feezell,
provost; Dr. Mark Scully, assistant professor of political science; Steve
Weaver, dean of students; Jason Zastrow, head coach of men’s wrestling;
Joe Havis, vice president for enrollment; Michael Skimbo, assistant coach
for tennis; Nathan Bacon, assistant coach for baseball; Chris Goodman,
assistant coach for men’s basketball; Marcus Waddell, public safety
officer; Wilson Jones, assistant coach for men’s soccer; and Bendex
Stevenson, student life area coordinator.
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FACULTY/STAFF NEWS
Dr. Rickey Casey, professor of management
and business, has been selected as the incoming
president of the Arkansas College Teachers of
Economics and Business
(ACTEB). He began his oneyear term on Oct. 1. Casey,
who served as vice president
of the organization this past
year, was elected president
during the 63rd annual ACTEB
meeting, held Sept. 26, on the
campus of University of Central
Arkansas. Casey will be the
first president from Ozarks to
lead the organization. As part
of Casey’s election, University
of the Ozarks will have the
opportunity to host the 2015 ACTEB annual meeting
next September. Joel Rossmaier, assistant professor
of business and accounting at Ozarks, was elected
program chair for 2015.
U of O President Richard Dunsworth, J.D., has been
selected to serve as a member of the NCAA Division
III Financial Aid Committee, effective immediately.
Dunsworth was appointed to the 12-person committee
to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Michele
Perkins. His term will run through the close of the
January 2017 NCAA Convention and he will be
eligible for re-appointment to an additional two-year
term at that time. According to the NCAA website, the
Financial Aid Committee “shall be responsible for the
review and consideration of the Division III bylaws that
govern financial aid and oversee the annual financial
aid reporting process and report to the management
council on a regular basis regarding that topic.”
An article written by Jones Learning Center Director
Julia Frost on helping students with learning
disabilities transition from high
school has been published by
a leading education magazine.
Frost’s article, “Transitioning
to Postsecondary Education
or the Workforce for Students
With Learning Disabilities,”
was published in the Fall 2014
edition of SEEN magazine,
which is produced by the
SouthEast Education Network
(SEEN). The SEEN magazine
is published tri-annually and
is tailored to secondary and
postsecondary educators,
principals, superintendents, counselors, state
departments of education, and education consultants.
Frost has served as the director of the Jones Learning
Center at U of O since 1994.
University Theatre excels
The University Theatre took home 16 company and
individual honors, including the prestigious Director’s
Choice Award, at the Arkansas Kennedy Center American
College Theater Festival, held on the U of O campus in
November.
The University Theatre’s production of “Rabbit Hole,”
was awarded the Director’s Choice Award, which makes
the play eligible for the Region VI festival, scheduled for
February in Texas. Theatre officials will find out in midDecember whether the play has been selected for the
regional competition. This is the second consecutive year
that the University Theatre has won the top award at the
state festival. Last year’s production, “In the Next Room
Or The Vibrator Play,” won the Director’s Choice award
and was later selected for the Region VI festival.
Ozarks took home awards in the following areas:
Excellence in hosting; Excellence in hosting for the
Theatre Student Hosts; Excellence in hosting and festival
organization for Brown; Excellence in Stage Management
for Meghan Mansur; Excellence in Technical Direction
for Lucas Hoiland; Outstanding Honor Crew Awards for
Mansur, John Davis and Alex Ford; Excellence in Lighting
Design for Davis; Excellence in Graphic Design for Darrick
Andrew Conroy; Excellence in Scenic Design for Brown;
and Excellence in Direction for Brown. The University
Theatre also received Irene Ryan Acting Awards for Annie
Williams, James Allen and Lynda Kay.
“I believe our theatre program philosophy powers our
continued successes,” Brown said. “University Theatre is
centered on the core belief that if we work as professionals
during our rehearsals, labs, projects, classes, internships,
etcetera, we can achieve success both here in our
program and through the graduates of our program.”
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Slater, Evans honored for conservation efforts
University of the Ozarks’ Lynne Slater and Nena Evans
took home two of the top honors at the Arkansas Wildlife
Federation’s Annual Conservation Awards Banquet, held
in Bryant, Ark., in August.
Slater, office manager for the international studies
program, was named the recipient of the 2014 Wildlife
Conservationist of the Year. Evans, a junior biology
major from Bergman, Ark., was named the 2014 Student
Conservationist of the Year, by the AWF.
Slater is the director of the HAWK Center in
Russellville. HAWK (Helping Arkansas Wild “Kritters’) was
established in 2001 to provide environmental education
through the experiences of wildlife rehabilitation.
In citing Slater and the work of HAWK, the AWF
awards brochure read: “Taking in injured, orphaned, and
sick wild animals from across the state is a daunting
task taken on by this 100 percent volunteer, 100 percent
donation-funded organization. Under the direction of Ms.
Lynne Slater, the organization has grown from caring for
a small handful of patients each year to hundreds.”
Evans is a former president of the University’s Planet
Club, a student organization whose mission is to promote
environmental awareness on campus and beyond. She
has taken part in and led efforts in habitat restoration,
tree planting, building bird houses, and trash pickup. Last
year, the Planet Club received the Lee Creek Clean-up
Stewardship Paddle for having the most volunteers at the
annual event.
It was the second consecutive year that an Ozarks
student took home the top student honor. Lauren Ray, a
2013 Ozarks graduate, won the award in 2013.
As the state’s oldest, and one of the largest,
conservation organizations, AWF is a leading advocate for
the protection, conservation, and responsible management
for all of Arkansas’ natural resources.
Marlow, Oatis named division chairs
Professor of Communication Dr. Greta Marlow and Professor of
History Dr. Steve Oatis were selected as division chairs by University
officials in August. Marlow will serve as division chair for Business,
Communication and Government. Oatis will serve as chair of the Division
of Humanities and Fine Arts.
“It is a great pleasure to welcome both Dr. Marlow and Dr. Oatis to
the academic leadership team,” said Ozarks Provost Dr. Travis Feezell.
“Both have served the institution for a number of years and I will be
certain to call upon their vast experience and knowledge as we continue
to build a distinctive and impactful academic program.”
Marlow, who earned her undergraduate degree from Ozarks and her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas,
has taught at Ozarks since 1991. She leads the University’s strategic communication major.
Oatis earned his bachelor’s degree from University of Vermont and his master’s degree and Ph.D. from
Emory University. He has taught history at Ozarks since 1999.
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joneslearningcenter.ozarks.edu
New Website promotes services, success of JLC
University of the Ozarks has
launched a new microsite to promote
the services and success stories of
its Jones Learning Center, which has
been helping students with learning
disabilities earn a college degree at
the University for more than 40 years.
The microsite, joneslearningcenter.
ozarks.edu, was created by JUMP
Company and SKY Digital out of St.
Louis, Mo.
The new site includes engaging
and interactive content for prospective
students and their parents, including
testimonial videos and comments
from former and current JLC
students and their parents as well
as JLC staff members. The site
includes information on the types
of services and support offered
by the comprehensive fee-based
program that assists students with
learning disabilities, attention deficit/
hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), and
autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
The microsite also points out the
advantages the JLC has over other
programs in the United States who
offer similar services. T h e s i t e i s
designed to be compatible with smart
phones and tablets and includes
feeds from the program’s Facebook
page as well as news feeds from the
University’s website.
Men’s soccer program shines in 2014
The men’s soccer program, under
first-year head coach Matt Torok, had
a stellar 2014 campaign, finishing
third in the American Southwest
Conference and advancing to the
semifinals of the conference playoffs.
The Eagles, who were picked
to finish seventh in the conference
preseason polls, finished with a
10-8-2 overall record and a 5-3-1
conference mark on their way to the
program’s 12th all-time appearance in
the ASC playoffs. After an openinground victory over Howard Payne, the
Eagles fell to eventual tournament
champion Hardin-Simmons in the
semifinals.
Torok was named the ASC
Coach of the Year and junior Travis
Leach garnered league Defensive
Player of the Year honors to lead
an impressive cache of postseason
honors for the program. Freshman
defender Daniel Valencia was named
Defensive Freshman of the Year
and Matt Weaver was selected
as Sportsmanship Athlete of the
Year. In addition, Leach, Thomas
Mills, Shaun Keane, Austin Benner
and Luke Byrne each received allconference honors.
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Athletic Facility Improvements
Several improvements and additions to
the University’s athletic facilities have
occurred in recent months, including a
new weight room for student-athletes
(right), the conversion of the old Mabee
Gymnasium pool to a new wrestling
and cheer/STUNT facility (below, right),
a new shooting range for the shooting
sports program (below), and a face lift
for Mabee Gym that included enhanced
lighting, bleacher renovations, and new
banners, padding and paint (bottom
photo.)
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Treasured
Traditions
Whether old or new, traditions are an integral part of
a university’s heritage and culture, and Ozarks has
its share of cherished and celebrated customs.
The Matriculation Coin Ceremony
ne of the newest traditions at Ozarks is also one of the first traditions that new students at Ozarks participate
in—the Matriculation Coin Ceremony. Started in 2014, the Coin Ceremony was implemented as part of
Matriculation as a symbolic gesture of a covenant relationship between the University and its students. The
new first-year students are given a coin designed with the college logo on one side and the date of matriculation on
the other. “In essence, the coin stands as a symbol of all the hopes and desires of a student’s college experience
that are given over to the college community for protection and nurturing,” said Provost Dr. Travis Freezell. “It is a
giving born of trust that the college community will guide and develop the student.” At Matriculation, students give
the coin to the Provost, sign their name in the enrollment book, and then receive a document of promises from the
University. After Matriculation, the coins as well as the enrollment book are displayed in the Mabee Administration
Building as significant symbols of student enrollment. At graduation, students will be given back the coin as a
symbol of the promises that have been kept during their time here. In addition, students will be able to use the coin
at alumni events and other campus activities. “The coin remains as a symbol of the continuing covenant relationship
that we hope endures throughout a lifetime,” Freezell said.
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Treasured Traditions
Hanging of the Greens
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The Great Bed Race
T
he Great Bed Race has been a part of Family
Weekend in the fall at Ozarks since the mid1990s and the stakes are high for the annual
competition between residence halls. Not only does
the champion hall receive a trophy, more importantly,
they earn bragging rights over their classmates for
the remainder of the school year. The competition
includes a decorating portion as well as a timed race
around the athletic fields. The tradition has even had
its share of pranks, including the time a rival’s bed
ended up on the roof of the Smith-Broyles Science
Center or the time the faculty found their bed sitting in
the fountain, just moments before the competition was
to begin. Emma Bottorff, director of campus activities
and an Ozarks graduate, has seen the event as both
a student and an administrator. “The Bed Race is a
fun and quirky event, kind of like Ozarks,” she said.
“Students, family and guests are always curious what
the event is and get really excited about witnessing
it for the first time. I remember as a student feeling
intrigued by the event, especially after helping to
decorate the residence halls and bed as an RHA
representative for Smith Hall. Then as a staff member,
I really enjoy watching our students get creative and
rally their competitive spirit to come out in full force on
the day of the race.”
most sacred and symbolic tradition at Ozarks
is the annual Hanging of the Greens ceremony,
which occurs in late November or early
December to mark the beginning of the season of
Advent. Though the University has long held informal
events to decorate Munger-Wilson Chapel for the
Christmas season, in recent years the tradition has
evolved to include a formal ceremony, complete with
Biblical readings and hymns. “Hanging of the Greens
is the symbolic beginning of the season of Advent—
where we look ahead to our future in Jesus Christ,”
said University Chaplain Rev. Elizabeth Gabbard. “It is
a time of joy and love, but most of all hope.” Gabbard
said the Hanging of the Greens is the church equivalent
of putting up the tree and decorations at home, “except
in the church we look at all the tradition and meanings
behind the decorations. I like Hanging of the Greens
because it’s communal; it reminds us that all of us
should be involved in the preparations for Christ’s birth.”
One of the traditions of the Hanging of the Greens
ceremony is that students, faculty and staff hand-make
the “Chrismons” for the “Chrismon Tree.” A Chrismon
is a Christian symbol representing Jesus Christ. “It is
a wonderful fellowship time together as we craft and
create the Chrismons, which serve as visible reminders
of our identity and unity in Christ each year,” Gabbard
said. “We have people involved from all across campus
embodying different ages, groups, and traditions. It is a
beautiful tradition.”
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All Hallows Eve Concert
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Project Poet
E
very October, just as the autumn leaves transform
the campus into a kaleidoscope of bright colors
and a cool nip returns to the fall air, one of the
most unique and popular traditions at Ozarks is back in
the spotlight. For nine consecutive years, Project Poet
has been a much-anticipated autumn tradition, with
students testing their wit and creative writing and poetry
skills against fellow classmates with large cash prizes
and the title of Poet Laureate of the Spadra Valley on
the line. The brainchild of Humanities Professor Dr.
David Strain, the competition is held beginning at 9:30
Tuesday evenings for five consecutive weeks, often
drawing up to 25 percent of the student body. “For
the average undergraduate, 9:30 is the middle of the
afternoon and nobody else was offering programs when
half the campus needed a study break,” Strain said
about the tradition’s popularity. “Also, the competition
is a draw. Americans will come out to watch people
see who can blow bubbles the fastest.” In the event,
contestants are given a different challenge each week,
and on the evening of competition they read their
entries before a panel of three faculty/staff judges
as well as the audience, which acts as the fourth
judge. When all votes are tallied, one contestant wins
immunity for the next week’s challenge, while two
or three others go “out of print.” The five finalists all
receive cash prizes, with a cool $1,000 going to the
winner. Strain said he believes students enjoy watching
their classmates use poetry as a way to frame, reflect
on, and savor experiences that are remarkably like their
own. “I doubt that we create too many raving poetry
addicts, but I’d be willing to bet that Project Poet does
more to overcome people’s resistance to poetry than
anything we do in required literature class,” Strain said.
hat do you get when you combine choruses,
costumes and candy? The ever popular All
Hallows Eve Concert. For the past 14 years,
this family-friendly Halloween concert has drawn large
costume-clad crowds to Munger-Wilson Chapel to
listen to a fun-hearted concert by University organist Dr.
Sharon Gorman and the University Chamber Singers.
The concert was a brainchild of Gorman in 2001. “The
traditional faculty organ concerts I had played in my
first five years here had been sparsely attended and
I was looking for a way to spark student interest,” she
recalled. “So I thought a themed concert with a more
unusual repertoire might lure them in. Having grown
up in a religious tradition where Halloween is always
a special celebration preceding All Saints Day, this
seemed the perfect occasion.” The music ranges from
such pop culture titans as Harry Potter and Pirates
of the Caribbean to traditional pieces like Phantom
of the Opera and even kid-pleasing pieces like The
Little Mermaid. Faculty members also take part in the
concert, dressing up as such characters as Superman,
Batman, Count Dracula and Darth Vader. “It is a safe
environment for a Halloween event; the concert is
family-friendly and includes a lot of music from the
movies that children love,” Gorman said in explaining
the concert’s popularity. “It is a concert where the
audience is invited to laugh and have a good time; in
most classical music concerts, the atmosphere is more
restrained.” Gorman said the concert has grown from an
early audience of around 40 to more than 500 in recent
years. “Back in 2001, I could never have predicted how
successful this concert would become and I am very
grateful to all the people who have supported it over the
years and let us share our music with them,” she said.
Treasured Traditions
Brick Ceremony
ne of the final traditions an Ozarks student can
participate in is the Brick Ceremony, which is
held just days before both the fall and spring
commencement ceremonies. Started by the University’s
Alumni Association in 2013, the Brick Ceremony
involves the soon-to-be graduates placing bricks
engraved with their names into the alumni brick plaza
that stretches out in front of Munger-Wilson Chapel.
Since the plaza was built in 1995, a total of 1,014
bricks have been placed in the walkway, including the
two names that comprised the Class of 1893, Susie
Tankersley Coffman and Ellison Marion Foster, the first
graduates of the college after it moved to Clarksville in
1891. The ceremony includes a reception for students
and their families as well as an opportunity for the
students to place their bricks next to the classmates of
their choice. A total of 60 graduates from the Class of
2014 paid the $100 donation to the University’s Annual
Scholarship Fund to have their names forever etched
into the plaza. “This ceremony is becoming more and
more popular with students and they start looking
forward to this when they’re sophomores and juniors,”
said Alumni Director Ashley Senter. “It truly represents
the leaving of a lasting legacy on this campus and the
transition from a student to an alumnus.”
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Earth Day Tree-Planting
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ccording to an old Chinese proverb, “The best
time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next
best time is now.” Thanks to an ongoing, 20plus year tradition, Ozarks has a bountiful and diverse
tree population on campus, enhancing and ensuring its
physical beauty for years to come. Dr. Doug Jeffries,
in his 23rd year as a biology and environmental studies
professor at Ozarks, has spearheaded efforts to plant
trees throughout campus. Jeffries estimates that he and
student groups such as The Planet Club have helped
plant close to 250 trees around campus since the mid1990s. There are now more than 50 different species
of trees throughout the grounds. Though the biggest
tree-planting time of the year is in November, the most
symbolic and traditional effort is held each April 22, on
Earth Day, a time set aside to demonstrate support for
the environment. Each year around Earth Day, faculty,
staff and students come together to plant a tree on
campus. “A tree is more than just visually and physically
appealing; it is a way to state our hope for the future,”
Jeffries said. “As it cleans the air and provides a home
for a myriad of critters, a tree will also be a symbol of
life and faith in a better future for all people, and the
earth itself.” Jeffries estimates that more than 350
students have volunteered their help to plant trees over
the past two decades, including such unique species as
black cherry, persimmon, Chinese pistachio, sawtooth
oak, scarlet oak, river birch, bald cypress, Norway
spruce and shumard oak “When these students come
back to campus in 10 or 20 years and see the trees
they helped plant, they can take great pride in that,”
Jeffries said. “It’s a very satisfying and rewarding
experience.”
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Restoring
g the Light
For the first time in its 81-year history, the iconic
stained glass windows of Munger-Wilson Chapel are
being taken out and refurbished as part of a major
Chapel renovation project that began in December.
The stained glass windows were created and
installed in the Chapel by the Henry Willett Studios of
Philadelphia, the same company that produced the
windows at The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.,
the Cadets Chapel at West Point, and the Chapel at the
United Nations in New York City.
As the Chapel was being built in the early 1930s,
then Ozarks President Dr. Wiley Lin Hurie visited
Henry Willet at his studio to discuss the stained glass
options for the Chapel as well as the college’s limited
budget. Willet Studios ended up donating much of the
glass and labor and, as a result, the entire stained
glass project cost the college only $2,000, which is
the equivalent of approximately $32,000 in today’s
dollars. A representative from what is now Willet
Hauser Architectural Glass visited campus in 2013 and
estimated that today’s replacement cost for the windows
would be around $500,000.
While there are more than 50 different stained
glass windows in the chapel, the focal point are the
three lancet chancel windows that greet visitors with an
embracing and tranquil presence.
The chancel windows are full of symbolism.
The center panel shows Christ, the Light of the
World, surrounded by a decorative aureole of light. In
Christ’s hand is the Bible with the text, “He that doeth
truth cometh to the light.” Mankind who does truth is
symbolized by the nude figure, without guise or disguise,
naked but unashamed, being eagerly drawn to our Lord.
Mankind who does not know the truth is depicted by the
figure made blind by the veil of sin and wandering. The
veil of sin is personified by the serpent whose head is
being bruised by the Lord.
The left-hand panel shows Peter making his great
confession, “Thou art the Christ, the son of the Living
God.”
The right-hand panel of stained glass shows James
the Just. “Faith without works is dead.” James has his
pilgrim’s staff, and in his hand the scalloped shell on
which is depicted a Good Samaritan giving a drink to his
unfortunate brother.
In the base, the shield under St. Peter is the lion
courage attacking evil. The shield under Christ shows
the torch of knowledge and learning. The shield under
James displays the scales of justice.
In the traceries above St. Peter is the anchor of
hope. Above Christ is the cross of faith, and above
James are the cups of charity and love.
Stained Windows Project
Stays in the Ozarks Family
When it came time for University officials to choose a
company to restore the stained glass windows of MungerWilson Chapel, one family business with deep ties to Ozarks
was the obvious choice.
Soos Stained Glass in Maumelle, Ark., received the bid
to refurbish the stained glass windows in the 81-year-old
Chapel. The business was founded in 1979 by David and
Jo (Wilbourn) Soos, both of whom attended Ozarks and
who were married in the Chapel in August of 1974. Their
son, Jonathan, a 2003 Ozarks graduate, also works for the
company.
“The fact that we were married in the Chapel, and that
we attended there and our son graduated from there makes
this a pretty special project for us,” said David. “Ozarks will
definitely get our best work.”
The seven-employee, 5,000-square-foot Soos studio is
the largest in Arkansas and handles a full-range of stained
glass services, including design and fabrication of new
windows and protection, repair and restoration of older
windows. David, who worked with stained glass in Ohio and
Arkansas before opening his own business, said about 85
percent of his company’s business is with churches. “It’s very satisfying when you complete a project for new
windows or restored windows and you see the pleasure
and satisfaction on people’s faces,” David said. “You feel
like you’re helping preserve a piece of history and you are
enriching people’s lives. It can be very rewarding.”
The process to take out the windows and restore them
will take approximately six months and will include making
rub prints and photographs of each piece of glass, carefully
removing the pieces of the windows and taking them back
to the studio, cleaning the glass, removing the old lead,
replicating and creating new pieces, and putting the windows
back in place with new lead and putty.
“You have to really love stained glass to be in this
business because it’s tedious work and there’s not a lot of
recognition,” David said. “People always know who built the
building or who the architect was, but nobody remembers
who did the stained glass.”
Jo said the family would have been disappointed if they
had not received the bid to restore the Chapel glass.
“Ozarks changed our lives and changed Jonathan’s life,”
she said. “We met life-long friends who we still stay in contact
with. We still feel very connected to the college.”
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Gary Klopp ’66 was featured in a
recent edition of The Bigheart Times of
Barnsdall, Okla. Klopp, was a long-time
coach and athletic director at Woodland
High School in Fairfax, Okla., and he
was credited with starting the Little
Olympics, flag football, volleyball and
baseball programs in the community.
He served as a coach for numerous
sports as well as athletic director at
Woodland from 1975 to 2006. The
school will name its practice football
field in Klopp’s honor this spring. The
Bigheart Times said, “When he was the
offensive line coach, then as athletic
director, Klopp was indefatigable in his
quest to improve the lot of athletics in
Fairfax. He’d even sell his personal
belongings to make improvements, and
he persistently painted the weight room
himself, often with an assortment of
inspirational quotes for the kids… Klopp
taught sports from kindergarten through
12th grade and touched the lives of
generations in Fairfax.”
Hunter Jackson ’03 and Morgan
(Goates) Jackson ’12 welcomed twin
daughters Anna Rae and Eleanor
Grace to their family on March 16,
2014. The Jacksons are at home
in Clarksville, where Hunter is
the director of national and JLC
recruitment at Ozarks and Morgan
works for Motion Fuels.
Cleda Curtis ’74 was featured in a Nov.
3 edition of the Southeast Missourian.
The Oran, Mo., resident owns and
operates the Cleda Curtis Art School
and has been teaching art for 28 years.
Her specialty is painting portraits and
she has done commissioned portraits
for 40 years, including a portrait of Bill
Emerson that hangs in the Library of
Congress in Washington, D.C. She also
wrote a book in 1988 called “Portrait
Painting Simplified,” that has sold in all
50 states and 16 foreign countries. A
native of Clarksville, Curtis has traveled
extensively with her art but has lived
in Oran since she was 12. Now a
widow, she was married to Frederick
Neal for 24 years. Curtis told the paper
that “art is my passion. I have always
painted, done commissioned portraits
and taught. I have always lived by the
brush.”
Debbie (Bartlett) Wofford ’77
was recognized with the 2014 PBL
Outstanding Local Chapter Adviser
award at the FBLA-PBL National
Conference in Nashville, Tenn., in July,
She is a faculty member at Arkansas
Tech University at Ozark in Ozark, Ark.
Eva Lee (Webb) Neece ’31 will
celebrate her 106th birthday on Dec.
13, 2014. Neece grew up in Lamar,
Ark., and taught home economics in
Greenwood, Ark., for several years.
She lives with her son in Fort Smith.
She is the oldest known living
graduate of Ozarks.
Kelsey Burd ’02 married Caroline
Ewing on Sept. 6, 2014, in Richmond,
Va. The couple live in Fayetteville, Ark.,
where Kelsey is an account manager
for The Gray Barn.
Gregory B. Bickham ’02 attended New
York Chiropractic College in Seneca
Falls, N.Y., and has been practicing as
a chiropractor in Hammond, La., for four
years. He and his wife, Rena, have an
infant daughter, Elizabeth.
Maria Barrios ’03 is the North America
Region controller at Bayer CropScience
in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. She has
worked for Bayer CropScience since
2005.
John Manning ’03 is living in Austin,
Texas, and teaching mathematics for
the Round Rock (Texas) School District.
He previously taught for nine years at
Rowlett High School in Garland, Texas.
Jessica Underwood ’03 is living
in Conway, Ark., where she is an
Tadera Garland ’12 married Shaun
Wiseman on June 21, 2014, in
Munger-Wilson Chapel on the U of O
campus. Tadera teaches in the Lamar
(Ark.) School District and Shaun is
the assistant director of athletics and
head tennis coach at Ozarks.
education and instruction specialist
for the Arkansas Education Television
Network. In her duties, she contributes
to the development of online
educational and training programs
specific to Arkansas educators and
students, conducts trainings and
presentations tailored to technology
and professional development, and
promotes professional development
resources through professional
correspondence and social media.
Sarah Williams ’03 is a teacher in the
Ozark (Ark.) Middle School and has
taught in the Ozark Public Schools
since 2004. She earned a master’s
degree in secondary education and
Instructional Technology from Arkansas
Tech University in 2012.
Clifton Cottrell ’05 is an adjunct
professor of environmental studies at
Southwestern University in Temple,
Texas. He earned a Juris Doctorate
from Baylor University School of Law in
2012.
Katrina (Vaughn) Rowe ‘05 is staying
busy with work, her twin daughters,
and community outreach. She is in her
first term on the Mena/Polk County
Chamber Board, a member of the local
Rotary Club, a member of Arkansas
Cancer Coalition, Tobacco Prevention
Chair on the Quality of Life, and
member of the Polk County Cancer
Support Group which she started. She
is also the Program Manager for the
Tobacco Prevention and Cessation
program in Polk and Montgomery
Counties, Project Director of the Komen
grant project and is writing grants and
mini grants to improve the quality of life
in Polk County.
Mark Hoenninger ‘06 and wife, Sara,
welcomed the arrival of baby boy Eli
Jackson Hoenninger on April 24, 2014.
Mark Jelks ’06 was named an assistant
baseball coach at the University of
Arkansas at Monticello in August. He
previously served as an assistant coach
at Arkansas Tech University, University
of Central Arkansas and Bryant (Ark.)
High School.
Michelle (Fisher) Bachelor ’07 is
an administrative specialist III at the
University of Arkansas’ graduate school.
She works with graduate students
who are submitting their theises and
dissertations as well as approving and
clearing all graduate level degrees. In
August of 2014, Bachelor completed
her master’s of education degree in
human resource and workforce.
Dr. Jordan Bass ’07 is in his second
year as an assistant professor in
the sport management program at
University of Kansas. He is also the
director of the university’s Laboratory
for the Study of Sport Management. He
and his wife, Robin (Gattis) ‘08, have
a 2-year-old son named Julian and are
expecting their second child in March.
Brett Wood ’11 and Nicole Wood
were married on June 26, 2014, in
Pensacola, Fla. the couple lives in
Phoenix, where Brett is a member of
the United States Air Force Security
Forces.
Kyle Bost ’08 married Kim Zhao on
March 29, 2014. He graduated from the
Arkansas Police Academy on June 12,
2014.
Andrew Cranford ‘08 recently
graduated from the School of Medical
Dr. Heather Hartlerode Powell ’07
recently joined the North Arkansas
Regional Medical Center in Harrison,
Ark. Powell earned her doctor of
medicine degree from the University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in
2011 and completed her residency at
UAMS-South Central in Pine Bluff in
2014. She is married to Dr. Richard
Powell III.
Technology at the University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
in Little Rock. He recently accepted a
position with UAMS in the area of blood
banking.
Todd Koch ’09 took a new position
in November as a financial planning
assistant for Ameriprise Financial
Services in Fort Smith, Ark. He and
his wife, Mandi (Carter) ’07 live in Fort
Smith with their children, Logan and
Carter.
Steve Landrum ’09 is in his fourth
year working with KATV, Channel 7, in
Little Rock, Ark., as a cameraman and
graphics operator.
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Jessica (Allums) Lane ’09 is the
admission director at Heritage Manor
Stratmore Nursing and rehabilitation
Center in Shreveport, La. She is
married with three children, the
youngest is Anna Claire, who was born
on April 8, 2014.
Spencer Layne ’09 is living in Greers
Ferry, Ark., and works as a computer
technician with Rohrer Technologies
Computer Repair.
Daniel Gallegos ’10 has been serving
as the sports information director at
Southern Arkansas University since
February 2013. He serves as the
primary contact for the university’s 10
NCAA Division II sports programs.
Philip Johnson ’10 was recently
promoted to regional sales manager
for the United Kingdom and Ireland for
OMG Roofing Products. He has been
with the company since 2012.
Elijah Lackey ’10 is working for
the Steve Lackey Company in West
Memphis, Ark., as an assistant property
manager. The company rents homes
and apartments. He also plays guitar
and violin in a praise band at Trinity
Missionary Baptist Church.
Pablo Rivera ’10 is a buyer of
consumer products for Wal-Mart in
Mexico and Central America. He has
worked for the company since 2010.
Alumni Association honors six
The University’s Alumni
Association will honor six of its own
during the Alumni Weekend 2015
Awards Banquet, scheduled for 5
p.m., Friday, April 17, in the Rogers
Conference Center.
Bill Crowder ’56 of Fort Smith, Ark.,
and Col. Ernest Lee “Mac” McDaniel
’40 will be the recipients of the Alumni
Achievement Award. McDaniel, who
died in 1967, will receive the award
posthumously. His widow, Jeanne,
will accept the award.
Jimmy Powell ’74 of Lake Toledo
Bend Reservoir, Texas, will receive
the Alumni Merit Award. The Young
Alumni Service Award will be given
to Mario Molina ’98 of Denver, Colo.
T h e L e g a c y Aw a r d , w h i c h
recognizes a lifetime of unselfish
giving of resources to support Ozarks,
will be presented to Jack Phillips ’50
of Clarksville, and Charlene McMillan
Watson ’44 of Arlington, Texas.
Crowder served as the head
baseball coach at the University
of Arkansas-Fort Smith (formerly
Westark College) from 1968-1998 and
is a member of the NJCAA Baseball
Coaches Association National Hall of
Fame, the UAFS Sports Hall of Fame
and the U of O Sports Hall of Fame.
McDaniel served the country in the
military for more than 30 years and
was a plans officer for the Arkansas
Herrera, Haney
Elected to Hall
Soccer standout Ricky Herrera
’04 and women’s basketball great
Alicia Haney ’95 have been selected
for induction into the University’s
Sports Hall of Fame.
The 2015 Sports Hall of Fame
induction ceremony will be a part
of the Alumni Association Awards
Banquet, Friday, April 17, 2015.
Herrera, who starred for the
men’s soccer team from 20002003, was a three-time All-American
Southwest Conference performer
and is still the school’s all-time
goal scorer (54). He had 14 gamewinning goals in his career and the
Eagles went a combined 59-24-3 in
his four years.
Haney was a standout for the
women’s basketball team from
1991-95 and is the program’s alltime leader in rebounds (892) and
assists (425). She was a member of
the conference all-freshman team in
1991-92 and earned all-conference
honors in 1994 and 1995.
National Guard when he died in 1967.
Powell began a career with the
Department of Justice Federal Bureau
of Prisons in 1974 and worked for
the Federal Prison System for more
than 30 years. In 2007, he received
the Director’s Meritorious Service
Medal, which is the highest award
the agency can give to an employee.
Molina is the director of the
Climate Reality Project’s leadership
corps program. Based in Colorado,
the Climate Reality Project was
founded by former Vice President
Al Gore to effectively communicate
the climate crisis and engage the
public in demanding urgent action
towards solutions. As the Director
of the Leadership Corps, Molina is
responsible for the strategic design
and implementation of international
training for high-level decisionmakers
Phillips is a retired engineer who
has been active on the University’s
board of trustees and alumni board
for many years. He is a former
recipient of the Alumni Achievement
Award and the Alumni Merit Award.
He and his wife, Ann, are active in
the Clarksville First United Methodist
Church.
Watson is a retired music teacher
who taught at several schools for
more than 40 years. She spends her
time volunteering at her local library,
as an Alliance for Children member,
and reading to students.
Sarah Otteman ’11 is in her first year
as the sports information director at
Dodge City Community College in
Kansas. She earned a master’s degree
in sports information at Regis University
in Denver in 2014.
Andrea Dankert ’12 is living in Fort
Myers, Fla., where she is a client
partner at Gartner, Inc., an information
technology research and advisory
company. She is responsible for
building strategic relationships and
delivering upon the Gartner value for
each of her clients.
Logan Hornbeck ’12 is on the audit
staff at Whitley Penn in Dallas. He
graduated from the University of Texas
at Arlington in May 2014 with a master’s
degree in accounting.
Bob Liddon ’12 is working for Rubber
Track Solutions in New Braunfels,
Texas.
Ronni Rauschenberger ’11, shown
with wedding guests Debbie Williams
and Julia Frost of the Jones Learning
Center, married Tyler Smith on Sept.
27, 2014, in Eureka Springs, Ark. The
couple lives in Tulsa, Okla.
Cancer survivor Mejia ’97
discovers career as blogger
Just three years before Candy
(Mickels) Mejia ’97 started college at
University of the Ozarks in 1993, she
was in a hospital bed at Arkansas
Children’s hospital in Little Rock
receiving chemotherapy treatments
for ovarian cancer. Now, 21 years
later, she’s married to fellow Ozarks
graduate Armando Mejia ‘97; they
have two children, Sophie, 8, and
Stella, 4; and she’s beginning a new
career as a blogger and writer.
The Mejias, who met at Ozarks
and married in 2001, live in the
suburbs of Houston, where Armando
works for an oil and gas company
and Candy stays busy raising the
family and working on her budding
career as a writer. Her blog,
slightlyovercaffeinated.com, deals
with everything from being a Gen
X mother, to working from home,
to fashion. The blog, which started
in 2011, has developed a strong
following, averaging nearly 1,000
visitors each month.
“I’ve found that my experiences
as a mom and as a preschool teacher
have been helpful to other parents,”
said Candy, who earned a degree
in theater from Ozarks. “When I first
started, I didn’t really share it with
anyone, and it was a good outlet for
me to practice writing—something
I used to enjoy, but had forgotten
about as the years and life went on.
I started the blog mainly as a way to
connect with other parents ... Most of
what I write for my blog are personal
essays, but I’ve had the opportunity
to work with some great brands on
sponsored posts, too, which has
allowed me to earn an income from
my blog. One of the coolest blog
perks I’ve gotten wasn’t a paycheck
but an opportunity: a brand gave me
a ticket to see Oprah on her recent
tour. In exchange, I wrote about the
experience on my blog.”
Candy said her theater
background at Ozarks has proven
valuable in her blogging.
“I’ve been able to parlay what
I learned in my theatre training
at Ozarks—elements of design,
observation tools, story telling—into
my blogging career,” she said. “In
the future, I plan to pursue public
speaking opportunities and work on
a memoir, and of course continue
working on my blog. I also hope to
find more opportunities to share my
writing. This past May, I was honored
to be a part of ‘Listen To Your Mother,’
a show featuring local writers reading
their pieces about motherhood.”
Candy has a couple of special
anniversaries coming up.
“January 2015 with mark both
my 40th birthday and 25 years since
my cancer diagnosis,” she said. “I
decided to celebrate both by running
a half marathon. It seems like a fitting
way to observe the milestones as
I’ve found the lesson cancer teaches
most often is that life goes on.”
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Maegan Bell ’13 is a first and second
grade language arts associate teacher
at Good Shepherd Episcopal School in
Dallas, Texas.
Chloe Chrimes ’13 is the marketing
coordinator for Appliance Parts Depot in
Lewisville, Texas.
Rafael Luna ’13 is doing an internship
at Elephant Rock Nature Park in
Oklahoma, where he has completed
jobs such as park maintenance, leading
camping and hiking trips, and serving
as the park’s photographer. He is
currently the park’s ambassador to
greet guests and assure that they have
a pleasant stay at the park.
Whitney Lewis ’14 is a carrier sales
coordinator in the RISE program at J.B.
Hunt transport in Northwest Arkansas.
She coordinates services for carriers.
Tyler Martin ’14 is serving a full-time,
one-year internship with Chi Alpha
Campus Ministries on the campus of
the University of Central Arkansas in
Conway, Ark. He is working to become
Hole-in-the-Wall Gang
2016 Reunion
Plans are currently in the works
for the June 2016 reunion of the
Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Please
contact David “JoBell” Lasater at
479-754-2550 or 479-214-0763
for more information.
a nationally certified U.S. missionary
for Chi Alpha, an Assemblies of God
Christian ministry for college students
that is on more than 300 campuses
across the country.
Emily Toombs ’14 is a graduate
student in the genetics program at
University of Iowa.
Nitza Vara ’14 is in the doctoral
program in biomedical engineering at
the University of Texas-San Antonio.
Monica Seiler ’14 is a first grade
teacher at St. Vincent De Paul Catholic
School in Rogers, Ark.
Twenty teams took part in the annual
University of the Ozarks Alumni
Golf Tournament, held Sept. 26, at
the Clarksville Country Club. The
team of Kyle Helms ’86 (right) and
Bo Funderburk ’00 took first place
in the two-person scramble with a
4-under 68. Presenting them with the
winning check is Director of Alumni
Relations Ashley Senter ’09 (left) and
Tournament Director Pam Jones ’71.
The Office of Alumni Relations
presents
Reformation Pilgrimage
with The Rev. John E. King
Sept. 7-15, 2015
Travel with long-time Presbyterian minister, professor and University trustee The
Rev. John E. King as we follow the sites of the Reformation through Switzerland and
France, including many beautiful and historical treasures. You will be inspired by the
faith and courage of our early church fathers in this uplifting and informative tour.
Trip Highlights:
* Reformation sites in Geneva, Switzerland, including Reformation Memorial and St. Pierre’s Cathedral
* Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, the City of the Righteous
* Cluny Abbey and Taize, an ecumenical monastic order
* Fontainebleau, home of numerous French rulers
* Paris, including Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame and Arc de Triomphe
* Optional extension to Edinburgh, Scotland
For more details about the trip, please
contact the Office of Alumni Relations at:
alumnioffice@ozarks.edu or 479-979-1234.
Long-time Fort Smith (Ark.)
athletic coaches Bill Crowder ’56
(left) Jim Wyatt ’61 were featured
in the October 14 edition of the
Entertainment Fort Smith magazine.
Crowder compiled a record of 1,003559 in 33 years of coaching baseball
at Westark College (now UA-Fort
Smith). Wyatt coached in the Fort
Smith School District before serving
as the athletic director at UA-Fort
Smith from 1982-98. He directed
the UAFS fitness center until his
retirement in 2003. (Photo courtesy
of Entertainment Fort Smith.)
Jones ’02 creates new A/V festival
In just two short years, Trent
Jones ’02 has helped develop one
of the largest audio/video festivals in
the region.
The second annual Spring
Creek Festival was held in October
in Springdale, Ark., and it drew
more than 600 entrants and a
total attendance near 800. The
festival allows high school and
college students to collaborate with
professionals in film production,
television, theater, music and
photography. The second-year event
includes competitions, workshops,
leadership councils and college
career fairs.
The festival was co-founded by
Jones, who graduated from Ozarks
with a degree in communications
and is currently in the multi-media
coordinator for the Springdale
School District.
After graduating from Ozarks,
Jones worked in TV broadcasting
Scott Frederickson ’11 and Sarah
Reeves ’10 were married in Eureka
Springs, Ark., on June 28, 2014. They
live in Springdale, Ark., where Scott
works at Northwest Health System
and Sarah teaches mathematics in
Siloam Springs, Ark.
for three years before going into high
school teaching and administration in
2005. He said the idea for the Spring
Creek Festival came about when he
saw a lack of opportunities for his high
school students to display their work.
“I would have all these students
doing these wonderful projects and
there was nowhere for them to
showcase their work,” Jones said.
“We wanted an event where 17- and
18-year-olds who have a passion for
film, or broadcast or photography
could come and interact with other
like-minded teenagers and meet with
college professors and professionals
and show their talents. We want them
to discover the many opportunities
that are out there for them.”
Jones teamed up with Mike Gilbert,
chief operating officer for the Jones
Trust, to start the festival in 2013.
The festival, which is completely
free for all participants and audience
members, is under the Jones Center
Trent Jones with his 3-year-old
daughter Ramey
umbrella. It drew about 400 entrants
in the first year and almost doubled
that in the second year.
“From everything we can tell, this
is the largest A/V festival of its kind in
the Midwest,” Jones said. “It’s been
amazing how much interest there
has been. We have students from
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and
Kansas at this year’s event.”
Members of the University’s alumni board of directors who attended the
September board meeting included (from left) Ian Bryan ’13, Ryan Rose
’07, Johnny Dillard ’70, Bill Aydelott ’55, Bob Reese ’70, Lorraine Belote ’56,
Ralph Ehren ’54, Taylor Rogers ’08, Richard Franks ’65, Sue Powers ’60,
Todd Koch ’09, Ann Patterson ’75, Bill Crowder ’56, Angela Spencer ’98,
Reza Ahrabli ’79, Jeff Jackson ’01, Mark Watkins ’76, Freddia Sullivent ’91,
David Ray ’08, Danny Aquilar ’90, and Evan Hoffmeyer ’07.
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Laura Margaret Stewart ’34
Laura Margaret Stewart ’34 of Little Rock, Ark., died
Aug. 25, 2014, at the age of 99. She taught history at
Central High School in Little Rock and in Fort Smith,
Ark., and later returned to Little Rock as a guidance
counselor at Hall High School.
Lorene (Allen) Raymond ’35
Lorene (Allen) Raymond ’35 of Fayetteville, Ark., died
Jan. 23, 2014, at the age of 100. She was a retired
home economics professor at the University of Arkansas
and long-time member and elder at First Presbyterian
Church in Fayetteville.
James Earl Westbrook ’39
James Earl Westbrook ’39 of Russellville, Ark., died
June 7, 2014, at the age of 98. He was a veteran of
World War II and served for more than 30 years as a
reserve officer in the Chaplain Corps, retiring at the rank
of Colonel in 1980. In 1962 he was called to Central
Presbyterian Church in Russellville and served as its
pastor until his retirement in 1981.
Lera (Blackburn) Morris ’40
Lera (Blackburn) Morris ’40 of Clarksville, died Sept. 29,
2014, in Clarksville, at the age of 94. She was a retired
teacher.
Mary Virginia (White) Reese ’50
Mary Virginia (White) Reese ’50 of Clarksville, died Oct.
9, 2014, at the age of 86. She was past president of
the United Methodist Women in Clarksville and charter
member of the Mustard Seed board of directors.
Daniel C. Sarna ’50
Daniel C. Sarna ’50 of North Little Rock, Ark., died July
3, 2014, at the age of 87. He was a retired pharmacist
and long-time owner and operator of Economy Pike
Plaza Drug Store in North Little Rock.
Roberta (Steele) Owenbey Sullivan ’50
Roberta (Steele) Owenbey Sullivan ’50 of Siloam
Springs, Ark., died on Oct. 2, 2014, at the age of 86. She
was a long-time school teacher in Northwest Arkansas
and co-founder of the Gentry Fine Arts Society.
James Westbrook Margaret Stewart
Edward Harris
Martha “Marty” (Smith) Shahan ’51
Martha “Marty” (Smith) Shahan ’51 of Tulsa, Okla.,
died June 21, 2014, in Tulsa. She previously worked
as a substitute teacher and in the registrar’s office at
the University of Tulsa.
Robert Page ’52
Robert Page ’52 of Castle Pines, Col., died on Oct. 18,
2014, at the age of 84. He is survived by his wife of 60
years, Flois (Eustice) Page ’54.
Edward “Ed” Harris ’75
Edward “Ed” Harris ’74 of Clarksville died on Aug.
29, 2014, at the age of 59. He was a U.S. Air
Force veteran and former admission counselor and
development officer at U of O. He is survived by his
wife, Wilma, who is the registrar at U of O.
Amanda (Collins) Kilcrease ’79
Amanda (Collins) Kilcrease ’79 of Clarksville, died
July 9, 2014, at the age of 74. She was the owner and
manager of Collins Laundromat and widow of the late
Keith Kilcrease ’64.
Dorothy (Butler) Angell
Dorothy (Butler) Angell of Columbia, Mo., died on
Oct. 16, 2014, at the age of 91. She was a former
psychology and English professor at Ozarks and the
wife of long-time professor Charles Angell, who died in
1979.
University of the Ozarks
DONOR HONOR ROLL 2013-2014
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T
he 2013-2014 University of the Ozarks’ Honor Roll of Donors is comprised of alumni, churches, friends,
foundations and organizations who contributed to the University from July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014. Every
effort was made to ensure that each donor was accurately recognized. The Office of Advancement apologizes for
any errors or omissions in the Honor Roll, and requests that such errors be brought to the attention of Kody Eakin at
keakin2@ozarks.edu or (479) 979-1222. The University Office of Advancement looks forward to serving the supporters
of the University in the future.
The Earle Society
Named in honor of Dr. F.R. Earle
who served as president of both
Cane Hill College and Arkansas
Cumberland College. The Earle
Society recognizes donors who
have a lifetime giving record of $1
million or more to the University.
An asterisk indicates someone who
is
deceased.
Arkansas’ Independent Colleges &
Universities
*Roland S. Boreham Jr. and
Judith Boreham
Roland S. Boreham, Jr. Living Trust
*Alvin C. Broyles ’41 and Joan DeVee
Dixon Broyles
Frank P. Collins Estate
Otha H. Grimes Foundation
The Harvey & Bernice Jones
Charitable Trust
J.E. & L.E. Mabee Foundation, Inc.
Vera M. Pfeffer Trust
*Melba Spellmeyer Seay
The Seay Foundation
Mary Anne and Don Shula
*Jackson T. Stephens
*Willard and Pat Walker
Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation
*Helen Robson Walton
Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, Inc.
Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
Helen R. Walton 1987 Non-Qualified Charitable Remainder Trust
Sam M. Walton 1987 Non-Qualified Charitable Remainder Trust
Frances Engle Wilson
Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, AR
*David Banks ’60
*Charles C. and *Nadine E. Baum
Nadine E. and Charles C. Baum Estate
Arvid Bean ’78 and Sharon Jones Bean ’78
Kimberly and Reynold Behrend
*Jean and *Everett Berry
Doris Bird
*R. K. Black
Lee and Beverly Bodenhamer
*Margaret Boone
Judy Borck
*Sally McSpadden Boreham
James and Ann Bruning
*Victor Cary and Alice Cary
W. F. Catlett Trust
Professor T.L. Smith, much
H.A. & Mary K. Chapman Charitable Trust
beloved former professor at
John Joseph Conrad Trust
Ozarks, is honored by this giving
Pearl H. Crickard Trust
club. T.L. Smith Society members
Jean Daniel
Richard and Martha Daniel
have a lifetime giving record of
*William and Marian Dawson
$100,000-$999,999. An asterisk
indicates someone who is deceased. The Dial Corporation, Phoenix, AZ
Margaret Bost Douglass ’41
William L. Abernathy Charitable Lead Trust Bebe and Tom Dunnicliffe Charitable Trust
University of the Ozarks Alumni Association *Fontaine R. Earle
ARAMARK Corporation, Coppell, TX
ExxonMobil Foundation
*Richard and *Katherene Bagwell
First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville, AR
*May Katherine Baker
First Presbyterian Church, Ponca City, OK
T. L. Smith Society
2013-2014 DONOR HONOR ROLL
Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc.
Estate of Bettis A. Garside
A.H. Gould Irrevocable Trust
Estate of Arch Gould
Estate of George M. Green
*W. Wallace Greene
*Catherine Haigwood ’33
Bill and Adrienne Hanna
Hanna Oil and Gas, Fort Smith, AR
HAR-BER Village Foundation
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Pete and Betty Herlin
Estate of Louise Ann Redus Hobbs
Norman and Janet Huneycutt
*Dorothea Hutcheson
Estate of Hazel Johnson
Roy and *Nancy Johnson
Peggy Bort Jones
*Robert L. King, II
*Virginia King
*W. Ernest King, Jr. ’41 and
*Maribeth King
Will Ladner ’81
Luella Langenberg Estate
*James Lewis ’41 and *Marie Baskin
Lewis ’41
Jessie M. Long Trust
Helen McElree
*Ada Parks Mills ’33 and *Joe Mills ’32
*Flois Dickerson Miracle ’25
James Hayden Moore Estate
*John and Mary Nichols
Rick and Sherée Niece
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
*Lillian Norberg
Jack Patterson ’65 and Lisa Carlton
*Vera M. Pfeffer
The Procter & Gamble Fund
R. L. and Nancy Qualls
Estate of Margaret Ayleen Ragland
David Rawhouser ’69 and Jill Rawhouser
Regions Bank, Clarksville AR
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, Inc.
Estate of James T. Rhea
Mary I. Rogers Trust
The Rogers Foundation, Inc.
*Dale M. Sadler
Mary Elizabeth Vaughan Shipley Trust
May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust
Wilmer C. & Velma M. Smith Trust
*James and Gladeen Struthers
The Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable & Educational Trust
Synod of the Sun, Irving, TX
*John and *Evie Tate
Harve Taylor, III and Loyce Ann
Bean Taylor ’72
*Norris Cunningham Taylor
*Ashley and Eleanor Thomas
Estate of Edison T. Tingley
Tulsa Royalties Company
Estate of Edith B. Vaughan
*Juanita Farris Vaughn
Wal-Mart Foundation
*John T. Walton
Whitson Morgan Motor Company, Clarksville AR
*Virginia Laster Williams ’43 and
Bruce H. Williams ’43
Wayne Workman ’44 and Betty Bush Workman
Ed Dell Wortz
The Legacy Society
The Legacy Society honors
donors who have made plans for
University of the Ozarks through
deferred gifts and estate planning.
An asterisk indicates someone who
is deceased.
*Cora E. Adkins
*Christine Pultz Alter ’33
*Stanley Applegate, Jr.
*Richard and *Katherene Bagwell
*May Katherine Baker
*Carol Barnes Joyce and *Scevoy D. Barnes
Joe M. Barron
*O. Edward Basham ’31
*L. Ray Bates
*Charles C. and *Nadine E. Baum
Annette Pittman Baxter
Arvid Bean ’78
*Raymond Bean
Margaret Glenn Fraley Beaver ’71
*James C. Bell ’37
*Jean Berry
*Chuck Bishop, Sr. ’52 and Jean Bishop
Robbie Blakemore
*John E. Bock ’49
Bob Bohl ’58 and Judy Capshaw Bohl ’61
Judith Alexander Boreham
*Roland S. Boreham, Jr.
*Roger Bost ’43 and Kathryn King Bost ’43
*Edna Ralston Bowman ’28
*Henry M. Britt
*Alvin C. Broyles ’41
*Rhea Butler ’31
Don Chappell ’72
Bruce Clinesmith
Jerry Coffee ’60
*Frances Fischer Coleman
*Frank P. Collins
*Joseph Conrad ’39
Chad Cox ’98 and Brandy Rhodes Cox ’99
Opal Huff Farris Cox
William L. Cravens
*Virginia Cruse ’60
*Orion A. Daniel, Sr.
*Wallace Dobbins ’40 and *Carolyn
Bush Dobbins ’42
*James Dorman ’57 and Anna Blackard Dorman ’58
*Martha Farmer Drake ’33
*Fontaine R. Earle
William Eddington ’55
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
*Maxine Manuel Eggensperger ’41
*Fritz Ehren ’53 and Juanita Blackard
Ehren ’71
*Allen S. Ellsworth
*Georgia Stoker Ellsworth ’32
Susan Smith Epperson ’62
*Gladys Ruth Farmer ’37
*Sue Nell Taylor Farris ’53
Ann Filyaw
Gary Frala ’80
John Frost ’89
*Margaret White Fry
*Bettis A. Garside
*Anne Gould
*Arch Gould ’24
*George M. Green
*W. Wallace Greene
Michael Haberer ’76
*Catherine Haigwood ’33
Virginia R. Hicks
*Lois M. Highlester
*Richard W. Hobbs
*Katherine House ’41
*Orville Hubbard ’52 and *Ellen Hubbard
*Reece Hudson
*Hazel Johnson
*John Johnson
*Cecil Johnston ’40
Myra King Johnston ’39
*Bernice Jones and *Harvey Jones
*Keith Kennedy
*Polly Taylor Kennon ’46
*Clio Thompson Kettelhut ’34
*Basil and *Eva King
*Robert L. King, Jr.
*Virginia King
*W. Ernest King, Jr. ’41 and
*Maribeth King
Maxine Koerdt
Will Ladner ’81
*Luella Langenberg
Rena Sue Laster ’71
*George Lee ’36
*Isabel Leon Villarreal
*James Lewis ’41 and *Marie Baskin
Lewis ’41
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Keith Lewis
*James and *Florence Lockhart
*Jessie Marie Long
*Albert Looper ’39 and Alene Looper
William and Eileen McCarthy
Diana Altes McCormick ’65
*Bill McCuen ’68
Vernon McDaniel ’55
Helen McElree ’47
*Sarah T. McLane
*Ada Parks Mills ’33 and *Joe Mills ’32
*Flois Dickerson Miracle ’25
*Vivian Misenhimer ’22
*James H. Moore
*Elizabeth McCoy Murphy
*Lucile Lucas Murphy ’33
*W. Grover Murphy
*Art Nichols ’35 and *Lou Seale
Nixon Nichols ’35
Buddy Nichols ’72
*Jon Nyberg ’68
*Maudress Hefner Overstreet ’30
*Milford Park ’38 and *Laura Waters
Park ’38
*Tom Douthit Patterson ’57
Sara Jane Shertzer Patteson
*Donald Pearsall, Sr. ’51
Donald Pennington ’68
*Vera M. and *Eugene Pfeffer
*Effie Pierson Becker
Corey Pintado ’15
David Pridgin ’71 and Reba Pridgin ’81
*Robert Quade ’50 and Rita Kaiser Quade
*M. Ayleen Ragland ’31
*Alice Ralston
*F. Willard Ralston ’29
Leonard and Annemarie Ralston
David Rawhouser ’69
*James T. Rhea
Phillip Richmond ’79
*Mary I. Rogers
*Christine Roller
Fred Romo ’68 and Andrea Romo ’68
*Dale M. Sadler
Dorothy Caldwell Salter ’41
*DuBose Scarborough, Jr. ’35
*Melba Spellmeyer Seay
Phyllis Thurman Shaw ’80
*Richard Shaw
Liz Baskin Sheffer ’58 and Eric Sheffer
*John Shell and Gwendolen Shell
*Charles F. Shertzer, Jr.
*Mary Vaughan Shipley ’42
Mary Anne Shula
Edward V. Smith, III
*Velma Boydstun Smith ’38
*James R. Struthers
*Garner Taylor, Sr. ’34
*Mildred Smith Taylor ’37
*Elizabeth A. Taylor ’34
Jimmie Thames ’53 and Ailene Thames
*Ashley C. and Eleanor Thomas
*W. Ragon Thompson ’56
*Ernestine H. Thurman-Swartzwelder
*Edison T. Tingley
Sue Tull
*Robert Turner ’34
*Roy Ussrey ’30 and *Rosella Ussrey
*Edith Brunk Vaughan
Randy Wahlman
*George and *Lillian Walters
*Mrs. Felix (Ruey Stroud) Weatherly ’30
Lee White
Jeanie O’Brien Wiesner ’83
Bruce Williams ’43 and *Virginia
Laster Williams ’43
*Garnet Willow
Jeanie O’Brien Wiesner ’83
*James and Juanita Winn
Donna Manley Wolfe
Ed Dell Wortz
E. Kathryn Wright ’58
Ralph W. Wygle
Larry Zehring ’61
*Virginia Zehring
The Founders’ Council
The Founders’ Council honors
donors who contributed $25,000
or more to Ozarks during the
2013-14 fiscal year. Names in
bold indicate those who have
contributed for five or more
consecutive years. An asterisk
indicates someone who passed
away in the last year.
Alumni Association, U of O
Arkansas Community Foundation
Arkansas’ Independent Colleges & Universities
Judy Alexander Boreham
Jim Tom and Connie Butler
Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc.
Margaret Bost Douglass ’41
Sue Frueauff
*Virginia King
Otha H. Grimes Foundation
The Thomas Family
Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation
Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
Frances Engle Wilson
The Trustees’ Council
The Trustees’ Council honors
donors who contributed $10,000 to
$24,999 to the University during
the 2013-14 fiscal year. Names in
bold indicate those who have
away in the last year. Green font
indicates donors who participate
in the Green Giving Program.
ARAMARK Corporation, Coppell TX
Doris Bird
Lee and Beverly Bodenhamer
Judy Borck
Catherine Rogers Bumpers ’47
Johnny Dillard ’70 and Kathy Dillard
Richard and Holly Dunsworth
Helen McElree ’47
Robert B. Fulton Jr. Estate
Jack Patterson ’65 and Lisa Carlton
Pearl M. & Julia J. Harmon Foundation
Robert Reese ’70
Regions Bank, Clarksville AR
George and Mary Sissel
Bruce H. Williams ’43 and Tracy Williams
The Chair’s Council
The Chair’s Council honors
$9,999 to the University during
the 2013-14 fiscal year. Names
in bold indicate those who have
Naomi Atkinson Newman
Bagwell Foundation
Rick Bagwell
Ball Corporation, Broomfield CO
Arvid Bean ’78 and Sharon Jones
Bean ’78
James and Ann Bruning
Ralph Clingan ’63 and Maria Margaret Clingan
Callie Harmon Daniels ’89 and Kurtis Daniels
Rebecca D’Aquin ’01
Dillard’s, Inc., Little Rock AR
Jerry Duncan ’58 and Dorothy
Boyd Duncan ’58
William and Vivian Eiff Foundation
Bobby and Anne Fincher
Laurie and Steve Fisher
Bill Holder ’52 and Jane Wilson
Holder ’55
Armeda Evans Holmes ’68
Maura Figliulo Howerton ’80 and
Bradley Howerton
Vernon McDaniel ’55
Albert Nitche ’66 and June Shea Nitche
Northern Trust Company
Jack and Patricia Overholt
Susan and Kent Pinson
Leonard and Annemarie Ralston
Mary Anne and Don Shula
Thomas and Nancy Smith
Ross Stricker ’78
Harve Taylor, III and Loyce Ann
Bean Taylor ’72
The Oxley Foundation
Tulsa Community Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment
The Boswell Family: Don, Donna, Debbie Thomas, and Beth Sewell
Peter and Connie Bradish
Cleveland Branscum ’63 and Barbara Haynes Branscum ’63
Blaine Caldwell ’69 and Cathy Sekowski Caldwell ’69
John W. Cargile ’61
Champion Sales & Manufacturing Inc., The President’s Council honors
Houston TX
Chevron Texaco Matching Grants $4,999 to the University during
Program
James and Irene Clark
bold indicate those donors who
Richard and Martha Daniel
John Davis ’64 and Jane Davis
have contributed for five or more
Deloitte Foundation
Janet and Frederick Drummond
E.A. Franklin Charitable Trust
William Eddington ’55 and Charlotte indicates donors who participate
Felkins Eddington ’56
Lee Batson Armstrong and Micah Armstrong Juanita Blackard Ehren ’71
Ralph Ehren ’55 and Betty Hodges
B & H Environmental Services,
Ehren ’53
Louisville KY
Judith Englehart
Baker & Hostetler LLP, Los Angeles CA
Lorraine Darnell Belote ’56 and Doug Tom and Kim Ferguson
The Fitch Family
Belote
Sylvester Benson ’67 and Patsy Day Robert Fox ’96
John Frost ’89 and Julia Frost
Benson ’65
Richard and Barbara Fulton
Doug and Marty Black
Lewis Gardner
Blackstone Construction, LLC,
Susan Gateley
Russellville AR
Pete and Nancy Grant
Robert Bohl ’58 and Judy Capshaw
Roiselle Green Grim ’53
Bohl ’61
Hanesbrands Inc. Clarksville AR
Kathryn King Bost ’43
President’s Council
Pete and Betty Herlin
Virginia R. Hicks
Norman and Janet Huneycutt
IBM International Foundation
Doug Jeffries
Johnson Chevrolet Buick, Clarksville AR
Roy Johnson and Peggy Terrill
Johnson ’59
Pamela Shrigley Jones ’71
Ron and Karenree Jones
Dorothy Carlisle Kelly ’51 and James Kelly
John and Sally King
William E. King Jr. Trust
Alice and Kurt Kutz
Lone Pine Rook Consortium
Robert William Lowry
Joyce Wilson Marler ’59
Beverly Matkins
Edith McChesney
Armando Mejia ’97 and Candace Mickels-Mejia ’97
Rhonda Murphy-Gardner
Mary Tom Mills O’Bar ’54 and Clyde O’Bar
Gilbert Parks, Jr. and Susan Burden ’67
Estate of Donald Pearsall
Mike and Susie Powell
Mary Sue Phillips Powers ’60 and
Jimmy Powers
David Pridgin ’71 and Reba Geels Pridgin ’81
Anne and Ben Queen
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William Rail ’52 and Maxine Phillips The University Club
Rail ’52
David Rawhouser ’69 and Jill Rawhouser
George Reece, III ’83
Regions Insurance, Fort Smith AR
Jerry Rice ’53 and Myra Rice
Jeffrey Scaccia and Amy Scaccia ’09
John Scribner ’98 and Leslie Scribner
Simmons First Bank, Clarksville AR
Mike and Fran Smith
State Farm Companies Foundation
Gene and Lynda Stephenson
Freddia Sullivent ’91 and Tommy Sullivent
Bruce and Mary Lou Swinburne
Daniel and Ann Taddie
Sarah C. Talley
Texas Presbyterian Foundation
The Trull Foundation
Katie Thompson
Robert and Esther Tralmer
Kenda Treadway
William and Janet Trotter
John and Martha Tull
Sue Tull
Denton Tumbleson ’74 and Jane Tumbleson
University of the Ozarks Women
Dudley and Judy Viles
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market Store, Rogers AR
Charlene McMillan Watson ’44
*Mary Beth Wilson
XL America, Stamford CT
Annette Lee Zehring ’63
Hunter Jackson ’03 and Morgan
Goates Jackson ’12
The University Club honors
Tony and Tina Johnson
donors who contributed $500 to
T.J. Jones ’08 and Margaret Jones
Philip W. Kaiser ’02 and Kristy Kaiser
$999 to the University during
Will Ladner ’81
Ron Laster ’64 and Maribeth Laster
bold indicate donors who have
Bob, Connie, and Happy Limbird
Richard and Diana Lirtzman
Dr. and Mrs. Albert D. MacDade
Carl Mashburn ’69 and Sherry indicates someone who passed
Mashburn
indicates donors who participate in Michael Shannon McBee ’89 and Lori McBee
the Green Giving Program.
Rodney and Lynn Meagher
James Murray ’75 and Debra Murray
Bill Alexander ’55 and Linda Alexander
Bill Aydelott ’53 and Bettye Masterson Charlie and Nell New
Nite Lite Company, Clarksville AR
Aydelott ’55
Rick and Dora Otto
Kristine and John Baker
Scott and Linda Parker
*Emma Louise Banks ’68
Tommy and Judy Parker
Michael and Heidi Bates
Ann Patterson ’75 and Max Snowden
Beard Charitable Foundation Trust
Edna Elkins Patterson ’67 and John Bryan Bishop ’99 and Christy Bishop
Patterson
Steven Bogler ’74
George Pittenger ’91 and Loraine Pittenger
William and Elizabeth Branch
Kendrick and Lindsey Prewitt
David Brane ’69
William Ragon, Jr. ’53 and Marnette Jerry Bridges ’78 and Melinda Bridges
Ragon
C & K Properties, Monticello AR
Regal Foundation
Jon and Victoria Caery
Jim Ridling ’67 and Cathy Ridling
Leonel Cantu ’99 and Rachael Cantu
Fred Romo ’68 and Andrea Anderson Cecil Hardware, Inc., Clarksville AR
Romo ’68
Chapter "Q" P.E.O., Clarksville AR
Beth Shipman
Clarksville Cinema, Clarksville AR
Sheldon and Chris Shook
Sean and Jennifer Coleman
Deborah Sisson
Louise Cook
Ryan Skelly ’07 and Callie Williams Stewart and Nadine Dippel
Skelly ’07
Denis Durkin
Buddy and Jeannie Smith
Dawn J. M. Dvoracek
Susan Smith Epperson ’62 and Jon South Park Restaurant Inc., Clarksville AR
Angela Wheeler Spencer ’98 and
Epperson
Shawn Spencer
Fidelity Foundation
Eloise Stewart
John and Sue Fisher
Ron and Kerry Dillaha Taylor
Orville Fletcher ’58 and Carol Fletcher
Steven Van Patten ’64 and Sharon
Jerry and Carolyn Franey
Agnew Van Patten ’65
Richard Franks ’65 and Arvella Franks
Terry Wade ’71
Elizabeth Gabbard
Wal-Mart Store, Clarksville AR
Jennifer Gable
Jesse and Holli Weiss
George and Sarah Gilmour
Darrell Williams ’76 and Debbie Tipton Griffin Food Company, Muskogee OK
Williams ’81
Ed Harrington ’56 and Janet Graf Rita Crossley Wilson ’70
Harrington ’58
Nancy Reifsteck Wise ’54
Wilma Kimbrell Harris ’06 and
E. Kathryn Wright ’58
*Edward Harris ’75
George Wyers ’57 and Frances Wyers
Harvest Foods Inc., Clarksville AR
Lynn and Carla Hemphill
Shannon Carlisle Huggins ’91 and
Bryan Huggins
The Centennial Club
The Centennial Club honors
donors who contributed $100 to
$499 to the University during
bold indicate donors who have
Ward and Fern Abbott
Ala’A Abu Rmaileh ’13
John and Debbie Adams
Pat and Beth Adcock
Warren and Jo Adcock
Laurie Adkins
AgHeritage, Little Rock AR
Fatima Aguero Ruiz ’13
Marcos and Cindy Aldaba
Amanda Alders Pike ’05 and James Pike
Chris and Martha Allen
Sharon Collier Allured ’65
Linda Alston ’79
Vickie Alston ’86
Elizabeth Rowland Anderson ’72 and King Anderson
John and Shirley Andrews
Mohammed and Elizabeth Anis
Danny Aquilar ’90 and Jennifer Aquilar
Samuel and Teresa Arant
Sherrie Arey
Arkansas Press Association, Inc.,
Little Rock AR
Arvid Bean Insurance Agency Inc.,
Fort Smith AR
Steve Askins ’05 and Marian Askins
Felicia Atkinson ’03 and Steve Atkinson
Terry Avery ’67 and Carolynn Cook Avery ’68
Martha Holden Bagley ’57
Howard Benjamin Bailey ’86
Doyle and Hazel Baker
Joseph Baker ’69 and Marge Baker
Tomilea Baldwin
Bill Ballard ’56 and Juanita Ballard
John and Sandi Bannon
D. Stuart Basham ’65 and Louise Basham
Nancy and Ronald Bateman
Mary Bates
Gary and Natalie Beck
George and Diana Beck
Bell & Company PA, North Little Rock AR
Maegan Bell ’13
Edwin Bennett
Robert K. Bennett
Linda Berkman
Henry D. Bishop ’53 and Ingrid Bishop
Juanita Acord Blackard ’51
Jimmy Bland
Fred Blohm ’61 and Anna Blohm
Bobby Teeter’s Drugstore Inc., Clarksville AR
Ruth Price Bodey ’53
Gary Bond ’58 and Sara Wharton
Bond ’59
Katherine Boone ’93
Connie and Michael Booty
Marvin and Leighila Bower
Molly Bowman ’14
Henry and Johnnie Boyd
Elaine G. Boyer
Katrina Bradley ’14
Len Bradley
Gene Brewer
Jeff and Tammy Brewer
Gary Briley ’66
Keith and Marilyn Brill
Arthur Brooks
Amanda Young Bryant ’02
Janice Bryant ’65
John Bryant ’83 and Julie Henry Bryant ’85
Joanne Austin Bunch ’76
Trey Butler ’13
Ted Butler ’60 and Claudia Butler
Thomas Buzbee ’67 and Maureen Buzbee
Karina Calderon Galindo ’14
Armando and Angie Canales
John Cantwell ’58 and Patricia Cantwell
Jon and Debbie Carlton
Terry and Janie Carson
Doug and Viki Castleberry
Kenneth and Judy Castleberry
Eula Ellison Castonguay ’58 and
Joseph Castonguay
Tyler and Bridget Cate
Jane and Brent Cater
Shari Caywood
Christopher and Jean Cedor
Bob Chance ’69 and Mary Ann
Becker Chance ’69
Miriam Chandler
Don Chappell ’72 and Janie Krohn Chappell ’73
Marjorie Childress
Chip and Jonann Chiles
Larry and Martha Chisenhall
Chloe Chrimes ’13
Gordon and Patricia Christian
Evan Chronister ’90 and Kelly Chronister
Grant Clark
Jimmy and Kelli Clark
Clarksville Rotary Club, Clarksville AR
Cody Clayborn
Barbara Clegg
Tom and Ramona Cogan
Kenneth and Kellie Coker
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ConocoPhillips Company, Houston TX
Brent and Karen Coomer
Gaylon and Glenda Coomer
Kent and Donna Coomer
Arthur Cooper
Jerry Copeland
Chad Cox ’98 and Brandy Rhodes
Cox ’99
Karin Crichton
Kenneth Crook ’14
Bill Crowder ’56 and Jean Crowder
William Davenport ’14
Bradley and Jana Davis
Eddie Davis
Day & Associates, Fort Smith AR
Lindsey Turnbow Dayer ’05 and
Zachary Dayer
Carolyn Denton ’68 and Bob Denton
Richard DeSalvo ’50 and Cecilia DeSalvo
Patsy Rowland Desaulniers ’62 and Anthony Desaulniers, Jr.
R. Louis Dewett ’57 and Mary B. Holloway Dewett ’58
Dennis and Bridgett Dickens
Chip and Wynn Dickenson
Billy Dickerson, II ’77 and Marion Dickerson
Winnie Dickerson
Patricia Sherlock Dillon ’71
Raymond and Janice Dixon
Darlene Bullard Dobbs ’84 and
Wayne Dobbs
Mary Alice Parker Dobesh ’56
Juan and Guadalupe Dominguez
Karen Donaldson
Anna Blackard Dorman ’58
Sheila Doss ’80
Zachary Doty ’12
Fred and Marlene Dougan
Bonnie Downes ’70
Arthur and Barbara Drye
James Duff ’63 and Sue Kauffeld Duff ’63
Daniel Duncan ’84 and Glenda Duncan
Gary Duncan
Phyllis Duncan ’80 and Bob Battaglia
Anna Figliulo Dunker ’87 and Curt Dunker
Greg and Jennifer Dunn
Renee Durio
Bill and Kody Eakin
Louis and Judith Easley
Jack Edens ’55 and Sharon Edens
Susan Edens ’92
Anita Edwards
Randall and Nancy Edwards
Charlie and Anne Eldridge
John Eldridge
William Eldridge
Judy Elkins
Ken and Joyce Elliot
George and Marilyn Ellis
Andrée English
Timothy and Terri Erickson
Virgil and Cathy Erickson
Katrina Labude Erwin ’78 and Bill Erwin
Erwin T. Koch Charitable Trust
Deb Euculano
Joe Euculano and Linda Phillips
Cecilia Ewing Hayes ’68
ExxonMobil Foundation
Glenda Varnell Ezell ’90 and Ken Ezell
Dora Lee Ferguson
Tom and Ann Ferguson
Delmar and Sherry Ferrell
Jordyn Ferrell ’14
Luis Fiallos Ruiz ’13
Patricia Fidler
David Field ’69 and Sheila Field
Michael Figliulo ’87 and Marva Figliulo
First State Bank, Lonoke AR
Judy and David Fletcher
Cara Rowbotham Flinn ’85
Gerald and Cindy Flournoy
Joe Flournoy
Joyce Graf Forkner ’57
Betty Dickerson Foulke ’56 and
Lester Foulke
Ray Fowler ’67 and Brenda Fowler
Lesli France
Steven Franey
Debbie Frank
David and Jean Frazier
Luther Freeman ’49 and Wanda Cavalena Freeman ’45
William Freeman
Matthew Friant ’14
Wilma York Frisque ’60 and Richard Frisque
Loral Frohme
Patricia Frohme
Frost, PLLC, Little Rock AR
G.L. Morris Farms Limited Partnership, McCrory AR
Guadalupe Galvan
Diane Cater Gaspar
Kenneth and Joan Gates
Diane Pohlmeier Gehring ’99 and
Dan Gehring
Eugene and Patricia Geller
Glenna George
Robert Gibson ’76 and Glenda Gibson
Lee and Patsy Gilby
Paula Glasgow
James Glidewell ’69
Richard Golden ’50 and Helen Golden
Luis Gonzalez ’66 and Patricia Haller Gonzalez ’66
Sharon Gorman
Kelly Gorny ’14
Billy and Julie Gray
Carlton Green
Kursty Boydston Green ’12 and
Uriah Green
Briana Greenemeyer ’99
Mark and Sandy Greenough
Nell Cox Griffin ’55
Steve Griffin ’67 and Kim Griffin
Timothy W. Grooms
Betsy Hagan
Lucille Hagan ’51
Fred and Faye Hall
Hampton Inn, Clarksville AR
Brian and Clarissa Hardman
Patricia Harmon ’94 and James Harmon
Grover and Sarah Harris
Ryan and Christy Harris
Bob Harrison ’50
Daniel Hartman ’80 and Marla McCabe Hartman ’81
Steven Harvey ’88 and Melissa Harvey
Joseph Havis
Mary Jo Campbell Haynes ’51
Harold and Pam Hays
Mark and Floy Hebert
Christopher Heller
Billy and Martha Helms
Garry Hemphill
Bud and Tere Henry
Dani and Gerald Hermesmeyer
Charlotte Heslep
Jason Hibbard
Terry Hickman
Robert Maury Hightower ’64
Ike Hill, Jr. ’68 and Cheryl Hill
Lori Myers Hines ’97 and Will Hines
Ray Hobbs ’77 and Debbie Soard
Hobbs ’77
Laura Hoffman ’10
Roberta Holder
Holiday Inn Express, Clarksville AR
Dale and Joanne Holle
Vanessa and Robert Hollowell
Leon and Susan Holmes
Mike and Cassie Holzapfel
William Hopper ’63 and Nancy Hopper
Jennifer Bowen Hopson ’98 and
Neal Hopson
Greg and Kara Hornback
Logan Hornback ’12
*Barbara Dobbs Hosley ’61 and David Hosley ’59
Allan and Tina Huddleston
Janet Hudnall
Kerri Hughes ’04 and Taylor Magee ’04
Tyler Hydrick ’14
Mitsuko Ichinose ’68
David and Linda Igert
Industrial Metal Finishing Inc.,
Pocahontas AR
Larry and Cindy Isch
Schuyler Isley
E.L. Jacobs ’60 and Dorothy
Armstrong Jacobs ’64
Denton and Tina James
Jillrabbits of ’74
Greg and Gwen Johnigan
Joey Johnson, III ’88 and Angela Johnson
Lidia Johnson
Mildred Owens Johnson ’79
Phyllis Johnson
Ray Johnson
Ruben Johnson, Sr. ’52 and Charlotte Newsom Johnson ’52
Terry and Dorothy Johnson
Georgia White Johnston ’53 and
O.G. Johnston
Ashton Jones
Jan Jones
Marilyn Jones ’80
Ralph Jones
Carylon Jurcik
Carolyn Keane
Joan Keane
Kevin and Amy Keane
Howell Keeter
Maxine Kelley
Evelyn Peters Kelly ’55
Gippa King Kendall ’47
Everett Kendrick ’64
Scottie Kennedy
Rolland and Lorna Kerr
Charles Keyes
L. Jane Kimzey ’87
David King ’54 and Patricia
Hathaway King ’81
Billie Burnett King ’40
Sylvia Kauffeld Kinnear ’66
Noriko Kiyota, Yukiko Motoyoshi, Sonoe Motoyoshi and Akiko Ikeda
Donald and Pamela Knaggs
Lawrence Kruse ’59 and Susan Kruse
Bettye LaBorn
Ann and Michael Lafferty
David and Mary Jane Laing
Hector Lara Rodriguez ’05 and Amanda Pyron Lara ’05
Paul Larison
Robert Larison
Charles and Loretta Larson
Lee Laster ’58 and Darlene Laster
Richard Laumann
Chance Lawless ’02
Kevin Lawrence ’08
Rick Lawson
Burnis Leavens
Marilyn Horn Lee ’63 and Garry Lee
Blaine and Jolie Leeds
Lawrence and Brenda Lenzen
Arthur Leonard ’68 and Nina Leonard
Lloyd and Carol Lewallen
Kent Lewis ’87
Marian Ward Lewis ’74 and Keith Lewis
Yvonne Lewis
Michael Lirtzman ’10
Jim and Darby Logan
Ruth Longman ’72 and Gary Longman
Crystal Lowery ’11
Joseph Lundquist ’73 and Johnnie
Bradley Lundquist ’85
Bryan and Heidi Maggio
Cooper Mann ’00
Greta Rowbotham Marlow ’84 and
Jeff Marlow
L.L. Marshall
Jetta Martin
Rebecca Mathis
Jeff Maus
Tina and Bryan McCain
Cal McCastlain
Larry McCollum ’80 and Cynthia McKinney McCollum ’81
Larry and Joan McCoy
Carolyn McCrary
James and Shirl McCrary
Jeanne McDaniel
Tim McDonald
Kenneth McFerran ’63 and
Bernice McFerran
Bristle McIntare ’09
Richard and Sondra McKelvey
Jocelyn E. McKinney
Chris McLure
Joyce McMullen
Anna Eisenmayer McWillliams ’05 and Toby McWilliams
Delores Metcalf-Morrell ’65 and
Barry Morrell
John and Rita Mickler
Microsoft Giving Campaign,
Princeton NJ
Eleanor Long Miller ’44
Mida Figliulo Milligan ’85 and Billy Milligan
Vicki Mixon
Bo and Peggy Mohr
Thomas Montgomery
Debbie Stallings Mooney ’82 and
Charles Mooney
Roscoe and Glenda Moore
Trey and Christal Moore
Geraldine King Morgan ’52
Morgan’s Fashions, Clarksville AR
EmmaLee and Brian Morrow
Mignonne Morrow ’70
Michael Mosley
Herman Mullings
Wilda Witt Musick ’60 and Del Musick
Dick and Sue Neelly
Kenneth Nelson ’66 and Pansy
King Nelson ’65
Ralph Newkirk ’82
James and Catherine Nichols
Ginger Nicholson
Sam and Diana Niemann
Pamela Norberg
Richard and Carol Nott
Cuauhtemoc and Maria del Carmen Nunez
Ruth L. Nyberg
Debby Thetford Nye ’73
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Charles W. Oates ’50 and Jean Oates
Steven and Amy Oatis
Ted Oberg ’70 and Donna Oberg
Andy O’Mara
Glenda Dennis Owens ’71 and Steve Owens
Ozarks Admission Office, U of O
Alex and Marinelle Paladino
Ray Paladino
Jim and Dickie Parker
Lloyd and Shirley Parker
Rudy Parks ’60 and Ellen Parks ’60
Monette Hodges Parrish ’65
Kyle Payne
*Donald Pearsall, Sr. ’51 and Barbara Pearsall
Morris W. Pearson ’53
Baker Peebles ’52 and Edith Peebles
Dody and Jeremy Pelts
Leon Pendergrass ’65
Don Pennington ’68
Estrella Perez ’14
Bud and Joann Perry
Mark Petz
Pfizer Foundation
Rebecca Phillips ’16
Adam Pisani
Lee Ann Pitchford
R. Scott Placek
Bill Porter ’54 and Anna Porter
David and Renea Porter
Evelyn W. Porter
Jennifer Porter
Dick Postels ’72
Jessica Prater ’14
Steve and Nora Pratt
Presbyterian Foundation
Ken and Catherine Price
Gerald Primm ’58 and Sandra
Bearden Primm ’77
Lonnie Qualls ’55 and Levada
Mathis Qualls ’55
Mike Qualls and Rochelle Qualls ’01
Iván Quant Espinoza ’98 and Maria
Cuadra Lee
Doris E. Ramsey
Keith and Kay Ramsey
David Ray ’07 and Jessica Ray
David and Lisa Ray
Lauren Ray ’13
Ronald and Aletha Ray
Andy Rayburn
Raydene Auger Read ’74
Phillip Redwine
Regal Entertainment Group, Knoxville TN
Regions Financial Corporation Foundation
Kermit Reynolds ’72 and Melard Reynolds
Mary Ellen Richards
Pat and Martha Riley
Douglas Ritchie ’68 and Rebecca Baskin Ritchie ’67
Joyce Robinson
Lakyn Robinson ’14
Laryn Robinson ’14
Katharine Rodriguez
Caleb Rohde ’14
Dan Ross
David Ross ’60 and Claudine Ross
Arlie Stokes Rotenberry ’61
Noel Rowbotham ’61 and Charlotte Woodard Rowbotham ’63
Wayma Workman Rowe ’49
Richard Rumpf ’14
Gail Russell ’72 and Diana Russell
Loretta Figliulo Salazar ’78 and Felix Salazar
Ann Salerno
Eloy Salgado
David and Barbara Saxon
Karen A. Schluterman ’03 and John Schluterman
John E. Scott
Keith Scott
Richard and Isabel Scott
Suzanne Scott
Wendell Sears ’59 and Shirilene Sears
John and Kaye Sebastian
Monica Seiler ’14
Ashley Senter ’09 and Cody Purdion ’09
Linda Seratt
Gina Sewell
Michael Sewell
Liz Baskin Sheffer ’58 and Eric Sheffer
Wanda Kauffeld Shively ’54
William and Fay Shoulders
Nancy Showalter
William Shrigley, Jr. ’69
Jacob Sibley ’06 and DeAnna Miller
Sibley ’06
Debbie and Ronnie Siebenmorgen
Bill Simco ’60
Greg Simmons ’68 and Louise VandenNieuwenhof Simmons ’71
Forrest and Clara Singler
Zachary and Brittany Singleton
Robert and Sharon Sink
Nona Sipes
Tiffany Sirratt ’14
James and Virginia Skelly
Wirt and Torpy Skinner
Linda Slagell
Smackover Family Practice Clinic
Don Smith
James and Tara Smith
Lanty and Margaret Smith
Pharis Smith
Terry Smith ’64 and Paula Smith
Snack with Us LLC, Clarksville AR
Cory Snyder ’14
Sonic Drive-In, Clarksville AR
Hubert Spann ’51
Phyllis Blackard Sparks ’71
Lance Spence ’91 and Virginia Spence
Mary Spruill
Mickey Stafford ’68 and Martha Stafford
Fred Stang
Joann Hardgrave Stansbury ’64 and Dennis Stansbury
James Stanton ’68 and Chris Stanton
Fred Starkey ’68 and Bonnie Renfrow Starkey ’68
June Steinmetz
Robyn Steinmetz
Terri Steinmetz
Eric Steinmiller ’02 and Jaclyn Steinmiller
Danessa Stewart ’13
Hal G. Stillings ’63 and Mary Ann Chandler Stillings ’65
Betty and Wes Stockton
Student Life, U of O
Dana Galyen Sutton ’85 and Fred
Sutton, Jr. ’86
Donald L. Tamuty
Larry and DeAnn Tate
Gaye Strong Taylor ’53
Philip Taylor, Jr. ’85 and Melody Jacobs Taylor
Phil Taylor Insurance Agency Inc., Clarksville AR
Rick Taylor
Waymond Teague ’61 and Barbara Teague
Robert E. Teeter ’63
Jason Temple
Carl and Barbara Thelin
Boulton Thomas ’14
R. H. Thompson ’59
Paul Tittle
George Tolbert ’64 and Wanda
Warren Tolbert ’64
Karlye Tolley ’14
Robert Toombs
John and Joanne Tralmer
Vinnie and Cody Tran
Jim Trone ’70 and Marilyn
Houston Trone ’66
James Trone ’86
Kathy Tsay
David Tucker ’59
Ellen Tucker
Henry and Mary Jo Turner
Trent Ueunten ’13
George Vagher, Jr. ’53
Peter Van Dyke ’87 and Heleine
Van Dyke
E. K. Van Eman
Dennis and Sue Viall
Dainta Vickers
Kendall Wagner ’06 and Kathie Wagner
Delores Blackard Wagoner ’56 and Mitchell Wagoner
Pete Waldo ’56 and Carolyn Johnson Waldo ’58
George Walker, III and Carole Walker
Keeven Walkingstick
Wade and Mary Walkingstick
Bruce Wallace
William and Kathleen Wallace
Doris Owen Ward ’48
Timothy and Peggy Ward
Rosamond Warfield
John Warren ’45 and Anna Jane Taylor Warren ’71
Mark Watkins ’76 and Constance Terpstra Watkins ’87
*Burl Watson, Jr. and Nita Watson
Betty Waymire
Mark and Cassandra Waynick
Kay Weihsmann
Bernard Werner
Allen Western
Charles White ’71 and InCha White
David and Bridget White
Jimmy and Barbara White
Sara White
Kenneth Whitson ’73 and Ann Whitson
Laura Whitson ’70
Turner and Caroline Whitson
Donnie Whorton
William Wilhelm ’72 and Rose
Mary Wilhelm
Craig Wilichowski
Kim Wilichowski
Tamara Wilkett ’14
Ed and LaDonna Wilkinson
Doris Willbanks
Bruce and Charlotte Wilson
Julia Skinner Wilson ’85 and
Donald Wilson
Steve and Linda Winkle
Sam and Anita Winkles
Bobby and Mary Winters
Jonathan and Donna Manley Wolfe
Karla Wood
Stephen and Rebecca Wood
Margaret E. Woodard ’86 and John Woodard
Woodard Carpet and Design, Clarksville AR
John and Vivian Woolley
Willis R. Woolrich, III
Ann Works
Jeff and Tamara Works
Tammy Works
Kelly and Mark Wright
Crawford Wyatt ’51 and Maxine Wyatt
Paul Wyatt
Robert Arnold Wyers ’55 and
Marcella Wyers
Fuyei Xaykaothao ’03 and Shary Vathao
Joann Yates ’53
Yeager Hardware, Inc., Van Buren AR
Patricia Farnsworth Yoder ’53 and
Lee Yoder
James Young ’56 and Betty Young
Mary Bricker Young ’52 and John Young
Ted Young ’58 and Joe Ann West
Young ’57
*Terry Younts, Jr. ’50
Carole Clemmons Zahnd ’60 and
Larry Zahnd
Michael Zoller ’77 and Janice
Forkner Zoller ’78
The Eagle Club
The Eagle Club honors donors
who contributed up to $99 to the
University during the 2012-13
fiscal year. Names in bold indicate
donors who have contributed for
five or more consecutive years. An
asterisk indicates someone who
passed away in the last year.
Francis Abadie
Ace Pro Shop, Inc., Fort Smith AR
Shawn Adams ’02 and Jennifer
Goodwin Adams ’04
Reza Ahrabli ’79
Donald Allen
Kay Allen
Amy Anderson ’97
Claude Anderson
Eugene and Susan Anderson
James Anderson
Pat and Sherry Anderson
Thelma Andrews Anderson ’51
Jenifer Andrews
Mark and Tammy Andrews
Barbara Angell
Abraham Arias Ramos ’14
Charles and Jackie Arledge
Lucretia Arledge
Associated Wholesale Grocers,
Kansas City KS
William and Wanda Ayers
David Babb
Peggy Bachert
Dale Bagwell ’66 and Margaret Bagwell
Raymond and Mary Bailey
Patrick Baker ’85 and Arlene Baker
Karen Baldridge
Michelle Barkman
Aaron Barling ’55 and Nell Bruner
Barling ’56
Denny Barrett
Margaret B. Batie
Wayne Bauman
Crawford Bedford
Wayne Benbow ’65 and Mary Trotter Benbow ’64
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Dwight and Vickie Benton
Dana Bergstrom ’88 and David Bergstrom
Jane Cheek Berryman ’55 and Oscar Berryman, Jr.
Nelle Hampton Bischoff ’45
Jason and Sarah Bolden
Madie Bostic
Sally Bostic
Emma Bottorff ’09
Walter Boyd ’82 and Marilyn Boyd
Gary Bradley ’84 and Linda Frala Bradley ’84
Wayne Bradley ’58 and Patricia Huckabay Bradley
Steven Braunfels
Edmond Brewer
Boyd and Marilyn Briscoe
Brandi Lea Brooks ’02 and Jody Brooks
Carl and Janis Brothers
James Brown ’98 and Shauna Greig
Brown ’97
Michelle Wadley Brown ’81 and
Bryan Brown
Debra Bruxvoort
Ian Bryan ’13
Carleen Burns
Mary-Love Burnside
Scott Burnside
Bill Calico
Francis Callahan
Laura Cantrell
Jerry Carlile ’66 and Arlene Carlile
Brandon Carlson ’10
Gerald P. Carr and Patricia Musick
Charles Carter ’80 and Linda Gaines
Carter ’80
Kyle Carter
Norma Casales
Robert and Rita Cashman
Kevin Cedor
Janine Chalfant ’93 and Charles Chalfant
Charles Chapman
Jo Ann Dunn Choate ’57 and
Thomas Choate
Brenda Clark
Calvin and Devorah Clark
Darren Clark ’08 and Kristyn Shinn
Clark ’10
Carol Cobb
Paul Cogan
Richard and Mary Cohoon
Janet Cole
C. Philip Collins ’65 and Anna Schwegler Collins ’63
Madge Connell
Maria Constantino
David Cook ’66
Olin and Millicent Cook
Eldon and Martha Cooley
Joel Coomer
Cyleste Willis Coppage ’97 and Kelly Coppage
Danny Coyle
Debbie Lincoln Cremer ’86
Jean Day Crowden ’58
John and Jill Crowe
Dorothy Culver
Baker and Ashley Cunningham
Carl and Betty Curtis
Hank and Margaret Cutsinger
David and Teri Daily
Barbara Dalke ’77
Ronald and Penny Davis
David and Malea De Seguirant
Ruth DeBruin
Karen Parks Dedmon
Pierre and Harriet Delfos
Sandy Sage Dennison ’69 and
Denny Dennison
Arthur Dercksen
Tom Dillon
Tom Dirik
Lee and Deirdre Dixon
Christopher Driedric ’12
Timothy Driedric ’08
Jodie Duncan
Mary Duncan
Tracy Duncan ’00
Dale Dunlap ’53 and Irma Dunlap
Rose Dunn
David and Marian Dyer
Benjamin Eakin ’10
Dylan Eakin ’13
Debbie Eastin
Joe and Mary Eckart
Richard and Patsy Eden
Jack Edwards ’72 and Debra Edwards
Mike and Anita Edwards
Ronald Eibes
Sylvia Elam
Laura Eldridge and Mitchell Hamilton
Michael and Gina Elllis
Karen Euculano
David and Jean Evans
Ryan Evans ’01 and Holly McNair
Evans ’98
Anita Fantoni
Pat Farmer
Matt Farrell ’98 and Christine Farrell ’96
Duane Farris ’43
Mike and Donna Faucher
Edna Hunnicutt Fell ’56
Ember Fenton ’07
Alissa Ferrari ’08
Ann Filyaw
Leonard and Myra Finnell
Jennifer Fisher ’93
Jeff and Barbara Fitch
Nancy Flournoy
Matthew Foley
James Robert Fontaine, II
Sandra Forbus ’70
Grady and Towana Freeman
Gail Froese
Beth and Kent Frohme
Sherri Fulton ’85 and Eddie Fulton
Guy Fussell
Billie Gable
Susan Garner
Lori and Jim Garvey
Michael Giamboy ’51
Patricia Gilkey ’66
Robert and Martha Gilliam
Martha Gillum
Brenda Gipson
Sabrina Goddard ’12
Jesse and Bertha Gonzalez
Larry and Patsy Goodner
Melinda Wish Gould ’80
Ron and Jennifer Gould
Billy and Kathy Grace
Carole Gray
Elizabeth Gray
Clark Gray ’79 and Debra Gray
Maggie Gray
Sandra Pitts Gray ’57
Elaine Burton Green ’51
Mary Green
Wayne Grober ’75 and Bonnie
Easley Grober ’73
Patty Guedin
Cleta Gullion
Tom and Alyce Guthrie
Josue Gutierrez ’09 and Carmen Chinchilla Figueroa ’09
Jack and Barbara Haberer
Martha Bloyd Haigwood
Emily Hall
Leroy Hames
Madeline Hammerstein
Dana Hanson
Robin Hardgrave ’88
Eugene Harris ’53
Danny Hartlein ’68
Wayne and Diane Hartlerode
Carol Thompson Hartley ’82 and
Miles Hartley
Joette and David Haudrich
Wanda Furr Hawkins ’66 and Jerry Hawkins
Beth Hayes ’86 and Randy Hayes
Brian and Jeanne Hayes
Brett Hays ’06
Jacob Hendershot
Paul Henderson
Ann Henry
Treva Henry
Mary Inez Henson
Corrinna Risinger Hester ’81 and
Ken Hester
Helen Hester
Ernie and Carol Heymsfield
Paul Hiemke ’02 and Jennifer Jungman Hiemke ’02
Brent and Shari Hilburn
Alicia Hill
Leon and Charlotte Hill
Frank Hilton ’89 and Ann Hilton
Lillie Hipps
Dana Woodard Hobbs ’86 and Brad Hobbs
Evan Hoffmeyer ’07 and Rachel Hoffmeyer
Samantha Mosley Hoing ’11 and Montana Hoing ’13
B.E. Holmes
Flora Eustice Horne ’54 and Charles Horne, III
Roy Horne ’57
Paul and Sharon House
Bob Hurley ’59 and Susan Snyder
Hurley ’69
Terry and Beverly Hutchison
John Intres ’70
Anita White Jackson ’80 and Joe Jackson
Jeff Jackson ’01
Mike and Sandra Jacobs
Steve Jacoby
Joel James ’80 and Deborah McKinney James ’79
Melissa Goodner James ’00
Savannah Carter Jedrysek ’11 and
Ryan Jedrysek
Judy Jenkins
Geoffrey Jensen ’00 and Beth
Carpenter Jensen ’00
Glen Jensen ’92 and Barbara Jensen
W. C. Jetton
Irma Jewell
Peter Joenks
John T. Armstrong Trust
Adam and Heather Johnson
Jim Johnson ’57 and Linda Nichols
Johnson ’65
Jeremy Johnson
John and Misha Johnson
Wayne Johnson
Billie Page Johnston ’72 and Ray Johnston
Cecil and Jean Jones
Hartzell Jones ’66 and Marsha Jones
Paulette Jones
Becky Steele Jorgensen ’74
Ruth Wyatt Kaundart ’50
Douglas and Lisa Keel
George and Joyce Keel
Hugh and Peggy Keller
Nick and Roseann Kennedy
Sarah Kent and Michael Harper
Jerry Keyes
Shirley Kiefer ’90 and Jim Kiefer
Chris Kimbro ’80
Gene Kindy
Vivian King
Thomas and Martha Knaggs
Frank and Amanda Knight
Todd Koch ’09 and Mandi Carter
Koch ’07
Ralph Kodell ’69 and Valerie Kodell
Jody Koons
Erik Krauss
Kathleen Larison
Willard Larsen ’69 and LeAnne Shaff Larsen
David Lasater ’75 and Cathy Lasater
Rena Sue Laster ’70
Barney Leach
Don and Kelly Leach
Ronald Leach
Guyla Willett LeGrue
Rick and Brenda Leochner
Tricia Lewis
Jimmy Coffee Liles ’54 and William Liles
Larry and Patsy Linder
Jerry Lingenfelter ’58 and Latricia Voss Lingenfelter ’61
Jeffrey Lisenbey
George Loss ’54 and Kay Fox Loss
Todd and Joelle Lowder
Ruby Lunsford ’90
Glenna Lusk
Royce Madden
Kimberly and Bill Maddox
Sammy Manning ’71 and Virginia
Figliulo Manning ’74
Robert and Leslie Marcellino
Cheryl Markham
Kenny and Regina Martin
Lisa Park Martin ’85 and Jerry Martin
Mary Barnsley Martindale ’63 and Kenneth Martindale
Donald Marts ’51 and Patricia Marts
Ronnie Marvel ’65 and Jeanette
Estep Marvel
Linda Matesevac
Robert May
Julie Mayo
Nancy McClure ’76
Herschel and Mardell McClurkin
Sidney and Kathryn McCollum
Melissa McDonald
Regina Crabtree McElhaney ’81 and James McElhaney
Debbie McGarry
William and Frances Mellin
Barbara Melton
Carl Miller ’64 and Madge Miller
Donna Miller ’92 and Billy Miller
Carl Minden ’94 and Angela Minden
Christina Minden ’89
Barbara Collins Mitchell ’61 and
Jerry Mitchell
Lawrence Mock
Ladonna Mohler ’99 and Robert Mohler
Linda Moncrief
Karen Montgomery
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Catherine Montreuil
Carol Terry Morgan ’86 and
Steve Morgan
Ardith Morris ’73
Trible Moseley ’87
Ellen Moser
Virginia Moser
Doris Mullens
Vent and Martha Murphy
Dorothy J. Murray
Melinda Murtha
Richard and Amelia Muse
B.T. Myatt ’50
Matt and Jeanine Myers
Caren Needham
Jan Yarborough Nelson ’67 and
Larry Nelson
Patrick Newman ’86 and Sandra Gadbury Newman ’85
Mary Nisbett
Kathryn Niskern ’11
Josephine Niswonger
Charlotte Altes Norman ’67
James Oliver
Gary Overmyer
Barry and Glenda Owen
Blake Owen ’06
Berta Steele Ownbey ’50
Gordon Page ’75 and Margaret Page
Robert Page, Jr. ’52 and Flois Page ’54
Gerald and Sharon Paladino
Phil Parker
Phyllis and Don Parsons
Kermit and Anna Marie Patterson
Mary Patterson
Molly Patterson ’12
Amy Smedley Patton ’11 and
C. Wesley Patton, Jr.
Janet Payne
Lynda Peck
Johnny Perryman ’70
Wanda Phillips
Sue Patterson Pine ’57 and Bob Pine
David Franklin Pittenger ’85 and Michele Pittenger
Dean Pitts ’68 and Kay Kirby Pitts ’70
Plainview Corner Drug, Plainview AR
Steven Poarch
Mike and Kathleen Poole
David Pridgin, Jr. ’07
Jack and Amy Pryor
Jeffrey Pulliam ’85 and Barbara Pulliam
Bruce Pursell ’68
David and Vavene Pusey
Charles Puyear ’65
David Pyron ’66 and Louan Arndt
Pyron ’82
Margaret Qualls
Richard Rafferty ’80
Rafter H. Homes, Ltd.
Faye Williams Raible ’72 and
Gary Raible
Lloyd Rainer ’52
Lorita Ray
Rod and Twila Ray
Melody Reasoner
Charles Rector ’50 and Onnie Rector
Thomas Reid ’68 and Carolyn Reid
Arnie Rhodes ’58 and Louise Rhodes
Guy and Rene Rhodes
Shirley Keith Richardson ’66 and
Rick Richardson
Robert Richter
Mary Jane Ring ’80
Sean Riordan ’06
Ronnie Roach ’67 and Dianna Roach
Fred and Teresa Roberts
Ruth Roberts
Gene and Sharon Roberts
Don and Lori Robinson
Martha Dow Robinson ’62 and
Buford Robinson, Jr.
Sharon Rodgers
Taylor Emanuelson Rogers ’08 and
Nathan Rogers
Thomas Rogers
Kirk and Julie Rogerson
Thomas Rogerson
Ryan Rose ’07 and Tiffany Glidewell
Rose ’07
Karen Hilton Rossmaier ’77 and Joel Rossmaier
Fred Ryle
Virginia Robinson Sale ’52 and Ed Sale
Fidel Samour Bahaia ’08
Tori Rae Sanford ’11
Dennis and Donna Sartin
John and Coralie Sawyer
William Scarborough ’39 and Maradee Stroupe
Ann Henderson Schaubroeck ’87 and Daniel Schaubroeck
Jacob Schulte ’02 and Sharon Hershberger Schulte ’03
Schwab Charitable, San Francisco CA
Richard Scott
Vicki Scott
Beth Senne-Duff
Morad Sepahvand ’81 and Faridch Sepahvand
Rick Seratt
James Seymour ’02 and Heather Seymour
Claudine Shankle ’88 and William Shankle
Chester Shannon
Bradford Sharpe ’88 and Sharon Sharpe
Boyd Shelton
Art and Barb Shemanske
Peggy Sherrill
Roy Shook ’60 and Judy Shook
Mark Simpson ’79 and Lisa Simpson ’88
Judith Streussnig Skabardis ’61 and Gaitis Skabardis
Thomas and Linda Skinner
Pamela Slay
Abdiel E. Smith ’89
Arbradella Smith
Barbara Smith
David Smith ’76 and Phyllis Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Frank Smith ’56
Howard Smith and Elaine Goleski
Jean Smith ’96
Julie Ann Smith ’01
Stewart and Laura Smith
Charles Sonnier, Jr. ’93 and Lonna Sonnier
Roger Sorensen
Luann Spence
Bruce Spradlin ’58 and Louise Spradlin
Denise Springer
Jimmy Stafford
Elaine Stamp
Scott Stamp
Carl and Jackie Standridge
Fred and Kathy Stanley
Joe and Trina Steil
George and Helen Stone
Robert Storey ’72 and Sue Holden
Storey ’74
Jan Bryan Storment ’81
Jon Strobel
Dewey Talley ’60 and Donna Killgore Talley ’60
Jerri Tate
Fred Taylor ’58 and Billie Taylor
Joanne Willett Taylor ’60
Kelly Taylor ’88 and Gordon Taylor
Kari Pridgin Tedford ’05 and Cory Tedford
Becky Thomas
Debbie Giesecke Thompson ’04 and Eric Thompson
Darl and Teresa Thorp
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans,
Princeton NJ
James Tolbert ’62 and Burnice Self Tolbert ’60
Cheryl Travis
Emma Lou Hudson Travis ’76 and
Jerry Travis
Judy Truesdell
Mary Ann Turley ’54
Glenn and Stacey Turner
Paul and Bobbie Ueunten
Fred and Sharon Ursery
Jason and Laren Vaught
Jim and Jean Vawter
Ann Venzke ’75
Felix Vera
De’Ann Veteto
Mitchell Wagoner
Carolyn Walker
Mary Walker
Alan and Lynne Wall
Laleta Wallace
Henry and Jo Ann Walton
Russell Wambles ’87 and Rebecca Crossen Wambles ’86
Jo Ward
William Ward ’85
Mary Ellen Waychoff ’78
Carla Weaver
Bradley Westfall
Linda White ’95 and Don White
Carolyn Whiteside
Arthur Wilichowski
Marty and Gina Wilkins
Darryl Williams
Devon Williams
Joyce Williams
Katala Williams ’49
Percy Williams ’84 and Lois Williams
Shannon Williams ’93
April Young Willis ’12 and Adam Willis
Brad and Barbara Willliams
Amy Rogers Wilson ’09
Laura McClendon Wilson ’55
Tyler Wilson ’11
Stephanie and Amy Winfrey Mason
Robert Wofford ’79 and Debra
Bartlett Wofford ’77
Kenneth Wood ’74 and Mary King Wood
Derexa Wooley
Rhonda Yarberry ’82 and Robert Yarberry
Carol Marvel Yates ’67 and Windom L. Yates
Patricia Zuber
The Aerie Club
The following individuals and
businesses supported The Aerie
Club during the 2013-14 fiscal
year. The Aerie Club supports the
athletic teams and student-athletes
at U of O. To become a member
of The Aerie Club, please contact
Kerry Taylor at 479-979-1304.
Individual Soaring Eagles
Cleveland Branscum ’63 and Barbara Haynes Branscum ’63
James and Irene Clark
Callie Harmon Daniels ’89 and Kurtis Daniels
Johnny Dillard ’70 and Kathy Dillard
Tom and Kim Ferguson
Robert Reese ’70
Katie Thompson
Robert and Esther Tralmer
Kenda Treadway
Individual Screaming Eagles
Michael and Heidi Bates
Jerry Bridges ’78 and Melinda Bridges
Jerry and Carolyn Franey
Jennifer Gable
Lynn and Carla Hemphill
Tony and Tina Johnson
Scott and Linda Parker
Jim Ridling ’67 and Cathy Ridling
Zachary and Brittany Singleton
Sheldon and Chris Shook
Individual Eagles
Doug and Viki Castleberry
Tyler and Bridget Cate
Gordon and Patricia Christian
Jimmy and Kelli Clark
Cody Clayborn
Jerry Copeland
Timothy and Terri Erickson
Patricia Fidler
Lee and Patsy Gilby
Garry Hemphill
David and Mary Jane Laing
Michael Shannon McBee ’89 and
Lori McBee
Alex and Marinelle Paladino
Steve and Nora Pratt
Keith and Kay Ramsey
Forrest and Clara Singler
Ron and Kerry Dillaha Taylor
Sara White
Donnie Whorton
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Darrell Williams ’76 and Debbie
Tipton Williams ’81
Individual Purple & Gold
Ward and Fern Abbott
John and Debbie Adams
Pat and Beth Adcock
Warren and Jo Adcock
Marcos and Cindy Aldaba
Bill Alexander ’55 and Linda Alexander
Chris and Martha Allen
Vickie Alston ’86
John and Shirley Andrews
Doyle and Hazel Baker
Mary Bates
Gary and Natalie Beck
George and Diana Beck
Linda Berkman
Jimmy Bland
Henry and Johnnie Boyd
Gene Brewer
Jeff and Tammy Brewer
Arthur Brooks
Laura Cantrell
Kenneth and Judy Castleberry
Christopher and Jean Cedor
Bob Chance ’69 and Mary Ann
Becker Chance ’69
Marjorie Childress
Grant Clark
Brent and Karen Coomer
Gaylon and Glenda Coomer
Kent and Donna Coomer
Eddie Davis
Richard DeSalvo ’50 and Cecilia DeSalvo
Dennis and Bridgett Dickens
Chip and Wynn Dickenson
Raymond and Janice Dixon
Juan and Guadalupe Dominguez
Zachary Doty ’12
Gary Duncan
Renee Durio
Louis and Judith Easley
Anita Edwards
Randall and Nancy Edwards
Ken and Joyce Elliot
George and Marilyn Ellis
Andrée English
Virgil and Cathy Erickson
Deb Euculano
Joe Euculano and Linda Phillips
Dora Lee Ferguson
Tom and Ann Ferguson
Delmar and Sherry Ferrell
Gerald and Cindy Flournoy
Joe Flournoy
Lesli France
Steven Franey
Debbie Frank
Richard Franks ’65 and Arvella Franks
William Freeman
Loral Frohme
Patricia Frohme
Guadalupe Galvan
Eugene and Patricia Geller
Glenna George
Billy and Julie Gray
Carlton Green
Mark and Sandy Greenough
Fred and Faye Hall
Ryan and Christy Harris
Billy and Martha Helms
Charlotte Heslep
Jason Hibbard
Terry Hickman
Bill Holder ’52 and Jane Wilson Holder ’55
Mike and Cassie Holzapfel
Greg and Kara Hornback
Janet Hudnall
David and Linda Igert
Larry and Cindy Isch
Denton and Tina James
Greg and Gwen Johnigan
Lidia Johnson
Ray Johnson
Terry and Dorothy Johnson
Ashton Jones
Jan Jones
Pamela Shrigley Jones ’71
Carolyn Keane
Joan Keane
Kevin and Amy Keane
Maxine Kelley
Donald and Pamela Knaggs
Paul Larison
Robert Larison
Lee Laster ’58 and Darlene Laster
Chance Lawless ’02
Rick Lawson
Lawrence and Brenda Lenzen
Lloyd and Carol Lewallen
Kent Lewis ’87
Jeff Maus
Larry and Joan McCoy
James and Shirl McCrary
Tim McDonald
Chris McLure
Joyce McMullen
Bo and Peggy Mohr
Thomas Montgomery
Roscoe and Glenda Moore
Trey and Christal Moore
Michael Mosley
Herman Mullings
Ginger Nicholson
Sam and Diana Niemann
Richard and Carol Nott
Cuauhtemoc and Maria del Carmen Nunez
Andy O’Mara
Ray Paladino
Jim and Dickie Parker
Lloyd and Shirley Parker
Rudy Parks ’60 and Ellen Parks ’60
Kyle Payne
Bud and Joann Perry
Dayne and Kanna Lou Phillips
Adam Pisani
David and Renea Porter
Lauren Ray ’13
Ronald and Aletha Ray
Andy Rayburn
Phillip Redwine
Pat and Martha Riley
Joyce Robinson
Katharine Rodriguez
Ann Salerno
Eloy Salgado
Keith Scott
Richard and Isabel Scott
Suzanne Scott
John and Kaye Sebastian
Linda Seratt
Gina Sewell
Michael Sewell
William and Fay Shoulders
Robert and Sharon Sink
Nona Sipes
Pharis Smith
Mike and Fran Smith
Terry Smith ’64 and Paula Smith
Fred Stang
June Steinmetz
Robyn Steinmetz
Terri Steinmetz
Hal G. Stillings ’63 and Mary Ann Chandler
Stillings ’65
Larry and DeAnn Tate
Harve Taylor, III and Loyce Ann Bean Taylor ’72
Carl and Barbara Thelin
Paul Tittle
John and Joanne Tralmer
Kathy Tsay
Ellen Tucker
Dennis and Sue Viall
Dainta Vickers
Mitchell Wagoner
Keeven Walkingstick
Wade and Mary Walkingstick
Bruce Wallace
William and Kathleen Wallace
Timothy and Peggy Ward
Betty Waymire
Mark and Cassandra Waynick
Allen Western
Jimmy and Barbara White
Craig Wilichowski
Kim Wilichowski
Steve and Linda Winkle
Sam and Anita Winkles
Bobby and Mary Winters
Stephen and Rebecca Wood
Ann Works
Jeff and Tamara Works
Tammy Works
Kelly and Mark Wright
Paul Wyatt
Ted Young ’58 and Joe Ann West Young ’57
Religious Organizations
The following churches and
religious organizations generously
support University of the Ozarks
in its mission to provide a quality,
comprehensive education founded
on Judeo-Christian values. Bold
indicates five years of giving.
Arkansas Presbytery Presbyterian Women, Little Rock AR
First Baptist Church, Clarksville AR
First Presbyterian Church, Camden AR
First Presbyterian Church,
Van Buren AR
First Presbyterian Church, McAlester OK
First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa OK
First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville AR
First Presbyterian Church, Hot Springs AR
First Presbyterian Church, Dardanelle AR
First Presbyterian Church, Fort Smith AR
First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater OK
First Presbyterian Church, Tonkawa OK
First Presbyterian Church (PW Circle 3), Tulsa OK
Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Greenwood AR
Kirk in the Pines, Hot Springs Village AR
Memorial Presbyterian Church, Atkins AR
New Life Church, Siloam Springs AR
Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista,
Bella Vista AR
Presbyterian Church of Bull Shoals,
Bull Shoals AR
Presbyterian Village, Little Rock AR
Presbyterian Women, El Dorado AR
Presbyterian Women of Holiday Island, Holiday Island AR
Presbyterian Women of Kirk in the Pines, Hot Springs Village AR
Presbyterian Women of Westminster,
Hot Springs AR
Presbyterian Women’s Association, Clarksville AR
Presbytery of Arkansas, Little Rock AR
Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church,
Little Rock AR
Second Presbyterian Church,
Little Rock AR
Synod of the Sun Presbyterian Women,
Irving TX
Tates Bluff Presbyterian Church,
Chidester AR
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Little Rock AR
Woodlands Presbyterian Church,
Hot Springs Village AR
Gifts-In-Kind
The following individuals and
corporations generously supported
Ozarks with gifts of services or
products during the 2013-14 fiscal
year.
ARAMARK Corporation, Coppell TX
Kathryn King Bost '43
Janice Bryant '65
Rebecca D'Aquin '01
Richard and Holly Dunsworth
John Frost '89 and Julia Frost
Lori and Jim Garvey
Susan Gateley
Samantha Mosley Hoing '11 and
Montana Hoing '13
Nite Lite Company, Clarksville AR
Susan and Kent Pinson
Presbyterian Village, Little Rock AR
William Ragon, Jr. '53 and Marnette Ragon
David Ray '07 and Jessica Ray
Mike and Fran Smith
Thomas and Nancy Smith
Sue Tull
Wal-Mart Store, Clarksville AR
Robert Wofford '79 and Debra
Bartlett Wofford '77
Wayne Workman '44 and Betty
Bush Workman
37
Melba Cole Fisher ’46
May 15, 2014 through
James Blakemore Fraley
Sept. 15, 2014
Daryl and Nell Rank
Helen Rader Fulton ’40
Homer and Emma Atkinson
Katherine Rader Garrett ’39
Naomi Atkinson Newman
Deborah Batson ’86
Sarah Carlin Graves ’85
Lee Batson Armstrong and Micah Shari Caywood
Armstrong
O. D. Hightower ’49
Daniel Benton ’05
W. C. Jetton
Vickie Benton ’98 and Dwight
Lucille Harmon Hobbs ’45
Benton
Betty R. Morris ’58
Huie Bird
Irma Guzman Horne ’57
Doris Bird
Roy Horne ’57
John E. Bock ’49
Barbara J. Jetton
W. C. Jetton
W. C. Jetton
William Borland
Harold Kendall
Sheila Doss ’80
Gippa King Kendall ’47
Betty Emery Carter ’52
Amanda Collins Kilcrease ’79
Georgia White Johnston ’53 and Dawn J. M. Dvoracek
O.G. Johnston
Elton Frank
John Barnes Coleman
E.L. Jacobs ’60 and Dorothy
Sean and Jennifer Coleman
Armstrong Jacobs ’64
James Dorman ’57
George and Betty Overbey
Jo Ann Dunn Choate ’57 and Ashley Senter ’09 and Cody
Thomas Choate
Purdion ’09
Fritz Ehren ’53
Steven and Chastity Son
Jo Ann Dunn Choate ’57 and Jonnie Tolbert Westbrook ’63 and Thomas Choate
Kent Westbrook
Elizabeth Eisenmayer ’00
W. E. King, Sr.
Andrea Fancher ’07
Taylor Emanuelson Rogers ’08 and James Kolb
Dawn J. M. Dvoracek
Nathan Rogers
Shelli Stewart Lamberson
Marge Figliulo
Michael Figliulo ’87 and Marva Tina and Bryan McCain
Figliulo
Debbie Stallings Mooney ’82 and Loretta Figliulo Salazar ’78 and Charles Mooney
Felix Salazar
Ruth Bost May ’51
Maridonna Schaal
Ernest McDaniel ’40
Jeanne McDaniel
Mackie McElree
Charlene McMillan Watson ’44
Arthur F. Nichols ’35
Houston Trone ’66
Lou Seale Nichols ’35
Houston Trone ’66
Tommy E. Owens ’70
Robert Gibson ’76 and Glenda Gibson
Truman Owens ’58
Jo Ann Dunn Choate ’57 and Thomas Choate
Edward Myron Parker
Tommy and Judy Parker
Michael A. Rail ’80
Georgia White Johnston ’53 and O.G. Johnston
James Ring
Sheila Doss ’80
Curtis Lee Spence
Lance Spence ’91 and Virginia Spence
Robert Dennis Spurlock ’65
Carl Miller ’64 and Madge Miller
Thomas Strain
Lou and Dan Chapman
Nancy Tamuty ’59
Jo Ann Dunn Choate ’57 and Thomas Choate
Jake Tull ’10
Christopher Heller
John and Martha Tull
John Tull, Jr.
Michele Adams
AgHeritage
Arkansas Press Association, Inc.
Johnnie and Caroline Baker
Karen Baldridge
Dana Baldwin
Tomilea Baldwin
Wayne Bauman
Bell & Company PA
Edwin Bennett
Neil and Caroline Bennett
Wayne and Camille Bennett
Jason and Sarah Bolden
Bowen Hefley Rhodes Stewart Orthopedics
Carl and Janis Brothers
Chip and Jonann Chiles
Larry and Martha Chisenhall
Eldon and Martha Cooley
Arthur Cooper
Baker and Ashley Cunningham
Bradley and Jana Davis
Belinda Downing
Charlie and Anne Eldridge
John Eldridge
Laura Eldridge and Mitchell
Hamilton
William Eldridge
First State Bank
Frost, PLLC
G.L. Morris Farms Partnership
Carole Gray
Elizabeth Gray
Leon and Charlotte Hill
B.E. Holmes
Byron Holmes
Leon and Susan Holmes
Irma Jewell
Jillrabbits of 74
Hugh and Peggy Keller
Charles Keyes
Jerry Keyes
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
Maine Congress of Parents & Teachers Inc.
L.L. Marshall
Cal McCastlain
Carolyn McCrary
Jeanne McDaniel
Barbara Melton
Sherry Murphy
Vent and Martha Murphy
Richard and Amelia Muse
Mary Nisbett
Mary Ellen Richards
Fred and Teresa Roberts
Rick Taylor
Fred and Sharon Ursery
USA Rice Federation
Ross and Mary Whipple
Stephanie and Amy Winfrey Mason
John and Vivian Woolley
Jerry Wagoner ’58
Connie and Michael Booty
Johnny Dillard ’70 and Kathy
Dillard
Robert Reese ’70
Don Gene White
Sylvia Kauffeld Kinnear ’66
Lillian Weishaupt Williams 1912
Virginia Laster Williams ’43
Bruce H. Williams ’43 and Tracy Williams
Almeta Blackard Yerby ’53
Georgia White Johnston ’53 and O.G. Johnston
May 15, 2014 through
Sept. 15, 2014
Steven Endsley ’74
James Murray ’75 and Debra
Murray
Anthony Euculano
Katie Thompson
Wilma Harris ’03
Elissa Heil
Joe Hoing
David and Jean Frazier
Lacey Phillips ’12
Dayne and Kanna Lou Phillips
David Strain
Eric Steinmiller ’02 and Jaclyn Steinmiller
Bill and Sue Stroman
Robert K. Bennett
Bruce Williams ’43
Dawn J. M. Dvoracek
Denis and Ann Pfeifler
Jarle Boe
Robert K. Bennett
Susan Edens ’92
39
An Enduring Education
A FINAL WORD
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Hello Friends,
It is Tuesday, November 4th, and I am choosing to shelve two other drafts
of this letter and start anew. It is election day and I am, like everyone I talk
to, tired of the rhetoric, the incessant barrage of media and the constant
deflection away from substantive topics. I am struck by the lack of real
dialogue. I am also struck by the attacks on education.
I hear an almost constant drumbeat for technical education, more skill based education and questions
of the value of liberal education. I think the drumbeat is missing the mark and limiting our young people. I
want our graduates to have skills and technical proficiencies, but I want more for them. I filter the rhetoric
through the knowledge that today’s college graduates are projected to switch jobs up to 10 times
throughout their career and some proffer up to a third will work in fields that don’t presently exist. Institutions
like Ozarks prepare graduates for a lifetime of learning, for a lifetime of promotions, for a lifetime of growth
and development as humans, and as citizens.
I believe the conversation on value is worth having. I fear, however, that value is increasingly defined by
a series of checked boxes and starting salaries. Imagine schools like ours. Schools with 180-plus years
of history educating future educators, preparing people for service, preparing people for seminary,
preparing people for citizenship, and preparing graduates to impact the world when they return to their
home countries. Now, imagine those same schools being told their mission is no longer really relevant.
The history of the institution is not really relevant either. Imagine being evaluated only on what our
graduates earn in their first year out of school. Institutions like Ozarks offer more. We prepare graduates for
a lifetime of learning, for a lifetime of promotions, for a lifetime of growth and development as humans,
and as citizens.
I was reminded on Friday of the words of John Adams in a letter to his son John Quincy Adams – the first
father-son presidents of the United States. He wrote to his thirteen-year-old son that the goal of education
is “to make you a good Man and a useful Citizen.” John Adams also wrote to his wife…
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have the liberty to study painting and poetry,
mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography,
natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture, in order to give their
children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.”
[letter to Abigail Adams, May 12, 1780]
I hope you share my pride in preparing good men and women for not simply a job, a skill or trade, but
preparing them as men and women and as citizens of this great country.
Fondly,
Rich
Giving to support Ozarks Students
YOUR GIFT MATTERS !
100%
O ZARKS Students Supported
In academic year 2013-14:
22%
$
$57.5
thousand
or less
Gave to their
alma mater
Alumni
$
Totaled
GIFTS
$100
percent
15%
#s
OZARKS BY THE
&
# of donors
supporting
the University
Private gifts donated to the University
Totaled
1,321
Totaled
$6.6
million
THANKS to our donors, Ozarks is:
#4
&
RANKED
UNIVERSITY
in the South by
U.S. News & World Report
RANKED as a
BE S T VALUE
by U.S. News &
World Report for 15
consecutive years
#21
Baccalaureate
COLLEGE
in the Nation by
Washington Monthly
100% of OZARKS students are being supported through gifts to Ozarks.
Your Gift Matters! THANK
YOU !
Give Today:
www.ozarks.edu/giving
415 N. College Avenue
Clarksville, Arkansas 72830
Alumni Weekend
Alumni Weekend 2015 is scheduled
for April 17 and 18. Events will include
the 50-Year Club Luncheon, Alumni
Lecture Series, Alumni Awards Banquet,
the fun run and the Memorial Service.
Keep an eye on your mailbox for your
Alumni Weekend 2015 brochure. We
hope you will join us for a wonderful,
fun-filled weekend.
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@ Alumni Weekend 2015
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