Today Magazine (Fall/Winter 2005)

CONTENTS
Today
University of the Ozarks
A Magazine for Ozarksí
Alumni & Friends
University Administration
Rick Niece, Ph.D.
President
Steve Edmisten, MA
Executive Vice President
Daniel Taddie, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs
Jeff Scaccia, MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Darrell Williams, BS
Business Manager
Sherrie Arey, MS
Dean of Residential and Campus Life
Jana Hart, BS
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Production Staff
Larry Isch, MS
Director of University and Public Relations
Editor
Vinnie Tran, BA
Publications Coordinator
Design and Layout
Photo and editorial contributions by Josh
Peppas and Tiffany Rose.
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Volume 24
Number 2
Fall/Winter 2005
FEATURES
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A perfect partnership
Ringing in new era
President and First Lady Rick and Sherée
Niece help bring back University Ringers.
New Web site unveiled 9
Students find success
during internships
Ozarks launched a new and improved
Web site in December.
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The Alumni Association plays a key role
in the success of the University.
Two U of O students share their
summer internship experiences.
Rev. Struthers begins
new pastoral program 13 A chip off the old block
The Rev. Dr. Jim Struthers has
on the basketball court
established a new study leave program
at Ozarks for Presbyterian pastors.
ON THE COVER:
Senior basketball player Josh Joyner has
been a standout player for the Eagles,
just as his father was 20 years ago.
14 Q & A with former
The personalized bricks that make
President Fritz Ehren
up the Alumni Walkway in front of
Former Ozarks President Dr. Fritz Ehren
Munger Chapel provides a poignant
talks about his 56-year association with
reminder to the lifelong connection
the University.
between Ozarks and her alumni. For
information on how to purchase a 25 The 2004-2005
brick for the Alumni Walkway,
Donor Honor Roll
please call the Alumni Office at
The university recognizes its friends
479-979-1234.
and supporters for the 2004-05
fiscal year.
U of O alumnus Richard Gaston of
Stuttgart, Ark., (right) visits with
student Amanda Stang during the
Jones Learning Center Challenge
goal celebration in November.
Gaston, a 1994 graduate, played a
key role in helping Ozarks meet the
challenge that raised more than
$166,000 for the Learning Center.
See Story on Page 6
“This partnership is a key reason why Ozarks
has experienced such tremendous progress,
and the Alumni Association has my deepest
thanks for their support.”
Dr. Rick Niece, President
W
hen the quality and reputation
of a college or university
improves, so does the value
of an education from that university.
And, no single group or organization has
done more to improve the quality and
reputation at University of the Ozarks in
recent years than her Alumni
Association.
When the Alumni Association was
incorporated in the early 1970s, its
bylaws stated that its primary goal was
for establishing “a lasting educational
and charitable relationship with the
University.” With the Association and
its governing Board of Directors leading
the way, the quality and reputation at
Ozarks has reached unprecedented
heights in the past three decades.
“When I think of the special
relationship the university’s Alumni
Association and its board of directors
has with the university, ‘partnership’ is
the word that leaps to mind,” said
Ozarks President Dr. Rick Niece. “In
the finest sense of the word, the
university and the Alumni Association
have proven to be amazingly effective
partners in the advancement of the
university’s mission of educational
service. This partnership is a key
reason why Ozarks has experienced
such tremendous progress, and the
Alumni Association has my deepest
thanks for their support.”
Anyone who has ever attended
even one class at Ozarks and has a
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desire to become a member is eligible to
join the Alumni Association. There is no
cost to join and Association members
receive Ozarks’ news magazine, Today;
an annual report; information on alumni
events and gatherings; and more.
There are currently more than
4,000 Ozarks alumni of record that
make up the Alumni Association. The
41-member Alumni Association Board
of Directors is the governing body of
the association, and the directors have
led the way in numerous efforts to
improve the university.
One such recent effort was in the
area of philanthropic support by alumni
to Ozarks. In the mid-1990s, Ozarks’
alumni giving averaged around 10
percent. But following a concerted
effort to improve the giving rates led by
the Board of Directors, Ozarks’ alumni
giving rate has averaged close to 20
percent the past three years.
In addition, Ozarks’ alumni have
played a significant role in helping the
university balance its budget for eight
consecutive years.
“When the alumni of an institution
provide strong philanthropic support to
that institution, it sends a tremendously
positive signal to other prospective
donors,” said Ozarks Executive Vice
President Steve Edmisten. “When
alumni make this sort of resounding
vote of confidence in Ozarks through
their gifts to the Annual Scholarship
Fund, not only does the quality of the
University improve dramatically, so too
does the value of their degrees from
Ozarks.”
The Alumni Association has stepped
to the forefront to become one of the
largest single organizational donors to
the university’s Annual Scholarship
Annual Alumni Giving Percentages
(1997-2005)
25%
20%
17.2%
17.5%
20.5%
20.6%
18.9%
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
15%
11.6%
10%
10.2%
9.25%
5%
0%
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
Fund. The Association, as an
organization, donates upwards of
$10,000 in scholarships and matching
funds each year. The Association also
donates more than $30,000 a year to
support such areas as sponsorship of
alumni events, operation of the Alumni
Office, and activities and events for
students through the Student Life
Office. These expenses are items that
go into the Alumni Association’s annual
budget and do not include special gifts,
fund-raising drives and general
assistance that it has provided to the
university throughout the years.
“The strategic actions of the
Association, and the Board of Directors
in particular, have helped the university
to grow and thrive, often in spectacular
fashion, over a period of time that has
been very challenging to higher
education in general,” Edmisten said. “It
would be impossible to list all the good
things the Association has accomplished
over just the past eight years, but their
efforts to more than double the
percentage of alumni giving to the
university, to underwrite costs of
student entertainment thus enhancing
student retention and satisfaction, and to
strategically use their financial
resources to leverage amazing
philanthropic support from other donors
all serve as shining examples of their
invaluable work.”
David Rawhouser, a 1969 Ozarks
graduate who became reconnected to
the university in the early 1990s when
he joined the Board of Directors, has
seen firsthand the impact that the
Association and its directors can have
on the university.
“One example of how your voice is
heard through the Alumni Association is
seen in the beautiful new Walker Hall
on campus,” Rawhouser said. “Because
of conversations with the Alumni
Association Board of Directors, the
administration realized how important it
was to alumni that the traditional look of
What is the Alumni Association Board of Directors?
* The Board of Directors is the decision-making body of the Alumni Association.
* The Board consists of 41 alumni who promote the University and guide the Association
in its projects, policies, and financial matters.
* The Board is divided into three standing committees: finance, nominating, and the
reunion/alumni connections committee.
* Directors serve a three-year term and represent a wide range of class years, geographical
locations, and career choices.
* Attendance is required at the three Board meetings and one annual meeting.
* All directors are expected to support the college financially through participation in the
Annual Scholarship Fund and other campaigns to the best of their ability, and to
volunteer their time to promote the University in their communities.
How are directors chosen?
The University of the Ozarks Alumni Association selects new representatives to
the Board of Directors. Alumni of the university are encouraged to nominate their
peers to fill vacancies. Applications are reviewed by the nominating committee in
February, and a list of nominees to fill vacancies is presented to the board for approval
by the committee. Board members are elected at the Association’s annual meeting
during Alumni Weekend. Their term begins July 1 following that meeting. To submit a
nomination or if you would like additional information about the Board of Directors,
please contact Brandy Cox, Director of Alumni Relations, at (479) 979-1234 or by e-mail
at bcox@ozarks.edu.
the campus remain rooted in the look
and feel of the old Hurie Hall. Although
it would have been prohibitively
expensive to renovate Hurie Hall, the
administration took advantage of a gift
to build a new building that maintained
that elegant look of yesterday, but
embraced the technology of today. ”
As a member of the Board of
Directors, Rawhouser had numerous
opportunities to visit with current
students, and he has discovered that not
much has changed since he was a
student at Ozarks.
“I have had the pleasure of talking
to students from various classes since
1993 and have found that the spirit that
I remember from the class of 1969 is
still alive and kicking on campus today,”
he said. “Students today are heavily
involved on campus and in the
community. They remain friendly and
open to visitors on campus, and they
remain dedicated to learning.”
The Alumni Association Board of
Directors serve three-year terms. The
Board meets four times annually to
oversee the budget and handle event
planning and organizing. The Board also
makes selections annually for the
Alumni Association’s most prestigious
honors: the Merit, Achievement, Young
Alumni Service and Legacy awards.
Anyone can nominate an alumnus for
any of the alumni awards.
The Alumni Association also plays a
major role each year in one of the
biggest annual events on campus,
Alumni Weekend, which brings back
more than 500 alumni and friends to the
campus each April. Other activities and
events sponsored by the Alumni
Association include Senior Dinners at
the President’s Home for graduating
seniors; the Faculty Enrichment
Awards; various alumni dinners and
gatherings around the country and
Central America; the Freshmen
Matriculation Ceremony; and special
speakers on campus.
“Everything the Alumni Association
does is to support and serve alumni and
the University of the Ozarks, especially
the current students,” Rawhouser said.
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Dr. Don Stecks, a retired pharmacist from Little Rock and
the president of the Alumni Association, gave the
following address to the Alumni Association Board of
Directors on August 20, 2005.
I welcome our new board members. Your willingness to
serve is greatly appreciated. It is my hope that you will ask
questions of our board members and the staff members.
Keep in mind that we are all in the continuous process of
finding paths to better serve our university. We all need to ask
ourselves this question: What is my personal reason for
serving on this board? It is my hope that we are all interested
in maintaining the growth, the principles, the heritage and the
health of University of the Ozarks. Have we signed on to
repay Ozarks in part? Because, truthfully, we would never
fully repay this institution for the important role it has played
in our lives. We each have our personal reasons for serving.
I arrived on this campus in the fall of 1947,18 years old and
40 pounds lighter. At that time I already knew everything.
More than my parents, definitely more than my sister who is
two years younger, and more than 92.8 percent of the faculty
at The College of the Ozarks. Here, my goal was to earn a
degree in pharmacy. In those days every student on the
campus, regardless of major, was mandated to take a Bible
course. Also, Chapel attendance was compulsory. My freely
spouted opinion of those requirements was, “What does this
Bible course and this forced Chapel attendance have to do
with a pharmacy degree?” As a direct result of my attitude I
received a “D” in the Bible course. It was the first “D” of
my entire educational experience. I couldn’t skip Chapel
because non-attendance led to loss of college credits. At that
time I was not an atheist. Neither was I an agnostic, nor was
it impiety. In my narrow scope of vision, I was unable to
perceive that the thrust of this objective was not only to offer
a degree in pharmacy, but also, to develop desirable traits and
characteristics within each student. The university was
seeking to harmonize its teaching to include education in
Christian ethics. To this day I believe Ozarks has never
wavered from that goal. They were developing my faith.
Another reason I serve this board is because I met Maxine,
my future wife, on this campus. If only I had the ability, I
could write a book about the glory of our journey together.
We have been married since 1951. We have two wonderful
daughters and each daughter has one child. Our sons-in-law
are like sons to us, and we all live within 5 minutes of each
other. If this sounds like “Ozzie & Harriett” well, that’s fine
with us. The point is this..had Maxine and I never met on this
campus, we wouldn’t have our family.
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And then there are the cherished friendships made here.
Many of those friends are in this room today. All the priceless
memories we have stored in our minds. In our years here we
came together as a mixed lot. We had students fresh out of
high school who interacted with WWII veterans. Some of the
veterans were battle hardened. A few of the veterans had
cars, and some of the cars had automatic pilots, which were
set to Altus, judging by the frequent number of trips. We all
had a common goal, which drew us together and dissolved the
diversity of our circumstances. We wanted an education and
that effort united us in bonds of enduring friendships.
This is also the place that prepared me for the material needs
of my future. The education and training received here was
the key to giving me the ability to practice my chosen
profession, which in turn provided our family with its essential
requirements. I have often wondered where I would have
landed in life had I not been fortunate enough to earn my
degree, which led to obtaining a pharmacy license. Without
question, Ozarks made it possible to reach financial goals.
Previously, I mentioned that I received a “D” while I was
here. But also, I benefited from 4 “F”s I obtained while I was
here. I received an “F” for faith, a journey that really began
here. I received an “F” for family, which began with meeting
and marrying Maxine. I received an “F” for friends who were
made while here (and new friends made through involvement
on this board). And I also received an “F” for finances, which
were provided as a result of the education I received. In my
judgment the “D” I earned in the Bible course was more than
offset by the 4 “F”s that shaped my life.
In adulthood, I joined the Methodist Church. I was asked to
support the church with my prayers, my presence, my gifts
and my service. In my mind I personally think that the Alumni
Association is asking us for the same thing. I have given you
some of the reasons I serve on this board. For whatever
reasons we are here, we each need to give what we can, and
do what we can. Maybe we can’t match some of the huge
contributors, but we can give something. Everyone has talents,
and we can share those talents with our university. Faithful
attendance at these meetings is essential to the progress and
continuity of the growth of our association. And then our
prayers are needed for the students and all who are
associated with the University of the Ozarks. Together we
possess the ability and the strength to assist our university in
achieving its goals.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve. May God
bless the University of the Ozarks.
Ozarks
launches
new and
improved
Web site
University of the Ozarks has unveiled a new and improved Web site in an effort to enhance the online
experience for prospective students, current students and alumni.
The Web site, www.ozarks.edu, not only has a fresh, updated look, but also features several new components for prospective students, including the ability to personalize and customize pages. Prospective students can log
onto the site and be directed to academic and extracurricular information that meets their interests. Other recruiting
features include the ability to facilitate the online application process, send targeted e-mails and improve the overall
student database system.
“ Students are internet savvy, and our Web site is now the initial point of contact for an increasing number of
students,” said Ozarks President Dr. Rick Niece. “The Web site often establishes the first impression for students,
and I am pleased to say that technology is our newest ally in admissions. Being able to provide relevant information that is customized and tailored to specific student preferences is how we will stay a step ahead in the fierce
competition to recruit quality students. We will continue to do what has made us successful in the past -personal contact -- but we need to keep ahead of the curve in regard to our use of technology and Webbased applications.”
The university worked with LiquidMatrix Corporation of Buffalo, N.Y., to implement and design the
new Web site, and university officials will continue to control the content and administration of the site.
Ozarks Webmaster Cara Flinn said the site will include an improved navigational scheme as well as
the ability to add new features in the future. “The old site finally grew so large that it became very
difficult to find information,” Flinn said. “Working with LiquidMatrix, we’ve developed new navigation
that we believe will make the most requested information accessible with only a few clicks. After the
initial site rollout, we plan to add some new interactive features to the site. For our alumni, this might include
sections such as ‘class notes,’ ‘blogs,’ ‘profiles,’ and ‘photo scrapbooks.’ ”
Campus
News
Struthers develops study leave program
The Rev. Dr. Jim Struthers of
Stillwater, Okla., has established a new
program that will bring Presbyterian
pastors to Ozarks to interact with the
campus community and to provide them
with personal and professional development.
The James R. Struthers Pastoral
Study Leave Fellowship was started
during the Fall 2005 Semester with an
endowment from Struthers, a retired
Presbyterian pastor and a member of
the university’s Board of Trustees.
Struthers developed the program to provide study-leave time for pastors, as
well as to build a stronger connection
between the university and the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Under the program, a different pastor would visit Ozarks for four or five
days each semester and have the opportunity to interact with students, faculty and staff through classroom lectures, seminars and presentations, as
well as less formal situations such as
The Rev. Dr.
Jim Struthers
The Rev. Dr.
James Miller
study groups, meals and fellowship. The
visiting pastor might also preside over
one of the regular Chapel worship services. There would also be personal
study time for the pastor. Through the
program, Ozarks would fund travel expenses, meals and lodging, as well as an
office in Robson Library.
The first visiting pastor in the program was The Rev. Dr. James D.
Miller, who visited the campus in midNovember. Miller, who earned his
Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh
in Scotland, has been pastor of First
Presbyterian Church in Tulsa since
1992.
“ We wanted this to be an educational and renewal opportunity for pastors, but it also provides a way to make
pastors aware of what is going on at the
university,” Struthers said. “We want to
make the connection between the Presbyterian Church and the university
stronger. Pastors who come to Ozarks
can go back to their churches and let
people know about the great things going on at Ozarks, and that can help in
financial support for the university and
in recruiting prospective students. I feel
like both the university and the church
can benefit from this program.”
Struthers, who was awarded an
honorary doctor of divinity degree by
Ozarks in 1969, served as senior pastor
of First Presbyterian Church in
Stillwater until his retirement in 1989.
He was the Executive Presbyter of the
Cimarron Presbytery from 1990-2000.
New donors meet JLC Challenge
Ozarks’ friends and alumni have met a challenge that will bring
more than $166,000 to the Jones Learning Center for operational
support.
Last spring a charitable trust in California offered to donate
$75,000 to the Learning Center if Ozarks could match the total by
Nov. 1. One major stipulation in the challenge was that Ozarks had to
raise the money from individuals or groups who had never donated to
the university before.
A total of 89 new donors helped Ozarks raise more than $78,000.
New and existing donors who wanted to show their support for the
challenge raised a combined $91,720, bringing the grand total for the
JLC Challenge to more than $166,000.
Helping in the fund-raising efforts was a newly formed group
called the Jones Learning Center Leadership Council. The group’s goal
is to strengthen the Learning Center through student recruitment,
advocacy, fundraising and promotion.
“The Leadership Council enabled us to widen our scope of potential donors and opportunities to get the work of the Learning Center out
among audiences who can utilize the services provided by the center,”
said Director of Development Reba Pridgin. “They will be strong
advocates for the Learning Center and its mission.”
Members of the newly established Jones Learning
Center Leadership Council include (from left) Brandy
Cox ’99, Hunter Jackson ’03, Robert Fox ’96, Susan
Jeter, Richard Gaston ’94, Kevin Filippone ’98, Julia
Frost and Martha Hendrix.
Campus
News
Sept. 27, 1940 to Oct. 23, 2005
Arnold G. “Arnie” Sims
Ozarks lost a dear friend on Sunday, Oct.
23, when Arnie Sims, 65, passed away at the
home of friends following a long illness.
An avid and accomplished pilot and
decorated Vietnam War veteran, Arnie
served as the University’s printer from 1987
until his death. There was a memorial service
on campus for him on Oct. 26.
Arnie received his pilot’s license and
bought his first airplane as a freshman in
college. After graduating from UCLA with a
degree in art, he joined the United States Air
Force, where he served three tours in
Vietnam flying the F-4 fighter jet, B-52
bomber and OV-10 observation aircraft. While flying as a Forward Air Controller,
his plane was shot down by enemy fire. He eluded Communist forces for 23 days
before he was able to reach safety. Capt. Sims, whose call sign was “Rustic 2-0,”
was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the National Defense Service Medal
and the Vietnam Service Medal for his service. Following his military service,
Arnie managed airports in Georgia and in Clarksville, while also serving as a
corporate and charter pilot. A licensed aerobatic pilot, he delighted in fascinating
onlookers with his aerial artistry in his beloved Zlin airplane. At Ozarks, he developed and designed the University’s in-house printing program.
Ozarks receives its highest U.S. News ranking
For the seventh consecutive year,
University of the Ozarks has been ranked as a
“top tier” university in the U.S. News & World
Report’s annual late summer publication that
analyzes institutions of higher education.
In the 2006 edition of “America’s Best
Colleges,” Ozarks was ranked eighth among
106 universities in the category of
Comprehensive Colleges (Bachelor’s) in the
South Region. The eighth-place ranking is
the highest ever for U of O, which was
ranked No. 9 in the South in 2005 and No.
13 in 2004.
U.S. News & World Report ranked
more than 1,400 accredited schools nationally, based on
such criteria as academic reputation, graduation and retention rates, faculty
resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving.
In the magazine’s “Great Schools, Great Prices” category, Ozarks ranked
sixth overall among the South’s 106 Comprehensive Colleges (Bachelor’s).
Ozarks has been ranked in the South Region’s top 10 “best values” by the
magazine in each of the past seven years.
628
Number of students
enrolled at Ozarks
for the Fall 2005
Semester, the exact same number
as enrolled in Fall 2004.
1,156
Driving miles
from U of O
to Virginia
Beach, Virginia, where the Lady
Eagles basketball team opened the
2005-2006 season at the Virginia
Wesleyan College Tyson Tipoff
Classic on Nov. 18-19.
255
Number of
students from
Central America
and Mexico who
have graduated from Ozarks as part
of the Walton International Scholarship Program (WISP) since it was
started in the fall of 1985 by Sam and
Helen Walton to promote free
enterprise and democracy.
19
Number of states that
Ozarksí students call
home, led by Arkansas
(337), Texas (106), Oklahoma (36)
and Missouri (9) and including
California (4), Illinois (2), Vermont
(2), New Mexico (1), Washington
(1), Oregon (1) and Florida (1).
163
Number of
combined career
starts by Eaglesí
senior basketball players Brad
Johnson (66), Josh Joyner (58) and
David Hamilton (39) heading into
their senior seasons. Both Johnson, a
5-foot-10 guard, and Joyner, a 6-2
forward, have played in all 75 games
the past three seasons. Hamilton, a 66 forward, has played in 74 games.
Campus
News
Ringing In A New Era ...
President, First Lady donate handbells in honor of Nieces
Thanks to a generous gift from
Ozarks President and First Lady Dr.
Rick and Sherée Niece, the charming
sounds of handbells will once again be
heard on campus.
The Nieces recently purchased and
donated a three-octave Schulmerich
handbell set to the university, which will
allow the University Ringers to reorganize this spring. The gift was made in
honor of Dr. Niece’s parents, Lewis and
the late Dortha Jean Niece.
The University Ringers had been
discontinued two years ago when First
Presbyterian Church of Clarksville was
no longer able to lend their handbells to
the university.
“First Presbyterian Church had
graciously let us use their handbells for
several years, but when they were no
longer able to do so, Sherée and I
realized how much we missed hearing
our students perform with them,” Dr.
Niece said. “Several students were also
discouraged by the unfortunate discontinuation of the program. We felt like
this was a great way to help the program and, at the same time, honor my
parents. We look forward to hearing the
melodious sounds and enjoying the
University Ringers for years to come.”
Dr. Mikael Lindström, the new
director of choral activities at Ozarks,
believes the University Ringers will be a
popular program on campus.
“The handbells that Dr. and Mrs.
Niece so generously donated open up a
new form of expression to U of O
students, faculty and staff who do not
consider themselves singers,” he said.
“ You do not have to have a singing
voice or even be able to match pitch. To
play handbells, you need to be able to
count, you have to have two hands, and
you have to be a team player. ”
Lindström said the excitement
among students with this new opportunity is already evident.
“Some of the students have had
previous experience with handbells and
they have longed for the opportunity to
experience it again,” he said. “It is my
Survey: Ozarks excels in student engagement
For the fourth consecutive year, Ozarks has outranked the national averages
in every category of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), a
national study that measures and encourages the teaching practices and campus
environment that best enhance student learning.
The 2005 NSSE surveyed 237,000 first-year and senior students at 528 fouryear colleges and universities. The sixth annual survey, conducted by the Indiana
University Center for Postsecondary Research, provides comparative standards
for determining how effectively colleges are contributing to learning. Five benchmarks are measured: Level of academic challenge, active and collaborative
learning, student-faculty interaction, enriching educational experiences, and supportive campus environment.
Ozarks scored above both the national averages as well as other universities
in its category (baccalaureate-general institutions) in all five benchmarks. For
example, in the “supportive campus environment” benchmark, Ozarks had mean
scores of 68.5 for first-year students and 71.9 for seniors, well above the national
averages of 60.1 and 57.5, respectively. In the area of “student-faculty interaction,” Ozarks had scores of 39.1 for first-year students and 55.1 for seniors,
while the national averages were 34.0 and 44.1.
President and First Lady Dr. Rick and
Sherée Niece with Lewis Niece.
hope that we can offer non-music
students an opportunity to develop their
musical talents alongside those students
who already have a passion for the form
of expression that handbells represent.
“On behalf of the entire student
body, the faculty and the staff, I want to
thank Dr. and Mrs. Niece for this
generous gift that will serve the University of the Ozarks for many years.”
Hall of Fame inductions
moved to every other year
The Alumni Association Board of
Directors voted unanimously in the fall
to change the university’s Sports Hall of
Fame induction process from an annual
event to an every-other-year event.
The proposal to change the Hall of
Fame induction ceremony came after a
recommendation from the nine-person
Sports Hall of Fame committee. The
committee believed that the change
would help maintain the prestige and
standards of current and future inductees and improve the quality of the induction ceremonies. There will still be an
annual ceremony during a basketball
game to honor the Hall of Fame members. The next induction ceremony will
be in 2007.Thirty-seven former Ozarks
athletes have joined the Hall since 1990.
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Internships prove invaluable for students
While many students spent their
summer relaxing, at least two U of O
students were busy participating in
summer internships that provided
valuable on-the-job experience and
helped prepare them for their future.
Senior communications major
Marcella Serrano of El Salvador
interned at CNN News in New York
City and junior
history major
Sirenna Evans of
Missouri spent her
summer as an intern
at Fort Delaware
near Philadelphia.
Both enjoyed
experiences they will
not soon forget.
Serrano was one Marcella Serrano
of 62 interns, out of
hundreds who applied, to be accepted at
CNN News. For two months Serrano
took a subway from Queens to New
York City, where she spent 40 hours a
week working with the executive
producer in the business updates
department, making graphics for the
stock market close, logging tapes, and
finding hits, or stories, for the newscast.
“Each day I would go to the 10th
floor of the New York library to find
video to match what the anchor
presents,” said Serrano.
Serrano also had the opportunity to
practice writing stories and went out in
the field with CNN Españ o l. Another
day, Serrano helped anchor Valerie
Morris with a man-on-the-street video.
She also got to go with Morris’ producer
to interview citizens on identity theft.
One of the most exciting events of
the internship for Serrano was getting to
meet famous people. “I had the chance
to meet Barbara Walters, Larry King,
Nancy Grace and others,” she said.
Serrano said the internship has
influenced her future career plans.
“My goal is to be an anchor, live in
Sirena Evans, a junior history major from Tecumseh, Mo., spent this past summer doing a
history internship at Fort Delaware near Philadelphia, a former Union Army fort that
later served as a Civil War prison. Evans gave tours of the Fort while“in character.” She
gave a presentation to the Board of Trustees in October as the wife of an army officer at
the Fort and later talked about her internship experience.
London, and work for the BBC. This
was the best experience of my life, and
it has defined what I want to do in the
future,” Serrano said.
Evans drove 1,150 miles to do a
history internship through the
Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control in collaboration
with the Americorps program. Fort
Delaware is located on Pea Patch
Island on the Hudson River.
Fort Delaware, a more modern fort
of the 1800s, was originally created to
protect Philadelphia from Confederate
naval raids. It later became a prison.
Interns such as Evans come to the
Fort each year to give tours, while
pretending to be a character that lived
there during the 1860s to show visitors
how people lived during the era.
After arriving, Evans attended
sessions on interpreting and learned
how to talk to tourists while staying in
character. Evans even dressed in
authentic period clothing of the 1860s
and carried out daily chores while
tourists watched.
“Each day I would get on a
workboat that took me to the island,
then spend over an hour getting dressed
each day,” she said. “I had to wear six
layers of clothing in the heat and fix my
hair in period style.”
Evans played four different
characters, all of whom actually existed.
The most common character Evans
played was named Mrs. Julia Gunning,
a domestic worker. Evans said it was
difficult to be this character because
she had an Irish accent.
“The character actually had to be
modified to fit me!” Evans said.
One of the most exciting
experiences for Evans was playing the
kitchen ghost.
Fort Delaware is supposedly one
of the most haunted places in
Delaware,” said Evans. “Every three
weeks we gave ghost tours, and it really
drew people in.”
Evans felt like she learned more
than she ever expected.
“I learned a tremendous amount
about Civil War history in only two
months,” Evans said. “I also learned a
lot about life in the 1800s. It’s one thing
to read about it, but it’s totally real when
you have to live it.”
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Alumni to honor Kessler, Rawhouser, Gaston
The Alumni Association named its
2005-2006 Alumni awards recipients
during its annual Fall meeting in
November.
Don Kessler ’70 of San Diego was
named the Alumni Achievement Award
recipient; David Rawhouser ’69 of
Arlington, Texas, was named the
recipient of the Alumni Merit Award;
and Richard Gaston of Stuttgart, Ark.,
was named the Young Alumni Service
Award winner.
In addition, the Alumni Association
named eight alumnus who will receive
the 2006 Legacy Award for a lifetime
of unselfishly giving of their resources
to support Ozarks. They are, Fritz ’53
and Juanita ’71 Ehren of Clarksville;
Wallace ’40 and Carolyn (Bush)
Dobbins ’42 of Cedaredge, Colo.;
Gladys Ruth Farmer ’37 of Little Rock;
Marie Ingram ’33 of Clarksville; and
Bruce ’43 and Virginia ’43 Williams of
Columbia, Texas.
Kessler has spent more than 30
years working as an athletic trainer on
numerous levels. After graduating from
Ozarks, he began serving as the Head
Military Trainer for the U.S. Naval
Academy in 1972. Next, he worked at
Delran High School in Delran, N.J., as
head athletic trainer and teacher. He
then served as the athletic trainer for
numerous sports during a 10-year stint
at Princeton University. Kessler began
work at Rutgers University in 1987 as
coordinator for athletic training, a job he
held for 18 years. In October of 2005,
he moved from the East Coast to the
West Coast to work at San Diego State
University, where he is in charge of
athletic training, strengthening and
Don’t Miss Out!
Alumni Weekend 2006
April 6-9, 2006
Kessler
Rawhouser
Gaston
conditioning departments. He also
worked with the U.S. Olympic women’s
rowing team in the 2004 Olympics.
Rawhouser is the supervisor for
joint interest accounting with Quick
Silver Resources in Fort Worth, Texas.
He has spent the past 30 years working
in the field of accounting at various
levels. Rawhouser is an active alumnus
who gives back to his alma mater in
many ways. Although he lives in
Arlington, with his wife and son, he can
be seen many weekends on the Ozarks
campus as he has served for six years
on the university’s Board of Trustees
and on the Alumni Association’s Board
of Directors since 1993. In his stint as
president of the Alumni Association,
Rawhouser was instrumental in helping
significantly raise the percentage of
giving to the university among alumni.
Gaston is the regional manager in
charge of operations for BFH Trucking.
A physical education and health major
at Ozarks, Gaston has shown his strong
leadership ability and support of Ozarks
with his assistance in the establishment
of the Jones Learning Center
Leadership Council. He was recently
elected to the university’s Board of
Trustees and will begin his term in
January 2006.
The Alumni awards recipients will
be honored during the Alumni Awards
Luncheon, which will be held during
Alumni Weekend 2006 on April 8.
New Employees
Some of the new faculty and staff members at Ozarks for the Fall 2005 Semester
include (front row, from left) Brandy Cox, director of alumni relations; Mashella
Wade, JLC writing specialist; Elizabeth Caroscio, women’s softball coach; Debbie
Carlton, JLC program coordinator; Janie Chappell, director of field experiences;
Michelle Loving, alumni relations secretary; Dayna Hilton, director of major grants;
Amy Otis, English professor; (back row, from left) Bojan Jankovic, assistant men’s
basketball coach; Chris Schultz, admissions counselor; Brian Hardman, English
professor; Jonathan Hughes, maintenance; Mikael Lindström, music professor;
Brian McFarland, chemistry professor; and Adam Askins, library assistant.
Campus
News
A Helping Hand
Campus rallies around Hurricane Katrina relief efforts
The campus community took part in
helping victims of the Hurricane Katrina
catastrophe through support of local
relief efforts and by supporting
displaced college students from the
affected regions.
One way the university helped was
by waiving tuition for the fall 2005
semester for students who wished to
enroll at the university as a result of the
emergency closings of Louisiana and
Mississippi colleges and universities. At
least one student, a sophomore from
Xavier University in New Orleans,
enrolled at Ozarks as a result of the
program.
Numerous student organizations, as
well as individual students, faculty and
staff, also contributed to the relief
efforts in various ways.
“As a campus community, we
responded quickly and generously to the
hardships of others with generous
monetary donations, physical assistance,
clothing and supplies of food and
water,” said Ozarks President Dr. Rick
Niece. “When I sent out an e-mail
campus-wide asking for us to assist our
neighbors in need, the responses were
overwhelming. I was not surprised. The
efforts of our students, faculty and staff
are perfect examples of our mission of
service to others in its living, breathing
full glory.”
Students representing organizations
such as Student Government
Association, Students in Free Enterprise,
Phi Beta Lambda, Rotaract, Amnesty
International, Catholic Campus
Ministries and Alpha & Omega
organized food and money collection
points around campus. They raised over
$400 for the American Red Cross.
Other groups and individuals also
took active and creative roles in
Several student organizations raised money and
supplies (above photo) for
the Hurricane Katrina
victims. PBL held a picnic
(left photo) for families
that were displaced.
contributing to the efforts. Numerous
students, faculty and staff lent their time
and personal computers to help
displaced people find family members
via the internet. Communication
students donated their time to prepare
and read public service announcements
from the Office of Emergency Services
on local radio stations. Residence halls
engaged in friendly competition to see
which halls could raise the most money
for relief efforts. The Ozarks Student
Education Association (OSEA)
organized a book drive to collect books
for displaced families. Students with
PBL teamed with the county’s rural fire
departments and the national
organization Firecorps to assist the
Johnson County Office of Emergency
Management in its relief efforts. PBL
also sponsored a picnic for victims who
were in the area.
“ We had a meeting of organizations
to organize some of the efforts, and we
had a tremendous response,” said Karla
Sosa, a senior business administration
major from El Salvador who is involved
in several campus organizations. “When
you see the images on television and the
suffering, you want to do something to
help.”
Numerous faculty, staff and
students helped local churches provide
support for the hurricane victims. The
Student Support Services Lab organized
an effort with the Arkansas Presbytery
to prepare health kits that were taken to
victims housed at the Ferncliff Camp
and Conference Center in Central
Arkansas. Students with the Methodist
Campus Ministries (MCM) took
donated computers and cookies to the
Shoal Creek Methodist Campground
near Russellville, where about 80
displaced New Orleans residents were
staying.
“ We wanted to help them get
internet service so that they could
check on family members and get news
from back home,” said Kendall
Johnson, a junior business administration
major from Oologah, Okla., who helped
with MCM’s efforts. “I think everyone
just wants to do whatever they can do
to help out, and that was one way we
could help.”
C AM PUS
Briefs
charge of operations for BFH Trucking
in Stuttgart, Ark.; and alumnus Fred
Romo of Ozark, Ark., who retired in
2001 after 31 years with Whirlpool
Corp. Also returning to the Board was
John Tate of Bella Vista, Ark. Board
officers for 2006 were also announced:
Judy Borck as chair, Lee White as
vice chair and Harve Taylor as
secretary.
Assistant Professor of Biology Dr.
Sean Coleman recently had a paper
accepted for publication in the Journal
of Biological Chemistry. The paper,
mostly from Coleman’s thesis research
and completed with his thesis advisor at
the University of Iowa, is entitled
Oxidant-specific folding of YAP1P
regulates both transcriptional activation and nuclear localization.
Peggy Jones of Hillsborough, Calif.,
and The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Bohl of
Naples, Fla., were named lifetime
members of the Board of Trustees
during the October board meeting. Also
during the meeting, the board approved
three new members to the Board’s
Class of 2008: alumnus Arvid Bean,
who owns Arvid A. Bean Insurance
Inc., in Fort Smith; alumnus Richard
Gaston, who is the regional manager in
Ron Hogsett, a senior political science
major from McKinney, Texas, and a
member of the men’s soccer team, was
named to the ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-America College Division
Second Team in November. The
national honor is based upon academic
and athletic accomplishments/excellence and is awarded to those studentathletes who have at least a 3.20
cumulative gpa. Hogsett, who led
Ozarks in goals (14) and assists (36) in
2005, competed against student-athletes
at the NCAA II, NCAA III, and NAIA
levels from six Southwest states. He is
the only student-athlete at Ozarks to
ever earn this national honor.
Twelve U of O students were inducted
into the Alpha Chi national honor
society in November. Those included
were, Jose Barahona, Vanessa
Eagles advance to ASC title match
The men’s soccer team (right)
celebrates after defeating
Austin College in a doubleovertime shootout in the
semifinals of the American
Southwest Conference
postseason tournament in
Abilene, Texas, in November.
The Eagles, who advanced to
the postseason tournament for
the league-record sixth
consecutive year, fell to
Hardin-Simmons 2-0 in the
championship match. They
finished the season with a
record of 14-4-4.
U of O President Dr. Rick Niece received
the Kent State University Alumni Association Special Achievement Award from
KSU President Dr. Carol A. Cartwright in
August. Niece, who earned his master’s
degree and Ph.D. from Kent State, served
as the commencement speaker during the
Kent State summer commencement
ceremony as part of the honor from his
alma mater.
Young, Massiel Garcia, Guisela
Alfaro Montoya, Sergio Quiroz De
Trinidad, Alfredo Garcia, Courtney
Schultz, Carlos Fuentes Estrade,
Carlos Robledo Espinoza, Anna
Mendenhall, Kate Schoenhals and
Amanda Stang.
Buddy Faulkner, a junior business
major from Durant, Okla., was elected
as Arkansas FBLA-PBL Region I vice
president in October.
Associate Professor of Music Dr.
Sharon Gorman displayed her black
and white photography in the
university’s Stephens Gallery in November. The exhibit, titled “A Walk on the
Dark Side,” featured outdoor photography from hiking trips.
Communication students Diana Confer
and Evan Hoffmeyer were part of a
team of approximately 25 people who
made a mockumentary for the “48 Hour
Film Festival” this summer. Their film,
“ Tidbits of Joy,”garnered the following awards: Best Film, Best Director,
Best Acting, Best Writing, Best Editing,
Best Use of Character, Best Use of
Prop, 1st Place out of 26 film teams.
Joyner thrives among taller foes
Josh Joyner relishes the challenge of
taking on larger opponents on the basketball court. And, if statistics are any
Senior forward Josh
indication, he usually comes out on top.
Joyner from Little Rock,
Joyner, a senior forward from Little
Ark., has been a consistent
Rock McClellan, has been one of the
performer for the Eagles
the past three seasons.
most consistent all-around players on
the Eagles basketball team the past
Year Pts. Avg Reb. Avg Assists
Steals
three seasons. He enters his senior sea2005 375(14.4) 167(6.4)
71
32
2004 317(12.7) 160(6.4)
66
25
son on the verge of moving into the
2003 181(7.5)
90(3.8)
38
29
school’s career top 10 lists in scoring,
Totals 873(11.6) 417(5.6)
175
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rebounding and assists. He’s accomplished all of this despite standing just 6foot-2.
court,” said Ozarks Coach Matt
“I enjoy playing against bigger guys O’Connor. “He can score in so many
because it brings out the best in me,”
ways, he plays defense, he’s a great
said Joyner, who started all 26 games
rebounder for his size and he passes
last year on his way to earning Ameriwell. He also does so many of the little
can South Conference honorable menthings that don’t show up in the
tion honors. “I try to make up for the
boxscore. He’s definitely someone we
size by being quick, smart and aggreshave to have on the floor as much as
sive on the floor. I think a lot of it is just
possible.”
instincts too.”
Even more impressive than his onJoyner, no doubt, inherited many of
the-court performance, Joyner is on
those instincts from his father, Tony
course to graduate in four years with a
Joyner, who was a standout at Ozarks in degree in business administration, bethe early 1980s. Tony Joyner, who is a
coming the first person in his immediate
truck driver living in Little Rock, still
family to earn a college degree. His
holds the Eagles’ single-season steals
friendly, outgoing personality and camrecord with 119 in 1984.
pus-wide involvement make him one of
“I’d like to break his record, but I
the most popular students on campus.
don’t think I’m going to get it,” said
“Josh represents the men’s basketJoyner, whose season-high for steals is
ball program on this campus extremely
32 last year. “That’s a
pretty impressive
record.”
The younger
Joyner has compiled
some pretty impressive stats of his own
in his time at Ozarks.
He has led the Eagles
in rebounding the past
two seasons and was
second in scoring last
year with a 14.4 average.
Tony Joyner (top photo)
“Josh is just one
was a star for Ozarks in
of those players who
the early 1980s, just as
does so many things
his son, Josh (right), has
well on the basketball been in recent years.
Mr. Consistency
well,” said O’Connor. “He came into
our program relatively mature as a
freshman, and he’s just gotten more
mature. The best way to describe Josh
is that he just takes care of business,
both on the court and in the classroom.
He’s the type of student-athlete we
want people thinking of when they think
of men’s basketball at Ozarks.”
Joyner joins fellow seniors Brad
Johnson, David Hamilton, Jacob Sibley
and Scott McCall in attempting to help
the Eagles rebound from last year’s 1214 record.
“ We know this is our last chance to
get a (conference championship) ring,
and that’s our goal,” he said. “This is
probably the most talented team we’ve
had since I’ve been here, so we feel like
it’s a realistic goal.”
Eagles and Lady Eagles
2005-2006 Basketball Schedule
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Opponent
#Wittenberg University
#Washington College
at Rust College
Mary Hardin-Baylor*
Concordia-Austin*
at Sul Ross State*
at Howard Payne*
at Arkansas Tech
Hendrix
Schreiner Univ.*
Texas Lutheran*
at Austin College*
at Hardin-Simmons*
at McMurry Univ.*
at UT-Tyler*
at UT-Dallas*
Austin College*
East Texas Baptist*
LeTourneau Univ.*
at Louisiana College*
at Mississippi College*
Louisiana College*
Mississippi College*
UT-Tyler*
UT-Dallas*&
at East Texas Baptist*
at LeTourneau Univ.*
ASC Tournament (TBA)
#Virginia Wesleyan Tourn. in Virginia Beach
* American Southwest Conference game
& Homecoming/Hall of Fame Game
Dr. Fritz Ehren served as the 22nd president of University of the Ozarks from 1981-1990, but he has also worn many
other hats in his 56-year association with Ozarks. He has been a student, athlete, grounds worker, baseball coach,
faculty member, football coach, dean of students, academic dean, vice president for academic affairs, alumni board
member and booster club president. A native of Texas, Ehren moved to Booneville, Ark., before his freshman year in
high school. After a three-year stint in the Air Force following high school, Ehren enrolled at Ozarks with three of his
siblings in 1949, beginning a long association with the college. Ehren, 76, who is retired and living in Clarksville with
his wife Juanita, took time out from his daily summer golf outing to talk about Ozarks with Today editor Larry Isch.
Do you remember the first time you heard about
Ozarks?
It was the summer of 1949, and I had just been
discharged from the Air Force. One day an alumnus
of Ozarks, A.E. Hooper, called to ask me if he
could bring football Coach Frank Koon by the house
to talk to my brother, Robert, and me about coming to Ozarks
on a football scholarship. We had verbally accepted an offer
to attend Ouachita Baptist University, where they were
providing both of us a summer job. I agreed to talk to Coach
Koon out of respect for A.E. When we met Coach Koon, we
were extremely impressed with his gentlemanly manner, and
we immediately felt a bond with him. While visiting with
Coach Koon, we mentioned that there would be four of us in
the freshman class since Robert’s twin, Ralph, and our sister,
Marie, would also enroll with us. Coach Koon invited us to
come to campus for a visit. We accepted and made our first
trip ever to Clarksville. During the visit we liked the atmosphere on campus, the people we met, and the quality of the
faculty. Coach Koon’s assistant, Coach Ingram, was away
from the campus completing his master’s degree, so I did not
meet him until I arrived on campus in the fall. Another person
I met, J.T. Patterson, became one of my best lifetime friends.
He was the business manager, and through his efforts we
were able to work out a complete financial package for the
four Ehrens.
Describe what Ozarks was like when you were a
student?
When we were enrolled in the fall of 1949, Ozarks
still had a Pharmacy School, so there was a heavy
emphasis on the sciences. The faculty then was like
it is now -- willing to go the extra mile to see that
the students achieved their academic goals. We had a much
greater percentage of married students then, since there were
so many veterans. The student body was older and more
mature, which provided sound student leadership. We were
required to attend chapel every day, five days a week. Strict
attendance was taken, and one hour of credit was deducted
for each four chapels missed. When I came as president
years later, we had a stack of diplomas in the school safe
which were the result of missed chapels during my student
years. We distributed those diplomas to some grateful alumni.
Who are some of the administrators, faculty, staff
and fellow students who still stand out in your
mind?
That’s a difficult question because so many people
have been instrumental in my life. Coach Koon,
Coach Ingram, J.T. Patterson and President Dr.
Don Davis smoothed the road for me during strategic times in my life. Other faculty members and staff I had
great admiration for were Prof Smith, Dr. Fredrick, Dr.
Beach, Dr. Terrell and many others I could name if my
memory served me better. The most memorable student was
Frank Cole, who was my mentor when I was a freshman and
who has remained a friend and influence for more than 50
years. Those are just a few names, but there have been
several hundreds of faculty, staff and students who have been
a positive influence in my life. I have been blessed with many
friends that I met during my days as a student, and I wouldn’t
want to exclude any of them if I expanded this list.
You met the love of your life, your wife Juanita,
at Ozarks. Talk about that first meeting.
One evening several friends and I attended a girl’s
basketball game at our college gym. One of the
players was Juanita. I mentioned that I would like to
meet her within earshot of one of our faculty
members, Dr. Darrell Terrell. Later he said that Juanita
worked in the Registrar’s Office and that he would introduce
me at a basketball game the next night since she attended all
the college games. He cautioned me that she was dating
another student, so he didn’t know what my chances were.
Anyway, we went to the basketball game together and waited
until we saw Juanita walk through the gym door which was
directly under one of the goals where one of the teams was
warming up for the game. When Dr. Terrell introduced me,
she stopped, and we talked with basketballs bouncing all
around us. Finally, I got up the nerve to ask her to sit with me
and Dr. Terrell. He then excused himself, and we were able
to visit at length and agree to a real date. Things progressed
from there, and we were married four months later to start 55
happy years together. One of the interesting things about our
courtship is the fact that my car was not very dependable
during that time. I had to borrow a car from time to time from
Dr. Terrell and a fellow student, Herbert Peek, who is now
my brother-in-law.
You were a standout football player at Ozarks,
earning Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference
Back of the Year honors in 1952. What stands
out about your football career?
The game that immediately comes to mind is the
victory over Arkansas Tech in 1951. It was the first
time Ozarks had ever beaten Tech, and they were
our big rivals, so that made it pretty special. Being
named Back of the Year in AIC and later being elected to the
NAIA Hall of Fame were two achievements that I’m proud
of as well. When the old AIC disbanded, I still held the singleseason scoring record (121 points). I was drafted by the Los
Angeles Rams and played in two exhibition games before I
was released. It was probably for the best, though. At the
time the highest-paid Ram was Norm Van Brocklin who had a
salary of $25,000 a year. In later years, I visited with some of
Frtiz Ehren, shown running the
ball against State Teachers College
in 1952 with a broken hand (above
photo), was a standout football
player at Ozarks. He later went on
to become the college’s 22nd
president (right photo).
the old pro players, and they nearly all had serious physical
disabilities from playing professional football.
In the mid-1950s you served as admissions
counselor, assistant football coach and head
baseball coach at Ozarks. What were those days
like?
It was pretty interesting because I was a one-person
admissons staff in those days. I remember being
pretty busy. We had some good baseball teams
during that time and even won an AIC championship.
I think it was the first conference team championship the
college had ever had. We went on to play in the national
tournament, but didn’t do too well there.
What was the process of you becoming the 22nd
president of Ozarks in 1981?
I was working at the University of Central Arkansas
as dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts
when J.T. Patterson called me one day and told me
that President Burhorn was going to resign at Ozarks
and asked me if I would be interested in the position. I had
been thinking about being a college president for a few years
and had even applied for the presidency at Westark College in
Fort Smith a few years earlier. I went through the process and
was hired. One of the first things I did as president was to hire
Darrell Williams as business manager because J.T. was
retiring. I knew the importance of a good business manager at
the university. One of the first issues I faced was that the
faculty was scheduled to receive a five percent decrease in
salary for the upcoming year because of budget constraints.
That caused a big morale problem, and I wanted to try to
restore that salary cut. Juanita and I went to Northwest
Arkansas and visited with Mrs. Helen Walton about the
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situation. I remember that it was on the Fourth of July, of all
times. I told her I thought we could raise the money, but that I
needed her to underwrite the commitment if for some reason
we couldn’t raise the money. She agreed to do that. We
ended up being able to raise the money and keep the salaries
intact, which I think impressed Mrs. Walton. That really
helped to improve morale on campus as well.
What were some of the highlights of your years
as president at Ozarks from 1981-1990?
There are several things that stand out. One was
putting an emphasis on the support of our alumni.
When Harold Hull became director of alumni
relations, we established the Alumni Board. I think
that helped get alumni reconnected with the university. Also,
we were able to conduct several fund drives that put the
college on a stronger foundation. We raised the endowment
from $2 million when I got here to more than $18 million when
I left. One of the things that I mentioned in my inaugural
address was that I wanted to get rid of all the old frame
buildings on campus and replace them with nice, permanent
buildings. To me, that would make a statement that Ozarks
was here to stay. With the help of numerous supporters and
foundations, we were able to make big strides in the area of
campus facilities. The contributions of Mrs. Walton and her
family, who provided the matching funds to build the Walton
Fine Arts Center, were extremely beneficial during difficult
times for the university. Through the Mabee Foundation we
were able to expand the gymnasium. Willard Walker and his
family made significant contributions. Mary Anne Shula, along
with Melba Seay and Mrs. Clara Jones Rowntree, made the
largest contributions to the fine arts center that enabled us to
match the Walton gift. Mrs. Harvey Jones contributed the
funds to help build and equip the Jones Learning Center and
allowed us to take that program to the next level. And there
were many, many other friends and alumni who helped us
grow and improve during those years.
President Ehren led
Ozarks in several
campus improvement
initiatives, including
the $7 million Commitment to Excellence
Campaign in the mid
1980s.
Fritz and Juanita Ehren celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on April 7, 2005.
What was the most difficult decision you faced as
president?
I had many difficult decisions as president, but the
two that probably caused the greatest reaction were
changing the university mascot from Mountaineers
to Eagles and changing the name from The College
of the Ozarks to University of the Ozarks. The mascot
change was something we had been thinking about for awhile.
We just didn’t like the image that our Mountaineer mascot,
with the torn overalls, straw hat and holding a jug of moonshine, conveyed. We had several people, including some
donors, who said they did not like that image. There was
some talk about keeping the name Moutaineers and going
more to a Daniel Boone type look, but there was also talk
about changing the name completely to Eagles since the Eagle
had been a part of the alma mater and the history of the
school for many years. The Board of Trustees decided it
would be best to make the change to Eagles, and we ran it
past the Alumni Board. But we should have spent more time
letting more people know what we were doing and why we
were doing it. It was the same way with the name change.
We needed to make that change because we had just started
the Walton International Scholarship Program in Central
America and down there the word “college” does not carry
the same prestige that “university” does. We were finding that
we had a disadvantage in recruiting against schools with
“university” in their names. Once again, we went through the
proper channels, but we probably should have taken more
time and effort in letting people know why we were doing
this. I believe both changes were for the best of the university,
but there was some negative reaction to the changes.
What helped you get through the difficult times
as president?
I have depended upon strength from God since
childhood, and I never needed it more than during
the time I served as president. I prayed constantly
for guidance, and it was through this faith that I was
able to persevere. This institution is indeed blessed to be
Presbyterian related, reflecting its dependence upon the grace
of God for survival.
The Walton International Scholarship Program
was started during your tenure as president and
is now celebrating its 20th year of existence this
academic year. How did Ozarks get involved in the
program?
We had a marriage retreat on campus one weekend
in the early 1980s, and Sam and Helen Walton, who
by that time had become strong supporters of the
campus, were here. I remember driving Sam back up to the
Clarksville airport so that he could check on his plane, and he
asked me what I thought about a program that would bring
students from Central American countries to the United
States to go to college. He had been down to Central America
recently and was concerned about most of the students there
getting scholarships to Communist bloc countries. He wanted
those students to have a chance to come to the United States
and to learn about democracy and free enterprise. He asked
me to come up with a proposal to bring students from Central
America to Ozarks to get a college education. A short time
later I went up to Northwest Arkansas with the proposal, and
he liked it. He said he wanted to include two other colleges in
the program: John Brown University because it was in his
hometown county; and Harding University because Wal-Mart
had a large distribution center in Searcy.
Ozarks has gone through many changes during
your association with the campus. What is the
one thing that has remained consistent over the
decades?
The thing that has remained consistent over the
years is the focus on the students, both when they
are on campus and when they become alumni. The
strength of any institution of higher education is
measured by the degree to which graduates apply the knowledge and skills acquired as students. Ozarks has a laudable
record using any criteria used to measure success. Each of
my successors has made significant contributions. Under the
leadership of Dr. Gene Stephenson, significant improvement
was made to the physical plant as well as in other areas. Dr.
Rick Niece and his wife Sherée are a perfect fit for Ozarks.
There is no way to adequately convey the significance of their
leadership. Under Dr. Niece’s leadership, the future of
Ozarks is assured beyond question.
The Ehren siblings (top
photo, from left) Ralph,
Robert, Marie and Fritz,
at Ozarks in 1950. All
four met their spouse at
the college. The Ehrens
and their spouses are
(right photo, from left)
Robert and Sue Ehren,
Fritz and Juanita Ehren,
Herbert and Marie
Ehren Peek, and Ralph
and Betty Ehren.
You’re an avid pilot with a multi-engine rating.
How did you develop this interest in aviation?
When I was principal of Springdale (Ark.) High
School, many of the meetings I was expected to
attend were in Little Rock or somewhere else
outside of Northwest Arkansas. I decided that it
was time to fulfill a lifetime desire to learn how to fly. I went
through the learning process and joined a flying club that gave
me access to three planes I could fly. I enjoy aviation and
have gone to the world’s largest fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin,
26 times over the years, including this past year. During my
presidency at Ozarks, the Waltons upgraded Mr. Sam
Walton’s plane and gave his plane to Ozarks. Arnie Sims, a
former Air Force pilot and an Ozarks staff member, provided
the instruction to get my multi-engine rating. I remember I
flew that plane to Springdale to secure the gift for the Jones
Learning Center.
What is something that people don’t know about
you that would surprise them?
A lot of people probably don’t know that I’ve been
flying a powered parachute for about the past five
years. You probably don’t expect a 76-year-old man
to be flying around in one of those things, but it goes
back to my love of flying. To have the freedom of being up
there like a bird and looking down on God’s great creation is a
thrilling thing.
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1940s
Frank Ed McAnear ’42 and his wife,
Elizabeth, celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary on Sept. 23, 2005, with a
reception at the Wesley Pines Retirement
Center in Lumberton, N.C.
Mary Maude Gallagher ’47 of Coal Hill,
Ark., was mentioned in the December
edition of the magazine Rural Arkansas for
her extensive knowledge of the historic St.
Mary’s Catholic Church in Altus, Ark.
Gallagher has written a book titled, “100
years of St. Mary’ Church, Altus, and Its
Mission, St. Matthews’s, Coal Hill.”
Twins sisters Dr. Ruby (Steuart)
Reynolds ’48 of Clarksville and Ruth
(Steuart) Young ’48 of Little Rock, will be
celebrating their 80th birthdays on Jan. 5,
2006. Ruby served in many capacities for
Ozarks from the time of her graduation from
Ozarks through her retirement in May of
1991. Dr. Kenneth Stewart ’87 and his wife,
Janette, are establishing an endowment
honoring Ruby Reynolds. The Dr. Ruby
Steuart Reynolds Endowment Scholarship
will provide scholarships for biology majors
at Ozarks. For more information on contributing to the endowment, please call the
Advancement Office at 479-979-1230.
Kermit Smith ’49 is a retired coach and
athletic director living in Pulaski, Tenn. He
coached and was athletic director at Martin
Methodist College in Tennessee for 35 years
before retiring in 1986. He is a member of the
Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame and the
athletic field at MMC was named The Kermit
Smith Athletic Field in his honor.
technique developed by Lee Meisner.
Clingan helped supervise church music and
pre-ministry interns from Yonsei University
in various churches and agencies in the
New York Metro area in 2004 and 2005.
Dr. Mordean Taylor-Archer ’69 is
serving as the vice provost for diversity and
equal opportunity at the University of
Louisville. She previously served as
associate provost for diversity and dual
career development at Kansas State
University. She earned a master’s degree
from the University of Arkansas and a
doctorate from Brandeis University. Dr.
Taylor-Archer has devoted her professional
career to enhancing diversity on predominantly white campuses and has provided
leadership in fostering institutional change
to build inclusive campus communities.
Joan Roschevitz Giurato ’69 has been
living in California since 1971 and has
worked for the federal government for the
past 24 years. She currently is working in
Sacramento as employment coordinator/
contracting officer for the Department of
Veteran Affairs. She has one daughter and a
grand child, and earned a master’s degree in
human resources and organization development from the University of San Francisco in
1997. She writes that her four years at
Ozarks “were some of the most wonderful
years I’ve experienced in education,
activities and friendships. Attributes C of O
provided me with gave me the educational
Hole in the Wall
Gang Reunion
David “Jo Bell” Lasater ’75 and a
committee of former Hole in the
Wall Gang members are planning a
reunion for the group in the summer
of 2006. If you would like more
information, e-mail David at
dlasater@agent.shelterinsurance.com
or call 479-754-2550 or 479-7542772.
foundation I needed to achieve a rewarding
career in federal government.”
1970s
Carol Patterson ’78 is living in Springfield, Mass., and working in management for
Holyoke Community College. She has two
grown children.
1980s
LaVada (Kester) Claphan ’80 is living
in Stilwell, Okla., where she is a special ed
teacher and school psychologist. She and
her husband have twin daughters.
Carol (Brown) Struckmeyer ’81 of
Knoxville, Ark., and her family were named
Johnson County Farm Family of the Year in
August. Their 240-acre farm has been in
Carol’s family since her great grand-parents
1950s
Lonnie Qualls ’55 and Levada (Mathis)
Qualls ’55 of Clarksville celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary in August with
an Alaskan cruise.
1960s
The Rev. Dr. Ralph G. Clingan ’63
delivered three lectures and two sermons
during a trip to Seoul in October. Clingan
has recently written a book, published in
both Korean and English, titled, “Action
Preaching,” which relates to the acting
Brandon Henderson ’02 and Sarah Martin ’03 were married on May 21, 2005, in
Modesto, Calif. Serving as wedding attendants were several of their former classmates,
including Jennifer Jungman ’02, Lisa Hilton ’03, Chivon Cogan ’03, Liza Talley ’04,
Laura Shepard ’05, Clay Allen ’02, Kris Breton ’02, Daniel Sigala ’02 and Ricky
Johnson ’03. Following the wedding, the Hendersons went on a honeymoon to Cancun,
Mexico. Brandon and Sarah live in Modesto, where he works as an engineer for George
Reed, Inc., a construction firm, and she works as an agency compliance coordinator for
Basic Resources, Inc., a land development company.
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traveled by covered wagon from Nebraska
to settle there. The farm is used to produce
cattle, turkeys, gardens and a hay crop.
Carol teaches fourth grade at Westside
Elementary School and also serves on the
Johnson County Fair Board.
Sandy Vagher ’81 is living in Lake
Bluff, Ill., where she works as a supervisor
for automated pharmacy machines.
Ralph Sattazahn ’85 recently started a
new job in the Fort Smith School District as
ELA/Migrant/Indian Education Assessment
Coordinator. He has spent the previous 20
years as a classroom teacher.
Deborah (Richard) Wood ’85 is working
as the director of financial aid at Arkansas
Tech University’s Ozark Campus. She and
her husband, Terry, have two children and
live in Ozark, Ark.
1990s
Sharon New-Bauckman ’90 was
married on Sept. 2, 2005. She and her
husband are living in Annapolis, Maryland.
Jennifer earned a master’s degree in health
science from the University of Central
Arkansas in 2004.
Stephen Rowe ’90 and Jennifer Rowe
’93 of Beggs, Okla., went to Costa Rica in
July as part of a church mission trip. The
group helped build several buildings and
organized a Mission Bible School.
Dr. Brent Thomas ’91 was recently
promoted to associate professor of biology
at the University of South Carolina Upstate.
Thomas has been working at USC-Upstate
since completing work on his Ph.D. in
biology from Mississippi State University in
1999. His research speciality is evolutionary
ecology and he has recently published
articles on freshwater turtles. He and his
wife, Stephanie, have two children and live
in Spartanburg, S.C.
David Yarberry ’91 and FaithYarberry
’92 are living in Massillon, Ohio. He works
as a health, safety and environmental
manager for Hayes Lemmerz International.
Dr. Jeannie Oliver ’92 of Horn Lake,
Miss., recently earned her Ed.D. from
Berkley in education administration and has
done post-doctoral work at Nova Southeastern University.
Hani Shubber ’92 is living in Houston,
Texas, and working as a purchasing agent
for Allstyle Coil Co. He earned a master’s
degree in business management after
leaving Ozarks.
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Burgess relishes education
Dr. Ruby Burgess’ career in education has spanned almost four decades, yet the process of helping
people develop and grow has not begun to get the least bit old.
“I enjoy the educational process of
reading, thinking, collaborating, planning, teaching, evaluating, and then
starting all over again,” said Burgess,
who has been the dean of the College
of Education at Southern Arkansas
University the past three years. “I enjoy going through this process with
faculty, students and staff in the role of
teacher and administrator. I get great
satisfaction out of helping them develop and move toward their own professional and career goals.”
Even though Burgess has enjoyed
a long and successful career as a
teacher and administrator, it wasn’t
what she started out being interested
in when she came to Ozarks in 1963
from Morrilton, Ark. She majored in
business administration and secretarial
science while at Ozarks, but left the
college in 1967 just three credits short
of completing her degree to take a job
at Mary Holmes Junior College in Mississippi. While working as a secretary
at Mary Holmes, Burgess became
familiar with several antipoverty and
early childhood education programs in
which the junior college was involved.
“Reading the research and literature about early childhood education,
as well as being a part of the civil
rights movement at the time, really
piqued my interest of going into the
education field,î she said.
Burgess went on to earn degrees
in human development from Pacific
Oaks College in California as well as
an Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts. Even though she doesnít
officially have a degree from Ozarks,
it holds a special place in her heart.
She credits Ozarks and her professors
for helping her become aware of the
importance of contributing to society.
“Some of my favorite memories of
Ruby Burgess
in 1966 (top
photo) and in
2005.
Ozarks were working with area missions during the school year and the
Board of National Missions during the
summers,” she said. “I really enjoyed
working with the children and youth in
tutorial and recreational programs.”
Burgess was also influenced by a
couple of professors at Ozarks.
“Professors who impacted me
were Dr. Bill Lytle, the coordinator of
the area mission program, and Dr.
(Erwin) Bohm, a humanities professor,”
Burgess said. “Both were scholars and
I was, and am now, influenced by
sound scholarship and scholarly behaviors in faculty and students.
Burgess said that the study of African history and culture has been a lifelong passion of hers. She currently
serves as the president of the Board of
Trustees for Adventures in Health,
Education and Agriculture Development, Inc. (AHEAD), a nonprofit organization that helps under-served communities in developing countries and the
United States. AHEAD’s mission is to
improve the quality of life by implementing programs that lead to selfsufficiency and self-reliance.
“ We work with programs like maternal-newborn health care, teen leadership, water testing and pasteurization,
and educational scholarships for
youth,” Burgess said. “We’ve worked
on projects ranging from east and west
Africa to Washington, D.C. It’s an organization that is making a difference,
and I’m privileged to be a part of it.”
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Christy (Marlar) Umholtz ’92 and
husband, Clay, are living in Ozark, Ark., with
their daughter. She works for Bank of the
Ozarks.
Dr. Evelinn A. Borrayo ’93 is an
associate professor of psychology at
Colorado State University. In August, she
was awarded the American Psychological
Association’s Leadership Citation for Early
Career at the APA national convention in
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Meredith K. James ’93 has recently
written a scholarly book titled, “Literary
and Cinematic Reservation in Selected
Works of Native American Author Sherman
Alexie.” She is an assistant professor of
English at Eastern Connecticut State
University.
Luis Colmenares ’94 is living in
Guatemala City with his wife, Gaby, and
three children. He reports that he works for
Compassion International and recently
earned a master’s degree.
Andrew Rhodes ’96 is working in
Boston as an actor, producer and artistic
director for Tribe for Children, an artists
collaborative whose goal is to promote the
arts in the Boston area. In October he
directed the children company’s first show,
Robin Hood.
Jude Devins ’97 is in Sligo, Ireland,
where he owns and operates a night club
and restaurant and serves as the town’s
mayor. He is believed to be the youngest
elected mayor in Ireland’s history. He said
the one year spent at Ozarks “was truly
incredible from an academic point of view
and proved to be an inspiration in my future
career. I would love to see my old friends
and thank them for the great times we had.”
Dr. Ben Myers ’98 is serving as an
assistant professor of English at Oklahoma
Baptist University. Myers, who earned his
Ph.D. in English from Washington University, taught at U of O from 2003 to 2005.
Diane Pohlmeier ’99 recently began
working on a master’s degree in science and
social work at the University of Texas at
Arlington. She has spent the past five years
as campus minister at the University of
Dallas.
2000s
Lee Beshoner ’00 is living in Elkins,
Ark., and working at a branch office in
Fayetteville, Ark., for FTN Associates, Ltd, a
multidisciplinary environmental consulting
firm. Among the projects he works with are
marketing duties for hydraulic and hydrology projects in the region.
Cheryl (Bartlett) Harrell ’00 lives with
her husband, Doyce, and their three children
in Bentonville, Ark. She operates a child care
facility at a church where her husband is an
associate pastor.
Sarah Clary ’00 is a research assistant
at the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences’ Reynolds Institute on Aging in
Little Rock. She earned a master’s degree in
exercise physiology from the University of
Oklahoma. At UAMS, she provides education and counseling to patients and families
in the areas of nutrition and metabolism.
Christa (Miser) Strong ’00 and her
husband, Clint, are living in Rogers, Ark.
Christa, who has been teaching middle
school for the past six years, completed a
master’s degree in education administration
from the University of Arkansas on March
10, 2005. Just seven days later, on March 17,
the Strongs welcomed a baby girl, Laelle
Grace, to the family. They celebrated their
fourth wedding anniversary in October 2005.
Shawna (Sullins) Woehl ’00 and
Jeremiah Woehl ’00 are living in Harrison,
Ark. Shawna teaches first grade and
coaches junior and senior high volleyball in
the Valley Springs School District.
Jeff Jackson ’01 and wife, Keiann, of
Wagoner, Okla., had their first child, Jeffrey
Allen III, on Aug. 26, 2005.
Kendra Akin-Jones ’01 recently began
her new job as assistant attorney general in
the Public Protection Division of the
Arkansas Attorney General’s Office. She
and husband, Ben, live in Little Rock.
Joni (Marvel) Teddleton ’01 married
Chris Teddleton in July of 2005. The couple
live in Northwest Arkansas where Joni
works as a project/program specialist for the
University of Arkansas Graduate School.
She earned a master’s degree in public
administration from UA in 2004.
Athletic Reunions
The women’s soccer program held an alumni match in August. Former Lady Eagles
who attended included (front row, from left) Anne Obermueller, Lindy Swatzell,
Letty Trevino, Jennifer Guernica, Shannon Peterson, Sarah Clary, Stephanie
Rosenthal, Lisa Hilton, (back row, from left) Jennfier Jungman, Katie Lien, Kara
Carlson, Lindsey Turnbow, Marissa Andrade, Jessica Bush, Jamie Craig, Liza
Talley and Debbie Giesecke.
The baseball program held an
alumni game in October. Among the
former players who returned were,
(front row, from left) Eric Hipp,
Rusty Gregory, Jake Hudson, Eric
Parker, Josh Underwood, (back row,
from left) Jerry Bridges, Shawn
Adams, Andrew Smallwood, Andy
Tasker, Bo Funderburk, Chad
Harris and Kevin Duncan.
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Rene Espinosa ’02 is a business
manager for an automotive coating company
located in Queretaro, Mexico.
Sharla (Goates) Fultz ’02 and husband,
Joshua, of Clarksville, welcomed a baby boy,
Rhett Daniel, to the family on Aug. 20, 2005.
Landen Holmes ’02 and Melissa
(Bearden) Holmes ’04 of Fort Smith,Ark.,
welcomed a new baby girl, Leightyn, to the
family on July 10, 2005. Melissa is a second
grade teacher in Fort Smith.
Charles Hurley ’02 and Cara (Holmes)
Hurley ’02, welcomed a new son, William
Mark, to the family on June 18, 2005.
Ryan Koerdt ’02 coached Emerson
(Ark.) High School to its third straight Class
A State Boys Track Championship in 2005.
Koerdt has been the boys’ basketball coach
and track coach at Emerson since 2002. He
led the boys’ basketball team to a 30-8
record in 2004-2005.
Clint Ponder ’02 began a new job in
August in the corporate offices of Sharper
Image in San Francisco.
Maria Rodriguez Garcia ’02 is living in
Guatemala where she works as a product
manager for Colgate Palmolive.
Melissa Wilson ’02 is a second grade
teacher in Gentry, Ark.
Anneke (Binkley) Bollman ’03 and
husband Michael Bollman ’04 are living in
Russellville, Ark., with their daughter Halle.
Michael is the head boys’ basketball coach
at Dover High School, and Anneke is
attending the University of Central Arkansas and pursuing her MBA. The Bollmans
are expecting their second child in March.
Carlos Gonzalez ’03 is working as an
accounts manager for British American
Tobacco (BAT) in El Salvador. He is in
charge of main sales of BAT in San Salva-
dor. He writes that he will “always remember
Arkansas and the many great friends I met
there.”
DeWayne Lambert ’03 has been in
Lancaster, England, working on a master’s
degree in conflict, security and development
in a program at Lancaster University.
Ulysses Ruley ’03 and Charity (Tyree)
Ruley í02 welcomed their first child, Ty, to
the family on June 28, 2005. Ulysses is a
teacher and coach at Lincoln High School.
Nicole (Sullivan) Niemoth ’03 and
husband, Will, are living in Overton, Texas,
where she is a high school Spanish teacher
and tennis coach. They have a 2-year-old
son, Gavin.
Karie Allen ’05 is living in Duvall,
Wash., where she works as a music teacher.
She reports that she plans to marry her
fiance, Brett Smith, in the summer of 2006.
Kerri Hughes ’05 is a special projects
director for the Fort Smith Chamber of
Commerce.
Nancy (Wallace) Keys ’05 and husband, Britt, are living in Clarksville where
she works as a cashier for Wal-Mart.
Amanda Luney ’05 is living in Siloam
Springs, Ark., where she is a shift human
resources manager for Tyson Foods of Noel,
Mo. She reports that her daughter, Shanelle,
turned nine months old in November and is
“growing really fast.”
Carmen Polanco ’05 is living in
Honduras where she works as an administrator for the Cadbury Adams company.
Eden Porter ’05 is working as a
children’s librarian in North Little Rock.
Rebecca Stengel ’05 finished in the top
10 at the 2005 Miss Arkansas Pageant, held
in June. She is pursuing a master’s degree at
the University of Arkansas.
Jennifer Jungman ’02 and Paul Hiemke ’02
(left photo) were married on Oct. 15, 2005,
in Dallas. The couple honeymooned in
Mexico, where they weathered Hurricane
Wilma’s wrath and ran into another Ozarks
alumnus, Chris Burns (below photo, left,
with Paul) . Paul recently graduated from
Texas Tech Law School and is a licensed
attorney, while Jennifer works for a commercial photography studio as an
account manager
and photo art
director. The
Hiemkes live in
Dallas.
Ronnie Johnson ’74 was recently named
Chief Operations Officer for Ozark Health
in Clinton, Ark. He earned a master’s
degree in gerontology from UA-Little Rock
in 1994.
Three named to
Alumni Board
The university’s Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomed
three new members during its Aug.
20 board meeting.
The new board members starting
their three-year terms include,
Rebecca (Steele) Jorgensen of
Conway, Ark.; Richard Averwater of
Bartlett, Tenn.; and Kendra AkinJones of Little Rock.
Jorgensen, a 1974 Ozarks graduate, is the director of student activities
at Conway Christian School High
School. Her husband, Joe, is a 1976
Ozarks graduate.
Averwater, a 1985 Ozarks graduate, is an assistant chief counsel in the
Department of Homeland Security.
Akin-Jones, a 2001 Ozarks graduate, earned a law degree from the
University of Arkansas School of
Law. She works as an assistant attorney general in the Public Protection
Division of the Arkansas Attorney
General’s Office. She and husband
Benjamin reside in Little Rock.
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Bain, Olsen share hurricane experiences
Like thousands of Americans who
live along the Gulf Coast, Ozarks alumni
Patrick Bain and Steve Olsen experienced firsthand the devastation caused
by Hurricane Katrina in August.
Both Bain and Olsen were living
near the epicenter of Katrina’s destruction. Olsen, a 1994 Ozarks graduate,
was living near Pascagoula, Miss.,
where he works as a high school math
teacher. Bain, a 1997 Ozarks graduate,
was working as a hotel manager in the
French Quarter of New Orleans.
The two had harrowing stories of
the destruction wreaked by Katrina.
Bain had been working at the hotel
in New Orleans for about 14 months
and was recently promoted to conference services and sales manager. As
Katrina approached the city, Bain, along
with other hotel employees and about
30 hotel guests, hunkered down and
prepared to wait out the storm.
“New Orleans had dodged so many
hurricanes over the years that we
figured it wouldn’t get too bad,” Bain
recalled. “We prepared for it and
stocked up on food and water, but we
really didn’t expect too much.”
Though Katrina’s winds did some
damage to the hotel, Bain and the rest
of the guests thought they had survived
the hurricane relatively unscathed. That
quickly changed the next day, though,
when levees began breaking around the
city and floodwaters started to rise in
the French Quarter.
“ We had all thought we had been
lucky and the worst was behind us, but
all of a sudden staff members were
running around saying the levee had
broken and that we needed to escape,”
Bain said. “We went into survival mode
and quickly made plans to get out .”
As water continued to rise at the
hotel and looters and gang members
became more prevalent in the area,
Bain and other employees loaded up
their vehicles with the hotel’s remaining
guests. With Bain’s Chevy Tahoe
leading the way, an eight-car convoy
navigated the flooded streets of New
“From the outside, everything
looked pretty normal, except for the
water line in the middle of the window, ”
Olsen said. “When we opened the door,
we were not prepared for what we
saw. Everything we had worked for our
entire lives was ruined. After a couple
of minutes, we just shut the door and
walked away. On the way to my wifes
sister’s house, my 7-year-old son said,
‘Dad, at least we still have the four of
us and Jesus.’ I learned a very imporPatrick Bain’97 stands next to the SUV
tant lesson that day from my son.”
that he and four other people and three
With help from their church family,
dogs used to escape the rising flood
they began putting their lives back
waters of New Orleans.
together. But with no flood insurance,
Orleans and headed north for a 300the Olsens, like thousands of families
mile journey to Bain’s father’s house in along the devastated area, were faced
Shreveport, La.
with rebuilding costs of nearly $50,000.
“ We couldn’t believe the looters, the However, they received an unexpected
carjackings and the total devastation we blessing in September when a company
saw as we were leaving the city,” said
out of Pennsylvania, Phoenix AccessoBain, who had four other people, three
ries Inc., notified them that the comdogs and several bags of luggage in his
pany would be rebuilding their house, as
truck. “The water was about a foot high well as helping them replace furniture
and rising, and we were driving on
and appliances.
sidewalks and everywhere to get out of
“This company was looking for a
there. I had a flat tire, but I made sure
family with small children to help get
we got well out of the city before we
back on their feet,” Olsen said. “They
changed it. When I got to my dad’s
purchased all the materials and sent 15
house, my hands were shaking so badly skilled workers to the house. I can’t
that I almost couldn’t hold a glass. It
even begin to tell you how much
was truly an experience. ”
they’ve done for us. There are two
Bain, whose own home in New
things that I’ve learned from this
Orleans received only minor damage,
experience: One is that our God, is an
returned in October to help rebuild the
awesome God and He is big enough to
city that he has come to love.
handle any situation. The other is that
“This city has too much history and there are thousands of families out
is too important to too many people not
there that need help rebuilding their
to rebuild it,” he said.
lives, and anyone can help. Phoenix
Steve Olsen has lived with his wife, Accessories is just a small company, but
Regina, near the Gulf Coast since 1995. it made such a tremendous difference in
In April he had moved with his wife and our lives.”
two children to a new home in Gautier,
One of the first things Olsen had
Miss., just a half mile from the Missisreplaced was his diploma from Ozarks.
sippi Sound, which juts in from the Gulf
“There are so many things like
of Mexico.
photographs that can’t be replaced, and
With Katrina approaching, the
an event like this helps show you what
Olsens evacuated to Tallahassee, Fla.
is really important,” he said. “Things
When they returned to their home two
like our family, our faith, our education,
days later, they were awestruck by
those things can’t be taken away by
what they found.
floodwaters.”
Dr. John Harper Albritton (1915-2005)
Pharmacy Pioneer
Dr. John Harper Albritton, who
helped establish the pharmacy school at
Ozarks in the late 1940s and was
considered a pioneer in the profession,
passed away on May 16, 2005, at the
age of 90 at his home in Florida.
A graduate of Purdue University
and a son of a Kentucky pharmacist,
Albritton was chosen by then College of
the Ozarks President Dr. Wiley Lin
Hurie in 1947 to establish the first
school of pharmacy in Arkansas at
Ozarks.
The college had a reputation as
having one of the strongest natural
science departments in the state, and
Hurie recognized the severe shortage of
pharmacists in the state. Pursuing his
task at hand, Albritton diligently chose
the faculty and curriculum and planned
the laboratories for the first four-year
college of pharmacy in Arkansas’
history.
In the Fall of 1947, the pharmacy
school enrolled 120 students. After its
first academic year, the enrollment grew
to 270 students.
Dr. Albritton, as dean
of the pharmacy school
in 1950 (above photo),
and at the pharmacy
school reunion at
Ozarks in 2000.
Remembering
Dr. Albritton
“Dr. Albritton’s prime emphasis was always to
first teach the art of the practice of pharmacy
and secondly to teach how to use this skill in
service to your community. He was truly an
inspiration to me, and I am proud to have been
one of his students.”
Dr. Doyne M. Hudson ’51
Yukon, Oklahoma
“I remember him as a quiet, dignified gentleman.
We all owe Dr. Albritton a tremendous debt of
gratitude for his efforts in starting a school of
pharmacy in the state of Arkansas. He was a
great man.”
Dr. Reed Perryman
Ozark, Missouri
Though the College of the Ozarks
lost its school of pharmacy in 1951 and
Albritton served as dean of the pharmacy school for just two years, he
touched the lives of many students in his
short time as dean.
“He went to great lengths to
personally know each student,” said
1951 Ozarks graduate and retired
pharmacist Dr. Don Stecks. “Not only
was he a great teacher and motivator,
but he was also a wise counselor who
always had time to listen to students and
assist them in solving their problems. He
had a bright smile and piercing but
gentle eyes.”
Following his two-year tenure as
dean, Albritton returned to his hometown of Paducah, Ky., and became
owner of the family pharmacy.
He moved to Florida in 1972 where
he continued to practice his cherished
profession with Eckerd Pharmacies until
he was 75. He also opened several
pharmacies in the Clearwater, Florida,
area.
During the University of the Ozarks
Alumni Weekend 2000, a pharmacy
reunion was held and Albritton attended
the reunion. One of his former students
remarked that his attendance was ìthe
icing on the cake.”
“Dr. Albritton was my favorite faculty member
during my four years in Pharmacy School at
Ozarks. Although he was only dean for a short
period, his organizational skills, his interaction
with students and his positive influence on
students impressed me. He made me feel that
he was my friend, and indeed, he was. He was a
professional pharmacist, and his conduct made
me want to also reach that level of professionalism. He will always be remembered as a pioneer
in Arkansas.”
Dr. Don Stecks ’51
Little Rock, Arkansas
“Dr. Albritton was a kind man who had our
best interest at heart. When we would get
discouraged, he would say, ‘Let me tell you
something; you are farther along than you think
you are. I know, because I have been there.’ ”
Dr. Charles Rector ’50
Dumas, Arkansas
“During our 50-year Pharmacy School reunion
at Ozarks, I visited with Dr. Albritton. He said
to me, ‘I hear you are the executive director of
the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy.’ ‘Yes
sir,’ I replied, ‘I am, and I bet you were
surprised to hear that.’ He remarked with a
smile, ‘Not at all, I always had the utmost
confidence in all my College of the Ozarks
students.’ ”
Dr. John Douglas ’50
Jonesboro, Arkansas
“Dr. Albritton’s dream of a Pharmacy School in
Arkansas coincided with my dreams of
becoming a pharmacist. Due to one man’s desire
to become dean of the first Pharmacy School in
the state, the questions I had asked the Father
above — ‘What am I going to do? Where are
my dreams going to take me?’ — were
answered by Dr. Albritton. God Bless him.”
Dr. Frank Cole ’50
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Gladys D. (Gould) Moore ’29
Gladys D. (Gould) Moore of Clarksville, died Oct. 11, 2005, in
Benton, Ark., at the age of 100. She taught high school for
nine years before moving to Kansas with her husband, Fred,
and spending more than 40 years in the farming business.
Erta Lee Shrigley ’30
Erta Lee Shrigley of Clarksville, died Nov. 7, 2005, at the age
of 97. She was a retired elementary school teacher in Coal
Hill, Ark., and an executive secretary in Oklahoma City.
Catherine Haigwood ’33
Catherine Haigwood of Clarksville, died Oct. 7, 2005, at the
age of 94. She was a retired Clarksville school teacher.
Audra Cowan ’40
Audra Cowan of Fort Smith, Ark., died Sept. 23, 2005, at the
age of 87. He was a veteran of World War II and taught band
at Ramsey Junior High in Fort Smith for almost 30 years.
Twenty-six of his former students became band directors
themselves, and Cowan is a member of the Arkansas
Bandmaster’s Hall of Fame.
Noble H. James ’43
Noble H. James of Havana, Ark., died Nov. 13, 2005, at the
age of 83. He was a former Naval Air Force cadet, farmer
and land surveyor.
Ben Phillips ’47
Ben Hugh Phillips of Clarksville, died Oct. 3, 2005, at the age
of 80. He was a World War II Navy veteran and worked in
the poultry production industry for 37 years.
Mary (Sherrow) Yarbrough ’48
Mary (Sherrow) Yarbrough of Clarksville, died Aug 22, 2005,
at the age of 77. She and her husband, Lloyd, were longtime
peach growers in Johnson County.
age of 78. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam
wars and was a longtime business owner in Clarksville.
Earl Coats, Jr. ’54
Earl Coats, Jr., of Fort Smith, Ark., died June 25, 2005, at the
age of 78. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean
War and was a teacher and administrator for 38 years at
several schools in Arkansas, including Greenwood, Fordyce
and Huntsville.
Donald R. Langston ’57
Donald R. Langston of Fort Smith, Ark., died Aug. 8, 2005, at
the age of 67. A graduate of the UA School of Law, Langston
served four terms as a District 12 circuit judge.
Rev. Joseph Carey, Jr. ’71
The Rev. Joseph Carey, Jr., of Fort Smith, Ark., died Nov. 6,
2005, at the age of 72. He was a retired pastor of several
churches in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Jobelle (King) Laster ’78
Jobelle (King) Laster of Clarksville, died Aug. 24, 2005, at the
age of 86. She was a former librarian at the Johnson County
Public library and manager of the Hurie School cafeteria and
the snack bar at U of O.
David B. Evans ’87
David B. Evans of Hartman, Ark., died Oct. 3, 2005, at the
age of 46. He was an attorney in Clarksville.
Katherine S. (Johnson) Shaffer ’96
Katherine Susan (Johnson) Shaffer of Ozark, Ark., died April
30, 2005, at the age of 46. She was a teacher for the
Arkansas Tech University Ozark Campus.
Dr. Graydon Williams
Clarissa “Shorty” Cole ’50
Dr. Graydon J. Williams of Mountain Home, Ark., a former
music professor at Ozarks, died Feb. 22, 2005, at the age of
76. Williams served as band director at Ozarks in the 1960s
before moving to California where he taught music at Cal
Poly State University in San Luis Obispo from 1970 to 1991.
Lillian (Halmes) Blackard ’52
Jim C. Fritts of Clarksville died on Sept. 13, 2005, at the age
of 57. He served as an assistant baseball coach at Ozarks in
the 1990s and was owner of Jim Fritts Auto Plex.
Henry A. Paladino ’53
Dr. Joel Stubblefield of Fort Smith, Ark., died on Oct. 19,
2005, at the age of 67. He was awarded an honorary
doctorate degree from Ozarks in 1985. He was president of
Westark College and UA-Fort Smith for 22 years.
Clarissa “Shorty” Cole of Jonesboro, Ark., passed away on
June 7, 2005, in Little Rock, at the age of 81. She taught junior
high physical education for 13 years in Jonesboro before
working in recreational therapy for 14 years.
Lillian (Halmes) Blackard ’52 of Hartman, Ark., died Aug. 27,
2005, at the age of 81. She taught for 39 years, including 23 in
the Clarksville School District.
Henry A. Paladino of Clarksville, died June 19, 2005, at the
Jim C. Fritts
Dr. Joel R. Stubblefield
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
*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
The Seay Foundation
*Melba Sellmeyer Seay
Mary Anne Hurst Shula and Don Shula
*Jackson T. Stephens
Willard and Pat Walker Charitable
Foundation
*Willard and Pat Walker
Walton Family Charitable Support
Foundation, Inc.
Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
Helen Robson Walton
Helen Robson Walton 1987 Non-Qualified
Charitable Remainder Trust
Sam M. Walton 1987 Non-Qualified
Charitable Remainder Trust
The T. L. Smith Society
Professor T.L. Smith, much beloved
former professor at Ozarks, is
honored by this giving club. T.L.
Smith Society members have a
lifetime giving record of $100,000$999,999. An asterisk indicates
someone who is deceased.
William L. Abernathy Charitable Lead Trust
Alumni Association, U of O
ARAMARK Corporation, Coppell, TX
*Richard and Katherene Bagwell
Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith
David Banks ’60
*Charles C. and *Nadine E. Baum
Nadine E. and Charles C. Baum Estate
Jean and *Everett Berry
*R. K. Black
Lee Bodenhamer
*Margaret Boone
Alvin C. Broyles Estate
Victor and Alice Cary
W. F. Catlett Trust
H.A. & Mary K. Chapman Charitable Trust
John Joseph Conrad Trust
Pearl H. Crickard Trust
Jean Daniel
William and Marian Dawson
The Dial Corporation, Phoenix, AZ
Bebe and Tom Dunnicliffe Charitable Trust
*Fontaine R. Earle
ExxonMobil Foundation
Financial Services Agency-Synod of the
Sun, Denton, TX
First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville
First Presbyterian Church, Ponca City, OK
Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc.
Estate of Bettis A. Garside
A.H. Gould Irrevocable Trust
Estate of Arch Gould
Estate of George M. Green
HAR-BER Village Foundation
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Estate of Louise Ann Redus Hobbs
*Dorothea Hutcheson
Estate of Hazel Johnson
Roy and Nancy Johnson
Peggy Bort Jones
W. Ernest King, Jr. ’41 and Maribeth King
Luella Langenberg Estate
Jessie M. Long Trust
*Ada Parks Mills ’33 and *Joe Mills ’32
*Flois Dickerson Miracle ’25
James Hayden Moore Estate
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
Lillian Norberg
*Vera M. Pfeffer
The Procter & Gamble Fund
R. L. and Nancy Qualls
Estate of Margaret Ayleen Ragland
Regions Bank
The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, Inc.
Estate of James T. Rhea
Mary I. Rogers Trust
Melba Spellmeyer Seay Trust
The Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable &
Education Trust
Estate of Edison T. Tingley
Tulsa Royalties Company, Tulsa, OK
Estate of Edith B. Vaughan
Wal*Mart Foundation
*John T. Walton
Whitson Morgan Motor Company, Inc.
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
Stanley Applegate, Jr.
*Richard and Katherene Bagwell
*Carol Barnes Joyce and
*Scevoy D. Barnes
Joe M. Barron
*O. Edward Basham ’31
*L. Ray Bates
*Charles C. and * Nadine E. Baum
Arvid Bean ’78
*Raymond Bean
Margaret Glenn Fraley Beaver ’71
*James C. Bell í37
Jean Berry
*John E. Bock ’49
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
*Frank P. Collins
Opal Huff Farris Cox
William Cravens, Jr.
William L. Cravens
*Mr. and Mrs. 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
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
Virginia R. Hicks
*Lois M. Highlester
Lucille Harmon Hobbs ’45
*Richard W. Hobbs
*Katherine House ’41
*Hazel Johnson
*Cecil Johnston ’40
Myra King Johnston ’39
*Bernice Jones and *Harvey Jones
J. Lance Jones
*Keith Kennedy
*Clio Thompson Kettelhut ’34
Basil and Eva Lee Gotcher King
Robert L. King, Jr.
William Pryor Ladner ’81
*Luella Langenberg
Rena Sue Laster ’71
*George Lee ’36
*James Lewis ’41 and
Marie Baskin Lewis ’41
Keith Lewis
*James and *Florence Lockhart
*Jessie Marie Long
Albert Looper ’39 and Alene Looper
William McCarthy
Diana 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
*Maudress Hefner Overstreet ’30
Milford Park ’38 and Laura Waters Park ’38
Tom D. Patterson ’57
Sara Jane Shertzer Patteson
Donald Pearsall, Sr. ’51
Donald Pennington ’68
*Vera M. and *Eugene Pfeffer
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*Effie Pierson Becker
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
Dorothy Caldwell Salter ’41
*DuBose Scarborough, Jr. ’35
*Melba Sellmeyer Seay
*Richard Shaw
*Charles F. Shertzer, Jr.
Mary Anne Hurst 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 D. ’53 and Ailene Thames
Ashley and Eleanor Thomas
*Ernestine H. Thurman-Swartzwelder
*Edison T. Tingley
*Robert Turner ’34
*Edith Brunk Vaughan
Randy Wahlman
*Mrs. Felix (Ruey Stroud) Weatherly ’30
Lee White
Donna Manley Wolfe
Wayne Workman ’44 and
Betty Bush Workman
Ed Dell Wortz
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 2004-05
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’ Independent Colleges &
Universities
John Joseph Conrad Trust
Holden Braden Gould Revocable Trust
Estate of Louise Ann Redus Hobbs
Peggy Bort Jones
John W. and Mary Nichols
Otha H. Grimes Foundation
James R. and Gladeen Struthers
Helen R. Walton
Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
The Trustees’ Council
The Trustees’ Council honors
donors who contributed $10,000 to
$24,999 to the University during the
2004-05 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.
Stanley Applegate, Jr.
John E. Bock Trust
Lee Bodenhamer
Judy Borck
Roland S. and Judith Boreham
Rick and Sherée Niece
Lillian Norberg
The Oxley Foundation
Jack T. Patterson ’65 and Lisa Patterson
Leonard and Annemarie Ralston
Regions Bank
*Arnie Sims
John and Evie Tate
Harve Taylor, III and Loyce Ann
Bean Taylor ’72
*John T. Walton
Wayne Workman ’44 and
Betty Bush Workman
The Chair’s Council
The Chair’s Council honors donors
who contributed $5,000 to $9,999 to
the University during the 2004-05
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.
James Bell ’37
Drue Dillard Corbusier
Dillard’s, Inc.
Margaret Bost Douglass ’41
Dwight Presbyterian Mission
Robert Fulton, II ’42 and Carol Fulton
First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville
Paula and Roger Glasgow
Ray Hobbs ’77 and Debbie
Soard Hobbs ’77
Marie Hervey Ingram ’33
JJG Lands LLC
Brad and Suzanne Johnson
W. Ernest King, Jr. ’41 and Maribeth King
Henry and Ruth Mariani,
NLC Products, Inc.
Helen McElree ’47
Lewis H. Niece
J. Albert Nitche ’66 and June Shea Nitche
Sarah Davis, Scott Parker, Phil Parker
Ann Patterson ’75 and Max Snowden
Jack Phillips, Jr. ’50 and Ann Phillips
Rogers Foundation, Inc.
Fred Romo ’68 and
AndreaAnderson Romo ’68
Stephen Rowe ’90 and Jennifer Rowe ’93
Alice Souchek Charitable Trust
Kenneth Stewart ’87 and Janette Stewart
Ed Dell Wortz
William and Sylvia Zale Foundation
The President’s
Council
The President’s Council honors
donors who contributed $1,000 to
$4,999 to the University during the
2004-05 fiscal year. Names in bold
indicate those donors who have
contributed for five or more
consecutive years. An asterisk
indicates someone who passed away
in the last year.
Air Compressor Specialists, Fort Smith
ARAMARK Corporation, Coppell, TX
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Arkansas Valley Electric Co-Op, Ozark
Arvid Bean ’78 and
Sharon Jones Bean ’78
Bella Vista Community Church,
Bella Vista
Jean Berry
Doris and Huie Bird
Robbie G. Blakemore
Roger Bost ’43 and
Kathryn King Bost ’43
Howard Brown, Sr. ’64
Central Presbyterian Church, Russellville
Citizens Fidelity Insurance Co.
James and Irene Clark
Community Foundation of Abilene, TX and
David and Sindy Durham
Pat and John Cooper
Raymond and Janice Dixon
Wallace Dobbins ’40 and
Carolyn Bush Dobbins ’42
Blake Donaubauer
E.A. Franklin Charitable Trust
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Maxine Manuel Eggensperger ’41
Fritz Ehren ’53 and
Juanita Blackard Ehren ’71
Ralph Ehren ’55 and
Betty Hodges Ehren ’53
Susan Smith Epperson ’62 and
Jon Epperson
Gladys Ruth Farmer ’37
Bobby L. and Ann C. Fincher
First Arkansas Valley Bank, Clarksville
First Presbyterian Church,
Ponca City, OK
First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, OK
First Presbyterian Church, Camden
Sue Frueauff
M. Reed and Mary Ann Greenwood
Griffin Food Company, Muskogee, OK
John Paul and Ginny Hammerschmidt
Lonnie Hardgrave ’50 and
Dorothy Hardgrave
Wilma Harris ’03 and Edward Harris ’75
Virginia R. Hicks
John and Robyn Horn
Doyne Hudson ’51 and Betty Hudson
Hoyt Kerr
Frank and Julia Ladner and
William Pryor Ladner ’81
Charles V. Landis
Glover and Helen Leitch
Harold and Mary Lewis
Macel M. Friend Trust
Edith McChesney
James and Ruby McNeese
Munro Foundation, Hot Springs and
Don Munro
Mary Tom Mills O’Bar ’54 and Clyde O’Bar
Buddy Nichols ’72 and Patsy Nichols
Patricia O’Sullivan and John Robins
Milford Park ’38 and
Laura Waters Park ’38
Thomas and Judy Parker
Gilbert Parks, Jr. and Susan Burden ’67
PB2 Architecture & Engineering, Rogers
Don Pennington ’68
Kathleen T. Phillips
Shirley Plugge
Mike and Susie Powell
Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista
Presbyterian Kirk in the Pines, Hot
Springs Village
Presbytery of Arkansas
David Pridgin ’71 and Reba Pridgin ’81
R. E. Lee Wilson Trusts
William Rader, Jr. c42 and Birdie Rader
William Rail ’52 and
Maxine Phillips Rail ’52
Doris E. Ramsey
George Reece ’83
Ramesh Retnam ’89 and
Alicia O’Brien Retnam ’89
Dale M. and Fran Sadler
Farren Sadler ’51 and
Grace Pourron Sadler ’53
Scevoy Barnes Trust
Second Presbyterian Church, Little Rock
Mary Anne Hurst Shula and Don Shula
Bruce and Mary Lou Swinburne
Daniel and Ann Taddie
The Lotte Kaliski Foundation for
Gifted Children, Inc.
The Schmieding Foundation, Inc.
Ashley and Eleanor Thomas
Penn Thomas ’83 and
Toby Colvett Thomas ’83
Jess and Nettie Thompson
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Jim Pat Mills-Coal Hill VFW Scholarship
The Trull Foundation
Javier Villarreal ’98
Charles Mark Walton ’79
Daniel Wert
Lee and Mary Margaret White
Nan Shertzer
Roger and Kathy Willard
Bruce Williams ’43 and
Virginia Laster Williams ’43
Sidney and Elizabeth Williams
Doug and Betty Wise
Ann Woolley
The University Club
The University Club honors donors
who contributed $500 to $999 to the
University during the 2004-05 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.
Bill Alexander ’55 and Linda Alexander
George and Mary Sissel
Robert Basham ’61
Margaret B. Batie
William Branch, Jr.
Darrall Brinlee ’71
R. Michael and Paula Carter
Bill Cole
Frank Cole ’50 and *Shorty Stith Cole ’50
Charles Curb
Richard Daniel
John Douglas ’50 and
Bobbie Thompson Douglas ’68
Janet and Frederick Drummond
Jerry Duncan ’58 and
Dorothy Boyd Duncan ’58
William Eddington ’55 and
Charlotte Felkins Eddington ’56
First Presbyterian Church, Texarkana
First United Presbyterian
Church, Fayetteville
Orville Fletcher ’58 and Carol Fletcher
George Miles Gilliam ’85
Pete and Nancy Grant
James T., Karen, Leslie, and Amy Graves
*Catherine Haigwood ’33
Harmony Presbyterian Church
Richard Holmes ’53 and
Armeda Evans Holmes ’68
Mary Ragon Johnson ’37
William and Carol Landrum
Ron Laster ’64 and Maribeth Laster
Coy C. Lee
Marie Baskin Lewis ’41
Fletcher Lowry ’52 and
Jo Nell Alsip Lowry ’52
William Lyons ’54 and Pat Lyons
Joe Marler ’60 and
Joyce Wilson Marler ’59
Amy Byrum Miller ’41
James Miller ’82 and
Melanie Davis Miller ’83
Virginia Mosley
James Murray ’75 and Debra Murray
Garry Niece
Eileen Taylor Pitts ’29
Presbyterian Women’s Association,
Clarksville
Presbyterian Women’s Circle #3, Tulsa, OK
Presbyterian Church, Pryor, OK
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Jerry Rice ’53 and Myra Rice
John Rotenberry ’62 and
Arlie Stokes Rotenberry ’61
Jeff and Amy Scaccia
Dawn J.M. and Gary Scarborough ’82
Lawrence and Carol Sewell
Buddy and Jeannie Smith
Bettie Stephenson-Carter ’48 and
Charlie Carter
Ross Stricker ’78
Alvin and Sue Stutz
Lehman Sullivan ’35
Freddia Sullivent ’91 and Tommy Sullivent
*John Talley ’43 and Sarah Talley
Charlene McMillan Watson ’44 and
William Watson
Turner and Caroline Whitson
George Wyers ’57 and Frances Wyers
The Centennial Club
The Centennial Club honors donors
who contributed $100 to $499 to the
University during the 2004-05 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.
3KC, Inc., Metal Building Specialists,
Bonnerdale
Raymond T. Acosta
Advanced Micro Devices
Advancement Team, U of O
Alexander Drilling, Inc.
Vickie Alston ’86
Ambassador Sunday School Class,
Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church
AmyAnderson ’97
Elizabeth Rowland Anderson ’72 and
King Anderson
Gearldean Andreas
Danny Aquilar ’90 and Jennifer Aquilar
Ferold and Jane Arend
Arkansas Council for the Social Studies
Steve Askins ’05 and Marian Askins
Bill Aydelott ’53 and
Bettye Masterson Aydelott ’55
Martha Holden Bagley ’57
Reba Gaines Bailey ’78 and Loy Bailey
Joseph Baker ’69 and Marge Baker
Aaron Barling ’55 and
Nell Bruner Barling ’56
Kathy Bartlett ’93
Louise Baxter Barton ’49
Fred Bates, Jr. ’52 and Anne Bates
Frederick Batie ’68 and Marilyn Batie
Lorraine Belote ’56 and T. Douglas Belote
Wayne Benbow ’65 and
Mary Trotter Benbow ’64
Robert K. Bennett
Florence Benninger
Thomas and Bonnie Bensberg
Daniel A. Benton ’05
Beta Sigma Phi Laureate Kappa Pl 1089
Tonya Bibee ’03
Charles Bishop, Sr. ’52 and Jean Bishop
O. G. Blackard ’50 and
Juanita Acord Blackard ’51
Fred Blankenship ’50 and
Elsie Blankenship
Fred Blohm ’61 and Anna Blohm
Peggy Boerstler
Carl Bogard ’39 and
Alice Hollowell Bogard ’39
Steven Bogler ’74
Elaine G. Boyer
Peter and Connie Bradish
David Brane ’69
Cleveland Branscum ’63 and
Barbara Haynes Branscum ’63
Kristian Michael Breton ’01
Michael and Karen Breton
Jerry Bridges ’78
Dean Bright ’87 and Donna Yates Bright ’87,
Bright Foot Clinic, Springdale
Brandi Lea Brooks ’02 and Jody Brooks
Sidney Broyles ’68
Buck’s Outboard Service, Benton
Ted Butler ’60 and Claudia Butler
Tim and Karen Caldwell
John W. Cargile ’61
Terry and Janie Carson
Peggy Terrill Carta ’59
Kathy Case
Jane and Brent Cater
Shari Caywood
Jack and Katie Cecil
Kent Cecil ’80 and Terri Cecil,
Cecil Hardware, Inc.
Centre For Neuro Skills, Texas
Joan and Fred Chapman, Jr.
Chapter CJ P.E.O. Sisterhood
Chapter Q P.E.O.
Chem-Lab, Fort Smith
Nicholas and Margaret Chipponeri
Sam Christy ’53 and Susie Christy
David and W. Vaughdeen Clark
Gerald and Michelle Clark
Frank Clemmons ’53 and
Carolyn Clemmons
Jan Cole Condren and Michael Condren
Fred and Norma Coogan
Holly A. Cornell ’04
Brian Cotner ’90 and
Laura Reece Cotner ’90
Ann Cottier
Seth Coulter
Brandy Rhodes Cox ’99 and Chad Cox ’98
Opal Huff Farris Cox
William and Mary Cravens
Earl and Irene Czaplinski
Charles Daniel ’71 and Rita Daniel ’55
Callie Harmon Daniels ’89 and
Kurtis Daniels
Felton Davenport
Rowland Davies ’70 and
Susan Kegley Davies ’70
Betty Joyce Davis ’50 and Glen Davis
John Davis ’64 and Jane Davis
Mary Adams Day
David and Malea De Seguirant
Norman and Caroline DeBriyn
Celia Decker ’62 and John Decker
Juanita Taylor Deeds ’34
Betty Wesson Denny
Richard DeSalvo ’50 and Cecilia DeSalvo
Joseph Devenas, Sr.
R. Louis Dewett ’57 and
Mary B. Holloway Dewett ’58
Milton Dexheimer ’72
Karla Dickerson
Johnny Dillard ’70 and Kathy Dillard
Stewart and Nadine Dippel
Mary Alice Parker Dobesh ’56
Lady Bug Doherty
Claude Donaldson ’60
Patrick and Zoe Ann Dopp
Sheila Doss ’80
Bonnie Downes ’70
Ralph Downward ’45 and
Bernice Downward
David Dryer ’85
John and Annette Dunham
Anna Figliulo Dunker ’87 and
Curt Dunker
Paul DuVall ’62
Jack Edens ’55 and Sharon Edens
Robert Ehren ’55 and Laura Hill Ehren ’56
Catherine King Ellis ’42
Walter and Mary Elmore
Steven Endsley ’74 and
Susan Crouse Endsley ’75
Bob and Katherine Estep
Tillman Ethridge, II ’50 and Julia Ethridge
Charles and Patsy Evans
*Lewis Evans, Jr.
Exxtra Help, Inc., Texarkana, TX
Pat Farmer
Sharon and Dennis Farrell
Walter and Cely Faster
Steven Felkner ’99 and Sally Felkner
Michael Figliulo ’87 and Marva Figliulo
First Presbyterian Church,
Mountain Home
First Presbyterian Church, Temple, OK
First Presbyterian Church, Springdale
First Presbyterian Church, Gainesville, TX
First Presbyterian Church, Benton
First Presbyterian Church, Dardanelle
First Presbyterian Church Adult Sunday
School Class, Marianna
First Security Bank, Clarksville
Betty Sallis Fiser ’45 and James Fiser
Gerald Fisher ’49 and Melba Cole Fisher ’46
James Fleet ’64 and Jeanne Fleet
Cara Rowbotham Flinn ’85
Bonnie Johnson Flint ’39 and
Dudley Flint
Lee Foster, Jr. ’50
Gary Frala ’80 and Laura Jenkins Frala ’92
Elizabeth Franklin
Richard Franks ’65
S. David and Jean Frazier
Luther Freeman ’49 and
Wanda Cavalena Freeman ’45
Wilma York Frisque ’60
Julia Frost and John Frost ’89
Helen Rader Fulton ’40
Richard T. Fulton
Courtney and JoAnn Furman
Kenneth and Joan Gates
Robert Gibson ’76 and Glenda Gibson
George and Sarah Gilmour
Kingsley Glasgow ’00 and
Angela Glasgow ’00
Lawson and Judith Glover
Richard Golden ’50 and Helen Golden
James Goodson ’65
Ann Davidson McKinney Goza ’69
Grace Presbyterian Church, Grove, OK
Sandra Pitts Gray ’57
Greenbrier Creek Animal Hospital
Robert Greene ’50 and Betty Greene
Russell Gregory ’01
Nell Griffin ’55
Steve and Margaret Gundale
Homer and Eudora Haber
Arthur Hamilton ’51 and
Betty Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton
Lois Woodward Hansen ’34
Betty Curtis Hardin ’58 and Robert Hardin
Winston Hardin ’51 and
Nola Dodgen Hardin ’52
Eddie Harrington ’56 and Janet
Graf Harrington ’58
Janna Fawcett- Harris ’99
Bob Harrison ’50
Daniel Hartman ’80 and
Marla McCabe Hartman ’81
Douglas Harvey ’75 and Cheryl Harvey
Scott and Roberta Haus
Jack Haynes ’53 and Joan Haynes
Harold and Pam Hays
Leonard and Marilyn Hays
Jerry and Frances Heckmann
Harlen Helker ’54 and Grace Helker
Jim Bob Henderson ’51 and
Christine Henderson
Dani and Gerald Hermesmeyer
Joyce Lamb Higgs ’49
Ike Hill, Jr. ’68 and Cheryl Hill,
Flight Services, Inc.
Nancy McCabe Hill ’85 and Troy Hill
Forrest Hoeffer ’65 and
Helen Groskopf Hoeffer ’81
Bill Holder ’52 and
Jane Wilson Holder ’55
John Hollowell ’44 and
Evelyn Crutcher Hollowell ’45
Vanessa and Robert Hollowell
William Hopper ’63 and Nancy Hopper
David Hosley ’59 and
Bobbi Dobbs Hosley ’61
James Hudson ’50 and
Frances Shell Hudson ’46
Shannon Carlisle Huggins ’91 and
Bryan Huggins
Norman and Janet Huneycutt
James Hurley ’49 and
Patricia Davis Hurley ’49
Douglas Inman ’58 and
Barbara Inman
Larry Isch
Jeff Jackson ’01 and Keiann Jackson
Joe Bill James ’49 and Sunshine James
Dale Jefferson ’37
W. C. and Barbara Jetton
Beth Coulter Johnson ’74 and Tim Johnson
Kay Johnson ’77 and Don Johnson
Mildred Owens Johnson ’79
Ronnie Johnson ’74 and
Carrie Miller Johnson ’73
Ruben Johnson, Sr. ’52 and Charlotte
Newsom Johnson ’69
Sarah Williams Johnson ’02
Georgia Johnston ’53 and O.G. Johnston
Myra King Johnston ’39
Dickie Jones ’72 and
Pamela Shrigley Jones ’71
James Jones ’53 and Ella Jones
Mike Jones ’77 and Stacy Jones
Bill Jones ’50 and Bettye Jones
Philip W. Kaiser ’02
Joe Alfred Keeling ’43 and Frines Keeling
James Kelley, Jr. ’78 and
Karen Prince Kelley ’76
Connie Kelly
Dorothy Carlisle Kelly ’51 and
James Kelly
Evelyn Kelly ’55
Betty Shaffer Kendall ’56
Gippa King Kendall ’47 and
Harold Kendall
Polly Taylor Kennon ’46
Rolland and Lorna Kerr
Donald Kessler ’70
Elaine Killough ’52 and
Vaughan Killough
David King ’54 and
Patricia Hathaway King ’81
Burley King ’40 and
Billie Burnett King ’40
Frances T. King
Robert King, Jr.
Minoru Kiyota ’49
Verna Brown Kness ’43
Ruth R. Knote
Erwin T. Koch Charitable Trust
John and Marilyn Koch
Jana Wills Kolb ’80 and Mike Kolb
G. Fred and Laura Koontz
*Don Langston ’59 and
Caroline Langston
Lee Laster ’58 and Darlene Laster
Pat Voeller Laster ’64
Mira Ann Ingram Leister ’63 and
Marvin C. Leister, Jr.
Continued on Page 32
Karen Lennon
Charles R. Liston ’65 and
Elizabeth Liston
Ruth Longman ’72 and Gary Longman
Ron and Connie Lorenz
Roger Mabry
Frederick Maples, Jr. ’54 and Leona Maples
Greta Rowbotham Marlow ’84 and
Jeff Marlow
Daniel and Mary Martin
Regena Mason ’03 and Alvin Mason
S. Walton Maurras
David Mc Ginnis ’82 and
Marietta Mc Ginnis ’84
Tina and Bryan McCain
Diana McCormick ’65
I. E. McCray, Jr.
Sonja McCuen ’88
William McGarey ’44 and Peggy McGarey
Josephine McGill
Jocelyn E. McKinney
Ruth Eddins McNeilly ’42
Robert Mellin ’91
Delores Metcalf-Morrell ’65 and
Barry Morrell
Charlotte E. Miles
Eleanor Long Miller ’44
Mida Figliulo Milligan ’86 and Billy Milligan
Azile Moak ’65 and Donald Moak
Debby Stallings Mooney ’82 and
Charles Mooney
Geraldine King Morgan ’52
Morgan’s Fashions, David and
Deanna Morgan
Lera Blackburn Morris ’40
National Logistics
Dick and Sue Neelly
Charlie and Nell New
Ralph Newkirk ’82
Jeffrey L. Niece
James and Susie Northcutt
Debby Thetford Nye ’73
Charles Oates ’50 and Jean Oates
William and Lois Smith and Oklahoma City
Community Foundation
David Ouellette ’50 and Mary Ouellette
Barry and Glenda Owen
Teresa and Michael Pack
Fernando and Steff Padilla
Bill Park ’50 and Ann Boyer Park ’49
Mary Virginia Hurie Parks ’43
Rudy Parks ’60 and Ellen Parks ’60
Prentiss Passantino ’83 and
Sarah Passantino
Jay and Leigh Patterson
Tom D. Patterson ’57
Charles Pattison, Sr. ’51 and
Frances Pattison
Morris W. Pearson ’53
Baker Peebles ’52 and Edith Peebles
Verna Harris Pennington ’31
William Pennington
Reed Perryman ’51 and
Anita Woolf Perryman ’54
Flave and Ella Peters
Laura Peyton and Wayne Jackson
Alan M. Phillips
Dayne and Kanna Lou Phillips
Carolyn Philpot ’88
Thomas Pittman ’76
R. Scott Placek
Janet Williams Ploudre ’86 and
David Ploudre
Terry Polinskey ’83 and John Polinskey
Samantha Poole
Bill Porter ’54 and Anna Lou Porter
Evelyn W. Porter
Mary Sue Phillips Powers ’60 and
Jimmy Powers
Irvin Pratt ’77 and Emma Pratt
Presbyterian Kirk of the Hills,
Fairfield Bay
Presbyterian Women, Kirk in the Pines,
Hot Springs Village
Presbyterian Women of First Presbyterian
Church, Little Rock
Presbyterian Women of Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Hot Springs
Taylor and Mary Prewitt
Gerald Primm ’58 and
Sandra Bearden Primm ’78
Dorothy and Luther Prunty
Lonnie Qualls ’55 and
Levada Mathis Qualls ’55
Stephanie E. Qualls
Henry Rabin ’57 and Barbara Rabin ’57
Richard Rafferty ’80
Lisa Rail
Richard Rail ’59 and Dianne Rail
John and Jane Rankin
Dale and Verna Rawhouser
Rayco Tool Company, Fort Smith
Rebsamen Insurance Foundation,
Little Rock
John Reed, Jr. ’74 and Jocelyn Reed
John E. and Betty Strauss Reed
Ruby Steuart Reynolds ’48
Everett Rice ’48
Blanche Middleton Ris ’36
James and Ila Roberts
Lucy and John Roby
Roller Funeral Home, Paris
John and Kristi Rose
Noel Rowbotham ’61 and Charlotte
Woodard Rowbotham ’63
Jesse Rowe ’50 and Wayma
Workman Rowe ’49
Virginia Robinson Sale ’52 and Ed Sale
Dorothy Caldwell Salter ’41
Mark Schneider ’04
Harold T. Sears, Jr.
Charlie Sefers, Jr. ’50 and Janice Sefers
James and Darlene Shackelford
Francis Sharpton ’58
Mark Shaw ’80 and Phyllis
Thurman Shaw ’80
Elizabeth Baskin Sheffer ’58 and
Eric Sheffer
John and Gwendolen Shell
Alvin Sherby ’68 and Marilyn Sherby
Susan Sherhag ’70
Mary Vaughan Shipley ’42
William Shipman ’50 and Beth Shipman
Hugh and Mary Silkensen
Greg Simmons ’68 and Louise
VandenNieuwenhof Simmons ’71
Ruth L. Simpler ’43
James D. Simpson, III
Deborah Sisson
Wirt and L. Torpy Skinner
John Sloan, Sr.
William and Joyce Small
William Smith ’64 and Paula Smith
Clem and Marilyn Sorley
Nelson Sotello ’04
Elizabeth Quaile Spanke ’34
Louise Poynor Spanke ’36
Hubert Spann ’51 and Alta Spann ’52
Phyllis Blackard Sparks ’72
Bob and Nadine Spears
Jerry Speer ’58 and Mary Speer
Angela Wheeler Spencer ’98 and
Shawn Spencer
Mickey Stafford ’68 and Martha Stafford
Gregg Stancer Realty, LLC
Shari Bauser Standridge ’97 and
Brian Standridge
Joann Hardgrave Stansbury ’64 and
Dennis Stansbury
James Stanton ’69 and Chris Stanton
Fred Starkey ’68 and
Bonnie Renfrow Starkey ’68
Don Stecks í51 and Maxine Dean Stecks ’52
Eric Steinmiller ’02
Stuart P. Stelzer
Jimmy Stephens ’88 and
Traci Price Stephens ’89
Gene and Lynda Stephenson
Trillian ’99
Hal G. Stillings ’63 and
Mary Chandler Stillings ’65
Bill and Janice Stonesifer
Mary Houston Stuart ’41
Robert Stumbaugh, Jr. ’49
Maura Figliulo Swanson ’80
Bart Talbot ’83 and Suzanne Talbot
Synod of the Sun, Denton, TX
Donald L. Tamuty
George Taylor, Jr. ’52 and
Gaye Strong Taylor
Joseph Taylor ’47 and Patricia Taylor
Ron and Kerry Taylor
May Mills Taylor ’37
Philip Taylor, Jr. ’85 and Melody Taylor
Thomas Terry ’73 and Janice Terry
Jeff Thames ’85 and
Angela Phelps Thames ’86
Jimmie Thames ’53 and Ailene Thames
R.H. Thompson ’59 and Patricia Thompson
Marsha Stiles Tindell ’90 and
Greg Tindell ’92
Sharon Torres ’81 and Ken Torres
Vinnie and Cody Tran
Bill and Sandra Tranum
William and Janet Trotter
Martha Truax
Lindsey Turnbow ’05
Hilda Turner
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
George Vagher, Jr. ’53 and Marian Vagher
Ernestine Orrick Van Buren and
Novella Orrick ’33
E. K. and Marjean Van Eman
Steven Van Patten ’64 and
Sharon Agnew Van Patten ’65
Tommy Vaught
Fred Vorsanger
Shonda Walters ’04 and Mark Walters
Doris Owen Ward ’48
Bill Warford Enterprises, Benton
Jane Taylor Warren ’71 and
John Warren ’45
Burl and Nina Watson
Roderick Weaver ’71 and Judy Weaver
William Weber ’53 and Vera Weber
Albert and Barbara Yeager
James Young ’56
Ruth Steuart Young ’48
Carole Clemmons Zahnd ’60 and
Larry Zahnd
Lillian Hunt Zarwell ’33
The Eagle Club
Michael T. Werner
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Little Rock
Westover Hills Presbyterian Women,
Little Rock
Donald Wheat ’77
John and Mary Lib White
Linda White ’96 and Don White
Shirley Whitkanack ’67
Wiederkehr Wine Cellars, Inc., Altus
Samuel Wiesner ’84 and
Jeanie O’Brien Wiesner ’83
Arliss Wilemon ’58 and
Helen Harrington Wilemon ’59
William Wilhelm ’72 and
Rose Mary Wilhelm
Darrell Williams ’76 and
Debbie Tipton Williams ’81
Kenneth Williams ’68 and Christina
Larison Williams ’70
Robert and Martha Williams
Roger Williams ’51
Roger and Dora Williams
Steve and Lynna Williams
Ann Garrett Williamson ’41
Ella Mae Young Willis ’35
Rita Crossley Wilson ’70
Robert Wilson ’86
James and Juanita Winn
Nancy Reifsteck Wise ’54
Donna Manley Wolfe and Jonathan Wolfe
Edward and Susan Wollenberg
Leon Woodard ’41 and Johanna Woodard
Woodlands Presbyterian Church,
Hot Springs Village
Linda Sherrod Woody ’86
Willis R. Woolrich, III
E. Kathryn Wright ’58
Crawford Wyatt ’51 and Maxine Wyatt
Robert Wyers ’55 and Marcella Wyers
Catherine Yamamoto ’50
Joann Yates ’53
The Eagle Club honors donors who
have contributed up to $99 to the
University during the 2004-2005
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.
James and Anne Abbuhl
Sharon Adams
Louise Adams
Mary Adams
Reza Ahrabli ’79
Gary Albrecht ’73 and Joyce Albrecht
Abram Allen
Robert R. Alwood
Barbara Cole Ames ’66 and Stephen Ames
Eugene and Susan Anderson
Wilda Anderson
Clayton Anderson ’73 and
Dianna Dunson Anderson ’73
E. F. Andrews
Marguerite Andrews ’63
Jana Lea and Manuel Angeles
Dorothy Angell
Homer and H.M. Appleyard
Arkansas Presbytery Women, Walnut Ridge
Richard Armstrong ’00 and
Jackie Jeffries Armstrong ’01
Ronnie Armstrong
Deann Atkinson
Felecia Atkinson ’03 and Steve Atkinson
TerryAxley, II ’36
Stephen Babb ’92 and Amy Babb
Gordon Allen Baker ’65 and Janelle Baker
Leah Bridgers Baker ’86 and Steve Baker
L. B. “Yarb” Ballard ’58 and
Ruth Ann Ballard
Emma Louise Banks ’69
William and Elaine Barham
Sara Barnett
Jesse and Barbara Barrier
Donna Fox Barton ’68 and Bill Barton
D. Stuart Basham ’65 and Louise Basham
Sybil Wright Bates ’40
J. C. Battreal
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Cheryl Melson Bauer ’87
Britt Bauer ’98 and Lori Bauer
Diana Baumann
Maxine Garrison Bean ’49 and
Garland Bean
Arthur and Dorothy Benham
Ron Benham ’71
Fay Bennett ’50 and Jean Bennett
Dwight and Vickie Benton
M. H. and Mable Benton
Lillian Beranek
Irene Bere
Gene Bergstresser
Jane Cheek Berryman ’55 and
Oscar Berryman
Margaret French Biazo ’45 and
George Biazo
L. D. and Jean Bickel
Gary and Nancy Billings
Drew Binkley ’82 and Paulette
VandenNieuwenhof Binkley ’80
Nelle Hampton Bischoff ’45
Donald and Jodie Black
Edward and Betty Boatright
Joe Ann West Bock ’57
Karen Boeker
Gary Bond ’58 and Sara Wharton Bond ’59
Bottoms Enterprises, Inc., Lincoln
Phil Bourne
Mary Boyer
Christopher Boyette ’70 and
Nancy Boyette
James Braden
George and Marjorie Bradford
Wayne Bradley ’58 and
Patricia Huckabay Bradley
Len and Becky Bradley
T.N. and Jerri Bradstreet
Betty J. Brandon
Gary Bright
Gary E. Briley ’66 and Vanessa Briley
Keith Brill
Oda Lee Broadhurst
Jim Brooks and Jewell Ward
Harley Brotherton
John Broughton ’39
Jackie R. Brown
Buddy Brown ’52
Selby Brown ’49 and Mildred Brown
Ann M. Broxmeyer
James and Kathy Bryan
Susan Buck
Everett and Frances Buck
Phillip and Margaret Burkett
Jerome Burrow
Millan Burrow ’50 and Kathryn Burrow
Thomas Buzbee ’67 and Maureen Buzbee
Denon Cagle
Barbara Oldham Caldwell ’87
Blaine Caldwell ’69 and
Cathy Sekowski Caldwell ’69
Darrell Caldwell ’80 and Anita Caldwell
J. Dale Calhoon
Elise R. Cameron ’98 and Terry Cameron
William Carl, Jr. ’66
Clinton Carr ’56 and Caroline Carr
Kathryn Carrier ’75 and William Carrier
Jim Carter ’75
William Cartwright ’51
Robert and Gloria Case
Ted Cashion
Mary Ann Becker Chance ’69 and
Bob Chance ’69
Saima Chauhan ’99
Terri Burnett Chavers ’73 and Don Chavers
Johnny and Oleta Clardy
Clifford and Mary Clark
Ray and Carolyn Clark
Turner Clark ’73
Larry and Jamie Clark
Clarksville Insurance Agency, Keith and
Marian Lewis
Mary and Luther Clements
Pamela Cockrum ’72
R.W. and Mary Alice Cole
Ray and Charlene Cole
Arnold R. Cole
Bill and Betty Collar
C. Philip Collins ’65 and Anna Collins ’63
Conet Smith Colwill ’32
Raymond Conatser, Jr. ’46 and
Lella Conatser
Bruce Congdon ’79 and Sharon
Weatherholt Congdon ’79
James Cook ’01
Anita James Cooper ’77 and James Cooper
Cyleste Willis Coppage ’97
John C. and Shannon Corbitt
Bill and Ellen Cottier
Connie Crisp
Jean Day Crowden ’58 and
Norman Crowden
David and Teri Daily
Barbara Dalke ’77
Gary and Lynn Darst
Margaret Hooten Dashty-Nezhadpour ’72
Matthew David ’01
Tyronne Davis ’86
Helen Davis
Terry and Darlene Davis
Glenda Sossamon Day ’77 and Jessie Day
Oleta Day ’63
Francis Dean ’51 and Carolyn Dean ’52
Sandra Dennison ’69
Brynn Denny
Jason Denton ’98
Arthur Dercksen
Arnold Dewey
Jim and Winnie Dickerson
Theo A. Dillaha
Lilian Dittebrand ’89
Justin Dixon ’03 and Melody Dixon
Kevin Dixon ’91 and
Donna Bargeloh Dixon ’91
Allen, Pamela, Maggie, & Cole Dobson
Bruce Dopp
James Dorman ’57 and
Anna Blackard Dorman ’58
Pamela Downing ’73 and Robert Downing
Ann Drake
John Dresbach
Jim Driedric
Billie Duncan
Phyllis Duncan ’80
Daniel Duncan ’84 and Glenda Duncan
Jim and Kimberly Dunford
John Dunlap, II ’52 and Carolyn Dunlap
Lewis Dunn ’64 and Rose Dunn
Bruce and Robin Dunn
George and Charlotte Eagen
William and Kody Eakin
Frank and Phyllis Edmonson
Norman Ehren ’60 and Jayne Ehren
*Harlin and Margaret Eime
Kevin and Debbie Eldridge
Bea Elkins
Gusta and Virginia Estep
*Charles Eubanks ’50
Melissa Myhand Evans ’98 and
Jason Evans
Odell and Sue Everhart
Erla Hardgrave McCracken Everitt ’41 and
J. Donald Everitt
Ruskin Falls
David Farris ’94
Tana Bradford Farris ’85 and
Henry Farris ’86
Faulkner County Title Co., Inc., Conway
Edna Hunnicutt Fell ’56
James Richard Finkey ’77 and
Beverly Finkey
Roger Fisher ’67 and Jerre Fisher
Curtis and Patsy Fitzgerald
Donald Flint ’62 and Vanessa Flint ’79
Jason Ford ’94 and Deana Ford
Jim Forkner ’54 and
Joyce Graf Forkner ’57
Santo Formica
Margaret Foster ’52
Sherry Wilson Fowler ’85
Cynthia Franklin
Cecil and Florence Frederick
Rita Fullbright ’80 and Dennis Fullbright
Mary Maude Gallagher ’47
Judy Gambrel ’85 and Larry Gambrel
Katherine Rader Garrett ’39
Patricia Gerace ’81 and Sammy Gerace
Michael and Debra Geurtz
Robert Geurtz
Michael Giamboy ’51
Heather Gianella ’00 and Kevin Gianella
Jim and Marilyn Gideon
Thell E. Gilstrap
Eugene Gipson ’76 and Phyllis Gipson ’75
Deborah Green Goff ’69 and James Goff
Sharon Gorman
Tim Graves ’50
James and Ruth Graves
Clark Gray ’79 and Debra Gray
Julie Greathouse
Caroline Green
Tommy Green ’69 and Nancy Green
Sharon Greene ’00
Donald and Dixie Greer
Cindi Griffin
Emily Fry Griffith ’50
William T. Grimstead
Wayne Grober ’75 and
Bonnie Easley Grober ’73
Ethel Grover
Aimee Mavel Guenette
Tommy Gwin
Albert Haberer ’43 and Marjorie Haberer
Charles Hagan ’48 and
Lucille Eddins Hagan ’51
Martha Bloyd Haigwood
Bill and Georgia Hale
Reginald Hale
Sue Hall
Richard and Carolyn Hardie
Sam Harpole ’82 and Cynthia Harpole
John and Georgia Harrell
Tammy and Neal Harrington
Walter and Sandra Harris
Eugene Harris ’53
Richard and Tracey Harris
Carol Thompson Hartley ’82 and
Miles Hartley
Diana Hoffman Hartzell ’69 and
Deck Hartzell
Wanda Furr Hawkins ’66 and Jerry Hawkins
David Hay ’76
Jessica Flusche Hayes ’98 and Justin Hayes
John Hayes
Billy Heckmann
Brad Heckmann
Wayne and Charlene Hedge
Elissa Heil
Karen Hejl
J. David Henderson
Grace Henderson
Dewitt and Treva Henry
Mary and Stanley Henson
Women of the Church Highland
Presbyterian Church, Hot Springs
James and G. Lee Hill
John and Estella Hilton
Eric Hipp ’01 and Jennifer Hipp
Lucille Harmon Hobbs ’45
David Hogan
Debra Hogan
Howard Thomas Hogan
James Hogan
Robert and Arlene Hogan
Ruth Hogan
Donna Hogge ’78 and James Hogge
Joe and Carol Hoing
James and Frances Holbach
Deanna Denhard Holman ’01
Gary and Doris Holmes
Maggie Jewell Holtz ’45
Arlon Horn ’58 and Patricia Horn
Flora Eustice Horne ’54 and
Charles Horne, III
Michael and Kay Houchins
Pat Hudgens
Robert Hudgens ’50 and Harriette Hudgens
Jake Hudson, Jr. ’84 and Angie Hudson
Robert Hudson ’69
R.D. Hughes Gin Co.Warehouse
Hickory Hurie ’37 and Jane Hurie
Grant and Johnnie Hurley
Vernon Inman
Jeff Inness ’98 and Lisa Gruben Inness ’93
Jane Hughes Jackson
Adele and Mike Jacobs
E. Jacobs ’60 and Dorothy Dial Jacobs ’64
Joel James ’80 and
Deborah McKinney James ’79
Rubie Bedwell Javornick ’58 and
Frank Javornik
Doug Jeffries
James and Ruby Jelks
Lynn and Sue Jenkins
Brandon Johnson ’97
Stephen and Susan Johnson
Norma M. Johnson
Roy R. Johnson
Colba Jones Johnson ’59 and
Ralph Johnson
Hugh Johnson ’74 and Ellen Johnson ’75
Darren Jones ’99 and Paige Dean Jones ’98
Hartzell Jones ’66
Cecil and Jean Jones
J. Lance Jones
W. Wilson Jones
Jason Jordan ’98 and
Jennifer Ewing Jordan ’01
Jennifer Jungman ’02
John Kalb ’54 and Eloise Kalb
Masel Kallenbach
Debra Kasper ’93
Ellen Kaufman
Wilford Keeling, Sr. ’50
Bill Keener ’61 and Eula Keener
Michael D. Kendall ’71 and Mary Kendall
Dorothy Kennedy ’78 and Rankin Kennedy
Debbie Sorley King ’76
Varnel King ’52 and Vivian King
Edmund King ’73
Sylvia Kauffeld Kinnear ’66
Joseph M. Kinsey, Jr.
C.W. and Jean Kirby
Elsie Kirk
David Kirk
Connie Shepherd Kitchens ’75
Gary Klopp ’66
Benny Knuckles ’62 and Dorothy Knuckles
David Koch
Korey C. Kohl
Mel and Ruth Kohl
Frances Koza
Arville E. Kraus ’49 and Carolyn Kraus
Continued on Page 36
Harvard and Ravina Kruizenga
Margaret Rambo Kruse ’50
Charles and Phyllis Kuykendall
Eric Labbe ’98
William and Becky Landry
Dwain Langdon ’72 and Carol Langdon
Rita Evans Lange ’95 and Charles Lange
Jack and Dorothy Larsen
David Lasater ’74 and Cathy Lasater
Chance Lawless ’02
Neil and Burnis Leavens
Terry and Carolyn Lee
Marilyn Horn Lee ’63 and Garry Lee
Maurice Lewis ’55 and Betty Lewis
Stephen and Elaine Lienhart
Herman and Leota Lienhart
Shelia Lienhart
Larry and Patsy Linder
Sarah J. Lindsey
James and Betty Littleton
John Lloyd ’92 and Amy Lloyd
Ann Love
Kenneth and Ann Lovern
William P. Lytle
Sammy Manning ’71 and
Virginia Figliulo Manning ’74
Jack and Jo Marcy
Larry Marshall ’67 and Lois Marshall
Sherman and Patricia Martin
Dan Martin
James Martin ’68 and Louise Martin
Mary Martindale ’63 and
Kenneth Martindale
Ronnie Marvel ’65 and Jeanette Marvel
Tim and Carol Marvin
Carl Mashburn ’69 and Sherry Mashburn
Taft M. Mathis
Hal May ’68
Christine Mays ’82
Perry and Mary Beth McCourt
Phyllis McAdoo
John and Ann Marie McAuley
Michael Shannon McBee ’89 and
Lori McBee
Miriam McClung
Nancy McClure ’76
Larry McCollum ’80 and
Cynthia McCollum ’81
Andrew and Mary McCurry
A.J. and Ruth McCurry
Vernon McDaniel ’55
Wayne McDaniel
Kenneth McFerran ’63 and
Bernice McFerran
Kenneth McKee
Marvin and Donna McKenzie
James McKinney ’61 and Janice McKinney
Earline McKneely
Jerry and Angie McManus
Henry McNight ’93 and
Gladys McNight ’93
Teresa Mead ’88
Jackie Meador
Tricia and Mike Meek
William and Frances Mellin
Charles Melton ’91
Patricia Caldwell Melton ’93 and
Roger Melton
De Ola Murray Mendenhall ’52
Carl Miller ’64 and Madge Miller
Melba Miller
Charles and Peggy Mills
Janice Owen Mills ’61
Bobby D. Mills
Christina Minden ’89
Carl Minden ’94 and Angela Minden
Carol Taylor Mohlman ’51 and
David Mohlman
Lynn Barnsley Momberger
Robert Montgomery
James Mooney ’57 and Colleen Mooney
James and Eloyce Moore
Glenn Moore ’83 and Lea Ann Moore
Michael and Kim Moreland
Emily Morrow ’01
Virginia Moser
Jim and Paula Mounts
Helen Mary Murphy
Dorothy Murray
B.T. Myatt ’50
National Environmental Services
Company, Inc.
Kenneth and Jane New
Patrick Newman ’86 and
Sandra Gadbury Newman ’85
James and Catherine Nichols
Eli Nicosia ’49 and Lera Nocosia
Charlotte Altes Norman ’67
Florence Smith Norris ’35
Richard Northrup ’39 and Louise Northrup
Veotta Norton ’62
Robert and Linda Norvell
Steven and Amy Oatis
Frederick and Marjorie Oliver
Rosemarie Olsen
Rebecca Osborne ’78
John and Dawn Osborne
Kenneth and Shirley Overman
Berta Steele Ownbey ’50 and Orla Ownbey
Gordon Page ’75 and Margaret Page
Thomas Park ’49 and Lucy Park
Nikki Bowden Parker ’72 and Dale Parker
Phyllis and Don Parsons
Sid and Beverly Patterson
Edna Elkins Patterson ’67 and
John Patterson
Wilson and Barbara Pearson
Wanda Daniel Pearson ’48
Johnny Perryman ’71
Robert and Lynn Perryman
Rana Peters ’02
Kenneth L. Petway ’49 and Milda Petway
Clinton and Ramona Phifer
*Ben Phillips ’46 and Wanda Phillips
Bernard and Sherry Pianalto
Brenda Pianalto
Patrick Pianalto
Virginia Pickens
Mark E. Pickett
Sue Patterson Pine ’57 and Bob Pine
David Franklin Pittenger ’85 and
Michele Pittenger
Diane Pohlmeier ’99
Lockwood Porter
Dick Postels ’72
R.L. and Becky Pracht
Presbyterian Women of First Presbyterian
Church, Lake Charles, LA
Thomas and Georgia Presley
Kendrick and Lindsey Prewitt
Elizabeth Lee Pruitt ’83 and Robert Pruitt
Przybysz & Associates, CPAs, Fort Smith
Charles Puyear ’65
Lucy Basham Pyron ’38
Jack and Betty Ragon
James Ragon ’48 and Mary Ragon ’48
Faye Williams Raible ’72 and Gary Raible
Robert and Vera Rainbolt
Claudia Randall
David Rawhouser ’69 and Jill Rawhouser
Jerry Ray ’64 and Sarah Wiley Ray ’65
Melody and James Reasoner
Robert Reese ’70 and Kathy Reese
Pam and Barney Rehm
Betty Elkins Resimont-Simms ’59 and
L. J. Simms
Lillian Reynolds
J. H. and Betty Rhodes
Steven Ribar ’93 and Brooke Bisbee-Ribar
Sam and Lucy Rice
Betty Richards ’67
Shirley Keith Richardson ’66 and
Rick Richardson
Betty Ann Eustice Riley ’49
Mary Jane Ring ’80 and James Ring
Henry Ringler, Jr. ’68 and Kattie Ringler
Gerard Ritchie ’68 and
Rebecca Baskin Ritchie ’67
David Roberts ’74
Billie Roberts
Glendyne Robins ’41 and Harvey Robins
Martha Dow Robinson ’62 and
Buford Robinson
Betty S. Robinson
Nancy A. Robison ’92 and Gary Robison
Faye Pipkins Roble ’49 and Wayne Roble
Chad Rockett ’97 and Stephanie Rockett
Trible Moseley Roddenberry ’87 and
Michael Roddenberry
Joan Rodemann ’71 and James Rodemann
Thomas Rogers
Leroy and Shirley Roland
David and Virginia Ronk
John Ross ’63 and Betty Ross
Dan Ross
Dave Ross ’60 and Claudine Ross
Karen Hilton Rossmaier ’77 and
Joel Rossmaier
Herb Russell ’42
J.L. “Skip” and Billie Rutherford
Charlene Yancy Rutledge ’53 and
W. H. Rutledge
Ursula Andreas Salas
Loretta Figliulo Salazar ’78 and Felix Salazar
Gary and Rita Salyer
Dwayne and Lori Sanders
Jim and Dorothy Sanders
Kirk Sanderson ’92 and Jamie Sanderson
Valerie Sarver
David and Barbara Saxon
David Scarborough ’49 and
Dallas Bean Scarborough ’43
William Scarborough ’39 and
Marjorie Scarborough
Ann Henderson Schaubroeck ’87 and
Daniel Schaubroeck
Paige Schlembach
Fredrick and Carole Schlender
Louis Schneider, Jr.
Keith Scoggins ’70 and Debbie Scoggins
John Selby ’38 and
Marie Jennings Selby ’52
Morad Sepahvand ’81 and
Faridch Sepahvand
Juan Serrano
Robert and Sue Settles
Calvin Shahan ’50 and
Martha Smith Shahan ’51
Jim Shannon ’65 and Gloria Shannon
Bobbi Sharp ’90
Lois Sheets ’64 and Melburn Sheets
Glen Sheffer ’72 and Anne Sheffer
George Shellenberger
Russell Sherhag, II ’68 and Pamela Sherhag
James and Merl Shivers
Terry and Janise Shivers
Roy Shook ’60 and Judy Shook
*Erta-Lee Shrigley ’30
Debbie and Ronnie Siebenmorgen
Robert Sigman ’67 and Linda Sigman ’69
Jimmie and Wanda Simmons
Sherry Smelko ’69
Norma J. Smith
Shelby Smith
Andy Smith ’80 and Johnnie Smith
Frank Smith ’56 and Constance Smith
Jesse and Verda Smith
Richard and Marilyn Smith
Kermit Smith ’49
Suanne and Carl Sneed
Charles Sonnier, Jr. ’93 and Lonna Sonnier
Jon and Patricia Sorrels
Paul Sparks ’71 and Rita Sparks
Hank Sparks ’62 and Edie Sparks
Clayton Spencer ’50 and Billie Spencer
Kimberly Spicer ’98
David and Margie Spigelmyer
James Spivey
Bruce Spradlin ’58 and Louise Spradlin
Frederick Sproling ’79
Lawrence and Peggy Stanley
Brandon Steimel ’01
Robert and Georgine Steinmiller
Audra Casey Stengel ’72 and
Charles Stengel
Leila Stephens ’51
Donna Brown Stillwell ’82 and
Chuck Stillwell
Charles and Betty Stockton
Jan Bryan Storment ’81
Bently Stracener ’50
David Strain
Christopher Stubbs ’98 and
Christina Baker Stubbs ’98
Neil and Linda Stutz
Ferman Sullins
Neal and Jane Sumerlin
Fred Sutton, Jr. ’87 and
Dana Galyen Sutton ’85
Diane Tait
William G. Talley
C. Gaylene Tankersley
Maurice and Lanelle Tanner
Andy Tasker ’03
*David Taylor ’64 and Carolyn Taylor
Joanne Willett Taylor ’60
Kelly Taylor ’88 and Gordon Taylor
Louise Taylor ’51
Bill Terral ’51 and Dorothy Terral
Mary Ross Thomas
Dickie Thomasson
Jerry Thompson ’80
Dorothy Thompson
W. Ragon Thompson ’56
Peggy Thompson ’63 and
R. Wayne Thompson
Michael and Anne Tlanda
James Tolbert ’62 and Burnice Tolbert
Emma Lou Hudson Travis ’76 and
Jerry Travis
Timothy and Jeanne Trawick
James Trone ’86 and Donna Trone
Jerry and Irene Tucker
Mark and Angi Turner
Van and Virginia Tyson
Joshua Underwood ’04 and
Jessica Underwood
Carl Underwood ’74 and
Rosemary Smith Underwood ’75
Thelma Curtis Van Arsdale ’41
Jonathan Vance ’03
Leslie Vandiver
Jeffrey Vaughn ’78
Laura Martin Vertrees ’78 and
Thomas Vertrees, Jr.
Continued on Page 38
Jay and Jody Vines
U.E. and Geneva Voetter
Val Vogel, Jr. ’77 and
Michelle Panzeca Vogel ’79
Vera Lewis Wages ’35
Jerry Wagoner ’58 and
Dolores Wagoner ’56
Judith Walden and Michael Reames
Pete Waldo ’56 and
Carolyn Johnson Waldo ’58
Elizabeth Walker ’43
George and Carole Walker
Betty King Walsh ’41
Russell Wambles ’87 and
Rebecca Wambles ’86
Jo Ward
Roy and Floye Warford
James Warren ’67 and
Dureta Porter Warren
Wesley and Lou Watkins
Johnny and Marilyn Watson
Donald Watson ’59 and Patricia Watson
Mary Ellen Waychoff ’78
Chris Webb ’81
David Weber
Paige Weis ’98
Linda Kauffeld White ’67 and Don White
Richard and Teresa Whitley
Kenneth Whitson ’73
A. D. and Anne Whitten
Lucile Wilcoxen
Mary Tougaw Willard ’84 and
Jimmy Willard
Archie Williams, Jr. ’49
Clarence Williams ’48 and
Katala Williams ’49
Jack Williams ’71 and
Irene Hayes Williams ’71
Myrtle Willis-Marsh ’64 and Robert Marsh
Raymond Wilson, Jr. ’56
Julia Wilson ’85 and Donald Wilson
Laura McClendon Wilson ’55
Gene Wilson ’62 and Alicia Wilson
David and Rebecca Wilson
Nancy Richardson Wirt
Sheila Wise ’70 and Thomas Wise
Franlee Jo Wise ’81 and Robert Wise
Sammy Wish ’50
Michael and Christianne Wisinger
C. Nathan and Marilyn Wisinger
Ramona Witcher ’78 and Ronald Witcher
Kenneth Wood ’74 and Mary Wood
Woods Restaurant, Inc., Camden
James Woolf ’42 and Mary Woolf
Jimmy Wright ’68 and Carolyn Wright ’74
Jane Wright
Jacanna Wyatt ’99
Bill and Judy Wyse
Dyanna Smith Yarbro ’96 and Lance Yarbro
Patricia Farnsworth Yoder ’53 and
Lee Yoder
Mary Bricker Young ’52 and John Young
Terry Younts, Jr. ’50
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 consecutive
giving.
Ambassador Sunday School Class, Mount
Vernon Presbyterian Church, Pea Ridge
Arkansas Presbytery Women, Walnut Ridge
Bella Vista Community Church, Bella Vista
Central Presbyterian Church, Fort Smith
Central Presbyterian Church, Russellville
Dwight Presbyterian Mission, Vian, OK
First Presbyterian Church Adult Sunday
School Class, Marianna
First Presbyterian Church, Benton
First Presbyterian Church, Camden
First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville
First Presbyterian Church, Dardanelle
First Presbyterian Church, Gainesville, TX
First Presbyterian Church,
Mountain Home
First Presbyterian Church, Ponca City, OK
First Presbyterian Church, Rogers
First Presbyterian Church, Springdale
First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, OK
First Presbyterian Church, Temple, OK
First Presbyterian Church, Texarkana
First United Presbyterian Church,
Fayetteville
Grace Presbyterian Church, Grove, OK
Harmony Presbyterian Church, Clarksville
Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista
Presbyterian Church, Pryor, OK
Presbyterian Kirk in the Pines, Hot
Springs Village
Presbyterian Kirk of the Hills,
Fairfield Bay
Presbyterian Women of First Presbyterian
Church, Lake Charles, LA
Presbyterian Women of First Presbyterian
Church, Little Rock
Presbyterian Women of Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Hot Springs
Presbyterian Women, Kirk in the Pines, Hot
Springs Village
Presbyterian Women’s Association,
Clarksville
Presbyterian Women’s Circle #3,
Tulsa, OK,
Presbytery of Arkansas
Second Presbyterian Church, Little Rock
Synod of the Sun, Denton, TX
Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Little Rock
Westover Hills Presbyterian Women,
Little Rock
WOC Highland Presbyterian Church,
Hot Springs
Woodlands Presbyterian Church,
Hot Springs Village
Gifts-In-Kind
The following individuals and
corporations generously supported
Ozarks with gifts of services or
products during the 2004-05 fiscal
year.
David and Malea De Seguirant
Ann Drake
Pat Farmer
Doug Jeffries
G. Fred and Laura Koontz
Gene Kralik
Fletcher Lowry ’52 and
Jo Nell Alsip Lowry ’52
John and Ann Marie McAuley
William McGarey ’44 and Peggy McGarey
Joe Reece
Betty S. Robinson
Farren Sadler ’51 and
Grace Pourron Sadler ’53
Arnie Sims
Ed Dell Wortz
Office Tech 2000, Russellville
Wiederkehr Wine Cellars, Inc., Altus
May 1, 2005 through
Sept. 16, 2005
J. Harper Albritton
Frank Cole ’50
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Robert Hudgens ’50 and
Harriette Hudgens
Roger Williams ’51
Annabel Applegate
W. Ernest King, Jr. ’41 and
Maribeth King
Mary F. Bible
Opal Huff Farris Cox
John E. Bock ’49
W. C. and Barbara Jetton
John Bridgman
Len Bradley
Clarksville Insurance Agency
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Cara Rowbotham Flinn ’85
Fritz Ehren ’53 and
Juanita Blackard Ehren ’71
Keith amd Marian Lewis
Rick and Sherée Niece
Mary Jane Ring ’80 and James Ring
Betty Emery Carter ’52
Georgia Johnston ’53 and O.G. Johnston
Willie M. Cater
George Taylor, Jr. ’52 and
Gaye Strong Taylor
Clarissa (Shorty) Stith Cole ’50
Leta N. Albritton
Stanley Applegate, Jr.
Paul Clayton ’51
Frank Clemmons ’53 and
Carolyn Clemmons
John Douglas ’50 and
Bobbie Thompson Douglas ’68
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Fritz Ehren ’53 and
Juanita Blackard Ehren ’71
Sue Frueauff
Paula and Roger Glasgow
Jim Bob Henderson ’51 and
Christine Henderson
Robert Hudgens ’50 and
Harriette Hudgens
Larry Isch
Ruben Johnson, Sr. ’52 and
Charlotte Newsom Johnson ’69
W. Ernest King, Jr. ’41 and
Maribeth King
Rick and Sherée Niece
Donald Pearsall, Sr. ’51 and
Barbara Pearsall
Laura Peyton and Wayne Jackson
Jack Phillips, Jr. ’50 and Ann Phillips
Piggott Discount Drug
David Pridgin ’71 and Reba Pridgin ’81
William Rail ’52 and
Maxine Phillips Rail ’52
Fred Romo ’68 and
Andrea Anderson Romo ’68
Dawn J.M. and Gary Scarborough ’82
Mickey Stafford ’68 and Martha Stafford
Don Stecks ’51 and
Maxine Dean Stecks ’52
Ron and Kerry Taylor
Roger Williams ’51
Jan Curb
Charles Curb
Don Davis
James and Ila Roberts
Eva M. Davis
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Fritz Ehren ’53 and
Juanita Blackard Ehren ’71
Pat Farmer
Helen Rader Fulton ’40
Katherine Rader Garrett ’39
Johnny and Robin Johnson
Robert King, Jr.
Rick and Sherée Niece
James and Ila Roberts
Dawn J.M. and Gary Scarborough ’82
Ron and Kerry Taylor
Winslow Drummond
Jack T. Patterson ’65 and Lisa Patterson
Ann Patterson ’75 and Max Snowden
Kermit Eggensperger ’41
Maxine Manuel Eggensperger ’41
Albert and Jennie MacDade
Elizabeth Eisenmayer ’00
Julia Frost and John Frost ’89
Nancy McCabe Hill ’85 and Troy Hill
Forrest Hoeffer ’65 and
Helen Groskopf Hoeffer ’81
Gwyne Davis Ellis ’42
Erla Hardgrave
McCracken Everitt ’41 and
J. Donald Everitt
Macel Friend
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Tom W. Garrett, Jr.
Roger and Kathy Willard
Sarah Carlin Graves ’85
James T., Karen, Leslie, and Amy Graves
Forrest Hoeffer ’65 and
Helen Groskopf Hoeffer ’81
Mary Henry
Carl Bogard ’39 and
Alice Hollowell Bogard ’39
O.D. Hightower ’49
W. C. and Barbara Jetton
W. E. King, Sr.
Roger Bost ’43 and
Kathryn King Bost ’43
Shelli Stewart Lamberson
Julia Frost and John Frost ’89
Nancy McCabe Hill ’85 and Troy Hill
Forrest Hoeffer ’65 and
Helen Groskopf Hoeffer ’81
Tina and Bryan McCain
Debby Stallings Mooney ’82 and
Charles Mooney
Jobelle Laster ’73
Pat Farmer
W. Ernest King, Jr. ’41 and
Maribeth King
Rick and Sherée Niece
Dawn J.M. and Gary Scarborough ’82
Faith W. Lytle
Susan Smith Epperson ’62 and
Jon Epperson
Courtney and JoAnn Furman
Mary Banasky Manley ’36
Donna Manley Wolfe
Ruth Bost May ’51
Roger Bost ’43 and
Kathryn King Bost ’43
Continued on Page 40
Mackie McElree
Charlene McMillan Watson ’44
Mattie McKinnis
Pat Farmer
Debra Cline
Julia Frost
Bryden E. andAnna “Sally” Moon
Fritz Ehren ’53 and
Juanita Blackard Ehren ’71
John E. and Betty Strauss Reed
Dortha Niece
Opal Huff Farris Cox
Lewis Niece
Jay and Bonnie Parrot
Tommy E. Owens ’70
Robert Gibson ’76 and Glenda Gibson
Glenda Dennis Owens ’71
Edward Myron Parker
Thomas and Judy Parker
Michael A. Rail ’80
Georgia Johnston ’53 and O.G. Johnston
Daisy Mae McCarley Rowbotham
Cara Rowbotham Flinn ’85
David Smith
Jack T. Patterson ’65 and Lisa Patterson
Prof. T. L. Smith
Jack T. Patterson ’65 and Lisa Patterson
Ann Patterson ’75 and Max Snowden
Robert Dennis Spurlock ’65
Carl Miller ’64 and Madge Miller
Jackson T. Stephens
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Rick and Sherée Niece
Marilyn Waldron
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Rick and Sherée Niece
John T. Walton
Stanley Applegate, Jr.
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Fritz Ehren ’53 and
Juanita Blackard Ehren ’71
Rick and Sherée Niece
Ryan Walton
Charles Mark Walton
Harold White
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Rick and Sherée Niece
David Pridgin ’71 and Reba Pridgin ’81
Harve Taylor, III and
Loyce Ann Bean Taylor ’72
Ron and Kerry Taylor
Carolyn Whitworth
Jean Peters
Virginia S. Williams
Leta N. Albritton
Easter Lily Bean Woodard
Cara Rowbotham Flinn ’85
Mary Yarbrough
Hampton Inn
Rick and Sherée Niece
Marilyn Houston Trone ’66 and
James Trone ’70
XI GAMMA OMICROM Sorority
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Dennis and Cathy Strandridge
Almeta Blackard Yerby ’53
Georgia Johnston ’53 and O.G. Johnston
May 1, 2005 through Sept.
16, 2005
James Askins ’05
Marian Askins
Paul and Bonnie Bumpers
Norma M. Johnson
Janie Krohn Chappell ’73
David Pridgin ’71 and Reba Pridgin ’81
Clarissa Stith Cole ’50
Wayne Workman ’44 and
Betty Bush Workman
Frank Cole ’50
Wayne Workman ’44 and
Betty Bush Workman
Brandy Rhodes Cox ’99
Opal Huff Farris Cox
Chad Cox ’98
Brandy Rhodes Cox ’99
Fritz Ehren ’53 and Juanita Blackard
Ehren ’71
Elizabeth Leiter
Harold S. Goldsmith
Rick and Sherée Niece
Bill Grashoff ’75
Samantha Poole
Marie Hervey Ingram ’33
Helen Rader Fulton ’40
Bill Holder ’52 and
Jane Wilson Holder ’55
Hoyt Kerr
Mira Ann Ingram Leister ’63 and
Marvin C. Leister, Jr.
Willie and Carolyn Kimbrell
Wilma Harris ’03 and Edward Harris ’75
W. Ernest King, Jr. ’41 and Maribeth King
Sue Frueauff
Norma M. Johnson
Charles R. Liston ’65
Jack T. Patterson ’65 and
Lisa Patterson
Ann Patterson ’75 and Max Snowden
Lori McBee
Opal Huff Farris Cox
Angie Forrest-Mock ’05
Advancement Office
Rick and Sherée Niece
S. David Frazier
Coumba Peterson ’05
Wilma Harris ’03 and Edward Harris ’75
Kari Jo Pridgin ’05
Advancement Office
Ruby Steuart Reynolds ’48
Cara Rowbotham Flinn ’85
Kenneth Stewart ’87 and
Janette Stewart
Nina D. Rice
Betty Wesson Denny
Gary David Scarborough ’82
Dawn J.M. Scarborough ’82
Anna Willis Stewart ’66
David Pridgin ’71 and Reba Pridgin ’81
Hilda Turner
Bruce and Mary Lou Swinburne
Steve and Dorinda Edmisten
Jay and Bonnie Parrot
Rick and Sherée Niece
Paula Wills
Opal Huff Farris Cox
Marie Hervey Ingram ’33
David Pridgin ’71 and Reba Pridgin ’81
Did You Know?
Alumni and friends of the university
and their spouses who work for
companies with matching gift programs may be able to double their
gifts to Ozarks.
Ozarks is working to find ways to
expand its donor database and you
can help! If you, or someone you
know, works for a company that
provides matching gifts, we want to
hear from you!
Please send the name of your company to Dayna Hilton, director of
major grants, at dhilton@ozarks.edu
or call (479) 979-1473, and we will
add them to our list of corporate
matching gifts programs.