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OFFICERS President Stephanie S. Streett ✪ BS’91, Little Rock President-Elect Don Eldred ✪ ’81, Houston, TX Treasurer Kenneth Biesterveld ★ ’05, ’10, Bentonville Secretary Deborah Blume ✪+ BSBA’08, Fayetteville BOARD OF DIRECTORS Class of 2016 John Forrest Ales ✪ BA’02, Fayetteville Emanuel Banks ✪ BSCE’87, North Little Rock Susan Gilbert Kemp ★ BSHE’73, MS’75, Mountain View Charlene Reed ✪+ BSHE’74, MS’77, Marianna Lott Rolfe IV ★ BSE’94, Maumelle Jeffrey M. Stephens ✪+ BSIE’86, Hot Springs Roger H. Sublett ★ BSE’64, MA’65, Mason, OH Brandon Timbes ✪+ BSBA’98, Charlotte, NC Amy Tu ★ JD’96, Seattle, WA Class of 2017 Ben Beaumont ★ BA’04, Little Rock John Berrey ✪ BA’91, Tulsa, OK Marvin Caston ★ BA’00, MED’03, Fayetteville Judy Drummond Covert ✪+ BA’83, Bel Aire, KS Latonya Foster ★ BA’96, Springdale Steven Hinds ✪+ BSPA’89, MED’92, Fayetteville Jordan Johnson ✪ BA’00, Little Rock Carla Martin ★ JD’04, Pine Bluff Melissa Pianalto ✪ BSA’88, MS’90, Springdale Molly Rapert ★ BSBA’85, MBA’87, Fayetteville Class of 2018 Kristen Allbritton ★ ’04, Frisco, TX Teena Gunter ✪ ’92, ’97, Oklahoma City, OK Ashley Harris ✪ ’95, Fayetteville Sharon Hunt ★ ’73, ’75, Fayetteville Kristin Kaufman ✪ ’83, Dallas, TX Bill Kerr ✪ ’88, Tampa, FL Dustin McDaniel ★ ’94, Little Rock Drake McGruder ✪ ’06, ’12, Fort Smith Charles Redfield ✪ ’89, Bentonville STAFF Associate Vice Chancellor for Alumni and Executive Director of the Arkansas Alumni Association Brandy Cox ✪ MA’07 Associate Executive Director Dale Green ★ Director of Membership and Marketing Terri Dover ✪+ Director of Constituent Engagement Angela Mosley Monts ✪, BA’80 Director of Outreach and Chapters Thomas Ellis ★ BA’96, MA’98 Lisa Ault ★ Accounting Specialist; Catherine Baltz ✪+ BS’92, MED’07, Manager of Affinity Programs & Analysis; Shanna Bassett ★ Associate Director of Membership and Marketing; Ashley Batchelor ★ BA’07, Assistant Director of Communications; Debbie Blume ✪+ Board and Campaign Coordinator; Deb Euculano ✪ Associate Director of Alumni Special Events; Rachel Gray ★ Administrative Assistant; Jennifer Hudson ★ Fiscal Support Analyst; Ryan Miller ✪+ BSBA’07, MED’09, Associate Director of Student and Young Alumni Outreach; Wren Myers ★ Administrative Assistant; Amanda Schoenbaum ★ BSBA’12, MED’14, Manager of Chapter Programs; Julie Simpson ★ Assistant Director of Facilities and Special Events; Alyssa Strodel ★ BSBA’12, MED’15, Marketing Coordinator
for Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia, then OSEC/Quintiq North American developing drones. Survivors: his parents, one sister and a niece and nephew. Leslie Andrew Warr BSE’99, Jonesboro, Dec. 11, 2015. He taught automotive technology for 38 years. Survivors: his wife, Nell, daughter and his brother. Robin C. Stuttle BA’02 BA’09, Fayetteville, Jan. 25. She is survived by her parents, her brother and her grandmother. Kevin Noel Smedley MSW’06, Henderson, Nevada, Dec. 27, 2013. Thomas Alan Tougaw BA’10, Little Rock, Dec. 21, 2015. He practiced law at Hoskyn’s Law Firm. Survivors: his mother and father, his sister and his grandmother.
Friends
Ann Eddins Ryland, Indian Trails, North Carolina, Feb. 2. She worked as a secretary for Emmanuel Presbyterian Church where she retired after 36 years. Survivors: many nieces and nephews. Barney H. Hunter, Wallburg, North Carolina, Feb. 1. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a medic during the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1970. After re-enlisting into the Air Force in 1980, he served as lieutenant colonel with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree until retiring in 1996. He also served as director of pharmacy and clinical nutrition at High Point Regional Health Systems. Survivors: his wife, two daughters, two stepsons and six grandchildren. Bill Lauck Wood, Mena, March 22. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps Pilot Cadet program in 1943 and was called to active duty in January 1945. After two years in service, he began his banking career at the Union Bank of Mena. Starting as a teller in 1951, he worked in virtually every position at the bank, eventually rising to president, director and stockholder. He served at the bank until his death; a period of 65 years. Survivors: four children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Bonnie Barney ✪+, Fayetteville, April 18. She worked as the scholarship coordinator for the Arkansas Alumni Association. She worked there until
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she retired. Survivors: her daughter, Rebecca Barney Goff BS’82 MS’89, two sons, R. Stuart and Robert, and six grandchildren. Brett James Holzhauser, Elkins, Dec. 30. Survivors: his wife of 22 years, Cindy, their two children, his parents and his brother. C. Dudley Bullard, March 2, 1997. Candis Charlene Cohn, Siloam Springs, Jan. 4. Survivors: her two daughters, a sister and three grandchildren. David A. Sidwell ✪, Papillion, Nebraska, June 30, 2015. Edward S. Davis, Cabot, Jan. 4. He was employed by Root Petroleum Co. in El Dorado. He later enlisted in the U.S. Army/Air Force and was stationed in Casablanca in 1944. Afterward, he formed the Davis Oil Co. in Benton and Hot Springs. Survivors: two children, five grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. Ellen L. Smith, Fayetteville, April 25. She held several different positions over 29 years at the University of Arkansas. She worked as the administrative secretary to the vice president, she was selected as secretary of the year by the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of the National Secretaries Association. She was also named Woman of the Year six times. Survivors: her husband, Edwin, one daughter, Sharon Alice Smith Mitchell AS’86, two sons, Stephen and Frank, six grandchildren, four greatgrandchildren, a brother and sister.
of the Bulge. He later taught for 35 years at the University of Arkansas, 10 years at Florida Atlantic University and two years at Cali in Colombia, South America, as an aide for international development. Survivors: his wife, Anita D. Van Patten ✪+ MED’74, and his brother. Julienne Dow Hall ✪, Texarkana, April 17. She was a homemaker. Survivors: her son, Richard V. Hall Jr. BSME’68, two daughters, Jeanne H. Milazzo ★+ BA’66 and Sue Ellen, one sister, five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and six great-greatgrandchildren. Mary Green Hewgley, Rogers, April 4. Survivors: her son and two daughters. Mary Helm Cyphers, El Dorado, April 24. Survivors: her husband of 67 years, Dr. William, her son, five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and her sister. Samantha Kay Barnes, Lincoln, Dec. 28. She retired as captain from the Central EMS in Fayetteville where she was over the 911 Communication Center. Survivors: her husband, Kelly, her mother and her brother. Steven Charles Jennings, Huntsville, Jan. 1. He was a steel worker and a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the U.S. Air Force. Survivors: one son, three brothers and two sisters. Van F. Mills, January 9, Dickson, Tennessee. In 1989 he moved to Dickson to practice family medicine and obstetrics. Survivors: his wife, Caroline, and two sons, Andrew and Ian. ■
F. Hal Stancil, Panorama Village, Texas, Nov. 17, 1998. George M. West, Little Rock, Jan. 3. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, attending the Engineer School at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, serving with the 48th Engineers at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and the 30th Engineering Topographic Surveying Battalion, Presidio of San Francisco. He was a professional surveyor, being the owner of West Surveying in Jacksonville for 28 years prior to serving 13 years with the Surveys Division of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, before retiring in 2005. Survivors: his wife of 51 years, Brenda, his two sons, four grandchildren, and a sister and a brother. James J. Van Patten ✪+, St. Louis, April 20. He was a Purple Heart veteran in World War II, fighting in the Battle
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