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‘TRACKING’ the original bigfoot The Accidental Salesman • Business as Usual

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18 Verticals, 70 Horizontals Graduates Adam Crosson and Robert Lemming installed a new piece of art on the southeast lawn of the Fine Arts Center this spring. Its title – 18 Verticals, 70 Horizontals – captures the essence of its structure, a skeleton of cedar and poplar, bent to create a shell-like coil, large enough that campus visitors can walk into the illuminated center.

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WE LIKE MIKE

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During the last quarter century, membership in the Arkansas Alumni Association has nearly tripled and its endowment has grown 20 fold. Leading the effort has been Mike Macechko, who is retiring. We take a fond look back.

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When a strata of stone was unearthed in southern Arkansas, dinosaur tracks more than 115 million years old were revealed. Faculty and students from the geosciences department leapt into action to document the site.

STUDENTS PITCH THEIR STARTUPS

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Entrepreneurial students at the University of Arkansas dominate the national competitions for teams with business plans. The teams are not simply academic: The students are looking for real investors in real companies.

DEPARTMENTS

2 Campus View

4 Letters

6 Picture This

8 On the Hill

16 Profile

32 Associations

44 Razorback Road

50 Yesteryear

54 Senior Walk

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Students and faculty create plaster casts of dinosaur tracks in south Arkansas.

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CAMPUS VIEW

ARKANSAS Publisher Graham Stewart

Editor Charlie Alison’82 ’04 Associate Editor Tammy W. Tucker ’97 ’03

A wonderful ride with great memories Someone recently asked, “As you retire, what are your fondest memories of the last 24 years?”

There are so many, and some not always with fondness: Getting off a plane in St. Louis en route to my interview in Fayetteville and being met, unexpectedly, by Chancellor Dan Ferritor, realizing he was serious about getting me here (he is an important reason why I came.)

During that same process, meeting with Frank Broyles who confided the Hogs would be in the SEC within 3 years (this was 1987.); I had to be one of the first to know.

Seeing Kris tear up with the realization that Arkansas was a great place and we would be leaving family and friends to move here.

Convincing my son, Mark, that because hockey wasn’t played in Arkansas was not a valid reason for him to not move (they do now and his name is on Senior Walk!)

Listening to alumni president Bob Dawson tell me I had to change my name to be successful in Arkansas (his suggestion: Bubba Macechko) Being grilled by 120 African American alumni who wanted change and to be involved; later the Black Alumni Society set records with the number of reunion attendees.

Affixing a Hog License plate to the van knowing it was the state’s first affinity plate; later seeing those plates fund “Roads” Scholarships, the backbone of an alumni scholarship program that next year will award $800,000.

Calling the Hogs in Budapest, London, South Africa, China and many other places while hosting alumni tours; becoming friends with wonderful alumni as a result of the trips.

Sitting in the Coliseum in Charlotte watching Scotty Thurman sink that miracle threepointer and seeing Kris with her head down 2

between her knees (she never saw the shot!)

And the feeling that night/morning that as a native of Cleveland, I had finally rooted for a champion.

Marveling at the ability of Lance Burchett as he doubled association memberships making us a leading association in membership percentage, ranking in the Top 10 nationally.

Receiving a handwritten note from some guy named Gearhart in State College, PA, praising us for improving the alumni program; later he would be my boss as vice chancellor and everybody’s boss as chancellor.

Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Alumni Association.

Completing a $3.4 million campaign to renovate and expand the alumni house and making wonderful friends of the Hembrees.

Hearing the Toller Celebration Bell at the Hembree Alumni House peal for victories, academic as well as athletic, and important milestones of campus life and, eventually, in honor of his life.

Being a part of the “Arkansas Miracle,” which raised more than $1 billion that transformed this university.

Remembering 72 creative, dedicated, enthusiastic, energized alumni staff members who really made things go over 24 years.

Driving to work every day with my wife and advancement colleague; we never really left work at the office; remembering how she was the organizer of the rededication of Old Main and was now a top advancement professional in her own right.

It has been a wonderful ride with great memories!

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Creative Director Amanda Ryan Photo Editor Russell Cothren Writers & Contributors Melissa Blouin ‘12 Robby Edwards Noel Feldman Holly Hilburn ‘12 Matt McGowan Hung Pham Darinda Sharp ’94 ’99 ’05 David Speer ‘75 Heidi Stambuck ’88 Danielle Strickland ’09 Kevin Trainor ’94 ’05 Steve Voorhies ’78 Hardin Young ‘04 Feature Designers Laura Bennett Eric Pipkin Amanda Ryan Advertising Coordinator Catherine Baltz ’92 ’07 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the editor are accepted and e­ ncouraged. Send letters for publication to Arkansas Magazine, Office of University ­Relations, 200 Davis Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 or by e-mail to editor@uark.edu. Letters should be no longer than 250 words and may be edited for length.

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LETTERS

The feature about uniforms on campus in the spring edition prompted responses from alumni on the Arkansas Alumni Association’s Facebook page. The cover of the magazine featured Lt. Gary Crain of the University of Arkansas Police Department, and one graduate, Peter Laws, remarked: “Man, that guy was on UAPD when I was an undergrad 15-plus years ago.”

In fact, Crain has been a police officer at the university for 33 years, testament to the fact that doing a job you love keeps you young looking.

Autumn responded: “Unfortunately that tradition no longer exists. The Orientation Mentors, as they are now called, don’t wear stripes anymore. :(” Jenni: “This is a travesty! I have no doubt that the successful matriculation of new students has suffered. My red and white striped shirt is a part of my U of A T-shirt quilt.”

Autumn: “My stripes are in my quilt as well and my last one still hangs on my office wall. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about all of you!”

Today, Dinger has a Master of Business Administration from the university and is a doctoral student at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Parker, who worked five summers in orientation, received a Bachelor of Science in Human Environmental Sciences from the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, a Master of Education from the College of Education and Health Professions, and she works as an assistant director of undergraduate recruitment for the Sam M. Walton College of Business, where she also earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Although thoughts of uniforms naturally turn to police officers and civil servants, many of the featured uniforms were worn by students.

Alumnae Jenni Dinger and Autumn Parker, who worked as orientation leaders when they were students at the turn of the 21st century, remembered the uniforms that they wore with fondness as well as the friendships built among the orientation leaders.

Jenni wrote: “I HOPE that the legendary red and white striped shirts that orientation leaders wear are highlighted in this issue!”

Two of the uniformed people featured in the spring edition were from the Reserved Officers’ Training Corps: Master Sgt. Pete Smith representing the Army ROTC and Tech. Sgt. Tim Klinedinst representing the Air Force ROTC. Eric Oliver, who graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science, recalled his own uniform and the meaning it had for his future life. He wrote: “Every Wednesday, I wore my Air Force ROTC uniform. It meant that I would travel the world, have a great life, and 19 years later, I would still be putting an Air Force uniform on.” n

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Walton College Alumni Awards Nomination Information Do you know Walton alumni who deserve recognition? The Sam M. Walton College of Business is currently accepting nominations for the 2013 Walton College alumni awards. The categories are Outstanding Service, Entrepreneur of the Year and Lifetime Achievement.

The Outstanding Service Award recognizes service by a Walton College graduate who helps build and sustain the alumni and student network. Service is defined as meaningful commitment of one’s time and talent by actively engaging — either locally or remotely — in Walton College programs and initiatives.

The Entrepreneur of the Year Award recognizes a Walton College graduate who has proven innovative and successful in a business venture of his/her own creation or reinvention.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is reserved for a Walton College graduate who has made significant achievements in his/her career and is recognized as an industry and community leader.

The nomination deadline is Aug. 15, 2012, and all nominations remain active for three years.

For more details or a nomination form, visit http://waltoncollege.uark.edu/alumni, e-mail alumni@walton.uark.edu, or call 479-575-6153. n 4

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OFFICERS President Steve Nipper ’71, ’73, Magnolia President-Elect John C. Reap ‘70, Dallas,TX Treasurer Tom Dorre ’68, ’81, Fayetteville Assistant Treasurer David M. Harrison ’84, ’87, Fayetteville Secretary Deborah Blume ’08, Fayetteville BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2009-2012 John L Colbert ’76, ’81, Fayetteville William L. Cook II ’80, El Dorado Audie Dennis ’83, Webb City, MO David M. Harrison ’84, ’87, Fayetteville Glenyce G. Feeney ’69, Little Rock Rita Geiger ’66, Oklahoma City Tim Higginbotham ’87, Dallas Fitz Hill ’97, Little Rock Terry Rasco ’71, ’72, Little Rock Stephanie S. Streett ’91, Little Rock 2010-2013 Gerri Ayers ’77, Houston,TX Ritche Manley Bowden ’86, Memphis,TN Bao Bui ’98, Fayetteville Virginia Rainwater Cox ’82, Jonesboro Don Eldred ’81, Houston Vince Jones ’95, Centennial, CO Johnathon Mormon ’02, McGehee Charlene Reed ’74, ’77, Marianna Jeffrey M. Stephens ’86, Hot Springs Brandon Timbes ’98, Charlotte, NC 2011-2014 Ben Beaumont ’04, Little Rock Leslie F. Belden ’79, ’05, Fayetteville Judy Drummond Covert ’83, Bel Aire, KS Dewayne Goldmon ’85, ’87, Pine Bluff Kay Collett Goss ’63, ’66, Alexandria, VA Anthony Lucas ’99, ’04, Little Rock Carla Martin ’04, Pine Bluff Heather Nelson ’94, Little Rock Melissa Pianalto ’88, ’90, Springdale Chuck Roscopf ’79, ’83, Helena STAFF Executive Director Graham Stewart Director, Alumni Services Terri Dover Director, Communications Tammy Tucker ’97, ’03 Director, Administrative Services Debbie Blume ‘08 Interim Director, Programs Angela Mosley Monts ’80 Debbie Abbott, assistant director; Nicole Allbritton ‘07, ‘10, communications assistant; Carolyn Baltz ’03, associate director, alumni services; Catherine Baltz ’92, ’07, print communications coordinator; Kelly Bostick, electronic communications coordinator, Heath Bowman ’10, assistant director; Brendan Curington ’02, ’06, staff accountant; Spencer Dailey ’09, membership assistant; Deb Euculano, associate director; Rachael Gahagans, records assistant; Meredith Hawkins, communications specialist; Airic Hughes, student programs coordinator; Robin January ’98, scholarship coordinator; Julie Preddy ‘04, associate director; Chris Wallen, alumni records manager

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Green Thumb Emily Crossfield, an honors biochemistry major in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, plants broccoli seedlings in a new campus garden. Crossfield, who is the director of sustainability for the Associated Student Government, led the effort to create a campus garden, from which fresh produce will be gathered and donated to the Full Circle Campus Food Pantry. Two student organizations — the Horticulture Club and GroGreen — helped establish the garden with facilities management support.

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American Academy of Arts and Letters recognizes Blackwell

Wiesel, recipient of Nobel Peace Prize, speaks Elie Wiesel, a champion of human rights whose memoir, Night, has taught generations what it meant to live through the Holocaust, spoke at the Walton Arts Center as part of the University of Arkansas student-funded Distinguished Lecture Series.

“This lecture created a huge amount of interest,” said Kayln Williams, student co-chair of the Distinguished Lecture Series committee. “Students who have read Night were excited about having the chance to hear professor Wiesel in person. We’ve also heard from people all over the state who are interested in attending. Several high school teachers who assign Night in their classes have said they want to bring their students to this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Wiesel survived his time in the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald, but his father, mother and one sister were killed. He dedicated his life to preserving the memory of the Holocaust for future generations while also being a strong advocate for human rights around the world. He was among the first to speak out against the oppression of Jews in the Soviet Union, Nicaragua’s Miskito Indians, Argentina’s “Disappeared,” Cambodia’s refugees, the Kurds, South African apartheid victims, famine victims in Africa, the prisoners in the former Yugoslavia and most recently the victims of genocide in Darfur.

Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Shortly afterward he established the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. He was a driving force in the creation of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work.

Wiesel has written more than 50 books and has taught at Boston University, Yale University, and City University of New York.

The Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Arkansas is a studentsponsored program. Speakers are chosen by a committee made up of students, faculty and staff, and the events are funded by a student-approved fee, appropriated by the Associated Student Government.

Past lecturers have included Benazir Bhutto, the Dalai Lama, Ehud Barak, Robert Redford, Martin Luther King III and former President George H.W. Bush. n 8

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Architecture professor Marlon Blackwell is a recipient of a 2012 Arts and Letters Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The academy was established in 1898 to “foster, assist and sustain an interest in literature, music and the fine arts.” The 250 academy members represent the fields of music, art, architecture and literature.

Marlon Blackwell is a Distinguished Professor and head of the architecture department in the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas. He is also a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. His firm, Marlon Blackwell Architect, is based in Fayetteville.

Since 1991, the academy has recognized American architects whose work is “characterized by a strong personal direction” with the Arts and Letters Awards (formerly called Academy Awards).

The award comes with a $7,500 check.

As Blackwell looked over a list of previous architecture winners – 59 of them since 1991 – he shook his head in amazement.

“It’s a who’s who – it’s a pretty amazing list,” Blackwell said.

Many on the list have been guest lecturers or visiting professors for the Fay Jones School, among them, Wendell Burnette, William E. Massie, Julie VandenBerg Snow, Tom Kundig, Monica Ponce de Leon and Gregg Pasquarelli.

But the names belong to architects from firms in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and other major cities. None are from Arkansas, until now.

Billie Tsien, a member of the selection committee, said this of Blackwell: “He enters the national discourse from a position that is rooted in the vernacular of his region – the South. Working outside of the mainstream, Blackwell has developed a voice that is uniquely his own.” Tsien said the St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in Springdale “has a facade that recalls the iconography of a Stuart Davis painting and possesses the stark strength of a totem. This is truthful architecture – simple, powerful and steadfast.”

For Blackwell, this recognition is like none before.

“This is the first time that the value of the body of work has been acknowledged as truly significant in the context of the United States,” he said.“And it’s been confirmed as having national significance by some of the most renowned architects of our time.”

This recognition brings attention to the ongoing support for creative activity that he’s received during his 20 years in the architecture school.

Dean Jeff Shannon has followed Blackwell’s career as both professor and practitioner.“It’s been a pleasure watching Marlon’s practice mature. His talent, persistence and clarity of vision have made him one of the top architects in the country. We are very honored to have him as an integral part of the Fay Jones School of Architecture,” Shannon said. n Summer 2012

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Pulitzer winner talks about free exercise of religion Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jack Rakove presented “Beyond Belief: The Radical Significance of the Free Exercise of Religion” as part of the Hartman Hotz Lecture Series in Law and the Liberal Arts in April.

Rakove is the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science and law at Stanford University, where he has taught since 1980. His principal areas of research include the origins of the American Revolution and Constitution, the political practice and theory of James Madison, and the role of historical knowledge in constitutional litigation. He is the author of six books, including Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution, which won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in History, and 2010’s Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America, which was a finalist for the George Washington Prize. He is editor of seven others, including The Unfinished Election of 2000. Rakove is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and a past president of the Society for the History of the Early American Republic.

The University of Arkansas Hartman Hotz Lectures in Law and Liberal Arts were established by Dr. and Mrs. Palmer Hotz of Foster City, Calif., to honor the memory of his brother, Hartman Hotz, an alumnus of J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and a faculty member of the School of Law. Many distinguished speakers have participated in this lecture series, among them Chief Justice Warren Burger, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Shirley Abbott, Daisy Bates, Thomas Grisso, Ron Rotunda and George McGovern. n

Taking green across Arkansas A converted Winnebago is the newest, and perhaps most unusual addition to the University of Arkansas vehicle fleet. It’s called the GREEN Mobile Solar Energy Laboratory, and it will take to the Arkansas highways soon to bring hands-on solar energy experiments to schools and public events across the state.

The mobile laboratory is housed in a converted 33-foot Winnebago and uses a conventional gasoline engine to get around. But it is equipped with six 230-watt solar panels that can power the lab’s equipment, computers, television and other features for two hours at a time.

The mobile lab is the latest addition to an outreach program designed to expose Arkansas students to fun and interactive projects in the “STEM fields” — science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“Our objective is to get K-12 students excited about pursuing STEM careers by integrating hands-on solar energy experiments into the Arkansas K-12 science curriculum,” said Vasundara Varadan, director of the GREEN Center at the University of Arkansas.

Funding to create the vehicle came from a $162,663 grant from the Arkansas Energy Office, which is part of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.

The project is organized by the Arkansas Green Renewable Energy-Efficient Nanoplasmonic Solar Cells Center, which has units on the University of Arkansas campuses at Fayetteville, Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Fort Smith, as well as Philander Smith College in Little Rock. n

Welcome back and Happy Birthday, Senator Fulbright: On April 9, the statue of J. William Fulbright was placed on its new pedestal in the courtyard of Old Main, along with cupcakes and punch for all comers.

The statue was removed in August 2011 and ostensibly moved into storage; although, alumni near and far reported receiving tweets from the statue that appeared to be sent from the stands of the Cotton Bowl and the Eisenhower Building in Washington, D.C. April 9 was the 107th anniversary of Fulbright’s birth.

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Tyson foundations help endow Bumpers College Lecture Program

17 in a row for Goldwater Scholar; new Truman Scholar too This spring, Jimmy Vo was named a 2012 Goldwater Scholar, and Michael Norton was named a 2012 Harry S. Truman Scholar.

Vo is a junior from Fort Smith and an honors student majoring in biological engineering in the College of Engineering. He is the 17th University of Arkansas student in a row to earn a Goldwater Scholarship. Vo is an Honors College Fellow and a Distinguished Governor’s Scholar who is conducting undergraduate research with his mentor, professor David Zaharoff. Vo’s research focuses on preventing breast cancer metastasis.

“Jimmy Vo is a stellar student, like so many at the University of Arkansas, and is working very hard toward ambitious long-term goals. His work with David Zaharoff is exceptional, and Jimmy hopes that it will eventually lead to cutting-edge cancer research,” said Chancellor G. David Gearhart.

Norton of Prairie Grove is an honors student in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.

The Truman Scholarship will provide $30,000 in scholarship funding for graduate school. Norton, a junior pursuing a double major in poultry science and agricultural business, is conducting honors research with professor Lanier Nalley in the agricultural economics and agribusiness department.

He is a graduate of Lincoln High School.

“Not only is Mike energetic and capable, but he is also absolutely committed to identifying and addressing food and nutritional security issues on a local and global level,” said Dean Michael Vayda. n 10

The Tyson Family Foundation and the Tyson Foods Foundation have made a gift of $250,000 to help endow the Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture Program, coordinated by the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas.

“Tyson entities have supported initiatives across campus for many years,” said Michael Vayda, dean of Bumpers College. “The Bumpers College, in particular, has benefitted greatly from their widespread generosity. From capital projects to endowed scholarships and professorships to their most recent lead support of the Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center, their impact continues to improve the learning experience for our students. This lecture program is one more way our students will have unique opportunities to be inspired and gain new perspectives.”

The annual lecture program symbolizes Bumpers College’s recognition of three vital issues: the international prominence of Arkansas agricultural and food industries; the importance of environmental stewardship for the strength and vibrancy of our economy; and the quality of life as championed by Betty Bumpers on behalf of child wellness, human development and healthy living choices.

“Tyson Foods and the Tyson family are pleased to make a $250,000 contribution to support the Bumpers Distinguished Lecture Program,” said John Tyson. “Senator and Mrs. Bumpers have made so many contributions to the state of Arkansas over the past 40 years that it is more than fitting to establish this lecture series to recognize what they have done for our state and its citizens. My mom and dad were very early supporters of Senator Bumpers when he first ran for governor in 1970, and were always proud to have been involved in helping launch his career. I hope others will join us in providing financial support for this effort to bring in experts in the areas of agriculture and life sciences to help further educate the students at the University of Arkansas, particularly those in the Bumpers College.”

The lecture program was kicked off Sunday, April 15, with a visit from President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd president of the United States. President Clinton spoke about global agriculture, challenges in developing countries and the need for systems to improve the way people are fed. He also participated in a question and answer session with students.

“Betty and I are pleased by the possibilities of this distinguished lecture program,” said Sen. Bumpers. “The Tyson support, which ensures the program’s success and growth, is outstanding. We want this effort to be meaningful for both students and the entire university community, and President Clinton’s visit was a most special and fitting way to jump-start the program. We deeply appreciate the commitment of the Tyson family for this advancement of education in Arkansas and improving agriculture and the quality of life around the world.” n ARKANSAS

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Two new fraternities to join U of A Greek community The University of Arkansas will have two new North American Interfraternity Conference fraternities, Beta Theta Pi and Kappa Alpha Order, in fall 2012. The university Interfraternity Council voted unanimously on April 17 to colonize these two chapters.

“We are truly excited about Beta and KA! We are looking forward to the traditions they will bring to campus and the opportunity for more men to join an ever-growing Greek community,” said Mark Machen, president of the Interfraternity Council.

Both fraternities were chosen based upon their academic excellence, philanthropy and educational programming initiatives as well as alumni support and development.

The decision to add new fraternities was initially passed in November 2011 in response to the increased membership growth and the desire to continue to provide manageable new member classes for fraternity chapters.

Last fall, the announcement was made to North American Interfraternity Conference organizations, and the university received seven applications from interested fraternities.

Beta Theta Pi and Kappa Alpha each have about 120 chapters nationwide.

“Beta and KA are known nationally for investing valuable resources in their members as well as the fraternal movement across the country. We also believe both organizations would be competitive chapters that would attract high caliber members from day one,” said Parice S. Bowser, director of Greek Life.“Our community is truly excited to welcome Beta and KA to our Razorback family!” n Summer 2012

U of A classical studies team wins national quiz bowl Three University of Arkansas undergraduate a high level of scholarship in Greek and Latin.” students in the J. William Fulbright College Questions at the Certamen competition cover of Arts and Sciences — Virginia Huff, Tiffany topics ranging across Greek and Roman geography, Montgomery and Jacob Purcell — language, literature and archaeology. won the 2012 national Certamen The University of Arkansas team ALIIS quiz bowl, the third time the used questions from previous COMPETITORIBVS Certamens to study for the 2012 University of Arkansas has won in VINCTIS, TRES the past 15 years. competition.

DISCIPVLI NOSTRAE The Certamen is a Greek “On the five-hour drive to VNIVERSITATIS IN the competition, we took turns and Roman rapid response CERTAMINE OPTIMI answering past Certamen questions competition held at the annual OMNIVM FIVNT. national convention of Eta Sigma so that we would familiarize ourselves Phi, a classical studies honorary with question structure and topics,” society. Eta Sigma Phi has more than 200 chapters said Montgomery, a junior classical studies major on college campuses across the nation that strive and president of the Eta Sigma Phi chapter. “We to promote interest in classical studies and help have such a well prepared and tight knit group of foster fraternal relationships among students. The students in the classics department, it really was University of Arkansas chapter was founded in great to work as a group and come out victorious.

1950, and the current advisers are professors Dave It was an absolute honor to win the Certamen.”

Fredrick and Daniel Levine.

Each of the team members received a copy “Dr. Fredrick and I are very proud of these of the Oxford Classical Dictionary — a “quite students, and of the local chapter as a whole,” pricey encyclopedia that will come in handy for Levine said. “Our students have been very active in future papers,” according to Montgomery — for promoting the group’s activities while maintaining their victory. n

Earthquake preparedness comes in nick of time When students at Pomfret Hall returned from Spring Break they found what looked like a giant sink hole in the middle of the floor in their Great Room.

Just the sort of thing that could be caused by an earthquake.

It got them asking questions – starting, of course, with, “What the heck is that?”

Which is exactly what was supposed to happen.

Staff members of the department of university housing – who now have their offices in Pomfret Hall – wanted to do something to promote earthquake safety awareness as part of a national campaign called the photo submitted

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Great Central U.S. Shake Out. The message they wanted to get out was fairly simple: What do you do in an earthquake?

Drop, Cover, and Hold On. But to get the message across they needed to get people’s attention.

Nothing like a huge 3-D painting of a giant sinkhole in a residence hall floor to do the trick.

And it worked.

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Undocumented students step out of shadows The University of Arkansas hosted a panel discussion in April between six university-age students, five of whom are undocumented immigrants and the sixth of whom recently received citizenship. Chancellor G. David Gearhart moderated the discussion, a nationally relevant exchange about the experiences and challenges faced by young adults who have grown up in the United States without proper immigration papers but who have spent much, and often most, of their lives in the United States.

The panelists were brought by their parents to the U.S. at a young age. Some of them don’t have any connections or recollection of the country in which they were born. Three panelists are students who grew up in Arkansas. The other three panelists grew up in Massachusetts, New York and Virginia.

Their undocumented immigration status makes travel within the U.S. difficult and risky and their ability to seek employment legally impossible.

The discussion was streamed onto the Internet so that people across the country could watch and submit questions for the six panelists. Questions were solicited from anti-immigration organizations as well as the general public from across the nation. The questions ranged from how the students told close friends with whom they had grown up about their undocumented status to how they were paying for college without benefit of public dollars or in-state tuition rates to whether their presence at a university was keeping other American students from attending.

Their answers were by turns emotional, such as when one student talked about the risk that being identified as an undocumented immigrant might pose to his family members, and insightful, such as the quick response by all six panelists that none of them qualify for any public help, not Medicaid, not Social Security, not food stamps. The only public venue available to them had been primary and secondary school. Meanwhile, they and their parents had paid income taxes, Social Security taxes, sales taxes and property taxes. From their perspective, the notion that they were getting a free ride was laughable. n 12

Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education shifts focus This past year, the Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education, formerly the Multicultural Center, expanded its physical space and added new programs to enhance students’ experiences at the University of Arkansas. Cedric Kenner, director of the center, was excited about the rapid increase in student involvement during the year.

“As the center continues to grow and we shift our focus to three points — recruitment, retention and degree completion of underrepresented students — we can do our part in making sure our institution puts students first,” he said.

The center, a part of the office of diversity affairs, encourages participation and involvement from all University of Arkansas students. The space was remodeled and is now larger to accommodate more students. Students have access to cubical-style seating for individual or group work as well as designated study areas for students who prefer a quiet study environment.

Additionally, new programs have been implemented to help students retain their scholarships and ultimately graduate.“Pathways to Success” is a program that offers academic enrichment to help new students get adjusted to the academic rigors of college. Also offered are the “Connections/Conexiones” mentoring programs that support first-year underrepresented students as they transition to life at the University of Arkansas.

Brande Flack-Armstrong, assistant director for leadership and development, has enjoyed seeing students improve academically over the course of a few months in the new space.

“With more of an academic focus, we are seeing more diverse students in the center utilizing the resources available and achieving like never before,” she said.

The center not only focuses on the education and well-being of students, it also offers ways for the entire campus community to learn and grow.

The center is now more closely aligned with the academic affairs division and strives to provide the necessary resources for the ever-growing population of students from diverse, underrepresented backgrounds to succeed in and out of the classroom.

The Center for Multicultural and Diversity Education’s goals are to provide a homeaway-from-home atmosphere for ethnically diverse students; to nurture academic and personal success among students; to enhance the understanding and appreciation of the richness and diversity of ethnic cultures; to assist in creating a campus and community environment that promotes and values cultural differences; and to assist the university in the recruitment and retention of ethnically diverse students. n ARKANSAS

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ON THE HILL At left: Chancellor Gearhart moderates a panel discussion at the “Living in the Shadows” event in April.

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Below right: Alumnae of the Delta Gamma sorority made a $1,500 gift to Full Circle Campus Food Pantry. Pictured are, front row from left, alumnae Debbie Davis, Anne Allen, Ann Bordelon and Melissa Goff, and Angela Oxford, director of the university’s center for community engagement, which oversees the food pantry; and, second row, alumnae Betsy Plante, Lyn Whaley and Saundra Calloway, and Peggy Boyles, director of development for student affairs.

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Students honored by White House for work on campus food pantry Student volunteers of the University of Arkansas’ Full Circle Campus Food Pantry were recognized at the White House in March as one of five winners in the White House Campus Champions of Change Challenge.

“Young people have always been at the forefront of movements of change. I am so proud of these students and their campuses for their innovative work to improve communities all across America,” said President Barack Obama. “I hope their brilliant example will inspire Americans of all ages to come together to support an America that’s built to last.”

Four students and one staff member from the university traveled to Washington, D.C., to be honored for their work. They received a tour of the White House and a visit with Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor before taking part in a public ceremony and panel discussion at the Eisenhower Building.

The students making the trip were: Julia Lyon of Morrilton, a student volunteer and chair of the Full Circle Campus Food Pantry; Sylvia Tran of Fort Smith, an intern with the Volunteer Action Center; and Full Circle volunteers Mirelle Pierini of Maumelle and Rachel PelSummer 2012

At left: President Barack Obama poses for a picture with winners of the Champions of Change Challenge, including Julia Lyon (center), director of the Full Circle Campus Food Pantry.

legrino of Hot Springs. Angela Oxford, director for the center for community engagement, accompanied the students.

The pantry was opened in February 2011 by students involved with the university’s Volunteer Action Center with the goal of providing a dignified and discreet way for any member of the University of Arkansas community who needed food to get it. In the first year of operation, the pantry served more than 2,500 people.

In fall 2011, the White House announced the launch of the Campus Champions of Change Challenge. After reviewing a record number of entries, 15 finalists were announced in late February, and the public chose the top five projects through online voting.

Supporters of the student volunteers who staff the Full Circle Campus Food Pantry cast 57,142 online votes for the food pantry over the course of eight days, finishing a close second to a program at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, which received 59,852 votes, according to the website. Service programs at Grinnell College, UCLA and the University of Chicago were the other three finalists.

“We never dreamed we would be invited to the White House as a result of this program,” said Lyon. “We certainly could not have achieved this without everyone voting as they did. Thanks to everyone who has supported the Full Circle Campus Food Pantry.”

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It’s never been easier to find campus landmarks and get directions at the University of Arkansas thanks to a new digital version of the campus map that is intuitive and easy to use. The new application, campusmaps.uark.edu, is integrated with Google Maps, the industryleading mapping interface.

“The number of students and visitors who access information through their mobile devices continues to increase, so the new map will be much more convenient and useful for them,” said Chris Nixon, director of digital design and development in the office of university relations. “We tried to make everything on campus searchable and shareable so finding buildings or specific locations will be as easy as possible.”

For example, a user’s cell phone can find the location of the user on the mobile version of the map through GPS technology.

Other features include: • Pop up windows that provide information about each building on the map, including the address, and which allow that information

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New mobile-friendly campus map

to be emailed or shared on Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus.

• A waypoint system that identifies the best walking route between two locations on campus.

• Bus routes and parking lots listed by color.

• Lists of bicycle racks, motorcycle/scooter parking, public art, historical markers, handicap accessible points, emergency phone boxes, dining locations and computer labs.

• An intuitive search for buildings and other points of interest that auto-suggests possible locations.

• A comprehensive listing of buildings along with their fourcharacter campus codes.

“While the new map is a vast improvement over the previous static version, it’s only the beginning of what we can do,” said Nixon. “This is really just the foundation on which we plan to build additional features that will make navigating the campus even easier in the future.”

Other planned features include real-time tracking on the map of buses, allowing patrons to know when the next bus will arrive at a particular stop; handicap accessible routes from parking to buildings; a Senior Walk lookup; the ability to place a map on any website; and the ability to show routes for the university’s yearly move-in project.

The new campus map replaces a static site that was implemented in 2006.

Digital design and development, a department of the office of university relations responsible for the creation and maintenance of all university technology-based communications, partnered with the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, the department of facilities management, the office of educational access and the department of transit and parking to complete the campus map project. n

John A. White Jr. Engineering Hall

Naming of three buildings to honor Roberta Fulbright, Gatewood, White The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees honored two former chancellors and the mother of a former university president, by naming buildings in their honor.

Engineering Hall, built in 1927, has been renamed the John A. White Jr. Engineering Hall, in honor of the former chancellor. One of the residence halls in the Northwest Quad complex known as “Building A” has been renamed the Willard B. Gatewood Jr. Hall at Northwest Quad.

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renamed the Roberta Fulbright Dining Hall at the Northwest Quad.

“At the University of Arkansas, we have a long tradition of recognizing the tenure and service of distinguished campus leaders by naming certain campus facilities in their honor,” said Chancellor G. David Gearhart.“The board’s action today, augmented by President Bobbitt’s enthusiastic support, authorizes us to acknowledge, in a most enduring manner, the leadership and contributions of Mrs. Fulbright and chancellors Gatewood and ARKANSAS

White. Their special role in our university’s history will be ever-present for generations.”

John A. White Jr. served as University of Arkansas chancellor from 1997 until 2008, leading the campus during a period of unprecedented growth and academic achievement, supported and enhanced by the Campaign for the TwentyFirst Century, which raised more than a billion dollars. White, an Arkansas native and University of Arkansas alumnus, continues to teach at his alma HONOR continued at right Summer 2012

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U of A doctoral student marks new trails in new book In his new book, outdoorsman, environmentalist and University of Arkansas doctoral student Johnnie Chamberlin is literally blazing trails. Trails of Central Arkansas: A Guide to Central Arkansas’ Land and Water Trails covers more than 150 miles of hiking, biking and kayaking paths, most of which are unpaved and unmarked.

“I included only the trails that were walkable and hikeable,” Chamberlin said. But he has discovered and explored many trails more.

Trails of Central Arkansas, released by Parkhurst Brothers Inc. Publishers in Little Rock, is what Chamberlin calls a “second edition” to Trails of Little Rock, an idea first inspired by Chamberlin’s work with the Arkansas Audubon Society studying creeks in the Little Rock area.

“I realized I was coming across lots of trails that I’d never heard about,” said Chamberlin, a Little Rock native. “I guessed that most people in Little Rock hadn’t heard about these places either, so I decided to put them all in a book.”

Trails of Central Arkansas, with maps, pho-

tographs and descriptions of 60 trails in 36 parks, is twice as long as its predecessor, covering a larger area, “so North Little Rock, Bryant, Conway, Jacksonville, Cabot and other Central Arkansas communities don’t feel left out,” the introduction reads. Chamberlin breaks the trails and waterways down by difficulty level and offers Top 10 lists of the most scenic trails, trails for kids and trails for solitude.

“I enjoy hiking and kayaking, but a big motivation for these books is helping to get people outdoors,” Chamberlin said. “I think getting out in nature is good for people’s physical and mental health.”

Chamberlin, 30, has a bachelor’s degree in cognitive science from the University of California-Berkeley and a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from Duke University in Durham, N.C. At the University of Arkansas, he is working toward a doctoral degree in environmental dynamics and finding yet more territory to explore. He praises Northwest Arkansas for the “connectivity” of its trails — another theme pervading his book.

“It’s my hope that people will actually use these trails as alternate routes of transportation and encourage their elected officials and neighborhood associations to create more interconnected trails,” he said.

With a busy academic schedule, Chamberlin said there is no book on Northwest Arkansas trails in the works at the moment, but his blog, TrailsofArkansas.com, details plenty of Northwest Arkansas areas to explore, as well as updates on the Central Arkansas trails from his books.

“I’m hoping the blog will serve as a place for people to share ideas about new trails, or where people can give me tips for new trails,” he said. n

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around the nation to the University of Arkansas. For generations of students he was a legendary history professor, and he was equally a legend among colleagues as a scholar and writer.

Roberta Waugh Fulbright was a dominant figure in Fayetteville and in Arkansas during her lifetime.

She was successful in a variety of businesses, and

as publisher of the Northwest Arkansas Times she championed the University of Arkansas, fought political corruption, advocated for social equality for women and promoted civic causes. She was the mother of J. William Fulbright, who served as University of Arkansas president from 1939-1941 and as U.S. senator for three decades. n

mater as an emeritus Distinguished Professor of industrial engineering.

Willard B. Gatewood Jr. served as chancellor in 1984 and 1985, and during his tenure began the restoration of Old Main and established the Sturgis Fellowships, aimed at attracting top students from Summer 2012

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Kay Goss ✪+ B.A.’63, M.A.’66

A civic lesson

Interest in government leads to state and national service

by Hung Pham

“All my life I’ve been interested in government service,” said Kay Goss. “My father was active in the community, the school board, Sunday school superintendent and the Washington County Conservation Board, and when I was in high school in Springdale, I took all the history and government classes I could.” Although her civic bent began at an early age, the young Kay Goss likely could not have imagined where her interests would lead her. Today, Goss is an internationally recognized expert, lecturer and author on emergency management. She has taught around the globe, and her work in the public and private sector has dramatically influenced the way local, state and national governments deal with disasters and emergencies. Goss currently serves as senior associate for emergency management and homeland security for the consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton, in Alexandria, Va. Though she has always had an interest in public service, it was at the University of Arkansas where those interests began taking clear shape.

Like many freshmen, Goss was far from certain of her career path. She started out as most students did, by completing her general distribution requirements. Soon, however, she would meet a figure who would play a crucial role in her life: Henry M. Alexander. Since 16

1937, Alexander had been chair of the department of government, which later became the department of political science, at the University of Arkansas.

“He saw my enthusiasm for public service and convinced me that I could be the second leading expert on Arkansas government,” said Goss. “He was definitely the first.”

With Alexander’s mentorship and encouragement, Goss attained a bachelor’s degree in public administration and political science, and eventually her master’s degree in public administration as well. She then went to West Virginia University, pursuing her doctoral studies on scholarship. Sadly, Alexander passed away shortly after Goss received her M.A. Upon his death, though, the University of Arkansas asked her to come back to teach.

Goss taught at the university for four years.

During that period in the 1970s she moved to Washington, D.C., where she was legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Ray Thornton. She and her husband, Gene Goss, moved in 1976 to Little Rock, where she taught at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Eventually, she became involved in state politics, attaining a number of positions in the late ’70s and early ’80s, including chief deputy state auditor in 1981.

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for intergovernmental relations. It was an appointment that would begin her career-long focus in emergency management. Working closely with local and state officials, Goss initiated numerous changes and improvements to the state’s disaster relief system. She oversaw the development of hundreds of new fire departments, a special forest fire response program, a statewide program that provided emergency equipment interest-free to local departments, and the installation of numerous emergency preparedness initiatives, as well as a new police and fire retirement system.

When Governor Clinton became President Clinton in 1993, he brought Goss with him to Washington, D.C., to serve as associate director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Using her background in teaching and education, Goss set about creating national preparedness protocols and training curricula. She counts among her proudest accomplishments the launching of the FEMA higher education program as a way to allow individuals to pursue emergency management as a collegiate course of study. “When I started, there were two schools that had emergency management programs,” says Goss. “Now there are 254.”

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here were three reasons Myron “Mike” Macechko, long-serving director of the Arkansas Alumni Association, didn’t think he should take his current job: he wasn’t a graduate of the University of Arkansas, he was a Yankee, and, by his own admission, he had a weird last name, which he worried would stamp him as an outsider.

About that name: To know Mike is to mispronounce Macechko, which, like his parents, is Slovak in derivation. Don’t let the first “c” throw you, it’s pronounced Ma-setchko. (He never cared for his first name, Myron, which his mother gave him after seeing it in the newspaper. Off serving in World War II, his father was unable to dissuade her. The family compromised by calling him Mike).

On top of his three primary concerns, Macechko already had his dream job at his alma mater, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he was assistant vice president of university relations and director of alumni affairs. He had both his B.A. in history and his M.S. in personnel counseling from Miami, just as his wife, Kris, had a B.A. in German and an M.Ed. in guidance and counseling. They’d met while he was an academic adviser and she was a resident assistant. Ohio was in their blood and it was difficult to imagine raising their three sons elsewhere.

Nevertheless, the University of Arkansas had its appeal. Though alumni membership had been in decline—down to around 10,500 at the time he was hired—Macechko detected no absence of passion for theRestrictions university. Also, unlike Yes No Only in limited occasions • University seal permitted on products resale: Alumni Association was Miami’s association, thefor Arkansas organized as a 501(c)(3), • Alterations to seal permitted: a nonprofit that was financially of the university. That posed an • Overlaying / intersecting graphics permitted withindependent seal:

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Far left: board member John Reap and Mike Macechko officially make Tusk II a member of the Alumni Association.

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hired, helps plan an event soon after he arrived in Arkansas.

Left: Breaking ground in 1997 for the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House.

Above: Mike and alumni staff pose for a Santa-themed photo.

intriguing set of challenges for the ambitious Macechko, who would have to create his own revenue stream to keep the association viable. It also didn’t hurt that his first brush with Arkansas came from a miniature license plate he got from a Wheaties cereal box in the 1950s. Its slogan had always lingered in his memory: “The Land of Opportunity.”

Still, he wasn’t ready to pack his bags just yet.

“I interviewed and turned them down twice,” Mike stated in a recent interview at his office in the alumni house, which, due to his approaching retirement, was in a state of disrepair. “I even offered up alternative candidates.”

Arkansas was nothing if not persistent. They convinced him to come down in the fall of 1987 for a football weekend—the best way to experience campus. When Mike expressed concerns about getting in and out of the old Fayetteville airport in a timely manner, he was told to fly to St. Louis instead. They’d take care of everything.

He consented to visit, but before leaving, he told Kris, “Now I want you to keep an eye out for everything you don’t like. Make a list.”

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Kris solemnly agreed: she, too, had a weird last name.

Much to their surprise, Chancellor Dan Ferritor himself met them upon their arrival in the St. Louis airport. He escorted them to the university plane, which then flew to Newport, Ark., to pick up Kaneaster Hodges, chair of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees. The hard sell began with Hodges immediately dismissing his three primary concerns.

“Kaneaster knew the university needed to raise money,” Macechko explained, “and he knew they needed a stronger alumni association to do that. That meant they needed an alumni professional running things.”

Ferritor’s reasoning was this: “It didn’t take five minutes to see that the University of Arkansas needed Mike Macechko to lead its alumni association. He knew the business. He was energetic. He was nationally respected. He had been successful. He had everything we needed to become one of the best associations in the country.”

A whirlwind tour of Fayetteville followed, in which Mike was taken to meet the director of men’s athletics, Frank Broyles — “It was like meeting the pope!” — and Kris was given a tour of the local schools by

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Top left: Mike was one of several university administrators who traveled to Panama to establish the Alumni Association’s first international chapter.

Top right: Mike dons a hat festooned with SEC memorabilia and passed among executive directors of the conference alumni associations.

Above: The Arkansas Alumni Association staff in 1990.

Right: Anthony McAdoo with a cutout used as a prop for a “Survivor” themed volunteer training.

members of the school board. When they finally got back to St. Louis and had a chance to compare notes, he said he took one look at Kris and she broke down in tears. “You didn’t find anything wrong, did you?” he sighed.

“No,” she said. He hadn’t, either.

Though the phrase “Forty Minutes of Hell” had not yet been popularized by Coach Nolan Richardson, they’d just been hit by the recruiting equivalent of it. It was the greatest sales job the Macechkos had ever seen.

Twenty-four years later, he’s still shaking his head.

By any measure, Macechko’s tenure as director of the Arkansas Alumni Association has been hugely successful. Since he arrived in April of 1988, the association’s membership has nearly tripled, exceeding 27,000 members at its highest. The association’s endowment, at $350,000 when he first arrived, has grown to more than $7 million. He also led a $3.4 million campaign to expand and renovate the Alumni House, which led to its eventual naming: the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House.

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Macechko. When ranking his accomplishments, however, Mike prefers to point to the association’s alumni-funded scholarship programs, launched during his tenure. “In the way a coach can give a scholarship to the best athlete regardless of need, we wanted to reward the best students,” he explained. “We wanted to reward leaders, volunteers and community contributors.” When the program launched in 1991, they were only able to provide two scholarships. Eventually, they were able to add need-based scholarships. Last year, the association awarded 298 need- and merit-based scholarships valued at more than $650,000.

One innovative means of scholarship support is the Hog Tags program, which allows drivers to purchase an official Razorback license plate, a portion of the $25 additional cost going toward scholarship support.

With more than 21,000 plates now on the road, it has become a substantial funding source.

Another point of pride was the creation of eight new alumni societies within the association, including a Black Alumni Society and a Latino Alumni Society, making the University of Arkansas one of the few SEC universities with both organizations. Bringing the black alumni

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Top left: Representatives of the Ole Miss Alumni Association visit the Arkansas during the Ole Miss vs. Arkansas football weekend.

Top right: Mike in front of the Bill and Jo Ella Toller Celebration Bell Tower.

Left: Former interim director Andy Lucas, former executive director John Rosso and new director Mike Macechko.

Above: Alumni Association staff members enjoy a Saturday picnic.

back into the fold was particularly gratifying for Macechko, since many of them had previously felt ignored and unheard by the university.

Although black alumni were holding reunions, they were private affairs, with no formal participation by the university. Mike made his pitch: “I said look at us and tell us what you don’t like and how to make it better.

We’re your avenue for change, but you need to be on the inside to make those changes.” He offered everyone a complimentary membership.

“Now,” he says, “We have a Black Alumni Reunion every other year involving 700 to 900 people. It’s our largest affinity group; they’ve created scholarships, mentor students and are fully engaged in the life of this university.”

None of this could have been accomplished without a strong support staff, which Macechko is quick to praise. “All I did was say which direction the association was going,” he explained. “They’re the ones who really got us there. It was a group effort.” For Mike, “being a good mentor is probably the most satisfying element.” While he doesn’t like to see good people go, he’s pleased by the number of ex-employees who have gone off to run their own alumni associations in other colleges and universities, a testament to their preparation.

Anthony McAdoo, a former staff member who went on to become senior associate executive director of the University of Oregon Alumni Association, acknowledged the professional debt: “I am grateful to Mike, personally and professionally, for his leadership, mentoring and service… He taught me that regardless of the tools utilized, that alumni relations programs are fundamentally about the relationships between 22

alumni and with their alma mater.”

To do what Macechko has done requires salesmanship. To increase membership to 27,000, he had to sell 16,500 people on joining. He had to sell donors on the need for a $3.4 million expansion and renovation of the alumni house, and every year he has to sell a new class of graduates on the importance of staying connected to their alma mater.

The irony is that the one thing Macechko never wanted to be was a salesman.

“My father worked for Prudential as a door-to-door salesman,” he said. “He put in long hours, worked nights because that was when people were home, and weekends, too. Before I went off to college, I told him that I never wanted to be a salesman. I’d seen how hard it was, the long hours he put in.” Years later, though, his father visited him in Fayetteville, and they spent the day attending a football game and other alumni-related events. As they were unwinding at home after a busy day, his father said, “Mike, you’re a salesman!”

It was true, but somehow spending his Saturdays networking with alumni at Razorback football games didn’t seem the same as cold-calling strangers; though, come to think of it, he was putting in long hours in the evenings and on weekends, just like his father. The critical difference was Macechko’s faith in the value of his wares.

“You’re dealing with people who loved their experience and love their university,” he said. “It’s easy to sell something people really love, and that’s what we’re doing. We’re reconnecting and reemphasizing their love affair with their university. … Many of us met our spouses there,

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Above: John Ellison talks with Mike during a pre-game rally.

Top right: Mike presented many awards such as this Morris Fair Heart Award to a chapter volunteer.

Right: Mike attended more receptions than he can count through the years, such as this Johnson Fellows reception.

got a degree that became our life’s work, and even sent our children back to schools we graduated from. And most people will tell you that it’s the greatest four years — or five, or six, or seven! — that they have ever spent. You can’t recapture it, but you can recall and revel in it.”

The best salesman is a happy customer. To talk with Mike Macechko is to be reminded — and convinced — that the college experience is the core of a graduate’s life. It is also to appreciate how important alumni are in safeguarding that experience for the next generation and to understand that the experience need not end with a degree. Mike Macechko is a true believer, and his biggest converts are those closest to him: all three of his sons attended his alma mater, Miami of Ohio, and the middle one has even followed in his footsteps as associate director of alumni affairs.

But enough is enough, even for a true believer. After 40 years in the profession, the rigors have caught up with him. The spirit may be willing but the body has its own agenda. The heavy travel schedule, long weekends and late nights have made it harder and harder to come in Monday morning feeling sharp. “The nature of alumni is changing,” he also noted. “It’s time to let someone more in tune with younger people step in. We need younger people who know how to communicate with them, who better understand their motivations and desires.”

Retirement won’t be easy. Macechko concedes that Kris is worried about him since he doesn’t have any hobbies. “I don’t fish, hunt or golf.” He does have a B.A. in history, and a lifelong fascination with Summer 2012

the subject. It makes sense that a man who has spent his entire professional life convincing others to honor the past is a student of it. As such, Macechko is interested in exploring some gaps in his family history and recording it for his posterity. He also identified some areas of the University of Arkansas history he would like to research, although he’s reluctant to say more until he has approached the necessary people for approval. Wherever he lands, he is looking forward to indulging his oldest interests.

Still, it’s going to be strange. Every year his family vacations on the Outer Bank of North Carolina for two weeks. They usually leave at the end of June and come back in July. This year, though, will be the first time he has no job to return to, his last day June 30. “It’s going to be a little scary,” Mike admitted. “I’ll spend the first day of retirement watching the sun come up over the Atlantic. That’s my plan.” It will be strange, but he has no regrets: “I feel like I’ve been blessed. Forty years.

It’s a great profession.”

Looking back, that miniature license plate he found in a Wheaties box proved prophetic. “Land of Opportunity,” he recalled in his office more than half a century later, “Turns out that’s exactly what it was.”

Dan Ferritor, the man most responsible for convincing the Macechkos to come to Arkansas, makes a stronger case: “Mike was able to achieve everything we wanted and more. And through Mike’s leadership, we don’t just have one of the best associations in the country, we have the best.”

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UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS RESEARCHERS UNCOVER A PART OF ARKANSAS’ DISTANT PAST

By Melissa Blouin ’12 PHOTOS BY RUSSELL COTHREN

Before the Arkansas Razorback

became the most feared creature in Arkansas, there was Acrocanthosaurus. This giant, meat-eating dinosaur stood taller than a house and weighed as much as 14,000 pounds.

It roamed southwest Arkansas about 115 million years ago, back when Arkansas formed the edge of a shallow sea.

We know this thanks to scientists at the University of Arkansas who have studied the only remaining traces that this giant creature is known to have left behind in Arkansas – its footprints. Last summer, a team of researchers spent two weeks studying the tracks made by this creature and others to learn more about the animals that roamed the area.

On a scorching July day, Stephen K. Boss, professor of geosciences at the University of Arkansas, and Brian Platt, a graduate student at the University of Kansas, examined what looked like a claw at the end of a footprint. The footprint was large enough that a collie could curl up in the center of it.

It was one of hundreds of footprints of different shapes and sizes that peppered the terrain around the prone scientists.

The tracks ran in all directions, criss-crossing back and forth, some on top of one another.

Stepping back in time, Boss set the scene: 115 million years ago, this area in southwest Arkansas bordered the edge of the continent, and the whitish ground we stand on was part of a shallow sea bed. Boss likened the climate and surroundings at that time to the Persian Gulf today – hot and humid conditions with very salty water and no real vegetation to speak of.

“It was a place that you wouldn’t want to spend much time in,” Boss said. “We’re not sure what the animals were doing here, but clearly they were here in some abundance.”

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Upper left: Geosciences majors Alex Hamlin and Ryan Shell paint oil in a dinosaur footprint in preparation for casting as geosciences professor Steve Boss looks on. Upper right: Researchers Terryl Daniels and Joann Kvamme slop plaster into the print. Lower left: Daniels and Kvamme lay burlap into the plaster to strengthen the cast.

Lower right: Kvamme, Celina Suarez and Daniels lift the dried cast off the print.

Many animals walked through this area. Prints found include those of giant, long-necked plant-eating dinosaurs such as Pleurocoelus and Paluxysaurus, as well as the footsteps of Acrocanthosaurus atokensis, one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs to ever walk the earth.

Thanks to a fast-track grant from the National Science Foundation, the University of Arkansas office of research and economic development and the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, the researchers were able to spend two weeks studying the site, which is on private property in southwest Arkansas. In addition to bringing chisels, hand-held brooms and plaster, some scientists brought along their computers. Jackson Cothren and Malcolm Williamson, professors from the department of geosciences and researchers in the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the university, documented the tracks using LiDAR, short for “light detection and ranging.”

By using LiDAR, the researchers will be able to view a highly accurate map of the site’s tracks and take detailed measurements of the height, width and depth of individual tracks as well as measurements of the trackways. These measurements will help them learn details about the animals’ identities, movements and behavior.

“If you are trying to understand where the tracks go and the relationship between the various tracks, it is better to see everything at once,” Cothren said. “The laser scan will give you the ability to look at the entire site from an aerial perspective, zoom in on the areas that you are interested in and map out features that you may have missed because they are too difficult to see in the monochrome limestone here.”

Geosciences graduate student Terryl Daniels surveys a trackway of plaster casts. The researchers took about 30 casts from the hundreds of prints that dotted the landscape.

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The scans will be made available to paleontologists and other interested individuals wanting to study the site. They will be able to revisit the site virtually and examine the scans without having to travel to the site itself.

A glance at the computer screen under the shade of a tent reveals a surprising array of prints – more than seem visible on a quick scan of the site through safety glasses.

The scan on the screen confirms that the site contains layers of tracks from different generations of the animals.

“The computer images of the site show detail not visible to the naked eye,” Cothren said.

While computer imagery can give an overview of the dinosaurs, rock samples from the site offer different types of information. As they worked, the researchers removed dirt from the footprints and recorded their observations in field notebooks. They created a grid and photographed the site for a future photo mosaic. They sketched some areas with a marker and a plastic sheet, looking at the size of the footprints, the distance between footprints and the angles of the tracks themselves.

“We don’t always know what data might be the most important,” Boss said.

“There’s a lot of post analysis that needs to be done.”

But before the post analysis could begin, research associate Joann Kvamme and Celina Suarez, who will join the University of Arkansas geosciences faculty this fall, found themselves elbow-deep in white plaster. They moved rapidly together with geosciences graduate student Terryl Daniels of Las Vegas to mix the powdery plaster with water in a bucket, stir the mixture and transport it to the designated print. Once they had it there, Honors College student Alex Hamlin from North Little Rock and geosciences major Ryan Shell from Benton dipped strips of burlap into the gooey white liquid, pulled them out and slopped them into the greased dinosaur tracks before the plaster began to harden. The researchers repeated this process until they had plaster casts of about 30 different tracks. They chose these tracks on the basis of particular characteristics of the track – its size, shape or location, for instance.

Once the plaster casts dried, a team of four or five people carefully pried them up. Finally they loaded the back of the research van with the plaster casts, the tent and the other equipment.

The two weeks were over, and it was time for the five-hour drive back to campus. For the researchers, these two weeks of hot, sweaty toiling in the sun represent just the beginning of their work. Back on the Hill, they will begin to find out what they can learn from the information they collected.

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Arkansas Researcher Steve Boss, standing, and Brian Platt of the University of Kansas use simple tools to measure the size of the tracks and the distance between them. They will use these measurements with data from the laser scanner to learn more about these animals and their surroundings.

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Louisville Slugger: Carol Reeves and her business teams are batting a thousand in national competitions these days. Three of her entrepreneurial teams have made it into the Ventue Labs Investment Competition,the first time any university has qualified three teams for the “superbowl� of business plan competitions.

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Competitions Spawn Real Businesses

Not Just

Fun and Games

It’s 8 o’clock at night, and Carol Reeves and Nate Allen are walking the aisles of a Walmart in Houston, Texas.

Reeves is associate vice provost for entrepreneurship at the University of Arkansas where she is also an professor in the management department of the Sam M. Walton College of Business. Allen is the chief technology officer of SpatiaLink, a start-up company forged in the entrepreneurial business boot camp that is Reeves’ graduate class in New Venture Development.

SpatiaLink’s team is competing in the Rice Business Plan Competition, one of the biggest and most prestigious on the circuit. After the early rounds of the competition, the team took the feedback from judges and now are in pursuit of pictures of half-stocked shelves of breakfast cereal at the local Supercenter. They want to show the judges – most of them from the local Houston area – that the issue to be addressed

by SpatiaLink’s software is not just an abstract concept or an academic exercise. SpatiaLink’s software solution will keep the right product on the right shelves in front of the right customer at just the right time for the store to make a sale – right in their own community.

Through months of preparation and competition, SpatiaLink’s team has become expert in taking just such feedback and zeroing in on what will make the issue real to its audience.

Some might be tempted to say that such quick and flexible response is exactly what the team will need for its business to succeed in the real world. But in terms of the future for SpatiaLink and similar teams, this is the real world. The top business plan competitions aren’t just fun and games. Millions of dollars, the founding of fledgling companies and team members’ futures ride on the pitches being made before judges and prospective investors.

Which means that to succeed, you have to know your stuff. And these guys do. “When you get to the actual competition, you put your game face on. You just do it,” said Steve Fortner, chief product officer and another co-founder of SpatiaLink.

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win – in the pressure cooker arena of graduate student business competitions. Contests such as Rice and the Venture Labs Investment Competition in Austin – which bills itself as the “Super Bowl of business competitions.” SpatiaLink won the University of Louisville Cardinal Challenge and took second place in the Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup. They also won more than once in “elevator pitch” competitions – where teams have 60 seconds or so to sell potential investors on their plan.

Right now, though, these teams are out to win in the even bigger arena of entrepreneurial start-ups, a place where more sink than swim.

Along with Allen and Fortner, SpatiaLink is made up of Aaron Huffaker, chief executive officer; Bethany Haefner, chief business development officer; and John Miller, chief financial officer. They are following in the footsteps of successful teams such as BiologicsMD. Those other teams were also formed in Reeves’ entrepreneurship class and are now opening labs and offices, hiring people and attracting more and more investor support.

In 2010, BiologicsMD won more than $610,000 in cash, in-kind offerings and investment while competing in six major entrepreneurial business plan competitions. The team won the grand prize at the Rice competition, the Global Moot Corp Business Plan Competition (now known as the Venture Labs Investment Competition) and the University of Louisville Cardinal Challenge, and took second place in the Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup and in the Tri-State Donald W. Reynolds Business Plan Competition, among many others.

After the competitions, the company in 2011 received a $2.3 million research contract from the Department of Defense.

“From a business standpoint, what we continue to do is to develop the core of our original business plan, continue to get support in the inventor community, bring together a good starting point of funds,” said Michael Thomas, chief marketing officer of BiologicsMD. “To date grants and investors and competition winnings total $3 million.”

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at the point of winning phase one approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The company has opened a lab at the university’s technology park on the south side of Fayetteville and has hired technicians to work there. “We’ve gone from having a plan to actually having a physical lab and doing real development work,” Thomas said.

They moved into the lab in September 2011, and most days now it buzzes with activity as Robyn Goforth, the company’s chief scientific officer, and the technicians go about the early stages of bringing an entirely new drug to market. “We are making the compound and developing tests to make sure our drug does exactly what we want it to,” Goforth said.

Goforth is a biological sciences research professor at the University of Arkansas and a participant in the Walton College’s certificate in entrepreneurship program. Others on the BiologicsMD team include Paul Mlakar, the chief executive officer, and Misty Stevens, chief operating officer.

The company now also includes Jim Shook, chief development and regulatory affairs officer, and Rob Gensure, chief medical officer, which gives the company expertise in medicine, biochemistry, bioengineering, business, marketing, product development and regulatory affairs.

BiologicsMD’s success is built on the expertise won in competitions.

“What the business plan competitions provided was a different perspective on the real world,” Thomas said. “They gave us valuable feedback in a real-world setting.”

The contests let BiologicsMD turn the corner from being a student team to being a real company. “The competitions were very important,” Goforth said. “They got us in front of investors we never would have gotten in front of any other way.”

“Once we got into the competitions, we definitely got a sense that we could do something very special – this could be pretty big someday,” Thomas said.

Just how big – and what its drug development work could ultimately mean – is what pushes BiologicsMD forward.

“We think about it all the time,” Mlakar, the chief executive officer, said. “It’s part of what keeps everyone motivated.”

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Although the teams competing in business plan competitions are made up of students, the businesses they propose are seeking serious money from serious investors to create real products for a real business. Success in the competition means success in putting those companies in line to hire employees and generate income.

And Goforth said the “how big” factor of the osteoporosis drug extends to more than just money and business success. “It’ll save lives,” she said. “And that’s something I think about.”

The future for BiologicsMD includes more drugs and more tests and more development. The company wants to find other potential drugs at the primary research level and develop them to the point that they can clear the first hurdles in the FDA approval process. Those would then be sold to other companies to bring to market.

“We’ve got some big pharmaceutical companies interested,” Mlakar said. “We just have to develop it to a certain point.”

“There’s a gap in the marketplace,” Thomas said. “There’s a need for folks who can help speed up the process and make it easier for large companies to take the new technologies to market.”

“We are continuing to look at other technologies being developed at universities and research institutions,” he said. “We can help take those to the next level.”

“My thoughts are long term,” Mlakar said. “Let’s do this again and again.”

The desire to keep moving and growing has to be weighed against the needs of development and testing on the osteoporosis drug, he said.

“It’s a balancing act,” Mlakar said. “You don’t want to distract from the primary focus. It’s the challenge everybody faces in business.”

The team members from SpatiaLink also look to the future as they make the transition from competition team to a stand-on-your-owntwo-feet business. During the spring, all the team members were working at full-time jobs and attending Walton College classes to earn M.B.A.s, all the while going through the grueling preparations for multiple competitions.

“At some point, we’ll have to quit our jobs to do this,” Fortner said.

“I feel confident we can take this to market. It’s what we know best.”

Allen said that SpatiaLink wasn’t something they could do on the side while keeping their day jobs. “If investors are going to give you money, they want to know you are fully committed to it,” he said.

“We’re all serious about doing this to see where it takes us.”

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work really well together,” Fortner said. “It’s really fun for all of us.”

If it gets the planned amount of funding over the right timeframe, SpatiaLink could have a fully developed product in about a year. “If someone wanted to give us a whole lot of money, it would get done a whole lot quicker,” Allen said.

SpatiaLink is working on its future by taking consumer demographics, sales numbers, supply chain metrics from point-of-sale data and other information and “putting it in a blender,” Allen said. The “blender” is the software they are developing to reduce or eliminate products being out of stock when a shopper goes to look for them on the shelf.

“You go to the store,” Fortner said. “What you are looking for is not there. It’s out of stock. You either switch brands or you go to a competitor. Our cloud-based software will reduce the number of out-of-stocks.”

The software also will help product category managers by presenting a visualization of what a store shelf is going to look like and will help manufacturers determine the optimum number of items to put in each ship-

ping box so that each case of product takes up the right amount of space, reducing the number of trips store employees have to make to restock.

“It’s a holistic view, from manufacturing all the way to the shelf,” Fortner said.

The teams each stress two points.

One – the most valuable parts of the competitions are the networks the team members form and the contacts they make.

“The biggest value we got from the business competitions was people sharing their time and their insights with us – scientific and business,” BiologicsMD’s Thomas said.

“The networking with investors was priceless,” SpatiaLink’s Fortner said. “We had seven to 10 investors from venture capital networks who said, ‘Come pitch to us.’”

“Everyone wants funding for their idea,” Allen said. He said only 42 teams were selected for Rice out of hundreds who competed to be there.

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Catalyzing the Catalysts

Walton professor puts Arkansas entrepreneurs on national map

By Matt McGowan Carol Reeves walks circles in front of the 600 or so audience members attending the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup awards luncheon. She exits the stage with one winning team and then immediately doubles back to the other side to catch up and enter with another team. She has done this three times today already, and she is getting a little self-conscious, despite it being her 11th year to bring teams to the Little Rock competition. As she quickens her step to catch up, Reeves tilts her head slightly and twists her mouth in a deferential manner, the way people do when they’re uncomfortable with a lot of attention.

But the applause is deserved. Her teams have finished first, second and third at the Governor’s Cup. This has happened before, multiple times, in fact – in 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010 – but this year is special, because these same three teams that have swept Little Rock have also qualified for the Venture Labs Investment Competition in Austin, the biggie, “the Super Bowl” of business-plan competitions.

It is the first time three of Reeves’ teams have made it to Austin in the same year, and, more impressive, the first time any university has qualified three teams for the international competition. Only 40 teams from around the world qualify each year.

She’s kind of famous down here – in the Arkansas capital.

Everyone knows her. Politicians and investors and business leaders chat her up. As the economic recovery creeps along like cold molasses, they know what her efforts mean for the state.

Since 2006, the Walton College entrepreneurship program, which Reeves directs, has produced six companies that employ more than 100 people, most of whom work and live in Arkansas.

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the Governor’s Cup in 2011 and is developing a biodegradable bag that team members hope will replace the ubiquitous plastic grocery sack, is one of three finalists for an Edison Award, the most prestigious award for innovation in the United States.

“Carol Reeves is crucial to our progress,” says Ted Dickey, an adviser at Innovate Arkansas, which helps technology-based entrepreneurs turn ideas and inventions into viable businesses.

“What we’re trying to do – create companies and jobs for Arkansas – that is exactly what Carol’s doing through her class.”

“She’s a state treasure,” says Jeff Amerine, technology licensing officer at the University of Arkansas and member of the board of advisers for SpatiaLink, which took second place at this year’s Governor’s Cup. “It’s not just the state and regional competitions; she mops the floor against teams from places like MIT and the London School of Economics at national competitions. Nobody is doing as much to create companies in Arkansas as Carol.”

Reeves has advised 15 national, first-place-winning businessplan teams. Her U of A teams have won more than $1.3 million in cash prizes since 2002.

The Walton College offers a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in entrepreneurship and a certificate in the same for graduate students in other colleges and schools. Reeves has served as director of the program since its inception in 2006 and has mentored teams since 2002. She is the associate vice provost for entrepreneurship and a professor in the department of management. She holds the Cecil & Gwendolyn Cupp Applied Professorship in Entrepreneurship.

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It is difficult to believe that it has been two years since I was writing my first article for our award-winning magazine. It has been wonderful working with an amazing bunch of volunteers on the national board.

They are all so passionate about the University of Arkansas. I am grateful for the help of Debbie Blume, who has been a steady hand and a clear focus for me.

The other senior people, Terri Dover, Tammy Tucker and Angela Mosley Monts, have all worked tirelessly for the best alumni association in the SEC. Thanks go out to my predecessors: Gerald Jordan, Kenny Gibbs, Brian Rosenthal, Eddie Bradford, et al., in whose footsteps I have walked and whose backs provided the foundation of where we are today.

I really appreciate the leadership of Mike Macechko during the past 24 years. I have gotten to know Mike and Kris during the past 10 years, and I am in awe of this team that works so hard for the university.

We all need to call the Hogs for our new executive director, Graham Stewart, who has now been on the job for about a month. He has an impressive background working with alumni groups, and you can tell he’s passionate about alumni work. I’m looking forward to working with him to build on the foundation of Mike Macechko.

It is almost a miracle that the U of A has accomplished so much in a state where we have the secondlowest percentage of adults with college degrees.

Higher education is the key to higher salaries, higher savings and higher job performances. College graduates volunteer more, donate more and live longer. They give more and take less. I am so proud of the many strides we have made at so many different levels.

I have now passed the gavel to John Reap, who is poised to move the alumni association to newer levels.

I wish him and the board a great deal of success.

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Ethan Bonar ✪ B.S.B.A.’99 Actions often speak louder than words and in Ethan Bonar’s case, his commitment to giving back speaks volumes. A dedicated life member of the Arkansas Alumni Association since 2002, Bonar volunteers his time as vice president of the Dallas Chapter and as a board member in the Sam M. Walton College of Business Alumni Society.

Graduating in 1999 with a finance degree, Bonar moved back to Texas with the intention of staying connected to the University of Arkansas, saying, “There was very little presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth area at the time and what did exist mostly revolved around sports. … At the time the chapter was just getting started again, and I knew that together with the other board members we could add value.”

Volunteering as treasurer of the Dallas Chapter for two years, he later accepted the position of vice president in 2009. Working to assist chapter president John Reap with operations, he states, “I oversee some of the special projects. The one that has gained the most notoriety is the reading program at J.O. Schulze Elementary School in Irving, Texas.”

Considering student recruitment and scholarships to be vital aspects of the chapter and its success, he credits chapter board members for their hard work and impact in helping the chapter grow. Not only does he hope to see an increase in chapter awareness in the future, but each year, the chapter awards eight $1,000 scholarships to students in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. “We want to continue to increase that number and eventually have an endowment fund to help local young adults go to the U of A” he said.

Apart from his involvement with the Dallas Chapter, Bonar is also a board member in the Walton College of Business Alumni Society. As an alumnus of the Sam M. Walton College of Business, he admits, “The education I received through the U of A laid the foundation for my career.” As a student, he wanted to own his own business and today, he works as a minority partner at his firm, LD Lowe Wealth Advisory.

Working with the Arkansas Alumni Association, he believes that communication is key when measuring the success of the Walton College Alumni Society, saying, “This is the best way to be able to focus our efforts to increase awareness of the University. We must work together efficiently and effectively.”

His combined involvement in organizations and various service projects, he believes, set the stage for giving back to the community. In 2011, he co-authored the book, Life’s Bridges: Building Your Bridge to Financial Wealth, with Lloyd Lowe, founder of LD Lowe Wealth Advisory. Using this as an opportunity to help others, he and Lowe decided that 100 percent of the proceeds would be donated to Vogel Alcove in Dallas, an organization dedicated to “providing the youngest children of homeless families with education and the foundations for success.” So far, more than $9,000 has been donated to the organization.

“Through the donation, I feel I’m part of helping at-risk children achieve the same success that the U of A provided me.” n

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John Forrest Ales Visits Campus as 2012 Johnson Fellow

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Alumnus John Forrest Ales, B.A.’02, senior director of global brand public relations for Hilton Hotels & Resorts, spent His work for Walmart two days sharing his experiences Stores Inc. included developing with University of Arkansas public relations strategies and students on Feb. 23-24 as the managing community relations Arkansas Alumni Association’s and brand reputation in 2012 Johnson Fellow.

Southern California, one of the Endowed by Dr. Jeff Johnson, most challenging U.S. markets B.A.’70, and his wife, Marcia, for the company’s growth. the Johnson Fellows program was Ales achieved favorable created for the specific purpose of coverage, countered adversaries bringing esteemed alumni back and gained supporters for to the University of Arkansas Walmart to support the campus to engage and inspire company’s real estate and students. Ales, who resides public affairs priorities. in McLean, Va., offered his Ales shaped strategies expertise and career advice while for a range of top consumer addressing students in business, brands including Taco Bell, political science and journalism Hilton, Epson, Activision classes. He also interacted with and Chevron at Cohn & members of the Student Alumni Wolfe in Los Angeles. While Association, the Student Alumni at the agency, he also managed Board and the Associated multiple aspects of Hilton’s Student Government. sponsorship of the U.S. Ales holds a Master of Arts in Olympic Team, including a strategic public relations from the campaign recognized with Top to bottom: John Forrest Ales introduces himself to an advertising/ public relations class; Pictured from left are Mike Macechko, John University of Southern California a Bronze Adrian Award and Forrest Ales, Jeff and Marcia Johnson, Reed Greenwood and Gerald and a Bachelor of Arts in journalprojects with Michael Phelps and Jordan; John Forrest Ales addressed a group of student leaders ism/public relations with a minor other athletes. during a luncheon at the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House. in political science from the UniIn 2005, Gov. Kathleen versity of Arkansas. He received Babineaux Blanco called Ales the Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Award in 2011. home to Louisiana in advance of the first anniversaries of Hurricanes Now, Ales leads communication strategies for Hilton Hotels & Resorts Katrina and Rita. He focused on branding her legislative and and its portfolio of more than 540 hotels in 76 countries across six conpublic policy agendas and managing domestic and international tinents. He is responsible for managing the brand’s global reputation; media interest in the state’s recovery. Ales executed public relations executing media and community relations; supporting brand marketing strategies for the re-opening of the Louisiana Superdome, overseas objectives and creating resources for hotels to excel in local markets. His economic missions, the state’s cultural economy and other areas. experience includes strengthening the reputations of the world’s largest He developed Louisiana’s first website to streamline emergency retailer and a governor recovering from the greatest natural disaster in preparedness and recovery information, advanced the state’s historic U.S. history. In 2010, Ales was named to PR Week’s “40 Under 40” list, use of text alerts for emergency communication and launched the which recognizes top talent in the public relations industry. first social media campaign of any U.S. governor. n

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Alumni Scholarship Review Rewarding Experience for Volunteers

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College…an experience every parFor the second year in a row, volunent wants for his or her child, yet, can teers Becky and Lex Smith, who are be a daunting financial investment for both alumni, flew from their home many families. Encouraged by parents, in King City, Calif., to Fayetteville to teachers and school counselors to participate in the review. Avid supportapply for scholarships, many students ers of the University of Arkansas and quickly realize the competition they the Alumni Association, the scholarship are up against when applying. While review allows them to reconnect and many scholarships are based solely on a give back to their alma mater. Living in student’s grade point average and ACT California, Becky admitted to feeling score, the Arkansas Alumni Association detached from the university, saying, offers scholarships to students based on “There is not an alumni chapter close to their academic merit, as well as student us, so when Robin sent out this memo and community involvement.

Becky and Lex Smith traveled from California to Fayetteville to about the review, Lex and I knew this Under the direction of the association’s participate for the second year in the 2012 Arkansas Alumni would be a great way to get involved.” scholarship coordinator, Robin January, Reviewers look at various components Association Scholarship Review in February. each February, volunteers and Alumni when scoring a student’s application.

Association staff come together to participate in the annual Alumni Schol“The stories that they provide are important and the letters of recommenarship Review. Devoting almost two full days to reading scholarship applidation help us to have a better picture of what the student is like,” Becky cations, participants score students based on academics, student leadership, said. Reviewers also look at how well-rounded a student is based on their community involvement, references and a personal essay. academics, leadership and community involvement.

January invites former awardees to come and speak to volunteer This year, 36 volunteers read more than 530 applications, resultreviewers. “When these students come back and share their stories, it is ing in 112 scholarships awarded to students and totaling $305,000. very moving,” Lex said. “It lets us know that this program really does Combined with renewals, chapter scholarships, member scholarships work,” Becky added. and more, “we expect to cross the $750,000 mark for the 2012-2013 Although many would find this process long and arduous, those who academic year (likely even more),” said January. come back year after year find the experience to be nothing but rewarding.

Praised for her efforts in coordinating the scholarship review, January “I get so excited for the University of Arkansas because of the quality thanks those who volunteer their time to help with such a worthy cause. of students that will be attending,” Lex said. Sharing in equal exciteConsisting of volunteers from various regions, the scholarship review is often a great opportunity for those who are passionate about the univer- ment, Becky proclaimed her enthusiasm and “satisfaction in knowing that our world will be a better place because of these students.” n sity and the Alumni Association to meet fellow alumni and friends.

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“Fayetteville and the U of A was the only place I ever wanted to go to school. I grew up in Newport, Ark., but my dad, John J. Blanshard, grew up in Fayetteville. He and his sisters all attended University High, which is now Peabody Hall. He was the youngest of the three siblings and would have graduated in the early 1930s; however, financial concerns during the Great Depression, and Dad’s other ideas got in the way. Both of his older sisters, Virginia ’24 and Ruth ’27, did graduate. Dad thought it was important that I go to the university and continue the family tradition.

“I can remember, probably when I was in junior high, driving to Fayetteville with my mom and dad for the first time and seeing Old Main through the tops of the trees and thinking ‘this is so cool’. As a freshman, I did have some classes in Old Main but later transferred to the business school. While in school, I served as the treasurer of my fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and I played intramural tennis. For the last semester of my senior year, I registered for the evening class of University Chorus to be able to have enough hours to graduate on time. There was this cute Pi Phi from Dallas, MaryCook Nabors, who sat in front of me and I prevailed upon a mutual friend of ours to introduce us to each other. We had one date and the rest is history.

“I graduated in 1969 with a B.S.B.A. and joined the U.S. Air Force during that summer. With the war in Viet Nam going strong, I went to pilot training in Selma, Ala., at Craig Air Force Base, and got my wings on December 1, 1970, and married that cute Pi Phi on December 30. Following our wedding, we eventually moved to Valdosta, Ga., where I was an instructor pilot at Moody Air Force Base.

“MaryCook and I have three children, two of whom attended the University of Arkansas. Our son, Robert, graduated in 2004 with a degree in journalism; and our older daughter, Emily, attended the U of A for three years but transferred to North Texas to complete her degree in finance and real estate. So there are four of us Blanshards on Senior Walk that span three generations.

“I received a great education at the university and had a wonderful time in Fayetteville. I remember being up on the Hill and thinking how the university was just an amazing place to get an education.

MaryCook and I get to Fayetteville when we can to attend a football game and we always include stops at the SAE and Pi Phi houses. We both have nothing but the fondest memories of the friends we made in college and of the time we spent at the University of Arkansas.”

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What do you get when you combine the efforts of the Student Alumni Association, the Young Alumni Board and Razorback Career Network?

Career Hogs! This collaborative enterprise, in partnership with the University of Arkansas Career Development Center, continues to build a comprehensive alumni program for professional development and career services.

Students attend Ready, Set, GO!, a Career Hogs provides needed job search workshop for University professional development tools of Arkansas juniors and seniors. through engagement, education and networking. Forums, workshops and networking opportunities are offered to U of A juniors and seniors, recent graduates and alumni job seekers. Recently, Ready, Set, GO!, a workshop led by Jeannette Balleza of Scribe Marketing Inc., assisted U of A juniors and seniors in building resumes, drafting cover letters and providing guidance on use of social media in a job search.

A comprehensive social media strategy promotes Career Hogs programming via LinkedIn, Twitter @CareerHogs and Razorback CareerLink on the Arkansas Alumni Career Hogs page at www.arkansasalumni.org/career. Upcoming newsletters will feature a variety of topics such as job posts and tips, employer spotlights, Q & A on various topics, blogs and alumni highlights.

Career Hogs recently visited with Aaron Stahl of jobshadow.com.

Stahl, BSBA’06, is a young entrepreneur who developed the site as a career and jobs resource that allows people to talk about what they do for a living. From farrier to firefighter, bank vice president to big game farmer, jobshadow.com “allows career seekers and those exploring job possibilities to really get a feel for a particular career before deciding if it’s something they would like to further pursue,” said Stahl. “The whole purpose of the site is to get real information out there by the people actually doing the jobs. No one in the world understands a job or career better than the people doing them. It’s that simple.”

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-5The Mid-South Chapter partnered with the Arkansas Alumni Association to celebrate its re-organization and kick off Forever Arkansas on Feb. 29 at Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects in Memphis.

-6Members of the recently reorganized Mid-South Chapter enjoy their first happy hour at Celtic Crossing.

-7Northwest Arkansas Chapter volunteers staffed the registration table for the Champions for Kids walk, which kicked off 2012 Razorfest. Pictured from left to right are Melanie Barnes with Quinn Grovey, Sandy Franklin and Art Morris.

-8Members of the Greater New York City Chapter of the Arkansas Alumni Association gathered at Mad Hatter Saloon in New York City for several Razorback basketball watch parties this spring. The chapter will be moving to Hurley’s Saloon beginning with the 2012 football season.

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Celebrating 10 Years of Excellence

By Robby Edwards

2003 To say Arkansas’ gymnastics program has gone from humble beginnings to one of the elite programs in the country is an understatement. Co-head coaches Mark and René Cook didn’t have much to work with when they came to Fayetteville in 2001.

In fact, they didn’t have anything.

The Cooks left a very successful program at Stanford to build the Razorback program from scratch. When they arrived, there was no gym, no equipment and no team, and in January 2003, they were going to be competing in the Southeastern Conference, the most competitive gymnastics league in the nation.

“It was a challenge,” Mark says. “We didn’t have a building or leotards. We were selling a dream.”

Fast forward to 2012 and Arkansas is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its program.

To many on the outside looking in, the success the program has enjoyed in its first nine years seems like a dream.

“We were thrilled when Arkansas added gymnastics because we knew it would make college gymnastics even more competitive, which is good for all of us,” Greg Marsden, who has led Utah to 17 Super Six appearances and 10 national championships, says. “The amazing thing to me is how fast the Cooks got that program to a national-caliber level.”

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“The success of the Arkansas program over the last nine years is nothing short of phenomenal,” Suzanne Yoculan, the former 10-time national championship head coach at Georgia, said earlier this year. “Not only did Mark and René take over a program in its infancy, but their leadership helped it explode on the national scene — and, most impressively, they have kept it there.”

“The first thing we did was go on the road for eight weeks and tried to recruit kids entering their senior year who had a certain skill level but with good fundamentals we could work with,” René said.

That first class included Katie Hardman, Melissa Leigh, Audra Loveless, Hannah McLeod and Dana McQuillin. McQuillin went on to become Arkansas’ first NCAA Championship qualifier while Leigh was the first Razorback to earn All-SEC honors.

The 2003 team, along with other former letter winners, returned to Fayetteville for a reunion in January when they were honored.

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The Razorbacks competed for the first time on Jan 10, 2003, against Denver and drew a crowd of 4,231 to Barnhill. Four meets later, Arkansas, which has ranked among the nation’s top 15 in average attendance all 10 years, claimed its first SEC meet win at No. 33 Kentucky.

In 2004, that first class had Arkansas in the postseason, finishing fourth in the South Central Regional in Tucson, Ariz., and the Razorbacks haven’t missed the postseason since. Arkansas was fourth in the East Regional in Durham, N.H., in 2005, but 2006 was a breakthrough.

Hosting the South Central Regional in Barnhill Arena, Arkansas finished second and upset No. 9 UCLA. The first Razorbacks guided the program into its first NCAA Championship as seniors. Overall, Arkansas has advanced from an NCAA Regional to the NCAA Championship six times, including five straight years. The Razorbacks have hosted the NCAA South Central Regional three times, in 2006, 2009 and 2012, and advanced to the NCAA Championship all three times.

“When you take over a program, you would like to have your team in the NCAAs in five years,” Mark said. “We got to the NCAA Championship in four. The number of times we’ve been to nationals (six) is more than we anticipated, but that’s what we planned for.”

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“Coaches face challenges every day, but perhaps the biggest is establishing consistent and ongoing success,” Yoculan, who won 16 SEC and 21 NCAA Regional titles in 26 years, said earlier this year. “Mark and René have found the formula to remain a national powerhouse in collegiate gymnastics. They have a team that everyone not only expects to see at the NCAAs in April, but a team that will be well-coached, disciplined, prepared and determined to make an appearance in the Super Six.” Any formula for success includes recruiting. That part of the job has become easier, but more difficult at the same time.

“It’s much easier to get into the homes of the top kids in the country,” Mark said. “There was a period when we had to prove ourselves and we’ve gained respect.”

“We’re able to have high-quality athletes visit our campus and see it for themselves,” René said. “It’s not easier, but as you get better, you’re fighting for higher-level kids.”

Arkansas had several high-level performers return for 2012. In 2011, the Razorbacks tied for the SEC regular-season championship, won the NCAA North Central Regional, tied for ninth in the nation, recorded two wins over No. 1-ranked Florida, beat No. 4 Georgia, and set school records with seven dual-meet wins and four road wins.

“This year (2012), we have about the same team as last year, but we are better because the girls are better,” René said.

“Nine years ago, the Cooks were the new kids on the block,” Yoculan said. “Despite the challenge of having to navigate SEC gymnastics, they were unfazed and were deliberate with their approach to building a program and coaching their studentathletes their way. They did not, would not stray from their plan.

They were committed to coaching and motivating gymnasts to reach their full potential athletically, academically and socially.”

Athletically, Arkansas’ first team in 2003 ended the year ranked No. 38. The second team finished No. 25. Since then, the Razorbacks have finished in the top 15 in the country, including No. 15 in 2005, No. 12 in 2006, No. 13 in 2007, No. 10 in 2008, No. 5 in 2009, No. 11 in 2010, tied for No. 9 in 2011 and No. 6 in 2012.

Rhonda Faehn has been the head coach at Florida for nine years and competed against the Razorbacks from the beginning.

Even as the coach of a fellow competitor, Faehn has been able to admire the Razorbacks’ rise to national prominence.

“The program built by the Cooks quickly developed into a team competitive on the national scene — a position the program continues to maintain,” Faehn, who has led the Gators to nine NCAA top 10 finishes, said. “Congratulations to Mark and René for all they have done. Their program enhances not only the Arkansas athletic program, but also the Southeastern Conference and NCAA gymnastics as well.”

Academically, the Razorbacks have ranked among the top 30 programs in the nation in team grade point average seven times.

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NCAA Regionals: 9 (2004-12) • NCAA Regional Titles: 2 (2009 South Central,2011 North Central) • NCAA Championship Appearances: 6 (2006, 2008-12) • NCAA Super Six Appearances: 2 (2009, 2012) • First Meet: Jan. 10, 2003, vs. No. 16 Denver • First NCAA Regional: April 3, 2004, at Arizona • First All-SEC Selection: Melissa Leigh, 2004, bars • First NCAA Championship Qualifier: Dana McQuillin, 2005, all-around • First NCAA Championship Appearance: 2006 • First All-Americans: Casey Jo Magee (2nd-team vault and bars), Michelle Stout (1st-team vault), 2008 • First NCAA Individual Event Qualifier: Michelle Stout (vault), 2008 • First NCAA Super Six: 2009 • First No. 1 Ranking: Casey Jo Magee, beam, three weeks, 2010 • First NCAA South Central Regional Gymnast of the Year: Jaime Pisani,2011 • First No. 1 Team Ranking: Jan. 23, 2012 • First SEC Gymnast of the Year: Jaime Pisani, 2012

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In addition to the 36 All-America selections and 16 appearances in the NCAA individual event finals, Arkansas has produced 78 SEC Academic Honor Roll and 62 National Association for Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches for Women Scholar-Athlete honors.

“We are very committed in what we do,” Mark said. “Hard work has been our standard. There’s a saying that hard work beats talent that doesn’t work hard. We always knew where we were and where we wanted to go. To get to the top, the first three-quarters is hard, but to get to the summit is the hardest. We’re trying to be on the podium at nationals and win a national championship.”

Eleven Razorbacks were back from 2011, including four All-Americans — Jaime Pisani, the South Central Regional Gymnast of the Year, Katherine Grable, the first freshman first-team All-American in school history, Amy Borsellino and Kelci Lewis.

Other returnees were seniors Mariah Howdeshell and Genny Salvatore, juniors Jordan Salsberg and Amanda Siebert, and sophomores Shelby Salmon, Scarlett Williams and Bailee Zumwalde. The newcomers were freshmen Stephani Canizaro, a former multiple qualifier for the Junior Olympic Level 10 national championship, and Sammy Kolbas, a former J.O. Level 10 national champion on bars.

That group led Arkansas to its first No. 1 national ranking this year

in addition to a three-week stay at No. 1 in the nation on bars. Individually, Pisani won 35 event titles in 2012, ended the year ranked No. 1 in the country on floor and in the all-around, and became the program’s first SEC Gymnast of the Year. Fellow senior Howdeshell was ranked No. 1 in the country on bars and Grable earned a No. 1 ranking in the all-around.

The Razorbacks beat 15 teams ranked in the top 25 this year, advanced to the Super Six for the second time in four years and finished sixth in the nation.

“Our chemistry comes from team bonding and the kids we recruited,” Mark said. “We recruit character. We want kids who are going to do it for the person next to them and not just for themselves. You need to have a passion for the sport.”

That began 10 years ago, with a group of freshmen who took a chance on a program with no gym, equipment or leotards.

“It is a credit to both them and the university that gymnastics has thrived since their very first season,” said Utah’s Marsden, a native of Clarksville, Ark. “The success Arkansas has enjoyed makes others realize what is possible if a school commits resources and energy into its gymnastics program. Congratulations to Mark and René for a job well done.” n

S e pt e mber 28-29, 201 2 The Arkansas Alumni Association invites you to join us for the Razorback Road Trip* to cheer on the Hogs against Texas A&M. Packages begin at $299 per person for quadruple occupancy. Visit www.arkansasalumni.org/roadtrips for details. * Razorback Road Trips is a program of the Arkansas Alumni Association made possible by our members.

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his family,” Gearhart said. “Their generous gifts represent an impressive and meaningful expression of support for— and trust in—the leader of Razorback athletics. They also represent a strong commitment to the young women and men who represent our university in intercollegiate athletics as students and as athletes. Both the Reynolds Foundation and the Smith family are making clear their belief in our university and its future.”

“In approving this grant, the Foundation reaffirms our commitment to Razorback Athletics and the University of Arkansas,” Foundation President Steven L. Anderson stated. “Our previous grant to kick off the expansion of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium and most recently our $10 million commitment to the football operations center challenged the Razorback faithful to step up their support for the football program. We hope, once again, supporters from across the state and country will show their support of Jeff Long and the athletic program in a meaningful way.”

The Student-Athlete Success Center is one of the proposed facilities outlined in the recently released Razorback Athletic Master Facility Plan. The center will house academic support facilities, including group and individual tutorial rooms, study hall areas, a large auditorium, computer labs, multi-media, career planning, service learning and community service areas.

The center will also include a dining facility that will provide a training table for all 460 student-athletes competing in 19 sports. The dining facility will cater to the nutritional needs of student-athletes while providing the flexibility to meet dining needs of student-athletes on weekends and during other irregular schedules. The facility will also help student-athletes in the efficiency of meeting the many demands of student-athletes by providing a training table located near practice and academic areas.

Conceptual plans present a facility that will range in size from 47,000-58,000 square feet. The total projected cost is $18 million to $23 million. There is currently no timetable for design and construction of the facility which will require approval from the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees.

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Citing “the courageous leadership” demonstrated recently by athletics director Jeff Long, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and its board chair announced two separate gifts to the University of Arkansas in April totaling $1.25 million.

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation approved a $1 million gift to help fund the university’s planned Student-Athlete Success Center, a multipurpose academic resource and study center and dining hall for use by the university’s 460 students participating in intercollegiate athletics.

Reynolds Foundation Board Chair Fred W. Smith made a separate, personal donation of $250,000 to support the StudentAthlete Success Center and to rename the university’s existing student-athlete development program as the Jeff Long Student-Athlete Development Program.

“The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation is pleased to make a gift to assist in the construction of a new Student-Athlete Success Center and to create the Jeff Long Student-Athlete Development Program at the University of Arkansas,” Smith announced. “For more than 57 years, the Reynolds Foundation has identified and financially supported organizations and their leaders whose vision is to make a lasting impact in the lives of others.

“The courageous leadership demonstrated by Jeff Long in the course of recent events has further affirmed our confidence in his leadership and his vision for intercollegiate athletics at the University of Arkansas,” Smith continued. “Mr. Long acted with integrity and with the best interests of Razorback student-athletes and the University of Arkansas in mind.”

Smith also shared the reasons behind his own personal gift to the university in Jeff Long’s name.

“In addition to the Reynolds Foundation gift, I am honored to make a personal gift of $250,000 to the Student-Athlete Success Center and the student-athlete development program,” Smith stated. “My family is extremely proud of the University of Arkansas and all that it represents.

We are grateful to Chancellor [G. David] Gearhart and Vice Chancellor Long for their tremendous leadership and guidance of this great institution that continues to hold a special place in the hearts of the Smith family.”

“The university is extremely fortunate to have the support of the Reynolds Foundation board as well as the support of Fred Smith and

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Football Firestorm:

After difficult spring, focus returns to upcoming season

By Mark Rushing, ’93 With less than three weeks remaining before Arkansas’ spring football game, the Razorback football program was riding a wave of positive momentum. Fans could hardly contain their optimism about the 2012 season with several key players returning from a team that won 11 games and finished in the top five nationally in 2011. But things took an unexpected and unprecedented turn on Sunday, April 1, when a motorcycle accident involving Bobby Petrino led to a series of revelations that cost the head coach his job nine days later.

Petrino initially said he was alone when he wrecked his motorcycle southeast of Fayetteville, changed his story when questioned by an Arkansas State Police trooper investigating the wreck, and then waited two more days – minutes before the official accident report was to be released on the afternoon of April 5 – to inform Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long that there was a passenger involved. The second person on the motorcycle, Jessica Dorrell, was hired a week earlier as an assistant on the football staff. Petrino admitted that he had attempted to keep an “inappropriate relationship from becoming public,” and Long placed Petrino on administrative leave that evening.

As he began to review the manner, timing and extent to which Petrino shared information about the accident, Long investigated potential conflict of interest concerns related to the working relationship between Petrino and Dorrell including, as Long indicated later, “the process and circumstances that influenced his decision to hire her as a direct-report member of his staff.”

The sensational nature of the story created a media firestorm, stirring a national debate about whether Petrino should be fired or punished and retained. After speaking to all of the key individuals involved and completing his review, Long terminated Petrino with cause on April 10.

Long provided four key findings of his review: Petrino knowingly misled the athletics department and the university about the circumstances related to his accident despite having multiple opportunities to be forthcoming. He treated the news media and the general public in a similar manner.

Petrino’s intimate relationship with Dorrell gave her an unfair and undisclosed advantage for a position on the football staff. She was one of 159 applicants for the job, and Petrino himself participated in the review and selection process without disclosing his relationship with her. This constitutes a conflict of interest under university policy.

Petrino failed to disclose that he also gave Dorrell a large amount of cash, which she used to purchase a car her first week on the job.

Petrino’s conduct regarding his account of the accident jeopardized the integrity of the football program. He made a choice to return to practice, to hold a news conference, to demonstrate

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his physical resiliency and command of his program, all the time failing to reconcile the falsehoods of initial reports with the truth.

He made a conscious decision to speak and mislead the public.

In doing so he negatively and adversely affected the reputation of Razorback football and the university.

“By itself, Coach Petrino’s consensual relationship with a member of his staff is not against university policy,” said Long. “By itself, it is a matter between the individuals involved and their family and friends.

However, in this case Coach Petrino abused his authority when, over the past few weeks, he made staff decisions and personal choices that benefited himself and jeopardized the integrity of the football program.

In short, Coach Petrino engaged in a pattern of misleading and manipulative behavior designed to deceive me and members of the athletics staff, both before and after the motorcycle accident. He used athletic department funds to hire, for his staff, a person with whom he had been having a sexual relationship. He engaged in reckless and unacceptable behavior that put his relationship in the national spotlight.”

Long went on to say that Petrino’s actions were “contrary to the character and responsibilities we demand of our head football coach” and that this is “the very language that is included in the contract he signed with the University of Arkansas.”

Petrino is believed to be the first Arkansas head football coach to be terminated for reasons other than on-field performance in the 118-year history of the program.

“We are an educational institution with more than 23,000 students, high standards, and a national reputation as one of the best public universities in the country,” Long said. “Our expectations of character and integrity in our employees can be no less than what we expect of our students. No single individual is bigger than the team, the Razorback program or the University of Arkansas.”

Petrino issued a statement after his termination, saying, “All I have been able to think about is the number of people I’ve let down by making selfish decisions. I’ve taken a lot of criticism in the past.

Some deserved, some not deserved. This time, I have no one to blame but myself.”

Dorrell resigned April 17.

“It certainly wasn’t easy, but Long’s decision gave ethics and integrity a rare victory over winning in college sports,” said Mark Schlabach, who covers college sports for ESPN.com.

At the end of April, Long announced that John L. Smith, the special teams coordinator at Arkansas during the 2009-11 seasons, would be hired as the university’s 31st head football coach to lead the Razorbacks during the 2012 season and give guidance for the long-term future of the football program. n

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the 200 fly earned her a first-place finish and the top spot in the school record book. The Palm Harbor, Fla., native also won the 100 fly with a time of 56.26 to sweep the butterfly events. She was not done there and also touched in first in the 200 individual medley with a 2:05.90. Kastes beat the previous 200-fly record set by current Lady’Back Emily Gregory (2:02.88) in February 2007.

In addition to Kastes’ wins, Palmer’s scores of 283.70 on the one meter and 286.85 on the three meter gave her two top finishes, a sweep of the diving events and qualified her for the zone meet in March.

Arkansas was also victorious in the 200 freestyle relay. The team of junior Summer Jackson, Gregory, senior Tiffanie Silver and Kastes took first with a time of 1:37.63.

The Lady’Backs placed fourth in the 400 medley relay before finishing 2-3-4 in the 1,000 free. Freshman Ashley Largo (10:01.65), junior Stephanie Carr (10:02.96) and freshman Jamie Marks (10:09.19) swam the event.

Pelphrey plays in Red-White game A three-point bucket by head coach John Pelphrey, along with a pair of 20-point outings by Darian Townes and Sonny Weems, wasn’t enough for the White team to overcome the Red’s 84-78 victory in Arkansas’ annual team scrimmage Oct. 26.

Eight minutes into the first half, Pelphrey checked in and later received a standing ovation from the crowd for a no-look pass to freshman Michael Sanchez. “There was a lot of discussion about (playing) when we realized we had a short bunch of guys,” Pelphrey said. “I said if I have to then, well, I’ll go in.”

“The whole team absolutely loved playing with Coach tonight,” forward Charles Thomas said. “I noticed his ankles in the locker room before the game and asked Sonny, ‘Are those taped?’ It’s just awesome that he takes this much pride in the program and wants to do everything he can for us.” Pelphrey played because the Razorbacks were limited to 10 players for the scrimmage and four players were benched for a variety of reasons. Assistant coach Isaac Brown also played briefly for the Red.

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YESTERYEAR

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Former UA President J. William Fulbright is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

University President John Newton Tillman tendered his resignation. His term had seen the selection of the Alma Mater and the beginning of Senior Walk.

Percy Hinton is elected captain of the football team, and the track team elects Russell May.

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Dr. Raymond P. Miller is named by Gov. Dale Bumpers the first African American member of the university’s Board of Trustees.

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The Blue and the Gray, a Civil War television series Governor T.C. McRae starring Gregory Peck, proposes purchasing Camp features Old Main and Pike outside of Little Carnall Hall, reconstructed Rock and relocating the to resemble their 19th Colleges of Agriculture century architecture, as well and Engineering there, but as several U of A students is vetoed by U.S. Army and faculty as extras and a chief of staff, Gen. John few with speaking parts.

Pershing, who declared The U of A alumni magazine profiles Jim Camp Pike should remain Robken, the director of for military purposes.

Editors of the 1952 Arkansas Law Review, (from left) Roy Bray, George Haley, John the “Hog Wild Band,” the Elrod and Wallace Malone, research a legal question for their next issue. Among University of Arkansas 1932 the articles published that year were one looking at the admissability of evidence University President John from “scientific” tests, such as lie detectors, truth serums, hypnosis, blood tests and band that performed at basketball games. drunk-o-meters, and another analyzing tort liability of charitable organizations.

C. Futrall in the Razorback The first phase of Old yearbook states: “In these Main’s renovation begins.

1952 trying times that the nation is now facing, Alumni support is a critical factor behind its The Guild Ticker, the College of Business the state universities will help carry on the eventual success.

Administration magazine, expands its torch of learning” and UA students will be readership and The Traveler, the student “among the guiding stars that [lead] America 1992 newspaper, expands its size to 16 pages weekly. to a greater destiny.”

Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton speaks to a crowd The men’s basketball team loses more games on Old Main Lawn during Homecoming The UA Board of Trustees requests that than it wins for the first time in 28 years.

Week on Oct. 23, two weeks before being the “Hog Wallow,” a humorous section of Col. Henry Neilson heads the Army elected president of the United States. the Razorback yearbook, be discontinued ROTC program, by then it had been on campus for 79 years. because of complaints from students.

2002 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas becomes the The Razorback football team beats LSU in 1962 first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

Little Rock in the game known as the “Miracle The Razorback yearbook features a on Markham” and wins the SEC West title. photograph of “a certain group of students,” 1942 The one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 as the yearbook’s caption put it, who protest Every freshman and sophomore terrorist attacks is commemorated at the not being allowed to live in the campus’ male student is required to enroll in a Fulbright Memorial Peace Fountain with many new dormitories — a small glimpse ROTC regiment. speeches by several students and Chancellor into the local struggle by African American Reba Gray is the first female editor of the John A. White. n students to integrate the university amid the Razorback yearbook. larger nationwide civil rights movement.

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If you have any information on the whereabouts of these alumni and former students from the Class of 1960, then please contact the Arkansas Alumni Association at 1-888-ARK-ALUM so that we may update our records.

Georgia Burnett Fletcher Victor H. Higgins Edward Lewis Hobson Kenneth I. McClain John L. Gibson J. Frank Beasley Enrique Aguayo Frank J. Mazzanti Deanna Weaver Henry Lee Turner Betty L. Kelly Nancy Howard Monahan Fred Stovall Crum Vinus Clay Caple Marilyn Kae Hathaway Pawling Susan Graham Hudelson Cox Nichols Janice Ann Khilling Hupparich Grady Lynn Martin James B. Atkins Duane Reeves Mabry

John Mattana Rosemary Searcy Dickens Raphel G. Davidson Doris Smith Hill James Eugene McAllister Robert E. Howard Marvin Allen Crain Phillip C. Beck Gilbert Howell Webb Lawrence H. Hannon Frances Dobson Tucker Gladys Cornwell Wayne C. Treat Letha West Crabtree Kenneth Baxter Hatridge Rube F. Leadford William F. Pfeifer George Rosenthal Vivian Flickenger Covey Patricia Rutledge Sample

Neal E. Moore Marjory Guthrie Davis Charles E. Hicks Yvonne Fite Brown Donald N. Dekker Charles H. Bell Reda Miller Gatlin Joe A. Jayroe James Michael Rainwater John Rex Dailey Jimmie L. Higgins Joseph Ernest Pelton Gerald Wayne Scott Theda Gatlin Frances Garrett Kenneth E. Wilkerson Donald L. Wiswell Raymond L. Shepherd Lloyd B. Sherrod James E. Brown

Connie Richard Meyer Jimmy Edd Powers Walter Greenberry Jack Easton Porter Norman Sayman Calhoun Richard Thorin Wiles James Caleb Downey Norman Harold Mason Grapelle Stevens Dale K. Sewell John Luther Bedwell Mandred V. Parker Robert J. Bardley Harrol Ray Cato Edward Lee Johns Cecil Brown Vaughan Billy D. Robertson Ernesto Teodoro Suazo Johnny Calvin Burke Mabel S. Ogden

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Relatives of Maudine Sanders toured the culinary kitchen teaching laboratory in the School of Human Environmental Sciences funded by part of her bequest to the University of Arkansas.

And the Gift Lives On

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ighty-seven year old Maudine Sanders passed away in March 2011, but the impact of her more than $1.85 million bequest will be felt by students in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences for years to come.

The bequest includes more than $1.6 million for renovations and upgrades to three projects in the Home Economics Building. A culinary kitchen teaching laboratory renovated in 2011 supports the fast growing major in food, human nutrition and hospitality, as will the planned Maudine Sanders Commons dining and entertainment area.

“Mrs. Sanders’ passion was rooted in time spent as a student in the Home Economics Building,” said Bumpers College dean Michael Vayda. “This project reflects her passion by providing today’s students with a quality learning environment. She loved this university, she loved this program and she loved this building.”

The journalism department in Fulbright College received $250,000 for the Maudine and T.C. Sanders Endowment for Journalism Excellence.

The couple had previously funded a journalism teaching laboratory.

“The Sanders Endowment enriches our students’ education,” said Fulbright

College dean Robin Roberts. “It allows them to travel to journalism and media conferences, giving them the opportunity to learn from journalism professionals from around the world.”

A native of Stoney Point, Ark., near Springdale, Maudine Farish received a bachelor’s degree in home economics in 1946 from the University of Arkansas.

She managed a family canning business before joining the Springdale News staff in 1948. She bought an interest in the newspaper and Springdale Publishing Company in 1955. She and T.C. Sanders, also part owner of the publishing company, were married in 1960. ■

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herri Higgins of Little Rock recently completed her junior year as a business agriculture major at the University of Arkansas.

Higgins has been an active student leader serving as the treasurer of the Students Advocating Strong Sisterhood and as the director of information systems for the Human Resources Management Association. She has worked as a network field technician for University Housing as well as a literacy intern with the Volunteer Action Center. She currently interns in the marketing department of Tyson Foods and has maintained at least a 3.0 grade point average every semester since enrolling at the university.

Higgins is three-year recipient of the Trinity Foundation Scholarship, awarded

to outstanding high school seniors from Central Arkansas who display leadership qualities, great moral character and rank in the top third of their graduating class.

Higgins has enjoyed being a Trinity Scholarship recipient because of the great flexibility. She is not only able to use her scholarship for tuition, but also for housing, books and other necessities.

“I have been able to keep my scholarships and not have to worry about how I would pay for school,” she said. “Because of the Trinity Foundation scholarship, I will be able to receive my undergraduate degree and leave the University of Arkansas with no debt.”

The Trinity Foundation was founded in 1953 in Pine Bluff, Ark. It primarily funds education, youth services, student

scholarships and the arts in Arkansas.

Th e average student graduates from college with more than $20,000 in debt.

Private gift support helps to ensure more students have opportunities to go to college, stay in college and graduate with fewer financial challenges ahead of them. Learn more about making a difference by visiting development.uark.edu. ■

“The highest use of capital is not to make more money

A bequest is an excellent way to provide for future generations at the University of Arkansas, as well as an efficient way to handle your estate.

Consider the following advantages of this gift option: • Can be prepared at modest cost; • Can easily be revoked or amended; • Allows you to direct the disposition of your estate rather than through state law; • Allows you to select the executor of your estate; • Allows you to waive the requirement (and cost) of a bond for the executor; • Allows you to ensure that no unnecessary taxes are paid; • Is a good way to leave a legacy to the University of Arkansas.

For more information, please contact Jim Harris Office of Planned Giving JLHARRIS@UARK.EDU

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Campaign Rewind: Improving Education and c a m p a i g n rewind Healthcare Through Scholarship The gift

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n 2002, David Banks of Fort Smith made a gift of $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship in the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas.

The David Banks Scholarship benefits students in the department of curriculum and instruction, or the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, and is intended to provide financial assistance to undergraduate students who are pursuing a career in teacher education or nursing care.

Banks is a 1959 graduate of the University of Arkansas and the past chairman of the board of directors for Beverly Enterprises, Inc., the largest nursing home operator in the country. He currently serves on the university’s Board of Advisors and serves on the boards of several publicly held companies. He was a member of the Campaign for the Twenty-First Century Steering Committee and chairman of the College of Education and Health Professions Campaign committee. He is the recipient of the distinguished alumnus citation.

At the time of the gift, Banks said: “As a business leader, I have seen first-hand the impact that teachers have had upon employees, communities and their citizens.

From these experiences and observations in my own community, I felt it is important to support teacher education. Teachers play such an important role in shaping minds and preparing youngsters for the future and I want to help provide educational opportunities for future teachers.”

ince the establishment of the David Banks Scholarship, 98 students have benefited from financial assistance — 26 in teaching and 72 in nursing.

Anne-Marie Moore received the David Banks Endowed Scholarship in Teaching for the 2011-2012 year. During her undergraduate years, Moore was an active member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and coached soccer for Fayetteville Parks and Recreation.

“The David Banks Scholarship has been a blessing in my life this past year. This scholarship has helped pay for my senior year of my undergraduate study in childhood education. I have had many opportunities to teach in an elementary classroom, both in the Springdale and Fayetteville Public Schools. These experiences have fueled my passion for teaching.

Anne-Marie Moore ’12 Little Rock, Ark.

Mari Underwood was one of three recipients of the David Banks Endowed Scholarship in Nursing this past year.

Underwood has been involved with the Make a Wish Foundation through Chi Omega sorority, and she has participated in several programs on campus. She was also the house tour coordinator for the 2011 sorority rush event.

“The David Banks Scholarship gave me financial relief. I will be forever grateful for his contribution to my academic progress”.

Mari Underwood ’12 Marion, Ark. ■

but to make money do more for the betterment of life.”

--Henry David Thoreau

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Marie E. Crouch ★+ BA’37, Springdale, celebrated her 100th birthday on Feb. 23.

Coleen W. Cain ✪ BA’38, Issaquah, WA, has finished her latest book, Thy Kingdom Come, which was published by Trafford.

Francis W. Duvall ✪ BSEE’49, Huntsville, AL, published his newest book, Principia II: A New Physics of Gravitation and Motion Based on Energy, with an Insight into Dark Energy and an AcceleratingExpanding Universe, and A Geometric Approach to Understanding the Calculus.

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Hugh Nutt ✪+ BSA’50 and Frances Barton Nutt ✪+ BSHE’50, Ozark, MO, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Dec. 21.

Louise Beeler and Theodore L. Beeler BSEE’53, Fayetteville, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Jan. 31.

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Margaret Jones Bolsterli ★ BA’53, Fayettteville, had her book, Things You Need to Hear: Collected Memories of Growing Up in Arkansas, 1890-1980, published by the University of Arkansas Press.

B. Lawrence Riggs Jr. BS’53 was selected by MedCity News as one of the 50 top physicians at the Mayo Clinic since the beginning of the clinic more than 100 years ago.

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John L. Rush ✪+ BA’57, Pine Bluff, retired after 44 years of service as secretary to the Board of Trustees of Simmons First National Corp.

Lionel Barton ★ BSA’58 MS’60 was inducted into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame.

Warren Miller Bell ★ MSCE’58, Williamsburg, VA, recently published his debut novel, Fall Eagle One. Leo Carl Yates ✪+ BSCE’58, Fayetteville, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Arkansas.

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Rose Mae Bogan Millikan ✪+ BA’59 MED’62, Tybee Island, GA, received the Georgia Southern University’s “Patron of the Arts for 2011” award and is the longest board member of CLASS (Liberal Arts & Social Studies) at Georgia Southern University.

W. Roy Penney BSME’59 MSME’62, Fayetteville, was recognized by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for his contribution to the mixing field with the Award for Excellence and Sustained Contributions to Mixing Research and Practice.

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Dan McGuire ✪ BSIE’61, Algonac, MI, was inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame, administered by the Plastics Academy.

He was recognized for his outstanding record of accomplishment in the plastics industry.

Stuart Towns ★+ BA’61, Forrest City, recently published his book, “Enduring Legacy: Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause” through the University of Alabama Press.

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Mary Ann Greenwood ✪+ BSBA’62 MA’72 PHD’79, Fayetteville, was appointed to the board of directors of the Little Rock Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Rebecca J. Lockhart ★+ and George A. Lockhart ★+ BSCE’62, Jacksonville, FL, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Jan. 27.

Don B. Wilmeth ★ MA’62, Keene, NH, received the 2012 New York Theatre Museum Award for Theatre History Preservation at the Players Club in New York City.

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James L. Barrentine ★+ BSA’63 MS’65 and his wife, Doris Barrentine ★+ BSHES’00, Fayetteville, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Jan. 24.

James R. Epperson ★+ BA’63 MA’66, Salisbury, NC, had The Epperson Theatre Arts Office Facility on the campus of Catawba College named in his honor.

Ron E. Ort ★ BSME’63, Little Rock, won first place in the racquet ball competition at the 2011 Arkansas Senior Olympics.

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Life Members ✪ By becoming Life Members, the University’s friends and alumni help form a strong foundation on which to build the future of the Arkansas Alumni Association. We welcome the newest Life Members, listed in order of membership number: 6607 6608 6609 6610 6611 6612 6613 6614 6615 6616 6617 6618 6619 6620 6621 6622 6623

Glenn A. Yaffe Veroqua M. Yaffe Dr. Eric Anthony Woodard ‘91 Edward W. Paschal ‘71 Arthur Marion Simpson Jr. ‘74, ‘75 Paul Allen Campbell ‘03, ‘09 Tracey M. Campbell ‘04 Alicia M. Whitaker ‘91 Sam B. Whitaker ‘87 Laura D. Edwards ‘83 Steve W. Edwards Christopher Lee Burbidge ‘94 Brian Rosenthal ‘84 Susie Rosenthal ‘85 Joseph L. Looney ‘61 Patsy G. Looney Matt R. Goodman ‘04

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Jimmie N. Lowrey ‘72, ‘84 Sharon L Lowrey Lloyd C. Champion Hank Bueker ‘85 Willis C. Hunter ‘80 Johnnye Sue Hunter Stacie Rachelle Holloway ‘85 Daniel Hale Yeager ‘81 Janet E. Yeager Art Morris Diane Morris Kristin L. Steele ‘05 Danny W. Ferguson ‘71 Jeff Cato ‘11 Greg K. Spencer ‘84 Marilyn Anglin Wanda Taylor

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Bobby G. Shaw ★+ LLB’68 and his wife, Diane D. Shaw ★+ MED’70, Springdale, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 27, 2011.

Lex Smith ✪+ BSPA’74, King City, CA, has been selected to serve as chairman of the Monterey Bay Section of the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California. He has also been elected president-elect for the Rural Health Center of the California Hospital Association.

Derlyne Gibson BA’64 MA’77 EDD’87, Berryville, illustrated the book, “Homeless Willy.”

It was chosen as one of the Arkansas State Library’s “Arkansas Gems” for 2011.

Jim E. Williams Jr. ✪ BSBA’67, Frisco, TX, was inducted into the 2012 AT&T Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on April 19.

Delmar Butch Edwards ★ BA’68 and Cheri Whitlock Edwards ★, Fort Smith, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Feb. 19.

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David Douglas ★ BSIE’69 MSIE’71 PHD’73, Springdale, was presented with the Sam Bruno Lifetime Achievement in Leadership Award at the 2012 Federation of Business Disciplines conference.

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Joan E. Aitken ✪ MA’71 EDD’85, Kansas City, MO, received tenure as professor of communication arts from the Park University Board of Trustees.

William Henry Asti BA’73 BARCH’78, Little Rock, published his most recent book, The Chicken Came First: A Primer for Renewing and Sustaining our Communities.

David O. Russell ★ BA’74, Roanoke, TX, was named one of DallasFort Worth’s top 40 visionary “super heroes” at the North Texas Commission’s 40th annual luncheon event.

Bobbie J. Wasson BSE’74 MED’76 and Marion Wasson, Fayetteville, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Sept. 23, 2011.

6641 Vernon Meckfessel 6642 Jason Robert Reed ‘99 6643 Dr. Ramona L. Bates ‘78 6644 Sabra Hassel Manchac ‘96 6645 Stephen P. Boyes ‘94 6646 Brandon Wayne Ward ‘99 6647 Steven Ray Crumpler ‘84 6648 Robert Lee Wilson ‘61 6649 Virginia Kirkland Wilson ‘63 6650 Joseph P. O’Donnell ‘72 6651 Clay McMahan 6652 Tess McMahan 6653 Clinton Daniel McClellan ‘08 6654 Nicole H. McClellan ‘08 6655 Amanda B. Hancock 6656 Ellen McDonnell

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Rebecca Smith ✪+ BS’75 and Lex Smith ✪+ BSPA’74 announces the birth of their grandson, Jaxson Cole Smith, who was born on Dec. 7, 2011, in Kansas City, Kansas.

Melissa Upchurch ✪ BA’80, Marshall, NC, was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church in September 2011.

She is now serving as pastor of Marshall Presbyterian Church in Marshall, NC.

Tom W. Dillard ★+ MA’75, Farmington, retired from his position as head of Special Collections in Mullins Library at the University of Arkansas.

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Irma L. Boudrey BSE’77 MED’85 and Howard Boudrey, Fayetteville, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 21, 2011.

Art Meripol ✪+ BA’77, Hoover, AL, won the Media Support Award at the “Henry” Awards Ceremony at the 38th annual Arkansas Governors Conference on Tourism.

Richard Dean Whittle BSE’77 MED’79 MBA’88, Springdale, joined S.F. Fiser & Co. PA of Springdale as a tax manager.

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L. Brown Pendleton ★ BARCH’79, Fayetteville, is the director of design for the Benchmark Group.

Freddie Scott MED’80 EDD’90 retired from his position as assistant professor in the department of agricultural and extension education at the University of Arkansas.

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Mark E. Hartz ★+ BSA’82, Stuttgart, was elected president of the National Agriculture Aviation Association for 2012.

John R. Clark ✪+ PHD’83 received the Distinguished Service Award from the North American Raspberry and Blackberry Association for his contributions to the blackberry industry.

Kristin Kaufman ✪ BSBA’83, Dallas, had her book, Is This Seat Taken?

Random Encounters That Change Your Life, published by The Carriere Co.

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Spotlight Carl Yates ✪+ B.S.C.E.’58 Carl Yates B.S.C.E.’58 has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Arkansas for his more than 50 years of contribution to the development of the water and wastewater systems throughout Arkansas. Yates is the chief executive officer for McGoodwin, Williams & Yates Inc. in Fayetteville.

“Carl has devoted his career to outstanding leadership and commitment to ACEC,” said Angie Cooper, executive director of the council. “There was really no precedent for this award; however, we felt Carl should be recognized for the selfless hours of service he’s devoted to ACEC. He’s always gone above and beyond.”

Until recent years, Yates was the only Arkansan named to the American Council of Engineering Companies College of Fellows, an elite group of about 200 engineers recognized nationally for their significant contributions to the engineering profession.

“I have been extremely fortunate to have been able to work in the consulting engineering profession for these many years providing services for the cities and other governmental entities in Arkansas and the surrounding states,” said Yates. “Not only has it been personally rewarding, but I believe our work has improved the environment and the lives of citizens in the area.

“I am very honored to receive this award from my fellow consulting engineers,” Yates said.

Yates’ career was launched when he graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1958 with a degree in civil engineering.

Following nearly three years in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Yates attended the U of A on the G.I. Bill. He joined L.M. McGoodwin as an undergraduate and upon graduating joined the firm on a full-time basis. In 1966, upon incorporation of the firm as McGoodwin, Williams & Yates Consulting Engineers, he was named president; and in 2005 he accepted the position as chairman of the board and chief executive officer.

Yates guided the firm through dozens of successful and awardwinning projects including the establishment of both the Beaver and Carroll-Boone Water Districts.

Among his many other honors, Yates has been named Engineer of the Year by the Arkansas Associated General Contractors; Engineer of the Year by both the Arkansas Society of Professional Engineers and the Northwest Arkansas Chapter, and has twice been named to “Who’s Who in Engineering by the American Association of Engineering Societies.” Yates was one of four inductees to the 2008 Arkansas Construction Hall of Fame. n 56

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Mohamoud Omar Manasreh ★ PHD’85, Fayetteville, created a comprehensive guide to nanotechnology with his new textbook, Introduction to Nanomaterials and Devices.

mortgage loan officer from assistant vice president at Arvest Bank.

Kevin Dale Hall ★ BSCE’86 MSCE’90 was inducted into the University of Arkansas Teaching Academy.

Philip Whitehead MBA’92, Fayetteville, was appointed senior vice president, account manager IV in the commercial lending division with Bank of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Faye K. Epperson Hulet AS’86 and Roy Smith, Springdale, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Oct. 2.

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Mary Purvis ✪ BA’86 MA’93, Fayetteville, accepted the position of assistant director of corporate and foundation relations at the University of Arkansas.

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David G. Hyatt ★ BSBA’89 MBA’98 received the E. Grosvenor Plowman Award for best paper at the 2011 Supply Chain Management Educator’s Conference.

James Harold Ross ★ BSBA’89 finished in the top 10 in sales for Scientific Learning and received an award for sales achievement in January 2012. James and Dena Lingo were married on Dec. 17, 2011, and reside in Bella Vista.

Nathan Alan Slaton ✪ MS’89 PHD’98, Springdale, received the Working Group’s Distinguished Rice Research and Education Team Award.

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Jay T. Patterson II BA’91 JD’94, Little Rock, opened his own law practice, Jack T. Patterson II Law Firm, P.L.L.C. in Clarksville in November 2010.

Libby J. Vines ★+ BA’91, Hot Springs, was presented with the “Woman of the Year” Community Service Award by the Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce.

Andrea Carrico Wilson ✪ BSBA’91, Leawood, KS, welcomed twin boys, Thomas Westbrook and Matthew Carrico, born on Aug. 5, 2011.

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Kurt Matthew Brungardt BSBA’92, Rogers, was promoted to vice president and

Mike N. Shannon JD’92 was promoted to a managing member of the Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Burrow PLC law firm in Little Rock.

Karen Menold Boston ✪+ BA’93 MED’96 EDD’02, Fayetteville, was elected chairman of the board for the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce.

Brian C. Martin ★+ BSBA’93 and Angela Martin, announce the birth of their son, Garrett Wade, Nov. 15, 2011, Little Rock.

Wade D. Brock ★+ BS’93, Little Rock, became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons during convocation ceremonies at the college’s 97th Clinical Congress in San Francisco.

Mark S. Rushing BA’93, Fayetteville, is the director of strategic communications for the office of university relations at the University of Arkansas.

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Clark Snyder ✪ BSCHE’94 MSE’00 and Alyssa Snyder announce the birth of their son, Samuel Clark, December 23, 2011, Denham Springs, La. Kelly Ann Tucker ★ BSBA’94, Springdale, joined the board of directors for the nonprofit Credit Counseling of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

Rudyard K. Upshaw BSBA’94, Bentonville, accepted the position of commercial relationship manager at Intrust Bank in Rogers.

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Kyle Edward Alexander ★ MBA’95, Bentonville, joined the office of Beale, Lee and Associates in Bella Vista as chief operation officer and associate adviser.

Tammy Carter Bronson ★ BA’95, Fayetteville, was recognized at the fourth annual “Recognition of Key Women Educators in the Arts” for her work in representing arts education.

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Jennifer Collier Maynard MED’95, Fayetteville, is the new executive director of Life Styles Inc., a nonprofit organization serving individuals with disabilities.

Cammie Harp Scott ★ BSIE’95 MSIE’97, Springdale, earned the chartered health care consultant professional designation from the American College.

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Kris Carson BSME’96 is now working at Mr. X Visual Effects in Toronto, Canada, and his work will be featured in the upcoming The Three Musketeers opening October 21.

Sarah Noel Colonna BA’96, Studio City, CA, has published her book, Life As I Blow It, and is currently a writer and roundtable regular on the late night talk show “Chelsea Lately.”

Daniel Jason England BSBA’96, Springdale, accepted the position of commercial banking manager and senior vice president at Arvest Bank in Bentonville.

Mark Allan Gilbert BSBA’96, Fayetteville, joined Wells Fargo Advisors as vice president-investments in Fayetteville.

Jill Dolen Netzel ★+ BSE’96 MAT’97 and Jeffrey Allen Netzel ★+ BS’96 announce the birth of their son, William Michael, on Nov. 1, 2011, Springdale.

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Fred Arthur Bonner II EDD’97, Hillsborough, NJ, was named the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Chair in Education at Rutgers Graduate School of Education.

Sarah Margaret Cotton ★ BSBA’97 JD’00 and Jay T. Patterson II BA’91 JD’94 were married on Feb. 25, and reside in Little Rock.

Doug Walsh BSA’97 MS’00 MBA’04, Fayetteville, accepted the position of executive director for business and operations at the Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center.

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Leslie Kirsten Day ✪ MA’99 PHD’08 and Sean Bowen Chapman BA’93 MFA’99 announce the birth of their son, Owen Day, March 1, 2011. They were married on June 10, 2011, and reside in Rock Island, Ill. Michael Gary Downs ★ MFA’99, Baltimore, MD, published his second book, The Greatest Show, which is a book of short stories inspired by the true tale of the Hartford Circus Fire.

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Candice Clark Dye ★ BS’00 and Daniel W. Dye announce the birth of their daughter, Annabelle Turley, Oct. 8, 2011, Little Rock.

Michael Duane Saba BSBA’00, Memphis, TN, accepted a position as a network engineer with Network 1 in Atlanta, Ga. Marcelo Schupbach ★ MSEE’00 PHD’04, Fayetteville, was a part of the management team at Arkansas Power Electronics International in Fayetteville who was named the 2012 Small Business Person of the Year in the team category by the Arkansas District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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P. Johnelle Sparks ✪ BA’01 MA’03 anounces the birth of her son, Corey Shepard Sparks Jr. (Shep), April 25, 2011, San Antonio, TX. Anthony R. Haubner ★ BSE’01 MED’03 announces the birth of his son, Finnegan, Aug. 19, 2011, Centerton.

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Sharmila Mounce BSEE’02 MSEE’04, Fayetteville, was a part of the management team at Arkansas Power Electronics International in Fayetteville who was named the 2012 Small Business Person of the Year in the team category by the Arkansas District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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Alan W. Cole BSBA’03, Fayetteville, was promoted to principal at Colliers International of Arkansas in Bentonville.

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Spotlight Michael Slay B.A.’00, M.S.’07 G.O. Graening M.S.B.A.E.’94 Two Arkansas alumni, Michael Slay (B.A.’00, M.S.’07) and G.O. Graening (M.S.B.A.E.’94), and their colleague, Danté B. Fenolio, have published a new book, Cave Life of Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Slay, whose master’s degree was in biology, is the program director of Ozark Karst for the Ozark Highlands office of the Nature Conservancy. Graening, whose master’s degree was in biological and agricultural engineering, teaches at California State University, Sacramento, and is the founder of the Natural Investigations Co., an environmental consulting firm.

Fenolio is a photographer and amphibian conservation scientist for the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

Cave Life, published by the University of Oklahoma Press, gives readers a look at what’s crawling, swimming and flying somewhere beneath the surface. The authors began research for the book in the early 1970s as part of a study of Ozark cavefish but expanded to include a number of subterranean research topics.

The result is a comprehensive checklist of the region’s cave fauna, complete with descriptions of these rare animals’ distribution and ecological niches. Fauna range from familiar and charismatic species, such as cave crayfish and gray bats, to rare and bizarre fauna, such as blind salamanders and cave dung beetles. More than 175 full-color illustrations include photographs from the cameras of Dave Bunnel, Tim Ernst, and Danté B. Fenolio, among others of cave animals, including some newly discovered species.

The authors also address conservation of subterranean biodiversity, discussing not only threats to cave life such as invasive species, resource extraction and habitat loss, but also current methods of preservation and protection, including legislation, land acquisition, people management and cave gates. The book’s appendices provide a comprehensive cave bibliography and checklists of subterranean animals for each cave.

The authors and their team donned snorkeling gear, cave suits and rock climbing harnesses, descending into caves in Oklahoma and Arkansas to study and inventory cave animals. Because much of the bedrock of northern Arkansas and western Oklahoma is limestone, a stone relatively easily dissolved by acidic water, caves are more abundant in this region than in many parts of the United States.

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Brent P. Gasper ★ BA’95 JD’98 and his wife, Courtney, announce the birth of their son, August Declan Gasper, Oct. 24, 2011, Little Rock.

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Morgan A. Hogue ★ BSBA’03 MBA’07, Fayetteville, joined the University of Arkansas College of Engineering Development Team as an assistant director of development.

Jacob Allen Hudson BSA’03, Fayetteville, was appointed vice president, account manager III in the commercial banking division for Bank of Arkansas.

Alexander B. Lostetter PHD’03, Fayetteville, was a part of the management team at Arkansas Power Electronics International in Fayetteville who was named the 2012 Small Business Person of the Year in the team category by the Arkansas District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Matthew J. Pulley ★ BSBA’03 MIS’06, Chicago, IL, is the new chief technology officer of BodyShopBids.com.

Joshua B. Rice BSA’03 MS’05 and Kelsey Norbash were married on July 2, 2011, and reside in Springdale.

Bryan Wade Robinson ✪ BSBA’03, Russellville, was promoted to branch manager of U.S. Bank in Alma.

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Jacqueline Ann Cockrell BA’07 and Craig R. Cockrell BA’07 JD’10 were married on June 4, 2011, and reside in Fayetteville.

Leah P. Grimes ★ BA’07, Little Rock, graduated from the University of Central Arkansas with a master of science degree in counseling psychology in December 2011.

David P. Shew ★ BSN’07, Fayetteville, was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International.

Kadie Krystine Weum BSBA’07 and William P. Dortch BS’06 were married on Feb. 17, and reside in Little Rock.

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Logan Cory Geels BSCE’08 and Haleigh Millwee were married on Aug. 6, 2011, and reside

William Barton Gilbreath ★ MSEE’08 and Adrienne Gilbreath announce the birth of their daughter, Lorelai Alice, Feb. 6, Springdale.

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Jade Elizabeth Holcomb BSA’08 and Anthony Cameron were married on July 16, 2011, and reside in Fayetteville.

Synetra D. Gilmer ★ BSBA’04, Fayetteville, received the Nonprofit Management Track Award from the North American Management Society.

Heather Stowers ✪+ BSE’08 and David L. Stowers ✪+ BSE’08 announce the birth of their son, Logan, Feb. 25, Fayetteville.

Melissa C. Davis ★ BA’04 and Cody Davis ★ BSA’01 announce the birth of their daughter, Lindsey Jean, Nov. 11, 2011, Cabot.

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Michelle A. Bell ✪+ BA’05, Prairie Grove, accepted the position of program/cruise director for Pandaw River Cruises and Uniworld Boutique Cruises.

Jennifer West Paulk MS’05 PHD’10, Rogers, was honored at the 10th annual Kiss a Pig Gala as a volunteer of the year for the American Diabetes Association.

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Stephen Matthew Angelette BA’06, St. Louis, MO, joined the health care section of the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. Stuart G. Baber ★ BSBA’06, Fayetteville, received the Quality Award from the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.

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Hillary A. Ironside BSE’08 MAT’09 and Matthew Myers were married on June 24, 2011, and reside in Springdale.

Jennifer Leigh Walker ★ BSE’08 MAT’09 and Will Schuhknecht ★ BSA’04 BSBA’06 were married on Oct. 22, 2011, and reside in Fayetteville.

Cassandra Jean Woods ★ BA’08 and Brett D. DeCoursey BSA’08 were married on Nov. 26, 2011 and reside in New Orleans, La.

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Emily Dawn Burkhead BA’09 and David Seifert were married on July 23, 2011, and reside in Dallas, Texas.

Rachel Marian Hartz BS’09 and Robert Curtner ★ BSE’05 were married on Dec. 17, 2011, and reside in Fayetteville.

Lauren M. Kuenzel BSME’09, Fayetteville, received the silver prize for the moderate climate remodel category in the Energy Value Housing Award competition by the National Home Builders Association.

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Natalie Ann Johnson ★ BSE’10 MAT’11 and Robert McKeel ★ BS’05 were married on May 28, 2011, and reside in Bentonville.

Lindsey Ruth McGaugh BSHES’10 and Mark A. Stavely BSBA’02 were married on Oct. 29, 2011, and reside in Fayetteville.

Trenton L. Roberts ★ PHD’10, Fayetteville, received the Working Group’s Distinguished Rice Research and Education Team Award.

Christopher A. Walton ★ BSME’10, Fayetteville, received the Mike Shinn Distinguished Member of the Year Award. The award was presented by the National Society of Black Engineers. He also received a “Golden Torch” and a scholarship.

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April C. Foster ★ BSA’11, Conway, accepted a position of quality management specialist-food safety for Steritech.

Lana Michelle Hazel ★ BA’11 and Stephen R. Counce ★ BSIE’11 were married on Dec. 3, 2011, and reside in Memphis, Tenn.

Derek Bradley Marveggio ★ BSA’11 and Kristyne Pack were married on June 17, 2011, and reside in Fayetteville.

W. Gates Nieman ✪ BSBA’11, Little Rock, is the commercial credit underwriter for Regions Financial Corp.

Hunter Michael Buwick BSBA’09, Norman, OK, accepted a position at Colliers International of Arkansas as the first sales associate specializing in multifamily properties in Bentonville.

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Friends Michael A. Daub ★, Fayetteville, retired from his position with the University of Arkansas Police Department in February 2012.

Al Gordon ★+, Fayetteville, received the 2011-2012 Southeastern Conference Team Physician of the Year by the Southern Orthopedic Association.

Steve Gray ✪, Fayetteville, was honored for his service to his community, his country and to fellow veterans across Arkansas.

He was presented the Book of Golden Deeds Award by the Fayetteville Exchange Club.

Javier Reyes ★, Springdale, was inducted into the University of Arkansas Teaching Academy.

Ashok Saxena ★, Fayetteville, accepted a two-year appointment as the senior leader at Galgotias University, a private, multidisciplinary research university near Delhi, India.

David A. Short ★+, Bentonville, retired as president and chief executive officer of Arvest Bank in Benton County after 31 years.

In Memoriam Mildred Rankin Priddy BA’29, Russellville, June 19, 2011. She taught at Russellville Junior High School for 35 years. Survivors: one daughter, six grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.

Mary Angus Haley BA’34, Fayetteville, Jan. 25. She was the organist for the Rolling Hills Baptist Church for more than 20 years. Survivors: one daughter, four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Virginia Cain Sansbury BA’37, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 14. She was a homemaker. Survivors: two sons, three grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Mary E. Tinnin Jaye BSE’38, Fayetteville, March 20. She authored an elementary textbook titled, “Making Music Your Own.” She was also a poet and taught kindergarten in the South Orange-Maplewood school system for 33 years. She was also an instructor at Seton Hall University.

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Bernadine Payne Beasley BSBA’39, Heth, March 11. She was a public school teacher of language arts studies.

Survivors: her husband, Vance E. Beasley BSA’39, one son, two daughters, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Doyle Williams BSBA’39, El Dorado, Dec. 13, 2011. He was an accountant.

Survivors: one sister and one brother.

Curtis L. Hankins ★ BSA’40, Stone Mountain, GA, Feb. 23. He was a retired colonel in the U.S. Army. He served in World War II under Gen. George S. Patton, fighting across France, at the Battle of the Bulge and throughout Nazi Germany. He also served in Korea.

Survivors: one son, one daughter, two brothers, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Hayden W. Newbold Jr. ✪+ BSCE’40, La Jolla, CA, Oct. 14, 2011.

He was a civil engineer and a World War II U.S. Navy veteran. Survivors: one son, two daughters and one brother.

R. Calvin Bain ★ FS’45, Bella Vista, March 11. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps and was trained as a bombardier/navigator. With the end of World War II, he was discharged with a rank of 2nd lieutenant. Later he started his own dental practice in Prairie Grove.

Survivors: his wife, Jo, one daughter, two sons, five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.

Robert Fuller FS’48, Harrison, Sept. 5, 2011. Survivor: one sister.

Margaret Hankins Bailey BA’41, Salinas, CA, Dec. 14, 2011. She taught junior high English and mathematics from 1959 until her retirement in 1990. Survivors: one daughter, one son, eight grandchildren and 18 greatgrandchildren.

Roy L. Baker Jr. ✪+ LLB’41, Harrison, Dec. 26, 2011. He was a faculty member of the Southern Methodist University Graduate School, Banking. Baker was a former member of the Arkansas Alumni Board of Directors. Survivors: one daughter and four grandchildren.

Ralph G. Kramer ✪ BS’41 MD’44, Fort Smith, Jan. 28. He trained at the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego, CA, and served on active duty in the U.S. Navy for four years. He was the chief of staff at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center and at Sparks Regional Medical Center, both in Fort Smith. He was in family practice for more than 40 years and was the medical director of Sparks Regional Medical Center and of the Select Specialty Hospital in Fort Smith.

He was active in the U.S. Naval Reserve and retired with the rank of commander.

Survivors: his wife, Millie, one daughter, three sons, one stepdaughter, one stepson, one sister, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Rudolph A. Shupik ★ BSBA’41 LLB’51, Bridgeport, CT, March 17.

He joined the military and served in the Pacific Theater. After graduating from the U of A law school he became a tax specialist and wrote the tax laws for Pennsylvania. Later, Shupik became the director, general counsel and vice president of Frouge Corp. Survivors: his

wife, Helen N. Shupik ★ FS’41, one son and two grandchildren.

James L. Smith MD’41, Little Rock, Jan. 30. In 1945, he established his practice in ophthalmology in Little Rock and practiced until 1996. He worked as a clinical instructor in the Isaac Folsom Clinic as part of the Voluntary Faculty of the U of A School of Medicine. He played an important role in the development and approval of the first residency training program in ophthalmology in Arkansas. Survivors: his wife, Dede, four daughters, one son, 13 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren.

Effie Jones BSHE’42, Bella Vista, Dec. 17, 2011. She was an employee of the Arkansas Department of Human Services in Howard, Little River and Sevier counties. Survivors: one daughter, two sons, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Virginia Dunham Massey BSBA’42, McCrory, Jan. 30. Survivors: three grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren,

Landscaping in Bloom

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Almost a year has passed since the team at Com-Scape, Inc. began the process of transforming the grounds at the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House. The new landscaping is in now in full bloom and serves to enhance the welcoming presence of the Alumni House on campus.

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In Memoriam Ann Patton Dawson ✪+ B.A.’59 M.A.’82

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A former member of the Arkansas Alumni Association Board of Directors and a Razorback cheerleader, Ann Patton Dawson, 74, died May 2, 2012.

Dawson was born in Fort Smith, where she was a dedicated instructor in the arts and humanities, a literary student, an avid traveler and a committed advocate for community and public programs and services.

She attended Hendrix College before completing her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English at the University of Arkansas, where she was in the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. After college, Dawson taught junior high and high school English.

Most recently she taught English and humanities at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith.

Caring deeply for her community, she served on the administrative board of the Fort Smith Junior League, the Fort Smith Museum of History Board, the Fort Smith Riverfront Task Force and the Webster University Advisory Board. Elected for three terms to the Fort Smith School Board, she served as president for two years. She was in Leadership Fort Smith, a member of the Fort Smith Symphony Board, the U.S. Marshals’ Museum Board and served as chairwoman of the Fort Smith Public Library Endowment Advisory Council. As part of the United Way Board, she helped institute the Success by Six and Parents as Teachers programs.

Her service to the state included the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Hendrix College Board of Trustees, serving on two presidential search committees. She was a member of the building committee for the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House at the University of Arkansas. She was on the Arkansas Partners for Excellence Statewide Committee and the Peace Links State Advisory Board, served as a delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention and was the first woman appointed to the Arkansas Parks and Tourism Commission.

Dawson received many awards for her service, including the Women of Distinction Award from the Mount Magazine Girl Scout Council and the Fort Smith Junior League Sustainer of the Year and was selected for the Arkansas Women’s Political Caucus-100 Women of Achievement.

She is survived by her husband, the Hon. Robert T. Dawson B.A.’60 L.L.B.’65; daughters Christie Ann Dawson and Courtney Dawson Beland B.A.’90 J.D.’99; and her son David Patton Dawson Ph.D.’92. n

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11 great-grandchildren and nine greatgreat-grandchildren.

Feriba Thomas McNair ✪+ BSE’42, Fayetteville, March 15. She taught at Fayetteville High School where she established the first girl’s physical education program and served on the school board for 19 years. Her lifelong commitment to public education was honored when McNair Middle School was named and dedicated in her honor.

Survivors: two sons, one daughter, four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Leo Ernest Spurlock BSA’42, Huntsville, Dec. 24, 2011. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Spurlock was a farmer and had retired from Huntsville High School after many years as an agri teacher. Survivors: one son, nine grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren.

Louise Williams Adams BA’43, Needham, MA, Dec. 7, 2011. She worked for McDonnell Douglas Aircraft after graduation. Survivors: two sons and two grandchildren.

John S. Bragg ★ BSA’43, Camden, Feb. 15. He was a veteran of World War II, receiving the Bronze Star and Good Conduct Medal. He was director of the Ouachita Conservation District, president of the Ouachita County Farm Bureau for seven years, a farmer and a rural mail carrier for 32 years. Survivors: his wife, Barbara T. Bragg ★ MED’61, two daughters, one brother and three grandchildren.

Milton H. Howell ★+ BSBA’43, Russellville, Feb. 7. He served three years in the U.S. Army Air Corps before returning to Russellville to join the family farming business. He was a third-generation row crop farmer for more than 50 years. He often worked in cooperation with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service testing new products or innovative techniques. Survivors: one daughter, two sons, one brother and two grandchildren.

Gilbert A. Smith BSCE’43 BS’59, Springdale, March 6. He was in the U.S. Air Force, serving during World War II at the Battle of the Bulge. He retired as a lieutenant colonel. Survivors: his wife, Gearldean, one son, two daughters, seven grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren.

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Jack Tuck BSBA’43, Fayetteville, Jan. 20. He served in the U.S. Infantry during World War II in Africa, Italy, France and Germany, spending five months in the battle of Anzio Beachhead. Following military service, he was associated with Tuck’s Appliance Store for 18 years and for 20 years with the Fayetteville Savings & Loan Association. Survivors: his wife, Virginia Nell Tuck BA’53, and one sister.

Robert S. Cohen MD’44, Jonesboro, Jan. 8. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Cohen practiced internal medicine and hematology for the Veterans Administration Hospital and was the first director of the Area Health Education Center in Jonesboro.

Survivors: his wife, Erika, one daughter, two sons, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Martha Morse Moore BA’44, Lexington, KY, Dec. 23, 2011. She was the only daughter of the only daughter of the last chief of the Delaware Indians, Chief Charles Journeycake. Moore was a portrait artist, interior decorator and was involved in historic preservation.

Survivors: one daughter and one son.

Karl K. Birdsong ★ MD’45, Fort Worth, TX, March 18. He was commissioned through the ROTC program in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. After his military service he set up his medical practice as a general practitioner in DeKalb. Later, Birdsong worked at All Saints Hospital and John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. He completed his career at Harris Methodist Hospital until he retired in 1983.

Survivors: his wife, Joyce, one son, three daughters and two grandchildren.

Bruce D. McGill BA’45 MA’48, Chidester, Dec. 21, 2011. He was a retired professor from Southeast Louisiana University. Survivor: one brother.

Gerald R. Sutterfield MD’45, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 27. He attended medical school while serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II and after graduation was assigned to various medical facilities in Virginia. He later served as chief of obstetrics at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Survivors: his wife, Carol, three sons, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Ruth Taylor Fortenberry BA’46 MA’47, Arlington, TX, Dec. 29, 2011. Survivors: her husband, George,

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two daughters, one son and two grandchildren.

seven grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.

William S. McGuire BSA’47, Texarkana, Dec. 25, 2011. He served 44 months in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was honorably discharged as a lieutenant junior grade. He served in the Pacific Theatre. He retired from the Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District after 25 years of service. Survivors: his wife, Betty, one son, one daughter, five grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three stepgreat-grandchildren.

Melvin W. Burgess BSBA’50, Ridgeway, VA, March 21. He served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II as a flight engineer on a B17. Once he moved to West Virginia, he owned and operated Dunn and Seibert Appliance Store in Martinsburg, retiring after 40 years. Survivors: one daughter, two sons, four sisters, two brothers and two grandchildren.

Jane McDonald Cutting BA’48, Fort Smith, March 8. Survivors: one son, three daughters, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Gerald R. Sharp BSBA’48, Magnolia, Feb. 6. He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War II. He worked for Partee Flooring Mill and was the general manager for more than 50 years.

Survivors: his wife, Mary Frances, one son, two daughters, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Jean A. Tuttle BA’48, Memphis, TN, Oct. 18, 2011. She researched in the department of physiology at the University of Tennessee School of Medicine and later became one of the first women stockbrokers in Memphis.

Survivors: one daughter, two sons and six grandchildren.

Betty Magie ✪+ FS’48, Cabot, March 26. She co-owned five central Arkansas newspapers with her late husband, Cone Magie. Survivors: two daughters, one son, seven grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.

Dorothy Robertson Pape BA’49, Edmond, OK, July 29, 2011. She created the first Montessori teacher training program in the 1960s and taught at Casady Schools for 35 years.

At the time of her death, she was the director of Montessori Teacher Education Program at Oklahoma City University. Survivors: one son, two daughters, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

H.H. Simmons ★ BSA’49, Fayetteville, Feb. 16. He served in the U.S. Naval Air Corps during World War II in the Philippine Islands. He later worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a meat and poultry inspector for 38 years. Survivors: his wife, Lorita Lashley Simmons ★ BSE’73, one son, three daughters, one sister, Summer 2012

Van R. Cox ★ MS’50, Oklahoma City, OK, Feb. 24. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Cox worked for Gulf Oil for 34 years, retiring as international comptroller. Survivors: two sons, one daughter and four grandchildren.

Burrell Dobbs ✪ BA’50, Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 24. He served in the U.S. Marines during the invasion of Korea. He subsequently served on the Presidential Honor Guard, and after completion of his military service he joined the State Department of Foreign Service and started his career as a diplomatic courier. He retired with the rank of consul general of the United States. Survivors: his wife, Agnes, two daughters, one brother and two grandchildren.

John M. Hestir BS’50, DeWitt, March 9. He served in the U.S. Navy as a gunner’s mate on a mine sweeper in the Pacific until the end of World War II. In 1956 he moved to DeWitt and set up his medical practice where he practiced until 2007. Survivors: his wife, Billie, three sons, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Eve Dilley Irwin FS’52, Pine Bluff, Feb. 3. Survivors: two daughters and three sons.

James J. Patterson BSBA’50 MED’59, Harrison, Dec. 21, 2011.

Survivors: his wife, Virgie, three daughters, four sisters and two grandchildren.

James J. Sandor BSE’50 MED’57, Lodi, CA, Jan. 26. He served as a second lieutenant from 1946 to 1947. He later became a teacher in Lane, Kansas, before moving to Lodi, Calif., where he taught science and industrial arts at Needham School and Senior Elementary, retiring in 1977. Survivors: his wife, Helen, three daughters, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

William Thomas Stahl ★ LLB’50, Corinth, MS, Dec. 31, 2011. During World War II he served as a radio operator and a mechanic on a B29 bomber in the Pacific Theater. Later he was recalled to active duty where he served for three years during the Korean War as a U.S. Army Judge Advocate. After his second discharge, Stahl practiced law in West Memphis for 10 years. In 1964, he accepted a position as an attorney for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Survivors: his wife, Bonnie, one daughter, one son, four stepsons, eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and four great-greatgrandchildren.

Clarence W. Webb Jr. BSA’50, Springdale, Feb. 27. He served in the Korean War as a master sergeant with the 5th U.S. Air Force. Later he worked for Wyandotte Chemical for 17 years and George’s Egg Company for 15 years.

Survivors: his wife, Ann, two daughters, one grandson and one stepgrandson.

Andrew Doyle Coe MS’51 MA’66, Ocala, FL, March 7. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War as a 1st lieutenant.

He was a professor of mathematics at Westark Community College. Coe also worked as the assistant principal at Hot Springs High School. Survivors: his wife, Eva Faye Coe MSE’83, one son, one daughter, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Fadjo Cravens BA’51, Fort Smith, Feb. 19. He was a noted Arkansas historian and collector, and worked as vice president of Merchants National Bank until 1982, retiring after 31 years. Survivors: six sons, one sister, 15 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.

Carl A. Dillaha ★ MD’51, Fluvanna, TX, Dec. 27, 2011. In 1944, at the age of 19, he became one of the youngest officers in U. S. Navy history. He had a medical practice for 36 years in Snyder, Texas. Afterward, Dillaha worked as the medical director for the following: Price Daniel Unit, Snyder Oaks Care Center, Snyder Healthcare Center and Odyssey Healthcare Hospice. Survivors: his wife, Margaret, one daughter, two sons, one stepson, one sister, one grandchild and one great-grandchild.

William N. Sessions BSCE’51, Lake Village, March 6. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was honorably discharged in 1946. He later

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worked for the United Gas Pipeline Co. for 29 years in Shreveport, La. Survivors: his wife, Jeannine T. Sessions BA’51, two sons, two daughters, two brothers, 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Louis M. Taylor MS’51, Joplin, MO, Jan. 28. While serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he was the band director of the 324th Army Service Forces Band. After leaving the military, he became the high school band director in Siloam Springs. Later he served as superintendent of schools in several Missouri school districts. He completed his career in education as a principal in the Joplin School District until his retirement. Survivors: one daughter, one son, two grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.

Ruth Steuart Young ✪ MA’51, Conway, March 6. She taught briefly in secondary schools before going on to receive a master’s degree in zoology.

Survivors: one son, two daughters, one sister and five grandchildren.

Robert L. Gill BSA’52, Watson, March 7.

R. J. Scott Farrell III BARCH’53, New Braunfels, TX, March 24. Survivors: his wife, Billye, two daughters, one son, two brothers, two sisters, six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and two greatgreat-grandchildren.

Louis P. Pushkarsky ★+ MA’53, Trenton, MO, March 31. He served in the U.S. Army before becoming a science teacher at Trenton High School.

He later became a mathematics professor at Trenton Junior College. Survivors: his wife, Clarice, two stepsons, two sisters, one brother, three stepgrandchildren and two stepgreatgrandsons.

James Tate ★ BSE’53 MED’54, Van Buren, Jan. 7. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. After the war Tate was employed by the Van Buren School District for seven years. He was the Van Buren High School principal for four years, assistant superintendent for three years and superintendent for 16 years. Survivors: his wife, Mary Anne Tate ★ BSE’64, two sons and three grandchildren.

Carolyn Allen BSSW’54, Greers Ferry, Dec. 17, 2011. She was a retired teacher, social worker and school counselor.

Survivors: one son, two daughters, one sister and eight grandchildren.

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Let’s call those hogs!

Alice Walton, business woman, community leader and philanthropist, received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Humane Letters degree and delivered the spring commencement address, giving students advice for the future and one last chance to shout Woo, Pig, Sooie! Walton was honored for a lifetime of transformative achievements that have made an unprecedented impact on the people and the state of Arkansas. These include her leading role in construction of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport; her guiding position in the Walton Family Foundation, which has made significant donations to the University of Arkansas; and perhaps most significantly, her creation of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, an enduring cultural gift to Arkansas and the nation. Both her mother and father, Helen and Sam Walton, held honorary degrees from the university, too. n Patricia L. Curry ★+ BSE’54, Booneville, Feb. 1. She was a retired teacher and librarian. Survivors: one daughter, one sister and one grandchild.

Jane Smallwood Fore BSBA’54, Russellville, Jan. 6. She taught math at Russellville High and at the University of Arkansas Community College in Morrilton for 21 years, retiring in 2002.

Survivors: her husband, Charles A. L. Fore ✪+, one daughter and one son.

Billy D. Young MS’54 DAS’60, Roland, Dec. 12, 2011. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and was stationed in the Philippines and later with the occupying forces in Japan.

He served with the Arkansas National Guard. Young was a school teacher in several high schools. He had a long service with the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services, retiring in 1983. Survivors: his wife, Irene Young MED’64, three sons, seven grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.

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for General Electric as an electrical engineer. He spent 37 years working as a microwave engineer in the research and development of transmission line components and microwave antennas.

Survivors: his wife, Frances, and one sister.

Fayte Belle Fox MED’55, Huntsville, AL, Dec. 24, 2011. She was a teacher and counselor in Europe for 31 years.

Survivors: two daughters, one sister, one brother, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Richard D. McMullen BSA’55, Farmington, Feb. 26. He served in the U.S. Army. Survivors: two sons, six grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

Jennie Lee Willis Riggs ✪ BSE’55, Fayetteville, Feb. 11. Survivors: her husband, Robert D. Riggs ✪ BSA’54 MS’56, two daughters, two sons, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

James H.A.Tucker BA’55, Nov. 20, 2011.

Charles H. Benson MBA’56, Dallas, TX, May 5, 2005. He served in the

U.S. Army Infantry from 1944-1946 and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-1953. He retired from Anderson Clayton Foods as director of purchasing in 1987. Survivors: his wife, Dorothy, one daughter, one son, one sister, one brother, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

William R. Byars BA’56, Little Rock, Dec. 28. He served three years in Heidelberg, Germany, attached to the chaplain’s office. After his military time he worked for the Dan Cooper Design Corp. in New York and Washington, D.C. Byars opened W. Randall Byars Interiors in Little Rock in 1963.

Survivors: his wife, Janice and one sister.

Robert M. Cazort BSBA’56, San Antonio, TX, April 5. He worked for Alcoa Aluminum, International Business Machines and Bauer Aluminum before founding Component Sales Co. in 1969. Survivors: one son, one daughter, two sisters, one brother and two grandchildren.

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Mary Louise Demoret Fiser ✪+ BSBA’56, Elaine, Feb. 7. She was president of Delta State Bank in Elaine for 24 years. Survivors: her husband, V. Poindexter Fiser ✪+ BSBA’56, one stepdaughter, two stepgrandchildren and one stepgreat-grandchild.

Hickey Henry Himstedt Jr. BSA’56, Searcy, Feb. 19, 2011.

Hy Kurzner ✪ BA’56, Norwich, UK, Dec. 2, 2011. He worked as director of sports information for New York University before working as bureau chief for ABC in Vietnam. Later, he owned Hy’s Nightclub, Boswells bar and the Pizza One, Pancakes Too restaurant in Norwich. Survivors: his wife, Valerie, two daughters and three grandchildren.

Charles E. Long Jr. MA’56 PHD’63, Holly Springs, MS, May 26, 2010. At age 15 he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. Later he served as a platoon leader and as assistant commander of the Fifth Regimental Combat Team in Korea. Professor Long taught at the University of Memphis for 33 years.

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Robert E. Cox ★+ BSBA’57, Knoxville, TN, March 8. He was a veteran of the Korean War serving with the U.S. Navy. Robert was retired from the Tennessee Valley Authority after 28 years of service. Survivors: his wife, Lois, two daughters, one son, one stepson, one sister, one brother, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Lonnie H. Barron BSE’58 MED’63, Fayetteville, March 16. He was a coach and educator in the Mena and Polk County area for more than 35 years.

Survivors: his wife, Jane, two sons and three grandchildren.

Leon Gaines MED’58, Springdale, Oct. 1, 2011. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the beginning of World War II and served as a tail gunner on B-24s, flying 51 combat missions over enemy territory. He received an honorable discharge with the rank of staff sergeant in 1943. Later, Gaines served in administrative positions in the Arkansas School districts of Rogers, Springdale and Batesville until his retirement in 1985. Survivors: his wife, Donna K. Gaines ★ BSE’64 MED’73, one son, one daughter and four grandchildren.

Sue Parscale Macaulay ★ BSE’58, Henderson, NV, Feb. 20. She worked as a California State certified reading specialist, as well as an elementary school teacher at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas and in the San Diego and Sacramento school districts. Survivors: her husband, Bill, one daughter and one sister.

James D. Nichols BSIE’58, Monroe, LA, March 18. He served in the Korean Conflict and received the Bronze Star.

He was employed by International Paper Co. in Camden and moved to Monroe in 1971 and worked for Bancroft Bag until his retirement. Survivors: his wife, Bessie, two daughters, two sons, one sister, one brother, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Curtis L. Ridgway Jr. BA’58 LLB’60, Hot Springs, Nov. 17, 2011. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He served as the Hot Springs city attorney for 20 years.

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Survivors: his wife, Nita, two sons, one daughter, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Ralph Edwin Runyan BSCE’58, Camden, Aug. 14, 2011. He was a civil engineer before retiring to his farm.

Survivors: two sons, two daughters, two brothers, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Leo P. Steele ★ BA’58 EDD’82, Fort Smith, March 16. He served in the Korean War as a corpsman in the U.S. Navy. He had a long career in education, serving students in Arkansas, Missouri and California. He was a teacher, coach, dean of students, activities director, vice principal, principal, superintendent and college instructor. Survivors: his wife, Betty Lou Steele ★ BA’55 MED’81, four daughters, two sons, one stepdaughter, two stepsons, seven sisters, five brothers, 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

James W. Stephens BSEE’58, Rogers, Jan. 28. He was a U.S. Army veteran.

He worked for more than 40 years with the Public Service Co. of Oklahoma.

Survivors: his wife, Barbara, three sons, three sisters, one brother and five grandchildren.

Bud Bloomfield BSBA’59, Huntsville, Dec. 21, 2011. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a minor and major league baseball player, having played for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Minnesota Twins. He was the former owner of the Tail of the Trout Restaurant in Rogers. Survivors: his wife, Karen, one son, one daughter, one brother, one sister, five grandchildren.

Nancy Brazil BA’59, Little Rock, March 15. She was a violinist in the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, a choir member and pianist. Survivors: her husband, George W. Brazil Jr. BSEE’58, two sons, one daughter, one sister and three grandchildren.

Robert L. McFarlin FS’59, Salisbury, MD, Jan. 18. Survivors: two sons, two daughters, three brothers, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Freda Bradley ★ MED’60, Springdale, Jan. 18. She was a music teacher in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Survivors: her husband, George Bradley ★, one son, one daughter, one step-sister and four grandchildren.

Chris E. Brewer ✪ BSME’60, Jamestown, NC, Dec. 31, 2007.

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In Memoriam Norma Beasley ✪+ LLB’53 BSL’60 Norma Beasley, 80, of Dallas, passed away on March 29, 2012.

Born Sept. 6, 1931, in Springdale, to Alfonso and Minnie (Parham) Beasley, she enrolled at the University of Arkansas when she was 16 years old and entered the University of Arkansas School of Law at age 18.

Obtaining her L.L.B. degree, she became a licensed attorney at 21, making her the youngest student and the only woman in her class. In 1960, she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Law degree from the university and later pursued graduate studies in Dallas at Southern Methodist University in real estate and business.

Beasley taught business law and real estate at SMU and aided the Dallas County Community Colleges in establishing real estate departments at El Centro Junior College and Eastfield Junior College. In 1965, she established Trinity Abstract & Title Co. in Ellis County, Texas, with her long-time business partner, Imogene Walker, before the two purchased the Dallas branch of Safeco Land Title in 1978.

She served on multiple boards, including Texas Health Presbyterian Foundation, Oaks Bank & Trust Co., The Dallas Citizens Council, Dallas Junior Achievement, Women’s Advisory Board of Dallas Baptist University, the Dallas Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, as well as many others.

In 1984, she was chosen as one of the most outstanding business women in America by NBC’s Today Show and was a 1992 recipient of Beta Sigma Phi’s First Lady of Dallas Award.

Throughout her career, she won numerous awards and received recognition. She received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the university in 1986, was an Outstanding Alumna of the Arkansas School of Law in 1988 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Walton College of Business.

Her career and devotion to the University of Arkansas led to the law school naming the entrance hall and a new wing within the building after Beasley. To help students reach their potential, she created two scholarships – the School of Business Norma Lea Beasley Endowed Scholarship for the graduating senior female with the highest academic achievement in real estate and the School of Law Norma Lea Beasley Endowed Scholarship to be given to a student demonstrating financial need.

Throughout her life, she stayed true to her Christian faith and lived by three rules – work hard, be ethical and fair, and maintain integrity. She is survived by her family in Springdale, including one sister and numerous nieces and nephews. n photo submitted

He continued a parallel military career, spending 33 years on active duty and in the reserve, earning ranks from private to full colonel. Long was qualified to command any embassy in the western or southern hemisphere. Survivors: his wife, Margaret, two daughters, four sons and two grandchildren.

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Tom Glaze BSBA’60 LLB’64, North Little Rock, March 30. He was a Supreme Court Justice, Court of Appeals judge and chancellor for more than 30 years.

Anne Jarvis Mobley BSE’60, Tulsa, OK, March 6. She taught kindergarten in Tulsa and was active in many community organizations. Survivors: her husband, Roger, three daughters, one sister and eight grandchildren.

E. Joe Nosari ★+ BA’60 MA’62, Tallahassee, FL, March 1. He was a member of the U.S. Army baseball team and later went on to a career in academia. After graduating from the U of A, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. In 1970, he joined the business faculty at Florida State University, going on to become a full professor in 1983. Nosari retired in February 2012. Survivors: his wife, Monterey, one son, one daughter, two brothers and three grandchildren.

Virginia Peel ✪ BSE’60 MED’68, Virginia Beach, VA, April 24, 2011. She was a veteran of World War II, serving in The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and the Women’s Army Corps. She had duty at the Los Angeles Port of Embarkation and in New Guinea. She was a classroom teacher for 26 years. Survivors: one brother and two sisters.

Worthie R. Springer Jr. MD’61, Little Rock, Jan. 1. He served in the U.S. Air Force for four years. Springer was among the earliest African Americans to attend the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. He had a private practice for 35 years. After closing his practice he continued to serve the community making house calls and working for various clinics in Pulaski and Jefferson counties until his retirement in 2006.

Survivors: his wife, Lillian, four sons, six daughters, three brothers, two sisters, 15 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren.

William A. Clayborn MED’62, Harrison, March 15.

James C. Henze MS’62, Cordova, TN, March 19. He worked for A.C. Humko for 38 years as a food chemist.

Survivors: his wife, Margaret, one son, one daughter, one sister, one brother and two grandchildren.

Charles Kent Malone ★ BSBA’62, Little Rock, Jan. 24. Survivors: his wife, Jan, one daughter, one son and two grandchildren.

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James Buford Sivley BSEE’62 MSEE’63, Danville, Sept. 1994.

Survivors: his wife, Adele, one son, one daughter, one brother, four sisters and one great-grandson.

Ibby Strey ★+ BSE’62, Springdale, Dec. 30, 2011. She taught elementary school in Greenwood and Springdale.

Survivors: her husband, David, one daughter, two sons, five stepdaughters, one stepson, one sister, three grandchildren, 15 stepgrandchildren and seven stepgreat-grandchildren.

Merl M. Haga BSE’63, Riverside, CA, July 5, 2011. She was a schoolteacher and began her teaching career in a oneroom school house in Liberty. She retired from teaching in 1986. Survivors: one daughter.

Lester F. Henderson MED’63 DAS’71 EDD’76, Ashdown, March 12. He worked in the Ashdown School District and spent two years working in the Foreman School District. He retired after 33 years.

C. Lincoln Johnson BA’63, Notre Dame, MI, March 1. He was an associate professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame and served 14 years as the director of the Laboratory for Social Reseach. Johnson also served as the director of the Computer Applications Program for Arts and Letters at the University.

Survivors: one son, three daughters, one sister and two grandchildren.

Luther Ray Pigg ★ BSIE’63, Dec. 29, 2011.

Mary Camp Spurlock BSE’63, Huntsville, Dec. 6, 2011. She was a retired librarian with the Huntsville schools. Survivors: one son, one brother, three sisters, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Carol Dean Ham MED’64 EDD’69, Jonesboro, May 22, 2004.

Ruby Haston Abel ✪ BSE’65, Prairie Grove, March 5. She taught elementary students in the public school system.

Survivors: two sons, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

his wife, Carol Ann, one daughter and two grandchildren.

George Rea Walker Jr. ✪ BSA’65, Leland, MS, Dec. 24, 2011. He began his career by joining the family business, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Co. Later he became the president and head of operations, and director of international marketing. As a representative of the Rockefeller Foundation, Walker taught business courses in Kazakhstan.

Survivors: his wife, Margaret Walker ✪ FS’65, his mother, one daughter, two sons, two sisters and 10 grandchildren.

Mardell Seeley Finsel BA’66, Fort Smith, Feb. 15. She was a retired teacher from Southside High School. Survivors: one daughter, two sons, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Jimmie Eugene Trost BSCE’66, Little Rock, Jan. 3. He served in the U.S. Army. Trost retired as a civil engineer with the Survey & Maintenance Division of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. After retirement, he worked part-time as a disaster relief professional with FEMA. Survivors: his wife, Sue, two daughters, two sisters and one grandchild.

Duane E. Vandenberg ✪+ MBA’67, Hot Springs, Dec. 22, 2011. Following college graduation, he was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.

Later in his career, Vandenberg served as chief of Air Force Intelligence at Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. He retired as a senior colonel after 31 years of service. Survivors: his wife, Peggy Vandenberg ✪+ BSE’66 MED’71, two daughters, two sons and five grandchildren.

James W. Yancey Jr. BSCHE’67, Farmington, Feb. 9, 1989. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Later he worked as a supply clerk for 30 years for the V.A. Hospital in Fayetteville.

Survivors: his wife, Verna, one son, two daughters, one brother, five sisters, nine grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Patricia A. McRaven MA’65, Rolla, MO, Jan. 1. She taught English at the University of Mississippi, Memphis State University, Oklahoma State University and part-time at other colleges. McRaven was the author of several books of poetry.

Survivors: one sister and three brothers.

Melba Louise Owens MED’68, Parks, Jan. 6. She worked as a Rosie the Riveter at Rhor Aircraft in Chula Vista, Calif. Owens began her 32-year teaching career in Boles and taught for 28 years at Waldron High School. Survivors: two daughters, four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Jerry Barker Robinson BSBA’65, Gulfport, MS, Dec. 13, 2011. Survivors:

LeRoy Simpson EDD’68, Woodland Park, CO, Sept. 16, 2011. He was

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an associate professor of human performance/leisure studies and athletic director at Nebraska’s Wayne State College for more than 30 years. Simpson was the track and field and cross country coach from 1968 to his retirement in 1997. Survivors: his wife, Marian, and one son.

James A. Brown ✪+ BSE’68, Carmel, CA, Sept. 13, 2010.

Sibyl Brockman Brown MED’69, Star City, June 17, 2010. She taught at Star City High School until she retired.

Survivors: two sons, two sisters, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Barbara Engler BSHE’69, Bentonville, March 15. Through the years she held various jobs, including 15 years in the family business, Black’s Ready-toWear. Survivors: her husband, Bob, one daughter, one son, four stepsons, three grandchildren and five stepgrandchildren.

Brent Berry ★+ BSBA’70, Rogers, March 8. He was a 24-year veteran of Walmart Stores. He retired as vice president and managing director of international merchandise and was responsible for import and export programs for Walmart and Sam’s Clubs.

Survivors: his wife, Solveig ★+ BSE’72 MED’86, his mother, one daughter, one son and three grandchildren.

Jerry Lee Gonzales BSEE’70, Fayetteville, Dec. 30, 2011. He worked as a janitor. Survivors: his wife, Barbara, his mother, one sister and three brothers.

Charlotte Leonard Rea BSBA’70, Dallas, TX, Jan. 12, 2011.

Ella Mae Jones MA’71, Memphis, TN, Nov. 8, 2008.

Carey W. Meadors BA’71, Fayetteville, March 4. He worked as a self-employed building contractor. Survivors: his mother, one daughter, one son, three sisters and five grandchildren.

Rush Turk BSBA’71, Little Rock, Dec. 21, 2011. He participated in joint farming operations and related agricultural service with relatives throughout his life. Rush was an aide to Congressman Ray Thornton in Washington, D.C., and served as a reading clerk in the Arkansas House of Representatives for many years.

Isabel Dunlap Weston MED’71, Harrison, Dec. 29, 2011. She spent 10 years in San Angelo, Texas, where she taught and became the principal Summer 2012

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Focus on fitness Since March, students have had their choice of two exercise facilities–the newest right in the heart of campus. The University of Arkansas opened the University Recreation Fitness Center in the Arkansas Union, a space previously occupied by the first floor of the University of Arkansas Bookstore. The department of University Recreation will operate this facility in addition to its main facility in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building.

The Fitness Center features almost 6,000 square feet of fitness floor space, a 1,500-square-foot group exercise room, and men’s and women’s locker and shower facilities. Free amenities include day lockers and Wi-Fi. Membership is included in student tuition, and is available for purchase by faculty, staff, alumni and their family members. UREC memberships include access to both the HPER building and the UREC Fitness Center. n

at Angelo Catholic School. Later Weston and her husband owned and operated Harrison’s Scenic 7 Motel for six years. After more than 32 years as an educator, she retired from Harrison Junior High School. Survivors: one daughter, three sons, one sister, two brothers and six grandchildren.

Linda A. Fletcher MA’72, Tampa, FL, March 9. She was a math professor at Hillsborough Community College for 32 years. Survivors: her husband, William, one daughter, five sons, one sister and five grandchildren.

Eugene L. Holmes BA’72, Lawrence, KS, April 5. He was in the U.S. Army.

Throughout his career, he owned and managed many businesses. Survivors: his wife, Nancy, his mother, three sons, one stepdaughter, one stepson, one sister and one brother.

Marshall L. Ishmael EDD’72, Eufaula, OK, March 6. He was a lifelong educator and coach. He worked as the superintendent of Gentry Public Schools.

Survivors: his wife, Murla Jeanne Ishmael MS’71, two sons, one daughter, Summer 2012

one brother, three sisters, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Cornelia V. Lawson EDD’72, Tallahassee, FL, Jan. 16. She was the librarian at Cobb Junior High School in Tallahassee until 1967. She was a member of the Teacher Corps, based at the State College of Arkansas.

Lawson was also a Team Leader in the Choctaw Indian Intern Program.

She worked at the Armstrong State College in Savannah, Ga., where she taught children’s literature and human development until her retirement as a full professor in 1988.

Johnson P. Melhorn BA’72, Little Rock, Dec. 15, 2011. He had a long career in real estate with The Janet Jones Co. Survivors: his wife, Katherine MA’81, one daughter, one son, one sister and three brothers.

Rick Redden BARCH’72, Little Rock, March 27. He practiced architecture at The Cromwell Firm until 1982. He helped create “Allison Moses Redden, Architecture, Interiors and Planning” in July 1982, which later evolved into

AMR Architects Inc. Survivors: his wife, Soon, his father, two daughters, one son and one brother.

Charles P. Allen JD’73, Lexa, Jan. 5.

He was an attorney and owner of Allen Law Firm. Survivors: his wife, Melinda, one son, one daughter, one sister, one brother and seven grandchildren.

Kenneth Earnest MBA’73, La Crosse, WI, March 4. He was in the U.S. Army and designed cannons and artillery for tanks. He worked at the Trane Co. in La Crosse and at Admiral Refrigeration in Galesburg, Iowa. Later Ken was employed at the University of Missouri, Illinois State University and at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, until his retirement. Survivors: one brother and one sister.

Terry Ledbetter BSBA’73, Speegleville, TX, Jan. 4. He worked in residential and commercial construction.

Survivors: his parents, two sons and two grandchildren.

Nora Lou Miller BSE’73, Van Buren, Jan. 24. She worked writing radio commercials for KFPW in Fort Smith

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and for WJLK in New Jersey while her husband served in the U.S. Army.

She also worked for Chrysler Corp.’s missile division in Huntsville, Ala. Later she was employed as a teacher for 22 years in Fort Smith and Van Buren before retiring in 1994. Survivors: two daughters, four grandchildren, one sister and two brothers.

Mary E. Osborne ★ MED’73, Fayetteville, Jan. 25. She was a retired public school teacher and librarian, and had worked in public schools throughout northwest Arkansas. She retired from the Fayetteville Public School System in 2009. Survivors: her husband, Richard ★ JD’73, her mother, one son, two daughters, one brother and two grandchildren.

Kathy J. Younkin ★ BSBA’73 ADN’78, Fayetteville, Jan. 1. Most of her career she spent working as a nurse in the coronary care unit and later worked as a home health nurse.

Survivors: her father, two daughters and one sister.

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Kenneth B. Ball BSBA’74, Fayetteville, Dec. 24, 2011. He founded his own accounting firm which he ran until his death. Survivors: his mother, one son, two sisters and three stepchildren.

Larry R. Little BSBA’74, Rogers, Feb. 7. Survivors: his wife, Carol, one son, two daughters, one brother, 12 grandchildren and one greatgrandchildren.

Jimmie Wayne Marler BSA’74, Mountain Home, March 21. He retired from Baxter Healthcare after 32 years of service. Survivors: his wife, Velma, his parents, two sons, one sister and four grandchildren.

Karen E. Muncy BSE’74, Fayetteville, Dec. 27, 2011. She was a childcare provider for University Baptist Church.

Survivors: her mother and three sisters.

Wallace H. Wyeth MED’74, Maumelle, Jan. 11. He was employed at Blaylock Threet Engineers as a production manager and was owner of the former Goodtime Video Store of Little Rock. Survivors: his wife, Vickie, one daughter, five sons, one brother, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Kenny J. Combs BSA’75 MS’77, Russellville, March 8. He worked for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and retired after 32 years of service. Survivors: his wife, Jennifer, his mother, one son, one daughter, one sister and four grandchildren.

Alex T. Gillespie Jr. BS’75, Bentonville, Dec. 11, 2011. Survivors: his father, one daughter, one sister and one brother.

Gregory Giles Smith FS’75, Fort Smith, March 10. He was an attorney for 30 years and a partner at Robertson, Beasley, Smith & Cowan, PLLC law firm. Survivors: his wife, Sue, one daughter, four sons, one sister and three grandchildren.

Blair Buckley Jr. ✪+ JD’76, Fayetteville, Jan. 16. He was a member of the U.S. Army and served in Korea as well as two tours in Vietnam. After retiring from military service and acquiring his law degree, Buckley became a public defender in southeast Missouri. Survivors: his wife, Betty, two sons, three daughters, seven grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

David W. Sprouse BA’77, Springdale, Dec. 14, 2011. He was a salesman with 66

Budgetext. Survivors: his parents, three daughters, one brother and two sisters.

Terry Bremer BA’78, Springfield, MO, May 22, 2010. He worked in information technology and financial aid, eventually becoming director of financial aid at the Burdett School, Boston, Mass. Survivors: his mother, two daughters, one sister and one grandchild.

Sara S. Day ★ BA’78 MED’88, Fayetteville, March 14. She taught for more than 20 years at Farmington High School and Fayetteville High School.

Survivors: one daughter, two sons, eight grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.

Steven E. Owens ✪ BA’78, Little Rock, Jan. 24. After years as an emergency room physician, he went on to work for the Social Security Department of Disability Determination. Survivors: his wife, Judith, one son and one sister.

Robert Wofford Jr. BSEE’78 MSEE’79, Shreveport, LA, Sept. 29. He was a master electrician and worked for AEP/SWEPCO until he recently retired.

Survivors: his wife, Paula, three sisters and four brothers.

Kay Gude BA’81, Fayetteville, March 25. She taught journalism at Fayetteville High School and was the owner of Shoelaces, a shoe boutique. Later she worked as director of marketing and public relations for Harrison County Community Hospital. Survivors: her parents, one daughter, one sister and two brothers.

Stuart M. Rosso ✪ BA’82, Fayetteville, Oct. 1. He was employed by FedEx for 28 years. Survivors: his parents, three daughters, two sons, one sister and one brother.

Lana Jean Crook Bartlett BSE’83, Fayetteville, Dec. 26, 2011. She was a school teacher at Butterfield Elementary in Fayetteville, having been a teacher in Fayetteville for 25 years. Survivors: her husband, Ron, two daughters, two sisters and two grandchildren.

Gary Wayne Catt BA’83 MA’84, Floral, March 25. He worked as an advertising representative for Falcon Cable in Little Rock and KAIT in Jonesboro. Survivors: his mother and three sisters.

Ora Lee Tucker MED’84, Hamburg, Jan. 23. She taught lower elementary school in the Hamburg School District for 30 years. Survivors: her husband,

Cal, one son, one stepson, two stepdaughters, one brother, one sister and four stepgrandchildren.

Margot Khavinson BSBA’06, Fayetteville, Dec. 30, 2011. Survivors: three sons and one brother.

Donald Edward Dalton BSEE’85 MBA’93, Springdale, March 26.

He was a computer engineer with HewlettPackard. Survivors: his wife, Susan, his parents, two sons, one daughter, one brother and two sisters.

Christopher E. Townsend BA’04, Fayetteville, March 14. He was an editor in broadcast journalism. Survivors: his wife, Tonia, his parents, two sons, four grandparents and one brother.

Kelle Phillips Ray BSBA’87, Alexander, Jan. 3. She was a longtime pharmaceutical representative. Survivors: her husband, Steven, her mother, one son, one daughter and one brother.

Sherry J. Lambert ★+ AA’89, Springdale, March 2. She managed the Daisy Manufacturing Credit Union. Survivors: two sons, one daughter, one stepdaughter, one sister, 10 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren.

Bert Rakes BSBA’90, Fayetteville, April 4. He was an electrical contractor and retired as director of building inspections for the City of Fayetteville.

Survivors: his wife, Deanna Marie, one daughter and one grandson.

Stephanie Ann Doyle ★+ BSHES’96, Fayetteville, Feb. 28.

She was a talented violinist and an accomplished interior designer.

Survivors: her husband, Michael, her parents, one daughter, one son, one sister, one brother and four grandchildren.

William E. Maxwell FS’96, Memphis, TN, Dec. 10, 2011. He taught at the University of Memphis for the past nine years. Survivors: his wife, Rebecca, his parents, one brother and two sisters.

Victor Alan Dreier EDD’99, St. Louis, MO, March 29. Survivors: his wife, Teresa, two sons, one brother, one sister and two grandchildren.

Terry Grant Armstrong BSPA’02, Fayetteville, Feb. 27.

Brian Thomas Solak BSCE’02, Camden, Dec. 29, 2011. Survivors: his mother and father, two sons and one brother.

James Carl Thorell MS’04, Nesbit, MS, Dec. 10, 2010. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, running swift boats into Vietnam.

Thorell worked for IBM for 17 years. Survivors: his wife, Sammie, three daughters, one sister and five grandchildren.

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Debbie N. Emengini JD’10, Plano, TX, Dec. 15, 2011. She practiced law at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Fayetteville and most recently was a contract attorney for Robert Half Legal.

Survivors: her mother, Regina, one brother and two sisters.

Friends Arthur Fry, Fayetteville, Aug. 23, 2011. He served as an electrician’s technician in the U.S. Navy during World War II before going to work in nuclear chemistry for two years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He joined the University of Arkansas chemistry department in 1951 and worked until his retirement in 1991. Survivors: two sons and two grandchildren.

Patricia Green Butler ★, Osceola, Dec. 23, 2011. She was a homemaker.

Survivors: one daughter, three sons, seven grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

Terry Scoggins ★, Newport, Feb. 25.

He worked for Frank A. Rogers and Co. Inc., eventually becoming co-owner and CFO. Survivors: his wife, Lee, his parents, one daughter, one son and one brother.

Ewell Weddington ★, Bryant, March 25. He served in the U.S. Air Force before going to work for Gulf Life Insurance. He later opened the Tobacco Superstore in West Little Rock. Survivors: his wife, Sheila, two daughters, three stepdaughters, two brothers and seven grandchildren.

Melvin R. Youngblood ✪, Clarksville, IN, Nov. 9, 2010. He was an accountant in Louisville for 45 years, becoming senior partner in 1969 of Youngblood, Reich & Fowler.

Survivors: two daughters, three sons, eight grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. n

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As part of the Clinton administration, Goss traveled the globe, meeting with organizations and countries, from NATO to Russia, to share ideas and develop preparedness plans and exercises. And while she was now seen as an expert on the subject, Goss recognized Clinton’s influence on her work. “He was my mentor, my emergency management mentor, so I almost immediately adopted his view. Borders don’t make a difference. Jurisdiction doesn’t matter. You have to deal with the disaster holistically. We really adopted a ‘whole of the community’ concept of disaster response.”

After Clinton left office, Goss stayed in the D.C. area to work in the private sector.

Her work with companies such as Electronic Data Systems, SRA International, Booz Allen Hamilton, and now her own company, World Disaster Management, continues to put her at the forefront of her field. Goss still works with FEMA, now as a private consultant, continuing the work she began under Clinton. And while her accomplishments are many, she wants to do more. “Over time,” said Goss, “I realized that emergency management is still pretty new, and I could play a key role in building the profession, in developing standards, training materials and education programs. That’s the part I focus on now.”

Although Goss has lived in Virginia and the D.C. area since 1993, she and her family maintain a strong fondness for her home state.

“My daughter Susan did not want to leave Arkansas. We had to drag her here kicking and screaming,” she said with a laugh, “but now she’s more or less a Washingtonian.” Goss still has a home in Little Rock and a farm in Tontitown, and visits both often. She has also given back generously to her alma mater. A lifetime member of the alumni association and a part of the association’s board of directors since 2008, Goss contributes to numerous university projects, including the Dr. Henry M. Alexander Memorial Award, named in honor of a certain beloved professor.

“I love the university, every part of it. I can’t imagine my personal or professional life without having studied here.” n

That meant potential investors were seeing pre-screened teams – only the best were there to pitch. “Coming in off the street, there’d be no way we’d get to see these individuals,” Allen said.

Two – the value of having Carol Reeves as a teacher, mentor and coach.

Reeves was among the 10 individuals featured by Fortune magazine in its article about women who are “doing it for themselves” in the world of entrepreneurs. The magazine recognized Reeves as a “winning coach who inspires her teams, expects excellence and keeps students focused on the big picture.”

Reeves, who holds the Cecil & Gwendolyn Cupp Applied Professorship in Entrepreneurship at the Walton College, has coached an amazing string of business-plan teams that have won hundreds of thousands of dollars in competitions.

“She really is a coach,” Fortner said. “She has been there every step of the way from the beginning. She tells you what you are doing right but also what you are doing wrong. If we ever feel stuck or down, she’ll find a way to keep you going.”

“She really is a great coach,” Allen said.

“She pushes us to do our best. She really motivates you to keep going. You don’t want to disappoint her. You don’t want to disappoint Dr. Reeves.”

The BiologicsMD team feels the same way. “Carol is fantastic,” Thomas said. “We wouldn’t be here without her support.”

The success of BiologicsMD in competitions helped boost Arkansas to the top of the heap in business plan competitions. Thomas said the university’s teams keep getting better and better, and Arkansas continues to gain respect and recognition. This year, the University of Arkansas qualified three business teams for the Venture Labs Investment Competition, the first time that any university had ever qualified three teams for the most prestigious of the business plans in the nation.

“It’s to the point that Arkansas is really on the map,” Thomas said. “It’s now, ‘What’s Arkansas going to bring this year?” n

The Student-Athlete Development Program helps foster the growth of academic, leadership and life skills to benefit studentathletes on and off the field. The existing multifaceted program provides student-athletes with interview and job skills, education about making healthy choices, customized leadership training and provides opportunities for community service.

Long said the news of the donations took him aback.

“When Chancellor Gearhart called to tell me that the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and Fred Smith had made substantial gifts in my name to our university, I was surprised and truly humbled,” Long shared. “I am extremely grateful to the Reynolds Foundation and the Smith family for their continued investment in the lives of Razorback studentathletes and the University of Arkansas.

They have been long time advocates of the Razorbacks, the university and the entire state of Arkansas. Their generosity will help us meet our mission of developing student-athletes to their fullest potential through intercollegiate athletics. Our student-athlete development program remains a focus of our department and of great importance to me.”

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation is a private foundation located in Las Vegas, Nev. It has been a long-time supporter of the University of Arkansas and Razorback Athletics including providing the signature gift for the renovation and expansion of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Most recently it provided a $10 million challenge grant for the new football center. n

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Passing on a Tradition Christopher C. Mercer, left, whose profile appeared in the spring issue of Arkansas, provided a surprise during the Silas Hunt Legacy Awards, presented in April at Little Rock. Mercer was one of the first African American students to enroll in the University of Arkansas School of Law after Silas Hunt integrated the school in 1948.

Mercer has served as a lawyer for more than 50 years and decided that the banquet was the perfect time to pass along one of his keepsakes from his days as a law student.

He presented Charles Robinson, the university’s vice provost for diversity affairs, with a well worn copy of W.H. Bengel’s Arkansas Legal Forms: Business and Legal Forms with Notes, published in 1935 by the Thomas Law Book Co. of St. Louis, Mo. The title of the book, its condition, even its legal advice was of less importance than its previous owner: Silas Herbert Hunt, himself. It was given to Mercer after Hunt died, and Mercer held onto it. The book is now available for inspection in the special collections department of the University of Arkansas Libraries.

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