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campus news The Hendrix College Board of Trustees recently welcomed five new members: (left to right) Rev. Ellen R. Alston ’82, Dr. Charles Chappell ’64, Dr. Joe G. Hollyfield ’60, Rev. Roy P. Smith ’77, and William H. Wilcox.
operating officer. Before joining Leisure Arts in 1981, he spent three years on the senior audit staff at Ernst & Whinney in Little Rock. A native of Conway, Siebenmorgen was awarded the Mosley Economics Prize at Hendrix, where he was a member of the swim team and played water polo. He earned a master’s in business administration with an emphasis in finance and accounting from Tulane University in 1978. David J. Hinson was named executive vice president and chief information officer. Most recently, Hinson was the vice president of engineering at Orlando, Fla.-based IZEA. Prior to joining IZEA, Hinson was President of Sumner Systems Management, where he supervised the creation of custom software solutions and mobile and social application experiences for a broad range of industries and disciplines. Hinson is an alumnus of Tennessee Technological University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.
five join board of trustees The Hendrix College Board of Trustees welcomes five new members this fall. Rev. Ellen R. Alston ’82 of Alexandria, La., is the district superintendent for the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. Alston is an alumnus of the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. Alston was in the first-year group from Hendrix to attend the Oxford program and is very interested in opportunities for students to study abroad. Dr. Charles M. Chappell ’64 of Little Rock, Ark., is a professor emeritus of English at Hendrix College. Chappell earned his master’s degree and doctorate from Emory University. He joined the Hendrix faculty in 1969. He attends Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, where he is an elder, session member, and serves on the adult education and personnel committees. Dr. Joe G. Hollyfield ’60 of Shaker Heights, Ohio, is the chair of ophthalmic research and the Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Ophthalmology Research at the Cleveland Clinic’s Cole Eye Institute. An alumnus of Louisiana State University and the University of Texas at Austin, Hollyfield completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Utrecht’s Hubrecht Lab. Among his many professional service activities, he serves as director of extramural research for the Helen Keller Eye Research Foundation,
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where he is on the selection committee for the organization’s Helen Keller Laureate award. He is a member of Hope for Vision’s scientific advisory board and is a coorganizer of the biennial International Retinal Degeneration Symposium. Rev. Roy P. Smith ’77 of Russellville, Ark., is the senior pastor at First United Methodist Church in Russellville. He is an alumnus of Duke University Divinity School and a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary Club International. William H. Wilcox of Addison, Texas, is the CEO and member of the board of directors of United Surgical Partners International. Wilcox is an alumnus of Vanderbilt University and Tulane University and the father of William B.T. Wilcox ’12. He has held numerous senior leadership roles in health-related businesses and has served on numerous boards, including most recently Concentra Inc. and Good Shepherd Episcopal School.
and the medal goes to Hendrix will present Odyssey Medals to six alumni at a special 2011 Founders Day convocation on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 11:10 a.m. in Staples Auditorium. Odyssey Medals are awarded to alumni whose life achievements exemplify the ideals of Your Hendrix Odyssey: Engaging in Active Learning. Through their personal and professional accomplishments, Odyssey Medal winners have demonstrated the value of liberal arts education and hands-on learning. The 2011 Odyssey Medal Winners are: Wendy R. Anderson ’93, who works for the U.S. Department of Defense, will be honored for Global Awareness; actor William Ragsdale ’83 will receive the Odyssey Medal for Artistic Creativity; media personality Tommy Sanders ’76 will be recognized for Special Projects; Benjamin Schumacher ’82, a pioneer in quantum information theory, will receive the Odyssey Medal for Research; retired FBI special agent and administrator William C. Temple ’73 will be honored for Professional and Leadership Development; and Surgeon General Dr. Joe Thompson ’84 will receive the Odyssey Medal for Service to the World. Hendrix will also honor Bill Fox ’60, senior vice president emeritus at Emory University, who received the 2009 Odyssey Medal for Professional and Leadership Development.
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