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CONTENTS 

Today 

A Magazine for Ozarks 

Alumni & Friends 

University Administration 

Rick Niece, Ph.D. 

President 

John Jones, MBA 

Provost and Vice President, Finance and 

Business Affairs 

Steve Edmisten, MA 

Vice President, University Advancement 

Jim Abbuhl, MA 

Vice President, Enrollment Management 

Daniel Taddie, Ph.D. 

Vice President, Academic Affairs 

Production Staff 

Larry Isch, MS 

Director of Public Relations 

Editor 

Vinnie Tran, BA 

Publications Coordinator 

Design and Layout 

Photo contributions by Josh Peppas, Eric 

Leon, Jenny Shaw, Angela Forrest and 

Ana Saldivar 

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Office of University Advancement 

University of the Ozarks 

415 N. College Avenue 

Clarksville, AR 72830-2880 

(479) 979-1230 

Fax (479) 979-1239 

Web site: www.ozarks.edu 

University Directory 

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Admissions 979-1227 

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Athletics 979-1465 

Business Office 979-1208 

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The University of the Ozarks does not discriminate 

on the basis of religion, gender, color, 

national or ethnic origin, age, or physical 

handicap in the administration of its educational 

policies, programs or activities. 

6 Enrollment sets mark 

University of the Ozarks 

Volume 22 Number 2 Winter 2003 

Fall 2003 Semester enrollment of 731 

sets university record for on-campus 

students. 

8 Summer to Remember 

Ozarks senior credited with saving life 

of swimmer in Florida over summer. 

11 Biology Professor leads 

Important Research 

Professor and his students hope research 

on fruit flies can help in fight against 

age-related diseases, such as cancer. 

ON THE COVER: 

U of O students, faculty and staff 

form a “lane of honor” outside 

Munger Chapel to thank 

supporters and friends of the 

university during the Pride & 

Promise Campaign Ceremony on 

Oct. 3. (Photo by Jenny Shaw) 

Story, Page 2 

FEATURES 

12 Theatre Professor 

Builds Studio Sets 

Ozarks’ communications students 

working, learning on new interview 

and news sets in the television studio. 

20 Class Notes 

Find out what is happening in the lives 

of your former friends and classmates. 

23 Alumnus Shares 

Original Poems 

Retired pharmacist Frank Cole ’50 

shares some of his favorite poems. 

25 The 2002-2003 

Donor Honor Roll 

The university recognizes its friends 

and supporters during the 2002-03 

fiscal year. 

38 Memorials/Honoraria 

Supporters memorialize and honor 

their family, friends and former 

classmates. 

Ozarks football players 

celebrate in the locker room 

following their 34-26 victory 

over arch-rival Arkansas 

Tech in 1951. It was the first 

football victory by Ozarks 

over Tech, one of many 

highlights for a once-proud 

Ozarks football program. 

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The University of the Ozarks had 

more than 60 million reasons to 

celebrate on Friday, Oct. 3. 

The university celebrated the 

successful completion of its five-year, 

$60 million Pride & Promise Campaign 

with a ceremony in Raymond Munger 

Chapel to thank its donors. The 

ceremony, which concluded on the 

campus mall with a pep rally-like bang, 

was attended by more than 500 

students, faculty, staff, alumni and 

friends of the university. 

The Pride & Promise Campaign, 

which officially ended on Oct. 27, 

raised more than $60.2 million to 

strengthen student services, academic 

programs and facilities at the four-year 

Presbyterian-affiliated university. 

Nearly 2,800 people contributed to the 

campaign since it began in 1998. 

4 Today, WINTER 2003 

“There are days that you share 

history, there are days that you are a 

part of history, and then there are days 

that you make history,” said Ozarks 

President Dr. Rick Niece. “Today is a 

history-making day at the University of 

the Ozarks. At Ozarks we owe so much 

to so many. We will never forget our 

faithful and generous donors regardless 

of the size of the donation.” 

The start of the Pride & Promise 

Campaign was announced on Oct. 27, 

1998, in Munger Chapel with a lead 

challenge gift of $39.5 million from the 

Walton Family Charitable Support 

Foundation. At the time it was the 

largest single gift to a private university 

in Arkansas and one of the 50 largest 

gifts ever made to private education. 

Mrs. Helen Walton, a long-time 

friend of Ozarks and the lifetime 

Honorary Chair of the university’s 

Board of Trustees, helped Ozarks kick 

off the campaign in 1998 by saying, 

“Keep your eyes on Ozarks. It’s going 

to be a place of great happenings!” 

Helen Walton, the wife of the late Wal- 

Mart founder Sam Walton, was not able 

to attend the celebration ceremony. 

Jim Walton, one of Helen Walton’s 

four children, provided a comment on 

behalf of the family: “The University of 

the Ozarks has always been a special 

place to our family. We are extremely 

pleased that the Pride & Promise 

initiative has helped the university rise 

to new heights.” 

Walton drew a standing ovation 

from the crowd when Dr. Niece thanked 

her for her long-time support of Ozarks. 

“Please keep that dearest champion 

of this campus in your hearts today,”

Dr. Niece said. “No one in the storied 

history of this campus is more treasured 

than Mrs. Helen Walton. Mr. Sam’s 

Rule No. 6, among the 10 rules he listed 

in his book, Made in America, was 

‘Celebrate Your Successes.’ Today, in 

Sam and Helen’s honor, we are doing 

just that. Bless you and your family for 

your continued belief in us and our 

students.” 

The crowd erupted in thunderous 

applause numerous times throughout 

the one-hour event. 

“This is a service of thanksgiving 

and celebration, not an opportunity to 

sit on your hands,” said Steve 

Edmisten, vice president for 

advancement. “Shake each other’s 

hands, pat each other on the back, or 

cheer if you feel like it.” 

The Rev. Bill Rail, a 1952 alumnus, 

also spoke at the ceremony, telling the 

crowd to never forget the people who 

have played a role in the storied 169- 

year history of the university. 

“We are surrounded by a great 

cloud of witnesses,” Rev. Rail said. 

“The present and past faculty, staff and 

students make up that cloud of 

witnesses. They persisted, they 

persevered in the face of many 

difficulties. We are richer for the 

Campaign raises 

$60,237,964.13 

The final tally for the Pride & 

Promise Campaign came in at 

$60,237,964.13, according to 

university officials. 

The campaign, almost three times 

larger than the university’s previous 

largest campaign, officially ended at 

midnight on Oct. 27. Nearly 2,800 

people contributed to the five-year 

campaign, which was launched on 

Oct. 27, 1998. 

heritage they have left us. Perhaps we, 

too, may be counted as a part of the 

heritage, and we have the privilege of 

passing it on to the ones who follow.” 

The initial Pride & Promise goal of 

$55 million was surpassed in October 

of 2000, and the goal was increased to 

$60 million, by far the most ambitious 

in the university’s 169-year history. 

Sixty percent of the campaign funds 

went to increase the endowment, which 

has more than doubled since 1998. 

Capital construction made up 24 

percent of the campaign, other 

restricted gifts such as one-time 

Faculty, staff and students cheer during the campaign ceremony on Oct. 3. 

scholarships 

and academic 

equipment 

made up 10 

percent, and 

six percent 

went to the 

Annual 

Scholarship 

Fund. 

Over the 

course of the 

campaign, 

Ozarks has led 

or was among 

the top 

universities in 

the country 

with regard to 

A video of Helen Walton 

announcing the gift in 

1998 was shown. 

philanthropic support per student. 

Ozarks was also featured in a cover 

story of the Aug. 1, 2003, edition of 

The Chronicle of Higher Education as 

one of the nation’s few private colleges 

that “has prospered in tough economic 

times.” 

“Ozarks’ Pride & Promise efforts 

have literally transformed the 

educational environment here,” said 

Steve Edmisten. “This transformation 

is a wonderful tribute to all those who, 

over many years, have worked so hard 

to achieve this school’s mission of 

educational service.” 

Since 1998, Ozarks has achieved 

one of the region’s fastest-growing 

enrollments, growing 38 percent over 

that span and reaching a record 731 this 

Fall Semester. Ozarks has also been 

rated a “top tier” university as well as 

one of the South’s top “Best Value” 

colleges by U.S. News & World Report 

each of the past five years. 

Other seven-digit gifts in the course 

of the campaign included $7 million 

from Pat and Willard Walker to 

construct Walker Hall, a state-of-the-art 

teacher education and communications 

building; $2 million from Vera M. 

Pfeffer to establish a low-interest 

student loan trust; and $1 million from 

Dr. Alvin Broyles to improve grounds 

and other purposes. 

Today, WINTER 2003 5

6 Today, WINTER 2003

Who Would Have Believed ... 

By Steven G. Edmisten, Vice President for University 

Advancement 

Who would have believed, prior to October of 1998, 

that in only five years, University of the Ozarks would: 

!Increase its overall enrollment 38 percent; 

!Increase its enrollment of full-time students taking 15 

or more credit hours by 43 percent; 

!Double its endowment; 

!Grow its faculty by 37 percent… 

Who would have believed that in five short years, 

University of the Ozarks would: 

!Acquire a state-of-the-art Teacher Education and 

Communications facility (Walker Hall); 

!Construct three new apartment style residence halls 

(Cary-Wortz Hall, Bagwell-Jones Hall, and Mabee Hall); 

!Renovate all three existing dormitory style residence 

halls (King, Smith, and Maclean); 

!Build, fence, light, and irrigate a dedicated intramural 

field for student recreation; 

!Encircle the campus with attractive signage and 

lighting to assist visitors in locating university 

facilities… 

Who would have believed that over five years Ozarks 

would: 

!Consistently rank as a top-tier private University and a 

best value in the south; 

!Exceed the national averages in every major measure of 

student satisfaction and engagement as reported in the 

National Survey of Student Engagement conducted by 

the Pew Forum on Undergraduate Learning and the 

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 

and administered by the Indiana University Center for 

Post-Secondary Education; 

You Did! 

!Receive state, regional, and national recognition in 

publications like The Chronicle of Higher Education for 

exceptional growth and quality attainment; 

!Have students, faculty, and staff consistently receive 

regional and national recognitions, honors, and awards for 

outstanding performance… 

Who would have believed that during the last five years 

Ozarks would: 

!Receive well in excess of $60 million to support all 

these achievements; 

!Hit its Annual Scholarship Fund goal each year ; 

!Rank among schools like Harvard, Duke, and Wellesley 

in terms of philanthropic support on a per-student 

basis… 

Who would have believed all these wonderful blessings 

and more would come to Ozarks and her students over five 

years Well, if you are one of the almost 2,800 individuals 

and groups who supported the Pride & Promise Campaign, 

you believed! From alumni and churches to friends and 

foundations, and from all corners of America came the 

steadfast belief, hard work, and generous support that made 

all these good things happen. 

For all these wonderful blessings, all of us who are 

members of the University of the Ozarks community and 

family extend our deepest and everlasting thanks. And we 

extend our thanks and admiration to all those great and 

wonderful people, living or departed, whose undying belief 

in Ozarks prepared the way for others for over 169 years. All 

of you are the true Pride & Promise of Ozarks! 


Ozarks has been ranked as a “top 

tier” university for the fifth consecutive 

year in the U.S. News & World Report’s 

annual publication that looks at 

institutions of higher education. 

In the 2004 edition of “America’s 

Best Colleges,” Ozarks was ranked in 

the “top tier” in the category of 

Comprehensive Colleges (Bachelor’s) 

in the South Region. U.S. News ranks 

the nation’s colleges and universities in 

tiers, with the top 25 percent of the 

schools in each category placed in the 

top tier. 

In its annual “America’s Best 

Colleges” edition, U.S. News & World 

Report ranked more than 1,400 

accredited schools nationally, based on 

such criteria as academic reputation, 

graduation and retention rates, faculty 

resources, student selectivity, financial 

resources and alumni giving. 

In the magazine’s “Best Values” 

category, Ozarks ranked fifth among the 

South’s 105 Comprehensive Colleges 


Campus 

News 

Enrollment reaches all-time high of 731 

The University of the Ozarks’ 2003 

Fall Semester enrollment of 731 

students is the largest on-campus 

enrollment in university history. 

The Fall enrollment represents a 

four percent increase over Fall 2002 and 

a 38 percent increase since 1998 when 

the campus had 530 students. It also 

marks the most on-campus students in 

the school’s history, topping the 726 

students in 1989. The only other time 

Ozarks reported more students was in 

the 1980s when total enrollment 

numbers included students at its satellite 

campuses in Fort Smith and Hot 

Springs. 

“We continue to make history, and 

this fall’s enrollment is another example 

of our amazing recent success,” said 

Ozarks President Dr. Rick Niece. “A 

university’s enrollment is a 

combination of recruiting students and 

then retaining them. Our success in the 

recruitment of new students, plus the 

retention of current students, speaks 

volumes about the quality of education 

at the University of the Ozarks and our 

outstanding faculty and staff.” 

The 2003 Fall Semester enrollment 

includes 452 returning students and 279 

new students. There are also 466 

students living in on-campus housing 

this semester, the largest number in the 

university’s history and a 35 percent 

U.S. News ranks Ozarks 

as “top tier” for fifth year 

(Bachelor’s). 

Ozarks has 

been ranked in 

the South 

Region’s top 

five of “Best 

Values” by the 

magazine in 

each of the past 

five years. The 

value rankings 

evaluate the 

cost of attending a college or university 

relative to the quality of the institution, 

according to the ranking system. 

“I am proud that, once again, 

Ozarks is highly ranked by U.S. News 

& World Report,” said U of O President 

Dr. Rick Niece. “Being ranked for the 

fifth consecutive year as a top-tier 

university is a tribute to our faculty, 

staff and students. That ranking is a 

campus-wide achievement. Only a 

select number of campuses are placed 

among their peers at the top.” 

increase since 1998. 

“Our new student recruitment 

strategies are working great as we had a 

five percent increase in new freshmen 

over last year and have had a 38 percent 

increase in new students since 1998,” 

said Jim Abbuhl, vice president for 

enrollment management. “Also, we’ve 

improved our retention of students from 

year to year which can be attributed to 

our faculty, staff, student life activities, 

athletic staff and improved facilities. 

The commitment to students that 

everyone on this campus makes is just 

amazing. We’re thrilled to continue to 

serve our students in the very best 

manner possible.” 

PBL students excel 

at national conference 

Students from Ozarks’ Phi Beta 

Lambda (PBL) collegiate chapter 

placed in several categories at the 

2003 FBLA-PBL National Leadership 

Conference in Dallas, Texas in July. 

U of O students participated in 

various workshops, and competed in 

several individual and team events. 

Ozarks’ winners included: Becky 

Stengel and Julio Valdez, fourth place 

in Business Plan; Yessica Ayala and 

Alvaro Duron, sixth place in Business 

Plan; Julie Carlton, sixth place in 

Business Communications; Christa 

Lanphear, Kelly Johnson, Travis 

Tarkinton, Kayla Todd and Erin 

Yancey, seventh place in 

Parliamentary Procedure; Natalie 

Gack and Auxi Guerrero, eighth in 

Partnership with Business Project; 

Katherine Melendez and Matt Stagg, 

ninth place in Emerging Business 

Issues; Dewayne Lambert, tenth place 

in Human Resources Management; 

Auxi Guerrero, tenth place in 

Quantitative Methods. The Ozarks 

chapter also won a Gold Seal Chapter 

Award of Merit, which recognizes 

outstanding local chapters.

Campus 

News 

Ozarks featured in Chronicle of Higher Ed 

U of O was one of six private 

colleges featured in a cover story in the 

August 1 issue of The Chronicle of 

Higher Education, a national weekly 

newspaper that is widely considered one 

of the top academic publications in the 

world. 

In an article titled, “Back From the 

Brink: How six private colleges, once in 

steep decline, found ways to survive — 

and even prosper — in tough economic 

times,” The Chronicle reported that 

Ozarks had “created a vibrant oncampus 

life for students” to boost 

enrollment and increase retention rates. 

The article also pointed out that Ozarks 

has no long-term debt, has operated with 

a balanced budget for the past six years, 

and has doubled its endowment since 

1997. 

A picture of several Ozarks students 

scaling a climbing wall on campus was 

used as the primary cover photograph. 

“When The Chronicle contacted us 

about featuring Ozarks as one of the 

nation’s outstanding success stories, 

I was elated,” said Ozarks President 

Dr. Rick Niece. “Then when the 

issue was published and Ozarks 

was on the cover, I was ecstatic. 

All of us at Ozarks have worked 

tremendously hard the past six 

years for recognition of this 

nature. To have the leading 

publication in the world of 

academe highlight our campus 

in this manner is an honor 

beyond description.” 

The other private colleges 

featured in the publication 

included, Rocky Mountain 

College in Montana, 

Bellevue University in 

Nebraska, Muskingum 

College in Ohio, 

University of Hartford in 

Connecticut, and Chatham College in 

Pennsylvania. 

Students Making A Difference 

Several of the freshman Critical Inquiry classes took on community projects during the fall. The class of Dr. 

Buddy Smith (left photo)spent about 90 hours clearing brush and cleaning up an old cemetery near Lamar. The 

group is working on getting the cemetery, which has markers dating back to the 1850s, listed as an Arkansas 

historical site. The class of Karen Jones (right photo) volunteered its time to help build houses as part of the 

Arkansas Valley Habitat for Humanity organization. 


Editor’s Note: The following article 

about U of O senior Taylor Magee appeared 

this summer in the El Dorado 

(Ark.) Times-Record. It is reprinted here 

with the permission of the newspaper.) 

Taylor Magee is not a lifeguard, but 

he more than played one this past June 

when he helped to rescue a man from 

drowning at a Florida beach. 

Had it not been for Magee’s quick 

thinking and calming demeanor during 

the rescue effort, Stuart A. Long might 

have been a victim in one of several recent 

drownings that have been reported 

in the Florida Panhandle. 

Long, a professor of engineering at 

the University of Houston, was vacationing 

in Perdido Key, Fla., this summer 

when he found himself in a harrowing 

predicament. 

In a heartfelt letter to Taylor’s parents, 

Ed and Karen Magee of El 

Dorado, Long recalled his first “meeting” 

with their son. 

“One afternoon I was playing 

around in the surf with a small surfboard 

and inadvertently got caught up 

in some sort of undertow, or riptide. 

Before I knew what was happening, I 

realized that I was being swept farther 

and farther from shore,” he wrote. 

The incident unfolded at Orange 

Beach on June 8, during a weekend of 

stormy weather that produced fierce 

waves and dangerous riptides, or under 

currents that flow outward from the 

shore along the Gulf of Mexico. Like 

hundreds of other visitors to beaches in 

the area that weekend, Long took to the 

water despite red flags cautioning 

people against swimming. 

Several swimmers had drowned in 

nearby Pensacola, including a man who 

drowned the same day that Long rode 

his Boogie board into the water at 

Orange Beach. 

“It quickly became evident that I 

was unable to kick back in. I decided 

that I was in trouble and tried to shout 

for help for what seemed like a very 


Campus 

News 

Student credited with saving swimmer’s life 

Taylor Magee 

long time,” he wrote. 

Struggling to stay afloat, Long was 

knocked off his board a couple of times, 

but managed to climb back on. He was 

unsure if anyone on the beach had 

heard his cries for help. 

“I began to realize that there was no 

way I was going to be able to survive 

without help,” he lamented. 

As fate would have it, Magee was 

working a summer job as a cabana boy, 

renting umbrellas and loungers to 

beach-goers at the same posh beach 

resort where Long was staying. 

Magee had completed his work day 

and was packing up his beach equipment 

preparing to leave at 4:30 that 

afternoon when he took one last look 

down the beach front. 

“I saw these people frantically waving 

their arms and pointing toward the 

ocean, indicating that a swimmer in the 

distance was in trouble,” he explained. 

Magee said he then spotted Long in 

the water about 100 yards out, and he 

could tell immediately that Long was in 

trouble. 

“I got on my radio and called my 

boss. Then I called emergency crews,” 

he said. 

Realizing it would take a while before 

rescue workers would arrive, 

Magee instinctively decided to go out 

into the water to help Long in the meantime. 

“I grabbed the nearest Boogie board 

I could find and passed my radio to the 

nearest person on the beach and went,” 

he said. 

“As I got closer to him, I could see 

that he desperately needed help, his 

eyes were red, he was totally exhausted 

and almost going into shock. The waves 

had knocked him around quite a bit.” 

A life-long swimmer, Magee 

explained that although he is not a certified 

lifeguard, lifesaving classes taken 

over the years had prepared him for 

such a situation. 

“I knew to stay back because 

people in danger of drowning often 

panic and then there’s the danger of 

putting the rescuer under,” he said. “So 

I tried to talk to him and calm him 

down. I let him ride on the Boogie 

board while I dragged him to shore.” 

But pulling the professor to shore 

was not easy, thanks to uncooperative 

currents and waves. Explained Long, 

“The current was still very strong however, 

and it was not clear that he would 

be able to tow both of us in. He kept me 

out of the water by telling me when the 

next wave was about to crash over us.” 

Long said that another person joined 

the rescue effort “after quite some 

time,” and Taylor said they reached 

shore after about 30 minutes. 

“I am reasonably certain that I 

would not have been able to stay afloat 

for the time it took authorities to 

respond. It is also clear after the fact 

that Taylor risked his own life to save 

mine,” Long wrote. 

The two men who did not know 

each other prior to June 8 have now 

formed a special bond. Upon learning 

that Magee is an avid soccer player, and 

student at Ozarks, Long pledged to 

keep in touch and to track him as he 

works toward a career as a sports 

announcer and/or soccer coach. 

“You can be assured that he has a 

friend for life,” Long said of Magee. 

“He put himself in a very dangerous 

situation for a complete stranger. I 

really feel I owe him my life.”

Campus 

News 

Ozarks fares well in student survey 

Ozarks once again outpaced peer 

institutions and national averages in 

every category in the 2003 National 

Survey of Student Engagement 

(NSSE), the national survey designed 

to measure and encourage the teaching 

practices and campus environment that 

best enhance student learning. 

Released in November, NSSE 

(pronounced “Nessie”) surveyed 

185,000 randomly selected first-year 

and senior students at 649 four-year 

colleges and universities across the 

nation. The fourth annual survey, 

conducted by the Indiana University 

Center for Postsecondary Education, 

provides comparative standards for 

determining how effectively colleges 

are contributing to learning. Five 

benchmarks are measured: 1) level of 

academic challenge; 2) active and 

collaborative learning; 3) studentfaculty 

interaction; 4) enriching 

educational experiences; and 5) 

supportive campus environment. 

Ozarks scored above both the 

national averages for all colleges and 

universities and the averages in its peer 

group — baccalaureate-general 

Miss U of O 

Rebecca Stengel, a junior management 

major from Paris, Ark., was 

named Miss U of O 2003 during the 

annual pageant held in November. 

institutions — in all five categories for 

both first-year students and seniors. 

Ozarks also showed an improvement 

over last year in nine of the 10 first-year 

and senior categories. 

In the area of “level of academic 

challenge,” Ozarks’ scores of 59.1 for 

first-year students and 63.7 for seniors 

significantly exceeded the national 

averages of 53.9 and 57.3, respectively. 

In the area of “active and collaborative 

learning,” Ozarks scored 49.0 for firstyear 

students and 59.8 for seniors, well 

above the national averages of 41.8 and 

50.1 In the “supportive campus 

environment” category, Ozarks had 

scores of 73.9 for first-year students and 

68.5 for seniors. The national averages 

were 61.8 and 58.8, respectively. 

Studies have shown that student 

engagement is a strong predictor of how 

well a student learns. The more engaged 

students are in college, the more likely 

they are to develop the habits that are 

keys to success after college, including 

participation in civic affairs. 

Full details of the survey can be 

found on the NSSE Web site at: 

www.iub.edu/~nsse. 

Director of International Studies Dr. 

Rickey Casey speaks with international 

students in his office in Voorhees Hall 

during the Fall 2003 Semester. The entire 

International Studies Office moved from 

the Boreham Business Building to 

Voorhees during this past summer. 

6 

A school-record number of 

goals scored by Lady Eagles 

soccer player Lindey Swatzell 

in a game against Louisiana College 

on Oct. 9 in Pineville, La. The 5-foot- 

4 junior forward from Westwood, 

Kan., also had two assists for a total 

of 14 points in Ozarks’ 12-1 victory. 

22 

Number of different states 

that Ozarks’ Fall 2003 

Semester student body 

comes from, led by Arkansas (430), 

Texas (92) and Oklahoma (34). Other 

states represented include, Missouri 

(11), Louisiana (7), Kansas (5), 

California (4), Utah (3), Idaho (2), 

Vermont (1) and Wyoming (1). 

54 

Number of career goals 

scored by Ozarks men’s 

soccer player Ricky 

Herrera, eclipsing the previous 

school record of 52 held by Marcos 

Gonzalez (1998-2001). The senior 

forward from Las Cruces, N.M., also 

set the mark for games played (83). 

3,927 

Number of 

hand-signed 

Christmas 

cards sent by University President 

Rick and First Lady Sherée Niece 

this December. A night photo of 

Walker Hall is featured on the 2003 

U of O Christmas cards, which are 

sent to donors, friends, alumni, 

faculty and staff. 

50 

Number of years that 

Richard “Dick” Bagwell, 

who died on Sept. 25, 

2003, served on the university’s 

Board of Trustees. The Tulsa, Okla., 

resident first joined the board in 

1953. Bagwell is believed to be the 

college’s longest serving trustee. 


Campus 

News 

Five to be inducted into Sports Hall of Fame 

Five former athletic standouts will 

be inducted into the university’s Sports 

Hall of Fame during the induction 

ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 17, in 

Mabee Gymnasium. 

The hall’s Class of 2004 will be the 

largest induction group since 1991 

when six former athletes were honored. 

The Class of 2004 includes Sylvester 

Benson, Leroy Douglas, O.D. 

Hightower, Stephen Kennedy and 

Charlie Roffine. 

“This group of former athletes 

represents a wide range of 

accomplishments and eras in Ozarks’ 

history,” said Reba Pridgin, director of 

alumni relations. “It’s an impressive 

class because of the varied 

achievements and contributions they 

made to athletics at the university.” 

Benson played basketball at Ozarks 

from 1963-67, becoming the first 

African-American to play 

intercollegiate sports at a traditionally 

white college in Arkansas. The Hugo, 

Okla., native is a high school principal 

in Kansas. 

Douglas, who lives in Hartman, 

Ark., was a standout baseball and 

basketball player for Ozarks in the early 

1950s. An All-Arkansas Intercollegiate 

Conference performer for the baseball 

team as a freshman in 1953, Douglas 

was 7-2 as a pitcher, hit a conferencebest 

.481 and led the team in RBIs, hits 

and home runs. Douglas left Ozarks in 

1954 to sign a major league contract 

with the Detroit Tigers. His professional 

career was cut short after getting hit in 

the head with a fastball, causing a 

severe concussion. 

Hightower, who is deceased, was a 

standout boxer at the university in the 

late 1940s. He won a total of six state 

Golden Glove championships, five state 

AAU championships and qualified for 

Conference Champions 

the U.S. Olympic team tryouts while a 

student at Ozarks. Hightower died in 

1964. His widow, Mollie, still lives in 

El Paso, Texas. 

Kennedy, who lives in Arizona, 

was a 6-foot-4 scoring and rebounding 

machine for the men’s basketball 

program from 1992-95. He holds the 

school’s all-time scoring record with 

2,318 points, more than 600 points 

ahead of the second-place scorer. The 

two-time NAIA All-American and 1994 

AIC Player of the Year also holds the 

school record for career rebounds with 

1,048 and is fifth in assists with 280. 

Roffine, who lives in Greenwood, 

Ark., was a multi-sport standout at 

Ozarks in the late 1940s. He was a 

four-year starter as a basketball player, a 

team captain and starting end as a 

football player, and a starter on the 

baseball team. In basketball, he earned 

All-AIC honors in 1949 and 1950. 

The 2003 U of O men’s soccer team made school history this past fall when it 

won the American Southwest Conference postseason tournament and became 

the first Ozarks team to advance to NCAA Division III postseason play. The 

Eagles defeated McMurry 3-0 and UT-Dallas 2-1 in Richardson, Texas, to win 

the conference tournament and gain the league’s automatic bid to the 44-team 

NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Tournament. The Eagles fell in the first 

round of the NCAAs, 5-0, to the nation’s top-ranked Trinity (Texas) in a 

regional match in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 15. The Eagles finished 13-8-1. 

Ed Smith, a member of the university’s 

Board of Trustees, recently wrote a book 

under the pen name Hawthorne Vance. 

The fiction thriller, The Saracen’s Golden 

Armor, was published by KiwE Publishing 

in Spokane, Wash. Smith is an attorney in 

Dallas. 


Campus 

News 

Biology professor leads 

students in age research 

Several U of O biology students are 

gaining invaluable real-world research 

experience thanks to Assistant Professor 

of Biology Dr. Sean Coleman. 

Coleman spent this past summer at 

the University of Arkansas for Medical 

Sciences (UAMS) as a visiting faculty 

member in the pharmacology and 

toxicology departments. Supported by a 

grant from the National Institute of 

Health, Coleman worked with Drs. 

Helen Benes and Piotr Zhimniak in 

research geared to understanding the 

aging process. 

The three studied the genes of fruit 

flies, whose genes and proteins are 

structurally similar and function similar 

to humans. They looked at the fruit 

flies’ genes and resulting proteins that 

are involved in protecting cells from 

oxidative stress, a product of using 

oxygen to generate cellular energy. 

Many believe that oxidative stress is a 

causative factor in aging, aging related 

disorders and pathogenesis of certain 

diseases such as cancer and alzheimers. 

Dr. Coleman has continued his 

research in this area at Ozarks with the 

help of several biology students. 

“It’s been a tremendous 

opportunity to work on actual research 

that can make a difference in people’s 

lives,” said Amanda Erisman, a senior 

biology major from Midway, Ark. 

“Working on this project has given me a 

new interest in research, and that’s 

something I want to pursue.” 

Coleman said this type of research 

provides students with important realworld 

experience that is difficult to 

duplicate in the classroom. 

“What we can learn quickly and 

easily in a fruit fly may be able to be 

extrapolated to humans,” said Coleman, 

who has been at Ozarks since 2000 after 

earning his Ph.D. from the University of 

Iowa. “This will and has already opened 

up relationships for our students 

wishing to pursue studies at UAMS.” 

Dr. Sean Coleman and students Tania 

Gundale (left) and Amanda Erisman work 

on research that Coleman brought back 

from a visiting faculty position at UAMS 

this past summer. 

Walden continues research on Dublin housing 

Assistant Professor of History Dr. 

Judy Walden spent the summers of 

2001 and 2002 in Dublin, Ireland, 

continuing her 

research on public 

housing in that city. 

Walden, who 

has been at Ozarks 

since 1999, 

conducted research 

at the city archives 

of Dublin and the 

National Library of 

Dr. Walden 

Ireland, examining documents from the 

Dublin Housing Department and the 

city architect’s office. Her study traces 

the growth of Dublin’s public housing 

program from 1945-1970, and analyzes 

the relationship between housing form 

and the ongoing project of constructing 

Linda Grace Carcamo 

1978-2003 

Linda Grace Carcamo, a 2002 

graduate of Ozarks and former 

Walton Scholar, died on Oct. 31, 

2003, in a swimming accident in San 

Salvador, El Salvador. A memorial 

service was held for her at the 

university on Nov. 5. 

national identity in the newlyindependent 

Irish state. 

According to Walden, during this 

period housing form both shaped and 

was shaped by the changing ideas of 

what it meant to be Irish. The 

movement from the small “cottage 

with a potato patch” to the “shining 

towers” of the high-rise housing 

projects was part of an overall 

reassessment of Ireland’s place and 

identity in the modern world. 

Walden’s work builds on earlier 

research for her dissertation on public 

housing in Dublin. Her research was 

supported by grants from the American 

Historical Association and the U of O’s 

Dial fund. 

Walden earned her Ph.D. from 

Northwestern University. 


New studio sets 

boost programs 

Students working for Ozarks’ 

educational access television station, 

TV-6, were in for a pleasant surprise 

when they returned to 

school this past August: 

two original and stateof-the-art 

studio sets. 

Designed and built 

by Ozarks Theatre 

Professor Bruce Brown, 

the main news set and 

the interview set 

provide the breathtaking 

final touches on a television production 

facility in Walker Hall that has been 

called one of the finest in the region. 

Students use the news set to produce 

a live newscast, “Live at 5,” on 

campus and community events each 

Wednesday afternoon. The interview set 

is used for several different shows as 

well, including “Crossing the Line,” a 

political and current events show. 

“We wanted to retain the rich 

traditional look of Walker Hall and at 

the same time project a very modern 

image that would reflect our state of the 

art facility and equipment. Bruce 

achieved both of these objectives 

remarkably well with his use of deep 

wood colors as well as metal and 

glass,”said Susan Dorney, director of 

video and media services who oversees 

the student-run KUOZ station. “The 


Brown 

Campus 

News 

news set gives the talent an air of 

professional news delivery, and the 

interview set provides a versatile place 

to do interviews or promos.” 

Brown, who has been at Ozarks 

since 1996, has designed and built 

numerous sets for the university’s 

theatre productions. In preparing to 

build the sets, he worked extensively 

with Dorney and Communications 

Professor Dr. Jane Cater. 

“At first, I simply listened as Jane 

and Susan discussed the studio’s needs, 

and I made mental notes while they 

outlined the details they envisioned for 

the space,” Brown said. “Some of the 

Terms expire for nine Board members 

Nine members of the university’s 

Board of Trustees, whose terms 

expire this year, were honored at the 

Oct. 4, 2003, board meeting on 

campus. Among those leaving the 

board are (front row, from left) Jan 

Doak, Ed Dell Wortz, Judy Borck, 

(back row, from left) Bob Bohl, Pete 

Grant, R.L. Qualls, Terry Carson 

and Jack Phillips. Not pictured is 

Roy Johnson. 

Communications students produce a segment of “Crossing the Line” on the 

recently completed interview set, designed and constructed by Ozarks Theatre 

Professor Bruce Brown. 

concepts that stuck with me after these 

initial meetings were: ‘home,’ ‘Ozarks,’ 

‘modern,’ ‘functionality,’ ‘solid,’ ‘versatile,’ 

and ‘complete environment.’ ” 

Brown sketched out several drawings 

of ideas, built 3-D models of the 

empty television studio and began 

“roughing in” the design in 3D with 

cardboard and cutouts. 

To integrate the space with the 

Ozarks campus and give it a sense of 

“wholeness,” Brown incorporated the 

arched window from Robson Library 

into the interview set. By using steel 

cables, brushed steel sheeting, and a 

metal spiral staircase along with glass 

block, he was able to give the sets a 

modern feel that complemented the 

more traditional brick and wood nicely. 

Several styles of woods and wood tones 

kept the space low-key and promoted 

the feeling of home. He also incorporated 

brick columns and the Walker 

Hall logo into the design. 

Brown and Ozarks alumnus Nathan 

Sain constructed most of the set themselves 

in about eight weeks. 

“I feel confident that the space will 

serve the students in the communication 

program admirably for many years to 

come, and I am proud to have been a 

part of their future,” Brown said.

On a turf now occupied by a championship soccer team, 

Ozarks once fielded a football program that competed 

annually against some of the top colleges in the region. 

As then College of the Ozarks 

student body president in 1965, 

it fell upon Jim Lewis to make 

the announcement to the students that 

the college was dropping its football 

program after the 1965 season. 

“There was just stunned silence,” 

said Lewis, who also played on the 

football team. “People were just 

speechless; they were crushed. It was 

one of the most difficult things I had to 

do as president.” 

With that formal 

announcement, which Lewis 

made during a 

convocation 

service in Munger 

Chapel, the final 

chapter was written in Ozarks’ proud, 

under-budgeted and over-achieving 

football program. 

It was a program that had once 

played the University of Arkansas on a 

regular basis; a program that had 

produced some of the best players and 

coaches in the history of the old 

Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference 

(AIC); a program that many considered, 

in regard to enrollment and size of the 

school, one of the best small college 

teams in the region. 

The earliest records of football at 

the college date back to the early 1900s 

when the school was known as 

Arkansas Cumberland College. Despite 

some ultra-successful seasons in the 

Photo: Several former football players 

and coaches at Ozarks returned to 

Hurie Field in November for a photo. 

They were (front row, from left) Bobby 

Teeter, Rodger Callahan, Charles 

Callahan, Jim Wright, Ted Young, 

Richard Kamp, (second row, from left) 

Fritz Ehren, Gene Carson, Jim Lewis, 

Phil Collins, Dean Pitts, Jerry Duncan, 

Don Pitts, Lonnie Qualls, (third row, 

from left) Rex Yerby, Bob Hurley, Jerry 

Wagoner, Bill Holder, Robert Ehren, 

Jim Clay and Dave Ross. 

early 1930s, the program was 

discontinued after the 1935 season 

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ecause of budgetary 

reasons. Following an 11-year 

hiatus, the program was brought back 

in 1946. The 1950s was a golden era of 

Mountaineer football as the program 

showcased some of the top talent in the 

region and annually battled for the AIC 

championship. 

However, in the late 1950s and 

early 1960s, the program began to feel 

the effects of dwindling budgets and 

enrollment. Administrators, fighting to 

keep the college afloat during difficult 

financial times, decided to discontinue 

the program after the 1965 season. 

Now, some 38 autumns since 

footballs filled the air on campus, it’s 

almost hard to imagine what a football 

fall Saturday at Ozarks was like. 

“There was really nothing like a 

Saturday of a home game on campus,” 

said Fritz Ehren, a standout running 

back for the Mountaineers in the early 

1950s who also served as an assistant 

coach and later president of the 

university. “There was a lot of 

excitement, not only on campus, but 

throughout the town. It was something 

pretty special.” 

The Early Years 

Though records of a football 

program at Ozarks date back to as early 

as 1902, the college began playing a 

serious intercollegiate schedule in 1923. 

Throughout the 1920s, Ozarks 

fielded a solid football program that 

recorded several eye-catching victories, 

including a 48-0 win over Harding in 

1924 and a victory on the road against 

Bowling Green, Ky., in 1925. 

When Hurie Field was constructed 

in 1929 in the northeast corner of the 

campus, it was one of the finest football 

fields in the region. The field was built 

with a $25,000 donation to the college 

by Fred I. Eldridge of New York City 

on the provision that the field 

be named in honor of 

university president 

Dr. Wiley Lin 

Hurie. Students at 

the college 


The 1906 Cumberland College football 

team was led by Walter Willis (with ball) 

who was an all-state center in the early 

1900s. He was inducted into the Ozarks 

Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. 

provided most of the manual labor, and 

Marie MacLean donated the steel 

grandstand. With the governor of 

Arkansas, Harvey Parnell, on hand to 

dedicate the field, Hendrix ruined the 

inaugural game at Hurie Field with a 6- 

0 victory over Ozarks on Nov. 8, 1929. 

Among the many coaches Ozarks 

had in the 1920s was a young George 

Cole, who would go on to state fame as 

a coach and later athletic director at the 

University of Arkansas. But the Ozarks 

football program reached 

unprecedented heights in the early 

1930s when Edgar O. “Silent” Brown 

took over the reins of the program. 

Brown had coached at Arkansas 

Tech for 11 years prior to taking over 

the Ozarks program in 1933. He 

promptly guided the Mountaineers to 

three consecutive 6-2-1 seasons. 

Ironically, all three ties came against 

Tech — 7-7 in 1933 and 0-0 in both 

1934 and 1935. Ozarks played 

Arkansas to within 13-0 in 1934 in Fort 

Smith. The Razorbacks refused to play 

games in Clarksville, so the two teams 

met in either Fayetteville or Fort Smith 

each year. 

Dr. Ernest King, a retired physician 

from Russellville, grew up in 

Clarksville watching the Ozarks teams 

of the 1930s, including the dominant 

teams of 1934 and 1935 when the 

Mountaineers went a combined 12-4-2 

and outscored their opponents 357-102. 

Top Seasons 

1934 

6-2-1 

Head Coach: E.O. Brown 

University of Arkansas....................L, 13-0 

Arkansas College............................W, 21-0 

Ouachita............................................W, 7-0 

Monticello.......................................W, 45-0 

Hendrix...........................................W, 53-0 

Ada (Okla.) Teachers........................W, 7-0 

Henderson..........................................L, 6-0 

Tahlequah (Okla.) Teachers............W, 21-0 

Arkansas Tech....................................T, 0-0 

1953 

*5-2-1 

Head Coach: Frank Koon 

Southern State.................................W, 24-7 

Austin College.................................L, 21-0 

Hendrix...........................................W, 49-0 

Henderson State..............................W, 37-7 

East Central State..........................W, 28-20 

Arkansas A&M................................L, 19-7 

Arkansas State Teachers...............W, 14-13 

Arkansas Tech................................T, 13-13 

1957 

*7-1-1 

Head Coach: Frank Ingram 

Arkansas A&M................................L, 32-0 

Ouachita Baptist..............................W, 26-0 


Henderson State..............................W, 13-0 

Central College (Mo.).....................W, 60-0 

Ouachita Baptist..............................W, 40-6 

Hendrix College..............................W, 19-6 


Henderson State.................................T, 0-0 

* Finished second in the AIC 

“Ozarks had a very good team and 

they would give the University of 

Arkansas a good battle each year,” said 

King. “When Coach Brown came here, 

our program just went up a couple of 

notches. We had some really hardnosed 

players that were as good as any 

in the state.” 

When Ozarks dropped 

intercollegiate football after the 1935 

season and placed a renewed emphasis 

on intramurals, including touch 

football, it was the first college in the 

state to drop the sport. But within two 

years, five other colleges had dropped 

their intercollegiate football teams as 

well, many citing the high cost of

The 1935 Ozarks team went 6-2-1 and tied for the conference 

championship with Arkansas Tech. The college dropped football 

because of financial reasons following the 1935 season. Football 

was brought back to Ozarks in 1946. 

Students at Ozarks in the 1950s were enthusiastic about supporting 

the football team. 

fielding a football program. 

“I remember there being quite a bit of disappointment 

about not having football,” said King, who entered Ozarks in 

the fall of 1936 and still serves on the university’s Board of 

Trustees. “My father was on the Board of Trustees and Dr. 

Hurie was a good friend of the family, so I could understand 

the reasoning. Football was just too expensive. They didn’t 

drop it because they wanted to, but because they had to. It 

was either that or close the doors to the college.” 

With no football at Ozarks, several players transferred to 

other colleges, many becoming stars, such as James Ahlf, an 

all-stater for Ozarks in 1935 who was named the state’s best 

player for the 1936 season while starring for Arkansas State 

Teachers College (now University of Central Arkansas.) 

Coach Brown was chosen to head the new intramural 

program at Ozarks. He died in 1937 at the age of 54 

following a stroke. 

The Golden Era 

When President Hurie decided in the spring of 1946 to 

bring intercollegiate football back to Ozarks, he solicited the 

help of businesses and townfolks in Clarksville, and the 

efforts raised approximately $10,000 to buy equipment and 

get Hurie Field back into playing shape. 

The man hired to lead the program was Frank Koon, a 

former standout tackle at Henderson State University. The 

tough-but-fair Koon, who had stormed the beaches of 

Okinawa as a Marine, earned instant respect from his new 

players, many of whom were also World War II veterans just 

off the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific. 

Frank Cole, a hard-nosed fullback from Brinkley, Ark., 

who had been recruited by the likes of Notre Dame, 

Alabama, Tennessee and Texas coming out of high school, 

ended up at Auburn after an 18-month stint in the military. 

But he left Auburn after just two days of practice when he 

was told he couldn’t bring his wife to the university. 

“I’d been separated from her for 18 months and I wasn’t 

about to be separated from her for any longer,” said Cole, a 

retired pharmacist living in Jonesboro, Ark. “When I got 

back to Arkansas, Coach Koon called me about playing for 

Ozarks. I liked the fact that Ozarks had a pharmacy school, 

so that’s where I went.” 

As a 20-year-old freshman, Cole was one of the 

youngest players on the 1946 team. Most of the players were 

in their mid to late-20s, veterans of World War II. Cole 

remembers a player named Chigger Minor who went 

through a sobering routine after every game. 

“We would lay him down and help pull shrapnel from 

his back after games,” Cole said. “We had several players 

who had received Purple Hearts during the war.” 

The task of putting together a football program in a short 

time led to some interesting developments for Ozarks in the 

first few weeks of the 1946 season. The Mountaineers were 

unable to scrimmage until a week before their opening game 

at Hendrix because most of their equipment, including 

helmets and shoulder pads, had not arrived. Ozarks had to 

borrow cleats from Clarksville High and wore gold jerseys 

borrowed from Arkansas Tech during the game with 

Hendrix, which the Mountaineers lost 14-0. 

Football was so new to the campus community that the 

college newspaper, The Mountain Eagle, ran an article early 

in the fall explaining the rules of the game and the positions 

on the field. 

Though 1946 was the first year football was back on 

campus after more than a decade, the quality was better than 

one might expect. Many of the older players had played 

college ball before the war, including David Scarborough, 

who had kicked the winning field goal for the University of 

Arkansas against Detroit in the early 1940s before going off 


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to war. 

“We had a pretty good 

team with some very good players, 

but the problem was so did everyone 

else,” Cole said. “All these older 

veterans were going to college and 

playing football. It made for some good 

football.” 

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, 

Ozarks football began to make strides 

toward respectability. The 1951 season 

was a breakout season as a speedy 

halfback from Booneville, Ark., named 

Fritz Ehren, a hard-running freshman 

fullback from Clarksville named Lonnie 

Qualls and a core group of players from 

the small Arkansas hamlets of Hartford 

and Lake Village led the Mountaineers 

to a 5-3-1 season and their first ever 

victory over arch-rival Arkansas Tech, 

34-26. 

“Hartford and Lake Village had 

played for the state high school 

championship a few years earlier and 

Ozarks had connections with both of 

those coaches,” Ehren said. “We got 

probably eight or nine players from that 

game and they were all good football 

players. That’s when we started 

winning.” 

Despite having the smallest 

enrollment of just about any footballplaying 

college in the region, Ozarks 

went on to have winning seasons from 

1951-1954, including a second-place 

finish in the AIC in 1953. Operating out 

of the old Single-Wing offense, the 

Mountaineers had the AIC’s Back of the 

Year for three straight seasons, starting 

with Fritz Ehren in 1952, Qualls in 

1953 and Robert Ehren in 1954. 

While Ozarks mainly succeeded 

with over-achieving players that other 

colleges passed on, the Mountaineers 

had their share of players who could 

have played anywhere. Fritz Ehren, 

who set an AIC single-season rushing 

and scoring record before 

being drafted by the NFL’s 

Los Angeles 

Rams, had been 

highly recruited 


Coach Season Record 

F. Koon 1946 3-6 

" 1947 3-6-1 

" 1948 3-7 

" 1949 3-6-1 

" 1950 3-8 

" 1951 5-3-1 

" 1952 5-2-1 

" 1953 5-2-1 

" 1954 5-3 

F. Ingram 1955 4-4 

" 1956 3-4-3 

" 1957 7-1-1 

" 1958 3-5 

" 1959 0-9-1 

" 1960 0-9 

D. Jones 1961 0-8 

L. Qualls 1962 1-7 

" 1963 1-6-2 

" 1964 0-8 

" 1965 0-8 

coming out of Booneville. After a stint 

in the armed forces, he chose to attend 

Ozarks. Qualls also was recruited by 

several colleges after a standout career 

at Clarksville High. He chose to stay 

and play for his hometown college. 

“George Cole once said to me that 

Arkansas really missed out when they 

Ozarks had the AIC Back of the Year for 

three consecutive seasons. They were 

(from left) Lonnie Qualls (1953), Fritz 

Ehren (1952) and Robert Ehren (1954) 

Coach Koon visits with several of his 

players during the 1949 season. 

didn’t recruit Lonnie or me,” said Fritz 

Ehren. “He said many times that we 

were two players out of the AIC who 

could have played at Arkansas.” 

There were others as well. Tackle 

Ray Basinger, the 1953 AIC Lineman of 

the Year, had been offered a scholarship 

by Arkansas and Tulane. Guard Jerry 

Wagoner was a standout on the great 

Booneville teams of the early 1950s and 

was offered scholarships by Arkansas as 

well as by a first-year head coach at 

Texas A&M by the name of Paul “Bear” 

Bryant. 

The solid 215-pound Basinger was 

a standout from Hartford who had 

accepted a scholarship from Tulane. But 

he left Tulane when coaches there 

insisted he have surgery on an injured 

knee. Under then assistant coach Frank 

Ingram, Basinger rehabilitated his knee 

without surgery and went on to an 

outstanding career at Ozarks. In his 

final two seasons at Ozarks in 1952-53, 

he averaged playing 58 minutes (out of 

a possible 60 minutes) a game. 

“Leaving Tulane and ending up at 

Ozarks was one of the best things that 

ever happened to me,” said Basinger, a 

retired high school football coach in 

Amarillo, Texas. “We had a close-knit 

group of players who had good work 

habits and just enjoyed playing the 

game. Coach Koon and Coach Ingram 

were great coaches who got the best out 

of us.” 

While Ozarks football provided 

many memorable games and plays 

through the 1940s, 50s and early 60s, 

one play that is etched in the minds of

Large crowds often turned out at Hurie Field to watch Ozarks do 

battle against other state colleges in AIC games. 

many fans and players in that era involved Ozarks running 

back Robert Ehren in a 1954 game against East Central State 

out of Ada, Okla. As Ehren was running the ball around end, 

an ECS player knocked it out of his hands. The ball flew up 

and Ehren, still running, caught it behind his back and kept 

running toward the Mountaineers’ goal line. 

“I remember running down the field, carrying the ball 

behind my back and wondering what the heck I should do,” 

Robert Ehren recalled. “I didn’t want to stop, so I kept 

running. One of the Ada players caught me and grabbed it 

out of my hands just before I scored. People still ask me 

about that play.” 

After Koon compiled an impressive 20-10-3 record from 

1951-54, larger schools came courting his coaching services. 

He took the job as head coach and athletic director at State 

Teachers College in Conway, where he went on to win two 

AIC championships for the Bears over the next decade. 

Frank Ingram, who had been Koon’s assistant since 

1946, was promoted to head coach at Ozarks in 1955. Ingram 

had been a quarterback for Ozarks in the early 1930s. 

One of the biggest games of the 1955 season for Ingram 

and the Mountaineers was a Nov. 12 home showdown with 


Fritz Ehren, Back (1948-52) 

At 6-1, 185 pounds, Ehren combined good 

size and blazing speed to become one of 

the top backs in the history of the AIC. 

The Booneville, Ark., native set an AIC 

record in total yards (1,173) and rushing 

yards (5.83 yards a carry) as the 1952 AIC 

Back of the Year. Ehren, whose No. 41 

was retired following his senior season, 

was drafted by and had a tryout with the 

L.A. Rams. He had a long and 

distinguished career in education, 

including a stint as president of Ozarks. 

Ray Basinger, Tackle (1949-53) 

Basinger did not start during the seasonopening 

kickoff of his freshman year, but 

he seldom left the field after that. The 

quick, 6-foot-2, 215-pound tackle was a 

force on both sides of the ball and the 

player Fritz Ehren and Lonnie Qualls called 

the best lineman to ever play at Ozarks. 

Recruited by major colleges such as Tulane 

and Arkansas, Basinger overcame a 

nagging knee injury to become a four-year 

starter and earn AIC Lineman of the Year in 

1953. 

Lloyd Goodwin, Guard (1932-35) 

The Clarksville native was a standout lineman 

and team captain for Mountaineer teams of 

1934 and 1935 that went a combined 12-4-2 

and outscored their opponents 357-102. Also a 

great boxer, the 6-foot, 205-pound Goodwin 

led a defense that pitched 12 shutouts in 1934- 

35. Legendary Alabama football coach Frank 

Thomas once called Goodwin the “best guard 

in the South.” Goodwin, nicknamed “Goody”, 

played a half a season of pro ball with the 

Chicago Cardinals in 1936 before stomach 

ulcers sent him home. He died tragically in 

February of 1937 at the age of 23 after 

catching pneumonia while performing flood 

duty with the National Guard. 

Playing with a broken hand, Fritz Ehren rambles for extra 

yardage in a game against State Teachers College in 1952. 

Lonnie Qualls, Back (1951-54) 

One of the best all-around athletes in the 

history of the college, the Clarksville 

native’s best sport was football where he 

was a four-time All-AIC first-team 

selection. The 5-8, 175-pound Qualls 

combined amazing quickness, toughness 

and balance to rush for 2,106 yards in his 

career. He was the 1953 AIC Back of the 

Year after leading Ozarks to a 5-2-1 record 

and a second-place finish in the AIC. He 

would go on to spend 33 years as a coach 

and teacher at Ozarks. 


State Teachers College, led by the former 

Ozarks head coach Koon. Ingram held the game 

in such high esteem that he closed practice during the 

week leading into the game, turning away not only the 

university president, Dr. Winslow Drummond, but even his 

own wife, Marie Ingram, who had come to practice to deliver 

a notebook of plays that Ingram had left at home. 

“He really wanted to win that one,” Marie Ingram said of 

her late husband. “I knew he was serious when he wouldn’t 

let either me or the president into practice. I think that was a 

chance to prove himself to his former boss.” 

Under the veil of secrecy, Ingram installed a new offense 

that helped Ozarks whip the Bears 32-18, one of the 

highlights of Ingram’s 4-4 inaugural campaign. The game 

with State Teachers College was marred by a bench-clearing 

brawl that is still talked about around Clarksville. 

“That was as big a fight as I’ve ever seen in a football 

game,” said Fritz Ehren, who was an assistant coach to 

Ingram. “It seems like every player from both sides as well as 

some fans were involved. As fast as we’d break them up, two 

more would get back into it.” 

With Ingram installing a Split-T offense made famous by 

Bobby Dodds at Georgia Tech, Ozarks put together one of 

the finest rushing programs in the country in the mid-1950s. 

Led by shifty halfback Bob Hurley, bruising fullback James 

Woolsey and a senior-laden line, Ozarks was among the top 

rushing teams in the nation in 1957 on its way to compiling a 

7-1-1 record and a second-place finish in the AIC. 

“We had some good players who liked to get after it,” 

said Hurley, who lives in Clarksville. “We weren’t real big, 

but we had a tough, quick line and we just played hard 

football. I know I played every quarter of every game in my 

career and that was the mentality we had. We didn’t want to 

leave the field. If the coach took us out, we felt like he was 

punishing us.” 

The 1957 team would be the last of the winning seasons 

for Ozarks. After losing 14 lettermen and most of their 

starters from the 1957 team, Ozarks struggled to a 3-5 record 

in 1958. Little did Mountaineer fans realize that a three-win 

season would be the best Ozarks would fare for the next 

seven seasons. 

The Difficult Years 

By the late 1950s and early 1960s, the football program 

at Ozarks was spiraling downward. The college itself was in 

financial trouble and had lost its accreditation. At a time 

when other colleges and universities were pumping money 

into their football programs in the form of more scholarships, 

more assistant coaches and more recruiting dollars, 

Ozarks was just hanging on. 

The Mountaineers went winless from 

1959 to 1961. The low point was the 

1960 season when Ozarks was 

Some of the coaches in Ozarks 

football history were (above 

left photo) E.O. Brown (above 

right photo) Frank Ingram 

and Frank Koon and (left 

photo) Lonnie Qualls and 

Jerry Wagoner. Qualls was the 

head coach and Wagoner was 

an assistant when the college 

dropped football after the 1965 

season. 

outscored 312-16 on its way to 0-9 record. In 1961, the 

Mountaineers were 0-8 and their winless streak had reached 

27 games. 

In 1962, Ozarks looked to a former standout to bring its 

football program back. Qualls, who had coached Clarksville 

High to an undefeated season in 1961, was named the head 

coach in 1962. He brought back Wagoner to be an assistant 

coach in 1963. 

Qualls’ stint at Ozarks started well as the Mountaineers 

defeated Southwestern State 19-8 in the season-opener of the 

1962 season to break the 27-game winless streak. But that 

would be one of the few highlights of the season as Ozarks 

fell to 1-7 on the year. 

The next season in 1963, Ozarks defeated Harding 14-7 

as small college All-American running back Phil Collins 

rushed for 224 yards. It was Ozarks’ first AIC victory since 

1958. 

“It was pretty frustrating because we were losing a lot, 

but I think most of us enjoyed playing and felt like we could 

help turn the program around,” said Collins, a retired high 

school football coach who is living in Russellville. “Even 

though we didn’t win a lot, it was a wonderful experience. I 

really enjoyed my years here at the college and playing 

football. Winning wasn’t everything.” 

The Mountaineers also tied two other teams and were 

competitive in most of their other games in 1963. 

“I think we were beginning to turn things around,” Qualls 

said. “It was still a difficult time and we didn’t win a lot of 

games, but we were in just about every game we played. We 

really felt optimistic that we could get back to winning.” 

But the gap between the other colleges and Ozarks 

continued to widen. 


The 1957 team had one of the best seasons in the school’s history, 

going 7-1-1 and finishing second in the AIC. 

“It was difficult to look across the field and see other 

teams with five or six assistant coaches when we had one,” 

said Wagoner. “Things like that made a big difference. When 

you have five assistant coaches, you can get five times more 

accomplished during practice. Also you can recruit a lot 

more. I remember Coach Qualls and I would end practice 

early on Fridays so that we could go recruit high school 

games. He'd have the southern part of the state and I'd have 

the northern half. It was a lot of ground to cover for two 

coaches.” 

Though competitive in most games, Ozarks went 0-8 in 

both 1964 and 1965. Gene Carson, who started four seasons 

at Ozarks as a 160-pound linebacker, epitomized the 

Mountaineer players of the early 1960s, hard-nosed and 

determined, but often out-sized and out-talented. 

“We played people tough, but we just didn’t have enough 

hosses,” said Carson, who is retired and living in Branch, 

Ark. “Teams just had more players who were bigger and 

faster. We played with a lot of heart and desire, but it just 

wasn’t enough.” 

University administrators and Board members had been 

talking about dropping football for several years. The ax 

came in 1965 when it was announced the college would drop 

a program that had operated with a $20,000 deficit during the 

1965 season. 

“I don’t think it really surprised most of us because we 

could see it coming,” said Qualls, who went on to stay at the 

college to teach and coach other sports until his retirement in 

1995. “I really felt we could have been successful, but we 

would have had to put more money into the program and the 

money wasn’t there.” 

Ozarks wasn’t the only university to discover the neverceasing 

financial burden of having football. According to the 

NCAA, no less than 161 four-year colleges have dropped 

football for good since 1950. Ozarks now competes in six 

men’s and five women’s sports in the non-athletic 

scholarship NCAA Division III. Fritz Ehren, who served as 

president at Ozarks in the 1980s, said there was talk of 

bringing the program back in the 1970s and 1980s. 

“I know we looked at it when I was president and there 

was just no way to afford it,” Ehren said. “I think with the 

way intercollegiate athletics has evolved, Ozarks made the 

right decision about football and about its athletic program.” 

Arch Pearson, Back (1925-28) 

A 170-pound fullback, nicknamed “Puss” 

for his grit and toughness, Pearson was 

one of the top all-around athletes at 

Ozarks in the 1920s, also excelling in 

baseball and basketball. The Paris, Ark., 

native was captain of the 1927 football 

team and helped lead the 1928 team to a 

record of 4-3-1, including victories over 

Louisiana Tech and State Teachers 

College. The caption in the 1929 Ozarks 

yearbook summed up his competitive 

spirit: “His limbs were cast in manly 

mold, For hardy sports or contest bold.” 

Robert Ehren, Back (1949, 1952-54) 

The younger brother of Ozarks standout 

Fritz Ehren, Robert made a name of his 

own as a fleet-footed, 185-pound halfback 

for the Mountaineers in the early 1950s. 

Picking up where his brother left off, 

Ehren shredded AIC defenses in the fall of 

1954 on his way to earning AIC Back of 

the Year honors. He had 231 rushing yards 

against Ouachita, 187 against Arkansas 

Tech, 174 against Henderson State, 205 

against State Teachers College (UCA) and 

207 against Arkansas A&M (UAM). 

Bob Hurley, Back (1955-58) 

The 175-pound Clarksville native was a 

regular as a halfback on the All-AIC 

teams from 1955-58. Also an outstanding 

punter, Hurley was one of the top rushers 

in the AIC in both 1956 and 1957, 

totaling 1,405 yards over the two seasons 

before an injury-riddled senior season 

slowed him down. Teaming with hardrunning 

fullback James Woolsey, Hurley 

helped the Mountaineers establish one of 

the top ground games in the nation during 

their 7-1-1 1957 campaign in which they 

averaged 275 rushing yards a game. 

Jerry Wagoner, Guard (1954-57) 

Shunning recruiting efforts by Arkansas 

and Texas A&M, Wagoner came to Ozarks 

where he was a three-time All-AIC 

lineman, helping pave the way for one of 

the conference’s top-rushing programs in 

the mid-1950s. The 195-pound 

Booneville, Ark., native was a four-year 

starter and earned first-team All-AIC 

honors as a sophomore and second-team 

honors as a junior and senior. As a senior, 

Wagoner led an offensive line that helped 

Ozarks rush for 275 yards a game. 


alumni news 

1940s 

Margaret (French) Biazo ’45 

married George Biazo on April 12, 

2003. They live in Springdale, Ark. 

1960s 

Troy Robinson ’67 is a senior 

pastor for Hope Chapel in Bentonville, 

Ark. His wife is Jeanne. 

1970s 

Johnny Dillard ’70 lives in 

Alexandria, Va., where he works for the 

federal government’s department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

(HUD). He has four children, Jennifer, 

Scott, Patrick and Elizabeth. 

Larry Lillard ’70 lives in Moran, 

Kan., with his wife Natha. He is a 

teacher. 

Margaret (Fraley) Beilby ’71 is 

living in Santa Ana, Calif., where she is 

a senior technical writer and business 

analyst for an information architect 

company, EBuilt, Inc. She has a son, 

The Rev. Dr. Ralph Clingan ’63 visited 

Ozarks in November and presented a 

lecture on his recent book, “Against Cheap 

Grace in a World Come of Age.” The book 

is an intellectual biography of Clayton 

Powell. Clingan is the pastor of the United 

Presbyterian Church in Cedar Grove, N.J. 


Christopher, and a granddaughter, 

Chrissa. 

Patricia (Sherlock) Dillon ’71 lives 

in Lansdowne, Penn., where she works 

as the program coordinator for St. 

Elizabeth’s Recovery Residence, a 26- 

bed residence for men who have been 

homeless and who have addiction 

problems. She formerly worked eight 

years in the jail ministry services for the 

Broome County Council of Churches in 

Binghampton, N.Y. 

Kermit Reynolds ’72 is living in 

The Colony, Texas, with his wife, 

Melard. He works as a systems analyst 

for 3M Health Information Systems. 

Rev. Gordon Page ’75 of 

Somonauk, Ill., was awarded the Ben 

Parker Award by the Stark County 

Historical Society in September for his 

1990 book, “Elmira Through the Ages.” 

The book traces the history of the Elmira 

township in Stark County, Illinois. He 

and his wife Margaret have two children, 

Rachel and Ian. He serves the Somonauk 

United Presbyterian Church. 

Dr. Kay Johnson ’77, the 

superintendent of Greenwood (Ark.) 

schools, is serving on the board of 

directors of the Arkansas Association of 

School Administrators. 

1980s 

Ellen Terry ’80, a comptroller for 

the Fort Smith School District, was 

elected to the Arkansas Teacher 

Retirement Board of Trustees recently. 

Alan Bratton ’82 married Diana 

Berger on July 12, 2003, in Clarksville. 

He works for Clarksville Light and 

Water Co. 

Corinne Werth ’83 is living in 

Merced, Calif., where she works as a 

nanny. She attended the Northwest 

Nanny Institute in Portland, Oregon. 

Chris Wynkoop ’84 is living in 

Bridgewater, N.J., with his wife 

Christine and son Kyle. He owns a 

commercial cleaning service. 

Margie Moore ’85 lives in Fort 

Smith where she manages operations for 

an 108-apartment complex called 

Dorothy (Caldwell) Salter ’41 helped lead 

her women’s basketball team, The Sooner 

Gals, to the gold medal in the national 

competition of the Senior Olympics in 

Virginia in June. Dorothy, 82, organized 

the team in 1991, and they have won either 

the silver or gold medal in the Senior 

Olympics every year since. She has won 

more than 100 gold medals in various 

competitions in the Senior Olympics since 

1988. She was inducted into the Ozarks 

Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. 

Sebastian Commons, located near UA- 

Fort Smith. She formerly worked as 

director of student activities at UA-Fort 

Smith. 

Chie Ishii ’86 of Berlin, Germany, 

recently released her third album, 

“Berlin Affair 3.” The classical pianist 

and composer also plays bass in a new 

1950s-style rock and roll band called 

Breathless. Her music can be heard on 

her web site (www.chieishii.com). 

1990s 

Wendy (Balliger) Blackwood ’90 

is living in Conway, Ark., where she is 

in graduate school. She and husband 

James have one son, Jordan. 

John Cowart ’90 is living in 

Austin, Texas, where he is a regional 

retail manager for VideoLine, Inc., a 

video store and clothing store chain. 

Francisco Drummond ’90 is living 

in Costa Rica with his wife, Kattiana, 

and sons Andrick, Bryan and Kevin. 

Francisco is a commercial manager for 

a company that sells and rents 

construction equipment. He writes that

he was a Walton Scholar and that he 

wants Mrs. Helen Walton to know “how 

much of a positive impact the scholarship 

had on my life. I will always be 

thankful for that opportunity.” 

Douglas Gutierrez ’90 and Audrey 

(Delvi Smith) Gutierrez ’89 are living 

in Panama and recently celebrated their 

12th wedding anniversary. They have 

three children and recently started their 

own marketing consulting business, 

InfoMarket. 

Fonda (Sisco) Jenkins ’92 and 

husband John are living in Fayetteville, 

Ark., with their son, Drayton, who was 

born in December of 1991. 

Rebecca (Reece) Solera ’92 lives 

in Bella Vista, Ark., with husband Kurt 

and their two children, Haley and 

Benjamin. She is an attorney and CPA. 

She is a business administrator and 

accountant for her husband’s dental 

practice and KBS Leasing. 

Erin (Bryant) Jaros ’93 and 

husband John are living in Little Rock 

with their son, Patrick. 

Joseph Moore ’93 and wife Amy 

had a new baby girl, Elianna Joy, on 

Oct. 11, 2003. He is a chef for the Mayo 

Clinic in Phoenix. 

Brenda (Solares) Feaster ’94 and 

husband Michael welcomed a baby girl, 

Isabella Cristina, to the family on June 

4, 2003. They live in Houston, Texas. 

Larry Carrethers ’95 is a 

computer operations manager for 

Amerivision Communications in 

Oklahoma City. His wife’s name is 

Athemia. 

Dyanna (Smith) Yarbro ’96 and 

Lance Yarbro of Siloam Springs, Ark., 

welcomed a son, England Sky, to their 

family on June 19, 2003. 

Amber (Macey) Dovel ’97 lives in 

Amarillo, Texas, where she is a high 

school science teacher. She married 

Randal Dovel on June 21, 2003, in 

Mountain View, Arkansas, and 

honeymooned in Belize. 

Abby Archer ’98 is living in 

Prospect Park, Penn., and working as a 

production coordinator for McManus 

alumni news 

Three recent Ozarks graduates are working for NBC-affilliate KPOM-TV 24/51 

in Fayetteville, Ark. They are (from left) Rhashaun Trammell ’03, a studio 

operator whose job includes editing video and running cameras and 

teleprompters; Trent Jones ’02, chief photojournalist whose responsibilities 

include shooting and editing daily news stories, creating and maintaining 

operational work schedules and equipment maintenance; and Jessica Bush ’03, 

a news photojournalist whose work involves shooting and editing video in the 

field. All three graduated with degrees in communications from Ozarks. 

Enterprises, a production lighting 

company. 

Dr. Ben Myers ’98 recently 

returned to his alma mater, Ozarks, as 

an assistant professor of English. He 

earned his Ph.D. from Washington 

University. He and his wife Mandy are 

living in Clarksville. 

Shawn Adams ’98 and Jennifer 

(Goodwin) Adams ’04 were married on 

July 19, 2003. They spent their 

honeymoon in Hawaii and reside in 

Conway where Shawn is a doctoral 

student in physical therapy at the 

University of Central Arkansas. 

C.J. Ellis ’99 is in Little Rock 

where he is an interior designer and 

artist for Bruce McEntire Interiors, a 

residential design firm. He helps design 

homes from the ground up and travels 

throughout the country. He recently 

took up bicycling and entered his first 

race in September. 

Jennifer (Penka) Speer ’99 and 

husband Ryan recently moved to 

Halstead, Kan. They are the proud 

parents of 2-year-old twin boys, Alton 

and Evan. 

Trillian Stevenson ’99 is working 

in New York City as a tailor for the 

HBO television series “Sex in the City.” 

She graduated with a master’s degree in 

costume design and technology from 

Rutgers last December. 

2000s 

Matt David ’01 is in his third year 

of law studies at Tulsa University, 

where he has served as president of the 

Tulsa Law Student’s Association for the 

past two years. This past summer he 

was also elected as vice chair of the 

National Student Bar Association. 

Ryan Evans ’01 and Holly 

(McNair) Evans ’98 are living in 

Spring, Texas, where he is a national 

security manager for Administaff and 

she is a kindergarten teacher. They had 

a baby girl, Reed, on March 25, 2003. 



alumni news 

Kelly Geigle ’01 works for Alltel in 

Bentonville, Ark. 

Juan Pablo Alvarado Zuniga ’02 

is an IT consultant for Hewlett Packard 

in Costa Rica. He is also the president of 

the board for the HP Employee 

Association. 

Taylor Dodds ’03 is living in Fort 

Smith and working as a tennis pro at the 

Hardscrabble Country Club. He earned 

his U.S. Professional Tennis Registry 

instructor certification this past summer 

from Van Der Meers Tennis University 

in Hilton Head, S.C. 

Kelli (Woodard) Morrell ’03 is 

living in Frisco, Texas, where she works 

as a first grade teacher. 

Sharon (Hershberger) Schulte ’03 

recently took a job as a high school 

English teacher in Cabot, Ark. She and 

husband Jacob ’02, were married on 

July 4, 2002, and are living in 

Sherwood, Ark. 

Amber Homer Sharp ’03 and 

husband Randy welcomed a new son, 

Cooper, to their family in November. 

Brian Hull ’02 and Liz Tomlinson ’03 

were married on July 26, 2003, in Eureka 

Springs. They live in Clarksville, where he 

is the coordinator of campus activities at 

U of O, and she works at the Ozarks Rape 

Crisis Center. 

Early work on the Chapel 

set stage for Pardue’s life 

“It makes no difference, brother, 

How far or fast you go. 

Just remember when your final payday 

comes, 

You are going to reap just what you 

sow.” 

L.C. Pardue believes the short 

poem he wrote a few years ago 

accurately describes his theory on life 

and business. 

Pardue, who attended Ozarks from 

1928-1931, turned 95 in September, but 

he still goes into work every day at the 

multi-million-dollar business, Pardue 

Masonry Inc., he founded 60 years ago. 

The business, now run by his grandson, 

is based in Vancouver, British 

Columbia. Pardue works out of the 

company’s Portland, Ore., office. 

Pardue Masonry has become a 

household name in the construction and 

masonry business throughout the 

Northwest United States, reaching from 

Mexico to Fairbanks, Alaska. The 

company has done innovative masonry 

work on such architectural showcases 

as Seattle’s Safeco Field, San 

Francisco’s UCSF Cancer Research 

Center, Portland’s Convention Center 

and academic buildings at Lewis & 

Clark College. The company is 

currently working on the new Portland 

TrailBlazers facility and the new St. 

Louis Cardinals stadium. 

Amazingly, Pardue’s interest in 

masonry began more than 70 years ago 

when he was a student at Ozarks and 

helped build Munger Memorial Chapel. 

Making five cents an hour — a total of 

$100 for eight months work — Pardue 

helped cut the Nucarth stone and 

limestone and wheel it in place. 

“I used to go in an hour early and 

work an hour later just to learn about it 

all,” Pardue said. “It was just 

fascinating to me to see it all come 

together. Working on the Chapel was 

very inspirational for me. I knew then 

that I wanted to go into that kind of 

L.C. Pardue (top 

photo, right) with son 

Leonard and at 

Ozarks in 1930 (left 

photo, right) with 

Ross Borders. 

work.” 

At Ozarks, Pardue also worked as a 

postmaster and also chauffeured for 

President Wiley L. Hurie. 

“I learned so much going to Ozarks 

and working at the college and for Dr. 

Hurie,” Pardue said. “I still believe that 

is where I learned the value and 

importance of doing a full day’s work.” 

Pardue left Ozarks in 1931 to begin 

a long and successful career in the 

construction and masonry business. In 

1943 he and another man started a 

masonry business in Portland. 

“We had three dollars and fifty 

cents worth of tools and the business 

consisted of two people,” Pardue said. 

“Now we have more than 100 

employees and we do between $10 and 

$15 million in projects every year. It’s a 

pretty amazing story.” 

Though he no longer has an official 

position with the company, Pardue still 

goes into work every day, mainly 

designing new masonry equipment. He 

also spends time writing poetry and 

songs. He has no plans of slowing down 

anytime soon. 

“I still enjoy what I do. Why would 

I change” he said. “The good Lord has 

been very good to me. I've had a 

wonderful life.” 


Retired Jonesboro (Ark.) pharmacist Frank Cole estimates he has written more than 

1,000 poems over the past 60 years. Here are a select few of his published works. 

METAL BIBLE 

My fingers tremble, as I turn the pages 

Of the old metal Bible I took to war, 

The edges are yellowed and worn now, 

As we both show our ages and scars. 

I remember as we crossed the ocean, 

When my Bible was my closest friend, 

Carried near my heart in my flight jacket 

Knowing upon its words I could depend. 

I was young, courageous and scared, 

But faith assured me I was never alone, 

The little metal Bible gave me confidence, 

That God would bring me home. 

Now as I turn the worn pages of the Bible, 

Reading how Christ’s death made life sublime, 

I do recall talking with God at times, 

Saying, “Please, if not your house, then mine.” 

OLD COMRADES 

I hear a band, the bugle sounds, 

Memories of an old song. 

I see a face that reminds me 

Of comrades that are gone. 

A tear rolls slowly down my cheek 

Soft winds whisper to my soul, 

I see a cross on distant lands 

Of young men who never grew old. 

I would like to write a column, 

Or open a new poem’s door, 

About comrades and their bravery, 

That has not been written before. 

But, there is no way to express 

War’s horrors and men’s fears, 

So, I’ll listen to their silent march, 

With warm memories and warm tears. 

THE WINDS 

As I traveled through this small town, 

Where a tornado had left its devastation, 

I wondered how winds chose this place 

Why this little town, in this large nation 

A portion here, a portion there 

But a small tree left unbent, 

A home destroyed and yet a rose, 

Still stands with fragrant scent. 

People in shock, their arms entwined 

Search, with tears or staring eyes, 

Some heads were bent in silent prayer, 

While asking their God, why 

Destruction like this we have seen, 

As howling winds like this will roam, 

Across this nation with no direction, 

Choosing no particular town or home. 

In time the homes will be rebuilt, 

And trees, their wounds will heal, 

Children will later tell the story, 

But for now the winds are real. 

SAILED WITH EAGLES 

Once you have sailed with eagles 

In God’s beautiful world so high, 

Maneuvered your craft skillfully 

In his, ocean ice blue sky. 

Felt cool winds on your face, 

Looked from high on earth below 

Flown over white capped waves 

Mountaintops covered with snow. 

Throttled back your craft’s engines 

Listen to the winds sing songs, 

Sailed along white clouds 

Knowing this is where you belong. 

Cross continents with a friend, 

One who felt the same as you, 

Feel warm tears on your cheeks, 

When friends and flying are through. 

You can never return to earth, 

For your heart is in the air. 

And no one realizes this feeling, 

Less privileged to have been there. 

BI-RACIAL 

I am a child of this world, 

Conceived by God’s own plan. 

Born from the womb of mother, 

Formed by the seed of man. 

I would not mind being black, 

Nor end totally white. 

However I am a bi-racial child, 

My color’s not day nor night. 

We have no choice of parents, 

Nor little of their life’s plan, 

We are born, educated and free 

To do the very best we can. 

However others perceive us, 

Is the measurement of mind. 

If a handicap we are given, 

It is left for them to define. 

I thank God for my heritage, 

Although my color is twice. 

And though others may reject me, 

I have the best friend, Jesus Christ. 

HISTORY LESSONS 

Most of them have passed away, 

World War Two veterans like me. 

Soon our accomplishments will be, 

Only, finger worn pages in history. 

Those pages give only dates and times 

They left out the cold, mud and rain, 

Alphabetically they list all battles, but 

Unable to feel loneliness, fear and pain. 

Soon it will be like all wars passed, 

Only questions on high school tests. 

They will get grades on their papers, 

Not purple hearts on their chest, 

We do owe something more to those, 

Who are buried under a white cross. 

The maimed, wounded, prisoners of war. 

The many young lives that were lost. 

We don’t mind being worn pages in history, 

Not even if they leave out our names, 

If they realize what their freedom cost, 

And take our place if it happens again. 

TWO ROOMS 

When I was very young, 

There were two different colors. 

Yet we rowed the same boat 

Against current, on the same river. 

We were sterotyped people 

Though we lived separately. 

In the same dark rooms, 

Where we built our own temples. 

There was always racial propaganda, 

Where answers gave different scenarios. 

Then came the renaissance, 

What was the other room like 

In the same house, separate rooms 

The lock was broken, the door opened, 

Their time had come, only to find, 

The other side was counterfeit. 

25 Today, Today, WINTER WINTER 2003 2003 25

Juanita K. Woodson ’28 

Juanita K. Woodson ’28 died Nov. 12, 2003, in Fort Smith at 

the age of 96. She was a retired teacher for the Hartford 

(Ark.) Public Schools. 

The Rev. John M. McCormack ’33 

The Rev. John M. McCormack ’33 died on June 18, 2003, in 

Little Rock at the age of 94. He was an ordained minister in 

the United Methodist Church and served as pastor of many 

churches in Texas and Arkansas before his retirement in 1978 

with 50 years in the ministry. 

Lucile (Lucas) Murphy ’33 

Lucile (Lucas) Murphy ’33 died on June 12, 2003, in 

Clarksville, at the age of 90. She worked as the head librarian 

at Ozarks from 1953 until her retirement in 1975. In 1988 she 

received the Frances P. Neal Award by the Arkansas Library 

Association. She also worked as a librarian in Ohio, 

Kentucky and New York. 

Pearl (Dickerson) Whitson ’35 

Pearl (Dickerson) Whitson ’35 passed away on Sept. 27, 

2003, in Clarksville at the age of 90. She was the former coowner 

of Whitson-Morgan Motor Company in Clarksville, a 

long-time member of the Alumni Association, and a member 

of the First Presbyterian Church. 

James C. Bell ’37 

James C. Bell ’37 died June 16, 2003, in Russellville, Ark., at 

the age of 86. He was a long-time educator in Arkansas, 

including serving 22 years as the Pope County school 

supervisor. He also was a principal at Dardanelle and Atkins 

and a long-time member of the Central Presbyterian Church. 

He earned a master’s degree from the University of Arkansas 

in 1941. 

Estella (Whitbey) Galloway ’39 

Estella (Whitbey) Galloway ’39 died June 7, 2003, at her 

residence in Cleveland, Miss. She was a retired employee of 

the County Tax Assessor’s Office and owned Galloway’s 

Jewelry. She was past president of the Ozarks Alumni 

Association. She was preceded in death by her husband, 

Doyle Galloway ’38. 

John F. Massey ’51 

John F. Massey ’51 died Oct. 25, 2003, in Harrison, Ark., at 

the age of 77. A veteran of World War II, he taught at 


Marshall (Ark.) High School from 1951 until 1985. 

Paula “Betty” (Calhoun) Kraus ’53 

Paula “Betty” (Calhoun) Kraus ’53 died on Aug. 19, 2003, in 

Benton, Ark. 

John E. MacMinn ’53 

John E. MacMinn ’53 died Sept. 4, 2003, in Hot Springs 

Village, Ark., at the age of 77. He was a retired homicide 

detective in Pennsylvania and a veteran of World War II and 

the Korean War. 

Shirley (Holloway) Phillips ’56 

Shirley (Holloway) Phillips ’56 died Nov. 5, 2003, in 

Lawton, Okla., at the age of 67. She taught music at several 

elementary schools in Lawton before retiring. 

Billy Bock ’58 

Billy Bock ’58 died July 8, 2003, in Pine Bluff at the age of 

68. A standout athlete in college, he was a five-time state 

Golden Gloves boxing champion before embarking on a 

successful 44-year coaching career. In 29 years as a high 

school baseball coach, his teams won nine state titles, 23 

district titles and compiled an overall record of 641-121. As a 

head coach in football, baseball, basketball, golf, tennis and 

boxing, his teams never had a losing record in any sport. 

Collegiate Baseball named him Coach of the Decade for the 

1980s and co-Coach of the Century, and he was selected for 

induction next year into the American Baseball Coaches Hall 

of Fame, just the 14th high school coach to be so honored. 

Richard “Dick” Bagwell 

Richard “Dick” Bagwell died on Sept. 25, 2003, in Tulsa, 

Okla., at the age of 86. A retired entrepreneur, he served on 

the university’s Board of Trustees from 1953 until his death. 

The Bagwell-Jones Residence Hall is named in honor of the 

contributions he and his family have made to Ozarks. 

Arthur “Art” Condry 

Arthur “Art” Condry died July 20, 2003, in Clarksville at the 

age of 67. He worked in maintenance at Ozarks from 1978- 

1995 and spent 20 years in the U.S. Army as a pilot. 

Bernice (Young) Jones 

Bernice (Young) Jones died on Sept. 10, 2003, in Springdale, 

Ark., at the age of 97. She and her late husband, Harvey, 

helped build the Jones Learning Center in 1989, and she 

established numerous scholarships for students at Ozarks.

2002-2003 


The Earle Society 

Named in honor of Dr. F.R. Earle, 

who served as president of both Cane 

Hill College and Arkansas 

Cumberland College. The Earle 

Society recognizes donors who have a 

lifetime giving record of $1 million or 

more to the University. An asterisk 

indicates someone who is deceased. 

Arkansas Independent Colleges & 

Universities (AICU) 

Dr. Roland S. Boreham and 

Dr. Judith Boreham 

*Dr. Alvin C. Broyles ’41 and 

Dr. Joan DeVee Dixon Broyles 


Frank P. Collins Estate 

Otha H. Grimes Foundation 

Dr. Mary Anne Hurst Shula and Don Shula 

The Harvey & Bernice Jones Charitable 

Trust 

J.E. & L.E. Mabee Foundation, Inc. 

Eugene A. and Vera M. Pfeffer Estate 

*Dr. Melba S. Seay 

The Seay Foundation 

Dr. Jack T. Stephens 

*Willard J. and Pat Walker 

Willard and Pat Walker Charitable 

Foundation 

Walton Family Charitable Support 

Foundation, Inc. 

Walton Family Foundation, Inc. 

Dr. Helen Robson Walton 

Helen R. Walton 1987 Non-Qualified 

Charitable Remainder Trust 

*Sam M. Walton 1987 Non-Qualified 

Charitable Remainder Trust 

The T. L. Smith Society 

Professor T.L. Smith, much beloved 

former professor at Ozarks, is 

honored by this giving club. T.L. 

Smith Society members have a 

lifetime giving record of $100,000- 

$999,999. An asterisk indicates 

someone who is deceased. 

William L. Abernathy Charitable Lead 

Trust 

Alumni Association, U of O

ARAMARK Corporation 

*Dr. Richard and Katherene Bagwell 

Baldor Electric Company 

David Banks 

*Charles C. and *Nadine E. Baum 

Nadine E. and Charles C. Baum Estate 

Dr. Jean and Everett Berry 

*R. K. Black 

Lee Bodenhamer 

*Margaret Boone 

Alvin C. Broyles Estate 

Gen. Victor and Alice Cary 

W. F. Catlett Trust 

H.A. & Mary Kay Chapman 

Charitable Trust 

Pearl H. Crickard Trust 

Jean Daniel 

Dr. William and Marian Dawson 

The Dial Corporation 

Bebe and Tom Dunicliffe Charitable Trust 

*Fontaine R. Earle 

ExxonMobil Foundation 

Financial Services Agency, Synod of the 

Sun, Denton, TX 

First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Ponca City, OK 

Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. 

Estate of Bettis A. Garside 

Estate of Arch Gould 

A.H. Gould Irrevocable Trust 

Estate of George M. Green 

HAR-BER Village Foundation 

William Randolph Hearst Foundation 

*Dorothea Hutcheson 

Estate of Hazel Johnson 

Roy and Nancy Johnson 

Peggy Bort Jones 

Dr. Ernest King Jr. ’41 and Maribeth King 

Luella Langenberg Estate 

Jessie M. Long Trust 

*Dr. Ada Parks Mills ’33 and *Joe Mills ‘32 

*Flois Dickerson Miracle ’25 

James Hayden Moore Estate 

Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. 

Lillian Norberg 

*Dr. Vera M. Pfeffer 

The Procter & Gamble Fund 

Estate of Margaret Ayleen Ragland 

Regions Bank, Clarksville, AR 

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, Inc. 

Estate of James T. Rhea 

Mary I. Rogers Trust 

Melba Spellmeyer Seay Trust 

The Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable 

& Educational Trust 

Estate of Edison T. Tingley 

Tulsa Royalties Company 

Estate of Edith B. Vaughn 

Wal*Mart Foundation 

Dr. Wayen Workman ’44 and 

Betty Bush Workman 

Dr. Ed Dell Wortz 

The Legacy Society 

The Legacy Society honors donors 

who have made plans for University 

of the Ozarks through deferred gifts 

and estate planning. An asterisk 

indicates someone who is deceased. 

Dr. Stanley Applegate, Jr. 

*Dr. Richard and Katherene Bagwell 

*Carol Barnes Joyce and 

*Scevoy D. Barnes 

Joe M. Barron 

*O. Edward Basham ’31 

*L. Ray Bates 

*Nadine E. and *Charles C. Baum 

Arvid Bean ’78 

*Raymond Bean 

Margaret Glenn Fraley Beilby ’71 

*James C. Bell ’37 

Dr. Jean Berry 

*John E. Bock ’49 

Dr. Roland S. Boreham, Jr. 

Dr. Roger Bost ’43 and 

Kathryn King Bost ’43 

*Edna Ralston Bowman ’28 

*The Hon. Henry M. Britt 

*Dr. Alvin C. Broyles ’41 

*Rhea Butler ’31 

Don Chappell ’72 

Bruce Clinesmith 

Jerry Coffee ’60 

*Frank P. Collins 

Opal Huff Farris Cox 

William Cravens, Jr. 

William L. Cravens 

*Mr. and Mrs. Orion A. Daniel, Sr. 

Wallace Dobbins ’40 and 

Carolyn Bush Dobbins ’42 

James Dorman ’57 and 

Anna Blackard Dorman ’58 

*Martha Farmer Drake ’33 

Dr. William Eddington ’55 

Maxine Manuel Eggensperger ’41 

Dr. Fritz Ehren ’53 and 

Juanita Blackard Ehren ’71 

Dr. Allen S. Ellsworth 

*Georgia Stoker Ellsworth ’32 

Susan Smith Epperson ’62 

G. Ruth Farmer ’37 

*Sue Nell Taylor Farris ’53 

Gary Frala ’80 

John Frost ’89 

*Margaret White Fry 

*Betty A. Garside 

Anne Gould 

*Arch Gould ’24 

*George M. Green 

Michael Haberer ’76 

Virginia R. Hicks 

*Lois M. Highlester 

Lucille Harmon Hobbs ’45 

*Richard W. Hobbs 

*Katherine House ’41 

*Hazel Johnson 

*Cecil Johnston ’40 

Myra Johnston 

*Harvey and *Bernice Jones 

Keith Kennedy 

*Clio Thompson Kettelhut ’34 

Basil and Eva Lee Gotcher King 

Dr. Robert L. King, Jr. 

William Pryor Ladner ’81 

*Luella Langenberg 

Rena Sue Laster ’71 

*George Lee ’36 

James Lewis 

*James Lewis ’41 and 

Marie Baskin Lewis ’41 

Keith Lewis 

*Jessie Marie Long 

Albert Looper ’39 and Alene Looper 

Dr. William McCarthy 

Diana McCormick ’65 

*Bill McCuen ’68 

Vernon McDaniel ’55 

Dr. Helen McElree ’47 

*Sarah T. McLane 

*Dr. Ada Parks Mills ’33 and 

*Joe Mills ’32 

*Flois Dickerson Miracle ’25 

*Vivian Misenhimer ’22 

*James Hayden Moore 

Alline M. Montgomery 

*Dr. Elizabeth McCoy Murphy 

*Lucile Lucas Murphy ’33 

*W. Grover Murphy 

*Art Nichols ’35 and 

Lou Seale Nixon Nichols ’35 

Buddy Nichols ’72 

*Maudress Hefner Overstreet ’30 

Milford Park ’38 and Laura Waters Park ’38 

Tom D. Patterson ’57 

Dr. Donald Pearsall, Sr. ’51 



Dr. Don Pennington ’68 

*Dr. Vera M. Pfeffer and 

*Eugene A. Pfeffer 

Robert Quade ’50 and Rita Kaiser Quade 

*M. Ayleen Ragland ’31 

*F. Willard Ralston ’29 

David Rawhouser ’69 

*James T. Rhea 

Phillip Richmond ’79 

*Mary I. Rogers 

Christine Roller 

Fred Romo ’68 

Dorothy Caldwell Salter ’41 

*DuBose Scarborough, Jr. ’35 

*Dr. Melba Spellmeyer Seay 

*Richard Shaw 

Dr. Mary Anne Hurst Shula 

Edward V. Smith, III 

The Rev. Dr. James R. Struthers 

*Garner Taylor, Sr. ’34 

*Mildred Smith Taylor ’37 

*Elizabeth A. Taylor ’34 

Rev. Dr. Jimmie D. Thames 

Ashley C. and Eleanor Thomas 

*Dr. Ernestine H. Thurman-Swartzwelder 

*Edison T. Tingley 

Robert Turner ’34 

*Edith B. Vaughn 

Randy Wahlman 

*Mrs. Felix (Ruey Stroud) Weatherly ’30 

Lee White 

Donna Manley Wolfe 

Dr. Wayne Workman ’44 and 



Dr. Ralph W. Wygle 

Larry Zehring ’61 

*Virginia Zehring 

The Founders’ Council 

The Founders’ Council honors 

donors who contributed $25,000 or 

more to Ozarks during the 2002-03 

fiscal year. Names in bold indicate 

those who have contributed for five 

or more consecutive years. An 

asterisk indicates someone who 

passed away in the last year. 


Arkansas Independent Colleges & 

Universities 

Gen. Victor and Alice Cary 

Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc. 

Sue Frueauff 

Estate of Hazel Johnson 

Estate of James T. Rhea 

Estate of Margaret Ayleen Ragland 

Otha H. Grimes Foundation 


*Willard J. and Pat Walker 

Alice L. Walton 

Dr. Helen Robson Walton 

Walton Family Foundation, Inc. 

Warren Grover Murphy and Elizabeth 

McCoy Murphy Revocable Living Trust 

Whitson Morgan Motor Company, Inc. 

William L. Abernathy Charitable Lead Trust 

William Randolph Hearst Foundation 


The Trustees’ Council 

The Trustees’ Council honors donors 

who contributed $10,000 to $24,999 

to the University during the 2002-03 


those who have contributed for five 

or more consecutive years. An 

asterisk indicates someone who 


Alvin C. Broyles Estate 

Judy Borck 

Lt. Col. John Cargile ’61 

Clio Thompson Kettelhut Estate 

Jane Blakemore Coones ’53 

First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville, AR 

Peggy Bort Jones 

Dr. Ernest King, Jr. ’41 and Maribeth King 

William Pryor Ladner ’81 

May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust 

John and Mary Nichols 

Dr. Rick and Sherée Niece 

Ozarks Baseball 100 Inning Fundraisers 

Regions Bank, Clarksville, AR 

John and Evie Tate 

Ashley and Eleanor Thomas 

John T. Walton 

Dr. Daniel Wert 

Dr. Wayne Workman ’44 and 


The Chair’s Council 

The Chair’s Council honors donors 

who contributed $5,000 to $9,999 to 

the University during the 2002-03 


those who have contributed for five or 

more consecutive years. An asterisk 

indicates someone who passed away in 

the last year. 

Alice Souchek Charitable Trust 

Chris and Martha Allen 

Alumni Association, U of O 

Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield 

Lee Bodenhamer 

Dr. Roland S. Boreham, Jr. and 

Dr. Judith Boreham 

Drue Dillard Corbusier 

Dillard’s, Inc. 

Janet and Frederick Drummond 

Elizabeth Rader Hennessey and 

Chris Hennessey 

Henry and Ruth Mariani 

J. Albert Nitche ’66 and June Shea Nitche 

NLC Products, Inc. 

Lillian Born Norberg 

Jack Phillips, Jr. ’50 and Ann Phillips 

Rev. David Pittenger and 

Martha Jo Pittenger 

Dr. R. L. and Nancy Qualls 

The Hon. William Rader, Jr. ’42 

and Birdie Rader 

Sara Lee Hosiery Group, Clarksville, AR 

The Rev. Dr. James R. and 

*Jane H. Struthers 

Harve Taylor, III and 

Loyce Ann Bean Taylor ’72 

*Pearl Dickerson Whitson ’35 

The President’s Council 

The President’s Council honors 

donors who contributed $1,000 to 

$4,999 to the University during the 

2002-03 fiscal year. Names in bold 

indicate donors who have contributed 

for five or more consecutive years. 

An asterisk indicates someone who 


Arkansas Science Information 

Liason Office (SILO) 

Arkansas Valley Electric Co-Op 

The Armstrong Foundation 

John and Sharon Bale 

Dr. Robert Basham ’61 

Arvid Bean ’78 and Sharon Jones Bean ’78 

Bella Vista (AR) Community Church 

Bentwood Trail Presbyterian Church, 

Dallas, TX 


Dr. Robbie G. Blakemore 



Nancy Hurley Capps 

Dr. Gerald P. Carr and Dr. Patricia Musick 

Terry and Janie Carson 

Central Presbyterian Church,Russellville

Century Tel, Russellville, AR 

Chevron Texaco 

Jim Pat Mills-Coal Hill VFW Scholarship 


Cuesta Foundation, Inc. 

Janet and Charles Doak 

Wallace Dobbins ’40 and 

Carolyn Bush Dobbins ’42 

Margaret Bost Douglass ’41 

E.A. Franklin Charitable Trust 

Steve and Dorinda Edmisten 


Dr. Ralph Ehren ’55 and 

Betty Hodges Ehren ’53 

Estate of Katherine House ’41 

Financial Services Agency, 

Synod of the Sun, Denton, TX 

Dr. Bobby L. and Ann C. Fincher 

First Presbyterian Church, Camden, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Ponca City, OK 

First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, OK 

First Presbyterian Church, Van Buren, AR 

John C. Frost ’89 and Julia Frost 

Paula and Roger Glasgow 

Pete and Nancy Grant 

Griffin Food Company 

John Paul and Ginny Hammerschmidt 

Lonnie Hardgrave ’50 and 

Dorothy Hardgrave 

Wilma Kimbrell Harris ’03 and 

Ed Harris ’75 

Virginia R. Hicks 

Dr. Doyne Hudson ’51 and Betty Hudson 

Marie Hervey Ingram ’33 

Johnson County Alumni Chapter 

Dr. E. Hoyt Kerr 

Mira Ingram Leister ’63 and 

Marvin C. Leister, Jr. 

Dr. Albert MacDade and Jennie MacDade 

Edith McChesney 

Col. Lee and Joanie Mills McCleskey 


James and Ruby McNeese 

Munro Foundation 

Donald and Barbara Munro 

*Lucile Lucas Murphy ’33 

James Murray ’75 and Debra Murray 

Buddy Nichols ’72 and Patsy Nichols 

Ozarks Softball Fundraiser 

Milford Park ’38 and 

Laura Waters Park ’38 

Dr. Gilbert Parks, Jr. and 

Susan Burden ’67 

Dr. Jack Patterson ’65 

Perry L. Butcher & Associates, 

Architects, LTD. 

Kathleen T. Phillips 

Philip Pittman ’41 

Mike and Susie Powell 

Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista 

The Rev. Dr. Bill Rail ’52 and 

Maxine Phillips Rail ’52 

Doris E. Ramsey 

David Rawhouser ’69 and 

Jill Rawhouser 

George Reece ’83 

Rogers Foundation, Inc. 

Fred Romo ’68 and 

Andrea Anderson Romo ’68 

Jeff Roper 

Farren Sadler ’51 and 

Grace Pourron Sadler ’53 

Second Presbyterian Church, 

Little Rock, AR 

Dr. Mary Anne Hurst Shula and Don Shula 

Arnie Sims 

Dr. Bruce and Mary Lou Swinburne 

The Duke Energy Foundation 

The Trull Foundation 

University of the Ozarks Women 

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program 

Jim and Lynne Walton 

Charlene McMillan Watson ’44 

Jeane Roebuck Whiddon 

Lee and Mary Margaret White 

Rev. Bruce Williams ’43 and 

Virginia Laster Williams ’43 

Sidney and Elizabeth Williams 

Kathryn Wright ’58 

Mary Dillin Yarbrough ’48 

The University Club 

The University Club honors donors 

who contributed $500 to $999 to the 

University during the 2002-03 fiscal 

year. Names in bold indicate donors 

who have contributed for five or more 

consecutive years. An asterisk 

indicates someone who passed away 

in the last year. 

James and Anne Abbuhl 

Arthur Anderson LLP Foundation 

Gene and Beverly Bale 

Margaret B. Batie 

The Rev. Dr. Robert Bohl ’58 and 

Judith Capshaw Bohl ’61 

Peter and Connie Bradish 

Col. Howard Brown, Sr. ’64 

Dr. Rickey Casey ’79 and 

Lisa Estep Casey 

Dr. Paul Clayton ’51 

Dr. Frank Cole ’50 and 

Shorty Stith Cole ’50 

Richard Daniel 

Douglas Dennett ’02 

Allyn and Tammy Donaubauer 

Dwight Presbyterian Mission, Vian, OK 

Dr. William Eddington ’55 and 

Charlotte Felkins Eddington ’56 



First Federal Bank of Arkansas, Harrison 

First Presbyterian Church, Jonesboro, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Bentonville, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Conway, AR 

First United Presbyterian Church, 

Fayetteville, AR 

Lee Garrison 

Jerry Wayne Glidewell ’79 

Homer and Eudora Haber 

Catherine Haigwood ’33 

Harmony Presbyterian Church, 

Clarksville, AR 

Forrest Hoeffer ’65 and 

Helen Groskopf Hoeffer ’81 

Richard Holmes ’53 and 

Armeda Evans Holmes ’68 

Dr. Doug Jeffries 

John and Val Jones 

Ron Laster ’64 and Maribeth Laster 

Robert and Laura Lewis 

Robert and Carol Lord 

Joe Marler ’60 and 

Joyce Wilson Marler ’59 

Harold L. Medjuck 

De Ola Murray Mendenhall ’52 

Thomas and Judy Parker 

Flave and Ella Peters 

Philip Morris Companies, Inc. 

Presbyterian Church, Pryor, OK 

Presbyterian Women’s Circle #3, Tulsa 

R. E. Lee Wilson Trusts 

Katherine McNabb Riddell ’40 and 

Wendell Riddell ’36 

Lawrence and Carol Sewell 

Dr. Buddy and Jeannie Smith 

Charlie Spoonhour ’61 and Vicki Spoonhour 

Bettie Beasley Stephenson-Carter ’48 

Dr. Kenneth Stewart ’87 and Janette Stewart 

Lehman Sullivan ’35 and Ruth Sullivan 

Freddia Sullivent ’91and 

Tommy Sullivant 

Dr. Daniel and Ann Taddie 

Lt. Col. John Talley ’43 and Sarah Talley 

Joanne Willett Taylor ’60 

The Lloyd Schuh Company, Inc. 



Penn Thomas ’83 and 

Toby Colvett Thomas ’83 

Denton Tumbleson ’74 and 

Jane Tumbleson 

Wendy Tygart 

Doug and Betty Wise 

Ann Woolley 

Anna Lita Lucy Wright ’49 

George Wyers ’57 and Margaret Wyers 

Larry Zehring ’61 and 

Annette Lee Zehring ’63 

The Centennial Club 

The Centennial Club honors donors 

who contributed $100 to $499 to the 





indicates someone who passed away in 

the last year. 

Harold and Jo Ann Adams 

Bill Alexander ’55 and Linda Alexander 

Elizabeth and Dr. Robert Anderson 

Amy Anderson ’97 

Gearldean Andreas 

Dorothy Angell 

Dr. Danny Aquilar ’90 and Jennifer Aquilar 

Dortch and Betty Arnold 

Christopher Ashby ’66 and Jennifer Ashby 

Felecia Atkinson ’03 and Steve Atkinson 

Bill Aydelott ’53 and 

Bettye Masterson Aydelott ’55 

Martha Holden Bagley ’57 

Louise Baxter Barton ’49 

Frederick Batie ’68 and Marilyn Batie 

Eddie Bean ’68 and Georgia Bean ’72 

Bean Furniture 

Wayne Benbow ’65 and 

Mary Trotter Benbow ’64 

The Rev. Dr. Robert K. Bennett 

Henry Bishop ’53 and Ingrid Bishop 

O. G. Blackard ’50 and 

Juanita Acord Blackard ’51 

Patsy Eggleston Blackburn ’51 

Dr. Fred Blankenship ’50 and 

Elsie Blankenship 

Ruth Price Bodey ’53 and 

Dr. Richard Bodey 

*Edna Ralston Bowman ’28 

Christopher Boyette ’70 and Nancy Boyette 

Brandi Lea Bradley ’02 

David Brane ’69 

Cleveland Branscum ’63 and 

Barbara Haynes Branscum ’63 

Michael and Karen Breton 

Jerry Bridges ’78 

Bright’s Construction 

Dr. Kenneth Brodie ’50 and Jamie Brodie 

Amanda L. Brown ’03 


Dr. David Brown 

Lt.Col. (Ret.) Ronald Brown ’52 and 

Mary Alice Brown 

Jimmy and Vivian Bryant 

Dawn J. M. Buckmaster 

The Rev. Dr. Paul and Bonnie Bumpers 

Catherine Rogers Bumpers ’47 

Dr. Ted Butler ’60 and Claudia Butler 

Glenda Caldwell 

Tim and Karen Caldwell 

Leonel Cantu ’99 

James A. Carter ’61 

Paul and Cheryl Castleman 

Bob Chance ’69 and 

Mary Ann Becker Chance ’69 

Joan C. Chapman 

Chapter “Q” P.E.O. 

Chapter C.J. P.E.O. Sisterhood 

Chenny Chenoweth ’36 

Sam Christy ’53 and Susie Majors Christy 

Daniel Chue ’90 and 

Julie Boatright Chue ’90 

Edward and Brenda Claunch 

Elizabeth Brownlee Clevenger ’69 

Debra Felkins Cline ’91 and Ewing Cline 

Troy Clinesmith ’54 and 

Alice Clinesmith 

Bill Cole 

Michael Compher ’99 

Charles and Barbara Compher 

Joe Conrad ’39 and Sherel Conrad 

Fred and Norma Coogan, Jr. 

Dr. Brian Cotner ’90 and 

Dr. Laura Reece Cotner ’90 

Armil and Lura Curran, Sr. 

Cynda’s Framing & Art, Oark, AR 

Callie Harmon Daniels ’89 

Betty Joyce Davis ’50 

John Davis ’64 and Jane Davis 

Dr. David and Malea De Seguirant 

Bruce Dean ’86 

Dr. Celia Ramsey Decker ’62 and 

Dr. John Decker 

Juanita Taylor Deeds ’34 

Jeannie Culbertson Denniston ’73 

Betty Wesson Denny 

Joseph Devenas, II ’73 

Richard Dewett ’57 and Mary Dewett ’58 

Milton Dexheimer ’72 

Karla and Jimmy Dickerson 

Dr. Stewart and Nadine Dippel 

Claude Donaldson ’60 

Ralph Downward ’45 

Allen and Ledi Duck 

Alvaro Duron Lazo ’03 

Jack Edens ’55 and Sharon Edens 

Robert Ehren ’55 and Laura Hill Ehren ’56 

Dr. Lloyd and Virginia Elkins 

Gwyne Ellis ’42 and Sara Ellis ’42 

Dr. Bruce Elmore 

Mary and Walter Elmore 

Erwin T. Koch Charitable Trust 

Dr. Pat Farmer 

Ruth Boddie Farmer ’41 

Nancy Farrell 

Walter and Cely Faster 

David Field ’69 and Shelia Field 

Michael Figliulo ’87 and Marva Figliulo 

First Presbyterian Church, Haynesville, LA 

First Presbyterian Church, Benton, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, 

Mountain Home, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Springdale 

Betty Sallis Fiser ’45 

Orville Fletcher ’58 

The Fontaine Family 

Gary Frala ’80 and 

Laura Jenkins Frala ’92 

Renee Francis 

Wiley Frost 

Helen Rader Fulton ’40 

Robert Fulton, II ’42 and Carol Fulton 

Stacey Garber 

Katherine Rader Garrett ’39 

The Rev. Dr. Kenneth Gates and 

Joan Gates 

General Mills Foundation 

Hannah Gentry ’03 

Robert Gibson ’76 and 

Glenda Anglin Gibson 

The Rev. Dr. George and Sarah Gilmour 

Kingsley Glasgow ’00 and 

Angela Glasgow ’00 

James Glidewell ’69 

Luis Gonzalez ’66 and 

Patricia Haller Gonzalez ’66 

David and Debbie Goodpasture 

Henry and Peggy Goodspeed 

Ann Davidson McKinney Goza ’69 

Grace Presbyterian Church, Grove, OK 

Greenbrier Creek Animal Hospital 

Dr. Bob Greene ’50 

Nell Griffin ’55

Steve Griffin ’67 and Kim Griffin 

Roiselle Green Grim ’53 

Margaret Hamilton 

Arthur Hamilton ’51 and Betty Hamilton 

Lois Woodward Hansen ’34 

Betty Curtis Hardin ’58 and Robert Hardin 

Winston Hardin ’51 and 

Nola Dodgen Hardin ’52 

Samuel Harpole ’82 

Eddie Harrington ’56 and 

Janet Graf Harrington ’58 

Lloyd and Belle Harris 

Bob Harrison ’50 

Jack Haynes ’53 

Harold and Pam Hays 

Stoney Hays ’90 and Christi Hays 

Dr. Elissa Heil 

Billy Helms 

Kyle Helms ’86 and Donna Helms 

Dr. James Henderson ’51 and 

Christine Henderson 

Mary Hollowell Henry ’34 

Nicholas Glen Higgins ’78 

Joyce Lamb Higgs ’49 

Nancy McCabe Hill ’85 

Ike Hill, Jr. ’68 and Cheryl Hill 

Sharon Hodges and Barry Friedman 

Ronald Hoenninger 

Bill Holder ’52 and 

Jane Wilson Holder ’55 

Rev. John Hollowell ’44 and 

Evelyn Crutcher Hollowell ’45 

Vanessa and Robert Hollowell 

Alvin Hooper ’49 and Mary Hooper 

William Hopper ’63 and Nancy Hopper 

Christine and Christopher Horn 

Dr. David Hosley ’59 and 

Bobbi Dobbs Hosley ’61 

Holly Houser ’02 

Dr. James Hudson ’50 and 

Frances Shell Hudson ’46 

Norman and Janet Huneycutt 

Dr. Frank Hyde ’52 and Polly Hyde 

IBM International Foundation 

Mitsuko Ichinose ’68 

Douglas Inman ’58 and Barbara Inman 

Dr. William and Norma Irvine 

Dr. Joe Bill James ’49 and 

Sunshine James 

Dale Jefferson ’37 and Bonnie Jefferson 

Mildred Johnson 

Beth Coulter Johnson ’74 

Mary Ragon Johnson ’37 

Mildred Owens Johnson ’79 and 

*James Johnson, Jr. 

Dickie Jones ’72 and 

Pamela Shrigley Jones ’71 

Dr. James Jones ’53 and Ella Jones 

Mike Jones ’77 and Stacy Jones 

Mark Jones ’77 and Pat Jones ’79 

Rick Jones ’71 and Sandy Jones 

Dr. Bill Jones ’50 and Bettye Jones 

Richard Kamp ’68 and Karen Kamp 

Dorothy Carlisle Kelly ’51 and 

James Kelly 

Evelyn Kelly ’55 and H. G. Kelly 

Betty Shaffer Kendall ’56 

Polly Taylor Kennon ’46 

Sid Kern ’72 and Sandra Kern 

Dr. Rolland and Lorna Kerr 

Donald Kessler ’70 

Willie and Carolyn Kimbrell 

Burley King ’40 and 

Billie Burnett King ’40 

Dr. Minoru Kiyota ’49 

Verna Brown Kness ’43 

Ruth R. Knote 

Sally Lee Kocher ’82 and 

Dr. David Kocher 

Barbara Kraus 

The Hon. Don Langston ’59 and 

Caroline Langston 

Lee Laster ’58 and Darlene Laster 

Laureate Kappa Pl 1098 

Neil and Burnis Leavens 

Marie Baskin Lewis ’41 

Louis H. Lichlyter 

Dr. Charles Liston ’65 and Elizabeth Liston 

Ruth Longman ’72 and Gary Longman 

Dr. Fletcher Lowry ’52 and 

Jo Nell Alsip Lowry ’52 

Roger Mabry 

Kathleen Mackey ’93 and Steven Mackey 

Dr. Mike Mankin ’71 and 

Margaret Freeman Mankin 

Dr. Greta Rowbotham Marlow ’84 and 

Jeff Marlow 

S. Walton Maurras 

Michael Shannon McBee ’89 and 

Lori McBee 

Tina McCain 

Burl McCartney ’49 

The Rev. Dr. Kenneth G. McCollough 

Diana McCormick ’65 

Barbara and Albert McGuire 

Jocelyn E. McKinney 

Ruth Eddins McNeilly ’42 

Dr. H. McSwain ’43 and Joyce McSwain 

Delores Metcalf-Morrell ’65 and 

Barry Morrell 

Charlotte E. Miles 

Eleanor Long Miller ’44 

Amy Byrum Miller ’41 

James Miller ’82 and 

Melanie Davis Miller ’83 

Janice Owen Mills ’61 

Catherine Milner ’58 and David Milner 

Carl Minden ’94 and Angela Minden 

Robert Mix ’74 

Azile Moak ’65 and Donald Moak 

Debby Stallings Mooney ’82 

Robert and Ruth Moore 

Geraldine King Morgan ’52 

Dr. Betty R. Morris ’58 

Lera Blackburn Morris ’40 

John K. Mosley 

Thomas Mulieri, Jr. ’97 

Dr. Marc and Tina Muncy 

Richard Murray 

The Rev. Dr. Dick and Sue Neelly 

Kenneth Nelson ’66 and 

Pansy King Nelson ’65 

C.J. Netting ’02 

Charlie New 

Bob Newman ’68 and 

Geanne Watkins Newman ’68 

Carl Nicholson ’77 and Kathy Nicholson 

Lewis and Dortha Niece 

Dr. Joseph A. Norton 

Dr. Charles Oates ’50 and Jean Oates 

L. S. Orrick ’32 

Dr. David Ouellette ’50 and 

Mrs. Mary Ouellette 

Barry and Glenda Owen 

Bill Park ’50 and Ann Boyer Park ’49 

Mary Virginia Hurie Parks ’43 

Rudy Parks ’60 and Ellen Parks ’60 

Dr. Jay and Bonnie Parrot 

Ann Patterson ’75 and Max Snowden 


G.L. and Patricia Pattillo 

Dr. Don Pearsall, Sr. ’51 and 

Barbara Pearsall 

Col. Morris W. Pearson ’53 

Capt. Baker Peebles ’52 and Edith Peebles 


Verna Harris Pennington ’31 

Jean Peters 

Pharmacia & Upjohn Foundation 

Dayne and Kanna Lou Phillips 

Dr. Scott Placek 

Dr. and Mrs. Gary A. Ponder 

Evelyn W. Porter 

Dick Postels ’72 

Mary Sue Phillips Powers ’60 

Irvin Pratt ’77 

Presbyterian Kirk of the Hills, 

Fairfield Bay, AR 

Presbyterian Women, Clarksville, AR 

Presbyterian Women, Kirk in the Pines, 

Hot Springs Village, AR 

Presbyterian Women of Westminster 

Presbyterian Church, Hot Springs, AR 

Presbytery of Arkansas 

Ruth Price ’82 and Dr. Lawrence Price 

David Pridgin ’71 and Reba Pridgin ’81 

Bill Ramsey, II ’58 

John and Jane Rankin 

Rebsamen Insurance Foundation 

Dr. John and Betty Reed 

Wilma York Reinert-Frisque ’60 

RESSA Foundation 

Jeanne Reynolds ’94 



Dr. Ruby Steuart Reynolds ’48 

The Rev. Dr. Jerry Rice ’53 and 

Myra Rice ’48 

Thomas Richardson ’69 and 

Linda Richardson ’61 

Harry Richey ’69 and Janet Black Richey 

Phillip Richmond ’79 and 

Linda Douglas Richmond ’81 

Leonard Ries, Jr. ’78 

Betty Ann Eustice Riley ’49 

Dr. James and Ila Roberts 

Dr. Noel Rowbotham ’61 and 

Charlotte Woodard Rowbotham ’63 

Stephen Rowe ’90 and Jennifer Rowe ’93 

Dr. Jesse Rowe ’50 and 

Wayma Workman Rowe ’49 

Dr. Forrest Rozzell ’31 

The Rev. Virginia Robinson Sale ’52 

Dorothy Caldwell Salter ’41 

Dr. Lyndon Saputra ’82 

Karen Schluterman ’03 and 

John Schluterman 

Steve and Danna Schneider 

Dr. Billy Scott 

Dr. John E. Scott 

Dr. Charlie Sefers, Jr. ’50 and Janice Sefers 

Rev. John and Gwendolen Shell 

William Shipman ’50 and Beth Shipman 

Debbie Siebenmorgen and 

Ronnie Siebenmorgen 

L. J. Simms, Jr. and Betty Simms ’59 

James D. Simpson, III 

George and Mary Sissel 

Kent Smith 

William Smith ’65 and Paula Smith 

The Rev. Dr. Clem and Marilyn Sorley 

Louise Poynor Spanke ’36 

Elizabeth Quaile Spanke ’34 

Bob and Nadine Spears 

David C. Steed 

Stuart P. Stelzer 

Hal G. Stillings ’63 and 

Mary Chandler Stillings ’65 

Col. Willis and Rebecca Stowers 

Daniel Strauss and Joseph Tally 

Ross Stricker ’78 

Mary Houston Stuart ’41 

Sara and Keith Stucky 

Dr. Robert G. Stumbaugh, Jr. ’49 

Joel Swanson ’80 

Maura Figliulo Swanson ’80 

Robert Taggart ’89 and Susan Taggart 

Bart Talbot ’83 and Suzanne Talbot 

Donald L. Tamuty 

Louise Taylor ’51 

George Taylor, Jr. ’52 and 

Gaye Strong Taylor 

May Mills Taylor ’37 

Kenneth and Barbara Teel 

The Rev. Dr. Jimmie Thames ’53 and 

Ailene Thames 


Mrs. L. Cotton Thomas 

Vinnie and Cody Tran 

Dr. Yates Trotter 

Milton C. Tucker 

Dr. Hilda Turner 

Dr. Paul Tweedle ’49 and Deane Tweedle 

Roy Ussrey ’30 and Rosella Ussrey 

George Vagher, Jr. ’53 and 

Marian Vagher 

Peter Van Dyke ’87 and Heleine Van Dyke 

E. K. and Marjean Van Eman, Jr. 

Teresa Vanderbilt 

Mary Vaughan-Shipley ’42 

Elizabeth Vernon 

Max Viana ’97 

Wal-Mart Foundation 

Wal-Mart Store #66, Clarksville, AR 

Shirley Walker 

Robert and Lorene Wallace 

Doris Owen Ward ’48 

Burl Watson Jr. and Nina Watson 

Michael T. Werner 

Westover Hills Presbyterian Women, 


Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation 

Margaret Wharton ’41 

Linda White ’96 

Charles B. Whiteside, III 

Laura Whitson ’70 

Wiederkehr Wine Cellars, Inc. 

Robert and Sheryl Wight 

William Wilhelm ’72 and 

Rose Mary Wilhelm 

Philip Willcoxon and 

Judy Koon Willcoxon 

Dr. Roger Williams ’51 

Darrell Williams ’76 and 

Debbie Tipton Williams ’81 

The Hon. Robert H. Williams and 

Martha Williams 

Roger and Dora Williams 

Steve and Lynna Williams 

Ann Garrett Williamson ’41 and 

John Williamson 

Jeannett Willis ’99 

Bruce and Charlotte Wilson 

Rev. Rita Crossley Wilson ’70 

James and Juanita Winn 

Nancy Reifsteck Wise ’54 

Edward and Susan Wollenberg 

Leon Woodard ’41 and Johanna Woodard 

Rev. William and Claudia Woodard 

Woodlands Presbyterian Church, 


Juanita Kennedy Woodson ’28 

Willis R. Woolrich, III 

Dr. Crawford Wyatt ’51 and Maxine Wyatt 

Dr. Robert Wyers ’55 and 

Marcella Wyers 

Catherine Yamamoto ’50 

Joann Yates ’53 

Ted Young ’58 and Faye Young 

Carla King Young ’01 and 

Matt Young, III ’00 

Amanda Young ’02 

James Young ’56 

Dr. Mildred Young 

Ruth Steuart Young ’48 

Carole Clemmons Zahnd ’60 

Lillian Hunt Zarwell ’33 

The Eagle Club 

The Eagle Club honors donors who 

have contributed up to $99 to the 





indicates someone who passed away 

in the last year. 

Carmelita Neal Adams ’81 

Shawn Adams ’02 and Jennifer Adams ’04 

Abdolreza Ahrabli ’79 

Norma Ainsworth ’37 

Gary Albrecht ’73 and Joyce Albrecht 

Bill Alverson ’49 and Clara Alverson ’50 

Barbara Cole Ames ’66 and Stephen Ames 

Ava Mitchell Amos ’56 and William Amos 

Eugene and Susan Anderson 

Marguerite Andrews ’63 

Dr. Stanley and Annabel Applegate, Jr. 

Rev. and Mrs. Robert N. Arbaugh ’37 

Anna Abigail Archer ’98 

Ferold G. Arend 

Arkansas Presbytery Women, 

Walnut Ridge, AR

Elizabeth Mendenhall Arndt ’70 and 

Steven Arndt 

Marian and Steve Askins ’04 

Richard Averwater ’85 

Terry Avery ’67 and 

Carolyn Cook Avery ’68 

Terry Axley, II ’36 

Stephen Babb ’92 and Amy Babb 

Patrick Bain ’97 

Tiffinee Baker ’87 

John and Patricia Baker-Batsel 

Judith Garrett Baldwin 

Meghan Ball ’02 

Bill Ballard ’56 

Jean Zimpel Baltz ’66 and Albert Baltz 

Emma Louise Banks ’69 

George Barham ’88 and Carol Barham 

Aaron Barling ’55 and 

Nell Bruner Barling ’56 

Donna Fox Barton ’68 and Bill Barton 

Ray Basinger ’54 and Mary Ann Basinger 

Dr. Fred Bates, Jr. ’52 and Anne Bates 

Cheryl Bauer ’87 and Chuck Bauer 

Britt Bauer ’98 and Lori Bauer 

Ronald and Louise Beach 

Craig Beam ’82 and Sharon Beam 

Maxine Garrison Bean ’49 and 

Garland Bean 

Nell Bedell 

Allan W. Bell, Jr. ’71 

Tom Bell 

Arthur and Dorothy Benham 

Cassie Formby Benham ’41 

Ron Benham ’71 

The Rev. Dr. Fay Bennett ’50 

and Jean Bennett 

Irene Bere 

Nora Cheek Berryman ’55 and 

Oscar Berryman, Jr. 

Joyce Pope Beshears ’81 

Margaret Wright Biazo ’45 and 

George Biazo 

Paulette Binkley ’80 and 

Aaron Drew Binkley ’82 

Huie and Doris Bird 

Nelle Hampton Bischoff ’45 

Jeffrey Blackard and De Ann Blackard 

Dr. Dean Blackburn ’29 and 

Lois Standlee Blackburn 

Robert Blanchard ’50 and Judith Blanchard 

Jason Blevins ’91 and Amber Blevins 

Alene Block 

Paul Bloss 

Edward and Betty Boatright 

Paula Bodnar ’84 

Carl Bogard ’39 and 

Alice Hollowell Bogard ’39 

Gary Bond ’58 and Sara Wharton Bond ’59 

Dorothy Bossard ’54 and Randy Bossard 

Christopher Boudreaux ’89 and 

Jennifer Boudreaux 

Phil Bourne 

Herman Bowery, II ’59 and Sidney Bowery 

Walter Boyd ’83 and Marilyn Boyd 

Elaine G. Boyer 

Mary Boyer 

Christopher Bradke ’97 and 

Carrie Bradke ’00 

The Hon. Len Bradley and 

Becky Bradley 

Linda Frala Bradley ’84 and 

Gary Bradley ’84 

The Hon. Wayne Bradley ’58 

and Patricia Huckabay Bradley 

Martha Ann Branch 

Sumner Brashears 

David Bratcher ’89 

Gary E. Briley ’66 and Vanessa Briley 

Edward Brinks ’81 and Mary Brinks 

Shirley Voeller Brisco ’82 

Richard Bromley ’74 and 

Karen Pierce Bromley ’74 

Frances Brooke ’71 

John Broughton ’39 

Debbie Sorley Broussard ’76 

Dr. Buddy H. Brown ’52 

Don and Bernice Brown 

Mary Lou Brown 

Roberta Bruce 

Doris Bruchas ’42 and Alois Bruchas ’42 

Sandra Nichols Bryan ’67 

Steve Burch and Dr. Janell Burch 

Penni Peppas Burns ’95 and Jeremie Burns 

Lynda Labude Burril ’67 

Barbara Oldham Caldwell ’87 

Corinn Carlson ’02 

Charles Carnation ’52 

Connie Carpenter ’78 

Clinton Carr ’56 and Caroline Walkup Carr 

Peggy Terrill Carta ’59 

The Darrell Carter Family 

Jim Carter ’75 

Betty Caudle 

Tony Cawthon ’86 

Donald Chaffee ’66 and Nancy Chaffee ’66 

Don Chappell ’72 and Janie Chappell ’73 

John and Nancy Cheek 

David Chronister 

Evan Chronister ’90 and Kelly Chronister 

Clarksville Rotary Club 

Sarah Clary ’00 

Susan Gill Claunch ’71 

Mary T. Clements 

Rev. Frank Clemmons ’53 and 

Carolyn Warren Clemmons 

Rev. Ralph Clingan, Ph.D. ’63 and 

Maria Margaret Ercalino Clingan 

Richard and Mary Cohoon 

Lois S. Coleman 

C. Philip Collins ’65 and Anna Collins ’63 

Conet Smith Colwill ’32 

Raymond Conatser, Jr. ’46 and 

Lella Galrani Conatser 

Conoco, Inc. 

James Cook ’01 

Anita James Cooper ’77 

Lt. Cyleste Willis Coppage ’97 

*Arthur R. Cordry 

*Rev. William Corker ’36 

Michael and Kay Corso 

Seth Coulter 

Dr. Howard and Mary Covington 

Audra Cowan ’40 and 

Margaret King Cowan ’43 

John Cowart ’90 

Jean Day Crowden ’58 and 

Norman Crowden 

Virginia Cruse ’60 

Dr. David W. Daily and Dr. Teresa W. Daily 

Heidi Garrison Darter ’94 and 

Adrian Darter 

Margaret Hooten Dashty-Nezhadpour ’72 

Dr. J. Felton Davenport 

Wilbur Davenport ’47 and Lovis Davenport 

Eva M. Davis 

Norman Davis ’49 

Oleta Day ’63 

David De Hart 

Francis Dean ’51 and Carolyn Dean ’52 

Brandon Scott Dean ’01 

Benny Deaver ’63 and 

Margaret Deaver ’64 

Lucinda Blaylock DeBruce ’85 and 

Lane DeBruce 

Anh Ho Deeter ’90 and Larry Deeter 

F. A. Delahorne and Ora Delahorne 

Dr. Robert W. DeLay 

Michael J. DeLong ’85 

Angela Delp ’00 

Arthur Dercksen 

Genelda Smith Dickerson ’57 

Jim and Winnie Dickerson, Jr. 

Wendell Dieman 

Lola Watson Dill ’52 

Theo A. Dillaha, Jr. 

Melanie Wilkins Domerese ’87 and 

James Domerese 

Sheila Doss ’80 



Genny Dougan 

Bernice Bell Dougherty ’44 and 

John Dougherty 

Dr. John Douglas ’50 and 

Bobbie Thompson Douglas ’68 

Kenneth Douglas ’84 

Scotty Douthit 

Amber Charity Dovel ’97 

Bonnie Downes ’70 

Pam Downing ’73 and Robert Downing 

Major Clinton H. Duke, III ’83 

Phyllis Duncan ’80 

Dr. Robert Duncan ’52 and Billie Duncan 

Anna Figliulo Dunker ’87 and Curt Dunker 

Dale Dunlap ’53 and Irma Dunlap 

John Dunlap, II ’52 and Carolyn Dunlap 

Lewis Dunn ’64 and Rose Dunn 

Mary B. Dunn 

Frances DuVall ’57 

Martha DuVall ’65 

George and Charlotte Eagen 

Mary F. Eaton 

Cindy Ross Edelen ’93 

Martha Shell Emerson ’52 

Steven Endsley ’74 and 

Susan Crouse Endsley ’75 

Dr. and Mrs. Tillman E. Ethridge, II ’50 

Charles Eubanks ’50 

David Michael Evans ’62 

The Rev. Dr. Lewis Evans Jr., and 

Marilyn Evans 

Robert and Patricia Evans 

Ryan Evans ’01 and 

Holly McNair Evans ’98 

Dennis Everett ’73 

Erla Hardgrave Everitt ’41 and 

J. Donald Everitt 

Glenda Varnell Ezell ’90 

Wanda Summers Fales ’69 

Mark Farrell ’87 

Dr. Richard and Sue Ferree 

Helen Townsley Feuerborn ’75 

Shannon and Bob Fewell 

Gary Fielder 

First Presbyterian Church, Woodward, OK 

Dr. Gerald Fisher ’49 and 

Melba Cole Fisher ’46 

L. Dickson Flake 

Joely Kennedy Fletcher ’93 and 

William Fletcher 

Cara Rowbotham Flinn ’85 and 

Richard Flinn 

Donald Flint ’62 and Vanessa Flint ’79 

Mary L. Floyd 

Charles and Sandra Ford 

Deborah Ford ’01 

Jason Franklin Ford ’94 

Rev. Jim Forkner ’54 and 

Joyce Graf Forkner ’57 

Donna Forst 

Janet Spicer Fowler ’73 and Steve Fowler 

Margaret Woodruff Fox ’81 and Dennis Fox 

Bobby Freeman ’63 and 

Patricia Cochran Freeman ’64 


Dr. Luther Freeman ’49 and 

Wanda Cavalena Freeman ’45 

Tonya Overbey Freeman ’92 and 

Neal Freeman 

Dr. Richard and Ann Fulton 

Michael Fultz ’70 

Arlene Funk 

The Rev. Dr. Courtney and JoAnn Furman 

Cleo Garrison ’48 

Thomas Gates ’67 

Robert and Dean Giacomini 

Dr. Michael Giamboy ’51 

Heather Gianella ’00 and Kevin Gianella 

Bill and Kathy Gilmore 

Eugene Gipson ’76 and Phyllis Gipson ’75 

Glenda Sossamon Day ’77 

Martha Dawson Goodman ’72 

George Goolsby ’49 

Melinda Wish Gould ’80 and Larry Gould 

Don and Leigh Grant 

Bill Grashoff ’75 and Crista Grashoff 

E.C. Graves 

Dr. Jerry Graves ’50 and Alvina Graves 

James and Ruth Graves 

James and Karen Graves 

Dr. Tim Graves ’50 

Clark Gray ’79 and Debra Gray 

Rebecca Gray ’01 and Shane Gray 

Caroline Green 

Maria Gregoriou ’99 

Russell Gregory ’01 

William T. Grimstead 

Ethel Grover 

Randolph Groves ’94 

James Madison Guest ’77 

Martin and Ruth Gump 

Mary Ann Gusewelle 

Albert Haberer ’43 and Marjorie Haberer 

Rahel Hagos ’86 and Hatim Khalil 

Gerald Haltom ’94 and Linda Haltom 

Harold T. Hammel 

James and Van Hammer 

Carolyn Hamra 

Helen Clark Hanan 

Bettye Hansen ’60 and Dwaine Hansen 

Dr. Marty J. Harderson ’86 

Georgia Hardgrave 

Judy Blackard Hardgrave ’72 and 

Ben Hardgrave 

Francis Hardin ’33 and Edna Hardin 

Dorothy Fay Harding ’35 

Janna Harris ’99 

Julie Harris ’01 

Bessie Harrison ’39 

Jana Grobe Hart ’85 and David Hart ’84 

Danny Hartlein ’68 

Glenn Hartlein ’69 

Daniel Hartman ’80 and 

Marla McCabe Hartman ’81 

Scott and Roberta Haus 

Catherine Haverkamp 

James Hawkins, Jr. and 

Robin Hawkins 

John Hayes 

Jessica Flusche Hayes ’98 and 

Dr. William Hayes 

Marion Haynes ’73 and 

Virginia Moore Haynes ’71 

Vendon Hays, II ’96 and Joyce Hays 

Grace Henderson 

J. D. Henderson 

Pamma Henderson ’94 and 

Robert Henderson 

Clinton Henry Jr., and Treva Henry 

Chad Henson ’02 

Joe Hickey ’69 and Kathy Hickey ’70 

Robert Maury Hightower ’64 

Dr. Robert Hilton ’81 and 

Dayna Trembley Hilton ’86 

Greg Hines ’80 

Eric Hipp ’01 

Lucille Harmon Hobbs ’45 

Jerry Clynton Hoffman ’91 

Dr. John Hoffman 

Andy Holbert 

Pete and Jane Holcombe 

Trace and Lisa Hollis 

Deanna Denhard Holman ’01 

Patricia M. Holman ’94 

Arlon Horn ’58 and Patricia Horn 

Flora Eustice Horne ’54 and 

Rear Admiral Charles Horne, III 

Roy Horne ’57 

Roberta Parks House ’58 and 

Dr. Ernest House, Jr. 

Sara Ann Houser ’01 

Charles Howard ’84 

Elizabeth Howard ’91 

Holly Howard ’34 and Sam Howard 

June Howard ’54 and Robert Howard 

Lucille Skluzacek Howard ’71 

Neta Hinson Howard ’58 

Walter Howell ’34 and 

Migna Mayo Howell 

Shannon Carlisle Huggins ’91 and 

Bryan Huggins 

Laura Koch Hughes ’01 and Shawn Hughes 

Stephen B. Humphries 

Hickory Hurie ’37 and Jane Hurie

John Hurst ’81 

Jeff Inness ’98 and Lisa Gruben Inness ’93 

Larry Isch 

Sandra Isom ’92 

Jeff Jackson ’01 and Keiann Jackson 

Jane Hughes Jackson 

Rubie Bedwell Javornick ’58 

Ladonna Jenkins ’99 

W. C. and Barbara Jetton 

Bobby Johnson ’60 and Anita Johnson 

Brandon Johnson ’97 

Colba Jones Johnson ’59 and 

Ralph Johnson 

Johnny and Robin Johnson 

Dr. Kay Johnson ’77 and Don Johnson 

Ronnie Johnson ’74 and 

Carrie Miller Johnson ’73 

Reg Johnson ’88 and Melody Johnson 

Tammye Runyan Johnson ’96 and 

David Johnson 

Don and Margaret Johnston 

Georgia Johnston ’53 and 

O.G. Johnston 

Joe Johnston, Jr. 

Greg and Deanna Jones 

Hartzell Jones ’66 and Marsha Jones 

Rev. Lance Jones and *Sondra Jones 

Trent Jones ’01 

Sharon Jordan ’91 and Doyle Jordan 

Becky Steele Jorgensen ’74 

Kuno and Margaret Juergenson 

Jennifer Jungman ’02 

Morris and Ruth Kadish 

John Kalb ’54 and Eloise Kalb 

Beverly Smedley Karstetter ’75 and 

Billy Karstetter 

Debra Kasper ’93 

Lee Anne Waite Kaylor ’82 

Connie Kelly 

Michael D. Kendall ’71 and Mary Kendall 

Bruce and Kathryn Kern 

Shirley K. Kiefer ’90 and Jim Kiefer 

Elaine Killough ’52 and 

Vaughan Killough 

L. Jane Kimzey ’88 

Richard and Jewell King 

Varnel King ’52 and Vivian King 

Sylvia Kauffeld Kinnear ’66 

Gary Klopp ’66 

Herbert W. Knopf 

Ralph Kodell ’69 and Valerie Kodell 

Jana Wills Kolb ’80 and Mike Kolb 

Joe Kondrick ’83 and 

Dr. Linda Kondrick ’88 

Frances Koza 

Rev. Donald Kuhn 

Charles and Phyllis Kuykendall 

Barbara Haller Langlois ’71 

Cynthia Ishibashi Lanphear ’87 and 

Chris Lanphear 

Michael Lantz ’80 and Desiree Lantz 

Hector Lara ’06 

Terry and Carolyn Lee 

The Rev. Dr. Coy C. Lee 

Peter Leer ’90 and Barbara Leer 

Elizabeth Leiter 

The Edward Lepel Family 

Karen Lewellen ’87 

Waymon Lewellen ’58 and 

Brenda Lewellen 

Benjamin Lewis ’75 

Maurice Lewis ’55 and Betty Lewis 

Robert L. Lewis 

Larry and Patsy Linder 

John Lloyd ’92 and Amy Lloyd 

Bill Lollar 

Shawn Sibley Look ’86 and Jeffrey Look 

James and Carol Looney 

Ann Love 

Harold Lowe 

Dr. Ann Davenport Lucas and 

Michael Lucas 

Kerry Dillaha Lunn 

Ruby Lunsford ’90 

Iola Maier 

Darwin Manes ’34 

Dr. Sammy Manning ’71 and 

Virginia Figliulo Manning ’74 

Timothy Mariani ’88 

Kurt Marine ’86 and Melissa Marine 

Dr. Kile F. Marsh ’52 

Larry Marshall ’67 and Lois Marshall 

Fred Martin 

James Martin ’68 and Louise Kaiser Martin 

Buddy Martin ’60 

Richard Martin ’66 and LaQuette Martin 

W. D. Martin 

Reginald Martin ’86 and Brenda Martin 

Mary Martindale ’63 and 

Kenneth Martindale 

Donald Marts ’51 and Patricia Marts 

Ronnie Marvel ’65 and 

Jeanette Estep Marvel 

Jeffrey Mathis ’82 and Gay Mathis 

Taft M. Mathis 

Charles Maupin 

Arnold Mayersohn 

Cassandra Ramsey McCarley ’92 

Ross and Ann McCarley 

Leola Freeman McCarty ’62 

Harry McCaskill ’51 and Mary McCaskill 

Larry McCollum ’80 and 

Cynthia McCollum ’81 

Rebecca McCollum ’98 

Ronald McCormick ’65 and 

Paula McCormick 

Dr. Robert B. McCoy ’50 

Paul E. McCrary 

Reggie McCright and Janie McCright 

Sonja McCuen ’88 


Josephine McGill 

David McGinnis ’82 and 

Marietta McGinnis ’84 

James S. McKinney ’61 

Henry McNight ’93 and 

Gladys McNight ’93 

Gary McVeigh ’01 

Tricia Meek 

William and Frances Mellin 

Charles Melton ’91 

Sharon Mercure ’93 and Steven Mercure 

Carl Meyer 

David Meyer ’97 

Carl Miller ’64 and Madge Miller 

Jerry Miller ’79 and Susan Miller 

Marshall and Dorothy Miller 

Mida Figliulo Milligan ’86 and 

Billy Milligan 

Christina Minden ’89 

Rosia A. Minden 

Sandra Rutledge Mitchell ’71 

Abdolreza Mobarak ’67 and 

Judy Stewart Mobarak 

James Mooney ’57 and 

Colleen Rickard Mooney 

Glenn Moore ’83 and Lea Ann Moore 

John and Barbara Moore 

Reba Moore ’76 

Robert and Jean Moorhead 

Kelly Wade Moreland ’85 

David Morgan ’71 and DeAnna Morgan 

Anita Holt Morris ’99 

Emily Morrow ’01 

Dr. Robert C. Morton 

Trible Moseley ’87 

Steven Moser ’83 and Michelle Moser 

Thomas P. Moser 

Virginia Moser 

Jo Valentine Mounce ’83 and 

Kenneth Mounce 

Edward Mullens ’64 

Gertrude Tiebel Murphree ’39 

Dr. Matt and Jeanine Myers 

Mary Stegall Nesbitt ’37 

New York Life Insurance Company 

Kathleen Nicholas 

James and Catherine Nichols 

Veotta Norton ’62 

Gregory Oldham ’85 and Linda Oldham 

William Oliver, Jr. ’71 and 

Joan Coulter Oliver ’71 

John Olson ’71 

Glenda Dennis Owens ’71 

Judy Owens ’88 and Harold Owens 

Linda Voigtman Owens ’66 

Robert Page, Jr. ’52 and Flois Page ’54 

Carl Parker ’60 and Rosemarie Parker 

Eric Parker ’02 

Cynthia and Frank Parsons 

Edna Elkins Patterson ’67 and 

The Hon. John Patterson 

John Patterson ’53 

Sid and Beverly Patterson 

Brenda Payne ’89 and John Payne 

Marjorie R. Payne 

Wanda Daniel Pearson ’48 and 

Orville Pearson 

Frances Bourland Peck ’42 and 

Richard Peck 



Dr. Herbert Peek, Jr. ’50 and 

Marie Ehren Peek ’53 

Dr. Reed Perryman ’51 and 

Anita Woolf Perryman ’54 

Rana Peters ’02 

Belinda Petway ’86 

Dr. Kenneth Petway ’49 and Milda Petway 

Michael Phelps ’71 and 

Gail Shanabrook Phelps ’78 

Sid Phillippy 

Ben Phillips ’46 and 

Wanda Witherspoon Phillips 

Brenda Pignata ’64 

Sue Pine ’57 and Bob Pine 

Nancy Pine 

Dean Pitts ’69 and Kay Kirby Pitts ’71 

Janet Williams Ploudre ’86 and 

David Ploudre 

Rev. Tom Porter ’69 and 

Corky Mashburn Porter 

Bill Porter ’54 and Anna Porter 

Lockwood Porter 

Regan Potter ’96 

Darleen Pratt 

Marshall and Jerry Price 

Gerald Primm ’58 and 

Sandra Bearden Primm ’78 

Louie and Judy Prince 

Polly Sellers Pritchett ’49 

Judy Prokupek 

Elizabeth Lee Pruitt ’83 

Jeffrey Pulliam ’85 and Barbara Pulliam 

Rev. Bruce E. Pursell ’68 

David Pyron ’66 and Louan Pyron ’82 

Lucy Basham Pyron ’38 

Henry Rabin ’57 and Barbara Rabin ’57 

James Rackley, Jr. ’78 and Lisa Rackley 

Faye Williams Raible ’72 and Gary Raible 

Michael Rail ’80 

Ronald Ramsey ’91 

Jerry Ray ’64 and Sarah Wiley Ray ’65 

Melody and James Reasoner 

Alta Marie Redmond 

Frances and Bud Reece 

Joseph Reece ’94 and 

Elyse Baretz Reece ’94 

Amelia Retana-Zúñiga ’96 

Steven Ribar ’93 and 

Dr. Brooke Bisbee-Ribar 

Shirley Keith Richardson ’66 

Ralph B. Riley 

Glendyne Robins ’41 and Harvey Robins 

Dr. Betty S. Robinson 

Dr. Lynda Robinson and Dale Robinson 

Martha Dow Robinson ’62 and 

Buford Robinson, Jr. 

Wesley Robinson 

Nancy A. Robison ’92 and Gary Robison 

Faye Pipkins Roble ’49 and Wayne Roble 

Joan Rodemann ’71 and James Rodemann 

Aimee Rogers ’01 

Ruth Rogers 

David Ross ’60 

Virginia Rosser ’75 and John Rosser 

Loy Rowbotham ’65 

John and Pamela Royer 

Buckley Rude 

Herb Russell ’42 

Kathryn Hamilton Russell ’84 and 

Dannie Russell 

Marcia Woods Sanders ’88 

Sara Lee Foundation 

Victoria Sayarath ’06 

Ann Henderson Schaubroeck ’87 and 

Daniel Schaubroeck 

Louis Schneider, Jr. 

Keith Scoggins ’70 and Debbie Scoggins 

Michael and Linda Seamans 

James Sears ’59 and Shirilene Sears 

John Selby ’38 and 

Marie Jennings Selby ’52 

Senior Specialists Agency on Aging 

West Central AR 

Michael Sexton ’80 and Marilyn Sexton 

Katherine Shaffer ’96 

Calvin Shahan ’50 and 

Martha Smith Shahan ’51 

E. B. Ruth Sheaff 

Lois Sheets ’64 and Melburn Sheets 

Elizabeth Baskin Sheffer ’58 

Glen Sheffer ’72 and Anne Sheffer 

Wanda Kauffeld Shively ’54 and 

Joseph Shively 

Roy Shook ’60 

Erta-Lee Shrigley ’30 

Gary Simmons, II ’66 and 

Jean Brown Simmons ’68 

Jimmie and Wanda Simmons 

Rhoda Simon 

Ruth L. Simpler ’43 

Richard Simpson 

Louise Sims 

Vickie Singleton ’89 

Harley Sinor ’02 

Pamela Bishop Skiles ’81 

Rev. Wirt and L. Torpy Skinner 

Alice MacLafferty Smith ’39 

Andy Smith ’80 and Johnnie Smith 

Frank Smith ’56 and Constance Smith 

Gerald and Linda Smith 

Kermit Smith ’49 and Betty George Smith 

Kathleen Smith 

Rev. Marvin E. Smith 

Margaret Smith ’78 

Roger Smithson ’70 and 

Sandra Smithson ’72 

Barbara Snider ’40 

Christy Sparks ’99 and Jason Sparks 

Lewis Sparks ’76 and Anne Sparks 

Phyllis Blackard Sparks ’72 

Angela Wheeler Spencer ’98 and 

Shawn Spencer 

The Rev. Dr. Jim Spivey and Lucy Spivey 

Bruce Spradlin ’58 

Frederick Sproling ’79 

Gloria Spruill 

Mickey Stafford ’68 and 

Martha Dupwe Stafford 

George Stair ’63 

Shari Bauser Standridge ’97 

Joann Hardgrave Stansbury ’64 and 

Dennis Stansbury 

James Stanton ’69 and Chris Stanton 

Dr. Don Stecks ’51 and 

Maxine Dean Stecks ’52 

Brandon Steimel ’01 

Dr. Robert Steinmiller and 

Dr. Georgine Steinmiller 

Alice Stephens 

Dr. Gene and Lynda Stephenson 

Dr. Kay Stewart 

S. Renee Stormes 

Ray and Janet Storts 

Bently Stracener ’50 

Mary S. Stranathan 

Francis Strong 

Larry and Pee-Wee Stroud 

Wayland Stumbaugh ’68 and 

Cathy Stumbaugh 

Kat Woodward Styles ’77 

Rebecca and Timothy Swearingen 

Kelly Swope ’86 and Douglas Swope 

Dinah Lee Tanner 

Maurice and Lanelle Tanner 

David Taylor ’64 and Carolyn Taylor 

Kelly Taylor ’88 and Gordon Taylor 

Paul and Savannah Taylor 

Philip Taylor, Jr. ’85 and 

Melody Jacobs Taylor 

George Tenney ’42 and Grace Tenney ’41 

Thomas Terry ’73 and Janice Terry 

Jeff Thames ’85 and 

Angela Phelps Thames ’86 

Charles and Linda Thatcher 

The Merck Company Foundation 

*Lt. Col. Jesse and Dorothy Thompson 

Peggy Thompson ’63 and 

R. Wayne Thompson 

Gen. R. H. Thompson ’59 and 

Patricia Thompson 

George Tolbert ’64 and Wanda Tolbert ’64 

Sharon Terrill Torres ’81 

Dr. Bill and Sandra Tranum 

Clyde Traylor ’62 and Anna Traylor 

Joe Treat ’63 and Cathleen Treat 

David Turner ’74 and 

Anna Smith Turner ’75 

Van A. Tyson 

William Underwood ’74 and 

Rosemary Smith Underwood ’75 

Thelma Curtis Van Arsdale ’41 

Kevin Van Horn ’92 and Nancy Van Horn 

Daniel Vance ’71 

Jeffrey Vaughn ’78 

Dr. James Vaughn ’51 and Claudia Vaughn 

Mildred Hervey Vaught ’31 

Jerry Wagoner ’58 and 

Dolores Wagoner ’56 

Pete Waldo ’56 and 

Carolyn Johnson Waldo ’58 

Elizabeth Walker ’43 

Dr. Willard and Patsy Walker 


Oliver Walters, Jr. ’83 and Sharon Walters 

Henry and Jo Ann Walton 

Russell Wambles ’87 and 

Rebecca Wambles ’86 

Jo Ward 

Jane Warmack 

James Warren ’67 and Dureta Porter Warren 

Lou and Wesley Watkins 

Donald Watson ’59 and Patricia Watson 

Moleta Watson ’93 and Sylvester Watson 

Rev. Mary Ellen Rozzell Waychoff ’78 

Anita Weathers ’74 and Robert Weathers 

Edward and Nancy Weber 

Fredric Welch ’37 and Patricia Welch 

Stanley and Jeanne Wells 

Mark Wesner 

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 


Darrel Wheeler, Jr. ’75 and 

Sharon Goza Wheeler 

Nancy Whigham 

Whirlpool Foundation 

Earl and Jane White 

Linda Kauffeld White ’67 and 

MSgt. Don White 

Kara Whitkanack ’91 and 

Michael Whitkanack 

John Wilcox ’74 

Kevin and Debbie Wiley 

Vernon and Helen Wilkening 

Robert and Rosalie Wilkins 

Mary Tougaw Willard ’84 

Rosalie Garrett Willey ’48 and 

Stewart Willey 

Dr. Clarence Williams ’48 and 

Dr. Katala Green Williams ’49 

Jack Williams ’71 and 

Irene Hayes Williams ’71 

Marilyn Williams ’92 and Randall Williams 

Randall and Shelly Williams 

Ella Young Willis ’35 

Paula Wills 

Gene Wilson ’62 and Alicia Wilson 

Julia Wilson ’85 and Donald Wilson 

Raymond Wilson, Jr. ’56 

Sheila Wise ’70 and Thomas Wise 

Sammy Wish ’50 

WOC Highland Presbyterian Church, 

Hot Springs, AR 

Larry Wofford ’65 and Diane Wofford 

Virginia Wofford 

Bridget Wohrer 

JoAn Woody 

Dr. James Woolf ’42 and Mary Woolf 

Melissa Worm ’01 

Jimmy Wright ’68 and Carolyn Wright ’74 

Jacanna Wyatt ’99 

Chris Wynkoop ’84 and Christine Wynkoop 

Rhonda Yarberry ’82 and Robert Yarberry 

Dyanna Smith Yarbro ’96 and Lance Yarbro 

A. Dean Yeager ’59 and 

Pauline Hurley Yeager 

Rex Yerby ’57 and 

Almeta Blackard Yerby ’53 

Patricia Farnsworth Yoder ’53 and 

Lee Yoder 

Nicholas Yount ’01 and 

Rebekah Watkins Yount ’01 

Michael Zoller ’77 and 

Janice Forkner Zoller ’78 

Religious Organizations 

The following churches and religious 

organizations generously support 

University of the Ozarks in its mission 

to provide a quality, comprehensive 

education founded on Judeo- 

Christian values. Bold indicates five 

years of consecutive giving. 

Arkansas Presbytery Women, 

Walnut Ridge, AR 

Bella Vista Community Church, Bella Vista 

Bentwood Trail Presbyterian Church, 

Dallas, TX 

Central Presbyterian Church, 

Russellville, AR 

Dwight Presbyterian Mission, Vian, OK 

Financial Services Agency-Synod of 

the Sun, Denton, TX 

First Presbyterian Church, Benton, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Bentonville, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Camden, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville 

First Presbyterian Church, Conway, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Haynesville, LA 

First Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Jonesboro, AR 


Mountain Home, AR 


Ponca City, OK 


Springdale, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, OK 


Van Buren, AR 

First Presbyterian Church, Woodward, OK 

First United Presbyterian Church, 

Fayetteville, AR 

Grace Presbyterian Church, Grove, OK 

Harmony Presbyterian Church, 

Clarksville, AR 

Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista 

Presbyterian Church, Pryor, OK 

Presbyterian Kirk of the Hills, 

Fairfield Bay, AR 

Presbyterian Women of Westminster 

Presbyterian Church, Hot Springs, AR 

Presbyterian Women, Clarksville, AR 

Presbyterian Women, Kirk in the Pines, 


Presbyterian Women’s Circle #3, 

Tulsa, OK 

Presbytery of Arkansas 

Second Presbyterian Church, 


Westminster Presbyterian Church, 


Westover Hills Presbyterian Women, 


WOC Highland Presbyterian Church, 

Hot Springs, AR 

Woodlands Presbyterian Church, 


Gifts-In-Kind 

The following individuals and 

corporations generously supported 

Ozarks with gifts of services or 

products during the 2002-03 fiscal 

year. 


John and Sharon Bale 

Daniel Benton 


Neta Curb 

Cynda’s Framing & Art, Oark, AR 


Douglas Dennett ’02 


Nancy Farrell 

Lee Garrison 

Francis H. Hamilton 

Dr. Doug Jeffries 

Mira Ingram Leister ’63 

Harold L. Medjuck 


Dr. Jay and Bonnie Parrot 




Arnie Sims 

Sara Stucky and Keith Stucky 

Louise Taylor ’51 

The Lloyd Schuh Company, Inc. 

Teresa Vanderbilt 

Whitson Morgan Motor Company, Inc. 


M emorials 

May 1, 2003 through October 10, 2003 

Dr. Charles Angell 

Dorothy Angell 

Dr. Richard F. Bagwell 


Donald and Trudy Baird and Jim Garrett 

G. Garvin Berry, Jr. 





Curtis and Joan Green 

Robert D. Lengacher 

Jack and Jo Marcy 

Robert and Joyce McCray 


Dr. Gilbert Parks, Jr. and 

Susan Burden ’67 

Burl and Nina Watson, Jr. 

Ann Woolley 

Gene Basham ’44 






Arthur Harmon Bean ’52 



Karen Newton Bean ’74 

Sara Stucky and Keith Stucky 

William Bock ’58 

Bill Alexander ’55 and Linda Alexander 

W. C. and Barbara Jetton 

Dr. Betty R. Morris ’58 



Elizabeth Baskin Sheffer ’58 

Jordan Sims Family 



Marian Riddell Cargile ’64 

Lt. Col. John Cargile ’61 

Rev. James V. Coleman 

Lois S. Coleman 

Marion H. Crump 

Farren Sadler ’51 and Grace Pourron 

Sadler ’53 

Kermit Eggensperger ’41 


Elizabeth Eisenmayer ’00 





Edith McChesney 

Bob Newman ’68 and 

Geanne Watkins Newman ’68 

Georgia Ellsworth ’32 

Dr. Allen and Mary Ellsworth 

Ruth Felkins 



Dr. James Vincent and 

Gertrude Frederick 



Hazel Frost 





Larry Isch 

Ron Leonard and Mary Marcia Leonard 


Lori McBee 



Joanne Willett Taylor ’60 

Paula Wills 

Sydney and Clara (Chappell) Gotcher 

Harmony Presbyterian Church 

Sarah Carlin Graves ’85 

Shari Caywood 



Col. Douglas Haigwood 

Martha Bloyd-Haigwood 

Edward D. Hamilton 

Margaret Hamilton 

Marilyn Hiatt Hudgens ’50 

Dr. Robert Hudgens ’50 and 

Harriette Hudgens 

Frank Ingram ’48 

C. Philip Collins ’65 and 

Anna Collins ’63 


Roger W. James ’68 

The Darrell Carter Family 

Michael and Kay Corso 

Rosia A. Minden 


Bernice Jones 






Rick and Sherée Niece 

Dr. Gilbert Parks, Jr. and Susan Burden ’67 

Sondra Robertson Jones 



Lori McBee 

Rick and Sherée Niece 

Latta and Ila Baskin King 

Harmony Presbyterian Church 

Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. King ’13 

Robert and Ruth Moore 


Betty ’Polly’ Calhoun Kraus ’53 

Joann Yates ’53 

Shelli Stewart Lamberson 

John Frost ’89 and Julia Frost 




Tina McCain 

Debby Stallings Mooney ’82 

The Willis Family 

Glen Yarbrough ’54 and 

Margie Yarbrough 

Lt.Col. (Ret.) Ernest K. Larson ’56 









James E. Lewis ’41 


Burl and Nina Watson 

Jane Mariani 



Rev. John M. McCormack ’33 



Mackie McElree 

Charlene McMillan Watson ’44 

Jay Mills ’63 

Janice Owen Mills ’61 

Lucile Lucas Murphy ’33 






Lucile P. Gatchell 

Rubie Bedwell Javornick ’58 





Edna Elkins Patterson ’67 and 

The Hon. John Patterson 


Johnny Pennington 

Verna Harris Pennington ’31 

Patty Petty 

Philip Pittman ’41 


Ann Garrett Williamson ’41 and 

John Williamson 


Arthur F. Nichols ’35 

James and Catherine Nichols 

Rosalie Phifer O’Brien ’50 



Isobel Odel 

Mary Boyer 

Tommy E. Owens ’70 

The Hon. Len Bradley and 

Becky Bradley 

Robert Gibson ’76 and 

Glenda Anglin Gibson 

Edward M. Parker 

Thomas and Judy Parker 

Wilson Greg Parker ’32 

Dr. Allen and Mary Ellsworth 

Dr. J. T. Patterson ’38 


Lucile Sanders Patterson 


Dr. Philip B. Phillips ’35 

Kathleen T. Phillips 

Absolom N. Ragon, Jr. ’27 



Jim and Jo Skinner 


Arthur and Mary Smith 


Prof. and Mrs. T. L. Smith 



Robert Dennis Spurlock ’65 

Carl Miller ’64 and Madge Miller 

Vernon Stewart 

Randall and Shelly Williams 

Nancy Geisler Tamuty ’59 

Donald L. Tamuty 

Mildred Smith Taylor ’37 and 

John Taylor 

Erin Bryant Jaros ’93 and John Jaros 

Pearl Dickerson Whitson ’35 









Larry Isch 

Roy and Nancy Johnson 

Marie Ogden Kennon ’35 

Mr. and Mrs. John O. Kumpe, Jr. 

Cynthia and C.A. Kuykendall 



James Murray ’75 and Debra Murray 


Phyllis and Don Parsons 

Jay and Leigh Patterson 


Laura Peyton and Wayne Jackson 

Eileen Taylor Pitts ’29 



Dr. Noel Rowbotham ’61 and 

Charlotte Woodard Rowbotham ’63 

Victoria Sayarath ’06 

May Mills Taylor ’37 

Vinnie, Cody, and Tyler Tran 

Sally Wood 

H onoraria 

May 1, 2003 through October 10, 2003 

Filadelfo Bertrand ’03 

Rotaract Club, U of O 

Sarah Goodpasture Boen ’03 

David and Debbie Goodpasture 

Lisa A. Casey 


Larry Isch 

Reba Pridgin ’81 

Paula Wills 

Audrey Crumbliss ’03 

Hannah Gentry ’03 



Gary McVeigh ’01 


Ann Woolley 

Ana Gentry ’03 


Ann Davidson McKinney Goza ’69 

Angela Wheeler Spencer ’98 and 

Shawn Spencer 



Wilma Kimbrell Harris ’03 


Jeffrey Hill ’03 


Lori McBee 


Gearldean Andreas 

Dorothy Bossard ’54 and Randy Bossard 







Dr. Robert W. DeLay 

Genny Dougan 




Mary and Walter Elmore 

Kelly Milner Ewers 

Ruth Boddie Farmer ’41 

The Fontaine Family 


Helen Rader Fulton ’40 

Paula and Roger Glasgow 

Greenbrier Creek Animal Hospital 




Norma McKennon Johnson 

Dr. E. Hoyt Kerr 

Rena Sue Laster ’71 



Elizabeth Leiter 

Mary Martindale ’63 and 

Kenneth Martindale 



Lori McBee 

Col. Lee and Joanie Mills McCleskey 

Catherine Milner ’58 and David Milner 

Lucile Lucas Murphy ’33 

Lula Ragon Nevins ’63 and 

Dr. William Nevins, Jr. 


Cynthia and Frank Parsons 

Dr. Herbert Peek, Jr. ’50 and 

Marie Ehren Peek ’53 




Dr. R. L. and Nancy Qualls 

The Rev. Dr. Bill Rail ’52 and 


Betty Ann Eustice Riley ’49 

Faye Pipkins Roble ’49 and 

Wayne Roble 

Dr. William and Traci Scott 

Calvin Shahan ’50 and 

Martha Smith Shahan ’51 

Kathleen Smith 

Dr. Gene and Lynda Stephenson 

Mary Houston Stuart ’41 

Maurice and Lanelle Tanner 



W. Ragon Thompson ’56 

Denton Tumbleson ’74 and 

Jane Tumbleson 

Nancy Whigham 

Philip Willcoxon and 

Judy Koon Willcoxon 

Paula Wills 

Bruce and Charlotte Wilson 



Wilma Kimbrell Harris ’03 

Dewayne Lambert ’03 


Valerie Linda McClaine ’02 

Paula Wills 

Katherine Melendez ’03 


Kathleen Nicholas 




Jack Phillips, Jr. ’50 and Ann Phillips 





Paula Wills 

Lonnie Qualls ’55 and Levada Qualls ’55 




Lori McBee 

The Rev. Dr. William Rail ’52 and 



Mary Sue Phillips Powers ’60 and 

Jimmy E. Powers 


The Rev. Dr. Jerry Rice ’53 and 

Myra Rice 

Rob Reynolds ’03 


Carrie Rogers ’04 


Dr. Noel Rowbotham ’61 

Cara Rowbotham Flinn ’85 and 

Richard Flinn 

Lindsey N. Sims ’03 

Terry and Vickie Sims 

Claudia Tovar ’04 


Kendall Wagner ’06 


Jerry Wagoner ’58

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