Today,FALL/WINTER 2004 1 - University of the Ozarks

alumni newsCole, Rowe, Ehrentabbed for honorsAlumnus Dr. Frank M. Cole ’50,The Rev. Dr. Ralph Ehren ’55 andJennifer Fisher Rowe ’93 have beenchosen by the university’s AlumniAssociation to receive distinguishedhonors during Alumni Weekend 2005,scheduled for April 14-16.Cole will receive the Alumni MeritAward, Ehren will be presented theAlumni Achievement Award and Rowewill be given the Young Alumni ServiceAward. The awards will be presentedduring the Alumni Awards Luncheon onSaturday, April 16.Cole is a retired pharmacist living inJonesboro, Ark. A veteran of WorldWar II, Cole played football and servedas president of the student body beforeearning his degree in pharmacy fromOzarks. He was a member of theArkansas State Board of Pharmacy for15 years. He is a lifetime member of theU of O Board of Trustees and hasserved on the Alumni Associationboard of directors for 19 years. He andwife, Clarissa “Shorty” Cole ’50, havebeen married for more than 60 years.Ehren is a retired minister andeducator living in McKinney, Texas. Anative of Booneville, Ark., Ehren was astandout football player at Ozarks,earning conference Back of the Yearhonors in 1954. He went on to earn aPh.D. from the Southwestern BaptistTheological Seminary in Fort Worth,Texas, and spent almost 50 years in thefield of education and Christianministry in various areas throughout thecountry. His wife, Betty Hodges Ehren,is a 1953 graduate of Ozarks.Rowe lives in Beggs, Okla., withhusband Stephen, a 1990 Ozarksgraduate. A longtime employee of AceHardware in Broken Arrow, Okla.,Rowe has been active with theuniversity’s Green Country AlumniChapter and the Alumni Association foralmost 10 years. She is active in herlocal church and has made severalmission trips to South America.14 Today, FALL/WINTER 2004Alumni Association BoardMembers of the U of O Alumni Association board of directors pose for a photo inRobson Library during the October board meeting. Those present included, (backrow, from left) John Douglas ’50, Bill Rail ’52, Ronnie Johnson ’74, FrankClemmons ’53, Ralph Ehren ’53, Ron Laster ’64, Steven Ribar ’93, Frank Cole ’50,Shorty Cole ’50, Robert Hudgens ’50, Freddia Jean Sullivent ’91, AndreaRomo ’68, Amy Anderson ’97, Kay Johnson ’77, (front row, from left) SteveEndsley ’74, Fred Romo ’68, Levada Qualls ’55, Reza Ahrabli ’79, RickeyCasey ’79, Ruby Reynolds ’48, Trible Moseley ’87, Joanne Taylor ’60, E. FayBennett ’50, Don Stecks ’51 and Jennifer Rowe ’93. Those on the board notpresent include, Danny Aquilar ’90, Mary Ann Chance ’69, Brian Cotner ’90,Dena Dixon ’86, Dan Dooley ’90, Gerald Fisher ’49, Kingsley Glasgow ’00, BobHarrison ’50, David Rawhouser ’69, Elyse Reece ’94, Joe Reece ’94, Jerry Rice ’53,Shari Standridge ’97 and Wayne Workman ’44.Three chosen for Sports HallThree former athletes have beenchosen for induction into theuniversity’s Sports Hall of Fame.Former football standouts RayBasinger and Dr. Fletcher B. Lowrywill join former women’s basketballstar Marilyn Bauer as the Class of 2005inductees. The induction luncheon andceremony will take place on Feb. 5.Basinger, a retired coach living inAmarillo, Texas, was a standoutlineman for Ozarks from 1949-53. TheHartford, Ark., native was a four-year,two-way starter who earned ArkansasIntercollegiate Conference Lineman ofthe Year honors in 1953.Lowry retired in 1988 after 18years as chair of the department ofphysical education at the University ofCentral Arkansas. Lowry was a fouryearletterman and two-time captain forthe Ozarks football team in the late1940s and early 1950s. He worked forUCA for 33 years, including a 15-yearstint as the head baseball coach wherehe won six AIC championships. He is amember of the UCA sports hall of fame.Bauer, a coach in Lincoln, Ark.,starred for the women’s basketball teamfrom 1981-1984 and is still among theschool’s career top 10 in points (1,160),rebounds (619) and assists (380). TheScranton, Ark., native holds the school’sall-time record for steals (228).