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GRADUATEVol. 11, No. 2 Fall/Winter 1998 For Alumni and Friends of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and the University of Division of Agriculture

You Can Get There From Here Story on page 8 In This Issue… From the Dean From the Dean ...... 2 College Posts Largest his second issue of The GRADUATE in Enrollment Increase — its new format highlights scholarships Up 13% ...... 3 T and some of the exciting projects Dear Fellow Alums ...... 3 underway that will be of direct, lasting benefit to the College’s teaching programs. Timing Critical to Admission, Most of the projects are funded by several Scholarship Decisions ...... 4 sources, including private, state and federal Curriculum Changes funds. In essentially every case, private donors, Offer Flexibility ...... 4 alumni and friends of the College put the Alumna Endows International projects “over the top.” Without the help and Studies Scholarship Fund support of our former students and friends, the in Husband’s Memory...... 5 projects would either not be possible or would Globe-Trotting Students Serve be on a smaller scale than is truly needed. For Internships Abroad ...... 5 that continued support, the students, faculty and Charles J. Scifres administration of the College extend our Horticulture Honors Dean heartfelt thanks. These new facilities and Alumni and Friends ...... 6 programs will allow our faculty to achieve greater levels of excellence in their Faculty Update ...... 6 teaching programs and research supported by the Division of Agriculture’s HES Begins First Distance Agricultural Experiment Station. Learning Course ...... 7 Because our alumni and friends care, some 240 deserving students are Interior Design Program Gets currently supported by scholarships — support which not only helps all the Site Visit for Accreditation .... 7 recipients but literally makes a college education possible for many. As the student population in the College grows, that support is going to become not only more You Can Get There important but absolutely critical. And we have to continue to progressively From Here ...... 8 increase private involvement and partnering in our programs if we are to sustain King-Size Gift Launches the pace the faculty have set for themselves. Equine Program ...... 9 We are extremely pleased with the positive happenings in the College and at Land Grant Days ...... 1 0 the . Enrollment is up in the College after several years of The House Is Back in steady decline. The concerted effort to modernize our curricula and make them FarmHouse ...... 1 1 more effective and efficient has produced excellent results. Several outstanding new faculty have been added in key areas. We are moving to reach more and Bumpers College Seeks more Arkansans who desire and deserve the opportunity to take our courses Nominations for through distance education and by way of our relationships with other colleges in Outstanding Alumnus ...... 1 1 the State through initiaives such as the Arkansas Consortium for Teaching Scholarships Donor List...... 1 2 Agiculture. We are working closely with our sister Colleges on the UAF campus Alumni News ...... 1 5 including a collaborative relationship between Interior Design and Interior Architecture; and, coinvesting with Business Administration to bring transporta- tion and logistics courses to our Agricultural Business program. The most rewarding accomplishment of all, however, is one that takes a The Graduate is published for alumni concentrated effort literally on everyone’s part. And that is the growing sense of and friends of the Dale Bumpers College community embracing our students, staff, faculty, administration, alumni and of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and the University of Arkansas Division friends. There has been increasing participation in events such as Land Grant of Agriculture. Send correspondence to Days, the Carnival of Clubs and other activities that let the rest of the world The Graduate, 206 Agriculture know that we are alive and well! There is a growing sense of pride in our pro- Building, University of Arkansas, grams and people and an expressed desire for continued improvement; and, we Fayetteville, AR 72701. will achieve that not as individuals but by continuing to work together. I often remind those of us who work at the University that the College does (501) 575-2252 not belong to the administration, or to the faculty, or even to the students. It Fax: (501) 575-7273 belongs to people like you who are largely responsible for the things that have Co-editors: Elizabeth Wheeler and been achieved, and who are absolutely essential to our achieving what we can be. Howell Medders. Design by Judy Again, to all of our alumni and friends who continue to untiringly and Howard. Photography by Fred Miller unselfishly support these programs — your programs — we salute you and thank and Jim Bailey. Articles in this issue by you. Elizabeth Wheeler, Fred Miller, Howell Truly, you make the difference. ■ Medders, Mischelle Fryar, Chad Mooney and Mike Speight.

2 The GRADUATE College Posts Largest Enrollment Increase — Up 13% Randy Luttrell are graduate students. Undergraduate College have worked hard to enhance Associate Dean for Academics enrollment increased 11.9% and the image of the agricultural, food and graduate student enrollment increased life sciences through enhanced recruit- A 13 percent increase in enroll- 17.8% over that of 1997. ing and retention programs. They have ment in Bumpers College this fall About 83 percent of the students developed a dynamic curriculum. compared to last fall was the most of are residents of Arkansas, 52 percent Degree programs that address issues any college at the University are female and 48 percent are ranging from biotechnology to fashion of Arkansas. Campus-wide, male. Of the 204 nonresident design appeal to a wide audience of enrollment was up 4.7 students, 45 percent are students. percent. international students. Most importantly, the Bumpers Most departments had Seventy percent of the College is a college of the people. We more students than last fall, College’s students are will assure that our academic programs but relatively large increases classified as full-time. Nine continue to reflect the needs of our were observed in Animal percent are transfer students. society and that we will always embrace Science (28%), Horticulture About 16 percent are our land-grant heritage of teaching, (30%), Interior Design classified as minority stu- research and service to meet the (23%), and Poultry Science dents, and 50 percent of that growing demands of an expanding (21%). Biological and number are graduate stu- population. Our unique ability to place Agricultural Engineering, Randy Luttrell dents. students in learning environments with which is administratively We believe enrollment in innovative research and extension housed in the College of Engineering Bumpers College will continue to scientists will remain as our strongest but closely aligned with the Bumpers increase. Several factors, including the asset. Most of the students enrolled in College, experienced a 48% increase in overall University emphasis on recruit- the Bumpers College participate in enrollment. ment of outstanding students, contrib- internships where they experience real- Bumpers College currently has ute to this growth. world problems and interact with real- 1,189 students. About 22%, or 264, Faculty within the Bumpers world professionals. ■

Dear Fellow Alums, Today’s business environment puts pressure on all The business of educating has the same needs as a of us to think towards the future. The resource chemical, fertilizer or seed company for supporting commitment needed to help achieve our mission, customers who desire a quality product at a fair price. vision, goals and objectives for the future is very large Product lines usually improve generation by generation. in all segments of agricultural business and in the For example, the most recently developed soybean business of education. variety is usually an improvement over an earlier variety, Focus + Determination + Support + Team Work + or it won’t be in demand. Support must come from Execution are all factors in the equation contributing various sources to sustain development of all products, to a successful business. Similar to our businesses, the including education. Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural Food and Life We, as graduates, should reflect on what we can do Sciences must prepare for the future. to support our College, the institution that launched Inspection of the success equation shows several our careers. I’m proud to be an alumnus because of factors, but the one that Bumpers College can always what the College did for me and many other graduates. use help with is support from its graduates and May I suggest that graduates call the Arkansas Alumni friends. For those of you who have not interacted with Association, Dean Scifres or Associate Dean Luttrell to your College lately, let me inform you that it is learn how you might lend your support to your College progressing toward the new millennium and it is and put it on the fast track as we race to the 21st focused, determined, working as a team and executing Century. Let’s help our College win that race! as best it can with restricted resources to get there on Jim Batchelor time. CAFLS Alumni Society President, 1995-97

Jim Batchelor (BSA ’75, MS ’78, PhD ’80) is Director of Seed, WILFARM L.L.C., Gladstone, Mo.

Fall 1998 3 Timing Critical to Admission, Scholarship Decisions

“The three most important things College scholarships every year by deciding which students are accepted.” you can do to get accepted to the March 1, so even if they are not Call the office of the Dean of University of Arkansas are apply early, awarded a scholarship one year, they Bumpers College, 501-575-2252, for apply early and apply early,” says may still earn one the next year. information about University and Melissa Lester, director of student Applications for admission in fall College scholarships. For information relations for the Bumpers College. 1999 are being accepted now and about departmental scholarships, “Everything, including scholar- must be received by Aug. 15, 1999. students should contact directly the ships and financial aid, hinges on Depending on which of the various departments in which they’re inter- completing your application and scholarships are sought, admission ested. getting it in early,” Lester says. application deadlines range from Jan. Lester says students should apply “Completion of an application for 1 to March 1, but applications early even if they haven’t made up admission begins the process of received before Jan. 1 will receive their minds which college or univer- selection for University scholarships.” priority consideration for all Univer- sity they want to attend. Students who Applications must be accompa- sity scholarships. put off making their decisions until nied by a non-refundable $30 fee. Eligibility requirements also vary, late risk losing scholarship opportuni- There are three layers of scholar- but the higher a student’s grade point ties. ships available: University scholar- average and ACT or SAT score, the “It’s also important for students ships, Bumpers College scholarships better. interested in agricultural, food or life and departmental scholarships. All are For the best chance of successfully science majors to indicate the awarded on a competitive basis. applying to U of A and receiving a Bumpers College on their applica- Students reapply for Bumpers scholarship, a student should have at tions, even if they’re not certain about least a 3.0 GPA and score no lower their major,” she says. “University than 20 on the ACT or 960 on the admissions will forward those applica- SAT. tions to us so we can send prospective Students’ transcripts should be students applications for College sent to the University by their schools, scholarships. and ACT or SAT scores should be “The application process may sent by the testing agency. seem confusing or lengthy, but it’s so “The application should be as important,” Lester says. “We’ll offer complete as possible,” Lester says, all the help prospective students need “because everything you tell us about to complete their applications on yourself will be considered when time. All they have to do is call us.” ■

Curriculum Changes Offer Flexibility

Curriculum changes will give “The 16 hours of College core Bumpers College undergraduate classes have been replaced with a students more flexibility in determin- requirement to take nine hours of ing their courses of study as they work broadening electives,” Wheeler says. Ambassadors — Five students toward degrees. “Students must choose electives from have been selected to represent the Bumpers College as College “One of the biggest changes was outside their majors, but from courses Ambassadors. They are, front row the reduction of hours required to earn offered within the Bumpers College.” from left: Chad Clem, a senior a bachelor’s degree from 132 to 124,” Students must still take classes poultry science major from says Melissa Lester, Bumpers College required by the University’s core Malvern; and Jeri Baker, a director of student relations. curriculum. sophomore agricultural business “Reducing the required hours Several departments are also major from Mountain Home. Back brings our College in line with other adding concentration areas in mer- row: Dawn Seale, a junior human colleges in the University and makes it chandising and management to their development major from Dierks; easier for students to earn a bachelor’s degree offerings. Barry Denton, a junior agricultural education major from Hatfield; and degree in four years,” Lester says. “Fewer required hours and a Tamara Holcombe, a junior family Eliminating the core requirements broader choice of courses gives and consumer science education also gives students more control in students much more flexibility in their major from Jay, Okla. designing their courses of study, says college careers,” Wheeler says. ■ Elizabeth Wheeler, College mentor.

4 The GRADUATE Alumna Endows International Studies Scholarship Fund in Husband’s Memory by Mischelle Fryar for Dole in the Philippines. Student Writer He took a job with Dupont as a sales representative in Australia in n article in the last issue of The 1966 and spent the majority of his Graduate about opportunities career in management positions with Afor Bumpers College students that company’s overseas operations. to study abroad prompted an alumna The Lockes lived in the Philippines, to offer an endowment for scholar- Australia, South America and ships in her late husband’s throughout Southeast Asia. name to help students take “The key to his career, he felt, was advantage of international the year he spent abroad in Brazil. It study opportunities. gave him the interest and a foothold Carole Locke (BSHE to learn about international ’59) of Fort Myers, Fla., Richard D. Locke agribusiness,” said Mrs. Locke. widow of Richard Locke International agribusiness was a (BSA ’60), is providing a career in international rewarding career for her husband, she $25,000 endowment to agribusiness, Mrs. Locke said, and she feels the scholarship establish the Richard D. says, and she wants to help endowment is an appropriate way to Locke International provide the same opportu- honor her husband’s memory while Agriculture Endowed nities to other students at giving students the opportunity to Scholarships. Some 20 From 1957 Razorback the U of A. study abroad. additional contributions As a junior at the To contribute to the Locke from friends and associates had University, Locke spent a year in Foundation Endowment, contact already been received at this writing, Brazil as an exchange student. After Preston La Ferney, Director of before the fund’s establishment was receiving his degree in agricultural International Agricultural Programs, presented to the UA Board of Trust- economics, he began a distinguished 300 Hotz Hall, U of A, Fayetteville, ees for approval. career in international agribusiness as AR 72701; [email protected], Richard Locke enjoyed a lifelong manager of tropical crop plantations phone 501-575-2256. ■

Globe-Trotting Students Serve Internships Abroad Participants in the European Studies Program provided by Bumpers College have been involved in a variety of internships and study programs in Scotland, England, Slovakia, Israel, Italy and Denmark over the past two years. The following examples illustrate the diversity of study and work programs that can be arranged to meet the needs and interests of students. Todd Gilmour of Fayetteville was awarded a scholarship Todd Gilmour Reema Persad Gabe Timby to the Excellence in Golf Course Management Program at the prestigious Gleneagles Golf Course near Perth, Scotland. Reema Persad of Fayetteville was a summer intern at the LaDerek Lee of Shreveport, La., participated in a Roslyn Institute in Edinburgh, the home of Dolly, the summer graduate studies program in Italy coordinated by cloned sheep. She also worked in the Scottish Agricultural the Consortium of Universities for International Business College (SAC) veterinary divisions at Ayr and Aberdeen. Studies, which is administered by Clemson University. Since returning to the U of A, Persad has continued to Sherri Dickey of Emerson completed a short-term conduct research she started at the Roslyn Institute on research study visit to Slovakia to conduct research on her muscle stress in broiler chickens. thesis for a master’s degree in agricultural economics. Alexandria Madison of Springdale is studying marine Gabriel Timby of Lincoln is studying environmental biology at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. protection and management in Edinburgh.

Fall 1998 5 Faculty Update

Missed on campus this fall is New to Agricultural Economics/ Carolyn Sharp (BSHE ’64, MS ’67), Agribusiness is Assistant Professor Food Science, who passed away in Michael Thomsen, who received his May. She is fondly remembered by the Ph.D. from the University of Minne- many students she helped over the sota earlier this year. His areas of years and by her colleagues in the specialization are marketing, coopera- Dennis Motes, right, UA Vegetable Institute of Food Technology. Also tives, strategic marketing and value- Substation Director, presents an alumni missed are recent retirees Terry Lavy, added industries. award to Charles V. Hall and his wife, Agronomy, and Alfredo Gonzalez, Elsie (BSBA ’49). Food Science. And we wish well to faculty who have recently taken other Horticulture jobs: Elizabeth Lamb, Horticulture, who is helping to start the horticul- Honors Alumni ture teaching program at the Univer- sity of , Ft. Pierce campus; and Friends Keith Patterson (BSBA ’70, MS Outstanding alumni and friends ’79), Horticulture, now a were honored at the annual Horticul- viticulturalist at California Polytechnic ture awards luncheon Sept. 25. State University in San Luis Obispo; Charles V. Hall (BSA ’50, MS ’53), David Neff, Agricultural Economics an Ash Flat native who was head of the and Agribusiness, who is managing a Keith Streigler, left, and Jon Lindstrom Iowa State University horticulture John Deere dealership in Indiana; department for 17 years, received the Carl Dillon, Agricultural Economics Horticulture gained two new Lifetime Horticulture Alumni Award. and Agribusiness, now at the Univer- faculty, Keith Striegler (BSA ’79, MS Tina K. Shelby (BS ’80), co-owner sity of Kentucky; Jamie Dollahite, ’82) and Jon Lindstrom. Striegler of PLANTation Services in Little Rock, Human Environmental Sciences, holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State received the Early Career Horticulturist currently an extension dietitian at and comes to the U of A from Award. Cornell University; Stephanie California State University, Fresno, Robert and Marilyn Bogle of Watson (PhD ’97), Human Environ- where he held the Julio R. Gallo Bentonville were presented the Out- mental Sciences, who has joined the Director’s Chair at the Viticulture and standing Friends Award. The Bogles interior design faculty at the Univer- Enology Research Center. He returns established the Bogle Scholarship sity of Minnesota; and Edwin Ander- home to Northwest Arkansas as Endowment that has helped more than son, Plant Pathology, now with associate professor and extension 20 students, department head Stephen Pioneer Seed Co. in Iowa. specialist in fruits. Lindstrom received Myers said. his B.S. in horticulture from Cornell, Hall’s distinguished career as a his M.S. from the University of horticultural scientist and educator Maryland, and his Ph.D. in agronomy included development of melon at the University of . After varieties, including ‘Crimson Sweet,’ several post-docs, he is settled in which became one of the most widely Fayetteville, where he will teach and grown watermelons in the world. conduct research on woody plants. Shelby and her husband, Randy Cooper, own what is now the state’s Nilda Roma largest interior plantscape service. She Burgos (MS ’94, was named one of the top 40 business PhD ’97) has joined executives under 40 by Arkansas Nancy Wyatt and Michael Thomsen the Agronomy Business in 1996. Department as She is president of the central Joining the ranks this fall is Nancy assistant professor in Arkansas chapter of National Associa- Griffith Wyatt (BA ’78, MS ’80, PhD weed science. She is tion of Women Business Owners. She ’91), an Agricultural Experiment Nilda Roma from the Philippines, was unable to attend the awards Station publications editor for the past Burgos where she completed luncheon because she was representing 13 years, who is now an assistant her undergraduate studies. Prior to the NAWBO in Washington, D.C. Her professor in the agricultural communi- returning to the U of A, she worked husband and parents, Nita and Ralph cations area in Agricultural and as a field research biologist for Shelby, accepted the award on her Extension Education. She is an ZENECA Ag Products in behalf. Arkansas native from Bentonville. Champaign, Ill.

6 The GRADUATE modate new students. A faculty Interior Design committee is exploring the develop- ment of a three-semester collabora- Program Gets tive program for students in interior design and architecture to enrich Site Visit for the beginning classes these students Accreditation take on our campus. ■ Interior design faculty and students were busy sprucing up for The Interior Design Advisory the FIDER (Foundation for Board met in September to prepare Interior Design Education Re- for the FIDER site visit. Anna search) site visit Oct. 31 through (Westfall) Chandler (BSHE ’84), Nov. 3. The interior design vice-president of Corgan Associates, program, established in 1974, was Inc., Fort Worth, has joined the first accredited in 1992 and again board, along with John Alpe with in 1995. There are approximately Mills Morris Business Products, a 100 accredited interior design Herman Miller representative, Springdale. On Display — Sophomore Landon programs in North America, and Shockley of Malvern and freshman Erica the UAF program is the only one ■ Johnson of Fort Smith paint a display so recognized in Arkansas. Ac- panel for showing the work of interior creditation indicates that graduates Nine interior design majors design students in the Home Economics meet nationally accepted standards completed internships last summer. Building. Shockley and Johnson were for entry into the interior design Their placements in design firms among a group of interior design majors profession. ranged from McLean, Va., to Las who helped spruce up the Department of Vegas, Nev., to London, England. Human Environmental Sciences for a site ■ Next summer 30 students are visit by the Foundation for Interior scheduled for internships. Any Design Education Research. The program is growing, with a 1998 enrollment of 108 stu- alumni interested in employing an dents. A third freshman design intern should call Gary McCurry at 501-575-2578. HES Begins studio class was added to accom- First Distance Learning Course

Stephen Dennis, Human Envi- ronmental Sciences, is teaching the first-ever distance learning course offered by Bumpers College this fall. The parenting and family dynam- ics course is for undergraduate and graduate students in human develop- ment, family science and rural sociology. The course is taught in Fayetteville and sent by compressed video to the U of A’s community colleges in Helena, Batesville and Hope and to the Little Rock campus. Other public education and No Pressure — Interior Design Advisory Council members look over both shoulders of outreach activities in human develop- student Tracey Norwood as she works on an assignment. From left, are John Alpe of Mills ment and family science include Morris Business Products, Springdale; John Mack, an architect with Perry L. Butcher and workshops on parenting, child care Associates, Rogers; Janet Smith, The Smith Co., Springdale; Anna Chandler, a UA interior and related topics and training and design alumna, Corgan Associates, Inc., Ft. Worth; and James Horne, ISP, Dillards, Little support for child care professionals. Rock.

Fall 1998 7 You Can Get There From Here

n ad in the summer issue of Tyson Foods and Arkansas, the magazine of the others paying most AArkansas Alumni Association, of her tuition and featured pictures of Leland Tollett fees. (BSA ’58, MS ’59) and Belinda Floyd While working (BS ’98) under the heading: “You on her UA degree Can Get There from Here.” and participating in “There” is a rewarding career. many extra activities, “Here” is the Dale Bumpers College she spent two years of Agricultural, Food and Life Sci- as a Tyson Foods ences. intern in the food Tollett, who recently retired as service marketing chairman and chief executive officer at department. Tyson Foods, Inc., started his career She is now with Tyson as director of research assistant product nutrition in 1959. He had just manager in the received his master’s degree in animal company’s interna- science, which at that time included tional marketing the poultry science curriculum. division. Her duties Tollett moved steadily up the include working with Chief Executive — Bumpers College alum and Tyson’s CEO ranks, helping Tyson’s grow into the companies around Leland Tollett posed for a photo in the classroom to help make the point: “You Can Get There from Here!” world’s largest poultry company. the world that buy Before being named chairman and Tyson commodities CEO in 1995, he was general man- (unprocessed products). ager and vice president of the broiler “I do weekly sales forecasting for division, corporate vice president and all of our commodity products,” she president of the production division, said. chief operating officer, president and She deals on a daily basis with the vice chairman. reality behind the headlines about the A native of Nashville, Ark., he economic turmoil in Asia and Russia. attended Southern State Floyd was accepted into College in Magnolia before graduate school and offered transferring to the U of A, a teaching assistantship in where he received his B.S.A. Agricultural Economics and and M.S. degrees. Agribusiness, but she opted Belinda Floyd may or “for the real-world experi- may not become the CEO ence of a full-time job,” she of Tyson Foods, but she has said. “I plan to eventually already embarked on a return to graduate school.” rewarding career. The daughter of Linda “When I was at state 4-H Chappell (BSE ’88, M Ed Carnival of Clubs — Trevyr O’Rama (held at the U of A ’89), of Fayetteville and Bedingfield competed in the fruit each July), we toured the Belinda Floyd Phillip Floyd of Berryville, golfing event at Carnival of Clubs sponsored by Bumpers College Tyson Foods headquarters, Belinda was a Bumpers student organizations September 3. and I decided I wanted to College Ambassador and a work there,” the Huntsville High U of A Ambassador. She was in the School graduate said. “I wanted to go Poultry Science Club, Collegiate 4- Cover photo— into marketing.” H/FFA, a student senator, and, Bumpers College graduate Belinda Floyd She made her wish come true by among other things, resident assistant has embarked on a rewarding career in majoring in poultry science, with for all the males in the co-ed marketing at Tyson Foods, Inc. Photo by Bumpers College scholarships from Holcombe Hall dormitory. ■ Jim Bailey.

8 The GRADUATE King-Size Gift Launches Equine Program

28% increase in animal and the extension and service activities science majors this fall com- of the U of A System’s Division of Apared to last fall suggests that Agriculture. students are responding to a commit- “We hope to offer courses ment by Bumpers College, the U of A ranging from how to ride a horse to and the Division of pre-veterinary educa- Agriculture to develop a tion,” Lusby said. A premier animal science faculty member will be program. “Arkansans added to develop the The program took a program. giant step in July with will no longer look “We planned these ground-breaking for the facilities as an inte- Breaking ground for the Dorothy E. King Equine Center on July 21 are, from Dorothy E. King Equine grated complex that to other states left, Milo Shult, U of A Vice President for Center, made possible by will permit a great deal Agriculture; Stanley Reed of Marianna, a private contributions, for animal science of flexibility for equine member of the UA Board of Trustees; including a gift of and livestock programs. Keith Lusby, Head of the Animal Science $440,000 from the Carl education “A major focus will Department; Thomas Vett, Secretary/ B. and Florence E. King be programs for 4-H, Treasurer of the Carl B. and Florence E. Foundation of Dallas. and research.” FFA and other groups, King Foundation; Ned Ray Purtle of The equine center as well as for riding Hope, a member of the UA Board of adjoins the nearly clubs and teaching and Trustees; Charles Scifres, Bumpers College — Dean Charles Scifres Dean and Associate Vice President for completed Pauline extension programs.” Agriculture-Research; B. Alan Sugg, Whitaker Animal Science The equine center President of the University of Arkansas Center, which features a will include a 4,800- System; and Donald Pederson, UAF Vice 25,000-square-foot indoor arena. square-foot pavilion with horse stalls, Chancellor for Finance and The Whitaker Center is already a washing and grooming areas, a tack Administration. major architectural landmark for the room, feed room and an office. A north entrance to the campus on large area in the center of the building Arkansas 112 (Garland Ave.). will be used for teaching and demon- Thomas Vett of the King Founda- Animal Science Department Head strations. tion said the Foundation and Dorothy Keith Lusby said the King Center will Adjacent to the pavilion will be a King, daughter of Carl and Florence provide a focal point for a new equine 150-foot by 250-foot outdoor arena King, have long supported the teaching program in Bumpers College with bleacher seating and lighting. University and the Animal Science program. The family raised Hereford cattle for many years on a farm near Siloam Springs. Dean Charles Scifres said the number of animal science majors grew from 97 in 1997 to 120 this fall and he expects the number to exceed the goal of 200 by the year 2000. “Arkansans will no longer look to other states for animal science educa- tion and research,” Scifres said. “We are rapidly moving to the front with new facilities, the addition of leading animal scientists to the Opening Soon — The Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center will be the centerpiece of the Arkansas Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Fayetteville. A $500,000 gift faculty, more scholarships, and the from Pauline Whitaker of Rogers and her family and gifts from the Arkansas Cattlemen’s determination to provide the very best Association, state and county Farm Bureaus, Pork Producers Association and breed possible programs for the people of associations provided matching funds for a $2 million USDA grant for the building. Arkansas.” ■

Fall 1998 9 “Land Grant Days… celebrate the contributions to society of our alumni, who are the lifeblood of our College, our University and our great Razorback football team.” — Dean Charles Scifres

The Land Grant Days barbecue and silent auction were part of festivities that included a Razorback pep rally with Coach Houston Nutt, the football team, cheerleaders and band before the historic first- time-in-Arkansas thrashing of Alabama, Dean Charles Scifres took a break from cooking hotdogs at 42 to 6. “Dogs with the Dean” during Land Grant Days to visit with John Holliman, left, of Quitman, Matt Cordell of Hampton, Rebecca Smith of Fayetteville and Associate Dean Randy Luttrell. Bumpers College students Holliman and Cordell received the Richard Forsythe Scholarship and Chancellor’s Scholarship, respectively.

The Silent Auction at Land Grant Days netted $5,922 for the Alumni Society Scholarship Fund. Shoppers included, from left, Kaylee, Lance and Connee Luttrell and Thomas Jackson. Alums, friends and faculty posed for a photo on the lawn of the Poultry Science Center bearing the Land Grant Days banner.

10 The GRADUATE The House Is Back in FarmHouse by Mike Speight with active and Chad Mooney participation in Student Writers the Dale Bumpers hen school started in the College of fall of 1998, FarmHouse Agricultural, Wwas there with its doors Food and Life open, ready to once again be a home Sciences as well for young men of high moral charac- as in University ter. activities. The FarmHouse Fraternity is Dr. Nolan moving rapidly toward refounding in Arthur, faculty the spring of 1999. First chartered in adviser, has 1954, the chapter gave up its charter worked very in 1996 for reorganization. In 1997, diligently with five students formed an interest group this group. The that has grown to more than 30, with members feel 22 members now living in the chapter that with his house on Arkansas Avenue. continued Alex Eckert, director of expansion support and for FarmHouse International, said, “I the support of Home — FarmHouse members and guests are pictured after a have never worked with a more the College and Sunday formal dinner at the chapter house on Arkansas Avenue. dedicated, motivated and faster University working group of guys. These guys faculty, FarmHouse International and have accomplished much more in a the alumni association, the refounding short amount of time than anyone, efforts will be a huge success. Bumpers College including me, could have ever pre- Interested students and alumni dicted.” may attend chapter meetings on Seeks Nominations The men of FarmHouse have Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. or may already shown their leadership abilities contact the chapter house. ■ for Outstanding Alumnus The College is seeking nomina- tions for its Outstanding Alumnus Award. Nominees must have received a degree through the College and have made outstanding contributions to their profession and/or commu- nity. We are counting on alumni to help with nominations for this award. Additional information and nominat- ing forms may be obtained by writing or calling the Dean’s Office, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Agriculture Room 205, Fayetteville, Ark., 72701, 575-4446. Top Team — The Arkansas Weed Team won first place in the Southern Weed Science Society We look forward to hearing from contest Aug. 11 at the Agri Center in Memphis.The team had 7 of the top 11 individual winners. Pictured with the Broken Hoe trophy are (from left) Jason Norsworthy, 1st place you. The nomination deadline for score; Dr. Jim Barrentine, coach; Lance Schmidt, 8th; Jeff Barnes, 6th; Dr. Dick Oliver, the 1999 award is Dec. 15, 1998. coach; Mike Lovelace, 5th; Jeff Rutledge, 11th; Tate Costillo, 3rd; and Scott Payne, 9th.

Fall 1998 11 Scholarships Donor List

Vernon & Elaine Schmiegelow Henry K. Fields Joe McFerran Linda C. Weathers Dean’s List Richard Sellers Francille M. Firebaugh Bob McGinnis Robert G. & Billie Janice Webster Bill Carr Theresa M. Simon Thomas Fleming Sue McGowan Jim Westbrook Connie Shreve Cone Mr. & Mrs. Roy J. Smith Lance Allen Forster, Jr. Sheron McIntire Jacqueline Rosewell Witt Waymon A. Halbrook G. B. Spencer, Jr. Richard H. & Charlotte L. Forsythe Noel F. McKnight Duane C. & Nancy A. Wolf Harold H. Hicks William H. Sutton Juanita A. Foster Mack H. McLendon Martha Lou Wood Iva Hicks George Rea & Margaret Heard Walker Donald W. & Donald Freeman Don & Martha McMillen Charles & Fern Yandell Amy T. Loomis William W. & Nina Wilson Jean C. Frisby Ruth O. McNeal H. Denton Yearns Ned Ray & Carolyn Purtle Richard Workman Leonard D. Fulbright Clinton E. Meadows I. D. Russell Donald E. Wray Ben & Janis Fuqua O. J. Melton, Sr. Ben Shreve Douglas W. & Kelly R. Wright Carl W. & Carole B. Garner George Burnett Meyer, Jr. Jim Shreve T. A. Yazwinski Deymond A. & Laura W. Gibbs John N. Miller, Sr. Friends of the College Barbara Shreve Skaggs Howard S. & Inez Young Sara Jo Gibbs Kyle Moery Carl J. Adams Robert G. F. & Hazel Taylor Spitze Sam E. & Pamela B. Gibson John Chi-Kong Lee & Yoke Ngor Mok Charlotte Gee Adams Marcia R. Wells John T. & Tamara Gilmour Jefferson R. & Rita E. Montgomery Louan VanDover Adams Pauline Whitaker Phyllis W. Glasgow James N. & Janita Moore Patrick Leon Adams Stewards of the College Gilbert L. Glover II & Paula J. Casey Steven K. Morgan Margaret Alexander Robert W. Anderson Howard F. & Mary S. Wood Godfrey Justin R. & Ruby L. Morris William P. Alexander Nan Faith Arnold Gary L. & Gaywyn Golden Neil Morris Cindy Allen Agriculture Fellows Wanette McKee Baker Tim & Eileene Alsup Ritter Arnold Tommy L. & Alice F. Goodwin John D. Naill III Warren Barham Mr. & Mrs. Howard Goodyear Hayden V. Nauman Patricia Berryhill Anderson James L. Barrentine Clemon W. Bedwell David Andrews Richard E. Bell Frank & Beatrice P. Grace Michael J. & Patricia A. Necessary Melissa A. Bell Roy R. Gray Michael B. Neely Patricia Annis David Black Nan Bequette Mitchell L. & Michele Archer Connell J. & Erma Dexter Brown Daryle E. Greene Getulio C. Newberry Blake & Billie Berry Carl L. & Barbara Jo Griffis Karen E. Newton A. D. & Nina R. Arnhart George W. & Arline L. Bruehl Cyril P. Bianco Edgar G. Arnn Jan Davidson James E. Grigg Anita Noel Russell O. & Brenda Clem Black Roy Grimsley Jill H. Norcross Meredith Mullen Autrey J. Cliff & Linda Eason Hubert & Janive Blanchard Chris Avery Richard K. & Ann K. Fulton J. Russell & Lisa B. Guerra David W. & Lisa Nutt William J. & Margaret L. Bogle Charles E. Hammans, Jr. Daniel J. O’Leary, Jr. Maryetta Aynesworth J. F. & Charlotte Gadberry Claude M. Bonner Robert Bacon Gretchen B. Gearhart Howard S. Hammans Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Oates Mark Robert & Elizabeth E. Born John Paul & Virginia Hammerschmidt Margaret Wallace Oldham Donna L. Bair Don Glover Walter & Margaret Sarann Bottje Elbert Charles Baker H. L. & Janelle Hembree Richard O. Hampton Lawrence R. & Trina Oliver William P. Bowden, Jr. Glenn W. Hardy Orel G. & Jean G. Otwell Rodney Baker Thayer D. Hendrickson Larry R. Brandon Joe F. Baldwin David & Janis Hillman Kelly & Martha Hargis C. H. Overbay III Steve E. Brannan Rocky Harrell Betty Jo Pagan Vernoice Cannon Baldwin Jack G. & Sue Justus Derwood & Frances Brett Marietta Baltz Avanelle Kirksey Warren S. & Gladys M. Harris John F. Pagan A. Hayden & Helen V. Brown R. D. Havener E. Berniece Evans Parker Carroll A. Barge Corbet J. Lamkin W. Norton & Jacqueline Stevens Anita N. Barger Ed & Lois Lee W. M. & Suzanne Hawkins Jacques Parker Brown Karen Denise Henderson T. R. Pfrimmer Pam Barnhard Betty G. Mills Rita J. Brumter Patricia Falls Barrett Bob Montgomery Bob Hendrix Jerry M. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Billy B. Bryan William Hurston Hendrix Suzanne Pidcock Virginia M. Barry Paul N. & Charla Jo Parette Royce S. Bryant John D. Bartee Martin Roenigk Don R. Herring Daisy C. Pound Roy L. & Leigh Ann Bullington Larry J. & Gloria A. Hill Greg & D. RoAnn Powell Dana G. Bassi Charles J. & Julia Scifres Michael Burcham Glenn Bauman Robert C. Scott Hal Hillman, Jr. Dale Price Hall M. Calhoun III Dale A. & Wilhelmina Hinkle Niagle D. Ratchford Roy Baxley Leo J. Sellmeyer George A. Carruth Geraldine Rose Bayyari Milo J. & Ann Shult John Holcomb Maxine Ray Charles E. & Maxine Caviness Christopher Todd Horton Stanley E. & Charlene J. Reed Wayne Beadles, Jr. Bill & Shirley Hunter Teeter Steve Chastain Vance E. Beasley Gary L. Templeton Harvey H. Howington, Jr. Earl & JoAnne Sears Rife Randolph Jay Chick Joseph M. Hudson Robert D. & Jennie Lee Willis Riggs James H. Bell Larry Templeton Gail W. Clark Pauline Gray Bell Joe Waldrum Robert R. & Kathryn Hull John A. Roach Kenneth L. Clark Mrs. Joe H. Hunnicutt Faye Rodgers Wayne T. Bell Carroll E. & Colleen Walls Mary Ellen Clark Julie Benefiel Everett Ward Mary Ann Jackson Joe B. Rodman Novelle Bond Clark Thomas R. Jacobs A. J. Rorie Billy Bennett Tom W. Westing Hardy Cloutier Shirley F. Bennett Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Williams Joe Jewell Roy & Louise Runyan Gary E. Cochran W. H. & Irma M. Jewell Harry L. & Ann J. Ryburn James A. Benson Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Williams Paul Cochran Carolyn S. Beuttel James T. Wright Doris Strauss Johnson James A. & Paulena P. Scanlon Ellon Rogers Cockrill Ken Johnson Karen Scharlau Bradford T. Black Ann McGill Cole Jimmy & Theresa Johnson Steven H. Schroeder J. Hodge Black Donald & Deann Coleman Arthur Guy Johnston Milton B. & Margaret Scott Lori Lynn Black Agriculture Associates Michael A. Conard Darwin Jones Danny Segraves Debbie Blackwell William H. Bowen John Connell Hazel Craig Jordan Philip G. & Mary Alice Serafini Allen Blem Irma L. Boyer James R. Cook Ronald E. Kaufman Elizabeth Shannon Flossie W. Boles Mary M. Burton Gail L. & Marilyn J. Cramer Howard Kidd M. Portia Short Gerald J. & Sally S. Bomotti Jesse F. Bush Walter Morris Crandall Dale Killian George Simkins Margaret R. Bonner Terry R. Campbell Jean Chipman Crom Keith Koonce Callen Patrick Sistrunk Judith Green Boone James J. Cappy, Jr. Carlton & Carolyn Cummings Carl D. Koone Don M. Smith Kevin W. Bost Jimmy R. & Andrea S. Cate Wallace C. Cummings Joseph & Rosemary Kozup J. Ritchie Smith Freddie M. & Kathy Bourland Marvin L. & Quintelle R. Cole George R. Dahlke Henry C. Lanehart, Jr. Thomas W. Smith Bruce A. Bowen John W. Cooper Michael Davis Erma L. Langford W. Maurice Smith, Jr. Nancy A. Bowen Ray C. & Barbara W. Culver III Gayle S. Deaver Randall Laverty John W. Spivey David E. Bowles Cecil W. & Gwen Cupp Clinton G. & Shirley A. Depew J. N. Lawhon Dale W. Spurgeon Barry L. Bowyer Randy & Alisa Frazier J. C. Deyoe J. Larry & Nikki Lawson Robert Steiner Bobby L. & Susan Y. Bradberry Ned M. & Lori P. French Bruce L. Dixon & Janet A. Flaccus Mark Lawson Fraser Stephens Mr. & Mrs. A. B. Bradley Jay & Joyce Hale William & Sue Douglas Dolezal William H. Lendermon W. Fred Strachan George A. & Freda Bradley Phoebe T. Harris William M. Dorough Paul K. & Jessie Mae Lewis B. Alan & Jean B. Sugg James L. & Linda Carrick Bradley Steve Harrison X & Marilyn Fern Hubbard Dotson Chuck Ligon James P. Sullivan Wanda Brian Diana Johnson Anne R. Douglas Carolyn L. Linam Thomas W. Sullivan Paul G. Brower Donald Gene & Zelpha Belle J. M. Dunn Otto J. Loewer Betty J. Swope Gerald R. Brown Johnson Mary B. Dunn Charles R. & Cathryn C. Looney Sam Tabler Karen Brown Keith & Rosemary Lusby Margaret A. Ellibee Layla Miller Lord Tommy Tabler, Jr. Kaye Brown Kevin & Amy McCurdy Frank Ellis Stephanie L. Lucariello Tyrus Teauge Mabel L. Brown Richard J. & Mildred Cash Miles Selena T. Ellis Wayne & Kathe Lundhagen Jean D. Thatcher Esther Adams Brush-Martin James H. Moon, Jr. Herbert J. Eoff Virginia Lyman Bill & Viola M. Thomas Galen & Lois Ann Bryant Don Munro James C. Epperson Bruce & Martha Maloch Alan K. Thompson Carolyn Buchanan Paul R. & Eunice Noland Jon Mark & Suzanne Erstine Jim & Gayle Maloch Robert P. Thompson J. Blair Buckley III Jackie L. & Judith B. Perkins Philip D. Erstine Rita Marr Eduardo E. Trujillo Hank Bueker Leonard M. & Roxy A. Pike Thomas Evrard James E. Marrs Robert W. & Carolyn B. Turner Gene H. Buffington Mike & Vivian Pope Bryan I. Fancher Clifford R. Marsh Nedra H. Turney Travis Burchfield Rick W. Rayson Frank L. Farmer Janice Marsh J. Wendell & Rose Maloch Tyson Marcus Dudley Burden Rick & Angela Reed Chuck Farr Robert W. D. & DeMaris G. Marsh Lee Vanausdall Buell E. Burns Allen & Carolynn Richmond Glenyce G. Feeney Mary Jane Martin Mr. & Mrs. Jim Vaughan Larry G. Burrow Roy C. Rom David L. Feilke Richard L. & Angie Maxwell William T. Wallace R. Marlene Kerr Bush Rick & Rebecca Rorie Trent Felton Shirley E. Friend McAllister Donald Arthur Ward William L. Bush Charlie Rosenkrans Greg Ferguson Larry McClendon Mary Evelyn Cate Ward Ben L. Byler Maudine F. Sanders Michael Anthony Fidanza Arthur T. & Margie D. McDaniel Donald E. & Lorelei Altom Warren Billy Caldwell

12 The GRADUATE Marcella A. Callahan Jerry Fly R. D. Hubbard Carson & Carol Marcantel Wayne R. Prewitt Scott Edward Callaway Scott Fogleman Lee Ann Huckleberry Betty Martin Randel K. & Margaret M. Price Earnestine Camp Bobbye J. Forbes Edna Sparkman Hudson Keith F. Martin Sue Price Donnie R. Campbell Tonya C. Ford Richard & Freida Young Hudson R. Gene & Celia B. Martin Patti Shirleen Priest Murrey Campbell Howard C. Forrest Bobby Hudspeth Sue S. Martin William L. Pritchett Steve Cantrell Thomas P. Foster, Jr. Ervin H. & Mary E. Huebner Patricia G. Marts Tony Pultz Marilyn L. Carnell Teresa Franklin Christal Maylee Hughes Marjorie Marugg-Wolfe Glen & Ruth Pye David R. Carpenter Robert Frans Herbert Huneycutt, Sr. Joe Massey Peter G. Pyeatt Rick & Patricia Carson Thad R. Freeland O. E. Hunnicutt Jawanda Mast Patricia May Pyle Alan & Sue Hawley Carter John F. Freeman Lisa Marie Hunt Daniel Antony Matson James Bryan Ragland Frank L. & Joyce R. Carter Tracy French Mary K. Huntington Worth L. Matteson III William W. Ragland Brian Damon Cash Jim W. & Monica Morgan Frisby Dennis R. Ingram Jeffrey Neal & Robin Mays Daniel Vincent & Jenny A. Ware Rainey M. L. & Doris B. Cassidy Neal Frizzell Barbara Jones Isom M. K. McAlister Embry Raley Clayton Castleman Paula M. Gale Billy Ray Ivy Johnathan L. & Becky M. McCain Cordy A. Ramer, Jr. Jim Caudle Debbie Gammill Clifford A. Ivy Alton McCartney Larry E. & Sherry Ramthun Darlene Caviness Billy A. Garner E. Victor Ivy Don & Linda McCaskill Norbert Ranalli Donald L. Cawthon Margaret L. Gaston Jacy Ivy Marilyn McClelland Michel D. Ransom Karen Rebecca Chapman Diann Gathright Charles E. & Carolyn Jackson Laura McClure Earl L. Rausch Stanley L. Chapman Buck Canyon Gibson Charles E. Jackson, Jr. Herschel H. McClurkin, Jr. Jan W. Rayder Dewayne Chappell Tom & Natalie Gist Janan Jackson Charles McCool Lorene A. Raymond Gary D. Chenowith Robert E. & Robert Glover Stephen J. Jackson Phyllis Hampel McCown Gregory D. & Sandra K. Reed Robert Chenowith Andrew Joseph Goetz Bruce Jacobs Richard McDonald Jim F. Reed Johnny Chism Ethel C. Goode Jennifer Hare James John Mark McGaughey Joe Rennicke Alina Choo Charlie R. Gordon John Powell Jenkins, Jr. Ronnie McGhee Rosalie Revis Mary Cheek Churchill Bob Gorman Johnie N. Jenkins Gloria McIntosh Betty White Reynolds Jerry Don Clark, Jr. Donna L. Graham Karen S. Jensen Ann Bogle McKenzie Frankie Darlene Rhudy Kenneth B. Clark Paul D. Gramlich Debbie Johanson Mary L. McKnight Bertha E. Rice Timothy H. & Patricia Clark Priscilla A. Gray Boyce Johnson Charles D. McNeal, Jr. Phillip L. Rice John R. & Sharon Clark Bert Greenwalt Jerry Johnson Jack McNeil Mary Margaret Wilson Richey Joan Turner Clary Sue Greig Joan Johnson Beverly M. McNew John H. Roark Claude H. Clement, Jr. Howard Griffin Larsh Johnson Paul K. Mead Alvin N. Roberts Ralph H. Clement Kenneth M. Griffith Michael G. & Ellen R. Johnson Sandra A. Metheny Caron Smets Roberts Scott Clement Paul G. Griffith, Jr. William Gary Johnson Steve Metheny Mrs. James E. Roberts Mike & Kathryn K. Cloutier Brandon & Ann M. Grigg Anna Jo Johnston Charles L. Metz Timothy Allen Roberts Bill Clower J. W. Grimes Ruth E. Johnston Laura Meyers Mary K. S. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Jesse M. Coker Nolan Groce Mr. & Mrs. James M. Jones Lisa Mikus Raymond R. & Marion J. Rochelle Ryan B. Coleman William Nolan Groce Gaye K. Joyner Jeffry Shannon & Debra Smith Miller Everett Rogers Robert Lowell & Walter D. Gubler Norman E. Justus J. Merice Mills Hazel D. Rogers Melinda Stewart Conner Caroll & Jody Guffey A. A. & Anna P. Kattan Donna K. Mitchell Lorita Rosenbaum Gary M. & Anita Cooper John Gunsaulis Mike Kattan James E. Mitchell Thomas C. Rountree Marion Lee Correll Yanfei Guo Laura Lee Kaufman Connie Lee Mobley Betty E. Roux Kim Y. Coslett N. R. & Yvonne Edwards Gyles Robert R. & Pauline Keegan Clarence B. Moery, Jr. Beth Whelan Rowden Zanetta Y. Cox Richard Haegele Peyton Keel Marieta Moll William Rowland Tom Craig Andronike Halbrook Jana Kelley Bill Moore D. C. Roy Vonda Jones Crocker Lorie Hale Stephanie Dailey Kelley Leon Moore James M. & Merritt Royal Jane H. Croessmann Robert W. Hale Rodney Dean Kennedy Michael L. Moore Deborah L. Satterfield Ruff Catherine K. Cross Dorothy A. Hall Susan Bogle Kennedy C. Sheffield Mooty Lynn R. Russell Ruth Marie Crowder Alan W. & Judith S. Hallum Ethel Patricia Kice Teddy E. Morelock Ben D. Rutherford M. H. & Ann M. Crutchfield June A. Hancock Keith Kilbourn Barney P. Morris E. Moye & Barbara G. Rutledge George & Bernice Cullins Alaric W. & Judith A. Haney Kyle Killough Mark L. Morris Lloyd L. & Lorene Ferguson Rutledge Elizabeth Cunningham Robert J. Haney James R. Kimbrough Melissa Dawn Moseley Archie B. Ryan III William T. Dabney B. J. Hankins Amy Bowers King Paul Moudy Renee Ryburn James L. & Martha W. Dale H. Clay Hansen John W. King Joann McFerran Mount Wayne & Frances Sabbe Samuel C. Danehower Minnard H. & Carol J. Hanson Stephen Ray King Becky Mulhollen Jonell Renae Sabbe David E. & Lolah M. Daniel Lola Hardaway Vaughn & Judy King Benjamin F. & Margaret G. Violet Mullins Sanders Harris V. Dark Marvin B. Hare, Jr. Jack W. & Linda Lewis Knapple Murchison Helen King Sandvig Mark L. Darrington Alan D. Hargraves Whit Knapple Candice Treat Murphy Charles S. Santifer Charley B. Davis R. H. Harms Edwin Knight Gerald J. & Rene Musick Greg & Cheryl L. Satterfield David Joe Davis Jim D. Harp Hillman S. & Frances Koen Kent & Kimberly Myers Leonard & Patricia Schaefers George V. Davis, Jr. Robert Harp Danny J. Ladd Noel Neighbor Fred R. Schmidt Skipper Davis Jarvis Harper Preston E. & Ellen W. La Ferney Hoyt & Virginia Cochran Neill Carolyn L. Schmitt Joseph P. Dawson M. Dean Harper Doris Marie Lafferty William O. Nelson Michael P. Scroggin William F. Dean, Jr. Betty C. Harrison Mike Lagasse Robert W. & Marilyn Newkirk Michael L. & Michele L. Sears Jeff Robert Dearworth Thomas Joseph Hart Maribelle J. Lambert Cynthia S. Newquist Audrey Self Sherrell DeBusk Mark E. Hartz Martha Kelly Lambert Glenford A. Newtown, Jr. Carter P. Seymour Hayden Lee Decker Joe Hawley Kenneth W. Lambeth M. David Norman Dana Brown Shaffer Jeffry Derrick DeLozier Joseph C. & Carol S. Headley Jeffery David Lammers Marshall O’Bryant Carolyn Wray Shanks Marvin L. & Donna H. Demuth Marshall C. Heck Doelas Landes Harold Oakes Serenity Kaye Sharp Larry D. Denton Timothy & Mary T. Heilman Lowell T. Lankford David B. Oates D. Leslie & Mildred A. Shick Ingrid Marie DeYoung Peggy Welch Hendrickson Dorothy A. Larery John M. & Loretta F. Oldham Lyman Shoemake Mary K. Dickens Jilane L. Hendrix-Carper Nicholas F. Lauer Linda Keene Oliver Carolyn D. Shoemaker Kathryn Dickinson Larry Herbaugh Gary Lawrence Kenneth Wayne Orr Bob & Janice Shofner Stacy Charles Digby Charles R. Hickey Floy B. Lawson Raymond Osborn William K. Shofner, Jr. John H. & Peggy R. Dillahunty G. Douglas Hicks Fleet N. Lee William L. & Sharon J. Outhouse Alton E. Shumate J. O. Dockins Olta Jo DeWitt Hicks J. O. Legg Edward L. Pace Casey Andrew Simon Don & Elizabeth Dombek Roy C. Hicks Dennis Lichti Mark E. Pace Jeff Simpson Danny H. Dorman Mrs. Stephen W. Higginbothom John Steve Liles & Thomas G. Park Charles A. Sims Kim Dowell Eddie L. Higgins Melinda Phillips-Liles John W. & Leslie M. Parker Clyde Sites Sara Bunyard Downall Kim Sauer Hightower Sung & Ah Ok Lim Kenneth M. & Betty Parr Vaughn Skinner, Jr. Judy G. Duffel Katherine Kennedy Hill Joseph L. Lindsey Marilyn Pasierb Roy & Susan Slaughter Paul W. & Kay Dutram Robert Hill Marc J. Linit Terry Patrick Stephen E. Smay Larry Dale Earnest Porter Hillard Frank A. Lisko Felix E. Patterson James Victor Smith Christine McKissack Elcan Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hillman Xinli Liu Maudalene Patterson Martin Cleoh Smith Scott Elgin Sherry K. Hixson James M. Livingston James R. & Orva Dee Peachey R. Douglas Smith Edwin S. Elphingstone Wallace B. Hobson Robert H. Loe Waymon & Judy Pearson Randy K. Smith Patricia Kidd Ely F. Elaine Hodges Robert C. Loewer Rusty Pendergraft Steve Smith David Ernstes Laura J. Hokett Olivia A. Long Joe B. Penn, Jr. Clifford S. Snyder Frank David Ewell Shelby H. Holder, Jr. David E. Longer James R. Perry Richard D. Sorrells Betty J. Ezell Tammy Holder Bob E. Love Jacob R. & Carol Phillips Justin Wray Sparrow Burr E. Fancher Katherine Virginia Hollis Patricia Lovelady Claudine T. Pickard Lois M. Spencer James Shannon Fancher Pat Honeycutt Kimberly Lamb Loveland Susan J. Pickle Jennifer Darlene Springer Clara Ruth Grimes Farrar Peggy Horne Nancy Flusche Loveless Paul D. Pitts Albert W. Squires Bill & Dianne Farris Pete Hornsby Vernon Lowder, Jr. Diane Dameron Plummer Scott & Jan Starr Sue Farris Billy D. & Fran S. Horton Gene Lowrey Buford Poe Matt J. Stasiak May McKnight Ferguson John B. & Donna S. Horton Avery Lubin A. E. Pollard Billy Carlton Staton Michael Finch Lucile Horton Bill Lueker Juanita Hampton Pool David A. Stecher Sarah S. Finch Donald Houldcroft Eddie Lumsden Anne K. Poplin Jerry L. Stephens James H. Fiser Otis & Dawn Howe Rod Luther Tom B. Porter John H. Stephens III Harold W. Fleming Brent Howton Myron D. & Kristine H. Macechko James D. Potter Wanda B. Stephens Christine N. Fletcher Cynthia A. Hoyer Janet M. Main Doyne F. Potts Jane H. Stevens B.L. Flinchbaugh John D. & Helen Jones Hubbard Darrin Malone Horace A. Powell Weldon & Reva M. Stevenson

Fall 1998 13 Victor Bruce Steward Sue Wood Blake Wheat Promotion Board Lonoke County Farm Bureau Howard County Farm Bureau William Douglas Stidham Edgar C. Wood Wilbur-Ellis Company Merck and Company, Inc. Hubbard Eye Clinic Heather Lynn Stilborn James A. Wood Zeneca Agricultural Products Mid Valley Chemicals, Inc. Hubbard Farms Hatchery Boyce L. Stone Lisa S. Wood Mid-South Section of International Hudspeth Farms, Inc. Fonda Hale Stone Michael D. & Mary M. Woods Food Technologists Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. Freddie C. Stringer Randy Woodson Midland Genetics Group Interiors by Canova John & Traci Strozyk Laura Wooley Corporate Fellows National Crop Insurance Services International Paper Fred Gilmore Stuckey Rita Wooley Agri-Gro Marketing, Inc. National Endowment for Financial International Sulphur, Inc. Julie Summa Carol Sue Wooten Beef Promotion Board Education Interstate Publishers, Inc. David E. Swayne Johnny & Joan Worsham California Spinach Growers Foundation Seed Johnson County Farm Bureau Michael J. & Mary Sweeney Michael B. & Louise W. Wright Campbell Soup Company Producers, Inc. Kalo, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Tackett Walter A. Wright Cooper Communities, Inc. Ocean Organics Corporation Kaufman-Seeds, Inc. J. C. Tackett Billy R. Wynn The Cotton Foundation Ozark Enology Society Keeling Irrigation Company Barbara G. Taylor Freddie C. Wynn Deltapine Seed Ozark Valley Products Koen Farms, Inc. Paula K. Taylor Wengui Yan DuPont Agricultural Products Paymaster Cottonseed Lonoke County Co-Op, Inc. David & Sandra Te Beest Luoqing Yang Elite Seed, Incorporated Pendergrass Cattle Company, Inc. Marble, Ltd. Bobbie Nell Templeton Jerome D. Yates Farmers Rice Milling Company, Inc. Pfizer C. Ellen Meenen Trust Jimmie E. Tennison Bill & Patricia Yick Faulkner County Farm Bureau Pfizer, Inc. MFA Inc. Gary Alan Tharp Odell Yocum -Pacific Corporation R. A. Pickens and Son Company Mid-South Foundation Jimmy D. Tharp Floy Partain York Griffin Corporation PictSweet Frozen Foods Miller Farms Branon R. Thiesse Douglas S. & Bobera Young GTE Foundation Poinsett Rice and Grain, Inc. Montgomery County Farm Bureau E. L. Thomas, Jr. Helen Appleby Young Kemin Industries, Inc. Producers Rice Mill, Inc. Munro Foundation Gary W. Thomas Jack F. Young Lawhon Farm Services, Inc. Pulaski County Farm Bureau National Home Centers, Inc. Mara Douglas Thomas Jim Young Merrick’s Inc. Riceland Foods, Inc. Northwest Arkansas Brangus Russell Alan Thomas Mary Lou Young Micro-Lite, LLC. Rohm Enzyme Breeders Association, Inc. A. B. Thompson, Jr. Ada A. Younkin Mississippi Chemical Company The Scotts Company Novartis Glenn A. Thompson Bin Zhang & Yufen Yang Mycogen Corporation Senter Farms Perry County Cattlemen’s Graham W. Thompson Northwest Arkansas Child Care Southern Elite Genetics Association Lyell & Marcella Thompson Resource Association Inc. Poinsett County Farm Bureau Reba F. Thompson Phoenix Agricultural Group, Inc. Southwestern Bell Telephone Polk County Farm Bureau Douglas Threlkeld Corporate Dean’s List Roche Vitamins, Inc. Stewart Seeds, Inc. Prairie County Farm Bureau David W. Timberlake Abbott Laboratories Ross Breeders, Incorporated Stratton Seed Company Prairie Grove Telephone Company Laura B. Timby Acme Pad Corporation S. C. Johnson Wax Strong-Lite Products Corporation Production Plus Anita Sloan Todd AgrEvo USA Company Simmons Foods, Inc. Successful Parenting Pulaski County Master Gardeners Mary Beth Todd Agripro Seeds, Inc. Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Sulfer Works, Inc. Association Mike A. Tomlinson Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association Company, Inc. Sure Grow Seed, Inc. Red Hill Farms Bill Townsend Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation Townsend Farms of Arkansas, Inc. Tri-State Delta Chemicals, Inc. Rennier Associates Monica Lynn Townsend Arkansas Poultry Federation Troy Biosciences, Inc. Triumph Seed Company, Inc. Rom Family Orchard Barbara Lawrence Treat Arkansas State Federation of Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc. United Methodist Foundation of Seed Source, Inc. Edward Truelove Farm Credit Stockholders Zinpro Animal Nutrition, Inc. Arkansas SF Services, Inc. Joel E. Truitt Asgrow Seed Company White Commercial Corporation Sharp County Farm Bureau Scott Alan Truitt BASF Corporation White County Farm Bureau Simmons First National Bank Melvin C. Tucker Bayer Corporation White River Hardwoods Woodworks, Sitzer Farms, Inc. Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Corporate Associates Roberta Cummings Tucker Agdia, Incorporated Inc. Standridge Bulldozing, Inc. Tommy Turentine, Jr. Health, Inc. Winrock Farms, Inc. Stephens Turf Farm Cargill, Inc. AgraTech Seeds, Inc. George E. Turner AgrEvo Environmental Health Stines Designs Jay Turner Cobb-Vantress, Inc. Stoller Enterprises, Inc. Cyanamid Agricultural Products Agricultural Glycosystems, Inc. Lehman R. & Ruth C. Turner Air Tractor, Incorporated Stone County Farm Bureau Lena Faye Turner The Dannon Company, Inc. Corporate Friends Unified Symposium DeKalb Genetics Corporation Allen Canning Company, Inc. A. G. Edwards and Sons, Inc. Terry Turner Alltech, Incorporated University International Agricultural Robert E. & Hadley A. Twilley Donlar Corporation Affiliated Growers and Retailers Programs Dow AgroSciences American Cyanamid Company Agriculture, Inc. Gordon D. Vail American Scientific Laboratories USAble Life Martha Van Asche DowElanco AgriBank, FCB Valent U.S.A. Corporation E.I. DuPont de Nemours and AMVAC Chemical Corporation American Society of Agricultural W. L. Varner Anderson-Tully Company WallPaper Plus Don Vaught Company, Inc. Engineers Warren Tomato Market Fontaine Earle Trust Archer Daniels Midland Company Archer’s Farm Charles Vester Arkansas Agricultural Aviation Wildy Farms Byron T. Waldrip Fats and Proteins Research Arkansas Association of Professional Wilson Seeds, Inc. Foundation Arkansas Agricultural Consultants Soil Classifiers Darrell W. Walker Association Wittenberg, Delony and Davidson, Inc. Doug Walker FMC Corporation Arkansas County Seed Company, Inc. Y-Tex Corporation Foundation for Agronomic Arkansas Angus Association Arkansas Dryer and Warehouseman Marc Walker Arkansas BlueCross and BlueShield Yell County Cattlemen’s Association Patricia M. Wallace Research Association, Inc. General Chemical Arkansas Crop Protection Association Arkansas Farm Show Ronald C. Wallace Arkansas Extension Homemakers Betty Wallis The Gerber Companies Arkansas Greenhouse Growers Foundation Council Association Matching Gift Bill Walsh Arkansas Plant Food Educational Lee Walt III Gerber Products Company Arkansas Health Care Coalition, Inc. Griffin Industries, Inc. Society Ashley County Farm Bureau Company Donors Agnes B. Walters Arkansas Seed Dealers’ Association Alcoa Foundation Walton R. & Ruth Ellen Guynn Gustafson, Inc. The Bank of Fayetteville, N.A. Hartz Seed Baerg Family Trust Bradley County Farm Bureau Arkansas Best Corporation Warford G. Ray Baker Trucking, Inc. Ashland, Inc. Jack B. Washburn Helena Chemical Company Bryant Preserving Company Hornbeck Seed Company, Inc. Bell-Mo Seed Company, Inc. C and F Construction Co., Inc. Bunge Corporation Sarah Barrett Watkins Cache River Valley Development Corp. The ConAgra Foundation, Inc. Susan E. Watkins Hubbard Farms Cal-Maine Foods IMC-Agrico Company Chisso America, Inc. Capital Agricultural Property DowElanco Charles L. & Chris Weems Citizens Bank and Trust Company Elf Atochem North America Robert Timothy & Karen D. Weiland Micro Flo Company Services, Inc. Monsanto Agricultural Company Classic Groundcovers Cargill Inc. Foundation Marjorie L. Weir Cotton Seed International Ernst and Young Foundation Ewell F. Welch Monsanto Company Caverndale Farms National Council of the Paper Delta Grow Seed Company Chilean Nitrate Corporation Georgia-Pacific Corporation Jeff D. Welch, Jr. Douglass King Company Seed Grace Foundation, Inc. Earl Wayne Wells Industry for Air and Stream Church and Dwight Company, Inc. Improvement, Inc. Specialists Clear Lake Farm Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc. Lloyd T. Westbrook Douthit’s Radio Service, Inc. Jefferson-Pilot Corporation Sam B. & Alicia M. Whitaker Northwest Arkansas Family Child W.A. Cleary Chemical Corp. Care Association Eagle Seed Company Conway County Farm Bureau K N Foundation Robert M. White Elf Atochem North America, Inc. Merck and Company, Inc. Paul F. Whittington Novartis Crop Protection, Inc. Country Heritage Landscaping, Inc. Novartis Seeds, Inc. Erwin-Keith, Inc. Credit Bureau of Fort Smith, Inc. NationsBank Russell A. Wilbers Fermented Products Novus International David Wildy Novus International, Inc. Crittenden County Farm Bureau Nutri-Quest, Inc. Finnfeeds International, Inc. Cullum Seeds, Inc. Oklahoma Gas and Electric Liani Susan Wilkinson First Commercial Bank Company Cyndy Wilks Pearson Educational Foundation Danville State Bank Pickle Packers International, Inc. Gamma Sigma Delta Daughters of Demeter Olin Corporation Charitable Trust Jesse J. Willcox Garland County Community College Philip Morris Companies, Inc. Curtis & Norma D. Williams Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Delhi Seed Company, Inc. Rhône-Poulenc Ag Company Germain’s Cotton Seeds, Inc. The Dow Chemical Company Phillips Petroleum Company Dwight Williams Gowan Company Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. John G. & Faye M. Williams Rice Promotion Board Du Pont Rohm and Haas Greene County Alumni Association The Education Station The Procter and Gamble Fund Joe M. Williams Greenleaf Nursery The Prudential Foundation Charlotte Williamson Rohm and Haas Company Environmental Supplies and Services Romeo Ennis Short Memorial Hubbard Farms Charitable Farm Credit Services of Arkansas Purina Mills, Inc. Dick E. & Linda E. Willis Foundation The Quaker Oats Foundation Shelia G. Rhodes Willis Foundation Farm Foundation Southeastern Poultry and Hudson Foods, Inc. First Federal Bank of Arkansas, FA Rhône-Poulenc, Inc. Doris J. Wilson International Dwarf Fruit Tree Assoc. SBC Foundation Earl W. Wilson Egg Association Frog, Inc. Soybean Promotion Board J. A. Riggs Tractor Company Garst Seed Company TRW Foundation Gerald R. Wilson J. C. Penney Company, Inc. Kevin H. Wilson Terra International, Inc. Gillett Grain Services, Inc. Terral Seed, Inc. Kentucky-American Seeds, Inc. Gowan Company Sally Wilson Lallemand, Incorporated Forrest B. Wisdom Tyson Foods, Inc. Greene County Farm Bureau U.S. Poultry and Egg Association Lonoke and Pulaski County Gulf Shore Turf Supply, Inc. Boyce Wofford Cattlemen’s Association, Inc. Rodney E. Wolfe Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Horizon Bank

14 The GRADUATE Alumni News Rosanna (Jones) Sumner (BSHE the American Society for Horticultural representative for the southern United ’48) has owned her own real estate firm Science and will serve on the Society’s States by Monsanto Company. since 1972 in Abilene, Texas. She was board as vice president of its research After two years as vice consul at the national president of the Women’s division. U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile, Council of Realtors in 1991. Jerry Thomas (BSA ’80) and Gloria Fayetteville native Philip Thompson (MS Madge (Bryant) Johnson (BSHE (Guyer) Thomas (BSHE ’86) have ’86) is returning to Washington, D.C., to ’49) and Loran Johnson (BSA ’50) are moved to Scottsboro, Ala., where they become State Department intelligence retired in Warren, Ark. Mr. Johnson have taken jobs with Keystone Foods analyst for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, founded the Bradley County Pink Tomato Corporation in Huntsville. Both are in the Paraguay and Uruguay. Festival 42 years ago. poultry division, Jerry as director of Mary Lynn (McCrary) Mantooth Dr. Bobby D. Barnett (BSA ’50, MS processing and Gloria as a research and (BSA ’87) worked as a quality control ’54) retired from Clemson University in development project manager. supervisor for three years at a Cumming, 1988. After wintering for 10 years in Dr. Alexander Ga., company while husband, Alan (BSEE South Pasadena, Fla., he and his wife now Dunlap (BS ’82, BSA ’86, MSEE ’87), pursued his PhD. They make this Tampa Bay community their ’84) was selected in April now live in Portland, Ore., where Mary is permanent home. 1996 as an alternate a stay-at-home mom for their three Carroll E. Walls (BSA ’55, MS ’56) payload specialist daughters. retired from DuPont after 38 years and (backup astronaut) for Brandon C. Grigg (BSA ’87, MS now is a quality assurance and safety Space Shuttle Mission ’91) is a postdoc soil scientist with the manager with Timberland Enterprises, STS-90/Neurolab, a USDA-ARS. He is involved in a joint Inc., out of Monticello. research mission to study the effects of project with the University of Florida microgravity on the nervous system. evaluating water management effects on William T. Wallace (BSA ’58, MS Having completed his NASA assignment, ’61) retired last January after 31 years of microbial decomposition of organic soils he will return to the University of of the Everglades Agricultural Area. farming and as president of Wallace Farms, Tennessee-Memphis to complete a Inc. He and his wife, Helen, who was residency in family medicine. He also Mary Guyer (BSA ’88) has left AGRI Queen and a Razorback Beauty in holds a doctor of veterinary medicine Fayetteville and Tyson Foods to work as a 1957, have three children. degree from Louisiana State University. senior research scientist for Kraft Food Ingredients in Memphis. She received her Elizabeth “Betty” Yates, R.D. Dewayne Goldmon (BSA ’85, MS (BSHE ’74) has over 20 years experience MS in food science from the University of ’87) was assigned in 1997 to a new Delaware in 1990. in healthcare management. She has position of soybean market development recently become an enterprise services (continued on page 16) consultant in software implementation in Atlanta, Ga., with HBO & Co., a supplier of software to healthcare concerns. Cordia (Barton) Let Us Hear From You! Wilkinson (BSHE ’76) sold her three Got a new job? A new spouse? Moved to a different city? A different state? McDonald’s restaurants Let us know about those milestones and anything else you’d like to share with to become president and the alumni. Feel free to attach additional pages or newspaper clippings. CEO of the new Tennes- Name ______Maiden ______see Bun Company, which supplies buns to Address ______McDonald’s in a five-state area. The 50,000-square-foot bakery in Dickson, City/State ______ZIP ______Tenn., produces a million buns a day. Phone ______Since selling Arkansas Farmer, the magazine he launched and published for Graduation Year(s) ______Degree(s) ______eight years, Jeff Tennant (BSA ’79) has become the head of the U.S. division of What’s the news? (new job, promotion, award, etc.) ______Rural Press, Ltd., of Sidney, Australia. He continues his involvement in the Arkansas ______Farmer as editor of custom publications and as web-site coordinator. ______Randy Woodson (BSA ’79), ______previously department head of horticul- ture at Purdue University, was recently Clip or photocopy this form and mail or Fax to: Elizabeth Wheeler, CAFLS, appointed associate dean and director of AGRI 206, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, Fax (501) 575-7273, the Agricultural Experiment Station at or E-mail: [email protected] Purdue. He was also elected a fellow of

Fall 1998 15 Chet and Memori (Poe) Clayton (BSA’s ’93) have relocated to Fruitland Yes! I want to join the Dale Bumpers College of Park, Fla., where Chet works as sales Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Alumni associate for Florida Concrete Pipe Corporation and Memori is a finance Society and the Arkansas Alumni Association. department assistant for Florida Crushed Stone. ❑ $25 Annual Membership (alumni, friends, former students) Rance (BSA ’94) and Cindy ❑ $30 Joint Annual (you and your spouse) ❑ (Woods) Looney (MS ’95) now live in $15 Recent Graduate (within the last 5 graduating classes) Morrilton with their daughter, Madeline. ❑ $15 Golden Alumni (40+ years since graduation) Rance is a feed consultant for Caldwell ❑ $500 Single Life Membership (Please enclose $100 installment or full payment.) Milling in Rose Bud, and Cindy works for ❑ $600 Joint Life Membership (Please enclose $120 installment or full payment.) Cargill Pork as a field manager and supervisor of breeding stock availability. Charge to: ❑ VISA ❑ MasterCard Account number ______Bringing her daughter to campus for Expiration date ______Signature ______freshman orientation was Dr. Debbie Make checks payable to Arkansas Alumni Association. Leach (BSA ’94). Leach received her DVM from the University of Missouri and Clip or photocopy this form and mail to: Arkansas Alumni Association is a large animal practitioner in Bonneville, P.O. Box 1070 Mo., with McHugh Veterinary Services. Fayetteville, AR 72702-1070 Elizabeth Benton (BSHE ’94) is a Name ______territory sales representative with G & W Wallcovering Distributors and resides in Address______Rogers. City ______Mike Pardue (BSA ’95, MS ’97) recently married Karen Aggus (BA ’93). State ______ZIP ______They live in Des Moines, Iowa, where Mike is employed with IGF Insurance. Phone ______Degree ______Class of 19_____ Joffrey Mendoza (BSA ’95) is For more information call (501) 575-2801. married, lives in Raleigh, N.C., and is a shelf technology and account manager for Procter & Gamble. He hopes eventually Alumni News (Cont. from page 15) Dr. Rayetta Eaton-Wilmoth (BSA to transfer to Latin America with P & G. Dr. Tom Whiting (PhD ’88) headed ’90) is a family practice physician with Ronald L. Reed (BSHES ’96) is an for Colorado after completing his degree Mercy Health Center in Bentonville. interior designer with Gilliams Center for and started a business producing feathers Stopping by the Dean’s Office Creative Design in Scottsdale, Ariz. He for the fly tying industry. Whiting Farms recently was T. J. Hart (BSA ’92), who was recently accepted into the American now has over 100,000 birds, 53 employ- works for Farmland Industries, Inc., as a Society of Interior Designers as an allied ees and is the dominant hackle producer pasture seed manager. He resides in practitioner. in the world. Springfield, Ark.

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