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. !1 eer which runs east to west in front of my office in Cone­ IDS has been one of the focal points of the Ouachita campus gh rhe yea rs. Many of you will remember when it stretched \CI.Td fro m Flenniken Hall on 4th Street past the Home Eoo omics House, the president's home, Mitchell Hall, Cone-Bottoms, se\·eral homes to the McMillan House on 6th Street.

Oiliers are more familiar with the look of Ouachita Street after Moses­ Prm·ine Hall was added to house the science departments, the J. R. Grant Administration Building replaced Old Main, Berry Bible Building and Chapel replaced the president's home, and Verser Theatre was added across from Flippen-Ferrin Dormitory.

ln recent years the Wetherington Rose Garden replaced the Home Economics House, the Jones Performing Arts Center joined Verser Theatre, and Cone-Bottoms Hall was renovated to be the home of our administrative offices. At either end of the street, two residence halls have taken the spots occupied by Flenniken Hall and the McMillan (later, Hobgood) House: Anthony Hall for men, and Maddox Hall for \omen.

More change is on the way. Later this fall Mitchell Hall will be removed to permit the construction of a new science facility which will house five departments. Still later, Grant Hall will be retired and a flag plaza will grace that corner, opening up a full view of the campus framed by Riley-Hickingbotham Library and the megastructure of classroom buildings and Evans Student Center.

The~e changes have helped to transform Ouachita Street, making it an attractive entrance into one of the loveliest campuses to be found anywhere. Former students have vivid memories of the street and the buildings which have come and gone through the years. More importantly, they recall their classmates and the members of the faculty and staff who made their days at Ouachita one of the most memorable and important periods in their lives.

Ouachita Street has defmitely changed, but the spirit of Ouachita remains the same. PRESIDENT Ben M. Elrod 'rhe

BOARD OF TRUSTEES John L. Heflin, Chairman Clarence Anthony UACHITA IRCLE ••• ••••••••••••••••••• • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Augusta Boatright The Alumni Magazine of Ouachita Baptist U niversity Arkadelphia, AR Fall, 1995 Mike Carroll Cotton Cordell George Dunklin James D. Gattis Mike Huckabee James M. Jones Larry Kircher Wesley Kluck Joe Bill Meador John Miller Pauline Morrow Gail DeLaughter Pennington H. E. 'Pete' Raines Albert H. Rusher Paul Sanders William H. 'Buddy' Sutton David Uth John Ward Richard A. Wells Diane Cato Williamson Doris Hoofman Yarnell

DEVELOPMENT STAFF Andrew Westmoreland, Vice President for Development John Cloud, Dir. ofEstate and Gift Planning Margaret Wright, Development Officer/ Dir. ofCorporate & Foundation Programs Rachael Ward, Dir. ofAnnual Giving Commencement 2-3 Deborah Root, Dir. ofDev. Publications Bo and Sarah Heard Renshaw prepare for commencement activi­ ties. Two-hundred thirty three students received baccalaureate fORMER STUDENTS degrees at Ouachita's 108th commencement held Saturday, May Assoc iATION ADVISORY BoARD David M. Tate, President 13, in the Roy and Christine Sturgis Physical Education Center. Lois Powell Anderson, Recording Secretary Randy Garner, Dir. ofTiger Network •AN INSIDE LCX)K• Bettie Duke, Asst. Dir. ofTiger Network Arkansas Advisors: Frances Bass Phelan, Development News 4 Sarah Atkinson Bennett, Clay Vire, Mandy Draffen Fulton, Charlotte Vining Douglas, Richard Stipe, Faculty /Staff News 7 Rosemary Casey Vance, Tony Yocom, Llewellyn Terry, Connie Fikes Mitchell Out-of-State Advisors: Campus News 10 Heidi Brown Helwig, Frances Scott Smith, Kent Westbrook, Yevonne Fleming Conrad, Charles Baker, Alumni News 16 Carl B. Ramsey II, Frank Taylor, Elizabeth Enlow Shaw, Todd Turner, Jacque Sutley Goble Memorials 17

The Ouachita Circle is a (marriages, births, deaths) publication of Ouachita Baptist Class Notes 18 University, OBU Box 3762, Arkadelphia, AR 71998-0001. The Financial Adviser A-C Alumni E-mail: [email protected] Phil Hardin, Assistant to the President • • ••••••••••••••••••••• and Director ofAlumni Affuirs On the Cover: The Ouachita Marching Band takes thefield during a hoi[ time performance. Deborah Root, Editor Jeff Root, Dir. ofPublic Relations Mac Sisson, Asst. Dir. ofPublic Relations

Printed by International Graphics, Inc. spring commencement fur Ouachita was held Saturday, May 13 at 3 p.m. Two hundred-thirty three in the Roy and Christine Sturgis Physical Education Center. Two hundred thirty-three students received undergraduate degrees from students receive Ouachita. Giving the invocation and representing the graduates at the commencement baccalaureate degrees exercises was Allison Walsh, a Christian education major from Malvern and and two honorary doctoral president of the 1995 class. Two honorary degrees were given by the University to Dr. Moon-Jong Hong degrees are conferred (Doctor of Business Administration) and Dr. Sok-Ho Na (Doctor of Laws), according to Dr. Ben M. Elrod, president ofOBU.

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of the swtftly-growmg Co m Christian movement in that densely-populated part of our world." Hong is an outspoken Christian movement advocate living in Seoul, Korea. He has pursued a career in Christian education through the Kyung-Min Schools in Seoul, founded by his father in post-war Korea in the 1950s. He holds Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University and Stanford University in education and economics. He has been active in matters of local and national public policy, particularly in the Kyong Di Po Province. Na has had a distinguished career in public service. He has been a leader in his national political party and was a member of the Korean House of Representatives, assisted in the 197 4 revision of the Korean constitution, served as a Superior Court justice, and was recently a candidate for president of Korea. He is one of the leaders of the National Prayer Breakfast of Korea, an active Christian BACCALAUREATE • Rev. Don Moore, organization of business and political leaders. executive director-treasurer of the Arkan­ The senior commencement rehearsal was held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 12. sas Baptist State Convention, delivers the baccalaureate address in Jones Perform­ It was followed by a picnic supper given by Ouachita President and Mrs. Ben M. ing Arts Center. Elrod in honor of the graduates at the president's home. Saturday's activities began with a baccalaureate service at 10:30 a.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center. The Rev. Don Moore of Little Rock spoke to the graduating class of 1995. Moore is executive director-treasurer of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. He has served as pastor for many churches in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. He is the author of published articles in many different Southern Baptist Convention publications such as "Church Administration Magazine," "Growth Journal," and "Deacon Magazine." At noon on Saturday, the Former Students Association's (FSA) Commencement Luncheon was held in Evans Student Center Banquet Room. Ouachita alumni, former students, and the graduating class, friends and parents o

2·Commencement the graduating class, and friends PROCESSIONAL • Fac­ attended the event. ulty members greet the Class of 1995 as the At the banquet, two Ouachita graduates enter Jones graduates, the Rev. Ed McDonald and Performing Arts Center for the baccalaureate ser- John Ware, received the honor of being named distinguished alumnus of the University. McDonald, a 1961 graduate, is Director of Pastoral Care at the Baptist Medical Center and Baptist Rehabilitation Institute in Little Rock. He has served as vice president and president in the Association of Baptist Chaplains and is a fellow with the College of Chaplains. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at Ouachita supervising a total of 89 students in clinical internship courses. McDonald holds a master of divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Ware is City Manager of Dallas, Texas, and is a member of the Ouachita graduating class of 1973, having graduated with cum laude academic honors in political science. HONORARY DEGREES • (left) Dr. Moon-Jong Hong receives his honorary doctor of business He is a native of Arkadelphia with a administration degree from Dr. Elrod, with Johnny Heflin, chairman of the board of trustees, diploma earned at Peake High School. assisting with the hooding. (right) Dr. Sok-Ho Na is congratulated by Dr. Elrod after receiving his honorary doctor of laws degree. After graduating from Peake, Ware served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, DISTINGUISHED where he received numerous medals. ALUMNI • John Ware (left) and Ed In 1993, he was unanimously selected McDonald(right) are by the Dallas City Council to be city recognized during the commencement manager. He has been honored by ceremony as the civic groups and the National University's Distinguished Alumni. Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Ware holds a master of arts degree in public administration from Syracuse University. ·Alana Boles

Commencement ·3 ------db------Westmoreland named executive vice president With the beginning the ing on such heavy responsi­ served as vice president for Batesville High School, 1995-96 academic year, Presi­ bilities.' development since 1992, Westmoreland was graduated dent Ben Elrod has an­ Westmoreland will report where he oversaw the success­ magna cum laude from Oua­ nounced a change in to the president regarding all ful completion of a $27.9 mil­ chita in 1979 with a bachelor Ouachita's administrative areas of University life other lion capital campaign for the of arts degree in political sci­ structure with the than the academic University. ence. He is enrolled in the appointment ofAn­ program. From 1990 to 1992, doctoral program in higher drew Westmore­ Dr. Michael Westmoreland served as assis­ education administration at land to the newly­ Arrington will con­ tant to the president, assisting the University of Arkansas at created position of tinue to supervise Elrod in a variety of adminis­ Little Rock. executive vice presi­ Ouachita's aca­ trative areas with special em­ He is a member of First dent. The appoint­ demic programs as phasis in alumni =-----11~-e-s_t_m_o_re_l_a_n_d_'_s_d_e_d_l_. c-a-t-io_n_ ment was approved vice president for relations, student by the Board of academic affairs. recruitment, insti- and loyalty to Ouachita are Trustees at its sum- Westmoreland 'Dr. Arrington tutional advarice- unquestioned, and he has mer meeting. has had his ability ment and public 'I have felt the need for a tested almost daily by a rap­ relations. proved himself capable couple of years to adopt a idly growing academic pro­ Early in his of taking on such heavy streamlined structure for gram,' said Elrod. 'As we con­ careeratOuachita, b 1 11 Ouachita's administration in tinue to expand our global Westmoreland responsi i ities. the years ahead,' said Elrod. relationships and enrich an served as director -~--~...,..D_r_._E~l.... r_o_d __ ~--­ 'In my judgement, the new already excellent academic ofstudentactivities and Evans Baptist Church of Arkadel­ structure will be both effec­ reputation, he will continue StudentCenter,directorofthe phia, where he has served as a tive and efficient. Andy to provide the leadership we Ouachita Student Founda- deacon. His wife,Jeanna, is an Westmoreland's dedication need.' tion, director of Student Spe- assistant professor of elemen­ and loyalty to Ouachita are Westmoreland has served cialServicesanddevelopment tary education at Ouachita. unquestioned, and he has on the administrative staff at officer. They have one daughter, proved himself capable of tak- Ouachita since 1979. He has A 1975 graduate of Riley,age5. Second phase of campaign approved by trustees The second phase of also be included for deferred throughout the spring and Ouachita's Decade ofProgress gifts. Brief, area-wide cam­ summer on the details of the Compact for a Campaign is set to be an­ paigns will be conducted in plan. The committees pro­ Renewed nounced on Thursday, Octo­ several Arkansas cities and in posed goals and objectives re­ ber 12, following a regularly­ locations outside the state. lated to curriculum, student Community scheduled meeting of the Pledges will besought through development, faculty and staff Board ofTrustees. Official ap­ December of 1998. development, the Christian outlines Ouachita's proval for the campaign was The basis for the cam­ dimension, athletics, enroll­ granted by the Trustees at a paign will be a strategic plan, ment management, ftscal sta­ goals and objectives meeting on August 10. developed by representatives bility, and buildings and for the period The campaign, following of the faculty, staff, student grounds. on the heels of the most suc­ body and other constituencies. The goals for the cam­ from 1995 cessful fund-raising efforts in The plan, Compact for a Re­ paign and the details of the Ouachita's history will be com­ newed Community, outlines strategic plan will be an­ through 2000. prised of separate segments Ouachita's goals and objec­ nounced at a press conference among current and past Trust­ tives for the period from 1995 on October 12. The day wiU ees, alumni, faculty and staff, through 2000. conclude with a concert by residents of Clark County, Eight task force commit­ the Arkansas Symphony Or­ foundations, and selected tees comprised of 96 faculty, chestra, featuring pian is~ friends. A special category will staff and students worked David Allen Wehr. 4 · Development News esidence hall named SCHOLARSHIPS ESTABLISHED The Earl and Nancy McCuin tn honor of Maddoxes Endowed Scholarship Fund One-hundred thirty be a step above a traditional Reverend Earl ('52) and Nancy McCuin (£s. '51) of seven Ouachita women found dormitory," she said. "It is a Rogers have initiated The Earl and Nancy McCuin En­ a new home when they ar­ pleasant place to live and pro­ dowed Scholarship Fund at Ouachita. Ouachita will use the rived for the fall semester. vide a positive atmosphere for income from the endowed fund to provide assistance to Edward and Kathryn those who choose to live there.' students who demonstrate extraordinary financial need Maddox Hall is located across The facility is named in and have minimal recourse to additional sources of aid. the street from Flippen Hall, honor of two of Ouachita's Following graduation from Ouachita, Earl served as on the opposite end of Oua­ longtime supporters, the Educational Director andYouth Director in two churches, chita Street from Bennie Sue Maddoxes of Harrisburg. then assumed the responsibilities of director of professional and Clarence r:====::======~l services at the Lee and Beulah Moore Children's Home in E. Anthony El Paso, Texas, Nancy served as the Children's Home librar­ Hall, its mir­ ian. Following 28 years in these capacities, Earl and Nancy ror image for retired to Rogers where they are both active in First Baptist male stu­ Church as Sunday School teachers. Earl is a volunteer tour dents. guide at the Pea Ridge Civil War Battlefield. Like An­ thony, Mad­ dox Hall is an TheJoe Nix impressive Endowed Scholarship Fund four-story The Ross Foundation of Arkadelphia has pledged a gift brick facility. of$25,000 to the Joe Nix Endowed Scholarship Fund. Its rooms are Nix served in the Department ofChemistry for 28 years arranged in at Ouachita before joining the staff of the Ross Foundation suites, each last year as Research and Conservation Coordinator. He one with a currently retains the title of Distinguished University Pro­ common liv­ named in honor of two of fessor. ing area and Ouachita's In his final years on Ouachita's faculty, much of Nix's two bed­ longtime research was directed to determining the extent and impact supporters, the rooms and a of mercury contamination in the Ouachita and Saline private bath. Maddoxes of Harrisburg (left). Rivers, their tributaries and nearby lakes. In 1993, he was The new named by Governor Jim Guy Tucker as a member of the residence hall Mercury Contamination Working Committee. is not just a The work was a continuation ofyears ofwater research. duplicate of Shortly after joining the faculty at Ouachita in 1966, Nix A n t h o n y L______,__ ___ -=----:--:-::--:-~ established a water chemistry research group of profession­ Hall, however. Because one Judge Edward Maddox als .and students to study streams and lakes of Arkansas. side of the hall faces campus first became a member of the Since then, he has directed projects funded by the Corps of and the other side faces down- Ouachita Board ofTrustees in Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and the Office of town Arkadelphia, Maddox 1960. After several stints on Water Research and Technology. Hall was built with two fronts. the Board, Edward and Nix has been active in such issues as wilderness preser­ Inside is an extended Kathryn Maddox presently vation, scenic rivers protection and land use management. lobby with a formal section are members of the develop­ He is a recipient of the Ozark Society's Neal Compton leading to a less formal televi- ment council and the Second Award, the Water Conservation Award of the Sears Roe­ sian area. A computer room is Century group. buck Foundation and Arkansas Federation of Water and featured upstairs and study They have endowed the Air Users Lifetime Membership Award. He also was named rooms are located on three Maddox Public Affairs Cen­ a Fellow of the Museum Award for the Museum ofScience floors. ter at Ouachita and the Addie and History and is a past president of the Arkansas Science Preference for housing in Mae Maddox Chair of Music. and Technology Authority. Maddox Hall was based on In 1992, Ouachita awarded Nix received a B.S. in chemistry from Ouachita in 1961. credit hours and grade point, Judge Maddox a honorary He holds an M.S. in chemistry ( 1963} and Ph.D. ( 1966) from according to Dianne King, as- Doctor of Laws degree. the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. sociate dean of students. The Maddoxes are mem- The Joe Nix Endowed Scholarship Fund was estab­ 'Maddox Hall filled up bers ofFirst Baptist Church in lished in 1994 by friends of Dr. Nix. Plans are underway at quickly. I think the women Harrisburg. this time to secure additional gifts for the endowment. knew that this facility would ·Jeff Root Development News · 5 -Nt11!4ma&tr(f- Everett named Acting Dean of

Kathy Berry has been named as School of Arts and Sciences Associate Director of Dr. Wayne Vice President of Academic Affairs. That Admissions Counseling Everett, chairman position is now filled and will remain so at Ouachita. of the division of by Dr. Mike Arrington. Berry has served as natural science, has Everett's appointment by Dr. Ben M. an admissions counselor been appointed to Elrod, president of Ouachita, is for a two­ at OBU since 1993. During her tenure, she serve as Acting year period. Dean of the School "I appreciate Wayne's willingness to has covered the recruiting areas of south ofArts and Sciences serve in this capacity," said Elrod. Arkansas and north Louisiana. at Ouachita. Elrod said the work of the search Berry completed her bachelor of science In addition to committee for a permanent new Dean of in education degree from Ouachita in 1993. his duties as chair of the division, Everett the School of Arts and Sciences will Dr. Vincent Cobb, serves as the Charles S. and Elma Gray continue. Goodwin Holt Professor of Chemistry assistant professor of Everett holds a bachelor of science and Pre-Medical Studies. degree from OBU, given in 1954. He also biology, was awarded a The Dean's position is a new one was conferred a doctor of philosophy $5,000 grant from the created by the University's Board of degree by Purdue University in 1959. Ross Foundation of Trustees. Everett joined the Ouachita faculty in Arkadelphia to study the Formerly the position's responsibil­ 1961. reptile life on the ities were merged with the office of the ·Mac Sisson Foundation's newly acquired Jack Mountain area. Through this survey, he and a student Institutional Research & Assessment will be determining the species, sex, and measure of each reptile they catch or come provides valuable data on University across. In addition, they will give each of Ouachita is providing a more his new position. Another project them some type of individual marking to consistent approach in information McCrary is currently working on is an prevent examining the same animal. concerning the institution and its enrollment projection model. The purpose of the study is to record the students through Bill McCrary, the "The enrollment projection modelis abundance and diversity of reptiles in the director of Institutional Research and a study of freshman, comparing their area. Assessment. ethnic backgrounds, gender, grades," he "My office was created to establish said. "I'm also working on getting Lavell Cole, and maintain all types of data about information on our students going on to professor of history, was students," McCrary said. "To name ______....::...._..:;:._ __ recently awarded a justafew,thisincludesthenumber "My office was created to establish and $5,000 grant from the of students who go to Ouachita, maintain all types of data about students." Ross Foundation for the number of ethnic groups • Bill McCrary researching the history represented, and from what places of the Jack Mountain they come," he said. "Through this graduate schools. Many parents have area near Arkadelphia. information, we can get an idea of how called wanting to know how many ofour Cole hopes to push his research as far Ouachita compares to other institutions." students continue their education after back as the early 1800's documenting the McCrary served as Ouachita's Ouachita, and if they are prepared." history of the land, including its environmental Professor ofMilitary Science in the Army McCrary is a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps in 198 7. enrollment management committee at and social history, through personal He held the position until the program Ouachita. The committee is seeking to interviews and analysis of past documents. was terminated by the U.S. Department get a profile of students who leave the His research has allowed some of his ofDefense. McCrary was then hired as an University without graduating. history students to be involved in the project adjunct fa culty member in the Frank D. "We try to discover the reasons why dealing mainly with reviewing various Hickingbotham School of Business. students fall through the cracks," McCrary historical maps of the area and geological McCrary said he is currently working said. "Hopefully we will be able to adjust surveys to locate various mines thought to be on an academic data base. "This involves so we can retain more of these students." on the land. a survey of different areas of study at the McCrary said he wishes that through The other major concentration of Cole's University and the emphasis fa culty place his office the administrative staff will have research will be in the social history of the on various subjects," he said. the available data to make needed changes area discerning about the occupants of the Assessment programs are another and reinforce the actions that are netting land and their everyday lives. part of the work McCrary encounters in good results. ·Alana Boles 6 · Faculty/StaffNews Coulters join administration, faculty at ASU-Mountain Home campus Bill Dixon, dean of students, presented a Drs. Ed and Fran Coulter were He is immediate past president ofthe video giving a visual honored at a reception given by the Arkansas Association of College and history of the 25-years of Administrative Council and the University Business Officers. He also has the annual meeting of Department of History on June 23. held leadership roles in that group on Dr. Ed Coulter, vice president for regional and national levels. the Baptist Association administration and professor ofeducation Coulter is past president of the for Student Affairs held in at OBU, announced May 11 that he and Arkadelphia Rotary Club, through which June at Hardin-Simmons University. his wife were leaving Ouachita to move he was named a Paul Harris Fellow. He Dixon also has been elected president of to Mountain Home where he will serve served on the board of the Arkadelphia the Arkansas Council on Student Services as the first chancellor of Arkansas (ACSS). State University's branch campus. Dr. The organization is composed of the Fran Coulter currently holds the title chief student services officer of the public and of professor of history at Ouachita. private colleges and universities in Arkansas. She will be teaching in the social Dixon has held key positions in several scienceareaatASU-Mountain Home. allied ACSS secular and religious student Dr. Ed Coulter joined the services organizations, including the Ouachita staffin 1970and has served presidency of the Baptist Association for as vice president for administration Student Affairs, which named him its since 1975. Dr. Ed Coulter Dr. Fran Coulter Educator of the Year in 1982. He is also a He came to Ouachita as Assistant Vice President Professor of to the President of the University for Administration History member of the Southwest Association of Professor of Education Student Personnel Administrators and the and Coordinator of Workshops and ------­ Seminar Director with the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce and is a deacon Arkansas College Personnel Association. Technical Assistance and Consultative in the First Baptist Church of Dr. William D. Center (ATAC). ATAC was a Title IV Arkadelphia. federal program to assist Arkansas school Coulter was born in Chicago and Downs Jr. has been districts with desegregation. From 197 2- raised in Hot Springs. He graduated in appointed acting 75, he was also a part-time teacher in 1961 from Hot Springs High School, chairman of the division graduate education at Ouachita. where he was president of the student of humanities. Downs Coulter earned his doctorate in body. will retain his role as educational administration (1971) and Dr. Fran Coulter is a native of chairman of the his master's in education (1966) from the Mountain Home. She received her department of communications and professor University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. He bachelor of science in education degree of communications at the University. was a 1965 magna cum laude honor from Ouachita in 1964. Her master of Downs will take over the position from graduate of Ouachita. education and doctor ofeducation degrees Dr. Tom Greer who has been granted a 1995 This will not be Ed Coulter's first job were both earned on the U A-Fayetteville summer and fall sabbatical leave by Ouachita in Mountain Home. He was hired to campus in 1969 and 1982, respectively. for study in China. Greer serves as the establish a new junior high school there She joined the Ouachita family in 1972. Clarence and Bennie Sue Anthony Professor in 1967. During histwoyearsasprincipal, She has served atOBU on the history of Bible and Humanities at OBU. the new school attained North Central department teaching faculty and as a Downs ended 26 years as Executive Association accreditation. Prior to his member of the general education faculty Director of the Arkansas High School Press . . position as principal at Mountain Home, in social sciences. Association at the conclusion of the group's She has served as president of the Coulter was a high school principal and two-day annual meeting on Saturday, April 29 a chemistry teacher (1966-67) in the Arkans~s Women's History Institute and in Little Rock. Lavaca Public School system. is a member of the Arkansas Historical In his role as head of the AHSPA since Among his many recent public Association. service activities, Coulter served as a board Her special teaching interests lie in 1969, Downs had guided the efforts of member of the Joint Educational 20th Century Europe, Russia, and the countless high school journalists and Consortium ofOuachita and Henderson other nations of the former Union of advisers in seeking to keep on the cutting State University and on the Advisory Soviet Socialist Republics. She is a 1961 edge of scholastic journalism. One of the Board of Baptist Health System in graduate of Mountain Home High most significant endeavors in which Downs Arkadelphia and a Corporate Board School. has been involved has been the passage this memberofBaptist Health in Little Rock. The Coulters have three grown year of Act 1109 of the Arkansas General He recently completed several years children, all graduates ofOuachita: Kent, Assembly. The Act makes Arkansas the sixth service on the board of the Independent Kimberly and Kelly. state in the South to mandate press freedom College Fund of Arkansas. in high schools. Faculty/ Staff News· 7 Elrod elected to serve as president of ASBCS

Dr. Dianne King, I Dr. Ben M. Elrod, president of Ouachita, was named presi­ associate dean of dent ofthe Association ofSouthern Baptist Colleges and Schools students, was the (ASBCS) at the organization's recent annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas. chairperson of a group of -·~: •1--• • Elrod will preside over the ASBCS, consisting of70 South­ student services ern Baptist Convention colleges, universities, seminaries and personnel in a study titled schools, for the 1995-96 academic year. The association pro­ "Task Force 2000" which ~ Or. Ben M. Elrod motes interest in higher education among the approximately was presented at the annual conference of President 15 million Southern Baptists worldwide. the Baptist Association for Student Affairs (BASA). The conference was held June 13- 16 at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Twelve faculty members promoted Texas. Eleven faculty members and one Assistant Professor include: Dr. Vincent retiring member have been promoted to Cobb in biology, Dave Ozmun in Dr. Timothy higher academic rank. communications, Eric Phillips in theatre Knight, associate The promotions from assistant arts, Mike Reynolds in health, physical professor of biology, was professor to associate professor include: education and recreation, and Jeanna accepted as one of 20 Pam Arrington in education, Dr. Scott Westmoreland in education. applicants from across Duvall in religion, Dr. Sim Flora in music, With the retirement of Jonathan the U.S. to participate in Dr. Craig Hamilton in music, Dr. Freddie Kelly, the Board of Trustees conferred a summer program titled Jolley in business, and Dr. Tim Knight in upon him the title of Emeritus Associate "Stressed Stream Analysis." biology. Professor of Administrative Services. The study was sponsored by the Promotions from Instructor to ·Mac Sisson National Science Foundation through the Research Foundation of the State University Retiring faculty, staff honored of New York (SUNY) College at Brockport. It was aimed at faculty members currently Five Ouachita faculty and staff and Transportation Studies, who joined teaching environment-related courses at U.S. members were honored by the University the faculty in 1988; Charlotte Hunter, undergraduate institutions. with a retirement reception on school nurse, who joined the Ouachita Wednesday, May 3, on the bridge ofEvans staff in 1984; Jonathan Kelly, assistant "Stressed Stream Analysis" identifies the Student Center. professor of administrative services, who source, extent, and effects of pollution on a Those honored by Ouachita joined the faculty in 1963; and Russell watershed. Participants had hands-on included: Dr. Robert Allison, the George Rainbolt, assistant professor of experience using new techniques to study Young Professor of Business, who joined mathematics and computer science, who "disturbed stream ecosystems." the faculty in 1986; Dr. Donald Anderson, joined the faculty in 1985. The goal of the program was to enhance the Harvey Jones Professor of Business the knowledge and skills of the participants so that they can take the newfound knowledge to their students. Twenty-three join university's staff Knight recently received a $10,000 grant New staffappointmentssinceJanuary Grandparent Program; Leigh Anne from the Arkansas Water Resources 1 include: Donna Allen, computer McKinney, international programs; Research Center for a proposed research services; David Beals, maintenance; Debbie Matlock, secretary, School of study titled "Bioaccumulation of Methyl Robert Beck, maintenance; Rodney Boice, Business; Michael Melton, maintenance; Mercury Through a Food Chain." safety; Brandi Byrd, Baptist Student Scott Mooney, head resident; Diane Knight will be assisted in his research by Union; John Conrad, missionary-in­ Orsburn, financial aid; Carla Robinson, two OBU students majoring in biology: Mark residence; Phyllis Dupree, receptionist, safety; Brennan Schwenk, head resident, Edds, a sophomore from Gurdon, and Mark president's office; Lanny Fuller, director of intramurals; Tiffeny maintenance; Clara Gibson, secretary, Thompson, admissions counselor; Hurst, a junior from Van Buren. School of Arts and Sciences; Tim Helms, Michelle Ware, safety; Molly Wallace, The research began in August and is maintenance; Deborah Holland, university health services; and Becky expected to be completed one year later. maintenance; Mona Jackson, Foster Wilson, business office. Knight says that the discovery of mercury contamination resulting in fish consumption advisories in south Arkansas Six named as adjunct faculty members waterways has increased public awareness Six new adjunct faculty members have been employed at Ouachita for for the potential of the bioaccumulation of fall semester. They are: John Conrad, religion; Lance Faddis, biology; Rodn _ different toxic compounds. biology; Blake McKinney, religion; Jill Manning, English; and Glenda Secres:; 8 · Faculty/ StaffNews New faculty members appointed Dr. Mike Arrington, vice president and Plainview-Rover Public Schools. for academic affairs, has announced the ·Rebecca Nos he, instructor in history. Dr. Paul Root, employment ofnew faculty mem hers and She received bachelor of arts, bachelor of chairman of the changes in assignments for other science, and master of arts degrees all department of education, members of the Ouachita faculty. from Louisiana Tech University. Noshe was the keynote speaker They are: has served for 21 years as a high school at the Commission on ·Garry M. Crowder, instructor in history teacher and for the past five years Adult Basic Education physical education and head women's as instructor at Bossier Parish Community National Conference basketball coach. He has been a successful College in Shreveport. held recently in Little Rock at the Excelsior high school girls' basketball coach at Dr. Martin D. Perry, Jr., assistant Hotel and Statehouse Convention Center. Taylor High School and, more recently, professor of chemistry, to begin The conference included a collection of Jessieville High School. Crowder is a employment on Jan, 1, 1996. Perry education groups including: the fifth annual native ofLeola and received the bachelor received a bachelor ofs cience degree from national Adult Education for the Homeless of science in education and master of Arkansas Tech University and a doctor Conference, the Arkansas Association for science in education degrees, both from of philosophy degree in physical Public Continuing and Adult Education Spring Henderson State University. chemistry from Oklahoma State ·Dr. T. Selwyn Ellis, assistant professor University. He is currently serving as a Conference, the Arkansas Literacy Councils, of business administration. He has visiting assistant professor of chemistry at Inc. Annual Meeting, and the National previous college teaching experience at the United States Naval Academy in Education Staff Development Consortium. Louisiana Tech University at Mississippi Annapolis, Maryland. College. Ellis received the bachelor of ·Dr. James D. Philpot, assistant The study guide for science degree and master of business professor of finance. Philpot received a the fifth edition of the administration degree from Mississippi bachelor of arts degree from UA­ book titled "Intermediate College, and doctor of business Fayetteville; a master of business Accounting" was administration degree from Louisiana administration degree from Arkansas authored by Jim Tech University. State University; and a doctor of Rothwell, assistant ·Michael H. Jones, Jr., assistant philosophy degree in fiance from UAF. professor of accounting, professor of art. His specialty area is He has served the past year as instructor and James M. Reeve of the University of graphic design. He has served as assistant of finance at Western Illinois University. Tennessee. professor of graphic design at Houghton ·Allyson B. Tollett, instructor in The accounting book is one of the most College in New York since 1991. Jones mathematics and computer science. She popular and respected intermediate worked two years as a missionary received a bachelor ofscience degree from textbooks on the college and university journeyman in Africa for the Southern the University of Georgia and a mater of market. Its editors are Williams, Stanga, and Baptist Convention's Foreign Mission science degree from East Texas State Board. He earned a bachelor of fine arts University. Tollett has taught Holder. degree from East Tennessee State mathematics and computer science at Given the popular acceptance of University and a masteroffine arts degree Nashville(Arkansas) HighSchool for the "Intermediate Accounting," the Rothwell and from Louisiana Tech University. past21 years. Reeve accompanying study guide is Dr. Geratd Morris, assistant professor ·Dr. Irene T:rofimova has been expected to get excellent circulation. of religion. His specialty area is Old granted full faculty status after having Testament language and literature with served since 1991 as visiting professor of Sam Walton, :-- ~----d..e.'t4 ~. !- a minor in New Testament language. Russian and German languages. She cam .. ~- ~ ,... ,., grounds superintendent Morris received a bachelor of arts degree to Ouachita from Kazakh State University in the maintenance . from Oklahoma Baptist University, and in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, where she was department, has been a master of divinity and doctor of senior lecturer of English and German. c'•.·~ ------_ ~ -:-\,'?- . - ·-'- ~__· .· ~ ' . named as Maintenance philosophy degrees, both from The She holds an earned doctorate from ... '· . . ., Employee of the Year for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute. ~- .. L------' 1994, according to Bill in Louisville, Kentucky. ·Dr. Wayne Everett has been -- Harkrider, director of plant maintenance. Jill Murders, instructor in physical appointed acting dean of the School of education, head women's cross country Arts and Sciences. (See related article.) Walton is an 11-year veteran of the coach, and assistant women's basketball ·Dr. Robert Webster has been department. He was chosen from among the coach. Murders received a bachelor of appointed to serve as the George Young monthly winners to receive a certificate and science in education and health degree Professor of Business. He received a cash award. from Arkansas Tech University and a bachelor of arts degree from Ouachita; a The Maintenance Employee of the master of science in physical education master of business administration degree Month/Year program was begun in 1993. degree from the University of Central from Syracuse University; and a doctor of Harkrider said the selection process Arkansas. She has served as head business administration from Louisiana involved workers in the department and basketball coach at Gillett High School Tech. ·Mac Sisson administrative staff members. Faculty/StaffNews · 9 Students utilize career guidance software The Career Planning and planning and placement at the Hickingbotham School of Business Placement Program was University. Laboratory after getting basic + Fourteen students spent o implemented last spring semester "Through this software the instructions from Kolb. week in Apri l on a mission trip and with it has come the students can identify which "With SIGI PLUS, students to Barbados. Dr. William Viser, avail ability of a new values are most important in can get background on hundreds assoc iate professor of rel igion, computerized ca reer guidance planning a career," Kolb said. of vocations, find out what skills organized the tri p. system for Ouachita students. "They can find out what is most are needed, explore chances for Viser spoke at the annual The system, called SIGI PLUS, important to them in finding a advancement, check salary ranges, Advanced Seminar for Pastors helps students learn the process job." and job security," Kolbsaid, "They and Students held in Barbados. in fi nding a career in a fun and Students at Ouachita will can, as the SIGI PLUS slogan says, The stu dents led disc ussion unique way. Mike Kolb is the have access to SIGI PLUS through 'find out where they're going groups and presented dramas first full-time director of career the computers in the Frank D. before they get there,"' related to each of the three topics to be explored at the Language, cultural lessons taught through ESL meeting. The title of thi s year's International students Cosh, an instructor in the ESL together with personnel in the conference was "Crisis attending universities and program. department of speech, theatre Intervention: A M inistry of colleges in the United States for Cosh began her work with arts, and speech pathology. Urgency." the first time are often international students through Amy Sonheim provides an overwhelmed by the new culture the BSU in a volunteer tutoring introduction of the program to + "Marriage and Family and language. service to internationals. each entering class of Week," sponsored by th e BSU In response to this need for She and Kathy Carter were international participants, Carter and funded by an anonymous further education and orientation also involved in an outreach teaches American culture and donor, was held April 3-7. on the American scene, Ouachita missions program sponsored by takes students on various field Jane Draughon of Littl e has created the English as a Second the Red River Baptist Association, trips around the community. Rock, D r. Larry Henderson of Language (ESL) program for with headquarters in Rebecca Wright teaches basic Littl e Rock, and Dr. Scott and Ouachita's international students. Arkadelphia, in teaching grammar skills. Donna Hays Judy Duvall of Arkadelphia ESL aims at improving the conversational English to teaches students on an were the featured speakers at students' reading, writing, and Hispanics and international intermediate speaking leveL Cosh th e se minars and events oral skills in the English language. students new to the area. teaches advanced grammar classes pl an ned for the week. It was The goal is to give each student ESL is now in its second year to the internationals, aimed at both th e single and "quality instruction and in of service to international There are approximately 25 marri ed communi ti es on th e learning the English language, as students. internationals who participate in Ouachita campus. well as study in American history The program is taught by a the program each fall and spring At the end of the week, a and culture," according to Sharon team of five instructors working semester. retreat for marri ed couples "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" • Tevye (Micah enrolled at O uachita was McBay) deals with the trials of raising five offered daughters in Czarist Russia (1. to r.) : Tzeitel (Julie Benjamin), Chava (Cara Ooten) and + The contemporary C hristian Hodel (Leslie Srygley). The School of Music music group 4HIM perform ed at and the Department of Theatre Arts sponsored the campus musical presentation O uachita M ay 3. of the Broadway hit in April. The production Th e concert was sponso red was staged and choreographed by Scott by O uachita and Second Holsclaw, assistant professor of speech and Bapti st C hurch in Arkadelphi a. drama. Eric Phillips, assistant professor of theatre arts, coordinated both scenic and Th e nati ona lly recognized lighting design. Dr. Jon Secrest, assistant male quartet group has ju st professor of music, was the music director. released its fifth album, "The Ri de." 4HIM has won the Gospel M usic Associatio n's Best New Artist Dove Award and th e G roup of the Year for two consecutive years. East to W est, a contemporary C hristian duo, and G reg Long, a C hristi an vocalist, opened th e show. 10 · Campus News The Daniel R. Grant International Studies Program ....C:amQ.us Faculty exchange initiated with Beijing University Ouachita and Beijing return, Dr. Fu I:SRIEFS University signed a faculty Guo-Ying who + Students in the Phi Beta exchange agreement during a is teaching Lambda nati onal honorary recent visit by three Chine s e business fraternity brought home representatives from the Chinese language and a host of awards and offi ces capital. The program began in culture at from the PBL State Leadership August with the exchanging of Ouachita. Conference. one Ouachita faculty member "We are Kevin Braswell was elected and one Beijing University excited about as president of the state professor. this rewarding organi zati on. G ib Richardson Dr. Susan Wink, associate new oppor­ was se lected as treasurer. The professor of English, has been tunity for our EXCHANGE AGREEMENT • Dr. Ben Elrod , president of office of state PBL secretary w ill chosen as the first Ouachita faculty," said Ouachita, and Hu Jialuan , chair of the English department be held by Theodocia Johnso n. at Beijing University, shake hands after signing a faculty faculty member to participate in President Ben Brian Davidson will be the state exchange agreement between the two universities. this semester-long program. M. Elrod. parliamentarian. Wink is teaching English and "Beijing University is students and faculty will benefit Winning first place in th eir literature in the Department of considered by many to be the in many ways through this respective competition divisions English at Beijing University. In Harvard of China and our academic exchange of personnel." were: Brice Hester, Accounting II ; Kevin Braswell, Impromptu Forty-six students study abroad during summer Speaking; and Heather During the summer, 46 artists and their works in eight a part of Cooperative Services Holl oway. Economi cs. Ouachita students experienced European cities. International Education The Par liamentary life in six foreign countries. These Seven Ouachita students and Consortium (CSIEC), a group of 44 Procedure team also won a fi rst programs were organized by the two faculty members studied Southern Baptist colleges and place designati on . Daniel R. Grant International Chinese language and culture at universities. The O uachita PBL C hapter Studies Program and the BSU at Beijing University in July and The Ouachita BSU organized placed second for the Ouachita. August. Dr. Fran Coulter, a mission trip to Australia in Sweepstakes Award and having In May and June, 14 Ouachita professor of history, and Dr. Tom June. Thirty-onestudentsworked the largest local chapter students and two faculty Greer, the Clarence and Bennie with various mission projects in membership. members studied in England, Sue Anthony Professor of Bible Sydney and Melbourne. Ian Cosh, PBL advisers are Dr France, and Italy as a part of the and the Humanities, director of religious activities at Freddie Jo ll ey and Jeani e C urry. 1995 European Summer Study/ accompanied the group. The Ouachita, and Scott Holsclaw, + The "Ouachitonian" yearbook Tour. The students were led by students studied during the week assistant professor of speech and and "Signa l" newspaper won Dr. Tom Auffenberg, chair of the and toured important sites on drama, accompanied the group severa l honors at the annual department of history, and Dr. the weekend such as the Great during the three-week trip. meetin g of the Arkansas Randy Smith, chair of the Wall, Forbidden City, and During the 1994-95 academic College M edia Assoc iation department of psychology. In Tiananmen Square. The Ouachita year, 89 Ouachita students and 14 (ACM A) held recently at UA­ each country the students toured contingent was joined by students faculty members traveled abroad Pi ne Bluff. important historical and cultural and professors from Cumberland on various university organized The "Ouachitonian" sites. They also studied important College and Union University as programs. yearbook won first place in general excell ence as the best Faculty members lead seminars in Kazakhstan, China co ll ege yearbook in Arkansas. Three facultymembersfrom Accounting, Introduction to second consecutive year, the The staff members also brought the Frank D. Hickingbotham American Business, Production Yantai-American Summer home 23 in dividual awards. School of Business taught various Management, Marketing, Business School was taught in the Th e editor of th e 1994 free market principles to over Business Ethics and Business Law cities of Yantai and Jinan in O uachitonian was Rachael 16o students in Kazakhstan and during the three-week school. Shandong Province. Allison and Ward. The advise r is Dr. China during the summer. Their host was the Almaty Power Oklahoma Baptist University Deborah Root. Dr. Robert Webster, associate Engineering Institute, the same Professor, John Cragin, taught 127 The "S ignal" newspaper professor of accounting and Bob site where Ouachita sends Chinese students and young staff earned 10 in dividual Sanders (attorney-at-law), taught American students to study for professionals during the three­ awards at the state competition. 33 students during the one semester. week school. The Chinese host Servi ng as editors of th e Kazakhstan-American Summer A similar school in China for the business school was Yantai newspapers critiqued were: Business School in the capital city was conducted by Dr. Robert University. Ouachita and Yantai Mark White, C hris Bosen , and of Almaty. Allison, the George Young University established an Jessica Fran ks. The adviser is Webster and Sanders taught Professor of Business. For the exchange relationship in 1990. D r. Jeff Root. Campus News· 11 ...C:arnQ_tlS Student development enhanced ~A~'~"~~~ ~ through use of new technology Office hosted th e sc hool's fourth A comprehensive student sible by the grant include: all are expected to be on-line by annual New Student Retreat development program, built +A full-time director of ca· pre-registration in November. August 6-8. around the themes of academic reer planning and placement. +Computers and printers The retreat featured sma ll advising. counseling and tutor· Mike Kolb moved into this for faculty. group interaction, a ba nquet, an in g. was begun during the 1994-95 position for the 1994·95 academic In order to make computer· activi ties lair, devotio na ls, and year and is already making a year. His office worked with ap· assisted advising possi ble, many recreation. Participa nts stayed major impact at Ouachita. proximately 700 students in the new computers were purchased in residence hal ls on the The program focuses on the spring semester alone. Services and placed permanently in fac · Ouachita campus. use of technology to create a vary from setting up interviews ulty offices. Thirty- five comput· more effective program of stu· with prospective employers to ers, 15 Desk Jet printers, eight + U.S Representa ti ve Jay dent development, which will in providing an interest inventory laser printers and a CD ROM Di ckey (R ep., Ark) from Pin e turn lead to greater opportuni· for younger students searching tower were purchased in 1994·95. Bluff was th e keynote speaker ties for students, Dr. Wayne for a major. This year, another 10 computers, at the second annual ba nq uet, Everett, acting dean of the school +A full-time director of in· 10 Desk Jet printers and eight sponsored by Oua chita on Ap ril of arts and sciences and the stitutional research and assess­ laser printers were be added. 11 , for parti cipants in the TRIO Charles S, and Elma Grey ment. +Peer tutoring. Program. Goodwin Holt Professor ofChem· B iII One peer tutor was hired TR IO is a program istry and Pre-Medical Studies, McCrary sponsored by the U.S. serves as director of the new assumed Department of Education. It is program. this posi· designed to provide incentives "The key to technology as tion last to help designated students in we see it at Ouachita is to use it year and junior and senior high schools in a way that will enhance one of has since di scover existing opportunities Ouachita's greatest traditional been gath· for continued edu cational strengths ·· its personal touch," ering vital growth. said Dr. Ben M. Elrod, president data about Lewis A. Shepherd, Jr. is of Ouachita. "This program will Ouachita. the executive director of the allow us to greatly improve our Interests O uachita TRIO Program academic and career counseling include because it will make completing improving + O uachita hosted more than a class schedule much easier, retention 7,200 students and sponsors which will allow our faculty to and fund­ thi s summer through a variety of spend more quality time talking ing a com· retreats, camps, conferences, to students about their ideas and plete as· CAREER PLANNING • Students utilize the computers and software available in the Career Planning and Placement office and special events. ambitions." sessment to assist them in searching for job information. O ne of the largest eve nts Margaret Wright, the devel­ program held on campus was Super opment officer who wrote the for the University. for each of the following aca· Summer, a week-long camp of proposal for the U.S, Department +computer Assisted Aca· demic areas: English, math, and seminars, Bible study, and of Education grant which funds demic Advising, science. The tutors are paid and recreational activities, which the program, said the reaction of Just as class cards were re· are available for any student need· attracted more than 1,2 00 both faculty and students had placed by computerized registra· ing assistance in general educa· youth a nd leaders from been positive, tion, a new software program tion courses. churches all over Arkansas and "Several faculty members alleviates standing in pre-regis· Plans for 1995·96 include a surrounding states. This was have had the opportunity to add tration lines and much of the tutoring lab, consisting of 25 com· one of the eight denominational computer hardware and we will frustration caused by closed puter terminals, three Desk Jer camps to be held this summe r. soon see all of them registering classes. printers and one laser printer. Super Summer and 32 students for classes without leav· Faculty now have instanta· +A distance learning ce n- other summ er groups were ing their offices. The students neous access to class schedules ter. booked and supervised by Paul have been very responsive to the and improved ability to deal with This system, planned ~ Bass, director of student career counseling and placement closed classes by finding alterna­ 1995·96, will be housed in a large activiti es and Evans Students office, as well as to the new pre· tive courses or by petitioning, classroom and will be availab:c Center, a nd Jay Srygley, registration process and new tu· Twenty-five faculty members for use by any department. ass istant director of student taring opportunities." used computer assisted registra· ·Jeff Root activities. Improvements made pos· tion in the spring and virtually 12 · Campus News -----From reporting & writing to editing & production----­ three Ouachita women make their impact in the Arkansas Media The world of commun­ you can't really settle for 'good interest known to r.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:==::;l if that might be ications has opened its door to enough.' He is really good at the news director. something I'd be many women in the past decade pushing people to their full "I started interested in doing.'' who have found the potential." playing around Afterobtaining opportunities to be virtually Dunston served as Down's with some stories," her degree, Lawson boundless. secretary for her three years at said Dunston. went to work for Three former communi­ Ouachita and says that she too "When reporters the "Daily Siftings cation students from Ouachita was encouraged and challenged would leave I'd take Herald" newspaper Baptist have each pursued a by him in her pursuit of a their scripts and in Arkadelphia, as dream to make her place in the communications degree. rewrite them "Lifestyle" editor. state mass media. Although these women because I had not She then went Sheryl (Bowman) Boyd, chose different areas of the media,· written in so long. I back to school, in producer of the five o'clock news they all had a common journey started showing preparation for a for KATV Channel 7 in Little to reach the positions they hold those stories to the master's degree in Rock, finished her today. news director and English, and started communications degree at A summer internship at he wanted to see working in the Ouachita in the summer of 1985. KA TV I Channel 7, in Little Rock, more." news section of the Melinda (Dodds) Dunston, landed Boyd a part-time job in She was "Siftings" in morning anchor and producer of video editing. After several eventually named addition to a the noon show for KARK months in this department she . weekend producer. parttime job at Channel 4 News in Little Rock, was moved to a full-time position During the week KVRCIKDEL Radio attended Ouachita from 1984·86. in the station archives where she she would do a little in Arkadelphia. Felley (Nail) Lawson, a worked for three years. reporting. The From there feature writer for the Sunday Her first big break came director also asked Lawson moved on "Profile" section in the "Arkansas when she was promoted to her to fill-in for the to the position as Democrat-Gazette," graduated producer of "Daybreak." This anchors on manager of the from Ouachita in 1988. gave her an opportunity to perfect holidays. A r k a d e I p h i a Each of these women came her writing skills and learn the After much Chamber of to Ouachita uncertain of what ropes of production. hard work, Commerce for a they wanted to do and where This made Boyd a prime Dunston finally year. they wanted to go with their candidate for the producer earned the position A move to educations, but all of them would position of "Live at Five," the ofco-anchorforthe Virginia for her sooner or later fall into the area station's primetime state news weekend news Felley Lawson husband Chris ('89) of communications, a strong show. "When I was producing which eventually ...______, toattendlawschool, academic and hands-on area at 'Daybreak' and the 'Live at Five' turned into a single anchoring brought another opportunity for Ouachita. producer couldn't be there I position. some stringing work this time at Dr. Bill Downs, long-time would fill in for him; so when he A year and a half later, she the "News-Gazette" in Lexington. chair of the Ouachita left I already knew how to do the asked for, and was granted the Three years later Lawson and communications department, job," she said. anchor positon on the weekday her husband returned to played a significant part in the Just like Boyd, Dunston began morning show. Arkansas, where she was chosen lives of these three women, her career in somewhat less Even though the destination as a feature writer for the always driving them to be the glamerous jobs. was different, Lawson traveled a "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.'' best they could be. After transferring to UALR, similar road as Boyd and Dunston. Boyd, Dunston, and Lawson "I was discouraged Dunston interviewed with KARK After learning photography would all agree that the road sometimes because I thought TV I Channel4, in Little Rock, for on her high school yearbook staff they had to travel to reach their there was no way I could be as a position as overnight in Batesville, she spent several destination was worth all the good a writer as he wanted me to photographer. After six months summers of work during college time and energy invested. Each be," said Lawson. "He just of "proving" herself, Dunston stringing for The Batesville Guard. of them hold a great deal of expected too much, but what it moved on to a full time editing "It gave the exposure to meet responsibility in their work to taught me was that I didn't expect position. She stayed there for the people who worked there make sure the final product is enough of myself. He taught me about a year and a half, all the and see on a first hand basis what the best it can be. to set my goals higher and that while making her work and they did," said Lawson, "and know ·Genny Cassaday Campus News· 13 Ward honored by NAIA as Tennis Coach of the Year Craig Ward, men's tennis part of the overall educational tennis team in Arkansas. and tradition that adds to the coach at Ouachita, has been process." Since coming to Ouachita in recruiting pleasure," Ward said. named the NAIA National Men's Ward said he was pleased 1991, Ward, excluding the 1995 "I am also an advocate of the type Tennis Coach-of-the-Year. that his being chosen cast a good national tournament, has amassed of tough competition that we The announcement was reflection on Ouachita. "I am an impressive won-loss record of play. We play some awfully good made at the 44th annual NAIA happy that the school is part of 91 wins against 46 losses. In the teams at larger schools and that National Men's Championship the honor, as well as my family, AIC in those years, his teams adds to the status of the program." Tennis Tournament played the friends, and team," Ward said. "It have won 58 conference matches His Tiger team has won the week of May 22-27 at Shadow means a lot to me to see how and lost only three. AIC championship for the past Mountain Racquet Club in Tulsa, much all these folks are perhaps Ward has guided his Tiger four years. He has won AIC Coach­ Oklahoma. honored in some way by my tennis team in becoming a of-the-Year honors on three "It is a great honor to have selection." respected state, regional and occasions. been chosen for this honor by my Ward's Tigers were entries national power. His squad is Over the course of the years, fellow coaches in the nation," in this year's national NAIA composed of student-athletes Ward's teams have been said Ward. "I appreciate the tournament in Tulsa, from both the state of Arkansas, impressive in the classroom as honor, but it really is a reflection representing the Arkansas adjoining states and foreign well, averaging a 3-30 grade point of the team. It shows their Intercollegiate Conference. They countries. average. His academic emphasis dedication to good play, good were ranked eighth in the "I believe that we have the has netted several members of sportsmanship, and a belief that tournament, the highest ranking type of school that athletes enjoy the squad, conference, district, the tennis program at Ouachita is ever given to an NAIA men's participating for and the facilities and national accolades. Tigers add Reddies to schedules Move to NCAA Divison II One of the state's oldest the series was discontinued. athletic rivalries will soon be "Last September, Ouachita brings new recruiting rules resuming competition after a joined the NCAA and now we three year hiatus. can operate under the same rules With Ouachita's move to NCAA Division II status comes a Ouachita Baptist University as Henderson," Vining concluded. thick, new rulebook governing athletic recruitment, including and Henderson State University Vining said that he and HSU new rules outlining the ways in which alumni may be involved. have agreed to resume play Athletic Director Ken Turner had Ouachita Athletic Director Bill Vining said the coaching staff eff~ctive in some sports this agreed on a September 7, 1996 was pleased with the move to NCAA Division II and they had academic year. date at Carpenter-Haygood been adjusting as quickly as possible to the new set of rules, On the football field, the Stadium at HSU to resume football committed to what the NCAA called "principles of fair play and return to action will begin in between the Tigers and the amateur athletics competition." September 1996, according to 0 BU Reddies. The Reddies will then "Ouachita's many boosters have assisted us (the coaching Athletic Director Bill Vining. return the visit with a September staff) in the past," said Vining. "We want their continued support, "The athletic arrangement 6,1997 date to A.U. Williams Field but the NCAA has very strict rules about how alumni may be will benefit fans, alumni and both at OBU. involved." schools in mainly saving travel After the 1992-93 season, the According to NCAA Division II rules: dollars," said Vining. "We have Tiger athletic program remained *Alumni are not allowed to help recruit prospective varsity tremendous respect for the HSU within the confines of the athletes through in-person, off-campus contacts. Alumni may be program, coaches, athletes and Arkansas Intercollegiate involved if they meet athletes on campus. administrators and look forward Conference and the NAIA's *In-person, off-campus recruiting is limited to members of to renewing our wmpetition Division I. As time progressed the university's athletic department staff. with them. It is something that other members of the AIC *Letters and phone calls from alumni to prospective athletes everyone agrees is a natural." decided to switch their athletic are permitted, but they count against the university's limitations Ouachita and HSU ended programs to the NCAA and Gulf of contacts per week. their athletic pact after the 1992- South Conference. Finally, it was *Athletic eligibility requirements include a high school 93 season when Henderson joined decided to fold the AIC after the diploma with a minimum 2.5 grade point average in a core the NCAA Division II and Gulf current academic year. curriculum and a minimum ACT composite score of 17 (or South Conference. Ouachita is playing as an combined SAT score of 700). "The change in athletic independent this season in the Ouachita is in the first year of a three-year provision scholarship subsidization rules NCAA Division II. membership in NCAA Division II. The Tigers will not be eligible from the Arkansas Intercollegiate The resumption of the for NCAA post-season play during the provisional membershi Conference and NAIA "Battle of the Ravine" between period, but Ouachita will retain membership in NAIA and competition to NCAA levels Ouachita and Henderson renews continue to be eligible for NAIA post-season play. placed our players in an uneven a sports rivalry that began in 1907. situation," Vining said. "Thus, ·Mac Sisson I 14 ·Campus News ---Sports Wrap-Up

Baseball Jennifer Madlock and Dita Kopecna Track and Field Baseball athletes named Honorable received AII-AIC honors. The track and field team finished last among Mention players on the 1995 AII -AIC Baseball five teams entered in the 1995 AIC Track and Team were senior third baseman Shane Torix Men"s Tennis Field Championship Meet. of Mena and senior pitcher Robert Tucker of Ouachita's best finish came from long The Tigers finished the regular season Bismarck. jumper Jarrod Gaither who placed second in with a 16-6 overall record and a perfect 7-0, and The team ended the season with a 10-25 the field event with a leap of 22-2. Gaither also conference title, in the AI C. overall mark and 9-16 in the AIC. placed fourth in the triple jump with a 41-9 1/2. The men's tennis team had five players Adrian Miller was third in the shot put with a Golf chosen for the 1994-95 AII-AIC Tennis Team. heave of 48 4 1/2, and fourth in the college They were: Marc Heflin, Larry Hurta, Cristoffer discus with a toss of 131-6. Ike Sharp's Tiger golfers finished third in Johansson, Patrik Lofve nberg, Tim Oosterhous The team was coached by Johnny Kelley. the 1994-95 AIC race. Arkansas Tech University and Christian Wassmer. captured the conference golf crown with 46 The team finished in seventh place in both Swimming points, followed by Harding University with 44. the final rankings for the 44th annual NAIA The Lady Tiger Sharks swimming and Ouachita golfers Trey Speight and John National Men's Tennis Championship Meet and diving team was the top ranked academic squad Bunch were named to the 10-golfer AII-AIC the same place fin ish in the last NAIA season among all teams, nationally, competing in the team for 1994-95. rankings for the 1994-95 season. NAIA during the spring semester. The team has First Team NAIA All Americans from been awarded the distinction of being named to Women"s Tennis Ouachita included Tim Oosterhous and Larry a Superior Rating on the College Swimming The Lady Tiger tennis team finished the Hurta. Second Team NAIA All Americans from Coaches Association of America Academic 1994-95 season fifth in the AIC. The Lady OBU are: Patrik Lofvenberg, Christian Swim Team. Those named to the CSCAA All­ Tigers finished the year with a 5-10 overall Wassmer, and Cristofer Johansson. Academic Team were Carl Davis, Vladimir record and 5-7 in league play. The team was Lofvenberg was also named by the NAIA Kravchenko, Cory Shiller, Laura Stringfellow, coached by Betsy Danner. as a Scholar-Athlete. and Kim Hill. Vining announces coaching changes in four sports Athletic Director Bill Vining has assistant women's basketball coach. Murders ·Grant Pate has been named as the new announced coaching changes in women's also will serve as an instructor in the men's cross country coach. Pate has been basketball, men's and women's cross country department of health, physical education serving the past year as assistant men's and volleyball. and recreation. basketball coach and instructor in physical ·Garry M. Crowder has been hired as the Murders has served since 1990 as head education. He will continue those assignments. new head Lady Tiger women's basketball girls basketball coach and head boys and girls Pate received a bachelor of science degree coach. Crowder will serve as an instructor in track coach for the junior and senior high from the University of Mississippi in 1990. His the health, physical education and recreation school programs at Plainview Rover High master of arts degree was conferred by academic program of the University. School in Yell County. Livingston (ALA) University in 1994. Crowder has served as the Jessieville Murders led the Lady Panthers to 28 Vining has also announced that the cross High School basketball coach since 1982 and championship titles, including the 5B South country program at Ouachita has been in that time the high school program has Conference, West Central Region, and the enlarged this fall with the addition of new won 11 conference championships, eight Arkansas Tech Invitational. She also led the cross country program for women. The district championships, six southeast regional senior boys' track team to a second place Ouachita athletic program is now aligned championships, one southeast regional finish out of 14 teams in the conference, and with the NCAA Division II. runner-up, five class A Final Four appearances sixth overall in the State ClassB Championship ·Betsy (Steele) Danner has been named as and one Class A State Runner-up. He has been Meet. the school's new women's volleyball coach. conference Coach -of-the-Year on seven She has been named 5B South Coach-of­ Danner has served for the past two years occasions. the-Year for four consecutive years from as women's tennis coach at Ouachita and will Crowder received both his bachelor of 1992-95. She was Dream Team Coach of the remain in that position. science in education (1978) and master of Year in 1994 for KARV Radio in Russellville. Danner was a mem her of Ouachita's first science in education (1980) degrees from Murders holds a bachelor of science in women's varsity volleyball team in 1972. She Henderson State University. education degree from Arkansas Tech received her bachelor of science in education His wife, Joan Duke Crowder, is a graduate University, granted in 1987. At Tech, she was degree from Ouachita in 1973. She earned of Ouachita. a six-time Deans' List student. Her master of her master of science in education diploma ·Jill Murders has been named the new science in physical education diploma was in 1978 from Henderson State University. head women's cross country coach and conferred by UCA in 1990. ·Mac Sisson Campus News· 15 Hazel had attended Central Baptist However, the friends that I made at David Tate College in Conway and I had attended U. Ouachita have "stuck closer than a !!'); : .. ! of A. Monticello and Rice University brother" for the most part. I see many of President before coming to Ouachita for our junior them fairly often and we have a closeness t4~1 Former Students and senior years, we both could remember that is rare among my other college Association .. ~'i with gratitude those who taught us from friends. Could this be the spirit of .:t ~c.tl /j all these institutions. However, when we Ouachita? I believe it is and I believe that discussed the friends that we had made it is as important as "book learnin."' You during our college years, I was surprised see, I believe that life is not just about My wife, Hazel (Cain), and I were at my evaluation of my friendships. doing a job. It is about relationships as talking about what might be interesting To my knowledge there was only well. No matter how much you know, and helpful for me to write about in this one person who attended UAM with me you have to relate to the people with issue of the Ouachita Circle. Until we that I have been in contact with through whom you work, live and love. So it talked, I thought that I had said all that the years. Even at that, this friend has really matters that Ouachita provides a was meaningfully to me in my two become a close friend in the years since warm Christian spirit in which young previous articles. In our reminiscing we college. The friends that I made at Rice people can build a foundation for living both talked about the teachers that we have long since gone their separate ways. life to its fullest. I've been convinced of had had who influenced our lives. Since I haven't seen any of them in years. this for a long time! r------Former Students Association Advisory Board ------. Nominating Committee Report for 1995-96

Nominees for Officers (One-Year Term) ------­ President · DAVID TATE, '48, Batesville, AR Vice President · YEVONNE FLEMING CONRAD, '7 4, Colorado Springs, CO Secretary · JUNANNE REYNOLDS BROWN, '73, Hope, AR Tiger Network Chair ·WESLEY KLUCK, '77, Arkadelphia, AR

------Nominees for Arkansas Advisors (Three-Year Term) ------­ Southwest ·JOHN MORGAN, '7 4, Magnolia, AR Central· BUTCH REEVES, '73, Bryant, AR

------Nominees for Out-of-State Advisors (Three-Year Term) ------­ West Central U.S. · BOGAN MORGAN, '7 4, Long Beach, CA Southwest U.S.· BRAD ROUNDTREE, '77, Garland, TX Southeast U. S. · GRETCHEN HARGIS PEACOCK, '80, Sharpsburg, GA

------Nominees for Unexpired Terms (Two-Year Term)------­ Southeast Arkansas· MIKE SHULL, '87, Warren, AR East Central U.S. · CHARLES PETTY, '62, Raleigh, NC ------BALLOT Ballots should be mailed to: Alumni Office, OBU Box 3761 , Arkadelphia, AR 71998-0001

TERM EXPIRES FOR AGAINST (write-in)

President '96 0 0 David Tate Vice President '96 0 0 Yevonne Fleming Conrad Secretary '96 0 0 Junanne Reynolds Brown Tiger Network Chair '96 0 0 Wesley Kluck Southeast Arkansas '97 0 0 Mike Shull East Central U.S. '97 0 0 Charles Petty Central Arkansas '98 0 0 Butch Reeves Southwest Arkansas '98 0 0 John Morgan West Central U.S. '98 0 0 Bogan Morgan Southwest U.S. '98 0 0 Brad Roundtree Southeast U.S. '98 0 0 Gretchen Hargis Peacock

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16 ·Alumni News Memorial Contributions March 1, 1995 -July 31, 1995

Adams, Billie Rev. and Mrs. W. Harold White Fry, John Mrs. Helen Cannon By: Mr. Grover Adams Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. White By: Mr. John Fry Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Carrier Mrs. Marion Clampit Adams, Jean Bodenhamer, Jewel Gambill, Mary Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Cochran Sister of Paul Root By: Mr. and Mrs. C. M. "Ike" Sharp By: Miss Thelma B. Hardcastle Ms. Ola Fa. Corley By: Dr. and Mrs. Tom Murphree Mrs. Laverne Cox Dr. and Mrs. Cecil C. Sutley Bowden, Evelyn Gardner, Ruby Lois Rev. and Mrs. Charles E. Crawley, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Windham Former School of Music Faculty Former Foreign Language Faculty Jr. By: Rev. and Mrs. Wilson Deese By: Mr. and Mrs. Durward A. Bourns Dr. Rowland E. Crowder Baim, Norma Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Nutt, Jr. Ms. Justlyn J. Matlock Rev. and Mrs. Wilson Deese By: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank Dr. and Mrs. Donald M. Seward Ms. Charlotte L. Donald Gault, Joe D. Dr. and Mrs. Ben M. Elrod Banks, Brooksher Bragg, B. Finney By: Mr. Harry B. Anderson Fedex Construction Office, By: Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Cochran By: Mrs. Ethel A. Bragg Collierville, IN Rev. and Mrs. Wilson Deese Gilbert, Bradley James Fitzgerald Baptist Church WMU, Dr. and Mrs. Ben M. Elrod Braswell, Durrett By: Dr. and Mrs. Jim G. Gilbert Wynne, AR Dr. and Mrs. WalterS. Mizell By: Mr. Farris C. Purviance, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ford Mr. and Mrs. John F. Mowrey Grant, J. Richard Forrest City First Baptist Church, Brown, Lillian Brother of President Emeritus Forrest City, AR Barnes, Jack W. By: Mr. Delaney Todd Bagwell Daniel R. Grant Mrs. Virginia Forward By: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Graves, Jr. By: Dr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Hall Mrs. Virginia M. Gallinger Bryan, Chris Drs. Woody and Freddie Jolley Germantown Baptist Church, Beck, Henry By: Ms. Justlyn J. Matlock Dr. and Mrs. Tom Murphree Thursday Morning Bible Study, By: Mrs. Carrie D. Kaniss Dr. and Mrs. Cecil C. Sutley Germantown, TN Byars, Helen L. Mrs. Eulalee Greene Beeson, Travis By: Ms. Lisa Hill Greenberg, Carolyn Mr. Ron Harrison By: Mrs. Doris E. Beeson By: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank Mr. Harry Hearon Hillside Baptist Church, Camden, Church, P. C. "Pete" Mr. Harold Hogue AR By: Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Nutt, Jr. Halsell, Thomas E. Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Jayroe By: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Flaig Rev. and Mrs. Billy Kite Benton, William C. Cloud, Daniel William Dr. and Mrs. Walter S. Mizell Lexa Baptist Church, Lexa, AR By: COL and Mrs. David C. Jackson By: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cloud Dr. and Mrs. Tom Logue Hodges, Timothy Madison First Baptist Church, Berry, W. H. Condray, Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Brother of Russell Hodges Ruth Sunday School Class, By: Mrs. Patricia Leslie Peterson By: Miss M. Catherine Condray By: Drs. Ed and Fran Coulter Madison, AR Drs. Woody and Freddie Jolley Mr. Larry Marsh Black, Martha Virginia Crowley, Carabelle OBU Library Staff Mr. Mike Martin By: Mrs. Marsha D. Langston By: Mr. and Mrs. Billy G. Williams Dr. and Mrs. Cecil C. Sutley . Ms. Charlotte A. Ray Dr. and Mrs. William Trantham Mr. and Mrs. George W. Blackmon, Edward Culpepper, Gordon, Jr. Roebbeke By: Mr. Delaney Todd Bagwell By: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank Hubbard, Lloyd Second Baptist Church, Golden Mr. John M. Baxter By: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank Circle Sunday School Class, Dr. and Mrs. James N. Braden Daniel, William H. Forrest City, AR Rev. and Mrs. Wilson C. Deese By: Mrs. Gwendolyn Daniel Jones, Blanche Mr. and Mrs. Carle V. Sheppard Mr. E. D. Eldridge By: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cloud Mr. and Mrs. John R. Stipe Dr. and Mrs. Ben M. Elrod Dann, William Mr. David Swaim Mrs. Marion Freeman Father of Jim Dann Jordan, ldelle (Mrs. T. H.) Ms. Rose A. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Ray Freeman By: Drs. Ed and Fran Coulter By: Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Cochran, Mrs. Lois E. Tollett Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Gladden Dr. and Mrs. Ben M. Elrod Jr. Ms. Debbie Trail Mrs. Lura Griffin Dr. and Mrs. Tom Murphree Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Trail Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harvey Kirksey, Pam Rev. and Mrs. Robert F. Tucker Mrs. Ruth Jordan Dodd, Stanley E. By: Mr. and Mrs. C. M. "Ike" Sharp Mrs. Mary Valentour Mr. D. 0 . Knoll By: Mr. and Mrs. William S. Naylor Mr. and Mrs. James C. White Mrs. Jean Landrum Knight, Kathy Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Williams Dr. and Mrs. Robert Langston Dunaway, Chris By: Ms. Rae Lynne Tuck Mr. and Mrs. Fred Willis Mr. and Mrs. Steve Madigan By: Mr. and Mrs. JeffreyS. Gulick Mr. and Mrs. Worth Matteson Lane, Daisy M. McCarty, John Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller Edwards, W. Ross By: Mr. Farris C. Purviance, Jr. By: Dr. and Mrs. Clark W. McCarty Dr. and Mrs. WalterS. Mizell By: Mrs. Lorraine M. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Nutt, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Billy R. Noble Lawrence, Kyle Sr. Dr. David Norwood Epperson, Barbara By: Mr. KyleR. Lawrence Mowrey, William E. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Palfreeman By: Mrs. Bettye Jane Anderson By: Mr. and Mrs. John F. Mowrey Mr. and Mrs. William Patton Lewis, Hazel M. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Pennington Fergusson, Laclede By: Rev. and Mrs. Wilson Deese Nelson, Lowell Miss Laura Pennington By: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank Mr. and Mrs. John F. Mowrey By: Mr. Harry B. Anderson Miss Sarah Pennington Mr. and Mrs. C. M. "Ike" Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Pete! Fox, John McAtee, Delbert C. Mr. and Mrs. Truett P. Porter By: Mr. <1nd Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank By: Mrs. Christobel W. Agee Pacifica, Martha J. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reese Mr. Lorin Allen By: Mrs. Mary Jo McCorkle Ms. Mary E. Richards Frazier, Helen Ms. Patsy Allison Dr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers Former Business Faculty Mr. and Mrs. Ross R. Badgett Parker, James R. Dr. and Mrs. James F. Sawyer By: Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ford Mr. John Bell By: Mr. Harry B. Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Tom N. Schallhorn Mr. and Mrs. J. William Bendall Mr. and Mrs. Tim Tomlinson Mr. Walter H. Bruening continued on page 18 Memorial Contributions· 17 ~~~~~~~~~~------~~~------~~~~~~~~~~~----- Class Notes

1918 Area Sears Roebuck & Co. stores. He celebrated their 50th wedding anniver­ lives in Alcoa, Tenn., and is enjoying re­ Jane (Luce) Yeats is living in a remembers at Ouachita he was a "table sary March 16. They live in Fordyce. tirement. retirement home in Silver City, New Mexico. waiter" in the dining hall and painted some of She can still play the piano, but must play the buildings on campus during the sum­ 1938 1948 by ear since she's lost her sight. mer. Mr. Fowler now resides in Millbrae, Lois (Brewster) Graham lives in Fred Martin retired from Dow Chemi­ California. Haw1horne, Nevada, and stays busy cal as superintendent of Instrument De- 1931 since she retired from teaching. After velopment and Process Analy1icallnstru- Hazel (Sample) Guyol recently had 1935 retiring, she continued to substitute teach mentation for Texas Operations. He is her book, Wrecking Crews/Salvage Wilford and Marguerite (Babb) Lee for years and served as senior resource presently serving as a consultant and has Squads, published by The Watercress live in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. consultant for the University of Nevada two patents registered. The Martins live in Press of San Antonio. It is a collection of The model used for the sculpture of the at Reno School of Medicine. Angleton, TX. essays and book reviews. "Tiger" was a small metal figurine ornament Mamie Ruth (Stranburg) Dr. Lewis E. Lemmond serves as which he had in his dorm room. Two Abernathy of Hot Springs had a book Director of Big Country Center for Profes­ 1933 classmates, B. F. Worley and Marvin published titled "Redeemed from Sin, sional Development and Technology, an Gerald Berry has worked over 50 Faulkner, carved the Tiger out of marble, Romanism, and the Whisky Business." educator preparation program for the years with the Boy Scouts of America and it was a gift to the University from the It's a biographical/documentary of the Texas Education Agency, and lives in program. He was honored for his commit- Class of 1935. life and ministry of her father, the late Abilene, TX, with wife Bobbie. mentanddedication February 16,1995, at Eunice (Reese) Spence (fs) retired Rev. WilliamLewisAugustusStranburg. the 82nd annual Volunteer Recognition after 30 years of employment as secretary 1949 Dinner of the Robert E. Lee Council, Boy in the Engineering Department of Texas 1944 Joe Mefford is working on a book Scouts of America in Richmond, VA. Eastern Transmission Corporation . One of William G. "Bill" Kersh (Is) re­ about "Peter" and writing it as if it were an Edith (Carter) Hardage lives in Little her greatest disappointments, she states, is tired in 1988 as executive vice president autobiography and life story. He and wife, Rock and says she would love to hear from not receiving her degree from Ouachita. of the Baptist Foundation of Oklahoma. Lila (Pritchard) (fs) live in Denia, Spain, any other 1933 graduates. Her address is She later enrolled in night classes and He was recently named pastor emeritus where he serves as the church pianist for 3903 W. Capitol, Little Rock, AR 72205. received her BA degree later from Cente­ of First Baptist Church in Eufaula, Okla­ Denia Baptist Church and also helps in the nary College in Shreveport, LA. homa. He and wife Betty live in Okla­ church's three missions. The Meffords 1934 homa City, OK. retired in 1986 after 33 years as mission- Burl Fowler worked for 38 years as 1937 After teaching elementary school aries. the merchandise manager for the 15 Bay- Jack Hearns berger and wife Irma for 33 years, Charlene (Stout) Wyatt Frances (Hoffmann) Stevens (fs) ------Memorial Contributions ------continued from page 17 Scott, T. J. Wilson, Swinney Mrs. Harriett G. Hall By: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank By: Mr. Farris C. Purviance, Jr. By: Dr. and Mrs. Stan Savage Pierce, Nellie By: Mr. Delaney Todd Bagwell Shadle, Linda Winburn, Gladys D. Mr. Phil Hardin By: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank By: COL and Mrs. Shelby L. Gillette By: Dr. and Mrs. Rich Kincl Purviance, May Durrett Mr. Farris C. Purviance, Jr. By: Mr. Farris C. Purviance, Jr. Smith, Tommie E. Mr. Frank Hickingbotham By: Mr. and Mrs. WilliamS. Naylor Wingfield, Claude By: Mr. and Mrs. William F. Puryear Puryear, Albert Earl Father of Margaret Frazier By: Mr. Curtis Puryear Smith, Willie By: Drs. Ed and Fran Coulter Mr. James C. Hobgood By: Mr. and Mrs. WilliamS. Naylor Mr. and Mrs. B. Alden Dixon By: Mr. and Mrs. Dan Clinton Ramsey, Carl B., Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Ben M. Elrod Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hobgood By: Mr. John C. Cothran Spangler, Grace Gillette Mr. and Mrs. Bobby J. Hood Mr. and Mrs. David Ward Mr. Joseph G. Cothran By: Mr. Farris C. Purviance, Jr. Drs. Woody and Freddie Jolley Mr. and Mrs. Don R. Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Linkous Dr. and Mrs. Ben M. Elrod Taylor, Virgil E. Worsham, Albert By: Ms. Lisa Hill Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Lowman By: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank By: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. "Jiggs" In Honor Of Miss Beth Maloch Ramsey Terry, Jim By: Mrs. Jodi G. Bailey-Oliver Mr. and Mrs. C. M. "Ike" Sharp By: Mr. Thomas R. Martin Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Benson Mr. and Mrs. Bill C. Vining, Sr. By: Dr. and Mrs. Carl B. Ramsey, Mrs. Hazel Pennington Mr. Roy E. White Tyson, Jim Sr. By: Mrs. Bettye Jane Anderson By: Mrs. Myrtle Tyson Rateliff, Faye Miss Elma Cobb Mrs. Gail Pennington Mother of Bettie Duke Vinsavage, Gladys By: Mrs. Helen Fling By: LTC James W. Sanges By: Drs. Ed and Fran Coulter Mother of Cookey Flora Dr. and Mrs. Ben M. Elrod By: Drs. Ed and Fran Coulter Miss Nancy Cooper Miss Beth Anne Rankin Drs. Jeff and Deborah Root Mrs. Bettie Duke By: Mrs. Helen Fling By: Mr. J. Rick Pruitt Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Summar, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Ben M. Elrod Drs. Ed and Fran Coulter Dr. Donald M. Seward Richardson, John P. Watson, Eugenia W. By: Mr. Calvin J. Hall By: Dr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Grant By: Mr. and Mrs. Billy G. Williams By: Ms. Justlyn J. Matlock Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Francis Ms. Mary F. Speakes Rudolph, Gene Watson, John L. By: Mr. and Mrs. Mike Plyler By: Mrs. Bettye Jane Anderson Former Speech Faculty By: Ms. Justlyn J. Matlock By: Mr. John B. Keith Mr. Randy Garner Dr. C. E. Tommey Welch, Thomas By: Dr. and Mrs. Rich Kincl By: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Rumph Scifres, Cullen By: Mrs. Jeffie E. Welch By: Mr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Eubank Dr. Bob Gravett Mr. Andy Westmoreland By: Mr. Jerry G. Corbitt By: Dr. and Mrs. Rich Kincl

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from Southwestern Bell Telephone Com­ husband, Dr. David Wertz, live in his 20th year of service with First Baptist pany and lives in Little Rock. Hattiesburg, MS. Church in Batesville, AR. Nail and his wife, Judy (Overton) ('62}, have two 1955 1959 daughters, Felley Nail Lawson, '88 and William H. " Bill" and Ollivene Felba(Burgess)Casterretired lrom Ashley (current student}. (Cole, Is) Heath reside in Clinton, OK, teaching after 31 years. She Jives in ::::am:es ID serve as a volunteer in where he works part time as a chaplain at Tatum, New Mexico, with her husband 1960 tor and acting Brother­ Oklahoma Veteran's Center. Ferrel. Bedford Jackson is serving as the the SBC Pennsylvania- S.D. and Lois (James) Hacker (Is) Gene and V. Lynn (Nunnally) volunteer educational director for First are living in Sage, AR, where he is director Blagg live in Little Rock. Gene has retired Baptist Church in Blue Eye, MO. Mr. of missions for Rocky Bayou Baptist Asso­ from full-time teaching but continues to Jackson and his wife, Eva (White) (Is '54}, ciation. Mrs. Hacker is a piano teacher work part time as a tutorforthe Little Rock live in Kimberling City, MO. and writes children's material for the Bap­ School District. Lynn is the secretary for Chaplain (LTC) Jerry L. Mize re­ tist Sunday School Board and Disciple- the English and foreign language depart- tired from the U.S. Army June 30, 1995, He and wife Betty Jo shipTraining. mentsoftheLRSD. Theyaremembersof alter 25 years of service. He has been Jerry and Erkte (Kessinger) St. Pulaski Heights Baptist Church. stationed at the Presidio of San Fran­ John live in Columbia, SC. Jerry has In April, Don Nail observed 40 years cisco, CA, lor live years and will be the last =..::J=sra:tion and Business at completed 20 ye:1rs as Language Pro- ofserviceintheministry. Heiscurrentlyin · Continued on page 20 -ecn University after 28 years. gram Director for the Southern Baptist ....------. Convention. Carroll Caldwell retired in April as • Powell Hines is semi-retired and the director of missions lor the Southwest the past six years he has been active as Association, following more than 13 years an entertainer,"Have Karaole, Will travel." of ministry. He and his wife, Joanne, live He sings both popular and country-west­ in Texarkana, AR, and have two children, ern music. He and his wife, Patricia, Jive in Dana ('93} and Christine (fs '88}. Bishop, TX. Beth (Moore) Church has taught 1956 first grade at Sylvan Hills Elementary in Paul McMillan retired from the mu­ Sherwood, AR, for 41 years. Her two sic ministry alter 52 years of service in children are graduates of Ouachita, Tim Southern Baptist churches. He is a mem­ '82, and Janet '88. ber of Houston (TX} First Baptist Church Jim Walters began jogging when he where he is a member of the 450-voice was 43 years old. In 1983, he participated choir. Mr. McMillan traveled with the choir in his first triathlon, and in 1989 he qualified to China on a concert and evangelistic tour for the Jronman competition in Hawaii. He June/July of 1995. CLASS of 1935 • Members of the Class of 1935 who attended the Gold and his wife, Peggy (Perrin) Jive in Nancy Burchfield is enjoying re­ Tiger Dinner in April gather in front of of the Tiger, a campus landmark Friendswood, TX, where he is an active tirement from the nursing profession. She given by the class and sculpted by students B. F. Worley and Marvin member of BAT (Bay Area Triathletes}. is living in Picayune, MS. Faulkner. Pictured are (front) M. Catherine Condray, Rebecca Harrelson Jim retired in 1989 as an assistant high William Rogers is a retired Colonel Dallas, Agnes Rhodes Harrelson, Berniece McCarroll Johnson, Jo school principal. Peggy is a field consult­ from the U.S. Army and now owns a Chick­ Cannon Welch, Cordelia Tonry Condray; (back) Austin Capps, Charles Figley, Woodrow Harrelson, R. Bennie Johnson. Not pictured attending ant lor the National Association of Second- fil-A restaurant in Abilene, TX. the dinner was Lowell Queen. ary School Principals. 1957 1952 Doyle R. Echols retired from U.S. Carl Fawcett retired in January as Army Reserve Personnel Center in St. director of missions tor Arkansas Valley Louis, MO, January of 1993. He currently Association of the ABSC, completing 31 lives in Fenton, MO. years in the ministry. He and wife, Barbara, were honored with a special tribute at an 1958 associational rally and were presented a Thurman and Kathie (Blount) plaque and a grandfather clock. Braughton, missionaries to the Philip­ pines, are in the States and can be con­ 1953 tacted at 717 North Hughes, Little Rock, Cliff Palmer is serving as pastor of AR 72205. They have served on the Centerton (AR} First Baptist Church. He mission field since their appointment in and his wife, Mary, live in Rogers and have 1967. two grown children, Cheryl Ames {ls'72} Charles L. Hughes retired January and Steve Palmer, ('80}. 15, 1995 after 25 years at Memorial Bap­ CLASS of 1945 • Members of the Class of 1945 were inducted into the tist Church in Tulsa, OK, as the minister of Gold Tiger Club in April. Those attending the event were: (front) Leland 1954 music. He and his wife, Norma, still live in Hall, Edna Mae Pugsley Brantley, Dorothy Rainwater Higginbotham, Dr. Glen Kelley retired in October Tulsa. Doyle Lumpkin, Wilma Helen Phillips Curnutt, Joyce Lee Shryock 1994 as executive director of Clarksville­ Sharon (Harrelson) Wertz (fs}, Cowling, Dale Cowling; (second row) Marilyn Henning Howlett, Irene Branum, Alice Evans Brooks, Bettye Jane Stout Anderson, Frances Montgomery County Industrial Develop­ has been named manager of Institutional Beindorf Bumpus Hatton, Carleta Beindorf Garner; (backrow) Daniel ment Board. He is living in Mosheim, TN. Advancement Publications at the Univer­ Grant, Carr Moore Priddy, Jessie Gladden West, Madelyn Rice Ewbank. Betty (Scroggin) Carroll (fs} retired sity of Southern Mississippi. She and her

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1963 1967 Elaine (Oenning) Covington Louise Pinson-Smith practices teaches first grade at Caldwell Elemen- medicine at the University of Tennessee tary in Memphis City Schools. She also is Medical Group in Memphis as an obstetri- very proud of her 6 grandchildren. cian. She and husband, Austin, are also Rosella (Manasco) Brown teaches active race car drivers. While most Ouachita alumni may not know Cecile Edward second grade at Hederick Elementary David Jackson is a colonel in the School in Booneville, AR, where she lives U.S. Army and was recently transferred Provost, most certainly know of her son, Jon. The youngest of with husband, Cecil. from Fort Hood in Texas, to Korea, where Maryan (Howell) Whitlow (Is) lives he is attached to the 18th Medical Com­ Cecile and Bion Provosts' three children, Jon starred as "Timmy" in El Dorado and teaches fifth grade at mand. Murmil Heights Elementary School. Hus­ Clayburn Bratton has returned to on the Lassie TV show. He also has starred in many movies, TV band, Sam ('62), is pastor of Harmony full-time ministry as pastor of New Hope Baptist Church. She also writes articles Baptist Church in Greenwood, AR. He shows, and has made personal appearances all over the United for the "Women's Viewpoint" section of the and his wife, Jessie (Hice) (Is '66), live in Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine. Fort Smith and have two daughters, Vicki States, including a visit to Ouachita in the 1960s for the Retha Sue (Pumphrey) Bush Winkle (Is '70) and Luann Williams ('81), teaches English at Mount St. Mary's Acad­ and three grandchildren. groundbreaking of Verser Theatre. The Provosts, who also have emy in Little Rock. She and husband, Harvey (Is) and Sharon (Brannon) William, live in Little Rock and have one ('73) McCone live in Maumelle, AR. Harvey four grandchildren, reside in Los Angeles, California. daughter, Nancy Bush Hale ('92) . is director of Managed Care at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock, 1964 and Sharon is serving as an adjunct lac- Linda "Lynn" Brown has lived in ulty in dietetics at Ouachita. California for 25 years and worked as an actress for 10 of those years. She is now 1968 a trainer for the U.S. Marine Corps. Rose Anne (Davis) Adams lives in Elizabeth "Liz" (Paine) Davis is a Mount Ida, AR, with husband, Mike, where venture specialist in the Youth-Children­ she is employed at Mt. Ida Elementary Preschool DepartmenVDiscipleship and School. Family Division of the Southern Baptist Charles Hatch retired as a major Sunday School Board in Nashville, TN. from the U.S. Army in 1988. He and his She and her husband, Bob, live in wife, Sandra, are currently living in Fuller­ Hendersonville, TN. ton, CA, where he works as a consultant. Donna (Prince) Duncan has been 1965 appointed the library services director for Now Then Charles Atkinson (Is) has retired the Mesquite (TX) Independent School Jon Provost as pastor of Green Memorial Baptist District. Husband, Bob ('67), is chaplain Church in Little Rock, following more than with the Baylor Hospital in Dallas. · Continued from page 19 Patricia (Boldosier) Ezell is the 25 years of ministry. He and his wife, Larry Neal lives in Alexandria, Vir- Army Post Chaplain there. The Presidio Assistant Dean of the College of Graduate Virginia, will continue to live in Little Rock. ginia, where he is a realtor with Century 21 will become a National Park. Colonel Mize and Professional Studies at The Citadel. Olde Dominion, Inc. He retired in 1992as currently lives in Sonoma, CA, with his She and her husband, Melvin, live in 1966 a commander with the U.S. Navy. wife Noel (Dale) (Is). Charleston, SC. Dr. Lillian R. Greathouse is cur- Mary Claire (Spencer) Duderstadt rently chair of the Department of Business 1969 worked for 15 years for the Department of Education and Administrative Information Carel Norman began serving as the Army where she is a Program Analyst. 1962 Systems at Eastern Illinois University. She director of missions for the Little Red River She currently lives in Rosepine, LA. Barbara Kay (Martin) Cole com­ was recently elected president-elect of the Association of the Arkansas Baptist State Warren J. Haley is retired from Har­ pleted 30 years with Exxon Company USA North Central Business Education Asso­ Convention on March 15, 1995. He also ris County Department of Education in in August of '95. She lives in Bay1own, TX, ciation. She is living in Charleston, IL. serves as a trustee for the Southern Bap­ Houston, TX. He is now Director of the with husband, Leo. Robert and Annette (Perkins) ('65) tist Historical Commission. Mr. Norman Singles Ministry and Support Group Min­ Kathy (Houghton) Crone is em­ Crockett completed their 23rd year with lives in Van Buren, AR, with his wife, istry at First Baptist Church in Mountain ployed as an RN at Baptist Medical Center the Foreign Mission Board in August of Barbara, and they have four adult chil­ Home, AR. in Little Rock. She and husband, Jim, live '95. They are involved in church planting dren. Betty Krudwig (Whitlow) Russell in Mabelvale. in San Andres, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marilyn Turney is a junior high home teaches English as a Second Language at Glenn and Peggy (Shirley) ('60) and have had a tent ministry that reaches economics teacher at Greenbrier (AR) Walla Walla Community College Clarkston Ballard live in Louisville, TN . Glenn has all parts of the country. They will be on Schools. She and her husband, Ellis, and Center. She also leads tutor training work­ served as music director at a church in furlough beginning the end of July and can children, Leah and Bryant, live in Green­ shops for ESL and tutors adults through Tennessee for several years and has been be reached at Route 3, Box 246·B. Wynne, brier. Valley Literacy Council. She lives in an active part of community sports for AR 72396. LeNora (Nettles) Turk (Is) works Clarkston, WA, with her husband, Ranford. children. Joyce (Arnold) Molina has retired for Union County Public Schools in Mon­ Shelby(Funk) Burruss retired from from teaching music in the Nashville (AR) roe, NC, as an attendance counselor. She 1961 teaching and is enjoying doing volunteer Public Schools and now lives in Carrollton, and her husband live in Waxhaw, NC. Devona (Luck) Amis (Is) teaches work at a local pregnancy center as well as TX with husband, Wenceslao. She has Jay Miller has served six weeks in art at Camden-Fairview Elementary reading to the blind. Mrs. Burruss lives in one grown daughter, Kimberly Kay Cowl­ Madagascar where he was a special con­ School. Linville, VA. ing-Ganous. sultant to the Association Nationals de 20 · Class Notes

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Gestion desAire Progeges (ANGAP). This cently elected first vice president of the Pee:body Conservatory of Music in Balti­ gram director for Hope Communities, inc. organization manages 39 "protected ar­ National Federation of Music Clubs. A more, D. Dr. Woodfield has frequently in Denver, CO. eas" and along with several non-govern­ past president of the Arkansas Federation lilclu'ed in the Peabody Elderhostel Pro- Bruce Rodtnick has joined the staff ment organizations, is attempting to pre­ of Music Clubs, she is the first Arkansas and has been a member of Concert of Central Baptist Church in North Little serve Madagascar's rapidly vanishing rain delegate to be elected to a national office. -- of Baltimore for six years. He has Rock. Bruce and wife, Diane (McGary) forest and other biophysical features. Jay Ouida gives private piano lessons in Arka­ pelfomled as guest soloist with many or­ have two children: Kerry and Traci. has worked with Arkansas State Parks for delphia. chesiras and choirs in Germany, Austria, Linda Hogue (fs) is employed at eight years as a park planner and 11 years Czech Republic, England and the United Loral Vought Systems in East Camden, as head of the interpretation division. He 1972 Sta es. He lives in Baltimore, MD, with his AR, as a records analyst. also owns a consulting firm in Little Rock Marijo (Kirkland} Bono teaches e, Eloise, who is an accounting super­ Rev. Tony(Lairamore) Pulatie has called Interpretive Communications. home economics at Paris (TX} High School. visor. been appointed pastor of Faith United She and her husband, Dan, have two Richard and Belinda (Kelly) Burns Methodist Church in Libertyville, Iowa and 1970 children, Kelly, 18, and Shelby, 3. Marijo are currently living in Juneau, Alaska, Batavia United Methodist Church. His Phillip White has been a family is also a charter member of the Texas where she is a speech-language patholo­ wife, Rev. Nina Pulatie, has been named physician practicing in Murfreesboro, AR, Singing Women. gist at Juneau School District and he is the pastor of the Birmingham and Stockport for the past 20 years. His daughter, Anne Coppenger went to the Do­ administrator of Juneau Christian Se;i tool. United Methodist churches. The Pula ties Heather, is a senior at Ouachita. minican Republic in June of '94 with the They have four children: Reagan, Chad, are parents of two grown children as well Charlotte (Tolley) Case is an eighth Arkadelphia First Baptist Church and . Jared, and Mallory. as Sean, 13, and Kelly, 10 . grade counselor at Hayfield Middle School worked on constructing a church with Barry Steve and Marie (Estes) ('76) Bean in Chantilly, VA, where she lives with her ('83) and Sonia (Lindstrom) ('84) live in Euless, TX, where he works for 1977 husband, James. He is a colonel in the Air Burnett. The Burnetts serve as mission­ Federal Express and she works as a den­ Mike and Lori (Schopp) Walker Force and stationed at the Pentagon. aries there. Anne lives in Little Rock tal hygienist. They have one child, Ashlin. live in Gravette, AR, where Mike teaches Mickey Delamar was named the where she is employed in the Human Wilfred DeBruce is manager of hu­ high school English and Lori teaches sixth Mesquite (TX) Independent School Resource Department at the Baptist Medi­ man resources of the Potomac Electric grade science and art. Mike also is a part­ District's new administrative officer for cal Center. She attended the 40th birthday Power Co. in Washington, DC. He and his time English teacher at Northwest Arkan­ athletics. He serves as the head football reunion in July 1994 at Camp Crestridge wife, Michele, live in Lanham, MD . sas Community College. The Walkers coach and athletic director at Mesquite for Girls in Ridgecrest, NC, with Lynda Janis Percefull, a freelance writer have two son. Justin, 11, and Paul, 6, and High School and took over as district ath­ Nelson Samons ('72) and Marsha Lackey and business woman in Hot Springs, AR, are members of Heritage Baptist Church. letic director at the end of the 1995 school Vining (fs '76). had one of her articles featured in the May Chris and Audrey (Snider) (fs) year. Wife, Beth (Garner), is an elemen­ Glenda (Hunt) Eppard is the com­ edition of Country Living magazine. The Humphreys live in Jones, OK, where Chris tary librarian in Mesquite and they have puter technology instructor for Seneca article "Cheesecloth and Buttermilk" re­ serves as pastor of First Baptist Church. two children, Cody 16, and Jaci 12. (MO) High School, as well as the network lates the many uses of these products and They have three daughters, Alyssa 5, Mark Coppenger has been elected manager and the school district's technol­ traces their origins. Christa 2-1/2, and Brianne 1. president of Midwestern Baptist Theologi­ ogy coordinator. Husband, Clyde, is a Martha (Lancaster) Reeder re­ Johnny and Tanya (Beverly) (fs} cal Seminary in Kansas City, MO. He CPA and is employed as the chief ac­ ceived her doctor of arts in music theory Jackson are living in Hot Springs (AR) assumed this position on August 1. He counting officer for the Ranola Oil Com­ degree in August '94 from Ole.Miss . She where Johnny works as the music director previously served as vice president for pany, headquartered in Joplin. They live and her husband, Larry, now live in and announcer for KALR-FM Christian convention relations with the Southern in Neosho, MO, with their three children, Harrison, AR. Radio Station. Baptist Convention Executive Committee. Bryce and Bonnie Roberts and Justin Beth (Verble) Gieringer is an RN at He and wife, Sharon (South} {'71}, have Eppard. 1976 St. Vincent Medical Center in Little Rock. three children, Caleb 18, Jedidiah 15, and · Continued on page 22 Chesed 12. 1973 Sherry (Doublln) Coleman was re- 1971 cently appointed the language arts coordi- Carol (Enloe) Craighead (fs) re- natorforGariand (TX) lSD where she lives ceived her ADN nursing degree in 1991 with husband, Andy. and works as a PAN nurse at Callaway Community Hospital in Fulton, MO. She 1974 and husband, Dr. Michael,live in Jefferson Harold A. Tucker was accepted City, MO , with their two sons, Jonathan into the War College in Carlisle, PA, and and Jared. began that position in July. He holds the Laurie (Tompkins) Kerr lives in rank of lieutenant colonel. Texarkana, AR, with husband, Robert, Mike Fowler is a home missionary and children Rachel and Jeremy. Robert church planter based in Russellville, AR. is the minister of music at Eylau Baptist Pamela Estes is currently execu­ Church and Laurie enjoys decorative paint­ tive pastor of St. James United Methodist ing and taking a drawing class at Texarkana Church in Little Rock. College. Rama and Charlotte (Allison) (Is REUNION • A group of former Cone-Bottoms residents gathered in Arkadel­ Marvin Peters was elected presi­ '75) Miller (fs) are living in Maumelle, AR. phia to remember their Ouachita days and tour their renovated dorm. Pictured dent-elect of the Arkansas Baptist Direc­ He is a pharmacist with Wai-Mart in Little are: (front row) Geneva Adams Bratton (f.s. '38), Lurline Stewart Birkhead tors of Missions in March. He presently Rock, and she is a staff accountant with ('40), Olive Denney Scott ('40). Eloise Hanson Thompson (f.s. '39}, Helen serves as director of the North Pulaski Homer Holbrook. They have two children: Regan Cole (f.s. '39); (second row) Altha Bess Byrum Peters ('40), Jimmie Association. He and his wife, Pamela Allison and Calvin. Lee Stewart Hill ('52}, Aletha Sloan Durrett (f.s. '38), Bette Browning Mont­ (Rainbow) (fs '70) live in North Little gomery (f.s. '39); (back row) Rosamond Benton Davenport ('43), Betty Frame Rock. 1975 Davidson Mowery ('42), Ruth Robinson ('41}, Neno Nowlin Flaig ('43), Jean Ouida (Eppinette) Keck was re- Randal Woodfield teaches voice in Wallis Whitehead. Class Notes · 21 Class Notes

She and husband, Dave, have three chil­ cently appointed by the Southern Baptist Rick Allen was promoted in Janu­ Blake and Drew, 7. dren. Foreign Mission Board as missionaries to ary to assistant regional rnanagerfor Pfifer Ken McAlister and wife Tarnrny live Ross Grant is the band director at Romania. Mike will serve as the pastor of Co., Pharmaceutical Division. He and in Hobbs, NM with their three children, DeSoto (TX} High School. His band per­ the English-language International Bap­ wife, Deborah (White) ('82) live in Little Brandon, 1o , Kayla, 7, and Kendra, 5. He formed as the "Texas Honor Band" at tist Church in Bucharest, Romania. Rock with their four children Chase, 8, has worked for Kvaerner National, Inc. for Texarkana in January of 1995. The band Bruce and Donna (Eden) (fs) Kaitlin, 5, Tyler, 2 and Drue, born in De­ 11 years and has served as service center also hosted the Ouachita band while they Barteaux live in Kinston. North Carolina, cember 1994. manager since 1990. were on tour in March of this year. where they have established a Biblical Sheryl Waters lives in Norman, OK, Susan (Parham) Adams works part Witold (fs) and Fredna (Hicks) counseling ministry, Hope Ministries. where she is employed by the University time as a preschool teacher at a mother's Domanski are managing a group home Carol (Mills) Shanks (Is) teaches of Oklahoma School of Law's alumni and day out program at a local church in for mentally handicapped adults in Jeri­ French at Clear Brook High School in a development department, and serves as Texarkana. She and husband, Raymond, cho, New York. They have a two-year-old Houston, TX, suburb. She has also spent interim assistant director of the law center's have two children, Nathan, 7, and Nicho­ daughter, Briana Ariel. a month each summer for the past three external relations. She also performs with las, 4. Elaine (Phillips) Grady lives in summers in France, and last summer, she a vocal quintet that specializes in big band Douglas Keeton and his wife, Pam, Mechanicsville, VA, with her husband, won a scholarship from the French gov­ and jazz, and is actively involved in com­ live in Copperas Cove, TX, where he is Gerald, and two sons, Gerald Ray, Jr. (5} emmentto study aboutthe European Union munity theater and local opera produc­ employed by Electronic Warfare Associ­ and Daniel (2-1/2). She is a systems and the Common Market in Strasbourg, tions. ates, headquartered in Herndon, VA, and analyst for Reynolds Metal. France and Brussels, Belgium. She and LaJuana (Terrell) Warner currently is also active in the U.S. Army Reserve. her husband, Russell, live in Houston serves as state historian for Alpha Delta The Keetons have two children, Chelsea, 1978 where he is the assistant director of a Kappa Sorority for Women Educators in 12, and Joshua, 10. Gary and Donna (Franklin) ('77) rehab program for brain-injured clients. Arkansas. LaJuana teaches choral music Tina (Shiflett) Kensinger lives in Bevill live in El Dorado where Gary is a Lynn (lrby) Bloomfield lives in and fine arts survey to grades 7-12 in Alexis, NC, where she is a free lance writer practicing physician. Gary coached their Springfield, MO, with husband, Ed, and Marion Schools, where she lives with hus­ and husband, Darryl, is a minister. Tina 10-year-old son David's Boys Club bas­ children, Nathan, 11, and Traver, 4. Ed is band, Steven. has written two articles which are to be ketball team. a tax attorney. Gary and Gretchen (Hargis) ('80) published in 1995 by Dimension Maga­ Bob and Mary Jane (Crutchfield) Martha Jane Smith is now working Peacock live in Sharpsburg, GA, with zine, and states that she is working on a Fischer are living in Jacksonville, AR, at College of the Ozarks as Campus Coun­ their two sons, Joshua, 1, and William book. They have three children, Jesse where Bob is a computer programmer/ selor. She is living in Point Lookout, Mo. Caleb, 3. Gary works as a videographer Lucille, 5, Sarah Elizabeth, 3, and Joshua, analyst for the Department of Human Ser­ Pam (Pollard) Morris teaches at for a weekly high school sports show called 1. vices and Mary Jane teaches kindergar­ Piggott (AR) Middle School. She and her "Prep Sports+." He also travels exten­ Joey Cunningham has been pro­ ten in the Jacksonville Public Schools. husband, Alan, have two children Cara, sively with the Southern Baptist Home moted to major in the United States Army. The Fischers have two children, Katie, 6, 14, and Callie, 11. Mission Board shooting mini-documenta­ He and his wife, Chong-Sun, and daugh­ and Matthew, 1. ries on various missionaries and minis­ ter, Kirsten, 1 ,live in Fayetteville, NC. Candace (Carr) Allen works as a 1980 tries. Gretchen is working as a profes­ Carla (Manasco) Lassiter teaches vocation teacher at Asheville (NC) High Larry and Debbie (Brewer) sional counselor at A New Start Counsel­ English at De Queen (AR) High School School where she is lives with husband, Coffman are living in Tyronza, AR, where ing Center in Union City, GA, and is an where her husband, Brian, is the band Phillip, and sons, Brent and Casey. Larry has a farming operation and Debbie adjunct professor at the Psychological director. Charles Martin is currently the ex­ is a librarian at East Poinsett County School Studies Institute in Atlanta. Tammie (O'Bryant) Himmelsbach ecutive officer of the 468th Chemical Bat­ District. (fs) lives in St. Louis where she is an talion in Little Rock. He and his wife, Kenny Burt owns a landscaping 1982 auditor for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. She is a Susie, have two children, Whitney, 9, and company in Rixeyville, VA, where he lives Rita (Sutterfield) Looney was ap- CPA and plans to begin school in the fall Charles Hale, 2. with his wife, Laura, and their two sons, pointed in March to the Arkansas Ethics on a part-time basis to earn her license in Charlyn (Hampton) Thomasson lan, 3, and Matthew, 1. Commission by Arkansas Lt. Governor mortuary science. Her husband, Paul, taught school for two years in Jonesboro, Don and Angie (Coston) (fs) Finley Mike Huckabee ('76). Looney is em­ works in insurance. AR, before moving to Middleburg, FL, have returned to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ployed by the Perroni Law Firrn in Little Conway Stone has started his own where she is a homemaker and pastor's where they serve as SBC missionaries. Rock. business, Creative Difference, a motiva­ wife. Husband, David, is pastor of Clay Rosalind (McClanahan) Mouser Teresia Sharp lives in Harrison, AR, tion speaker training company. He also Community Church and they have two has been appointed by Arkansas Gover­ where she has taught at Bergman High recently returned from Russia where he sons, Joshua (1 0} and Andrew (7). nor Jim Guy Tucker to a 23-membei'task School for 13 years. She is also the music was on a mission trip with his church. He Ken Kersey was recently promoted force of attorneys to begin drafting a new leader of Southside Baptist Church in Lead and his wife, Polly, live in Louisville, KY. with Delta Airlines and has been trans­ state constitution. She is a member of the Hill, AR . Nadyne Wood Aikman (MSE) re­ ferred from Dallas to Atlanta, GA. Ramsey, Bridgforth, Harrelson & Starling Stan and Betty (Fincher) ('83) Har­ ceived the $25,000 1995 Milken Family Janet (Ehren) Gathright and hus­ Law firrn in Pine Bluff. ris are living in Little Rock, AR, where Stan Foundation National Educator Award. band John live in Conway, AR with chil­ Cynthia Gossett lives in Carrollton, has a physical therapy private practice in Aikman is a teacher at Moody Elementary dren John (14) and Laura (11). She is the TX, where she works in public relations North Little Rock and Betty dances as a School in While Hall. The award was pre­ children's choir coordinator at Second with John Jacobs and the Power Tearn, an soloist with Ballet Arkansas. sented at a three-day education confer­ Baptist Church. evangelistic group. She is also working on ence held in Los Angeles. her doctoral degree in Christian counsel- 1983 1979 ing at North Dallas Seminary. Sonny and Nicki (McAnally) (Is 1984 Steve and Susan (Shambarger) '84) Tucker and children, Megan and Curt Donald Turner and wife, Melissa, ('80) Goss live in Bentonville (AR) where 1981 live in Monticello, AR, where Sonny is live in Pinson, AL, with two children, Chaise he is in a pediatrician at Garrett & Goss Van Matthews (fs) is in the Air Force serving as pastor of Second Baptist and Cheyanne. Donald works as an engi­ Clinic. Susan was recently elected to and has been stationed in Europe since Church. neer for Coulter Corporation. Bentonville School Board where their two July 1994. He and his wife, Kathy Billy Keasler lives in Nashville, AR, Kimberly (Wiley) Gentry lives in sons, Chad, 9, and Jake, 7, attend school. (McGinnis) ('79), have two daughters, where he teaches science and biology. Searcy with her husband, Mickey, and two Mike and Kathy Kemper were re- Kimberly, 7, and Leanna, 5. He and his wife, Lyn, have twin boys - daughters. 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Searcy law firm and Mickey is a recruiter Johnson Robinson Woods of Little Rock. Scott. have one son, Hudson. an attorney with Cowles & Thompson, and br the Arkansas National Guard. Arnold and wife, Portia (Massey) ('84), Leisa (Garcia) Lieder has returned Lynda is a graduate student at the Univer­ Susan (Caldwell) Brown is work­ live in Benton. to lhe states after a tour of duty in Ger­ sity of Texas at Arlington School of Social ing as accounting supervisor for Norel Les and Kelli (Fester) Tainter live many with the U.S. Army. While sta­ Work. Bitumi, U.S. Inc., a commercial roofing in Jonesboro, AR, where Les is the admin­ tiooedthere, she met her husband , James, produCts manufacturer, in Macon, GA. istrator of Ridgefield Christian School and who is also in the Army. They are now 1991 She and her husband, Barry, and three Kelli stays home with their three children. stationed in Fort Lewis, Washington, Paul and Debbie (Lewis) (Is '84) children live in Warner Robins, GA. Lisa (Wilson) Blake has started where Leisa is a special electronics de­ Reed live in Lake Dallas, TX, wh ere he Gregg Frizzell lives in Little Rock her own accounting practice in Little Rock vices repaire rwith the 54 2nd maintenance serves as minister of music and youth at and is the owner of King's Row Menswear where she provides audit and compliance company and James is in the infantry. Lake Shore Baptist Church. Paul com­ of Stuttgart, AR. He currently serves as services to financial institutions on an pleted his master's degree in music from co-executivedirectorwith Mac Sisson {'69) outsource basis. Husband, Tony, is also 1988 Southwestern Seminary and graduated in for the Miss Diamond Lakes Scholarship a CPA. Alberto Gomes lives in New York May. They have one child, Cameron 1. Pageant. He also serves as wardrobe Leslie (Jennings) Moore (Is) is a City where he works as a therapist at a Steven Schrader has recently com­ coordinator for the Miss Arkansas Pag­ registered nurse working at Arkansas psychiatric clinic. pleted the Arkansas Board of Public Ac­ eant principals. Children's Hospital. She is living in Little Gill (Is '82) and Amy (Simpkins) countancy Uniform Public Accountants Tammy (Showalter) Walker is liv­ Rock with her husband, Jeffrey, and daugh­ Davidson live in Atlanta, GA, where Gill is examination. He is living in Greenwood, ing in Osaka, Japan, with her husband, ters, Laura Elizabeth and Mary Catherine. in charge of building, constructi on and AR. Barry, where they have begun their first Sonya Wiley recently had her book maintenance of the Glory Farm in Sara (Smith) Liston works as an term of service as SBC missionaries. titled Little Stevie Wonder in Places Under Alphanetta , GA. accountant for Paladiun Homes in Arling­ 1l:le...SJm published. It is a first-of-its-kind Seth Jenkins (Is) is president of ton, TX. 1985 and combines words, pictures, Braille, Jenkins and Price, Inc., an industrial sup- Ellen Childress is employed with Kimberly Wright-"Lawrence has and sounds to carry a multi-cultural mes- ply firm in Enid, OK. He and his wife, North Carolina Cooperative Extension been hired as the principal associate sage that regardless of who we are or Connie, have one daughter, Gabriella. Service as assistant home economist. She French Horn with the Chicago Symphony where we live we share the same sun. Gwen (Wilson) Peacock lives in lives in Chesapeake, VA. Orchestra. She previously served in that She is presently pursuing a master's de­ Bethel, Alaska, where she is business Cindy (Allison) McDill has been position with the San Francisco Symphony. gree in global communications at the Uni­ manager for Bethel Broadcasting, Inc. promoted to conversion coordinator and Kimberly and husband, Mark, will main­ versity of Hawaii. and husband, Jim, is a bush pilot for trainer in the marketing department for tain their home in San Francisco where Pat and Susan (Burges) Halford Hazeland Aviation. Boatmen's Bank of Hot Springs. Her hus­ Mark is principal trombone for the San recently moved from Houston, TX, to Scarlett (Meador) Barnes and hus­ band, Allen, plays AA baseball with the Francisco Symphony. Conway, AR. He works as a Special band, Dr. Seth, moved to Nashville, TN, in Kansas City Royals organization. Nina Stewart is working as a Health Agent for the FBI and is currently attend­ July where he is in his residency in inter­ Lance Corporal Patrick Cantrell is Promotion Associate for Federated Insur­ ing school to become a polygrapher. She nal medicin e at the Vanderbilt University stationed with the U.S. Marine Corps, Se­ ance Co. in Owatonna, MN . is a homemaker, and they have two daugh­ Hospital. The Barnes have one son, Spen­ curity Forces Company in Keflovih, Ice­ Boyd and Rhonda (Dismuke) Hall ters, Rachel, 4, and Abby, 3. cer, 2. land. His tour of duty there will end in are living in Gaborone, Botswana, where Ken and Lygia Lovelace live in Jayme and Laurie ·(Lawhon) January 1996 and he will return to the they serve as Southern Baptist missionar- Spring Hill, Florida, where Ken is pastor of Jones moved to Harrison, AR, in July States. ies. They plan to be on furlough in the First Baptist Church of Weeki Wachee. where Jayme is coach at Valley Springs. Jonesboro, AR , beginning in October '95 They write that when Lygia became preg­ 1992 until the end of March '96. nant with their second child, Brooklyn, 1989 Patrick Hale received his MBA from Rusty and Lori (Reeves) Hart live who was born in October 15, 1992, they Jeff Gulick is a captain in the U.S. the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, in North Little Rock with their two daugh­ began a three-year adoption process with Army stationed at the Dallas Recruiting and his J.D. degree from the UofA School ters, Laura and Megan. He is an account Holt International Children's Services in Battalion. He and his wife, Jeanette, live of Law . He is working for the Greenwood executive with E. Reeves Associates in Eugene, Oregan. In December 1994, in Fort Worth with their two sons. Group, Ltd. in Fayetteville, where he and Little Rock as well as serving as a they were notified that their name had Paul White has been named vice wife, Nancy (Bush), and son live. wardrobing consultant with Town Fash­ come up to get a child, and on February president and general counsel for the Dana Anthony lives in Fort Worth ions in North Little Rock and maintaining a 16, 1995, Ken and Lygia left for Bangkok, Arkansas Baptist Foundation. Prior to his where she works as the activity director for private voice studio. Lori teaches choral Thailand, where they adopted a son who June appointment, he served as the attor­ an Alzheimer's unit while she completes music at Southside Junior High School in was 13 months old. They have narned ney for the City Attorney's Office in Little her master's degree at Southwestern Semi­ Jacksonville, AR, and gives private piano him Caleb Ton. Ton is his Thai nickname, Rock. He and wife, Angela (Stracener), nary. lessons in her home. meaning "first born son." The Love laces ('88) have one son, Zachary. Mark Burns started his own busi­ Gene Trantham has joined the fac­ have two other children, Bracken, 5, and Sandra (Scucchi) Hagood lives in ness, Southern Silks, in March 1994. He ulty of Bowling Green State University in Brooklyn, 2. Dermott, AR with her husband David. lives in Longview, TX, with his wife, Bar­ Ohio as assistant professor and area co­ She works at Dermott State Bank as as­ bara. ordinator of music theory. He had an 1987 sistant vi ce president in charge of th e data Curtis Arnold is living in Dallas and article published this spring in the College Scott Stewart lives in Port Aransas, processing department and also handles studying computer graphics and anima­ Music Symposium. TX, and hopes to graduate with a Ph .D. in some of the accounting and operational ti on. Marine Science from the University of functions of the bank. Daphne Davis has been named by 1986 Texas at Austin this year. the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as the Stephen and Terry (Melson) ('87) Greg Philips has been named spe- 1990 bureau chief for Northwest Arkansas. She Castleberry are living in Heber Springs, cial projects and marketing manager for Jeff and Carolyn (Brooks) ('92) lives in Fayetteville, AR . AR, where Terry is the manager for Cen­ the Children's Museum of Arkansas. He Noble have moved to Monticello, AR, tral Arkansas Pizza Hut, Inc. and Stephen lives in Little Rock. where Jeff is the BSU director at Univer­ 1993 is editor of Greenbrier Gazette. Molly (Stark) Taylor is now the sity of Arkansas/Monticello. Jennifer (Thompson) Lever re­ Gary Arnold was recently promoted director of the Weekend College at Dallas Justin and Lynda (Otwell) {'91) cently completed the Enlisted Supply Ba­ to senior account executive at Cranford Baptist University. She and her husband, Gilbert live in Dallas, TX, where Justin is . 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1988 Charles Maddox, June 10, 1995. •Paula Sue Sorrell (Is) to Benny A. Fuhrman, May 6, 1995. 1995 •Renee Arnelle Brown to Scott Thornhill, 1989 July 1, 1995. •Leigh Anna Gosser to Jonathan Askins, •Misty Dawn Clark to Stephen Riley April 8, 1995. Granade, May 28, 1995. •Heather R. Harris to Daniel Callaway 1990 (Is '86), June 1o, 1995. •Justin Gilbert to Lynda Otwell ('91), •Jacynda Taylor to Paul Smith, April 1, May 13, 1995. 1995. •Marc Heflin to Billie Cloud, July 22, 1991 1995. •Cindy Allison to Allen McDill, February 25, 1995. Current Students •Jodi Grace Bailey to Jason Brent Oliver, •Thomas Armstrong to Christina Srda, March 25, 1995. May 14, 1995. •Dr. William Keith Baxter to Rebecca FAMIL YTIES • Attending the May graduation of David Ortiz (center) were his •Chantal Chaudoin to Rusty S. Bunn, grandfather, Nelson B. Eubank ('39) and David's mother, Rozanne Eubank Ann Rush, May 21, 1995. May 27, 1995. Ortiz ('66). 1992 · Continued from page 23 of youth at Inglewood Baptist Church. • Randy Green to Michele Elledge, July 8, BIRTHS sis Course with the U.S. Marine Corps in Dale Carlton has joined the staff of 1995. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Jennifer, Searcy First Baptist Church as minister to •Michael Baird to Melissa McMillon (Is), 1976 who joined the Marine Corps in October students. He is also enrolled in the exten· June 3, 1995. •0. J. and Susan Gloor, daughter Carrie 1994, lives in Bellhaven, NC, with hus· sion program of Southwestern Baptist Alison, February 7, 1995. Their family band , Mike. Seminary which meets in Little Rock. 1993 now includes seven children : Justin, Bran· Krls Shinn has been employed at •Michelle Bettis to Steve Millsap, De· don, Alyssa, Lindsey, Brianna, Jordan and Southwest Sporting Goods in Arkadel· cember 12, 1994. Carrie. phia, AR, for a year and a half. MARRIAGES •Holly Jo Futrell to Jeremy Hammock, Todd and Tracl {Watson) Self live March 25, 1995 1981 in Amity, AR, where Todd is the pastor of 1959 •Jana Marie Harp to Saul Arellano, De· •Jim and Leigh Walker, daughter Sarah Caney Valley Baptist Church. He is also •Linda {Day) Allen toW. P. "Bill" Ross, cember 17, 1994. Faith, July 1, 1995. enrolled at the Missionary Baptist Semi· September 10, 1994. •Eric N. Herndon to Rennie June Dav· •Gary and Gretchen {Hargis) ('80) Pea· nary in Little Rock. en port (Is), May 6, 1995. cock, son Joshua, June 6, 1994. Brother Kim Tullos received her master of 1979 •Tara Deidra Holmes to John Andrew William Caleb, 3. social work degree in May from University •Timothy Carl Goodson to Judith Dianne Scritchfield, May 20, 1995. of Arkansas at Little Rock. Woodward (Is '83), May 6, 1995. •Paige Padgett (Is) to Bart A. Williams, 1982 Jon Self left in July for Japan where June 3, 1995. •Kenneth and Melody (Mosley) Morris, he will be employed as a teacher by the 1981 •Rita Pedigo to Jason Stewart, Decem· son Jeremy Page, March 12,1995. Three Japanese government. •Clara Marie Graves to Nathan Craig ber 18, 1994. older sisters Hilary, 6, Kerey, 3, and Col· William (Is) and Heidi {File) Gulp, March 11, 1995. •Kris Shinn to Nlkole Muncy (current), leen, 1. Crowley are living in St. Louis where •Peggy Joyce Dunn Collett to Barry L. July 1, 1995. William works as a service technician for Perkins, July 8, 1995. •Tracy Theriac to Chad William Jeane, 1983 Solvent Systems Computers and Heidi is March 18, 1995. •Donnie and Anita {Smith) Shipp, son working on her master's degree at Wash· 1982 •Marlsa Whitfield to David W. Petty, De· John Michael, September 7, 1994. ington University. •David Chappell to Cynthia Sue Kelley, cember 24, 1994. •Jeff and Deborah (Holley) ('81) Root, Sharon (Francis) Plyer has been May 20, 1995. Mary Abigail "Abby," May 28, 1995. promoted to development coordinator for • Bill Sudbery to Melissa Jane Myers, 1994 the Baptist Memorial Health Care Foun· June 24, 1995. •Lee Barnett to Elizabeth Garner (cur· 1984 dation in Memphis. Husband, Michael (Is rent). May 6, 1995. •Mickey and Kim (Wiley) Gentry, daugh· '91 ), is currently enrolled in the University 1984 •Heather Brandon to Kenneth Spruill, ter Paige Marie, October 19, 1994. Joins of Tennessee College of Dentistry. •Dorothy Trigg to Robert Rhoads, Jr., June 24. 1995. sister Lindsey Nicole (7) . July 1, 1995. •Jerry Dale Carlton, Jr. to Patricia Jean •Tiffin and Kimberly (Zachary) ('83) 1994 Pangle, May 27, 1995. Hubbard, daughter Kaithlyn Elizabeth, Cheryl Ward is teaching fifth grade 1986 •Robin Copeland to Andrew "Drew" October 14, 1994. Joins siblings Micah 8, in Republic, MO. She and her husband, •Kelvin Nicholson to Angela Diane Todd Yoakum, June 10, 1995. Whitney 6, Tanner 4, Anna. Philip, live in Springfield, MO. Cummings, May 13, 1995. •Andrea Moniquea Jackson to Rickey •Mark and Kimberly Dopson, son Ethan Kyle Wiggins lives in Paris, TN, •Jeff Vining to Nancy Lynn Winslow, July James Henry, May 27, 1995. Colvin, February 23, 1995. where he is a deputy patrolman with the 8, 1995. •Jon R. Rushing to Suzanne R. Norris •Benji and Tracie Post, son Matthew Henry County Sheriff's Department. He {'95), May 27, 1995. August 26, 1994. also is enrolled in the master of public 1987 •Nikl Ranchino to Brent Jackson ('95), administration program at Murray State •Leisa Garcia to James Edward Lieder, AprilS, 1995 1986 University in Murray, KY. May 5, 1995. •Julie Shambargerto Trey Mitchell ('95), •Andy Doug Hixson and wife, Dana, live in •Brian Craig Daugherty (Is) to Michele June 1o , 1995. Herzfeld, daughter, Abigail Grand Prairie, TX, where Doug is minister Renae Ross, May 27, 1995. •Amy Elizabeth Strickland (Is) to Joshua ary 15, 1995. Joins brother. 24 · Class Notes - Class Notes

and Becky Belvin, daughter Martha 1994. 1994 1947 oria, April 4, 1995. •James "Wiley" Caldwell, July 23, 1995 1993 1927 .987 •Allen and Angela (Berry) (fs) Nesbett, •Eddie H. Blackmon, April21, 1995 1948 .SCOtt and Molly (Stark) Taylor, son son Lane Allen, March 2, 1995. •Aubrey B. Gosnell (fs), May 19, 1995 ~son Scott, OctoberS, 1994. •Tim and Beverly (Cash) Dickerson, son 1930 oti Patrick and Rhonda (Gross) Joyner, Christopher Stephen, July 18, 1995. Big •Earlene Starnes Peel, December 22, 1950 win daughters, Audrey Grace and Jordan sis, Brittney, 3. 1994 •Ansel Dixon Corder, Sr. (fs) May 3, lee, May 29, 1995. Big brother, William 1995 Dawson 2. 1994 1934 •Richard "Dick" Helms, notified June •David and Renee (Fleming) (fs '93) •Marvin E. Faulkner (fs), April 24, 1995 1995 1988 Bond, daughter Kelsey Brooke, February •Mark and Donna (McWilliams) ('89) Tho­ 15, 1995. 1935 1956 mas, son Braden Tanner, March 16, 1995. •Darin and Doris Peterson, daughter •Floyd Pope, February 12, 1995 •0. Phillip May, July 16, 1995 •Cary and Rissa (Burchfield) Nettles, Lauren Ashley, April 26, 1995. Joins sis- •Frankie Jo Roberts Prior, notified May daughter Amanda Claire, March 24, 1995. ters Kayla and Holly. 1995 1957 •Paul and Laura (Carpenter) ('89) •Vera Mae Martin Sawyer, July 4, 1995 •Wanda (Rana) Sample, (Is), August 30, Wilkins, daughter Allison Kaylee, June Faculty and Staff 1994. 25, 1995. •Craig and Robin Hamilton, daughter, 1936 •Jon "Gary" and Norma (Spencer) ('89) Dana Michelle, May 2, 1995. Joins sister, •Roy V. Cook, Sr., June 16, 1995 1958 Powell, daughter Grace Elisabeth, No­ Callie, 5. Craig is associate professor of •Ruth Lawrence Stuart (Is), May 13, 1995 •John C. Ester (Is), June 10, 1995 vember 29, 1994, Sherwood, AR. Wel­ music and band director at Ouachita. comed by sister, Emily 2. •Thomas and Paige Tubb, daughter 1937 1961 Kendall Dane, April27, 1995. Thomas is •Theron D. Price, May 16, 1995 •Sue Moses Freeman, July 13, 1995 1989 an instructor in the math and computer •Joe and Karen (Chenault) Stout, on science department. 1940 1965 Brant Cameron, April 12, 1995. Joins •William E. Mowrey, June 10, 1995 •Marcus Everett, notified March 1995 brother Jaret, 1-1/2. DEATHS •Steve and Dana (Runsick) Morris, son 1941 1969 Paul Samuel, December 14, 1994. 1917 •Brooksher Banks, April 15, 1995 •Jane A. Brooks, notified August 1994 •Rob and Gari (Mills) ('88) Rucker, son •Paul Atkinson, Sr., July 11, 1995 •William H. Daniel, February 24, 1995 Griffin Gregory, April14, 1995. Welcomed •Geneva (Hairston) Dorsey, July25, 1995 1974 by brother, Garrett, 20 months. 1922 •John A. Almond, Jr., (Is), July 11, 1995 •John Leonard Watson, June 16, 1995 1943 1991 •Thomas Earl Halsell, June 18, 1995 Friends •Richard and Cindy (Watson) ('90) Hoi· 1926 •Nannie Mae Moore, former dorm mom , land, daughter Katie Elise, November 16, •Sara Thompkins Hale (Is), March 21 , July 17, 1995 SEMINARY GRADS At the May commencement of Southern Baptist seminaries, the following Ouachita alumni were awarded degrees: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary • Shannon N. Holland ('91 ), master of arts in communications; Christopher Lynch ('92), master of arts in religious education; Billy Kim Maxey ('86), master of divinity with biblical languages; Steven Mullen ('76), doctor of philosophy; Bonita Pettus Murray ('93), master of arts in counseling and religious education; Jeffrey Noble ('90), master of divinity; Beth Perry ('86), master of arts in church social services; Paul Reed ('91 ), master of music; Debbie Jo Smith ('81 ), master of arts in religious education; Stephen Tipton ('90), master of divinity with biblical languages. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary • Hal Dixon ('91 ), master of divinity. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary• Charles Covington ('67), doctor of ministry; Gene E. Hodges ('85), master of divinity, Robert Webb ('64) doctor of ministry.

PBL HONOR • During the second annual Hickingbotham School of Business Luncheon held April 28, 1995, Melody Allred, president of the Ouachita chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, presented Frank Hickingbotham a plaque naming him as the "Arkansas Businessperson of the Year" as recognized by the Arkansas State Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda. Class Notes · 25 SER • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ouachita Baptist University · Arkadelphia, Arkansas 71998 · Fall1995

John Cloud Durable poW"er of attorney DIRECTOR OF EsTATE AND can head off trouble GIFT PLANNING Who can act on your behalf if you are away on a lengthy trip or you are suddenly incapacitated? The articles in this issue of The Everyone needs a backup, regardless of age or circumstances. You can give your Adviser address most of the ingredients spouse, parent, adult child, or trusted friend the power to act as your "agent" or "attorney­ of a properly prepared estate plan. A in-fact" through a power ofattorney. Without it, an important financial transaction may fail well-drafted will (or revocable living - or your survival may be at stake. trust) will save time and money for the beneficiaries·of youfestate. Furthermore, Limited or broad power making clear where you want your A power of attorney can be a simple, one-page document or it can be much more resources to go may avert family lengthy, depending on the powers permitted. Your attorney drafts the appropriate document dissention, especially regarding personal for you. items of great sentimental or monetary A special or limited power of attorney grants narrow rights, such as carrying out a value. specific transaction or drawing checks on a particular bank account. A general power gives If your estate exceeds the $600,000 broad power over all your finances . A springing power becomes effective only after a unified credit equivalent threshold, then specified event takes place. A regular power of attorney automatically ceases if you become legally incompetent. you may need to take advantage of tax­ Then costly court action could be required to appoint a guardian or conservator to act on your saving measures. Extra life insurance behalf. Instead you can execute a durable power of attorney, which will not cease upon your may come in handy to provide liquidity incapacity. (It does, however, cease upon your death.) to pay taxes and fees. You may be faced with a decision about distribution of your IRA principal, which could be Financial power- and health power devastated by a trio of different taxes if A traditional power of attorney can authorize your agent to sign checks, enter contracts, you don' t take precautions. Another buy or sell securities or real estate, deposit or withdraw funds, enter safe-deposit boxes, important consideration is that without a create trusts, run your business, make gifts, or do just about anything else that you could do properly executed will or trust you won't with your money and property. You can also authorize someone to make medical decisions for you if you are be able to make any bequests to benefit temporarily or permanently unable to do so. This may be coupled with a living will in which Ouachita or any other cherished cause. you indicate the type of care you want should you become terminally ill or permanently In concert with the Arkansas Baptist unconscious. These powers may also be included in the financial power of attorney. Foundation, we can provide estate planning information to help you accomplish your goals. I would be glad .Some cautions to illustrate how a prudent estate plan Laws governing a power of attorney can vary significantly from state to state. For instance, many states require separate forms for health-care decisions. could help you make the most of your Some banks, brokerage houses, and other financial institutions and the IRS may nol assets. Call me at 501-245-5169; or honor a power of attorney unless you use their forms, so it is wise to check beforehand. write to OBU Box 3754, Arkadelphia, A power of attorney is valuable, but it is also potent- so choose your agent carefully_ AR 71998. Because the document immediately becomes invalid at death, it is never a substitute for will. ~------. . ADVISER! No will or old will? Your heirs may suffer

Procrastinating about how Scrooge was forced to unnecessary estate taxes. Your trust provisions. making or updating a will confront a vision of the spouse may receive only a • Your new will also occurs for lots of reasons: unhappy future of those around fracti on of your estate. If you names your choice of executor difficulty in deciding on a him? If he changed his ways, have been the primary money (your personal representative lawyer, concern about the that dismal future could be manager, who will manage the who settles your estate). expense, indecision about how avoided. funds left to your spouse once If you have children, to leave your money, an Certainly you're not you are gone? A proper will grandchildren, or both. aversion to confronting your Scrooge, but take a moment can supply the answers to these Much depends upon their ages mortality. and visualize how your loved crucial questions - and more: and competence. If the Perhaps you feel that joint ones and organizations you • A new will can assure children are minors, who will ownership of property and care about might be hurt if you your spouse the full benefit of care for them and the money beneficiary designations on life leave either no will or an your estate. In most states, if you leave to them if you are insurance and pension plans outdated will. you leave no will, your spouse gone? Perhaps an adult child cover everything that needs If you are single. You will receive only a third or a is mentally or physically attention. Yet that may not be have the freedom and half of your estate. incapacitated,or unable to so. Your heirs may suffer opportunity to make important • Over-dependence on manage money. because of your inattention to choices. Unless you make joint ownership can defeat • Your will should your will. them, your money and your strategies intended to save nominate a guardian for your Without a will your estate prized possessions may be estate taxes and provide trust minor children; you may name will be distributed under state divided in ways you did not protection. Proper planning the same person or another law- and it is unlikely that foresee or would not approve. and a well-drawn will are the individual or institution to lawmakers have read your Instead, consider how your solution. manage their money and mind about your wishes. will can carry out your wishes: • A bequest to Ouachita in inheritance. People who do not need your • Perhaps you own your will is the simplest way to • If you plan to leave a money may share your estate, precious jewelry, fine art, or a continue your support. If you sizable bequest to a youngster, instead of individuals and valuable collection you would create a trust, you can leave consider creating a trust in institutions that could benefit like to bequeath to those who OBU a share of the principal your will to manage the money from your help. would appreciate them as you after your spouse's lifetime. until the child attains an An obsolete will may not do. If you are divorced or appropriate age to receive the address momentous changes: a • If you have no children, planning to remarry. Either trust remainder, such as 25 or major family event (such as a you may want to provide for event is an important reason to 30. birth, marriage, divorce, or the special financial needs of a make or review your will. In If you would like to death); a major change in the relative or friend. case of divorce, an old will remember Ouachita. Your size or nature of your estate; or • You may be more able may upset your new plans for philanthropic intentions may the impact of new federal or than others to bequeath a share the division of your estate. If never be realized if you have state tax laws. of your estate to Ouachita, you remarry, the lack of a new no will or an old will. A allowing us to use your gift for will and a prenuptial current will,however, offers Don't Let Bad our most pressing needs. agreement can prevent you valuable opportunities to If you are married. Your from disposing of your estate reflect your desires: ThinqJ Happen to spouse is your first and as intended. • You can will us outright Good People foremost concern - but • Your new will should a sum of money, certain real or suppose you leave an outdated reflect not only current wishes personal property, or a share of Remember the yuletide will, or none at all. Your for the disposition of your your estate's residue. story by Charles Dickens - estate may be exposed to estate but also your wishes for ...... ~ IADVISER. Living will: ....----6ssential parts o.f a----, PROS & CONS

The living will is more Dealinq with a A will shouldWill be tailored exactly to the maker 's wishes, popular than ever. When financial circumstances, and family requirements. However, former President Richard livinq willsflawJ certain elements are essential to most wills. Those common Nixon died, people who heard While a living will is a elements are outlined below, to acquaint you with various about his living will swamped key health document, it also components and legal terms likely to be included in your will. professionals with calls. A has serious limitations. • Opening paragraph: Identifies the testator or maker of 1991 law requires most health Generally, a living will the will, states domicile or legal residence, declares the document facilities to inform patients of comes into effect upon the to be a last will, and revokes prior wills. Usually followed by a their rights to spell out if they certification by two doctors clause directing how debts should be paid. want life-sustaining care that you are terminally ill or • Clause on death taxes: Identifies the revenue source for should they be unable to speak permanently unconscious and paying taxes on the decedent's taxable estate, assessed on the for themselves. Almost all the cannot make your own assets passing either under the terms of the will or outside its states now recognize a living decisions. Even then, doctors terms (as in jointly owned property and life insurance payable to will. may ignore a living will or a named beneficiary). disagree on whether or not a • Clause on personal effects: States how personal and patient is terminally ill. household effects are to be distributed- the first section of real Doctors are not obligated interest to beneficiaries. May also provide for alternate recipients WhatiJa to follow the directives of a if the first-named ones do not survive the testator; such a livinq will? living will if they disagree with provision is customary for any bequest. Following this may be them. If the language in a gifts of other specific items (for example, shares of common A living will is your legal living will is too vague or too stock), bequests of specified amounts of cash, a testamentary declaration of your personal specific, doctors may not be grant of real property (for example, a home or summer cottage). wishes about extraordinary able to honor your wishes. • Clause pertaining to residue of estate: Names the medical treatment in the event The solution? Prepare persons and/or organizations to receive the rest of the estate you become terminally ill or another document- a health­ (often this is the largest part). May direct that the residue be held permanently unconscious. care proxy or directive. This in trust for a beneficiary: You may want to be kept alive can be part of a durable power • Section on powers of the executor and trustee(s) of by artificial means or heroic of attorney or it can be a trusts: States how the estate is to be conserved and managed. measures, or you may not - separate form. It designates a Appoints the executor and trustee(s). and your living will states your close family member or friend • Clause regarding minor children: Names a guardian, in preference. to make medical decisions on case both parents should die in a common disaster. your behalf after doctors have • Closing: Date of the will, signature of the maker. determined that you are unable signatures of witnesses. to do so - not just if you are • You can establish a charitable remainder trust that will pay Why you terminally ill or permanently a life income to the individual of your choice and the remaining need it unconscious. Some documents principal to Ouachita. A sizable part of the value of the trust will are designed so that you can avoid the federal estate tax on your estate. A living will allows death provide guidance on how those • You can bequeath a gift in memory of yourself or a loved with dignity - for example, to health-care decisions should be one. We are pleased to honor your intent, and we have many keep you from being hooked made, depending on specific ways to grant fitting recognition. up fruitlessly, perhaps medical situations and painfully, to life-support common treatments. Let your will Jhow you care machines because of state law Don't let those you love suffer because you never got around to or custom or because you have PlayitJaje making or updating your will. A well-drawn will is the best way no one to speak on your behalf. to tell them how much they mean to you. Having your wishes Though these declarations may An attorney who specializes in estate planning can provide expressed through a living will never be used, having them as you with wise counsel about what your will should say. Ask our can avoid the extraordinary a standby is comforting. Your representative to advise you on appropriate ways to include us in costs of futile treatments if you attorney can advise you what is your will. are terminally ill and cannot required in your state and draft The informal ion in I his publica lion is nol inlended as legal advice. For legal advice, please consul communicate your desires. suitable documents. an allorney. ~~------Calendar of E ents

ember 10-15 TWIRP Week 12 Faculty Recital, Cindy Fuller, soprano, 7: Mabee Recital Hall 14 The Tommy Dorsey Band, 7:30p.m., J ~-...,.....,n·•n g Arts Center 18 Guest Artist Recital, Allen Henderson, h:>ror"" p.m., Mabee Recital Hall 23 Parents' Day/Preview Day 28 Birkett Williams Lecture, Dr. George .m., Mabee Recital Hall 30 VENTURE ober 5-7 Drama performance, "Grapes of Wrath, - eiSer Theatre 9-10 Drama performance, "Grapes of Wra esser Theatre 12 Arkansas Symphony with David Aile • Jones Performing Arts Center 16-17 Campus Renewal 19 Birkett Williams Lecture, Dr. James ee Recital Hall 24 Ouachita Singers/Wind Ensemble, 7: ::":c-....rvrnirVl Arts Center 28 Ouachita Piano Festival 30 Guest Artist Recital, Helene Wicke ecita.l Hall vember 2-4 Tiger Tunes, 7:30p.m., Jones Pe 4 Homecoming 7 Jazz Band, 7:30p.m., Jones Pe 9-11 Drama performance, Studio Per7 10-11 Ouachita Trombone Workshop 17-18 "Opera," 7:30p.m., Verser 20 "Nutcracker," presented by 30 Festival of Christmas, 7:30 p President's Leadership F ::Jecember 1 President's Leadership F 2 Festival of Christmas, 7:30 5 Opera Aria Performance, 7 12-15 Final Exams uary 9 Registration 10 Classes Begin 13 Ouachita Sounds Gonce - 14-19 Social Club Rush 21-27 Social Club Induction 23 Lincoln Land Brass 30 Faculty Recital, Kevi February 1 Birkett Williams Lee 8 Concert Band Gonce 10 Heartbeat, 6 p.m., Evans Heartbeat Concert, 7:30 12 St. Olaf Choir, 7:30 p.m., 15-16 Church Music Workshop 19-23 Christian Focus Wee 22 President's Leadership 23 President's Leadership 27 Nell Mondy Lecture, D . 29 Drama "Fantasticks," 7: .arch 1 Friends of the School ol 1-2 Drama "Fantasticks," 3 Drama "Fantasticks," 5 Artist-in-Residence 9 Miss OBU Pagean 12 Ouachita Singers Gonce- - 18-22 Spring Break 28 Jazz Band Concert, 7. ril 8 Student/Faculty C 19 Gold Tiger Luncheon 19-20 Tiger Traks Drama, 7:30 p.m. Verse· - = 20 Preview Day 22-23 Drama, 7:30 p.m., V 29 McBeth: "A Tribute, 30 McBeth: "A Tribute," 7-10 Final Exams 11

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