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Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita The Ouachita Circle: The Alumni Magazine of Ouachita Alumni Ouachita Baptist University Fall 1995 The Ouachita Circle Fall 1995 Ouachita Baptist University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/alumni_mag Part of the Organizational Communication Commons, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons Recommended Citation Ouachita Baptist University, "The Ouachita Circle Fall 1995" (1995). The Ouachita Circle: The Alumni Magazine of Ouachita Baptist University. 27. https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/alumni_mag/27 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Ouachita Alumni at Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Ouachita Circle: The Alumni Magazine of Ouachita Baptist University by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ' ord from the President ... i • . !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. at Ouachmita'sl08teh n"Thesecmenewere mrecognized ienkeepning witth Oua:~::::~;:~~~::~~:~h 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