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2000-2009

Alan Bagley ('01) - MD, UAMS; resident, Little Rock, AR

Jessica Baima ('06) - medical student, Texas Tech U, Lubbock, TX

Grant Bennett ('01) - MD, UAMS; orthopaedic resident, Greenville, SC

Amanda Berry ('07) - pharmacy student, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Lindsey Bland King ('04) - MD, UAMS; family practice resident, Tulsa, OK

Kevin Burns ('02) - MS, Oklahoma State; PhD student, U Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Amanda Calhoon ('03) -  Pharm.D., UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Marc Carozza ('00) - O.D., Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN

Karyn Collie ('06) - graduate student, City University of New York, New York, NY

Cliff Conine ('08) - consultant, Ecotech Enterprises, Bryant, AR

Cari Cordell Lee ('00) - MD, UAMS; orthopaedic resident, Little Rock, AR

Marcus Costner ('03) - Pharm.D., UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Christy Bell Cozart ('02) - analytical chemist, National Center for Toxicological Research, Bryant, AR

Matthew Cozart ('04) - medical student, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Christopher Crane ('02) - medical student, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Ryan Friedman ('03) - MD, UAMS, ophthalmology resident, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Erin Carpenter Green ('03) - science teacher, Malvern, AR

Hannah Hays ('03) - Pharm.D., Mercer U, pharmacist, Baptist Health-Little Rock, Arkadelphia, AR

Sheena Hunt ('05) - pharmacy student, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Brandon Jeffus ('01) - MS, UAMS; science teacher, Charlottesville, VA

Frederick Johnson ('04) - MD, UAMS; radiology-diagnostic resident, Little Rock, AR

Christopher Jones ('04) - pharmacy student, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Teresa Jeffers Jordan ('00) - MD, UAMS; allergy fellow, Saint Louis, MO

James Kitchens ('01) - DDS, U Tennessee-Memphis; endodontic resident, San Antonio, TX

Ryan Laddusaw ('07) - graduate student, Texas A&M, College Station, TX

Rachel Lavender ('06) -

Torin Marracino ('01) - DDS, U Tennessee-Memphis; dentist, Texarkana, TX

Angela McDonald ('04) - Pharm.D., UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Steven McMorran ('03) - musician, Los Angeles, CA

Amanda Moore ('00) - OD, NE Oklahoma; optometrist, Benton, AR

Joshua Moore ('06) - science teacher, Malvern High School

David Nelson ('02) - MD, UAMS, ob-gyn resident, Little Rock, AR

Sarah Norris ('06) - dentistry student, U Tennessee-Memphis, Memphis, TN

Sarah Optiz ('06) - medical Student, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Benjamin Peacock ('01) - chemist, State Crime Lab, Little Rock, AR

Angela Pickens ('01) - MD, UAMS; pediatric resident, Indianapolis, IN

John Raines ('06) - graduate student, Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Jessica Roberts ('06) - pharmacy technician, Benton, AR

Evan Secrest ('08) - pharmacy student, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Nicholas Shull ('07) - pharmacy student, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Rachel Sidwell ('05) - medical student, Southern Illinois U, Carbondale, IL

Levi Simpson ('02) - PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington; post-doctoral student, Texas-Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Brian Skaug ('05) - MD-PhD student, Texas-Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Emily Smith ('08) - medical student, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Joshua Tolleson ('04) - MD, UAMS; surgery resident, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Andrew West ('05) - medical student, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Kadre Clark Wingfield ('01) - State Farm agent, Arkadelphia, AR

1990-1999

Michael Baird ('92) - DVM, Texas A&M U; veterinarian, De Kalb, TX

Mike Carozza ('98) - MD, UAMS; OB-Gyn , Newport News, VA

Jennifer Collier ('99) - MD, U Tennessee-Memphis; pediatrician, Cartersville, GA

Zac Crow ('97) - MS, U Central Arkansas; physical therapist, co-owner Metro Therapies Staffing, Little Rock, AR

Albany Irvin Colvin ('96) - corporate spokesperson for 15-member consortium, Las Vegas, NV

Jeremy Daugherty ('98) - MD, UAMS; physician, Hope, AR

Johnathon Drake ('95) - Plant Chemist/Environmental Technician, Entergy Corporation, White Hall, AR

Randall Glass ('98) - O.D., Southern College of Optometry, optometrist, Texarkana, AR

David Harris ('90) - owner & President, Harris International Laboratories, Springdale, AR

Kim Hill ('95) - OD, Southern College of Optometry; optometrist, Sevierville, TN

Belinda Burnett Hutcheson ('91) - MS, MD, UAMS; pediatrician, Texarkana, TX

Ryan Lavender ('99) - computer analyst, Little Rock, AR

Shauna Bauer Leicht ('94) - MS, Texas A&M U; chemical engineer and Project Supervisor, Trinity Consultants, Sachse, TX

Jim Maxwell ('94) - MD, UAMS; internist, North Augusta, SC

Charles McClain ('91) - MD, UAMS; radiologist, UAMS, Little Rock, AR

Sarah Beth Milam Harrington ('99) - MD, UAMS; resident, Richmond, VA

Sheryl Pack ('94) - MD, UAMS; family practice physician, Bristol, TN

Julie Abbott Parker ('98) - PHD, U Alabama-Birmingham; UAB professor, Birmingham, AL

Jon Self ('94) - MA, U Texas-Austin; LLD, U Texas-Austin & U Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; PhD student, Texas-Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Elena Sheina ('98) - MS, PhD, Carnegie-Mellon U; research scientist, Plextronics, Pittsburgh, PA

Leigh Swaim ('91) - chemist, Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, AR

Stacey Swilling ('95) - DDS, U Tennessee-Memphis; dentist, Sheridan, AR

Sarah Vester Owen('98) - MD, UAMS; internal medicine, Tupelo, MS

Anna Richardson Walker ('94) - homemaker, Murphy, TX

Matt Weyenberg ('96) - MD, UAMS; family practice, Frisco, TX

1980-1989

Kim Holstead Benedict ('80) - homemaker, APO Belgium

Russell Boyter ('86) - DDS, U Tennessee-Memphis; dentist, Murfreesboro, TN

Jerry Byrum ('81) - MD, UAMS; pediatrician, Little Rock, AR

Green "Kip" Colvin ('88) - MD, UAMS; ear, nose & throat physician, Memphis, TN

Hugh Donnell ('85) - MD, UAMS; physician, Rogers, AR

Dwaine Dickey ('80) - DVM, ; veterinarian, Rogers, AR

Denise Leverett Elliott ('85) - MD, UAMS; anesthesiologist, Ruston, LA

Elizabeth Eudy Gomez ('82) - MS, PhD, Rice U.; VP-Academic Affairs, Bluefield College, Bluefield, VA

Mark Hart ('80) - MS, Oklahoma State U; PhD, Mississippi State U; microbiologist, National Center for Toxicological Research, Bryant, AR

David Hill ('80) - DDS, U Tennessee-Memphis; dentist, Sherwood, AR

Chuck Hitt ('85) - MD, UAMS; obstetrician/gynecologist, Little Rock, AR

Beth Patterson ('80) - DDS, Washington U-St. Louis; pediatric dentist, Searcy, AR

Donna Catlett Power ('81) - BS, UAMS; pharmacist, Springdale, AR

Don Simmons, Jr. ('83) - DDS, Baylor; dentist, Russellville, AR

Alan Stagg ('87) - MS, PhD, U Texas-Austin; technical staff, computer simulation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Jemez Springs, NM

Sandra Thompson-Jaeger ('80) - MS, PhD, Ludwig-Maximilians U, Munich, Germany; Assistant Professor of Biology, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN

Todd Thrower ('87) - Regulatory Affairs/Lab Coordinator, Becton Dickinson & Co., Broken Bow, NE

Scott Turner ('84) - MD, St. Louis U; family practice physician, Osceola, MO

Phyllis Faulkner Vance ('81) - Quality Assurance Manager, Labeling and Standards, ConAgra Foods, Omaha, NE

David Wadley ('80) - MD, UAMS; radiologist, Batesville, AR

Chuck Whitlow ('84) - MD, UAMS; colorectal surgeon, River Ridge, LA

Michael Williams ('81) - MD, UAMS; Medical Director, Willis-Knighton Bossier Emergency Room, Shreveport, LA 

Paul Williams ('83) - MD, UAMS, gastroenterologist, Little Rock, AR

Augusta Williamson ('80) - Enginering BS, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; Lyon College, Batesville, AR

1970-1979

Richard Brown, Jr. ('79) - MD, UAMS; ophthalmologist, Fayetteville, AR

Allen Burton ('76) - MS, Auburn U; PhD, U Texas-Dallas; Professor and Director, Institute for Environmental Quality, Wright State U, Dayton, OH 

Paul Davis ('76) - MD, UAMS; physician, Pine Bluff, AR

DeeAnn Glover Dockins ('79) - DDS,  Baylor; dentist, Mesquite, TX

Ishak Enggano ('76) - MD, UAMS; Medical Director, Dept of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, MS

Marvin Galloway ('75) - MS, PhD, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; Professor of Biology, NorthWest Arkansas Community College, Rogers, AR 

Thomas Green ('76) - Quality Assurance Manager, H.J. Heinz Co., Muscatine, IA

Steve Goss ('79) - MD, UAMS; physician, Mercy Health System, Bentonville, AR

Vivian Highsmith ('76) - MD, UAMS; family practice/emergency medicine physician, Malvern, AR

John Holston ('72) - MD, UAMS; physician, Searcy, AR

Paul Howard ('76) - PhD, UAMS; biochemist and Director, National Toxicology Program Center for Phototoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, Sherwood, AR

Wesley Kluck ('77) - MD, UAMS; pediatrician, Vice-President for Institutional Advancement, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR

Lee Kuyper ('71) - PhD, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; Principal Research Scientist, GlaxoWellcome Inc., Durham, NC

Jimmy Lea ('73) - MS, U Kentucky; Director, Forensic Drug Lab, Medical College of Georgia, Martinez, GA

Jim Malcolm ('77) - MS, U Texas-Dallas; Vice President and Project Manager, FTN Associates, Benton, AR

Timothy McCowan ('77) - MD, UAMS; Professor and Chairman of Radiology, U. Mississippi, Jackson, MS

Timothy Matthews ('76) - MS, MD, U Louisville; pathologist, Norton Hospital, Louisville, KY

Frank Orr ('78) - DDS, U Texas-San Antonio; Chief, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY

Dick Phelan ('74) - DDS, Baylor; dentist, Benton, AR

David Pinkston ('79) - PhD, Michigan State U; Principal Scientist, Proctor & Gambill Co., Liberty Township, OH

Nathaniel Randall ('76) - Director of Corporate Risk Management, The Horace Mann Companies, Springfield, IL

Ramona Rice ('72) - MS, PhD, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; Professor and Chair of Natural Sciences, Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, GA

Eddie Robinson ('74) - Chief, Environmental Lab Division, Pine Bluff Arsenal, England, AR

Teri Garner Shipe ('79) - MA, UALR; Senior Chemist, Loreal USA, Little Rock, AR

Neal Sumerlin ('72) - PhD, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; Professor of Chemistry, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA

Barry Southerland ('70) - MEd, Boston U; DC, Cleveland College; chiropractic physician, Van Buren, AR

1960-1969

James Baker ('65) - Owner, Baker Tax and Business Services, Paris, TX

James Bledsoe ('65) - MD, UAMS; Staff Surgeon, St. Mary's Hospital, Rogers, AR

David Mike Dacus ('65) - MS, UAMS; Professor of Computer Science, Mountain View College, DeSoto, TX

Rosalie Gay McCarty Daniel ('62) - MSE, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; library media specialist, Little Rock School District, Little Rock, AR 

Tom Goodwin ('69) - PhD, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; Professor of Chemistry, Hendrix College, Conway, AR

Gary Gray ('64) - MS, PhD, U Iowa; Professor of Chemistry, U Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 

Ken Gray ('66) - General Manager, Industrial Powder Coatings, Norwalk, OH

George Green, Jr. ('66) - chemist (ret.), Arkansas Department of Highway and Transportation, Malvern, AR

Thomas Hall, Jr. ('62) - MS, U Alabama-Huntsville; Senior Staff Unexploded Ordinance Consultant, Techlan Inc.; Environment, Safety, and Heath Inspector, Paragon Technical Services, North Little Rock, AR

Scott Hardin ('67) - MD, UAMS; internist, El Dorado, AR

Joe Jeffers ('66) - PhD, Purdue U; Professor of Chemistry, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR

David Jimerson ('66) - PhD, Indiana U; Professor of Chemistry, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Jim Larkin ('68) - Co-owner, Fox Run Pottery, Hot Springs, AR

David Lewis ('65) - hatchery manager, Waynesboro, MS

Jim McCarty ('69) - MA, Rice U; Senior Geophysicist, Taylor Energy Co., Slidell, LA

Wayne McGraw ('65) - PhD, Florida State U; Professor of Chemistry, LSU-Alexander, Pineville, LA

David Osmon ('64) - JD, Memphis State U; attorney, Mountain Home, AR

Don Overstreet ('65) - MSE, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; President, certified gemologist, Overstreet Jewelry, Bentonville, AR

James Rotton ('69) - DDS, U Missouri-Kansas City; dentist, Magnolia, AR

Warfield Teague ('63) - PhD, Purdue U; Professor of Chemistry, Hendrix College, Conway, AR

Bob Sanders ('62) - JD, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; attorney, Arkadelphia, AR

Mike Scifres ('64) - BPharm, UAMS; President, Eufaula Pharmacy, Eufaula, OK

Phillip Snodgrass ('60) - MD, UAMS; general surgeon, Newport, AR

Janice Laney Watkins ('67) - homemaker, Mesa, AZ

David Williams ('69) - PhD, Colorado State U; Director, Remediation Services, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Point Pleasant, NJ

John Williamson ('65) - MD, UAMS; ophthalmologist, El Dorado, AR [deceased]

James Young ('68) - MD, UAMS; family physician, McGehee, AR

1950-1959

Lillian Blackmon Crenshaw ('59) - MD, UAMS; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, U Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Bob Gosser ('56) - MD, UAMS; pediatrician (ret.), North Little Rock, AR

Franklin Horton ('59) - MSE, U Southern California; MA, Webster U-St. Louis; President, All the Way Driving School, Fayetteville, NC

Martha Hutson ('53) - MD, UAMS; general allergist, Fayetteville, AR

Raymond Mahan ('51) - DDS, U Tennessee-Memphis; dentist, Ashdown, AR 

Joe Martindale ('53) - MD, UAMS; family practice physician, Benton, AR

Joe Nix ('57) - MS, PhD, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; Distinguished University Professor, Ouachita Baptist University; Arkadelphia, AR

Kenneth Presswood ('55) - Research Manager (ret.), Ethyl Corporation, Nathrop, CO

Louise Bequette Rice ('59) - medical technician (ret.), Campbell, MO

Alan Thomas ('58) - chemical sales (ret.), W.R. Grace & Co., Towson, MD

John Wikman ('56) - MD, UAMS; general surgeon, Fort Smith, AR

Joe Wright ('54) - PhD, U Arkansas-Fayetteville; Dean (ret.), College of Arts & Sciences, Henderson State University, Benton, AR

1940-1949

Harry Anderson ('42) - ordinance engineer and weaponry consultant (ret.), Parkville, MD

Tom Ashcraft ('49) - Director of Product Assurance (ret.), Pine Bluff Arsenal, White Hall, AR

Nell Mondy ('43) - MS, U Texas-Austin; PhD, Cornell U; Professor Emerita of Nutrition, Food Science, & Toxicology, Cornell U, Ithaca, NY [deceased]

George Peeples ('47) - MD, UAMS; physician (ret.), Gurdon, AR

Joe Pipkin ('47) - DDS, U Tennessee-Memphis; dentist, Orlando, FL

Walter Ramsey ('42) - engineer (ret.), Chief Operations Division, DOD, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Hot Springs Village, AR

Virgil Waggoner ('48) - President & CEO, JVW Investments, Ltd., Houston, TX

1939

Nelson Eubank ('39) - credit manager (ret.), Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel and Granite Mountain Quarries,  Pine Bluff, AR

James H. Ramay ('39) - US Army Logistics & Project Management (Ret) US Army Tank-Automotive Command, Sun City West, AZ