IN MEMORIAM
FRANK CLASSEN ADAMS BSME’85, Dayton,OH, June 5. He worked as an aeronautical engineer for both Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, TX, and the U.S. Air Force for the past three years in Dayton.
DAVID C. EDWARDS BSME’63, Hernando, MS, May 30.
CHARLES E. STANLEY BSEE’53, Manassas, VA, May 28. A World War II veteran, he worked for Western Electric Co., where he worked on missile defense systems and automated aircraft landing systems. He retired in 1981 after 28 years.
DONNA L. READ BSIE’85, Listening Cove, May 28. She was co-owner of HyTech Professional Cleaning Services.
RONALD GENE LINDSEY BSCE’68, Temple, TX, May 24. He was a senior sales associate for AFLAC for 32 years.
DENNIS R. HILL BSCE’74, Ozark, May 19. He worked for Jack Burge Construction in Fayetteville for several years before retiring as the director of the physical plant at Arkansas Tech University.
BENNY R. SMITH BSME’65, Leola, May 12. Most of his career was spent with International Paper Co.
STEPHEN G. WARD BSME’58, Stamps, May 6. A U.S. Navy veteran, he worked for Georgia Pacific Paper Co. and then Nekoosa Paper Co. until his retirement in 1985 as a senior engineer.
MIKE HARDGRAVE BSE’67 BSEE’68, Pawley’s Island, SC, April 28. He had an accomplished career in electrical and aerospace engineering until he retired in 2007.
JOE A. CAPLE BSME’56, Bryant, April 22. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and worked for Boeing International in Athens, Greece.
MARTIN MICHAEL MAYES BSME’66, Searcy, April 14. He worked as a design engineer for McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company in St. Louis, where he was involved in the F4Phantom program. He then worked for Remington Rand in Searcy as a design engineer before transferring to Sperry Vickers in 1975, working in the manufacturing phase of hydraulic valves until his retirement in 2008.
HOMER J. HANNA BSME’49, Roseland Park, KS, April 9. A U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, he worked for Burns Engineering Co. for 37 years.
RALPH B. BARNES JR. BSCE’70 MSCE’71, Arlington, TX, April 5. He was a civil engineer who focused in the geotechnical part of civil engineering and establishing HBC engineering.
THOMAS T. SOUTER BSME’51, Tulsa, OK, April 2. A U.S. Navy veteran, he retired from Kansas City Southern Railroad after 37 years.
VINCENT O. SELBY BSME’53, Fayetteville, April 2. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War and retired as Lieutenant Colonel from the Arkansas Army National Guard with 26 years total service to his country. He retired from the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department where he served for more than 30 years as district engineer in Fayetteville and Harrison.
HERMAN THOMAS THURMAN BSEE’49, Benton, March 15. He served in World War II in the U.S. Army Air Corp. He was employed at Reynolds Metals Co. for 30 years.
ALAN HUMPHREY MILLER BSIE’85, Little Rock, March 15. He worked in the telecommunications industry while working for Network Design Engineers, ALLTEL, Windstream and most recently Century Link.
GEORGE E. ELLEFSON BSEE’54, Little Rock, March 2. He served in the Naval Air Corps during World War II. He owned and operated an electrical engineering consulting firm since 1961.
BILLY G. WOOD BSME’62, Collinston, La., Feb. 26. He retired from the University of Louisiana at Monroe Physical Plant in 2000.
GEORGE ANDREWS BSEE’51, Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 23. He served in the Navy during and after World War II. He was a registered professional engineer and worked for Nelson Electric, Sun Oil and Williams Companies.
LAURENCE H. LAMBERT BSCE’51, Rolla, Mo., Feb. 23. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving during World War II. He retired from the U.S. Geological Survey in Rolla in 1990.
JOHN W. KENNEY BSCE’49, Orion, Ill., Feb. 10. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, retiring from the U.S. Army Reserves in 1984. He worked at the Rock Island Arsenal and later the Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.
DAVID R. ROUW BSEE’79, Kirkwood, MO, Feb. 10. He was a senior electrical engineer in St. Louis.
JOHN L. MILLER BSME’57, Tulsa, Okla., February 7. He went into the Army and served in Germany as a lieutenant. He worked with Abe Silverstein in the development of the liquid fuel mixture. In April 2012 he was inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Mechanical Engineering.
KERMIT Q. STEPHENSON BSAGE’50 MSAGE’56 BSEE’59, State College, PA, Feb. 2. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He was a retired professor of agricultural engineering at Pennsylvania State University.
CHARLES H. MOSES JR. BSCHE’71, Crossett, Jan. 24. He was a chemical engineer, working in the paper industry.
BILLY LEE FRANKS BSEE’64, Prairie Grove, Jan. 20. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He works as a civilian contractor at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.
JIMMY IRBY BRANNAN BSCE’59, Fayetteville, Jan. 18. He spent four years in the U.S. Air Force. He retired after 22 years of service from McGoodwin, William and Yates engineering firm in 1977 and then spent the next 10 years consulting for the firm.
K. LARRY PATTON BSCE’64, Montgomery, TX, Jan. 13. Various jobs in the oil industry took him throughout the United States, including building a pipeline in Alaska, working with Cities Services in Tulsa and Houston, and trading oil in New York City and then returning to Houston with Arco.
RICHARD V. HALL BSCE’40, Texarkana, Jan. 12. He was the owner of Hall Surveying and Engineering.
MOSE A. STRINGFELLOW BSEE’51, Fayetteville, Jan. 11. He served as a radio mechanic for the 158th Army Airways Communication System in World War II. He worked for many years developing and installing GE radar systems.
JOE M. AUSTIN BSAGE’74 BSCE’75, Longview, Texas, Dec. 29, 2013. He was a registered Texas Professional Engineer.
ROBERT B. PORTER BSEE’61, Panama City Beach, FL, Dec. 29, 2013. He was a U.S. Naval Reserve veteran and employed as an electrical engineer at the Navy facility in Panama City Beach. In 1980, he retired from civil service and the Naval Reserve with the rank of commander.
CHARLES A. BRITTAIN BSIE’63, Midwest City, OK, Dec. 21, 2013. He retired after 30 years of service as an engineer at Tinker Air Force Base.
WILLIAM J. MATTHEWS BSEE’61, Euless, Texas, Oct. 29, 2013. He was an electrical engineer and worked at Vought Aircraft for more than 30 years and most recently at Nelson Architecture/ Electrical as a consultant.
MARION F. SANDERS BSEE’39, Kihei, HI, Sept. 22, 2013. A U.S. Navy veteran, he worked with the Army Corps of Engineers in Dallas before transferring to Colorado Springs to work for civil service.
TED M. IVY BSCE’51, San Antonio, June 24, 2013. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Era, and retired in 1978 after 28 years. After retirement he worked for the Environmental Protection Agency.
ELBERT G. PARRISH BSEE’51, Crossett, May 16, 2013. A U.S. Army veteran, he worked for Georgia Pacific in the Crossett plant for more than 40 years.
JAMES OLLIE KING BSME’49, Versailles, Ky., July 18, 2012. He was a navigator in the U.S. Army. He retired from Texas Gas Transmission Corp.
JOHN E. JEHLEN BSEE’82, Russellville, Sept. 6, 2010. He was an engineering supervisor at Arkansas Nuclear one in Russellville.
JIM B. SPEARS BSIE’58 LLB’64, Little Rock, Sept. 7, 2008. He taught law for more than 30 years at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
100 years ago: Fall 1914
Dean: William N. Gladson
Number of faculty: 12
Number of students: around 80
Engineer’s Yell:
Dynamo, engine, level, rod;
Pick and shovel, hit the sod;
Build a house and make a light —
Scare the B.A.’s out of sight.
– The Cardinal, 1914
CLASS NOTES
RIE LEE ISHIDA BSCE’99, Los Angeles, Calif., has been named to Engineering News Record’s Top 20 Under 40 list, which recognizes outstanding contributions of AEC professionals under the age of 40.
BENJAMIN HOUSTON DYE BSIE’01 and Tara Dye announce the birth of their son, Flint Houston, born on Sept. 21, 2013, Springdale. Benjamin was recently awarded the “Pushing the Envelope Award” in 2013 by his employer, Harrison Energy Partners. He also was promoted to direct sales team leader at the Harrison Energy Partners.
Gabriela Melendez and JAVIER ENRIQUE MELENDEZ BSIE’04, Tomball, Texas, announce the birth of their son, Tiago Enrique, on Oct. 8, 2013.
BOB G. ENNIS BSEE’87 MSEE’88, Sugar Land, TX, was named global process automation leader for the epoxy business of the Dow Chemical Company managing their global process automation and optimization resources and strategic initiatives.
DANNY EDWARD LOE BSIE’96, Fort Smith, is the new vice president of enterprise customer solutions for Arkansas Best Corporation. The enterprise customer solutions department was created to increase sales in Arkansas Best’s Freight, Logistics and Panther Expedited Services divisions.
WILLIAM R. MCKAMEY BSIE’70, Tulsa, was elected to chair Tulsa Community College. TCC is the third-largest college in Oklahoma and was recently recognized nationally for its Achieve program that allows all Tulsa County students with a “C” average free admission and fees to the college.
DANIEL B. MORGAN BSCE’09 MSCE’13, a structural engineer for Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon Inc., has passed the required examination to become a licensed Professional Engineer. Individuals must attain a four-year college degree, at least four years of experience under a professional engineer and successfully pass two intensive competency exams from their state’s licensure board.
CHRISTOPHER A. WALTON BSME’10 and Jazmin Hamilton were married on April 5 and reside in Rowlett, TX.
50 years ago: Fall 1964
Dean: George F. Branigan
Number of faculty: 72
Number of students: 1077
“The average annual salary of all engineers, regardless of education and experience, is $11,200; the average of all engineers holding the master’s degree is $14, 030; while the average for the holder of the doctorate is $17,450.”
– The Arkansas Engineer, November 1914.
ACADEMY INDUCTEES
Arkansas Academy of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
GLEN D. DAVIS, BSAGE‘67, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Arkansas Academy of Chemical Engineers
DEVA HUPAYLO, BSChE’80, The Hague, Netherlands
MARJI MCNEILL, BSChE’91, Wichita, KS
RICK MOORE, BSChE’80, Houston, TX
JAMES PALMER, BSChE’92, MSChE’97, Ruston, LA
JOHN PARKS, BSChE’77, Baton Rouge, LA
LEE RILEY, MSChE’83, Houston, TX
BRENT STRATTON, BSChE’92, Destrehan, LA
ROBIN WEITKAMP, BSChE ’93, Batavia, IL
Arkansas Academy of Civil Engineering
KENNETH M. BAILEY BSCE’87 MSCE’89, Tuscaloosa, AL
DAVID L. FOSTER BSCE’89, Fayetteville, AR
STEVEN R. GARRETT BSCE’91, Rogers, AR
DAVID A. GILBERT ARTIUM Bacc., Rollins College’88, BSCE’89, Lowell, AR
STEVEN M. JONES BS-Geology ’83, BSCE’88, MSCE’90, Fayetteville, AR
JOHN P. KNOWLES BSCE’89, Topeka, KS
W. CHARLES ‘CHUCK’ MITCHELL BSCE’91, Tulsa, OK
CHARLES ‘CASEY’ SHELL BSCE’86, Oklahoma City, OK
GUY A. WASHBURN BSCE’86, Little Rock, AR
Honorary:
MARK ALLEN BOLTE BSCE’90
RONOTA ANN NEWBERRY-WOODBRIDGE BSCE’88, MSCE’89
Arkansas Academy of Computing
JERRY BLACKBURN, Little Rock, AR
CARL FRANK, Traskwood, AR
ERIC HEIL, Industrial Management ‘90, Fayetteville, AR
CHAP MCGAUGHY
PAULA KING NORWOOD, Longboat Key, FL
GARY SPEAS
ALESE JOHNSTON STROUD, Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Academy of Electrical Engineering
BARBARA DERRYBERRY, BSEE ’85, MSEE ’87, Krum, TX
ALAN HANNAH, BSEE ’76, Little Rock, AR
EUGENE JENKINS, BSEE ’86, Edmond, OK
MATT R. LOVELACE, BSEE ’92, Austin, TX
BILL LUTHER, BSEE ’78, El-Dorado, AR
RANDALL ROBINETTE, BSEE ’87, Maumelle, AR
LANCE T. SHINALL, BSEE ’93, Allen, TX
RUDY TIMMERMAN, BSEE ’90, Prairie Grove, AR
Arkansas Academy of Industrial Engineering
BRYAN BILLINGSLEY, BSIE 1997, Springdale, AR
JAY CAPTAIN, BSIE 1992, Beebe, AR
GINA (LUNGARO) CUNNINGHAM, BSIE 1995, Melissa, TX
DEREK GIBSON, BSIE 1999, Springdale, AR
CHARLES KING, BSIE 1988, MSIE 1990, Overland Park, KS
MICHAEL PALADINO, BSIE 1999, Rogers, AR
RAGHAV SHARMA, MSIE 1993, Redwood City, CA
KEVIN SHELHAMER, BSIE 1992, Chicago, IL
CHRIS TURNER, BSIE 1997, Dallas, TX
Arkansas Academy of Mechanical Engineering
HAMID HABIBI, MSE’91, Little Rock, AR
DARIN NUTTER, Fayetteville, AR
LARRY ROE, Fayetteville, AR
THOMAS G. WEISS, JR., BSME’63, MSME’65, Murrysville, PA