Arkansas Engineer

The magazine of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering

Jim Davis, BSEE ‘79

Jim Davis, BSEE ‘79

Jim Davis was born and raised in Prescott, Arkansas. He met his future wife, Marsha, when they were both undergraduate students at Henderson State University. Davis graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant through the...
Charles Zimmerman, BSCE ‘85

Charles Zimmerman, BSCE ‘85

Charles and Susan Zimmerman (far right) with their son and daughter-in-law Charles Zimmerman and his wife, Susan, were the first people in each of their families to earn college degrees. Both financed much of their education on their own. Charles, who is originally...
Lyndell “J.C.” George, BSCE ‘60

Lyndell “J.C.” George, BSCE ‘60

Lyndell “J.C.” George arrived at the university as a “poor little country kid.” He paid for his college education by working part-time jobs to finance his coursework, according to his wife, Doris George. That experience turned out to be particularly meaningful for...

Class Notes Spring 2016

1950 Larry G. Stephens, BSIE’58, Hot Springs, Arkansas, graduating in 1958 from the University of Arkansas, Larry Stephens is 79 and still the chairman ofMid-South Engineering Company—now 120 employees strong. He is also the American Society of Plumbing Engineers...