Wall of Honor recognizing ASU's First 100 Distinguished Faculty Members unveiled

April 5, 2010 -- The centennial faculty wall to honor 100 distinguished faculty members throughout Arkansas State University’s history was unveiled April 5 during a 3-5 p.m. reception in Centennial Hall in the Reng Student Services Center/Student Union, 101 N. Caraway Road, Jonesboro. The wall is part of ASU’s continuing Centennial Celebration, and the reception is hosted by the ASU Faculty Association.

The names of each faculty member are to be included on a wall structure outside Centennial Hall. The wall plaque was designed by Mark Reeves of ASU’s Publications and Creative Services department and produced by Gibson Sign Company of Jonesboro. Mike Doyle, general manager of ASU’s public radio station KASU-FM, will read the names of all honorees, and certificates will be presented to the faculty member or faculty family member by Dr. Beverly Boals Gilbert, President of the ASU Faculty Association.

“One of the main goals of the Centennial is the commemoration of our shared past and also the establishment of new legacies and traditions for the second century of teaching, scholarship and professional service,” said Dr. John D. Hall, professor of Psychology and Counseling and chair of the Faculty Association Ad hoc Committee on Centennial Celebrations and Projects. “We commemorate our shared past by honoring the first 100 distinguished faculty.”

Honorees were selected through subcommittees of faculty representatives from each college and two Faculty Association committees at ASU. Nominees were required to be retired ASU faculty members who, except in extraordinary cases, had a minimum of 10 years of service. They were also required to have made long term significant contributions to ASU. Plans are also being proposed by the Faculty Association to continue this tradition into the future by honoring additional past faculty who made similar contributions at five year intervals. 

Dr. Hall also noted that, in the cases of faculty members from the earliest years, the Faculty Association Ad hoc committee relied on historical documents, personal memories, and the historical book, “Voices from State: An Oral History of Arkansas State University,” by Dr. Larry Ball and Dr. William Clements, and also the Lee A. Dew book, “The ASU Story: A History of Arkansas State University, 1909-1967.”

Pictured: (From left) Wall of Honor member Richard Carvell, Dr. John Hall (professor of Psychology and Counseling and chair of the Faculty Association Ad hoc Committee on Centennial Celebrations and Projects), and Dr. Bill Humphrey (professor of Animal Science).

Here is the list of the first distinguished 100 faculty members at Arkansas State University:

 1909-1959
1)* Nira Beck
Literature and Vocal Music
1910-1912

2) *W. H. Black, B.S.
Animal Husbandry
1910-1912

3) Mary Rogers Brown, M.S.
Professor of Home Economics
1936-1965

4) William W. Byrd, M.A
Associate Professor of Biology
1955-1993

5) Chester C. Carrothers, Ph.D.
Professor of Business Administration
1948-1965

6) Lebelva Connelly, M.A.
Associate Professor English
1942-1960

7)* Lillian Cooley
Instrumental Music
1910

8) Paul E. Couch, Ed.D.
Professor of Education and Psychology
1945-1971

9) James L. Davenport, MS
Associate Professor of Agriculture Economics
1954-1985

10) *M. F. Dickson
Instructor in Mathematics
1910

11) #Dean B. Ellis, M.S.
Professor of Mathematics
1926-1965

12) Robert Ferralasco, Ed.D.
Professor of Administrative Services
1952-1989

13) John A. Galloway, Ph.D.
Professor of History
1948-1984

14) Earl L. Hanebrink, Ed.D.
Professor of Biology
1958-1993

15) Duane H. Haskell, Ph.D.
Professor of Music
1953-1975

16) Laysel N. Hochstetler, Ph.D.
Professor of Agriculture
1941-1943, 1951-1957, 1959-1980

17) Henry W. Hollard, M.S.
Animal Husbandry
1927-1943

18) Dan Howard, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Art
1958-1972

19) Homer C. Huitt, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Sciences
1937-1965

20) Michael M. Johnnedes, M.S.
Associate Professor of Science
1954-1966

21) Edgar O. Kirk, M.A.
Associate Professor of History
1955-1976

22) Donald Konold, Ph.D.
Professor of History
1954-1989

23) Eleanor S. Lane, M.A.
Associate Professor of English
1946-1980

24) Marshall Matthews, M.S.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
1955-1980

25)  Elmer C. Mayes, M.S.
Assistant Professor of Science
1958-1984

26)  Gladys M. McPike, B.S.E.
Associate Professor of Physical Education
1953-1985

27) Donald R. Minx, M.S.
Professor of Music
1954-1982

28) Olen P. Nail, Ph.D.
Professor of Agriculture
1953-1975

29) Warren W. Nedrow, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
1936-1970

30) *Henry Ness
Biology/Horticulture
1910-1913

31)* Elizabeth Nowell
Household Economics
1910-1912

32) *F. T. Parks, B.S.
Engineering
1910-1913

33) D. Fred Pasmore, Ph.D.
Professor of Foreign Languages
1930-1959

34) Howard W. Pasmore, M.S.
Professor of Art
1927-1962

35) Frank W. Plunkett, Ph.D.
Professor of English
1930-1953

36) Leland W. “Tex” Plunkett, M.J.
Associate Professor of Journalism
1936-1974

37) Evelyn D. Prescott, M.A.
Professor of Physical Education
1953-1983

38) John H. Rauth, M.Ed.
Associate Professor of Physical Education
1947-1980

39) Ashley Robey, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
1932-1942

40) Donald. F. Showalter, Ph.D.
Professor of Education & Psychology
1931- 1947

41)  J. A. Tomlinson, A.M.
Professor of Physical Education
1943-1976

42) Mildred B. Vance, Ed.D.
Professor of Education
1948-2002

43) Wanda G. Walker, M.A.
Associate Professor of English
1947-1980

44) Henry E. White, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Economics
1938-1952

45) Eugene B. Wittlake, Ph.D.
Professor of Botany
1956-1980

1959-2009
46) Robert F. Abbott, Ed.D.
Professor of Counselor Education & Psychology
1967-1991

47) Beverly Bartels, MNSc.
Associate Professor of Nursing
1977-1998

48) John K. Beadles, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
1965-1993

49) J. Edward Bennett, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
1963-1997

50) Sandra Bone, Ph.D.
Professor of Elementary Education
1978-1996

51) John L. Burns, Ph.D.
Professor of Counselor Education & Psychology
1969-1994

52) Richard Carvell, M.S.
Assistant Professor of Radio-Television
1972-2008

53) David W. Chittenden II, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
1967-2000

54) Lee A. Dew, Ph.D.
Professor of History
1963-1970

55) Charles W. Ford, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing
1969-2006

56) Michael B. Dougan, Ph.D.
Professor of History
1970-2006

57) Mary Hartwig, Ph.D.
Professor of Nursing
1972-1998

58) Afak Haydar, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science & Public Administration
1970-1997

59) George Y. Herndon, Ph.D.
Professor of Speech Pathology
1968-1985

60) John P. Hosinski, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Physical Education
1965-1994

61) Daniel R. Hoyt, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
1976-2000

62) Bob D. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor of Zoology
1967-1998

63) John D. Kelly, D.M.A.
Professor of Music
1975-1998

64) B. C. McGough, Ph.D.
Professor of Business
1965-1987

65) Lyman B. Hagen, Ph.D.
Professor of English
1969-1993

66) George L. Harp, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Biology
1967-1999

67) Lawrence Hinck, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
1969-2001

68) Robert L. Hoskins, Ph.D.
Professor of Journalism
1972-1994

69) G. David Jimerson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Chemistry
1970-2002

70) Charles M. Joiner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Social Work
1987-2006

71) Charlott Jones, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art Education
1972-1999

72) John Kaminarides, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics & Business
1968-2001

73) C. Norman Lavers, Ph.D.
Professor of English
1976-2000

74) Evan Lindquist, M.F.A.
Professor of Art
1963-2003

75) Jerry L. Linnstaedter, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
1968-2007

76) Laddie Logan, D.B.A.
Associate Professor of Marketing
1979-2000

77) Mitchell M. Masters, Ed.D.
Professor of Education
1976-2002

78) C. K. McFarland, Ph.D.
Professor of History & Management
1971-1997

79) Alvin McRaven, Ed.D.
Professor of Education
1965-1991

80) Albert L. Mink, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering
1966-2002

81) Roland Mullins, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics & Finance
1965-1986

82) Warren A. North, Ph.D.
Professor of Animal Husbandry
1966-1988

83) Larry A. Olson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Entomology
1970-2001

84) John C. Osoinach, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
1963-1977

85) Mary Susan Power, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
1968-2000

86) Charles L. Rasberry, M.T.
Professor of Radio Television
1961-1987

87) Edward Leon Richards, Ph.D.
Professor of Botany
1963-1994

88) Mary Jean Rutherford, M.Ed.
Associate Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science
1986-2005

89) M. Vance Sales, Ed.D.
Professor of Education
1960-1991

90)  John Marlin Shipman Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Journalism
1981-2007

91) Dewey H. Sifford, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
1961-1997

92)  Alfred R. Skoog, M. M.
Associate Professor of Music
1963-1996

93) C. Calvin Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of History
1970-2002

94) Shirl D. Strauser, Ph.D.
Professor of Accounting
1966-1994

95) James H. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
1965-1980

96) Herman Strickland, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Teacher Education
1972-2008

97) Lonnie E. Talbert, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
1966-1998

98) Grace Whitis, Ph.D.
Professor of Nursing
1985-1998

99) Jess R. White, P. E.D.
Professor of Physical Education
1968-1989

100)  William V. Wyatt, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
1967-2009

*First seven faculty from 1910
# Second group of faculty from 1928

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