Distinguished Alumnus
UALR College of Business Seeks Nominations for Alumni Awards
The UALR College of Business is seeking nominations for its 2009 Distinguished Alumnus and Young Alumnus awards. Recipients will be recognized at the College’s awards luncheon Oct. 16, 2009.
Candidates for the Distinguished Alumnus must be a graduate of the UALR College of Business (undergraduate or graduate student) and someone who has made a significant impact as a leader in a business or nonprofit organization, has made a difference in the community and/or at UALR, and is available to attend the awards luncheon.
To be nominated for the College of Business Young Alumnus of the Year award, he or she must have graduated (undergraduate or graduate) from the College of Business between 2004 and 2009, shown promise as a leader in the business or nonprofit community, been involved in the community and/or at UALR, and be available to attend the awards luncheon.
Letters of nomination should be sent by July 21 to Dr. Jane P. Wayland, associate dean of Graduate Studies, UALR College of Business, 2801 South University, Little Rock, AR, 72204 or e-mail jpwayland@ualr.edu. Electronic submissions are encouraged.
Elizabeth Small, president and CEO of PDC Companies and PDC Construction in Little Rock, was the 2008 Distinguished Alumna recipient. She earned an Executive MBA in 2000 and is a licensed Arkansas Real Estate Broker. The 2008 Young Alumnus Award winner was Drew Higginbothom, who received his MBA from UALR in 2006 and is a commercial lines property and casualty broker at Ramsey, Krug, Farrell, and Lensing.
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AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
The UALR Alumni Association annually awards the Distinguished Alumnus Award to a Little Rock Junior College, Little Rock University, or UALR alumnus. The Distinguished Alumnus Award is recognized as a method to acknowledge exceptional achievement of former students of the University. The award is reserved for individuals who have achieved extraordinary distinction in their chosen field and made special contributions to the community.
ALUMNI SPONSORS
The award is sponsored by the UALR Alumni Association, which is led by a 21 member Board of Directors.
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Galen Barbour, 2009 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year
Dr. Galen Barbour ‘63 holds a place in UALR history by earning the first pre-med degree. He has been professor of preventive medicine and director of Health Services Administration in the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Md. since 2000.
After studying at Little Rock University (now UALR), he got his M.D. from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and followed with post doctoral training there and at Akron General Hospital in Ohio. As an Air Force captain in the 1960s, Dr. Barbour was stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas and received a Commendation Medal for improving healthcare delivery.
He has held academic and hospital administration appointments in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and several medical schools in Little Rock, Hampton, Va., and Washington, D.C. area. In Little Rock, he was on the UAMS Medical Center staff and associate professor at its College Of Medicine, on the consulting staff at Arkansas Baptist Medical Center, and served as director of the Arkansas VA Medical Center Hemodialysis Unit.
In Hampton, Barbour was chief of medical service, professor, and vice chair of the Department of Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. In 1990, he moved to Washington, D.C. to be associate chief medical director for quality management at the VA Central Office Headquarters, where he received an Exemplary Service Award and a Distinguished Career Award. Barbour later served as director of planning, education, and performance improvement at the VA Medical Center, was a professor of medicine at Georgetown Medical School and George Washington School of Medicine, and was an adjunct professor in the Georgetown School of Business.
His wife Carolyn graduated from UALR in 1962. They are both lifetime members of the UALR Alumni Association.
(2009 President Award Recipient)
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Recipients of the Distinguished Alumnus Award
(formerly Shield of the Trojan Award)
1950 Dr. Granville B. Davis*
1951 Dr. William Darby
1952 Ms. Mary Burt Nash*
1953 Mr. Robert Lowry*
1954 Ms. Jean Woolfolk*
1955 Ms. Bobbie Forster*
1956 Mr. Richard C. Butler*
1957 Mr. E. Grainger Williams
1958 Mr. Windsor P. Booth*
1959 Dr. Drew Agar*
1960 Mr. James H. Rice
1961 Ms. Matilda Tuohey*
1962 Mr. Robert Gannaway*
1963 Mr. Al Pollard*
1964 Rev. Lester G. McAllister
1965 Rev. Fred Cloud
1966 Mr. Roy Kumpe*
1967 Mr. Orville Henry*
1968 Dr. E. Lee McLean*
1969 Mr. Robert P. Taylor
1970 Mr. Richard B. Dixon
1971 Dr. Carlyle G. Caldwell
1972 Mr. Harold J. Engstrom Jr.*
1973 Ms. Alice Gray*
1974 Dr. Gerald Burns Robins
1975 Mr. C. W. Koepple*
1976 Mr. Herschel H. Friday*
1977 Dr. John A. Larson*
1978 Mr. Claud L. Holbert*
1979 Ms. Peg Newton Smith*
1980 Dr. Alfred Kahn
1981 Mr. Frank L. Whitbeck*
1982 Mr. Jerry Maulden
1983 Mr. Ben Allen, Jr.
1984 Ms. Mary F. Worthen
1985 Mr. Pat M. Riley
1986 Ms. Betty Fowler
1987 Mr. Sam Bracy
1988 Mr. Peyton Rice
1989 Mr. Bob Lamb
1990 Mr. E. Kearney Dietz
1991 Col. A. J. Almand*
1992 Ambassador James Richard Cheek
1993 Ms. Lee Hogan Cass
1994 Mr. Lester Hosto*
1995 Mr. Don L. Riggin and Dr. John L. Wilson
1996 Mr. Jim P. Spradley
1997 Mr. Thomas L. Goodgame
1998 Mr. Carl G. Hunter*
1999 Mr. Ted A. Parkhurst
2000 Ms. Mary Mel French
2001 Mr. J. Walter Keller
2002 Dr. Renie Bressinck
2003 Dr. John Carland
2004 Catherine L. Hughes
2005 Ambassador Koby Koomson
2009 Gaylen Barbour ‘63
* Deceased