Release Date: May 7, 2002
CHANCELLOR WHITE HONORED,
JPH GETS BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
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CONGRESSMAN JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT is shown holding the John Paul Hammerschmidt First Federal Bank Endowed Chair in Instruction plaque. Names of faculty members who receive the award each year will be engraved on the plaque, which is on display in the Bennie Ellis Boardroom at North Arkansas College. |
University of Arkansas Chancellor John A. White accepted the 2002 Ozarks Ambassador Award and former U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt received a birthday surprise Saturday night during the North Arkansas College Foundation’s annual Evening on the Plaza Dinner.
In honor of Hammerschmidt’s 80th birthday, which he celebrated Saturday, First Federal Bank of Harrison donated an endowed chair to the Northark Foundation. Larry Brandt, president of First Federal Bank, and his wife, Cathy, who is a member and two-time past president of the North Arkansas College Foundation Board, made the announcement and joined about 180 others attending the dinner in singing happy birthday to Hammerschmidt, who serves as chairman of First Federal Bank’s board.
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| LARRY BRANDT (left), president of First Federal Bank, is shown presenting a plaque to former U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt announcing the creation of the John Paul Hammerschmidt First Federal Bank Endowed Chair in Instruction at North Arkansas College. The gift to the North Arkansas College Foundation was made in honor of Hammerschmidt’s 80th birthday Saturday, May 4, during the annual Evening on the Plaza Dinner at Northark. |
The John Paul Hammerschmidt First Federal Bank Endowed Chair for Instruction is Northark’s sixth endowed chair. To establish an endowed chair at North Arkansas College, a gift to the North Arkansas College Foundation of $50,000 or more is required. Earnings from these endowments are used to fund special projects proposed by Northark faculty members. A college committee, chaired by the vice president for instruction, selects faculty members each year that receive funding.
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| CHANCELLOR JOHN A. WHITE and his wife, Mary Lib, are shown with the Ozarks Ambassador Award following the North Arkansas College Foundation’s annual Evening on the Plaza Dinner. White, a former resident of Harrison and a 1957 graduate of Harrison High School, received the award in recognition of his outstanding career as a leader in higher education. |
Dr. Jeff Olson, president of North Arkansas College, hosted the Evening on the Plaza Dinner. The event also featured a report from Kay Maris, president of Northark’s foundation board, on the foundation’s activities this past year. The dinner, held in the conference center of the JPH Business and Conference Center, was preceded by a reception for Chancellor White and his wife, Mary Lib, in the South Campus student center and on the JPH Plaza. White’s parents, Austin and Ella Mae White, also attended. White’s father, Austin, is a former principal at Harrison High School. His mother was an elementary teacher in Harrison.
Chancellor White, a 1957 graduate of Harrison High School, thanked the crowd for the warm welcome home and shared his vision for making the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville a world-class institution. Three Northark students who have received John A. White Scholarships to attend Arkansas were also introduced.
