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In 1999, the College began offering Distinguished
Alumni Awards, in recognition of the talents and accomplishments
of Fulbright College graduates.
These distinguished alumni were inducted into the
Fulbright College Alumni Academy for 2001. Congratulations to them
all.
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English: LYNA LEE MONTGOMERY
For more than 35 years, Professor Lyna Lee Montgomery has
been a mainstay of the UA Department of English. She earned
her M.A. in 1964 and her Ph.D. in 1967 from the U of A. Dr.
Montgomery has received numerous teaching and advising awards,
including the Cardinal Key Award for Excellence in Teaching
in 1981, the Burlington Northern Outstanding Teacher Award
in 1985, the Fulbright College Outstanding Advisor Award in
1993, and the Fulbright College Master Teacher Award in 1998.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa, she developed courses for the
English department in the Bible as literature, Irish literature,
and the short story. She has been a dissertation advisor for
many doctoral students and served as a member of numerous
UA committees over the years. Professor Montgomery's service
to her students, her department, and the university has been
exemplary.
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Physics: JAMES KNOX HENDREN
Dr. James Knox Hendren, who earned B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
in physics from the U of A, transformed a small company with
four employees into an internationally known company worth
$12 million, with 140 employees and customers in 64 countries.
Arkansas Systems, Inc. (ARKSYS), the largest software firm
in Arkansas, has developed ATM technology for small banks,
as well as products that allow community banks to connect
with regional interchange networks and to offer real-time
and point-of-sale teller machines, telephone banking, credit
card processing and on-line banking. Hendren oversaw the development
of clearing systems for the Central Bank of Russia, the People's
Bank of China, and the states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Ohio.
Arkansas Business named Arkansas Systems, Inc. a "Business
of the Year" in 1987. In 1999 he founded eCountyInfo.com,
a new dot com company offering access to every county in the
country. Hendren is a community leader in Little Rock, serving
as a member of the Arkansas Association of Entrepreneurs,
the Greater Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, the Association
of Knowledge-Based Companies of Arkansas, and the UALR Business
Advisory Council.
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History: BOBBY ROBERTS
Dr. Bobby Roberts, who earned his M.A. in 1972 and Ph.D.
in 1978 in history, became Director of the Central Arkansas
Library System in 1989, after serving as assistant curator
of special collections at the U of A. He was a founding member
of the Arkansas Archivists and Records Managers and the Historic
Preservation Alliance of Arkansas. In 1993, President Clinton
appointed him to the National Commission on Libraries and
Information Science. He has served on the State Review Committee
for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, the Delta
Cultural Center Board and the Board of the Arkansas Department
of Corrections. In honor of his efforts to repeal a statewide
cap on public library tax rates and to build the Central Arkansas
Library System, the Library Journal named him "Librarian of
the Year" in 1997.
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Anthropology: DEBORAH OATES ERWIN
Deborah Oates Erwin, a 1976 UA graduate in anthropology, is
associate professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology at
the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and associate
director for education at the Arkansas Cancer Research Center
in Little Rock. She is co-founder of the Witness Project,
a breast and cervical cancer education and screening program
for African American women. The Project includes cancer survivors
and health advisors in 13 states. Dr. Erwin, who has received
over $4.5 million in federal, state and local funding for
her research, was the 1995 recipient of the Community Service
Award for Individuals from the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
She also holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in anthropology from
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Biological Sciences: C. SUE CARTER
Dr. C. Sue Carter, who received her Ph.D. in zoology from
the U of A, is widely recognized for her research on the hormone
mechanisms that determine monogamous behavior in mammals.
She has reported her findings at over 75 seminars and special
presentations since 1980. She is the author of four books,
The Biology of Monogamy her most recent, as well as
30 book chapters and 116 peer-reviewed publications in scientific
journals. She has held research and teaching positions at
the University of Illinois-Champaign, Stanford University
Medical School, and the National Science Foundation. Carter,
who is principal investigator for over $5 million in extramural
grant support, serves as Distinguished University Professor
in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland
and is a guest researcher at the National Institutes of Health.
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