University of Arkansas Little Rock - Trojan Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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Chancellor Carey V. Sraloler ATTer several years oT sTudy. plans were being made To inauguraTe a Tour year program aT LiTTle Rock Junior College and The school was searching Tor a man To do The iob. The new presidenT would have The immediaTe challenge oT developing The school as rapidly as possible inTo a Tour year insTiTuTion oT such a gualiTy Thal' iT would receive accrediTaTion. Dr. Carey V. Slabler was chosen. Dr. STabler came To LiTTle Rock Junior College in l956. l'lis TirsT year was occupied in preparaTions Tor The change To a Tour year universiTy in l957. The goal oT his nexT Three years insTiTuTion, Dr. STabler has Taken The school Trom a small junior college Through a conTroversial decision To go To a Tour year universiTy. and Then Trom a privaTe universiTy To parT oT The Unive-rsiTy of Arkansas complex. BuT Then, Dr. STabler, who is a Phi BeTa Kappa member and a Fellow of The lnTernaTional lnsTiTuTe of ArTs and LeTTers, isn'T one Tor any degree of inacTiviTy. Since coming To LiTTle Rock his communiTy involvemenT has been considerably exTensive. Dur- ing l962-63 he served as p'residenT oT The Arkansas UniTed NaTions AssociaTion. From I963 Through l968. Dr. STabler was 'Ae ' 'eyes- . 1 x- 'i

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ARNOLD MAYERSOHN Vice-Presidenf and Treasurer Sferling Sfores, Inc. 'V 5 Fir Q I . 'Q 6,1 f Raimi JAMES H. PENICK, SR. Chairman of +I1e Board Wor+I1en Bank and Trusf Co. .-ff , ,.........,s 3 GUS OTTENH EI M ER Offenheimer Brorhers Invesfmenlrs ,J 4 JOHN A. RIGGS. JR. Presidenf J. A. Riggs J. A. Riggs Tracfor Co. its-Avis, HUGH B. PATTERSON JR Publisher Arkansas Gazeife I-IEBERT C. RULE JR Secrefary-Treasurer Manufacfurers Eurnifure Co M If M.. 1 x ww. 9 'W 2' 'E CARL R- STOUT E. GRAINGER WILLIAMS EDWARD L. WRIGHT Refired as Manager Presidenlr Arfrorney AIcoa WiIIiams and Rosen, Inc. WrigI'1I, Lindsey, and Jennings My . H! ' ik: gf, A K , i,....., - .1 , I Q E . NI

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Chairman of The Board and DirecTor oT The LiTTle Rock Branch of The Federal Reserve Board and in I963 he was voTed GreaTer LiTTle Rock Man of The Year. The Pulaski CounTy Red Cross was anoTher of his inTeresT and Trom I964 To l968 Dr. STabler was was realized in l96O when The NorTh CenTral AssociaTion oT Colleges and Secondary Schools noT only awarded LiTTle Rock UniversiTy a high accrediTaTion, buT also praised The school as one of The mosT academically exciTing campuses in The counTry. IT was only six years laTer ThaT LiTTle Rock UniversiTy and The UniversiTy of Arkansas began a series oT discussions and nego- 4 K TiaTions looking Toward a merger oT The Two schools and on Sep- Tember I, I969, Dr. STabler became The TirsT chancellor oT The UniversiTy of Arkansas aT LiTTle Rock. ln iusT sixTeen oT The TasTesT paced years oT any Arkansas a member of iTs Board oT DirecTors. ThroughouT i962 To I967 he was on The Board oT DirecTors oT The RoTary Club oT LiTTle Rock, being presidenT in I964 and 65. Also a member of The LiTTle Rock Chamber oT Commerce, Dr. STabler has held a posiTion on iTs Board oT DirecTors in I968 and 69. From I958 To I968 Dr. STabler was on The OTTicial Board oT The FirsT UniTed MeThodisT Church oT LiTTle Rock. He was also a member oT The i968 Seminar in ComparaTive Higher EducaTion aT EasTern and WesTern European UniversiTies. GraduaTing wiTh a B.S. in hisTory Trom The UniversiTy oT Alabama, Dr. STabler also obTained his lv1.A. There. He received his Ph.D. Trom Duke UniversiTy, social hisTory oT The public healTh sysTem being The subiecT oT his disserTaTion. ln 1965 Dr. STabler was honored wiTh a l.l..D. Trom Hendrix College. Dr. STabler's career in academics has included being a high school principal and aThleTic coach: a ProTessor oT HisTory and PoliTical Science: AssisTanT To The PresidenT, Alabama Col- lege: Dean oT Shepherd College, WesT Virginia: and Dean oT Florence STaTe College, Alabama. LasT presidenT of LiTTle Rock Junior College, only presidenT oT LiTTle Rock UniversiTy, and TirsT chancellor oT The UniversiTy oT Arkansas, LiTTle Rock, Dr. STabler will reTire This year. Though reTired, Dr. STabler will again be Tar Trom inacTive. Thoroughly inTeresTed in currenT aTTairs and poliTical science, Dr. STabler aTTempTs To keep abreasT oT recenT evenTs and inTer- naTional siTuaTions. Having played varsiTy Tennis aT The UniversiTy oT Alabama, Dr. STabler is an avid enThusiasT oT The game, and also enioys some golT. Several years ago The STablers who have Two married children and Tour grandchildren, purchased a lake- side home on Lake HamilTon and will reside There. One oT Ar- kansas' ToremosT recreaTional sporTs and a recenT TavoriTe of Dr. STabler is Tishing. Dr. and Mrs. STabler also enioy Traveling ThroughouT The UniTed STaTes and will perhaps visiT The Tour or Tive sTaTes They lack in seeing all TiTTy. Dr. STabler also looks wiTh inTeresT To The TuTure oT UALR. WiTh The compleTion oT The EasT Building The UniversiTy oT Ar- kansas GraduaTe School oT Social Work will be locaTed on The UALR campus. Dr. STabler hopes This will encourage building of TaciliTies To move The LiTTle Rock division oT The UA Law School onTo The UALR campus. AnoTher area Dr. STabler believes immediaTe developmenT necessary is ThaT oT dormiTories. ATTer seven years of working Toward This, Dr. STabler was successTul in obTaining Tunds Tor a beginning oT This goal. However, one oT The provisions oT The LRU-UA merger was ThaT consideraTion oT dorms on The UALR campus would be posTponed Tor a I5 year period. Dr. STabler agrees wiTh The many who believe circumsTances will require reconsidering Them aT an earlier daTe. SomewhaT like a paTienT TaTher, Dr. STabler has guided This school Trom inTancy, Through adolescence To The sophisTi- caTed universiTy iT is Today. This energeTic man Trom Alabama has seT The pace Tor a rapid progress and leaves The universiTy wiTh an eminenT promise Tor The TuTure. Peace and happiness in your reTiremenT, Dr. STabler.