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

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I ,A-' . . Dr. James H. Fribourgh Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. James I-I. Fribourgh, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, came fo Liffle Rock Junior College in I949, affer having received his Ph.D. af fhe Sfafe Universify of Iowa. This was fhe colIege's firsf year on if's presenf campus, when fhe cify Iimifs ended wifh Fair Park Boulevard and fhere was only pasfure and farm land wesf of Universify Avenue, fhen a dirf road. This was my firsf iob and I was a long way from home in Iowa. I had never been down fo fhe school - af fhaf fime you iusf negofiafed over fhe felephone and didn'f come in for a visif and all fhe formalifies as done now. I remember I gof in Iafe af nighf and spenf fhe nighf in fhe Lafayeffe Flofel. The nexf morning I wenf fo fake a cab ouf fo Liffle Rock Junior College and fhe cab driver had no idea where fhe junior college was. l'Ie called fhe cab company office on fhe car radio and fhey didn'f know. By fhis fime I was beginning fo wonder 'Whaf have I goffen info, no one knows where fhis place exisfsl' Finally affer I5 or 20 minufes fhey figured ouf. 'Oh, fhaf rnusf be fhe place ouf fhere fha ofher side of Fair Park,' and sure enough if was. From fhe days of Liffle Rock Junior College and World War ll veferans fo fhe days of fhe Universify of Arkansas, Liffle Rock and Vief Nam veferans, Dr. Fribourgh has seen a con- sisfency in fhe mafurify level of sfudenfs enrolled here. The fesfs given fo graduafes of fhis school fend fo be a good bil higher fhan fhey are on ofher campuses. This fall we had exarninafion fearns, Norfh Cenfral and NCATE - Nafional Council for Accredifafion of Teacher Educafion, and bofh sefs of examining feams were very much impressed wifh fhe sfudenfs fhaf fhey mef here. Several iusf flaf made fhe sfafemenf, We'lI be glad fo frade you our sfudenf body for your's sighf unseen. The fhing fhaf seemed fo impress fhem was fhe level of mafurify of fhe sfudenfs fhey saw and mel' here on campus compared fo fheir own campuses and fhe sense of purpose: mosf sfudenfs going fo school oul' here are going for some kind of reasonably serious reason. If's nof fhaf fheir folks are rolling in money and iusf wanf fo pay a preffy good price for a babysiffer for fhe nexf four years, if you see whaf I mean. Usually sfudenfs here have a preffy good idea of where fhey are going. A concern of Dr. Fribourgh is as fhe universify grows fhe UALR sfudenf body mighf creafe exfra-curricular acfivifies foo much like fhose of ofher Arkansas colleges. The parf fhaf ofher schools don'f face is fhere is a Iof of compefing acfivifies in Liffle Rock. You're nof Iirnifed fo a school dance: any given weekend fhere is a large number of parfies and dances going on in fhe Liffle Rock area. I wonder if perhaps we're frying foo hard fo copy whaf ofher schools are doing and maybe we should be launching ouf info fypes of pro- grams fhaf ofher schools don'f have buf fie in more wifh whaf isn'f available ofher places in Liffle Rock. Dr. Fribourgh is inferesfed in possibilifies of a more nafional and infernafional enrollmenf here. I fhink parf of fhe advanfage of a school is fhe diversify if brings and I would wish for more. If's always a problem of a sfafe school fo fend fo affracf fhe maiorify of sfudenfs iusf from fhal' sfafe and since we don'f have dormifories we're affecfed even more in geffing fhe maiorify nof only iusf from fhe sfafe, buf wifhin commufing disfance of Liffle Rock. I fhink one of fhe main advanfages dormifories would bring fo This campus would be for increase fhe diversify and fo gef sfudenfs here from Maine and Florida fo California and Washingfon. The same fhing even beyond fhaf, we only have somewhere around fhirfy infernafional sfudenfs and I wish we had a much larger popula- fion of infernafional sfudenfs. You probably end up learning ag much, if nof a good bif more, oufsicle fhe classroom as you do inside fhe classroom, and fhe more differenf people, fhe more differenf backgrounds you're exposed fo, I fhink fhe beffer off you are. Previously Chairman of fhe Division of Life Sciences, Dr. Fribourgh has been Iisfed in Who's Who in fhe Soufh and Soufhwesfu, Leaders in American Science , Who's Who in American Educafionu, and Arkansas Lives . I-Ie has published many arficles, fwo wifhin fhe Iasf year, in professional journals in areas of fishery biology. During fhe sfudy of a new drug applicafion, ferramisim, for fhe Pfized Drug Company, Dr. Fribourgh coordinafed research on effecfs, if any, fhe drug, a freafmenf of diseases in caffish, mighf have on humans who con- sume caffish. Dr. Fribourgh was recenfly elecfed a Fellow of fhe American Associafion for fhe Advancemenf of Science and has also! been selecfed a Cerfified Fishery Scienfisf by fhe American Fishery Sociefy. Dr. Fribourgh became Vice Chancellor for Academic Af- fairs in i969 and will serve as Acfing Chancellor when Dr. Sfabler refires fhis summer.

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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.

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,,2Y,. ,v,1'., X dir- f F 'U' ,g 3, .. W- . -5, A . 4' ., f 'Vai ' -- fa . 5 , s3i, jf': 1 . . -f L 2.1 1:2 f.31f3 gEz,gsrfj ,f. ' . ',.' J , ,J x 45, V ' 'r 'v If ' as -, 'ws -,, - A V22 ' ' A , si if ' ' f'Q,,Q,'f1, X I ,VM ...J fi Q FRED OAKLEY, DirecTor of lnsTiTuTional STudies, B.S., Arkan- sas AgriculTural, Mechanical, -and Normal College: M.S. Uni- versiTy ol: Arkansas. Mr. Oakley conducTs The UniversiTy's con- Tinued selT-evaluaTion To The end ThaT iTs educaTional mission may be realized. Mr. Oakley is a member of The NaTional EducaTion AssociaTion, STaTe Board oT Pardon and Parole, STaTe Board of Farmers Home AdminisTraTion, and Kappa Alpha Psi TraTerniTy. SUE PINE, AssociaTe DirecTor of lnTormaTion and Alumni Affairs, B.A., UniversiTy of Arkansas. Mrs. Pine, who visiTed some '50 high schools Tor recruiTing purposes This year, has been acTive in many phases of The UALR publiciTy program. Named one oT The OuTsTanding Young Women of America in l967, Mrs. Pine served as coordinaTor, wiTh Dean Teagel, of The presenT re- cruiTing sysTem ThaT culminaTed in The High School Senior Open House Day February 27. ChancelIor's Office NEYLAND HESTER, AssisTanT To The Chancellor, B.A., RoosevelT UniversiTy oT Chicago: B.D., Th.M., SouThern MeTho- disT UniversiTy. Mr. HesTer, who is currenTly conducTing research Tor The designing of TuTure buildings and oTher campus consTruc- Tion, assisTs The chancellor in all adminisTraTive areas. A gradu- aTe school insTrucTor aT SMU prior To coming To LRU, Mr. HesTer coordinaTes public relaTions and direcTs The graduaTion exercises. CHARLES E. LaMAR, AssisTanT To The Vice Chancellor, B.A., M.A., Baylor UniversiTy. Previously serving as counselor, psychom- eTrisT and insTrucTor in psychology, Mr. LaMar serves as DirecTor of The Evening Division. Among his duTies are compiling The semesTer schedules. and direcTing publicaTion of The UALR NEWS LETTER. Q 4