University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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f r ♦ Gov. Bill Clinton, former law school faculty member, stopped in Fayetteville in the fall of 1991 as he began his campaign for the U.S. presidency. The Arkansas native became the 42nd president in 1992, and the Razorback Marching Band flew to Washington to play in his inaugural parade. Clinton was re-elected in the fall of 1996. [Above, Clinton and supporters on the lawn of Old Main; At left, the marching band in a 1952 parade] 15 THE CENTENNIAL

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THE CENTENNIAL a rkansas Razorbacks for life. Alumni and others associated with the University gave 1 students the opportunity to make a difference around the world through various programs and events over the years. J. William Fulbright (1925, 1947) served in the U.S. Senate for 30 years, chaired the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was president of the University and is the namesake of the Fulbright College of Arts Sciences and the Fulbright Institute of International Relations. In 1996, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp celebrating 50 years of Fulbright scholarship. ♦ In addition to Olympic athletes, Sturgis fellows and world renowned researchers, the University attracted global attention through the works of alumni such as U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright, CBS News correspondent Regina Hopper Blakely and Miss America 1964 Donna Axum Whitworth. In 1954, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited the campus, dined with freshmen women and slept in Holcombe Hall. More than 40 years later, another fi rst lady visited the campus to deliver a commencement address. Former law professor Hillary Rodham Clinton also received an honorary doctorate at the ceremony. [At right, Roosevelt visits with students in 1954] ♦ Hundreds of thousands of students have studied in the classrooms of the University ' s many buildings since it opened more than 125 years ago. Silas H. Hunt broke the color barrier in the state by becoming the first black student at the University (law school) in 1948. Hunt paved the way for such future students as Rodney Slater, who served as director of the Federal Highway Administration. [At right, a classroom in 1907] [people] 14

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jhancellor Daniel Ferritor retired from his post at the helm, planning to return to the classroom in Fulbright College. • A team of student leaders worked to unite the campus community by reviving a 50-year-old tradition. • A professor from the College of Business Administration made a run for Congress, and some students made a run for the state capitol in November to hear President Bill Clinton speak after winning a second term.