UAM to Honor Frank Wilson and Jim Trimm at Homecoming

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UAM to Honor Frank Wilson and Jim Trimm at Homecoming

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Frank Wilson

Rison timber owner Frank Wilson and retired Colorado financier Jim Trimm will be honored by the University of Arkansas at Monticello during the university’s Homecoming celebration Oct. 27-28.

Wilson, owner of Wilson Brothers Lumber Company of Rison, has been selected to receive the Alumni Award for Achievement and Merit. Trimm, a former Boll Weevil basketball star and venture capitalist from Aurora, Colo., will receive the Continuing the Connection Award, presented annually to the alumnus who best keeps alive the connection between Arkansas A&M and UAM

Both awards will be presented at the A&M/UAM Alumni Awards Dinner on Friday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the John F. Gibson University Center.

“We are pleased to honor two individuals who have meant so much to this institution and who have forged such successful lives,” Chancellor Jack Lassiter said. “Frank Wilson has been a success in business, a leader in his community, and a loyal supporter of UAM. Jim Trimm is one of those special people whose love for this university has made him a part of our tradition and history. He was an outstanding basketball player who took that same drive to win and translated it into success in business.”

Wilson earned a bachelor of science degree in forestry from what was then Arkansas A&M in 1966. He became a leader in the south Arkansas timber industry, developing Wilson Brothers Lumber Company and Tri-W Logging and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Arkansas Forestry Association. He is also a member of the UAM Board of Visitors.

Frank Wilson is the oldest of three generations of Wilsons who have earned degrees from, or are currently attending UAM. His son, Harrell and nephews, James and Jeff, earned forestry degrees from UAM and work with Frank Wilson in the timber business along with another nephew, Brad, who also attended UAM. Another son, Jeremy, attended UAM and played football before earning a degree in history. Frank Wilson’s great nephew, Tyler, is currently pursuing a forestry degree at UAM.

“UAM has always meant a lot to me and it’s certainly an honor to be chosen,” Wilson said. “There are probably a lot of people more deserving than I am, but to be a part of the legacy of UAM is very special to me.”

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Jim Trimm

Jim Trimm was a starting forward on the Arkansas A&M basketball team in 1956 when the Boll Weevils won the school’s only conference championship in men’s basketball. Known as “Ace” to his classmates, Trimm grew up in the shadow of the university campus, attended Drew Central schools next door for 12 years and then went to A&M as an un-recruited walk-on for the basketball team.

He quickly earned a scholarship and helped lead the Boll Weevils to one of their most successful four-year periods.

“Those were the happiest days of my life,” Trimm said. “I’ve looked back on those days so many times. That was a very special time. The campus was small and you knew everybody. I was just an old country boy who learned a lot there. Everything I am today I owe to Arkansas A&M. This is a great honor.”

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