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UAM Celebrates Centennial
History During Graduation Exercises (5/18/09)
Photo No. 1
Danny G. Adams of Hermitage waves to the crowd after being introduced as the
first graduate of the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Adams completed
his degree on December 17, 1971, the year Arkansas A&M merged with the
University of Arkansas. Adams recently retired after teaching 27 years in
the Hermitage school system.
Photo No. 2Dr. Claude Babin, the last president of Arkansas A&M and first
chancellor of UAM, acknowledges the applause of the audience at commencement
exercises at Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium. Babin was one of a number of
dignitaries invited to take part in a historical retrospective of the
university.
Photo No. 3
(From left) Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge Sam Bird and LeAnne Bird of
Little Rock visit with former State Senator Jim Scott of Warren at a
reception prior to UAM’s graduation. Sam Bird is the grandson of the late
Ibrey Allen Bird, the first chairman of the board of trustees of what was
originally known as the Fourth District Agricultural School. Scott, one of
the leaders of the merger between A&M and the University of Arkansas, served
on the last A&M board of trustees and the first UAM advisory board.
Photo No. 4
Former Wandering Weevil Frank “Buddy” Carson draws a cheer from the crowd at
UAM’s commencement on Friday. Carson was a halfback on the nationally famous
Arkansas A&M football team that earned the reputation as the “Marx Brothers
of College Football.”
Photo No. 5
Chancellor Jack Lassiter addresses the graduates and their family and
friends at commencement.
Photo No. 6
Louine Leech of Monticello, the niece of former Arkansas A&M President
Marvin Bankston and a 1938 A&M graduate, is introduced to the audience at
commencement.
Photo No. 7
(From left) Marsha Moffatt Daniels, Minnie May Moffatt and Pattie Moffatt,
descendants of Judge William Turner Wells, were special guests at UAM’s
commencement. The late Judge Wells donated the land that became the
University of Arkansas at Monticello.
Photo No. 8
Happy graduate Janelle Martin of Monticello waves to friends as she and the
rest of the Class of 2009 march into Convoy Leslie-Cotton Boll Stadium.
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