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Tech Action
Autumn 2013
Meet your new favorite
Wonder Boy: Jerry returns
as campus ambassador.
Pages 10-11.
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A memorable return for a Tech alumnus
It had been almost 40 years since Elton Eisele, Arkansas We extend our appreciation to Elton for his aerial
Tech University Class of 1976, had laid eyes on his alma photos of campus. Take a closer look…do you see some
mater. So when he came back to Homecoming 2013, he facilities that you do not recognize? If it has been a while
wanted to get the best view possible. since you have visited campus, you will probably be as
impressed as Elton was. Start your visit to campus at
Elton captured the photograph below this letter, and the Alumni House, which is located at 1313 N. Arkansas
many others, while flying over the Arkansas Tech campus Avenue. We would love to see you and hear your Tech story.
during Homecoming weekend. He was generous enough to
share them with our office and give us permission to share In the meantime, enjoy all of the Homecoming photos
them with you in Tech Action. and the updates from campus in this issue of Tech Action.
As you can see, Elton is equally talented as both a Fight On, Arkansas Tech!
photographer and a pilot. Elton served as director of
bands at Niles North High School in Skokie, Ill., from 1983-
2012. Shortly after his retirement from teaching school,
he was appointed director of flight instruction at the Kelly Davis ‘81
Northwest Flyers Flight School in suburban Chicago. Director of Alumni Relations and the Tech Loyalty Fund
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President: Jim White ‘78 President-Elect: Todd Sweeden ‘76
Katherine Nunn Bowden ‘54 12/13 Jim White ‘78 12/13 Sandy Smith ‘86 12/14 Cody Hill ‘07 12/15
Sue Chiolino ‘68 12/13 Vickie Yates ’79 & ‘89 12/13 Matthew White ‘06 12/14 Sherry Nordin Polsgrove ‘81 12/15
Brenda Metcalf Hipp ‘63 12/13 Jim Higgs ‘73 12/14 Cara Hammond Witherspoon ‘78 12/14 Dustin Parsons ‘10 12/15
Steve Kesner ‘77 12/13 Truman Hill ‘70 12/14 Jared Wood ‘97 12/14 Justin Price ‘01 12/15
Tayler Melton ‘10 12/13 Sarah Beth Phillips ‘06 12/14 Leila Bean Alston ‘77 12/15 Melissa Owens Steeves ‘07 12/15
Todd Sweeden ‘76 12/13 Joshua Ray ‘06 12/14 Susan McIntyre Dunn ‘83 12/15 Kendall Tabor ‘89 & ‘92 12/15
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Homecoming 2013
Arkansas Tech University welcomed
home a long-lost Wonder Boy legend
during Homecoming 2013.
Jerry the Bulldog (photographed,
above, with Homecoming queen
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Molly Gibson) was re-introduced as Autumn 2013
campus ambassador after a
76-year absence during a ceremony on
Homecoming Saturday. See pages 10-11
to learn more about Jerry.
The following pages show images
from all of the Homecoming 2013 events.
Visit www.flickr.com/arkansastech to view
more Homecoming photos.
Homecoming 2013
Ladies Champagne Bingo
Friday, October 25
Lake Point Conference Center
Julie Morgan, Mona Ingram, Pam Mathis
Ann Filyaw, Judy Murphy, Travis Holiman, Mary Ann Rollans, V. Carole Smith
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Peggy Stratton, Claudia Fellows Anita Markle, Paula Stamps, Charlotte Linch, Linda Rush
Homecoming 2013
Homecoming Golf Classic
Friday, October 25
Russellville Country Club
The three-man team of Bill Curtis, Wyn Norwood and
David Rollans fired a 13-under par round of 58 to win the
2013 Arkansas Tech University Homecoming Golf Classic at
Russellville Country Club on Friday, Oct. 25.
Curtis/Norwood/Rollans finished two strokes clear of the
field, which included 30 teams and a total of 90 individuals
playing in support of the Arkansas Tech Alumni Association
Scholarship.
Bill Curtis, Wyn Norwood, David Rollans
Proceeds from the Homecoming Golf Classic have helped
the Arkansas Tech Alumni Association fund more than
$63,000 in scholarships over the past three years.
The winning team made 13 birdies and five pars. The key
to their victory was an 8-under par score of 28 on the back
nine.
The Par-3 Seventh Hole at Russellville Country Club
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Bob Whorton, Tommy Hindsman, Richard Peel Don Ed Fronabarger, Todd Dennis, Dan Nicholson Ronnie Higgins, Larry LaFevers, Truman Pew
2013 Homecoming Golf Classic Results
First Flight Third Flight
Bill Curtis/Wyn Norwood/David Rollans 58 Larry LaFevers/Ronnie Higgins/Truman Pew 64
Tommy Hindsman/Richard Peel/Bob Whorton 60 Jim Bentley/Gordon Dunn/Bill Grant 65
Bucky Croom/Johnny Morgan/Walter Ramsey 61 Keith Moore/Alex Pipkin/Jamie Sorrells 66
Jimmy Cunningham/Nelson Ennis/Dan Lovelady 61 Harold Cornett/Gerald Harvell/Dan Smith 67
John Paul Davis/Tim Douglass/Matt McCoy 61 Jack Bradford/Larry Cotton/Bob Ratchford 67
Randy Joe Hamilton/Graham Rucker/Todd Rucker 61 Steve Fisher/Steve Lunsford/Rick Pilkington 67
Adam Anderson/Clay Anderson/Dusty Bonds 62 Ken Freeman/Ken Vess/Keith Vess 67
Scott Dorminy/Bryan Fisher/Heath Styles 62
Fourth Flight
Second Flight Paul Ehrle/Brian James/David Mann 68
Todd Dennis/Don Ed Fronabarger/Dan Nicholson 62 Beau Funderburk/John Rommel/Greg Thompson 68
Chris Boudreaux/John Reno/Earnest Taylor 63 Randy Bittle/Alvin Lievsay/Jim Parker 70
Louis Besancon/Arnold Bowden/Steven Horne 63 Kent Bartlett/John Feltner/Mike King 70
Donnie Parks/Glenn Parks/Jean Parks 63 Daniel Connerly/Alan Kizer/Scott Swanson 73
David Gatling/Jerry Gatling/David Robinson 63 B.J. Bayer/Travis Horn/Will Wetzel 73
Steve Dixon/Bobby Furnatter/Joey James 63 Matt Hagenlocker/Jason McCurrie/Rex Rose 77
Beau Dollar/Steven Sosebee/Brittany Tolliver 63 Mary Gunter/Theresa Herrick/Danny Ketcherside 84
Homecoming 2013
Friday Night Events
Friday, October 25
Lake Point Conference Center
Kathy Bowden, Duahn Walter
Darryl Melton, Marty Melton
Elton Eisele, Reber Clark, Julie Morgan, Madelon Cheatham
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Robert C. Brown, Johnny Morgan
Carolyn McGee, Suzanne Harmon Jack Wright, Harley Davis
Bob Ratchford, Dean Wilburn, Kenny Saylors, Jack Bradford
Homecoming 2013
Saturday Events
Saturday, October 26
Lake Point & On Campus
Hindsman Players Reunion
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James Hudspeth, Mary Nell Cotton, Donovan Horn
Robert Norman, Harley Davis Bobby Price, Don Johnston, Charles Warner
Robert C. Brown, Ralph Boen Alumni T Club Annual Meeting
Homecoming 2013
Saturday Events
Saturday, October 26
Tomlinson Hall & Centennial Plaza
Perry Raley, Ray Reynolds, Arnold Bowden
Jock Davis, Bob Edwards The Caraway Hall Girls
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Melba Davis, Sue Stallings Carl Baswell, David Moseley
Arkansas Tech ROTC Students and Alumni
Homecoming 2013
Return of Jerry
Saturday, October 26
Williamson Hall & Thone Stadium
Ceremony Welcoming Jerry Home
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Jerry, Charles Blanchard
Jim Murphy, Jerry
Todd Sweeden, Jerry, Maysel Teeter
Jerry and The Young Family
Homecoming 2013
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Campus Ambassador rejoins Tech Family after 76 years away
After 76 years away from home, Jerry the Bulldog has Robert A. Young Sr., who grew up to serve as purchasing
returned to Arkansas Tech University to serve in the role agent, business manager, vice president for business
of campus ambassador. affairs and vice president for administration at Arkansas
Tech from 1941-84 as well as interim president in 1972.
Jerry was adopted as campus ambassador by
a unanimous vote of the Arkansas Tech Student Jerry spent much of his time on campus at the armory
Government Association during its meeting at the Doc (now known as the Stroupe Building) with National Guard
Bryan Student Services Center on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Battery F. The students and guardsmen there adopted
Jerry as one of their own.
The re-introduction of Jerry does not affect the
nicknames for the Arkansas Tech intercollegiate athletics An article from the Feb. 26, 1936, issue of the Arka
Want More teams, which will continue to be known as the Wonder Tech student newspaper stated that Jerry exhibited
Jerry? Boys and the Golden Suns. “determination” and that his only bad habit seemed to be
a fondness for chewing on shoes.
As campus ambassador, Jerry will represent Arkansas
Visit Tech at campus events and athletics competitions The article went on to state that Jerry was “always
www.atu.edu/jerry throughout the academic year. present at anything of importance at the armory,” which
to learn more was a social center of campus at that time and the site of
about the return The original Jerry was a daily part of life at Arkansas Arkansas Tech home basketball games.
of a Wonder Boy Tech in the mid-1930s. He was owned by William O. Young,
legend. who oversaw the business affairs of Arkansas Tech as When the original Jerry passed away in late 1937, the
secretary and bursar from 1917-42 and acted as interim headline in the Arka Tech proclaimed “Campus Loses
president of the college from 1923-25; and his son, Mascot in Passing of Jerry.”