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Everett Slavens, Lontime Ouachita History Professor, Remembered As "Profile In Courage", Ouachita News Bureau
Everett Slavens, Lontime Ouachita History Professor, Remembered As "Profile In Courage", Ouachita News Bureau
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Dr. G. Everett Slavens, professor emeritus of history at Ouachita Baptist University, passed away at the age of 85 on May 15 in Las Cruces, N.M., where he had lived since 2010.
Dr. Slavens was known as a dedicated teacher and mentor for many students and young colleagues throughout his career and maintained lifelong relationships with them. He earned his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and PhD degrees in history at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He taught at the School of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo., and began a 36-year teaching career at Ouachita in 1961, where …
Ouachita Professor Emerita Virginia Queen Remembered For Life Of Music And Service, Trennis Henderson, Ouachita News Bureau
Ouachita Professor Emerita Virginia Queen Remembered For Life Of Music And Service, Trennis Henderson, Ouachita News Bureau
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Miss Virginia Queen, Professor Emerita of Music at Ouachita Baptist University, died Wednesday, March 29, at age 96.
Miss Queen, who graduated from Ouachita in 1944 with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees, also earned a Master of Music degree from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. She taught at Prescott High School and the Tennessee College for Women before joining the Ouachita music faculty in 1946. She retired in 1986 after 40 years of service at Ouachita. In recent years, she resided at Parkway Village in Little Rock.
Dr. J.D. Patterson, Noted Ouachita Supporter, Remembered For Life Of Ministry And Service, Trennis Henderson
Dr. J.D. Patterson, Noted Ouachita Supporter, Remembered For Life Of Ministry And Service, Trennis Henderson
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Dr. J.D. Patterson, a noted alumnus, benefactor and former trustee of Ouachita Baptist University, died Sunday, March 26, at age 90.
University trustees affirmed Dr. Patterson’s lifelong commitment to Ouachita by naming the J.D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences in his honor in 2002. A 1947 Ouachita alumnus, he received Ouachita’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1984 and an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1999. He served two terms on the Ouachita Board of Trustees from 2005 through 2011.