Pryor Scrapbook Clippings, 1955-1980

,. as bo 1916 at Uni y, He was graduated f ding with a B.S. deg and received the M. from Upiversity of Te 1942. After serving in Navy, 1943-46 ere ed as aviatio~ · ysiol entered Universi y of ter edical Sc . I ed tfie Ph. D. egree in 949. .He headed th Department o. , ~ - - ---- – B1ology at Abil e Ch r istian track and cros College in AbUeQe, Texas 1949- during his first ears back at 51, was head the Department Harding, and imlfnediately built of Physiolo i o ph y s i c s, up a championship cr~s-coun- School of Avia, n Medici n e, try team. Hf had an abund~ - San Antonio, 19 -59, and head~ ·of skill in training athletes, in– ed the Division f Aerospace c;luding the most mportant 0 Medicine, Aerosp e Medical knack of building confidence and Center, Brooks ~ Base, Tex- a determination to win. T h _is as, 1959-iO. has made Harding the domin- While serving a director o f hnt leader in track in r e c e nt · re-search and dep y direct or , years. Civil Aeromedical Res e- a re h Dr. Clark has written or col– Institute, Federal Aviation Ag- laborated with others in t q e ency, Oklahom City, 1~1, heJ authorship of more than 50 was also a l rer in pbysio-· scholarly journal publicatiqns, logy at Unive ity of Texas He became a member 1 a st Medical Schoo in Galvest o n. year of the board of the Ameri– He was aead mic vice-presi- -can Oollege nf Sports Medicine dent of Oklaho a City Universi- for which he established a re– ty, 196113 wh re he instituted search bulletin which WJS an intensi~e ysical fitn e s s scheduled to beoorne a full jour- research prog nal in the near future. , Dr. Clark r rned to H a r- In a book recently ru,Jblisbed, ding in 1963 a vice-presi.d e nt by Baker Book House, entitled, in charge of research and built "Why Scientists Accept Evolu– up a program which has brought , tion,'' he collaborated with Dr, national attention to the co 1- J. D. Bales in authorship.. lege. His program until recent- . . He is survivoo by his w i f e, ly~ ws c ted mostly on the former Ch~rline Bergner. of ">hy · fi nd the medi- Isabel, Kansas; a son, Robert cal of sports. 0 the r ,T. III, 22, who is a student at ·md broader research in t h e University of Arkansas School field of health were at t he of Medicine in Little Rock; two point of launchifig at the time daughters, An 20 ·and Nan'Cy, of his death , and 'further ex- .15, of Searcy and a sister , pansion awaited only the com- Mrs. Herbert' yrd of Maryville pletion of Harding' s new Sci - Tennessee. £:nee Building which will b e · A memorial service is sched– ready ne,ct Febtuary. , uled for 2:30 m. Saturday at He has been active in sports the College C urch of Christ, since his college days when with local arra emen~s by _Dan– he was one of the ~est run- iel Funeral Home. Burial will be ners of the Mi uth. e was in the Cairo, kansas , Cemetery ... ... ~ ~ after a 9:00 a.~- funeral service at Isabel rch of Christ. Ayres-Calbeck Mortuary in Pratt, Kansai, is in charge there. The family requests that n o flowers be sent· instead, they ' I-request that ·tributions b e made to Hardi g College as a memorial to D . Clark to carry lon the work h. has been doing. · ,. Teo-shower honors ~arbara Robertson Miss Barbara Robertson , ~ bride-elect of David Bramcome , of Memphis, was honored with a tea &llower at the home of Dr. -and Mrs. Joe Pryor, 9-24 E. : C-enter, Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30. Mrs. Pryor greeted the guests at the door and presented them to Miss Robertson and h e r mother, ·Mrs. H. .W. Rooertson· of Little Rock. Mrs. John Lee Dykes a n d Miss Edwina Pace were in charge of the bi·ide's book. Mrs. Don England invited guests in– to the dining room. The dining table was covered with a white army-navy -cloth over a p j, n k peau de soie underskirt. The centerpiece was of p.ink inum.s ~nd glads. A five-tiered_s i tv. e~ candlebra with ta'11 whjte can– dles and other silver appoint– ments were used. M.iss Ja-net j Sharp and Mrs. Stan Schwarz, , s•ster of the bride-elect, poured. Mrs. 11.,loyd Daniel, Mrs. Ed– ,-.in Hughes, and Miss Beverly Jo Pryor a~sisted in serving. Gifts were displayed in- t h e den and bedroom. Mrs. Evan Ulrey, Mrs. M.E. Berryhill, Mrs. Inez Pickens, and Miss Marguerite O'Banio.n were also hostess~s. J ~ _ Searcy (Ark.} Diily CITl!EN, GEMENT ANNOUNCED-Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Wil– Hn Ro rtscn Gf Little Rock, fo rmerly of Searcy, -announce the engagement of :their daughter, Bar bara Sue, to David Hughes Brclnscome, sen cf Mt . and Mrs. George Hughes Branft<:ome of I Tuscumbia, Alabama. The bri is a senh: at Harding College where she is a niembe af the egina Social Club and the Har– l ding Business Wcrrten's Club. Sh-e ~~ n~w employed as scffliof nur.ae at Harding College. The bricegr<Nl m is a graciute of~ or– ence State Co!lage where he receivedthis Ma ster of Arts d.egree in School Administration and Supervision. He taught at ~ High SchGol fer eight yea rs and is now ath.nding Harding Graduate Schoel of Religion in Memphis where he is working an his Master of Theolcgy degre\?. The we,..ding will tie an event of ~ug~.-t 6 at the Ccllege O u.'r<;h of Christ. {1 (o1