Dedicated Service Over the Years - [Jon Hol/und Completing his 30th year in financial administration and his 24th year as business manager, LoU R. Tucker, Jr. , Vice President for Finance , has played a major role in the development of the excellent physical facilities on the Harding campus. Construction of most of the buildings has been done by the campus crew working under his oversight. Not a year since he became business manager has passed without a building either being on the drawing board or in the process of construction. The George S. Benson Auditorium was completed early in 1980 and the New Academy Building in late December. Two more buildings are projected - the Business Building and a major addition to the Science Building. To meet the increasing demands of numerous government reports, a vastly expanded student financial aid program, expanded auxiliary enterprises, and an evergrowing staff as well as the routine record keeping for an ever-growing student body, Tucker has developed a highly-structured and smoothly-functioning business staff with various responsibilities delegated to capable administrators. Because of his wise business administration, Harding completed the 1979-80 fiscal year in the black, an achievement for more than 40 consecutive years. In spite of his awesome responsibilities at Harding, he was a leader in Searcy civic affairs. He served as a member of the Board of the Searcy Chamber of Commerce and was a Past President of the Chamber. He served on the Searcy Municipal Planning Com- - Jim Murphy mission and on the Board of Searcy Federal Savings and Loan Association. He was a member of the Searcy Kiwanis Club and was a Past President and a Past lieutenant Governor of the MissiouriArkansas District of Kiwani s International. He served as Secretary-Treasurer of Harding Academy of Memphis now separ- .ately incorporated from the University. He also served as an elder of the College Church of Ghrist. "The work in the office this year has centered around energy conservation ," Tucker said. "Through the plant maintenance people, we have worked hard in trying to conserve energy as much as po~sible because of the continued increase in prices of electricity, gas, and other utilities." Upon the retirement of Dr. Neil B. Cope, Chairman of the Department of Journalism, Dr. Joseph E. Pryor, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Qf Arts and Sciences, became the faculty member for 1980-81 with the longest period of service at Harding, completing his 38th year as professor of physical science and 21 s1 year as chief academic administrator. As chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee, he recommended to the faculty changes in the curriculum and academic policies. He served as editor of the General Catalog and Academic Advising Manual and prepared the class schedule with the help of other academic administrators. Pryor attended the annual meeting of Arkansas Deans' Association hosted last fall by Hendrix College and directed a discussion of teacher evaluation at the annual meeting of the Christian College Deans' Association hosted last fall by Ohio Valley Christian College in Parkersburg , West Virginia. As the representative of the National Council of Alpha Chi, he attended in February the annual meeting of the Association of College Honor Societies in Charleston, South Carolina, and served as a discussion leader for the second year. He completed 11 years as national secretary-treasurer of Alpha Chi which has grown from 99 chapters in 1970 to 207 chapters in 1981. During the past year, he personally installed chapters in Indiana , Arizona, and New Mexico. Pryor served as one of the sponsors of the Arkansas Eta Chapter oJ Alpha Chi and as Harding's faculty representative to the Arkansas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. He also served as faculty adviser to the PETIT .lEAN for the 37th year. 63 Administration
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