Seniors William Thuon HutchH(ln ~ North liberty, lA. Management. King's Men; Dean's List ; Camp<ligns. Iowa ; lntramurals, All-Star ; Resitimt Assistant. Mark Snyder Hulton - Ft. Smi th . AR. Business Systems Analysis . Tran$ler from Westark Community College. Sub T·16. pres. ; Ko 10 Kai beau; DatI! Pro- ~ing Management Association; [ntTamurals , All-Star; Pni! 'n.n staff; Phi Bela Lambda; Society for the Advancement of Managt'mmt ; SA Student AIfairs Committee. Michul David Ingram · Crossville. TN. General Science. Nathan Dani el Ingram - Crossville, TN. Bible and Psychology . Sigma Tau Sigma; Dean"s list . Melinda Elaine Jackson - Germantown. TN. Nursing . Sigma Phi Mu. Terry Lou Jackson - Forrest City, AR. Social Science. Delta Chi Omega; Dean's list; Phi Alpha Theta . Kathy LH Jenkins · Ballwin, MO. Special Elementary Education. Zeta Rho. treas.; College Republicans; Dean's list; Petit Jean sta ff; Student National Education Associati on . Mavis Ann Jensen · Sleepy Eye . MN. History. Alpha Chi; American Studies; Dean 's list; Campaigns. International; JOY; Phi Alpha Theta, pres. ~bo rah Jnn Johnson - Jacksonville, AR. Accounting. JOY; Pi Gamma Psi. Douglas Scott Johnson - Harrison, AR. Business Systems Analysis. Ernest Galen Johnson - Kansas City, MO. Special Education , Jeffrey James Johnson - Jefferson City, MO. SpeKh . Who's Who . Lone LH Johnson - Columbus, OH. Mass Communic.ations . uta Rho; KHCA st aff , news directo r; Petit Jean sta ff; Public Rela tions Student Societ y of America; TV 12. news director . Troy Jim" Johnson - North little Rock , AR. Journalism and Public Relati ons. Barristers: Bison staff. reporter; Petit Jean staH: SA Advertising Committee: TV 12 staff . Suzanne Renee Johnston - Paducah, KY. Journa lism . Sigma Phi Mu : Bison staff . reporter: Petit Jean st aff. editor, section editor; Society for Collegiate Journali sts. v. pres " pres. 140 Seniors Working for Eternity; Living for Today Lee Hamm woke up blind. It might have otherwise been an ordinary day in the life of the high school senior in the spring of 1979. But a yet undiscovered tumor in Lee's brain had shifted during the night, pressing against his optic nerve and taking his sight. Recently he had been plagued with unusually painful headaches , so painful that the family actually suspected a brain tumor to be the cause. Yet Lee's doctor failed to find the trouble when he tested him . Now the tumor was huge ; surgery was immediate. It has been said that the boy would not have lived another day without the operation. Lee experienced major improvement after the surgery, and he and identical twin Wes left their Illinois farm home in the fall to enroll as freshmen at Harding. In OCtober of '82, Lee received a bone marrow transplant from Wes. A first in medical history, the process proved to be very painful for Lee because of all the chemotherapy and radiation involved in the preparation. Near the end of 1983, the FDA approved a new cancer-combatting drug which Lee became the first to use. "A lot of people have been encou raged because of Lee's sickness ," commented Wes , a senior nursing major at Harding. "This has helped me, for instance, to perceive needs for other people and to try to meet those needs and to be sensitive and empathic. " Lee firmly believed that it was not God 's will for him to be ill. "God didn't make it that way," he said, "but I believe He wants me to handle it the best way I can." What did Lee really want to tell people? "No matter what you face you can overcome .. .if yo.u do it in the right way ... And keep in mind that the last words you say to a loved one or friend might really be your last words. If you keep that in mind, you might not say a lot of the mean or harsh words you say ... Be that loving , caring person .that Jesus was. " lee made such an impact on everyone with whom he came in contact. Even the bulletin for the hospital where Lee stayed sometimes printed a story about him. The writer said of him, "Lee worked as though he could live forever and lived as though he could die today. " - Mariann Cox Lee and Wes Hamm are identical twins with iden tical goals.
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