Biological science enrolled at Harding after he had spent several years in foreign missions following his retirement from industrial work in Michigan. Sears named Distinguished Alumnus Don Robinson, chairman of the art department , did a museum and architectural study tour of France, Germany, Holland, England, and Scotland, taking slides of the great art treasures of Western Europe for use in various art classes at Harding. Stan Green received the NAIA All-American Award for the basketball brochure he prepared for Harding . He was also successful in placing students who completed the BFA degree in advertising art in good jobs. Paul Pitt was accepted into membership in the Ozark Foothills Craft Guild because of the excellent quality of his pottery . Senior Becha Evans displayed her art at the Alpha Chi National Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, and read a paper on "Art under the Dictatorship of Hitler" at the evening of Scholarship. s ignificant recognition came to Dr. Jack Wood Sears at the 1985 Black and Gold Banquet of the Harding Alumni Association on November 1, during Homecoming, when he was named the Distinguished Alumnus for 1985. Dr. Sears retired as chairman of the department of biological science in 1983 after serving in that capacity since 1945 when he joined the Harding faculty following the completion of the Ph.D. degree in genetics and a year's teaching at the University of Texas in Austin. When Harding College began in Morrilton in the fall of 1924, he began the first grade in Harding Elementary School. With the exception of a few months while his father completed the Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago, Dr. Sears continued his education at Harding until Touch of the master's ·hand. Art teacher Paul Pitt not only teaches art students but also enjoys creating artwork of his own. Clay is one of Pitt 's favorite areas in art. - photo by John Radcliffe . his graduation with the B.S. degree in 1940. During all these years, his father, Dr. L. C. Sears, served as dean. of the College. His grandfather, Dr. J. N. Armstrong, served as president until 1936. Dr. Mike Plummer continued his significant herpetological research and involved biology majors in the experimental work. During 1985, he published "Demography of green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus)" in Herpetologica and "Turtles" in the Arkansas Game and Fish Magazine. He joined other herpetologists in publishing "Analysis of snake tissue and snake eggs for 2, 3, 7, 8tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin via fused silica GC combined with atmospheric pressure ionization MS" in Chemosphere. He also contracted with MacMillan Publishing Company to write a chapter on population ecology for the book Snakes: Perspectives and Research being written by 19 herpetologists across the U.S.A. with publication expected before 1987. · Members of the department were active in various state and regional biological societies. Dr. George Woodruff, department chairman, and Dr. Bryce Roberson attended the Arkansas Biological Science Curriculum Development meeting in Conway on November 22. Ron Doran attended the Arkansas Academy of Science meeting in Monticello and hosted the state meeting of the Arkansas Native Plant Society. During the summer of 1985, Dr. Roberson took courses at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock in genetics and advanced laboratory techniques. Biology majors Paul Bland, Stephen Boatright, Jeff Hambrice, and Eddie Shields were admitted to dental school in the fall of 1985 and majors Todd Donohue, John Glenn, Greg Kays, and Karla Young were admitted to medical school. Terry Hostetler received a fellowship for graduate study at the University of Arkansas Medical Center. Mr. Doran served as campus sponsor for Global Campaigns and took eight students during the summer on a campaign to Rosario and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bill Rushton assisted in the management of the facilities at Camp Wyldewood. Dr. Sears served as an elder at the Downtown Church of Christ. 11I[ Art!Biological Science 263
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