Reaching the Heighths of Honor Hosting the 1986 Region II Alpha Chi Convention on the Harding campus April 3-5 was the highlight of the year for Arkansas Eta Chapter. This was the third Region II Convention Arkansas Eta had hosted since the Chapter was installed on March 1, 1957. At the request of the official sponsor, Dr. Joseph E. Pryor, for the Chapter to have at least 29 numbers on the Student Program, members responded with 31 of the 57 numbers on the program. Dr. Arthur Shearin, a co-sponsor of the Chapter, arranged a concert on Thursday evening following a dinner, using Harding and Searcy musicians. On Friday evening, Dr. Ray Muncy, an honorary member, addressed the group on his 10-day stay at the Dapne Kibbutz on the Lebanon border during May 1985 at the invitation of the government of Israel and Dr. Pryor showed slides of the trip he and his wife had made to China during June 1985. Dr. Don England, co-sponsor of the Chapter, served Region II president. Dr. Dennis M. Organ, another co-sponsor, served effectively as editor of Alpha Chi's publications and Dr. Pryor served as Executive Director. The other two cosponsors, Dr. Larry Long and Dr. Neale Pryor, worked closely with students, adding real strength to the Chapter. At the time the 1987 Petit Jean went to press, Arkansas Eta had plans to have 20 student numbers on the program of the 1987 National Convention in Williamsburg, Va. The Chapter had been nominated to receive the first Outstanding Chapter Award by Region II with the aecision being made at the Convention. The recipient of the first Distinguished Alumnus Award to be made at the banquet on March 12, Dr. John "Mike" White, Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry at the University of Texas in Austin and author of more than 200 articles in referred journals, was President of Arkansas Eta in 1960 when Harding hosted its first Region II Convention. During 1986-87, Arkansas Eta inducted 48 members in the fall and 68 members in the spring. Following the spring inductionJ Dr. Pryor announced that he would retire as the official sponsor at the end of the summer, after serving 30 years, and that Dr. England had been appointed jointly by Dr. Clifton L. Ganus, Jr., and Dr. David B. Burks to succeed him with the hearty endorsement of the other cosponsors. In January, the Chapter increased the GPA for a student having 104 or more hours of credit to qualify for membership from 3.50 to 3.55, effective with the beginning of the 1987 fall semester<j> Chad Dwayne Necessary, president - Accounting Lynn Ann Hinrichs, vice president - Public Administration Faith Allison Starnes, secretary - Social Work John Kevin Madden, treasurer - International Studi es & French Patrick Scott Harris, student delegate - Biochemistry Mary Beth Aebi - Elementary Education Denise K. Alexander - Accounting Steven Ray Allen - Biology Karen Melise Anthony - Management Rodney 0. Ashlock - Biblical Languages Todd Larrell Austin - Mathematics Phillip Scott Ballinger - Biochemistry Arta Denise Banks - Nursing Lenore Aundrea Bastin - Psychology Bryan Rush Bearden - Bible Kristen Dennise Beeson - Public Relations Dorothy Ann Bell - Social Science Frances Paulette Benton - Social Work Robin Gale Bills - Mathematics Dawn L. Blaine - Nursing James Edward Bostick - Computer Info rmation Systems Tina Renee Bounds - Accounting Timothy Eric Bowen - Biochemistry Kelly Lynn Boyer - Nursing Melissa Jo Brenneman - Economics & Management Ramona Leigh Brown - Vocal /Choral Music Stephen Mark Brown - Music Education Deborah Lynne Burke - Office Systems Robert Norris Burns - Physics & Mathematics Jose Alfredo Can - Computer Information Systems Alpha Chi 213
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