Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
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Table of Contents • Notable • Cochran named Associate Vice President for Agriculture-Research Vision Credits
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Horticulture presents alumni and friend awards The Department of Horticulture presented Outstanding Alumni, Outstanding Friend and Distinguished Service awards during a reception Oct. 6 at Ella’s Restaurant in the Inn at Carnall Hall. Dr. E. Van Wann, BSA ’59, MS ’60, of Baytown, Texas, and Ken Scott, BSA ’59, MS ’67, of Little Rock received the 2006 Outstanding Alumni Awards. Betty J. Swope of Fayetteville received the 2006 Outstanding Friend Award and Jack Young, MS ’79, of Hope received the 2006 Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Wann was a research geneticist for the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Charleston, S.C., and Lane, Okla., before retiring in 1997. After earning his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in horticulture at the University of Arkansas, he completed his doctorate at Purdue University. Scott began his career in the greenhouse industry and joined the Cooperative Extension Service in the mid-1960s as an assistant agent in Lawrence County. After completing his master’s degree at the U of A in 1967, he became an area horticulturist for four central Arkansas counties and was promoted to state specialist in 1974, serving in that position for 20 years. He was instrumental in establishing the Arkansas Greenhouse Growers Association, now known as the Arkansas Green Industry, and helped begin the Arkansas Flower and Garden Show. Swope was administrative assistant to John W. White, the first vice president for agriculture at the U of A, in 1958. Over the next 40 years, she worked for all five vice presidents. In 1997, after her friend, Francis Dickinson, BSA ’72, passed away, the Dickinson-Swope Endowed Scholarship was established for students majoring in horticulture at the U of A. Young began his career in forestry with the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry. In 1967, he joined the staff at the Southwest Research and Extension Center at Hope. He earned his master’s degree in horticulture and forestry in 1979, was transferred to horticulture research projects at SWREC in 1989 and continuing in that position until he retired in 1998.
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