Red Shirts named to Who's Who
Ouachita students were selected for "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities" beginning with the 1940-41 term. Criteria includes scholarship, citizenship and contributions to the university.
Rho Sigma was the first Ouachita fraternity to place men in Who's Who. Since then, we have placed a greater percentage of our graduates in Who's Who than any other fraternity on campus -- approximately 22%.
Red Shirts in Who's Who are:
1937-38
Faunt Biscoe Smith
1940-41
Newell Hillis Blakely
William Holland "Beetle" Brown
1941-42
William Crawford Abernathy
Newell Hillis Blakely
William Holland "Beetle" Brown
Jack L. McHaney
John Franklin Mowrey
1942-43
William Crawford Abernathy
Newell Hillis Blakely
Nolan H. Wright
1946-47
Cecil Kemp
Robert W. McPherson
Joseph M. Pipkin
1947-48
James Virgil Waggoner
1953-54
Glenn E. Kelly
1955-56
Roby Bearden Jr.
1956-57
James Kenneth Brewer
Freddie Jim Mills
Mary Beth Routon (sweetheart)
1957-58
Bill Blake
John David Whitlow
1958-59
William H. Halbert
Harris H. Lloyd
1959-60
Donald L. Applegarth
B. Eugene Dolby
Emily Balcom (sweetheart)
1961-62
John S. Jackson
Charles E. Queen
Walter E. Rose
James Tyson
Alice Jean Reeves (sweetheart)
1962-63
Brian A. Nelson
Warfield Teague
1963-64
Kay Moore Sims (sweetheart)
1965-66
John Robert Estes
Kenneth Mac Roberson
Charles Edward Williams
Judy Patricia Neely (sweetheart)
1967-68
Delbert Wayne Palmer
Hope Surman Wheat (sweetheart)
1968-69
Johnnie Larry Johnson
1969-70
John Wayne Cunningham
Clifford Allen Harris
Dennis Ramsey
Grandison Delaney Royston IV
William C. Viser
1970-71
Edwin L. Buffington
Jimmy Goodwin Gilbert
Lee Frederick Kuyper
Margie Royston (sweetheart)
1971-72
Tommy Wayne Chaffin
Ray Arnett Estes
David Eugene Tate
1972-73
Mark Clark Chapel
Bernie Stover Hargis III
1973-74
Glen David Deere
Jim Hamilton
Kathy Vining (sweetheart)
1974-75
Edwin Lee Lowther
Thomas A. Walker
1975-76
Glenn Alan Burton
Robert Mark Glover
James W. Reichen
Clifford Bruce Tippit
1976-77
Gary Steven Benson
Ronald A. Burt
Jon Poteet
Randall Sims
1977-78
Terry Glover
Frank Edward Orr
Ronny Lee Yowell
Sheri Anna McMullan (sweetheart)
1978-79
David W. Cowling
Michael Wayne Cummins
1979-80
James David Cornwell
Wyley Alan Elliott
1980-81
Mark Alan Bennett
Chris Alan Chance
Amy Pryor (sweetheart)
1981-82
Steven C. Campbell
Trevor Lee Lavy
William T. Meador
1982-83
Steven R. Hartley
Lou Anne Flanders (sweetheart)
1984-85
Jerry Dean Bridges
Kent Stanton Street
1985-86
Matthew Benjamin McBeth
Steve E. Snider
1986-87
Tyrone Blanks
Daphne Elaine Hill (sweetheart)
John Carl Threet
David Duane Wilson
1987-88
Garth Eugene Hill
1989-90
Evan Arthur French
Scott McKenzie Snider
Jodi Strother (sweetheart)
1991-92
Christopher W. "Rip" McCord
Christi Faith Freel (sweetheart)
Dory Ann Nelson (sweetheart)
1992-93
Traye D. McCool
1993-94
Bentley E. Blackmon
Kevin Charles Chambliss Jr.
Mica Strother (sweetheart)
Lyndell Phillip Worthen
1995-96
Kevin Glenn Jones
Aprile Dawn Willett (sweetheart)
1996-97
Mark Alan Conine
Daniel Benjamin Fore
Becca Busby (sweetheart)
Dusti Raley (sweetheart)
2000-2001
Lauren Eagle (sweetheart)
2003-2004
Erin Turner (sweetheart)
DR. JOHN S. JACKSON, RED SHIRT ALUMNUS, OBU BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER AND FORMER CHANCELLOR OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, WAS THE OBU DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS FOR 2002 AND DELIVERED THE 2002 OBU COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS.
