Oversight and Editorial Boards

The CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas was guided by two boards: an Oversight Board that helped to define policy, and an Editorial Board that oversaw the editorial aspects of the CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas and acted as the core group of content reviewers.

The members of the Oversight Board were:

Hon. David Pryor, Oversight Board Co-Chair, Former U.S. Senator

Hon. Win Rockefeller, Oversight Board Co-Chair, Former Arkansas Lt. Governor (in memoriam)

Ms. Ellen Compton, Oversight Board President , University of Arkansas Libraries

Mr. Roger Potts, Oversight Board Vice President, Arkansas Legislative Digest

Mr. William Norman, Oversight Board Secretary-Treasurer, retired banker (in memoriam)

Mr. Ernest Cunningham, Cunningham & Associates, Legislative and Government Relations

Mr. Charlie Daniels, Arkansas Secretary of State (in memoriam)

Mr. Tom Dillard, University of Arkansas Libraries

Mr. J. French Hill, Delta Trust and Bank

Ms. Cathie Matthews, Department of Arkansas Heritage

Mr. Bob McCord, Arkansas Times (in memoriam)

Mr. Freeman McKindra, Retired foundation administrator

Dr. Clyde Milner, Department of Heritage Studies, Arkansas State University

Dr. Carl Moneyhon, History Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Dr. Wendy Richter, Arkansas History Commission

Dr. Bobby Roberts, Central Arkansas Library System

Ms. Constance Sarto, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

Dr. David Stricklin, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

Dr. David Ware, Arkansas Capitol Historian

Dr. Jeannie M. Whayne, History Department, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Dr. Jonathan Wolfe, School of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

The members of the Editorial Board were:

Judge Frank Arey, administrative law judge

Dr. Don Baker, U.S. Department of State

Ms. Lea Flowers Baker, Historian, Central High School National Historic Site

Dr. Kenneth C. Barnes, History Department, University of Central Arkansas

Dr. Jay Barth, Politics Department, Hendrix College

Mr. Tom Baskett Jr., Public Historian for Volusia County, Florida

Mr. Russell Bearden, History Department, Southeast Arkansas College

Dr. Trey Berry, Department of Arkansas Heritage

Mr. Bob Besom, Director Emeritus, Shiloh Museum

Dr. Brooks Blevins, Regional Studies Center, Lyon College

Dr. S. Charles Bolton, History Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Ms. Nancy Britton, Independence County Historical Society (in memoriam)

Mr. Mark Christ, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program

Dr. Robert Cochran, English Department, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Dr. Thomas DeBlack, History Department, Arkansas Tech University

Mr. Tom Dillard, University of Arkansas Libraries

Dr. Michael B. Dougan, Retired, History Department, Arkansas State University

Dr. Ann M. Early, Arkansas Archeological Survey

Ms. Lynn Ewbank, Arkansas History Commission

Ms. Madelyn Ewbank, Retired teacher

Dr. John W. Graves, Henderson State University

Dr. Gerald Hanson, Geography Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Mr. Billy D. Higgins, History Department, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith

Mr. Kenneth Hubbell, Ken Hubbell & Associates

Dr. Ben F. Johnson, History Department, Southern Arkansas University at Magnolia

Ms. Beth Juhl, University of Arkansas Libraries

Dr. George E. Lankford, Emeritus Professor of Folklore, Lyon College (in memoriam)

Ms. Laura A. Miller, Central High School National Historic Site

Dr. Carl H. Moneyhon, History Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Mr. Gary Newton, Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Tim Nutt, University of Arkansas Libraries

Ms. Linda Pine, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Special Collections (in memoriam)

Dr. Cynthia Dehaven Pitcock, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Mr. Bob Razer, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Dr. Wendy Richter, Arkansas History Commission

Mrs. Martha W. Rimmer, Pulaski County Historical Society

Dr. Ethel Simpson, Retired, University of Arkansas Libraries

Ms. Kitty Sloan, Journalist

Ms. Celia Storey, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Ms. Mary Nell Turner, Hempstead County Genealogical Society

Dr. Jeannie M. Whayne, History Department, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Dr. C. Fred Williams, History Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (in memoriam)

Dr. Patrick Williams, History Department, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Dr. Jonathan Wolfe, School of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences