Trustees From the Rest of the State

J. Thomas May

Home town: El Dorado

Resides: Pine Bluff

Appointed by: Then-Gov. Jim Guy Tucker

Term expires: March 1, 2003

Education: University of Arkansas, bachelor’s degree, 1971; MBA, 1972. Also graduated from National Commercial Lending School and Stonier Graduate School of Banking

Business: President and CEO, Simmons First National Bank

Connections: Father, brother and niece all earned degrees from UA School of Law; both sons graduated from the UA

Board positions: Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Arkansas Bankers Association, various civic boards in Pine Bluff

Ned Ray Purtle

Home town: Hope

Resides: Hope

Appointed by: Gov. Mike Huckabee (to fill the unexpired term of Carl Willock)

Term expires: March 1, 2001

Education: Oklahoma State University, bachelor’s of science degree, 1956.

Business: Cattle rancher. former chairman of Arkansas State Bank in Clarksville and Automated Solutions Inc. in Knoxville

Connections: Wife, Carolyn, graduated from the University of Arkansas

Board positions: Citizens Bank; chairman of Arkansas State Fair; National Cattlemen’s Beef Board

Stanley E. Reed

Home town: Marianna

Resides: Marianna

Appointed by: Gov. Mike Huckabee

Term expires: March 1, 2008

Education: University of Arkansas, bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering, 1973; law degree, 1976

Business interests: Farms 3,300 acres of mostly cotton land, 2,800 acres that he owns

Connections: Two children currently enrolled at the University of Arkansas

Board positions: Farm Bureau Federation; Cotton Inc.

Frank W. Oldham Jr.

Home town: Black Rock

Resides: Jonesboro

Appointed by: Then-Gov. Bill Clinton

Term expires: Feb. 29, 2000

Education: Williams Baptist College in Walnut Ridge, associate degree in general business, 1965; Arkansas State University, bachelor of science in general business, 1967; Central Missouri State University, master’s in marketing, 1968; University of Arkansas, doctorate in business administration, 1974; Harvard Graduate School of Business, advanced management program, 1987

Business: Founder, chairman and CEO, ASB Corp, a holding company for American State Bank

Connections: Son Chad received bachelor’s degree in finance at UA and is a second-year student at the UA Law School; various other family members are UA graduates

Board positions: St. Bernard’s Hospital Foundation, First Western Bancshares, various other bank boards