Whiteside Greek Life Leadership Center Established at UA

A recent gift of $250,000 by Charlie and Cappy Whiteside has established a Greek life leadership center bearing their names at the University of Arkansas.

A university release said the center will help ensure “the success and the continued growth of the Greek system” at the UA.

 “I can’t think of anyone who has done more for the Greek system on the University of Arkansas campus than Charlie and Cappy Whiteside,” UA chancellor G. David Gearhart said in the release. “They’ve been involved in so many ways and deserve a great deal of credit for the success of these organizations that are so important to the university and community.

The new Charlie and Cappy Whiteside Greek Life Leadership Center is fitting recognition for all they’ve done over the decades and will continue to impact our fraternities, sororities and campus as a whole for decades to come.”

The new Whiteside Greek Life Leadership Center is located in Bud Walton Hall on Stadium Drive. It includes student offices, a conference room and reception lounge, and it houses the UA Greek system’s professional staff.

The staff previously was housed in the Arkansas Union. That space now will be used to meet increasing demand from other student organizations.

“Those who are involved in a healthy Greek system like the one we have now end up making a lot of lifelong friends,” Charlie Whiteside said in the release. “I have many friends and business partners who were involved with these organizations.”

Whiteside was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1963. He has been a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch in Little Rock for more than 45 years. Cappy Whiteside was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1965.