Walton College Names Hall of Fame Inductees

On Sept. 17, the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas announced four new inductees into the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame.r

They are the late John A. Cooper Sr., founder, president, CEO and chairman of the board of Cooper Communities Inc., Rogers; the late Frank Lyon Sr., chairman of the board Frank Lyon Co., Little Rock; Charles D. Morgan, company leader, Acxiom Corp., Little Rock; and the late Robert A. Young Jr., founder, Arkansas Best Corp., Fort Smith. r

The sixth annual Arkansas Business Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held Feb. 13 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. The Arkansas Business Hall of Fame is permanently housed in the atrium of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development at the Walton College on the Fayetteville campus. r

The selection process was chaired by Walton College alumnus and Arkansas native Tommy Boyer, CEO of Micro Images in Amarillo, Texas. A nominating committee of 20 business leaders encouraged people throughout the state and beyond to make nominations, and then a selection committee of 12 business and community leaders reviewed the nominations and chose the inductees. Criteria for selection included: the significance of the impact made as a business leader, the concern demonstrated for improving the community, and the display of ethics in all business dealings. In addition, the inductee must be over the age of 60.r