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Tag Archives: 2006 Inductee

Michael Dertouzous

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Eugene Jones Posted in Members

Michael Leonidas Dertouzos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Λεωνίδας Δερτούζος) (November 5, 1936 – August 27, 2001) was a Greek Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) from 1974 to 2001. During Dertouzos’s term, LCS innovated in a variety of areas, including RSA encryption, the spreadsheet, the NuBus,

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Jerry Adams

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Jerry Adams is the President/CEO of the Arkansas Research Alliance. A new economic development non-profit modeled on the very successful Georgia Research Alliance. Its primary focus is to leverage university-based job-creating research in Arkansas. Jerry retired from Acxiom Corporation in October, 2007 after 34 years serving a variety of senior leadership roles. Jerry recently stepped

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Donna Amos

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Growing up in Centerton, AR, Donna Amos was actually born in Chapman, Kansas. Her father purchased Centerton Telephone Company and so that is where her family moved their roots to. She went to middle school in Centerton and high school at Bentonville Public Schools and graduated in 1951. Centerton actually consolidated with Bentonville when she

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Walter Anderson

Posted on June 25, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Wally began his 26 year career with IBM in Little Rock, which included various management, marketing and technical positions. He then became a project manager in IBM’s development lab in Boeblingen, Germany, moving from there to Dallas where he led the IBM National Technical Support Center for Database and Application Development. Upon retirement from IBM,

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Charles Blackstock

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Charles worked for the University computing center from 1961 until 1969 in various positions.  He also worked in various management and technical positions at Texas Instruments from 1969 until his retirement in 1997.  He has a BA in Mathematics from the UofA and a Master’s in Computer Science.  He was elected Senior Member of Technical

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Craig Brown

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

With the University of Arkansas’ Computing Services, Craig has held the positions of research programmer/analyst, microcomputer support manager, user services manager, and associate director.  He has also held the position of data procurement manager with Business Affairs.  He is the co-founder of the User Services division of Computing Services and the founder of the Microcomputer

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Bill Bruton

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Bill Bruton is originally from Blytheville, Arkansas, where he graduated from high school and then attended the University of Arkansas from 1959-1963, majoring in English. He went to work in 1963 for First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Little Rock (later known as First Federal of Arkansas) as a management trainee. In 1964 he

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Kent Burnett

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Kent Burnett is the Senior VP of Information Technology & e-Commerce for Dillard’s Inc. in Little Rock. He is a native of Arkansas and an engineering graduate of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He has been with Dillard’s for over 30 years and provided leadership in both technology and store operations.

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Gary Campbell

Posted on June 25, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Gary worked with the University of Arkansas’ Computing Department Staff (under Dr. Wray Wilkes) from 1961-1964.  He designed and developed first Greek/Rush week scheduling system.  From 1965-1993, he worked with IBM in Systems Engineering and Marketing positions.  While at IBM, he installed the first remote on-line order entry system in Arkansas.  He also attended IBM’s

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Marvin Cole

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Marvin began association with information systems during his tour in the U.S. Navy in 1945-1946.  He continued this association after his discharge from the Navy with Louisiana & Arkansas Railway until 1953.  He was then employed by Murphy Oil in 1953 to begin their then-called “Machine Accounting” department.  Marvin remained with Murphy Oil until his

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Dr. Bob Crisp

Posted on November 1, 2013 by araoc Posted in Members

Dr. Bob Crisp – Bob started in 1963 with the University’s Computing Center as a TA, programming an IBM 650. Along with some other TA’s, he taught the first general introductory computing course offered at the University: INEG 1851. After receiving his MS degree, he worked for IBM in Little Rock and in Mobile, AL,

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Paul Cronan

Posted on October 4, 2010 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Paul Cronan

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Larry Davenport

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Born in San Bernardino, California, Larry Davenport attended school in Arkansas, in the cities of Clinton and Fayetteville. After earning his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees in Mathematics at the University of Arkansas, Davenport began working in February 1965 at IBM, where for the next two and a half decades he would

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Alex Dietz

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Alex Dietz

2006 Inductee

David Douglas

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

David worked as Associate Professor in Computer Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville from 1982-1985 and also as Department chair and professor from 1985-1998. From 1998-Present, he has worked as a professor in Information Systems at the U of A. At the University, some of the classes he has

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Ron Eddy

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Ron’s career began in Little Rock in 1965 with IBM.  During his twenty-seven years with the company he held many positions, including Systems Engineer, Staff Instructor, Senior Market Support Representative, and Planning Manager.  After retiring from IBM in 1992, he began working for the Acxiom Corporation.  His roles with Acxiom included co-Business Unit Leader for

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Ron Goforth

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Ron Goforth.

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Tom Goldsborough

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Tom spent thirty-five years with IBM in Systems Engineering, Sales and Sales Management.  While with IBM, he worked as Representative for Arkansas State Government during administrations of Winthrop Rockefeller, Dale Bumpers, and David Pryor.  He also worked as Manager of Large Account sales in Kansas City, serving manufacturing, distribution, retail, public sector and education accounts.

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Mary Good

Posted on November 1, 2013 by araoc Posted in Members

Mary Good – Mary L. Good is the Donaghey University Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and serves as Dean for the College of Information Science and System Engineering. She is managing member for the Fund for Arkansas’ Future, LLC. (an investment fund for start-up and early stage companies), past President of

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Dave Hampton

Posted on July 12, 2012 by gdowdy Posted in Members

Dave received his BAEE from the U of A in 1959.  He then worked at IBM as a Sales Representative.  He also worked at IBM as a World Trade Senior Analyst.  Dave has also worked as the Branch Manager of Saudi Arabia and Gulf States Union National Bank SVP and CIO.  He has been Worthern

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