Inductees: Arkansas Business Hall of Fame

Peggy J. Clark

Owner and Managing General Partner
Clark Timberlands

Thomas E. Faust Jr.

Chairman, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Former Chairman/CEO, Eaton Vance 

George G. Gleason II

Chairman and CEO
Bank OZK

Ginger L. Graham

Founder/Owner, Ginger and Baker 
Former President/CEO, Amylin Pharmaceuticals

Gerald Alley

President and CEO
Con-Real, LP

Olivia Farrell

Retired CEO
Arkansas Business Publishing Group 

Charles Nabholz

Chairman Emeritus
Nabholz Corporation

Reynie Rutledge

Chairman and CEO
First Security Bancorp

Claiborne P. Deming

Chairman
Murphy Oil Corporation

Joe M. Steele

(1905 - 1976)
Co-Founder 
Steele Canning Company & Springdale Canning Company
Founding Director
Beaver Water District

Warren A. Stephens

Chairman, President & CEO
Stephens Inc.

John W. Tyson

(1905 - 1967)
Founder
Tyson Foods, Inc.

James A. " Jim" Bottin

Founder & Chairman
ABC Financial

John D. Correnti

(1947 - 2015)
Former Chairman & CEO 
Big River Steel

Herbert H. McAdams II

(1915 - 2001)
Former Chairman & CEO
Citizens Bank of Jonesboro
Union National Bank of Arkansas

James Kirk Thompson

Chairman
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

William T. Dillard, II

Dillard's Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas

George K. Mitchell

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield 
Little Rock, Arkansas

Winthrop Rockefeller

(1912 - 1973)
Former Governor of Arkansas
Winrock Farms
Little Rock, Arkansas

Patricia P. Upton

(1938 - 2017)
Aromatique Inc.
Heber Springs, Arkansas

Al Bell

Stax Records
North Little Rock, Arkansas

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Stephen L. LaFrance, Sr.

(1941 - 2013)
USA Drug
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

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Millie Ward

Stone Ward
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Donald E. "Buddy" Wray

(1937 - 2016)
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Springdale, Arkansas

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James H. Faulkner

(1932 - 2021)
Faulkner & Associates
Falcon Productions & Falcon Publications
Jimco, Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty

McLarty Associates
McLarty Companies
Arkla
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Stanley E. Reed

(1951 - 2011)
Lawyer
Farmer
Arkansas Farm Bureau
Marianna, Arkansas

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Mark C. Simmons

Simmons Foods, Inc. & Affiliates
Siloam Springs, Arkansas

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Thomas E. "Tommy" Boyer

Micro Images
Amarillo, Texas

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W. C. “Buddy” Coleman, Jr.

(1928 – 2011)
Coleman Dairy
Little Rock, Arkansas

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William L. Cravens

Oaklawn Jockey Club
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Frank Fletcher, Jr.

Frank Fletcher Companies
Little Rock, Arkansas

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John Ed Anthony

Anthony Timberlands, Inc. 
Bearden, Arkansas

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Wayne Cranford

(1933 - 2020)
Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods 
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Walter E. Hussman, Jr.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 
WEHCO Media, Inc. 
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Jack C. Shewmaker

(1938 - 2010)  
Walmart 
Bentonville, Arkansas

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L. Dickson Flake

(1938 - 2020)
Colliers International | Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Wallace W. Fowler

(1935 - 2022)
Liberty Bank of Arkansas
Fowler Foods, Inc.
Jonesboro, Arkansas

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Donald G. Soderquist

(1934 - 2016)
Walmart
Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics
Rogers, Arkansas

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Leland E. Tollett

Tyson Foods, Inc.
Springdale, Arkansas

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William E. "Bill" Clark

(1943 - 2007)
CDI Contractors
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Jerral Wayne "Jerry" Jones

Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Inc. 
Arlington, Texas

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James E. "Jim" Lindsey

Lindsey Management, Inc.
Lindsey & Associates, Inc. 
Fayetteville, Arkansas

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J. Thomas "Tommy" May

Simmons First National Bank and Simmons First National Corp., 
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

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Chesley Pruet

(1915 - 2001)
Pruet Drilling Co.
El Dorado, Arkansas

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Raymond Rebsamen

(1898 - 1975)
Rebsamen Companies, Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Willis Shaw

(1918 - 2014)
Willis Shaw Express, Inc.
Elm Springs, Arkansas

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Jim E. Yates

(1941 - 1998)
E-Z Mart Stores, Inc.
Texarkana, Texas

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Lee Bodenhamer

Meridian Management Company
Little Rock, Arkansas

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William H. Bowen

(1923 - 2014) 
First Commercial Bank and First Commercial Corporation
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Harvey C. Couch

(1877 - 1941)
Arkansas Power & Light Company (now Entergy)
Pine Bluff/Little Rock, Arkansas

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William H. Kennedy, Jr.

(1917 - 1991)
National Bank of Commerce
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

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Delbert E. Allen, Sr.

(1919 - 1988)
Allen Canning Company
Siloam Springs, Arkansas

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Thelma L. Joshua and the late Ernest P. "Josh" Joshua, Sr.

J.M. Products Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Kenneth Pat Wilson

(1919 - 2002)
First Arkansas BancShares, Inc.
Jacksonville, Arkansas

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Albert R. Yarnell

(1923 - 2018) 
Yarnell Ice Cream Co.
Searcy, Arkansas

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Frank D. Hickingbotham

TCBY Enterprises, Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas

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William F. "Billy" Rector

(1913 - 1975) 
Rector Phillips Morse Inc. (RPM)
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Doyle Rogers, Sr.

(1918 - 2013)
Metropolitan National Bank
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Forrest L. Wood

(1932 - 2020)
Wood Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Flippin, Arkansas

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Dave Grundfest, Sr.

(1901 - 1974)
Sterling Stores Company, Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas

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James T. "Red" Hudson

(1924 - 2003)
Hudson Foods, Inc.
Rogers, Arkansas

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Donald Munro

(1927 - 2022)
Munro & Company, Inc.
Hot Springs, Arkansas

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Edward M. Penick, Sr.

(1922 - 2014)
Worthen Banking Corporation
Little Rock, Arkansas

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John A. Cooper, Sr.

(1906 - 1998)
Cooper Communities, Inc.
Rogers, Arkansas

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Frank Lyon, Sr.

(1910 - 1998)
Frank Lyon Company
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Charles D. Morgan

Acxiom Corporation
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Robert A. Young, Jr.

(1908 - 1973)
Arkansas Best Corporation
Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Richard E. Bell

(1934 - 2015)
Riceland Foods, Inc.
Stuttgart, Arkansas

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David D. Glass

(1935 - 2020)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Bentonville, Arkansas

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Robert D. Nabholz, Sr.

(1924 - 2002)
Nabholz Construction Corporation
Conway, Arkansas

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Louis L. Ramsay, Jr.

(1918 - 2004)
Simmons First National Corporation
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

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Roland S. Boreham, Jr.

(1924 - 2006)
Baldor Electric Company
Fort Smith, Arkansas

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F. Sheridan Garrison

(1934 - 2004)
American Freightways, Inc.
Harrison, Arkansas

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Gene George

(1922 - 2010)
George's, Inc.
Springdale, Arkansas

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Walter V. Smiley

Smiley Investment Company
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Colonel Thomas H. Barton

(1881 - 1960)
Lion Oil Company
El Dorado, Arkansas

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William E. Darby

(1904 - 1979)
National Old Line Insurance Company
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Johnelle and the late J.B. Hunt

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
Lowell, Arkansas

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John H. Johnson

(1918 - 2005)
Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois

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Joe T. Ford

ALLTEL Corporation
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Harvey Jones

(1900 - 1989)
Jones Truck Lines
Springdale, Arkansas

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Donald W. Reynolds

(1906 - 1993)
Donrey Media Group
Las Vegas, Nevada

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Don J. Tyson

(1930 - 2011)
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Springdale, Arkansas

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William T. Dillard

(1914 - 2002)
Dillard's, Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Charles H. Murphy, Jr.

(1920 - 2002)
Murphy Oil Corporation
El Dorado, Arkansas

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Jackson T. Stephens

(1923 - 2005)
Stephens Inc.
Little Rock, Arkansas

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Sam M. Walton

(1918 - 1992)
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Bentonville, Arkansas

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