NEWS RELEASE – Washington County Historical Society
May 21, 2024
Contact: Dave Edmark
479-521-4681
dedmark@uark.edu

Statehood Day features Rutherford on 1992 in Arkansas

James L. (Skip) Rutherford, the dean emeritus of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, will recollect “When the World was Watching Arkansas: The 1992 Presidential Election” for the Washington County Historical Society’s annual Statehood Day observance. The event is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, June 9, at First Christian Church, 220 N. College Ave. in Fayetteville. Cookies will be provided by Harps Foods.

“This will be a most interesting program providing insight into a truly unique time in our state’s history when media attention on Arkansas was intensive,” said WCHS president Debbie Groom.

Rutherford coordinated the planning, construction and opening of the Clinton Presidential Library and Park in Little Rock. A graduate of the University of Arkansas, he received the School of Journalism and Strategic Media's first Distinguished Alumnus Award. Having an extensive private sector background in communications and public relations, he has served as a visiting professor at Lyon College, the UA, the University of the Ozarks and the University of Central Arkansas. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Hendrix College.

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James L/ ()Skip) Rutherford