Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame Members
Senator David Pryor
Class X
Senator David Pryor put in countless hours in the Senate Agriculture Committee working on legislation affecting the American farmer and …
Ned Purtle
Class V
Ned Purtle was very involved in many areas of Arkansas Agriculture, especially those related to livestock. In the early 1950s …
Ned Ray Purtle
Class XV
Ned Ray Purtle was born in Prescott, Arkansas, and has been a lifelong resident of Southwest Arkansas. He attended Southern …
Mary Louise Wilbern Ratcliffe
Class XVIII
Mary Ratcliffe was a leader in farm conservation efforts, leaving a legacy of stewardship that runs throughout Arkansas agriculture. Raised …
Jack Reaper
Class XXXVII
Jack Reaper was a World War II soldier who was captured by the Germans and ended his military time as …
Stanley E. Reed
Class XXV
A third-generation cotton and soybean farmer from Marianna, Stanley Reed spent his life advocating for agriculture and rural Arkansas. He …
John Ed Regenold
Class XXVIII
John Ed Regenold began his career with the Armorel Planting Company in 1953. Under his leadership the company and its …
Russell Roy Reynolds
Class XXXIV
Russell Roy (R.R.) Reynolds’ contributions to modern, sustainable forest management are almost too numerous to adequately capture in a …
Ernest Ritter
Class VII
Ernest Ritter was one of the founders of the town of Marked Tree and a man of rare vision and …
Roy Ritter
Class XV
Roy Ritter was born in 1908 in the Wheeler Community in Washington County. He went to work selling surplus grapes …
Winthrop Rockefeller
Class IV
Winthrop Rockefeller moved to Arkansas from his native state of New York in 1953. He purchased land and established Winrock …
Dr. Harry R. Rosen
Class VI
Dr. Harry R. Rosen made numerous significant contributions to Arkansas agriculture in over 40 years as a professor of plant …
Jane Ross
Class XXXIII
A native of Arkadelphia, Jane Ross founded the Ross Foundation in 1967 with her mother, Ester Clark Ross. The Ross …
Senator Stanley Russ
Class XIV
Senator Stanley Russ exhibited a commitment and interest in argiculture early in his life, and that commitment has never waned …
Carmon R. “C. R.” Sawrie
Class IX
Carmon R. “C. R.” Sawrie was born and reared on a farm in Greenbrier, Arkansas. He graduated from Greenbrier, then …
Vernon Scott
Class X
Vernon Scott spent more than 50 years working for the betterment of agriculture and his fellow man. He earned an …
Gary Don Sebree
Class XXX
A third-generation rice farmer, Gary Sebree has spent his life advancing the rice industry in Arkansas and U.S. Sebree …
L. F. “Fred” Seidenstricker
Class VI
L. F. “Fred” Seidenstricker was born and reared on his family farm near Hazen. He attended public school there through …
Romeo E. Short
Class I
Romeo E. Short was born in Illinois, but was raised in Iowa. He graduated from the teachers college in Cedar …
R. E. Short, Jr.
Class XI
R. E. Short, Jr. grew up in Wheatley, Arkansas. His father Romeo Ennis Short and his mother Darlene Shearer Short …